Franck Ribéry hangs up his crampons.
The French winger announced it this Friday, in a message published on his social networks in several languages.
It is possible that he will remain with US Salernitana 1919, but in a different role.
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From Boulogne to Munich, via Marseille
Revealed at Olympique de Marseille where he scored 18 goals between 2005 and 2007, it was on the other side of the Rhine that the native of Boulogne-sur-Mer acquired star status, at Bayern Munich.
He gleaned no fewer than 22 titles there, including nine Bundesliga crowns, six German Cups and a Champions League, in 2013. That year is considered the peak of the left winger's career. never hid his disappointment at missing out on the Ballon d'Or.
Munich fans will probably long remember his duo formed with Dutchman Arjen Robben, who played on the other wing.
Arrived in Italy in 2019 after twelve seasons in Bavaria, Ribéry first put down his luggage at Fiorentina before heading to Salerno.
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With the Blues, a more contrasting record
France had discovered it during the 2006 World Cup, and this famous round of 16 victory against Spain (3-1) during which he had scored his first goal for the Blues.
He had everything to take over from the Zidane era, and for a long time he undeniably assumed the role of best player, but his reputation never seemed to shed the stains of the year 2010: that night with an escort too young, Zahia, then the fiasco of Knysna during the World Cup in South Africa.
After the failure of Euro 2012 under Laurent Blanc (defeat in the quarter-finals against Spain), Ribéry narrowly missed the 2014 World Cup led by Didier Deschamps and then struggled to find a place in this new team. of France called to shine, carried by Matuidi, Varane, Pogba, Griezmann.
He announced his international retirement in August 2014.