Switzerland ahead Xherdan Shaqiri ended his national-team profession on Monday on the age of 32.
The Chicago Fireplace playmaker introduced the information 9 days after his one hundred and twenty fifth sport for Switzerland, which resulted in a penalty shootout loss to England within the 2024 European Championship quarterfinals.
Approaching as an extra-time substitute, the previous Liverpool and Bayern Munich participant struck the England crossbar direct from a nook within the 1-1 draw earlier than scoring his penalty kick within the shootout.
Shaqiri received only one begin in 5 Euro 2024 video games and scored among the best targets of the event towards Scotland.
It was his seventh main event since going to the 2010 World Cup as an 18-year-old. That was the one event the place Shaqiri didn’t rating.
“It is time for me to say goodbye to the nationwide group. Thanks,” he wrote in a social media publish.
Shaqiri’s 125 video games for Switzerland are second solely to his long-time teammate and captain Granit Xhaka, who has 130.
He scored 32 targets, together with 5 on the World Cup and 5 on the European Championships.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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