A-League veteran Andrew Durante will be the last player to don the number 22 on his back at Wellington Phoenix.
The Nix captain is set to retire at season's end with Phoenix chairman Rob Morrison revealing on Saturday night at Durante's testimonial dinner the club's plan to retire his shirt number.
Phoenix Chairman Rob Morrison announced at Andrew Durante’s testimonial last night the Phoenix #22 shirt will be retired when @A_Dura22 retires. A first in the @ALeague I believe. pic.twitter.com/YaRmYSS2Ih
— Jason Pine (@pineyzb) March 23, 2019
Durante has been with Wellington since 2008 and broke the A-League record for appearances in early 2018 when he played his 279th game.