Gary Neville retires: A career in pictures

Love him or hate him, one thing you can't do is ignore Gary Neville Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

1992: Neville (back row, far right) wins the FA Youth Cup in a two-legged final with Crystal Palace. The United team also included David Beckham and Nicky Butt
Makes first team debut against Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images

1995: Plays in the FA Cup final against Everton, which United lost 1-0 Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

1995: Makes England debut against Japan at the age of 20. England win 2-1 at Wembley Photograph: Action Images

1996: Member of United's double-winning squad. Establishes himself as a regular in the England team at Euro 96 but misses the semi-final defeat to Germany at Wembley Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images

1997: Scores his first (of seven) Manchester United goals in a 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough Photograph: Action Images

1999: Member of United's treble-winning campaign, making 54 appearances Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Allsport

2000: Wins his fourth championship medal and makes his 250th first-team apperance Photograph: Ben Radford/Getty Images

2001: Wins fifth Premier League title and signs new six-year deal with Manchester United worth £11m Photograph: Dave Gadd/Sportsphoto

2002: Breaks metatarsal bone during the first half of United's Champions League semi-final first leg clash with Bayer Leverkusen. The injury eventually rules him out of the World Cup Photograph: Darren Walsh/Action Images

2004: Wins the FA Cup for the third time as United beat Millwall 3-0 in Cardiff Photograph: Michael Regan/Action Images

2006: Fined £5,000 and warned about his future conduct by the FA following his wild celebrations at Rio Ferndinand'sinjury-time winner against Liverpool at Old Trafford. Accuses the FA of wanting robots for footballers Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

2006: The Liverpool fans let Neville know what they think of him after his actions in front of them during the previous month Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

2007: United win the Premier League title with Neville making 24 appearances in the league Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

2008: Not named in the squad for the Champions League final, which United won with a penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea in Moscow Photograph: Tom Jenkins

2010: Makes a one fingered gesture to the former United player Carlos Tevez whilst warming up as a substitute against Manchester City Photograph: Mike Egerton/Empics Sport

2010: Three months later he shows a more tender side to his personality when United play Manchester City again Photograph: Paul Thomas/Action Images

2011: Announces his retirement from football having made 602 appearances for Manchester United. His last match was on New Year's Day in United's 2-1 victory over West Brom. Rather fittingly his last game was mired in controversy when his tackle, which was made in the area, brought down Graham Dorrans but the referee failed to award a penalty Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images