Former Prem star played at 50 after only taking up football to keep fit as he trained to work for the police

A FORMER Premier League star who wanted to be a detective ended up playing until the age of 50.

Jo Tessem had quite a career in football despite never aspiring to get into the game.

Jo Tessem made 130 appearances for SouthamptonNews Group Newspapers Ltd Twitter @HytheDibdenFCThe Norwegian only retired last summer aged 50[/caption]

At 20-years-old the Norwegian signed up to join the Police Academy in Oslo.

He had to wait a year until he was 21 to be officially inducted...