Franck Ribery, a former winger for Bayern Munich and France, has declared his retirement from the game of football after a year spent recovering from injuries at Salernitana of Serie A.
Ribery joined Salernitana in September of last year, but owing to fitness concerns, he was only able to start 17 league games in 2021–22, and this season, he has only made one top-flight appearance.
The 39-year-old has officially announced the end of his career and announced it on Twitter on Friday.
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Ball stops. The emotions I have don’t,” he wrote.
I’d like to thank everyone for this wonderful journey.
Ribery is best remembered for his stint in Germany, where he played for Bayern Munich and won the Bundesliga nine times.
In 2013, when the German powerhouses defeated their domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final, he also captured the trophy alongside them.
Between 2007 and 2019, he made a total of 425 appearances for the team and netted 124 goals.
After breaking through at French club US Boulogne as a teen, Ribery represented eight clubs throughout his career.
After that, he played for Stade Brest and Metz before spending a brief time with Galatasaray in Turkey.
He then returned to France and joined Marseille, where his performances attracted attention and led to Bayern signing him in 2007.
He would later become a star for Bayern, coming in third place behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2013 Ballon d’Or voting.
He moved to Fiorentina after the club released him in 2019, then Salernitana, before deciding to end his playing career.
Ribery participated in four international tournaments and collected 81 caps for France.
He was a member of the team that advanced to the World Cup final in 2006, where France was defeated by Italy on penalties.
Honors:
x1 Champions League, x1 UEFA Super Cup, x1 Clubs World Cup, x9 Bundesliga, x6 DFB Pokal, x5 DFL SuperCup, x1 DFL Ligapokal, x1 Turkish Cup, x2 UEFA Team of the Year, WC Finalist 2006