Franck Ribéry: the Frenchman announces his retirement, for what reasons?

End clap for “Kaiser Franck”. The former OM and Bayern player officially announced his retirement on social media this Friday, October 21.

He says stop or rather his body says it. On social networks this Friday, October 21, Franck Ribéry announced his retirement from football fields. The former playerOM can no longer bear the pain caused by his knees. While he has not played a single match since mid-August, the Frenchman will not be able to achieve his goal of playing until he is 40 years old.

The time has come for me to quit football, he explains in the video posted on his social networks. Despite the efforts made over the past three months, the pain in my knee has only gotten worse and the doctors are positive. I no longer have a choice: I have to stop playing. It’s the end of a beautiful chapter in my life.”

The career of Franck Ribéry

The player undoubtedly has one of the finest careers in French football in recent years. Launched in particular by Metz and Galatasaray, it shone in the eyes of the general public on the side of Olympique de Marseille (2005-2007) before leaving for Bayern Munich or he will very quickly become “Kaiser Franck”. In twelve years with the German champion, the Frenchman won 23 titles including 9 German championships, and especially the 2013 Champions League. Ribéry had also finished on the third step of the podium of a Ballon d’Or which he was promised this year, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, calling this episode the “biggest theft of (his) career”.

Ribéry in the French national team

Franck Ribéry will wear the jersey of the France team for 8 years, from 2006 to 2014. He will be the big surprise on Raymond Domenech’s list for this World Cup. He particularly marked the spirits when he scored a magnificent goal by overflowing Iker Casillas provoking the mythical comment from Thierry Gilardi, “go ahead my little one”. His career in the France team was tumultuous, he is notably considered to be one of those responsible for the “mutiny” of Knysna by the FFF and is suspended for several matches. After a return in 2011, asking for forgiveness, Franck Ribéry was essential in the early years of Deschamps, until 2014, when he decided to retire from international football due to his injuries. “I made a decision. The last two years in the France team, I really had a lot of fun. I was very important for the France team, the best scorer, the best passer. I But in the end when I had this little back problem that deprived me of the World Cup, there were little things that I really didn’t like and I felt that I had no support behind me. But it’s a page that has been turned and I wish good luck to the France team.”