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Schwarzer ready to play on

08 Dec 2007 - 14:06:25

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Middlesbrough's veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is hoping to continue playing for several years, targeting the World Cup finals of 2010 as his main priority.

The 35-year-old Australia international is out of contract with Boro at the end of the current campaign and could move on, but he is not ready to bring the curtain down on his career just yet.

Schwarzer said: "My goal is to play at the next World Cup for Australia in 2010 and that's my goal at the very minimum for club level.

"I know I have to be playing at the very highest level to make that goal realistic or to have the opportunity of making that goal realistic.

"I have no intention at this moment in time to stop playing domestically.

"I still feel I have got another two or three years at least in me and the only way you can prove to people that's the case is by going out there and playing, and playing well."

Schwarzer joined Boro just over a decade ago from Bradford City for £1.5million and has made well over 400 first-team appearances for the Riverside club to date.