A big name for French football has ended his professional career.
The story will remember that his name has eclipsed at the twilight of a summer marked by the returns with great pumps of several comrades of the 2018 promotion (Paul Pogba in Monaco, Olivier Giroud in Lille, Florian Thauvin in Lens).
Without a club since the end of his contract in Rennes, Steve
Mandanda said stop. The French world champion announced on social networks that he ended his professional career, two and a half years after turning the page of the French team.
Steve Mandanda, here with Rennes.
“Today, a page turns. After more than 20 years of career, I make the decision to put an end to my career as a professional player. From Le Havre to Marseille to Rennes via Crystal Palace, from my first steps to my last stops, I am proud to have worn the colors of my clubs but also those of the French team, until the most beautiful reward: a title of world champion“, Can we read in an Instagram post by Steve Mandanda.
OM legend and Blues Framework
The most capped player in OM history (441 games), Mandanda will remain a legend of the Marseille club, while his number status behind Hugo Lloris has not altered his influence within the France group (35 selections spread over 14 years), where his leadership made it a listened and respected frame.
« Beyond the trophies, I especially retain values, meetings, emotions. None of this would have been possible without work, sacrifices … but also without the people who surrounded me and accompanied throughout this path. Cite everyone is impossible but you will recognize yourself. Your confidence and your support carried me in moments of joy as in the trials“, Concluded Mandanda.
