Former Manchester United defender Lee Roche, who made five first-team appearances under Sir Alex Ferguson, has retired from football at the age of 27. The fireman.

Roche was born in Bolton in 1980 and joined United in 1997 and made his Premier League debut the following year against Newcastle.

He also made his League Cup debut against Arsenal before spending the 2000 ដល់1000 season on loan at Wrexham, then in the English second division.

Wrexham ended their season successfully with 63 points from their 46 matches and finished 10th, higher than last season. Roche made 41 appearances that season.

When he returns to United, the young defender will have to wait more than a year before appearing as his next manager for the club. He started the Champions League group stage in 2002/03 against Deportivo La Coruna, United losing 2-0.

However, he left United in late 2003, moving to the Second League to join Burnley.

But Roche was moved to an unprecedented position, leaving him to retire from football at the age of 27 and become a firefighter.