Retirement time for Franck Ribéry!

It was anticipated, it’s now official. Franck Ribéry places an finish to his profession as knowledgeable footballer.

The French attacking midfielder confirmed the information on social media. “The ball stops however not my emotions for him. Thanks all for this nice journey”wrote this Thursday the participant of 39 years, on instagram and Twitter.

The ball stops. The emotions inside me don’t. ✨
Der Ball ruht. Die Gefühle in mir nicht. ✨
The ball stops however not my emotions for him. ✨
It pallon if closed. Le emozioni dentro di me, no. ✨

Due to everybody for this nice journey. ??#FR7 #Elhamdulillah pic.twitter.com/Ku4i1MeEbE

— Franck Ribery (@FranckRibery) October 21, 2022

The native of Boulogne-sur-Mer has been sporting the Salernitana jersey since September 2021, a membership with which the tricolor could have performed two matches together with a Serie A match in 2022-2023. His contract ran till subsequent June. Earlier than this ultimate stage of his profession, the participant with 81 caps and 16 objectives with the Blues had notably defended the colours of Olympique de Marseille (18 objectives in 89 video games between 2005 and 2007) and particularly Bayern Munich (124 objectives in 425 video games between 2007 and 2019).

With the Bavarians, the 2006 World Cup finalist gained 9 German league titles and gained a Champions League in 2013. That 12 months, Franck Ribéry completed third within the Ballon d’Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.