Former France and Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu has retired after suffering a knee injury in Sporting CP training.
The 36-year-old managed 5 appearances for France but shone in spells with Valencia and Barcelona from 2014 to 2017 before joining Sporting CP.
Mathieu played in France with Sochaux before moving to Spain with Valencia.
Mathieu won two La Liga titles with Barcelona plus a Champions League in 2014-15, coming on as a late substitute in the 3-1 final win over Juventus.
Record newspaper in Portugal quoted a statement from Mathieu: ‘’I thought I would end my career in another way, but it is part of football. I wanted to finish on the pitch so badly, but destiny decided otherwise.
‘’Anyway, I spent 19 years living my life with intense passion, with ups and downs, joy and crying, victories and defeats and incredible trophies.’’
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I take this chance to with Jeremy all the best as he embarks on his retirement. I hope in his 19 yrs on the pitch he must have made a fortune to fall back on.
it finally ends all the arguments on how pronounce his name haha