A PREMIER LEAGUE cult hero seems unrecognisable having swapped his lengthy hair and headband for a glossy new look.
The previous footballer seems a special man from his taking part in days.
The 47 yr previous made 175 appearances within the Premier League scoring 44 objectives and offering 14 assists.
The striker spent six years at Aston Villa who he joined for a then membership file payment of £9.5m from Argentine aspect River Plate.
His most prolific season got here underneath David O'Leary within the 2003/2004 season the place he scored 23 objectives in all competitions.
Villa completed sixth and made the semi-finals of the League Cup.
The ahead left the Premier League for the MLS in 2007 the place he performed for New York Crimson Bulls, Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA.
If you have not guessed by now it's in fact Columbia's Juan Pablo Angel.
Throughout his time with the Villain's Angel turned considerably of a cult hero however at first discovered it tough to adapt to his new life hundreds of miles from dwelling.
The Columbian documented his struggles on The Coaches’ Voice web site.
He wrote: "Issues weren’t simple. There may be all the time a standard adaptation course of that each participant should face however I went via a tough private state of affairs away from the sport."
“My spouse turned in poor health after we got here to England and he or she spent virtually six months in hospital after we had our first youngster."
“However the league itself had its personal difficulties. The language, the climate, the physicality and velocity of the competitors."
"And, by way of organisation, the membership wasn’t actually ready when it got here to bringing in abroad gamers from our area."
He ended his profession the place it began at Atletico Nacional and retired in December 2014.
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