Dani Osvaldo hung up his football boots recently, to pursue a career in a different industry.
The former Southampton striker is just 30-years-old but rejected a two-year contract offer from Serie A outfit Chievo, reportedly worth £2.1million-a-year, to try his hand at another profession... music.
This got talkSPORT thinking about a number of talents who retired early from the game – and not due to injury.
We've narrowed the list down to six former footballers, with different, varied tales on their reasons for prematurely calling it time on their football career.
Starting with Osvaldo, click the arrow above, right, to see who makes our list of six players to drop out of the game early.