Former Chelsea goalkeeper Nicolas Tie retired at the age of 24 to become a member of the French army.
Tie represented a number of the blues academy teams for three years after the club in 2017 and to be seen in Premier League 2, UEFA Youth League and Under-18 Premier League matches.
However, he was unable to make his breakthrough in the first team, such as Kepa Arrizabalaga and Willy Caballero for him in the packaging order at that time.
Born in France, Tie was called to the Ivory Coast team in 2018, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. He was later selected for the 2020 Olympic Games.
The former Shotstopper left Chelsea that year to become a member of the Portuguese side Vioria Guimaraes, which did not broke in the first team for three years.
He has now called time on his career for a new company in the French army.
Tie said Ouest France: 'I have had some good tests and I have the regiment I asked for.
“I'm ready, I train every day for this.”
Asked why he called time on his football career, Tie replied: 'I lost my taste for football.
'I am athletic, I did not see myself doing in the office. I always loved military careers, so I said to myself: “Why not become a member of the army?”
“My stepfather is a parachutist in Ivory Coast. I always went to the barracks to observe, it inspired me. '
Tie was hired in the first parachute Hussar Regiment of the French army on April 1 and says he is prepared for everything.
He said: “I don't do politics. I have promised to treat the problem at the source. If the opex (external operation) is launched in Ukraine, let's go. It doesn't worry me. '
Tie also acknowledges that breaking in the first team of Chelsea felt almost impossible, and seeing his friends from the French National Football Center in Clairefontaine Success made it even harder.
He added to his enchantment with the blues: 'I was always treated there as the club's child. I was upgraded in each category, from U13 to Premier League 2.
'But I saw all my friends from Clairefontaine, Sofiane Diop, Benoît Badiashile and Lorenz Assignon who made their Ligue 1 debut, so I wanted to try that level.
“I didn't want to be that player who was lent to championship clubs for a few months.”