Former West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie retires from professional football

The Nigerian joined Albion in 2010, going on to make 90 appearances and score 31 goals before joining Cardiff in 2013.

"It's an emotional day, so many memories go through your head." he said, announcing his decision to hang up his boots at UEFA’s Equal Game conference at Wembley.

"I didn't know how to do it or where to do it, but I think this is the right place to do it."

"Wembley is a place with a lot of history in football."

The 37-year-old was famously part of an embarrassing mix up on transfer deadline day in January 2013, in which he arrived at QPR only to be told he wouldn't be allowed into the ground with neither Albion or Rangers agreeing a fee for him.

His most memorable moment at Albion came during the clubs's 5-1 thrashing of Black Country rivals Wolves at Molineux.

The striker netted a memorable hat-trick to help Wolves into the Premier League relegation zone in 2012 - with Jonas Olsson and Keith Andrews also finding the back of the net.

The former striker has already expressed a desire to get into coaching, potentially at a Premier League level.

"The next chapter is slowly building up to a coaching career and hopefully I will be coaching in the Premier League one day."