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Former international goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, the world champion with the French national football team in 2018, announced his retirement from playing permanently, at the age of forty.
In an interview with the sports newspaper “L’Equipe”, the former Marseille goalkeeper, who played 35 international matches and has become a free player since the first of July: “I thought carefully because I received many offers from clubs such as Lohaver, Laurian, Gangan, Brest, and Montelier, but I refused every time.”
Mandanda started his football career with Luhafer, where he emerged with him in the French second division, then joined Marseille and proved his worth in his first season in the Premier League in 2007-2008.
Mandanda spent most of his football career in Marseille, where he played 14 seasons with him, and won the 2010 League title, with three consecutive titles in the League Cup (2010, 2011, 2012), and the Champions Cup twice (2010, 2011) under the leadership of Didier Deschamn, who became his coach with the French national team starting in 2012.
After his first participation with the French national team in May 2008 under the leadership of Raymond Dominique, Mandanda proved his worth as a key guard before losing his position in 2009 in favor of Hugo Loris.
Mandanda was in the squad crowned with its second world title in 2018 in Russia.
