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Babette Peter at Real Madrid (picture from November 2020)
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The 118-time German ex-national player Babett Peter ends her football career.
"An unforgettable journey comes to an end for me this summer," wrote the Real Madrid captain on Instagram.
She looks back "proudly on what has been achieved," wrote Peter, and "thanks to football that I was able to realize and live all my dreams."
The 33-year-old defender wants to complete her master's degree in sports business in October and then plans to work in US women's soccer, she was quoted as saying in an interview in the "Frankfurter Rundschau".
She did not initially give any further details.
Her partner, with whom she has a son, already lives in the USA and works there as an assistant coach in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Peter's wish is to help shape women's football in Germany "at management level" in a few years' time.
End of a career with numerous titles
In 2019, Peter ended her DFB career after 118 international matches.
In addition to Olympic gold in 2016, she also won the World Championships (2007) and European Championships (2009).
Also in 2019, she moved to Spanish club CD Tacón, whose team played for Real Madrid from 2020.
In March of this year, Real Madrid lost to FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League – but in front of a world record crowd of 91,553 fans.
From 2006 to 2012 she played for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, became champion five times, won the DFB Cup once and won the Champions League in 2010.
After stint at 1. FFC Frankfurt (2012 to 2014/one cup win), she moved to VfL Wolfsburg and won three championships and five cups with them.
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