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Bolt: I want to be a professional footballerBolt: I want to be a professional footballer

Author:  Nigel Brown
Posted on:05 September 2010 - 03:20 PM
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Sprint sensation Usain Bolt has revealed he wants to play professional football when he hangs up his running spikes.

The 24-year-old Jamaican believes he has four years remaining at the top of the athletics world before he will be forced to bow out.

But rather than retiring from professional sport, the double Beijing Olympic 100m and 200m champion and world record holder is hoping to turn his attention to football.

"I have four more good years in me if I train hard," he told BBC Radio FiveLive's Sportsweek programme.

"When I finish I'd like to play football for two years. I always watch those guys and I think I could be a professional footballer.

"I'll try that. Maybe I could get into a good side or even an average side.

"I'm definitely a good player - a defensive or attacking midfielder - somewhere around there.

"First I'm hoping I get to be the one to get to 9.4 seconds (in the 100m) because that's where I think the record will probably never be beaten."



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