The Swiss footballer of Kosovo origin Xherdan Shaqirione of the best players in the Central European country’s history, announced on Monday his retirement from the national team after defending his colors on 125 occasions and scoring 32 goals.
The right winger, 32 years old and currently in Fire in Chicago of MLS, made this announcement on social networks nine days after his last game in Switzerlandwhere he appeared in extra time in the quarterfinals of the Euro Cup against England and he was about to score an Olympic goal with a corner kick.
In the group stage he scored a goal against Scotlandhis only goal in the European Championship but allowed him to become the first footballer in history to score in three World Cups and three consecutive European championships.
Famous for his corpulent silhouette, the former player for teams like Basel, Bayern Munich, Liverpool either Inter Milan has left many purposes to remember wearing the colors of ‘Let’s see‘, although perhaps what his fans remember most is the amazing goal Chile scored against Poland at Euro 2016.
Source: La Verdad
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