Tommy Smith has announced his retirement from football at the age of 32.
The Middlesbrough right-back has not played since he ruptured an Achilles tendon in October 2023, and his contract at the Riverside Stadium was due to expire at the end of the season.
Smith made 353 appearances in his career, more than half of them with Huddersfield Town - who he helped to win promotion to the Premier League in 2017 - before moving on to Stoke City and then joining Boro in 2022.
Smith will continue his rehabilitation at the club, but said in a message posted on the club's website, external:
"When I ruptured my Achilles on 23 October 2023 I had full belief and confidence that I would come back fitter and stronger than I was before.