DARREN POTTER HAS retired from football after a 17-year professional career during which he played in over 500 games.
The 35-year-old, who made his club breakthrough at Liverpool, played five times at senior level for the Republic of Ireland.
Potter featured for Liverpool during their Champions League-winning campaign of 2004-05, coming on as a substitute in the first leg of the last-16 win over Bayer Leverkusen, as well as playing in both legs of the qualifying-round tie against Grazer AK.
He made a total of 17 first-team appearances for the Reds and also had a stint on loan at Southampton, before departing Anfield in 2007.
The Liverpool-born midfielder made his Ireland debut under Steven Staunton in a May 2007 friendly against Ecuador in the USA, which ended 1-1. Caretaker boss Don Givens handed him his fifth and final cap in a 1-0 defeat to Brazil in a friendly at Croke Park in February 2008.
Potter also represented Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday and MK Dons, with whom he achieved promotion to the Championship in 2015.
He went on to play for Rotherham United and Tranmere Rovers, and retires following a very brief spell with National League outfit Altrincham.
Potter is now taking his first steps as a coach by moving into a role in the academy at League Two club Port Vale.
