Dugarry Hangs His Boots Up

Last updated : 01 February 2005 By Brian Cartlidge

Dugarry
The 32-year-old former France international striker, who spent just over a year at St Andrew's between 2003-04, recently cancelled his contract with Qatar Club and returned to France.

Dugarry became a cult hero at St Andrew's during his time with the Blues. He was instrumental in securing our Premiership status in our first season back in the top flight and was offered a new one year deal by the Blues heirachy.

He picked up a bad knee injury during Blues' pre-season tour to Malaysia in the summer of 2003 however and then failed to match the performances of the previous season and in March 2004 left the club and returned to France.

Dugarry claims he did have an offer to continue to playing with Benfica but he didn't believe he was capable of lasting out another Championship season and has decided instead to call it quits.