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Following Toni Kroos, Ilkay Gundogan and Thomas Muller, Germany national team goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has also cancelled his international duties and will no longer play for the national team.
Neuer said he needed some time to make a decision about his future after Germany reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship on home soil, where eventual champions Spain stopped captain Julian Nagelsmann’s side.
The goalkeeper, who won the world championship with the German national team in 2014, announced his retirement from the national team on his social media on Wednesday.
This day had to come one day. My career with the German national team ends today. Everyone who knows me knows that this decision was not easy for me. It has been more than 15 years since my debut against the United Arab Emirates and I was very nervous. We have had many ups and downs with the national team, but I think everyone knows the highest point. The victory over Argentina at the Maracana Stadium when we became world champions. I look back on it with pride and gratitude.
Neuer wrote on Instagram. The Bayern Munich goalkeeper added that he was very proud to have captained his country for more than seven years.
The German goalkeeper has played 39 games in major tournaments (European Championships, World Championships). Among European football players, only Cristiano Ronaldo has played more games in major tournaments.
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