Toni Kroos announces retirement from football

German football legend, Toni Kroos, has announced his retirement from football.

The Real Madrid player, in a statement on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, announced that he will bow out of the game after Euro 2024, to be hosted by Germany.

The Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund on June 1st will be the final match Kroos will play for Los Blancos after spending ten years at the club, where he won 22 titles.

Kroos won four Champions League titles, five Club World Cups, four European Super Cups, four La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey, and four Spanish Super Cups with Real Madrid.

Before joining Real Madrid, he also won the World Cup with Germany in 2014.

He also won his first Champions League title, one Club World Cup, one European Super Cup, three Bundesliga titles, three DFB-Pokals, and two German Super Cups with Bayern Munich.

Read Toni Kroos's full statement below:

“This season is my last,” he said in his podcast, Einfach Mal Luppen. “I’m convinced that this is the correct decision for me. I’ve thought for many months about what to do, and the truth is that there are pros and cons like always, but I’m convinced it’s what I want to do.

"I always had the idea of leaving this club in the best way; this season is one of the best I’ve played, so it’s a good time to leave. When I leave Madrid, I leave football. That’s what’s going to happen. I will play in the European Championship with Germany, but I have never thought about changing clubs.

"I’m grateful for the last 10 years, the support, which makes this club and its fans special, and that’s why I’ve felt at home in the club, in Spain, and here in Madrid.”

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