The central Milan and captain of Denmark Simon Kjær He announced this Friday his retirement from the national team at the age of 35 and after 132 international matches. “It’s the right time to leave the national team, although of course at the same time I’m sad, because nothing in football is better than representing your country. I enjoyed every one of the 132 times I was on the field to sing of the anthem with my teammates and the fans,” Kjær said in a statement from the Danish Federation (DBU).
The former player for Palermo, Wolfsburg and Seville, among others, made his debut in 2009 with Denmark and was part of the squad in the last six stages, including the last Euro Cup, where he did not play a single minute . Kjær took over the captaincy in 2016 following the retirement of fellow centre-back Daniel Agger.
In October 2023 he surpassed goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel as the player with the most caps for Denmark, but his teammate Christian Eriksen took the record from him at the last European Championship.
The national coach, Morten Wieghorst, will announce in the coming weeks who will be the new captain of the team, DBU reported. Denmark are in the same group as Spain – as well as Serbia and Switzerland – in the next edition of the UEFA Nations League, which starts in September.
Source: La Verdad
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