Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres is set to call time on his 18-year playing career.
The 35-year-old made his breakthrough at Atletico Madrid before a prolific spell with Liverpool preceded Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup wins with Chelsea.
Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at the World Cup winner's career in pictures.
![Atletico Madrid hotshot Fernando Torres, then 22, starred when England played Spain in a February 2007 friendly at Wembley](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/61381e2cbfdff325f63a57be685ea690Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1NzU4/2.4367457.jpg?w=640)
![Rafael Benitez brought Torres to Anfield for a reported fee of £20million in July 2007](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/8b9db02253817b7cc2ce2ac185819f5fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg0NjIy/2.4809695.jpg?w=640)
![Fernando Torres became an instant fan favourite at Anfield](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/3658e0bb605bf874776d61c18465fb4fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg0NDgy/2.43654436.jpg?w=640)
![Torres celebrates scoring his second goal of an eventual Anfield hat-trick against Hull in September 2009](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/25fb4d8b58e023775fa6989d5a79f7fdY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1MDUx/2.7857863.jpg?w=640)
![Torres is airborne during a 2-1 home Champions League defeat by Fiorentina in December 2009](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/757f57525a8af89d86df93e1745c704aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1NjU0/2.8114878.jpg?w=640)
![Torres goes to ground after a challenge by Manchester United's Wayne Rooney at Old Trafford in September 2010](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/e2d9b6bba78f8857279325de019786c1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1MTYx/2.9490352.jpg?w=640)
![Not all Liverpool fans were gracious when Torres made a deadline-day switch to Chelsea in January 2011](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/9b382f1637963218b98e83e8f740e643Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg0Nzg3/2.10120981.jpg?w=640)
![Torres was reunited with Liverpool and Lucas Leiva in a League Cup quarter-final in November 2011](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/1c9b58fb1b96a821721329817c68161fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg0OTM0/2.12187530.jpg?w=640)
![Torres and Didier Drogba celebrate victory in the 2012 FA Cup final](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/835e79f3946fe25a2ce53e0cf3423878Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1MjI5/2.13467997.jpg?w=640)
![Two weeks later, Torres and Juan Mata lifted the Champions League trophy after beating Bayern Munich in the final](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/d4b3a206c7dd015dddd7d0b89c1d030cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1NDgy/2.13566352.jpg?w=640)
![Torres was part of the Spain set-up who won the European Championships of 2008 and 2012, and the World Cup in 2010](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/1e7a910205e9b29d1fbda66acac356daY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg2MTIz/2.13809450.jpg?w=640)
![Torres wears a protective mask in a Europa League quarter-final against Rubin Kazan in April 2013](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/a6952a3157edaa56de3a9049fe3014b7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1OTI4/2.16189726.jpg?w=640)
![Torres lifted the Europa League trophy with Chelsea in 2013](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/1d43d13c934a3d410a357323569b8135Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg0Mzky/2.43654437.jpg?w=640)
![Torres (left) and West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster have a dispute following a 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/2dea7229569ac42ea3398b1f636a7198Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg1MzMy/2.18972741.jpg?w=640)
![Torres tasted Europa League glory again last year, this time with Atletico](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/70af6a38a6b9a89c5948abfb3d227873Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYxMTg0Mjg0/2.43654438.jpg?w=640)