World Cup winner Philipp Lahm to hang up his boots

February 9, 2017

On Tuesday, German ex-football captain and 2014 winner Philipp Lahm announced he will retire as a football player at the end of this season. Lahm's current contract is to expire in 2018. , the 33-year-old defender said. Lahm also declined to fill FC Bayern's sporting director vacancy; Matthias Sammer, left the post in July.

Philipp Lahm has been at Munich since the age of eleven. Lahm has played 501 matches in the Bavarian colours, the latest a 1–0 win over. The Bayern Munich captain lifted the Bundesliga title on seven occasions with the current defending champions Bayern.

Lahm played 113 international matches for Die Mannschaft, and guided Germany to the World Cup victory in Brazil. Apart from the World Cup gold medal and seven league titles, Lahm has also won the UEFA Champions League in 2013 against Bayern's arch rivals Borussia Dortmund 2–1 at the, six and a  trophy.

Lahm retired internationally in 2014 after the successful World Cup tournament.