“The time has come to say stop”… World champion in 2018, Blaise Matuidi stops his career

After almost 18 years of professional career, Blaise Matuidi has just announced his retirement on social networks.

“Football, I loved you so much.

Football, you have given me so much, but the time has come to say stop, ”says the former international midfielder with a photo of him in the blue jersey, the World Cup resting on his head.

His main feat will remain his title of world champion acquired with the France team in 2018. Positioned in the left midfield, he was a strong man in Didier Deschamps' campaign in Russia.

Football, I loved you so much.

Football, you gave me so much, but the time has come to say stop.

I accomplished my dreams as a child, my dreams as a man.

It is with a tight throat but with pride that I turn this page today.

THANKS ❤️

👉🏾 https://t.co/j9S9b7QaiD pic.twitter.com/rkDwnxX9Tj

— Blaise Matuidi (@MATUIDIBlaise) December 23, 2022

"I have fulfilled my childhood dreams, my dreams as a man," adds the former Paris Saint Germain midfielder on his Twitter account.

Five-time French champion with PSG, Matuidi formed a phenomenal trio with Thiago Motta and Marco Verratti, with whom he won 15 titles in all.

After joining Juventus from Turin in the summer of 2017, "Blaisou" will fill his trophy cabinet with five more titles, including three Serie A.

"Coaches can't do without him"

In 2020, he crossed the Atlantic to end his career at Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise created by David Beckham.

After a season and a half, Blaise Matuidi and the club agreed in February 2022 to end their contract.

Without a contract since, the 35-year-old midfielder trained in Troyes, then revealed to AS Saint-Étienne has decided to end his career.

“It is with a tight throat but with pride that I turn this page today.

Thank you, ”concluded Blaise Matuidi in his message.

The left-handed midfielder, with such an atypical gait and technique, will leave behind him an image of a smiling player, appreciated wherever he has gone.

“He doesn't have Pirlo's feet but, in a team, he's tactically smart and he weighs a lot.

He has consistency, he is generous, he is always at the service of the team and that is even why coaches cannot do without him, ”explained his coach at Juventus Massimiliano Allegri at the time. .

From his career, there will also remain an endless fight against racism or even a celebration and a song “Matuidi Charo” by Niska.

In short, a career worthy of a great player in French football.