2014 World Cup Winner Sami Khedira Announces Retirement At 34

2014 World Cup Winner with Germany Sami Khedira has announced his retirement from football at the end of the season, he told a news conference.

Khedira, 34, currently playing with Hertha Berlin in his home country of Germany brings an end to an illustrious career that began in 2005 with VfB Stuttgart. He also played for Real Madrid and Juventus.

He won the Bundesliga (in 2007 with Stuttgart), La Liga (in 2012 with Real Madrid) and Serie A (in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 with Juventus).

He is the first player to win the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Champions League in the same year in 2014. He won the Champions League with Real Madrid and World Cup with Germany, a record matched four years later by Raphael Varane who won it with Real Madrid and France.

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