France stalwart Ribery announces retirement from football
4 years ago(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 20, 2017 Bayern Munich's players including French midfielder Franck Ribery (C) celebrate on the balcony of City Hall after the German First division Bundesliga football match Bayern Munich vs SC Freiburg in Munich, southern Germany. - Former star of the French team and Bayern Munich Franck Ribery announced on October 21, 2022 the end of his professional career, at 39 years, because of persistent pain in a knee, in a video posted on social networks. (Photo by Tobias Hase / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT / NO USE AFTER NOVEMBER 20, 2022 11:56:09 GMT - GERMANY OUT
Former France and Bayern Munich attacking midfielder Franck Ribery announced his retirement from football on Friday after succumbing to a persistent knee injury which kept him out of action for Serie A club Salernitana.
