Former Rangers and Newcastle forward Peter Lovenkrands to retire 
Sky Sports understands former Newcastle, Rangers and Birmingham star Peter Lovenkrands is set to announce his retirement after a glittering 16-year career in football. Lovenkrands has spent the last two years at Birmingham City before leaving the club this summer. The 34-year-old, who was linked with several clubs after leaving Birmingham, has decided to hang up his boots and pursue other interests.
Lovenkrands started his career in his homeland with Akademisk Boldklub before making the move to Rangers in 2000.
The versatile forward enjoyed a successful six-year spell at Rangers, helping them win two Scottish Premier League titles and one Scottish Cup in which he scored the two goals in the final, including a last-minute winning goal against Old Firm rivals Celtic.
Lovenkrands also picked up three Scottish League winners medals during his trophy-laden spell in Scotland.
The Dane also enjoyed success on the European front with Rangers scoring four goals in the Champions League in the 2005/06 season, including the crucial goal that helped Rangers reach the last 16 of the competition for the first time.
Lovenkrands was a huge fans' favourite at Ibrox, scoring 54 goals in 182 appearances despite playing the majority of his games as a winger.
His performances at Rangers won a move to Schalke in summer 2006.
In his first season for Schalke, Lovenkrands excelled winning the club's player of the season as the club narrowly missed out the Bundesliga title by one point.
After two-and-a-half years in Germany Lovenkrands returned to the UK with Newcastle in 2009.
In his first full season at Newcastle he helped the club win promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, netting 16 goals in 32 appearances.
Lovenkrands helped Newcastle establish themselves back in the Premier League during the next two seasons before leaving for Birmingham in the summer of 2012.
Lovenkrands helped Birmingham survive relegation from the Championship in his final season at St Andrews before leaving at the end of the 2013/14 campaign.
In his international career Lovenkrands won 22 caps for Denmark, representing his country at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004.
Lovenkrands is now planning to pursue a career in the media in the UK and in Denmark, having already worked with the media in his homeland. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11688/9569756/former-rangers-and-newcastle-forward-peter-lovenkrands-to-retire [ 此帖被羅力亞在2014-11-19 17:46重新編輯 ]
