Raphael Varane, a French center defender, has announced his retirement from international competition on Instagram.
The 29-year-old has a great resume, having won four Champions Leagues (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018), the Nations League in 2021, the World Cup in 2018 and other honors with Real Madrid and the French national team.
He has, however, also encountered physical difficulties, and it is said that he wishes to take more time off throughout the season to rest.
During France's World Cup final loss to Argentina, the Manchester United defender played his 93rd and final game for his country. He was substituted at the 113th minute by Ibrahima Konaté because he was exhausted as the game entered overtime.
Varane claims that representing France for a decade had been one of the greatest honors of his life in a lengthy message posted on his Instagram account.
He claims to have contemplated international retirement for a few months and determined that the moment was right to hang up his France boots.
Then, twenty years later, he won the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which he describes as one of the greatest and most memorable experiences of his life. He continues by recalling how, as a young child watching the 1998 World Cup, he dreamed of following in the footsteps of his childhood heroes.
Varane thanks Didier Deschamps, the head of France's national team, his teammates, and most importantly, the French people for their support as he wraps off his speech.
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