Germany’s Mueller retires from international football

Germany striker Thomas Mueller said Monday he was drawing a line under his 14-year career with the national team following the conclusion of Euro 2024

“After 131 national team games and 45 goals, I am saying goodbye,” Mueller said in a video statement announcing his decision.

Mueller, who turns 35 in September, was a key member of the German team that won the 2014 World Cup, beating Argentina in the final after extra time.

“When I played my first international match for the German national team over 14 years ago, I could never have dreamed of all this,” Mueller said in the video.

“Great victories and bitter defeats. Sometimes on the floor, only to get back up again,” he said.

“It always made me very proud to play for my country. We celebrated together and sometimes shed a tear together.”