Football Soccer - FC Ingolstadt 04 v Bayern Munich - German Bundesliga - Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt, Germany 07/05/16 Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm celebrates after match. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm, who captained Germany to their 2014 World Cup victory, will retire at the end of the season a year before his contract with the German champions expires, the 33-year-old defender said on Tuesday.
Youth product Lahm, who has played 501 matches for Bayern since his senior debut in 2002, said that while he could continue playing at the top level to the end of this campaign he would not be able to keep doing it.
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