Celebrated McKay to call time on career
BRISBANE Roar skipper Matt McKay will retire at the end of the A-League season.
The 36-year-old midfielder will today announce he is hanging up his boots after a decorated career for club and country.
McKay made 59 appearances for the Socceroos, representing Australia at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
He was also part of the Socceroos team that won the 2015 Asian Cup on home soil.
McKay has made 300 appearances in all competitions for the Roar, and captained the club to the A-League premiership-championship double in 2011.
He left Brisbane for Scottish club Rangers the following season but returned, via stints in South Korea and China, to be a member of the Roar side that again clinched the double in 2014.
McKay also made 51 appearances for Brisbane Strikers in the old National Soccer League from 2001 to 2004.
Apart from team honours, McKay also claimed a host of individual gongs during his illustrious career.
They included the Roar player of the year (Gary Wilkins Medal) in 2007 and the PFA footballer of the year in 2011.
With the Roar set to miss out on the finals for the first time since 2010, McKay has just two matches left in his ALeague career.
Both are at Suncorp Stadium, with the Roar hosting Newcastle Jets on Saturday night before finishing their wretched campaign with next Thursday’s Anzac Day clash against Adelaide United.