Ex-Chelsea academy star retires at 24 and joins Army after losing taste for football

Ex-Chelsea academy star retires at 24 and joins Army after losing taste for football

Former Chelsea academy goalkeeper Nicolas Tie has retired from football at the age of 24 and joined the French army.

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Nicolas Thie has announced his readiness to join the peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. The 24-year-old footballer admitted that he always dreamed of a military career and no longer sees himself in football. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to an interview with the former athlete, now a military man, in the French newspaper Ouest-France. What Thie said about his readiness to go to Ukraine According to Thie, …

The French army has just recruited a former Ivorian goaltender, who recently joined the ranks of the 1st regiment of parachute hussards. It was not the career that Nicolas Tié dreamed of, who had joined Chelsea's training centre from Poitiers at age 13. Promised to a bright future, after winning the Youth League (the League of Youth Champions) during the 2017-2018 season with Chelsea, the native of Lille decided to join the Portuguese championsh…

Signed by Chelsea when he was only 13 years old, Nicolas Tié decides to retire prematurely, at the age of 24. The former professional goaltender starts a reconversion in the army, announced West...

Ex-Chelsea player retires at 24 for brave career change

Ex-Chelsea goalkeeper Nicolas Tié has quit football at the age of 24 to join the French army. The former shotstopper represented Chelsea for three years after moving to west London in 2017. GettyNicolas Tié spent three years at Chelsea but failed to break into the first-team picture[/caption] Tié featured in the Blues’ various academy teams and lined up in the club’s Premier League 2 fixtures while lining up in the UEFA Youth League and Under-18…

Former Chelsea academy goalkeeper joins France army - Get French Football News

Former Chelsea academy goalkeeper, Nicolas Tié, has joined the French army at the age of 24, as he has revealed in an interview with Ouest-France.  Tié left Poitiers at the age of 13 to join Chelsea’s academy. However, despite featuring at U18 and U23 level for the Blues, he never made an appearance for the first time. He then left to join Guimarães in Portugal but once again, despite making appearances for the youth sides, he never got his chan…