Harry Kane reveals surprising career he wants after football as he gives up on long-term dream

Harry Kane has ruled out taking up golf full-time and says he will "stick to football" as he spoke honestly about his post-retirement plans.

Kane is one of the leading candidates for the 2026 Ballon d'Or after a stunning year for club and country and could become the first English winner since Michael Owen in 2001.

The England captain is in the form of his life aged 33 and will surely have many years banging in the goals.

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Harry Kane has given up on golf dream after football career finishes

Away from the pitch, Kane is an avid golf player and plays regularly at the leading courses. Kane, who reportedly has a 1.9 handicap, has played golf with United States President Donald Trump in Palm Beach.

Recently he showed off his golf skills in an Instagram video on a yacht in the Caribbean while enjoying his post-World Cup break.

But despite previously expressing optimism that he could go professional after his retirement from football, Kane has given up on the dream.

Speaking to The Sun, he said: “I toy with that in my head. I watch golf and think, ‘I could be there’. Then I go out and play, and I am like, ‘No, there’s no way’.

"I play off two. I am a member at Wentworth and I shoot ten over.

“Then I watch the pros, who played there last week, and 20 under wins it. I think I’ll stick to football, to be honest.”

Harry Kane still has hope for 'realistic' career as NFL kicker

While the golf idea is one that Kane is not so sure about, he still harbours hope of becoming a kicker in the NFL one day.

The Bayern Munich star is a huge American football fan and named his dogs after Tom Brady and Russell Wilson.

A supporter of the New England Patriots, Kane has frequently spoken about wanting to becoming an NFL kicker and has even been backed by former punter and Super Bowl champion Dustin Colquitt.

In 2025, the former Kansas City Chiefs star said Kane "would do fantastic" and offered to train him.

Kane still has ambitions and believes with his expert penalty taking and striking ability, he could be ready after a year of practicing.

On becoming a kicker in the NFL, he explained: "That is something I will try and look at a bit more seriously. It all depends on what happens in my career over the next five or six years.

“The NFL is a lot more realistic than the golf one, let’s put it that way.

“I think it is something I am used to kicking more than using my hands. I take penalties and it is a very similar pressure and technique. I would be closer to that more than any other sport."

Kane continued: “But as I know, with all elite sports, when you watch it on TV, people make it look easy, and you think it is possible — but that is not always the case.

“If I were to do it, it is something I would take seriously. I would take six months to a year to try and practice before.

“Maybe if I am in the MLS in the future, or somewhere like that, it might be a thing where you could connect the two.

“But again, it is in the back of my mind because, right now, I am feeling that I want to play for as long as I can here.

“I think sometimes it is easy to get to my age, 33, to start thinking about retirement or the future.

“But I am trying to extract everything I can from the last two, five or ten years.”

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