German Toni Kroos used his social networks to make this announcement. “My ambition has always been to finish my career at the top of my level,” said the player.
German midfielder Toni Kroos announced on Tuesday the end of his professional football career at the age of 34. . His last championship will be the European Championship in Germany, declining the contract renewal offered by the champion team of the Spanish league.
“July 17, 2014, the day I was presented to Real Madrid, the day that changed my life. My life as a footballer, but above all as a person. It was the start of a new life at the biggest club in the world. Today, after 10 years, at the end of the season, this life ends “, he wrote on Instagram.
“I will never forget this exciting and successful decade! I would like to particularly thank President Florentino Pérez, the club and all those who welcomed me with an open heart and who trusted me. But above all I would like to thank you, dear Real Madrid fans, for your love and support from the first to the last,” he added.
“At the same time, this decision means that my active football career will end this summer after the Euro. As I have always said, Real Madrid is and will be my last club “, he admitted.
He later said: “Today I am happy and proud to have found in my head and in my heart the right moment to make this decision. My ambition has always been to finish my career at the top of my level “.
“From this moment on, there is only one main thought in my mind and nothing is going to separate me from it: here we go for 15!!! GO TO MADRID AND NOTHING ELSE!”, he closed his message on social networks, accompanying the text with photographs from the day of his presentation, next to the Champions League trophy and with his family.
Kroos, trained at Bayern Munich, won the Bundesliga title in the 2007-08 season before spending two years on loan at Bayer Leverkusen. He then returned to the Bavarian team adding two more championships, a Champions League, a European Super Cup and a Club World Cup, as well as two German Cups.
In 2014, he managed to win the title of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, then he went to Real Madrid, where he won 22 titles: four championships, four Spanish Super Cups, one King’s Cup, four Leagues Champions, five Club World Cups and four European Cups. Super Cups.
With the meringues he recorded 299 wins, 89 draws and 75 defeats, scored 28 goals and distributed 93 assists, a statistic that made him the fifth foreigner with the most appearances in the history of the Whites after Karin Benzema , Marcelo, Roberto Carlos and Luka Modrić.
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