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'There is a Premier League footballer who retired at 26 and immediately became a photographer, just a few weeks after helping Tottenham win the Europa League.'
The second act of a player's life, who played as a winning member of Tottenham's Europa League along with Son Heung-min, is a calm topic. On the 31st, a series of media, including The Athletic and Daily Mail in the UK, highlighted a player with an unusual resume who became a photographer as soon as he announced his retirement after winning the Tottenham Europa League.
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'A former Europa League winner decided to end his football career in just a few months and start a shocking new career. The star player, who was 26 years old when he retired, is now 27. After playing as a Tottenham youth since childhood and signing his first professional contract, he was with the team until last season. Although he was on loan twice at Degerfors in Sweden, he was not given the opportunity to influence properly in the first team and was in a position to be greatly behind in the rankings. He introduced that he began dipping his feet into other areas of life, exploring potential career paths such as acting classes, broadcasting, and photography. 'I expected to continue my football career when he was released by Tottenham at the end of last season but he announced his retirement himself that summer'
This player was Tottenham backup goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman. Lee, who also played for England's Under-17 and Under-19 teams, made a surprise switch to photographer just weeks after his retirement announcement.
Whiteman told The Athletic: `I signed for Tottenham at age 10, I left school at 16 and immediately lived the life of a full-time footballer"At the age of 17-18, while staying in the boarding house, is this it?"It occurred to me that ' It was a life where I went to the training ground on a minibus, studied sports science BTEC, came home and just played games. At a very young age, I realized that `Oh, I'm not happy here.'
The stereotypes about football players are largely true. There are things like golf and toiletries bag culture. I was one of those young players. Wanted to have a Gucci toiletries bag, drove a Mercedes. We become to copy each other. be a product of the environment. That's how football is all in this country. It's completely cut off from the rest of the world. Going to the training ground, coming back home, that's all he's got," he said, looking back on the life of a soccer player. "A football career is short anyway. No matter how good you are. I knew I didn't want to stay in the world. I made an effort to gain experience and actively learn the things I am interested in. But most of all, I was able to be with people who made my job what I liked, and they created something, and that itself was a great inspiration for me."
Whiteman played in Tottenham's first team once in the Europa League in 2020 under Jose Mourinho. Tottenham tried to leave the team in 2024, but Tottenham needed a club's own nurturing youth player to participate in the Europa League, and he ended up being the winner of the honor.
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I also got two tests last summer at Championship (Second Division) and League One (Second Division) clubs, but I eventually decided to find 'happiness' in the other world. Whiteman has since collaborated with sports brands Nike and rapper Central Cee, and has also presented his work in Norway and Ukraine. His homepage introduces the writer 'A multidisciplinary artist who works in various fields such as photography, directing, and music. A former Tottenham professional football player, his work now explores identity, discipline and creativity through various expression methods. Directing and photography are the core of his work. "We have been developing personal projects that explore the intersection of sports, culture, and everyday life, while producing images for brands such as online learning, Paloma Wool, Nepenthes, Bowles, and more. In the solo exhibition to be held at the OOF Gallery in 2026, he will present the latest project 'A Loan', and he introduced himself as a DJ of NTS Radio every month 'Sweet Tooth' program. "His work, rooted in a unique journey from the discipline of elite sports to the openness of creative practice, is defined by a curiosity about how culture, identity, and community intersect," he said, adding to the philosophy of art. Whiteman, meanwhile, has not watched any football matches since his retirement" is the back story.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
