After almost 20 years
World champion Jerome Boateng ends his career
He won practically everything. Now hangs Jerome Boateng get his football shoes. This was explained by the 2014 world champion on his social media channels.
Former soccer player Jérôme Boateng ends his career. The 2014 world champion announced this on social media. “Football gave me a lot,” said the 37-year-old in a video that shows pictures and excerpts from his career. “I learned, won and lost.” Now it is time to move on. He was grateful for everything, said the former defender.
The winning of the World Cup title with the German national team in Brazil eleven years ago was the greatest success in the career of the Berlin-born. Boateng gave his Bundesliga debut for Hertha BSC in January 2007. With FC Bayern Munich, for which he played for a total of ten years, the defensive man won nine German championship titles, twice the Champions League and five times the DFB Cup.
Jerome Boateng: Ten years and many titles with Bayern
After leaving the Munich in 2021, it was increasingly calmer about Boateng. He still played for Olympique Lyon in France, US Salernitana in Italy and most recently the Linz ASK in Austria.
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Im August hatte Boateng seinen ursprünglich noch bis 2026 laufenden Vertrag in Linz aufgelöst – nach gerade mal 14 Pflichtspielen für den Club. "Es war eine bereichernde Erfahrung, noch einmal in einem neuen Umfeld zu arbeiten. Nun ist für mich der richtige Zeitpunkt gekommen, um ein neues Kapitel aufzuschlagen", hatte der 76-malige Nationalspieler damals gesagt.
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