The midfielder, winner of the Champions League with Bayern Munich, has won the jersey of the France team 81 times.
Le Monde
The news had been expected for two weeks, Franck Ribéry formalized it on Friday October 21: the midfielder retires at 39 years old. “The ball stops, but not my feelings for him,” the old international on the 81 capes with the French team wrote on Twitter.
The Ball Stops. The feelings inside me do not. ✨
Der Ball Ruht. Die Gefühle in Mir Nicht. ✨
Le Ballon stops May… https://t.co/cqdml79d74
If he dreamed of playing up to 40 years, the winger is forced to put the crampons away by recurring injuries on the knees. In addition to twenty years of professional career, the native of Boulogne-sur-Mer will have experienced the summits of football, from the final of the 2006 World Cup to his victory in the Champions League in 2013 with Bayern Munich, of which he has become a legend.