Soccer-Langerak quits Socceroos to spend time with family amid COVID-19 crisis


FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Australia v Brazil - International Friendly - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia - 13/06/17 - Australia's Mitch Langerak in action. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo

(Reuters) - Australia goalkeeper Mitch Langerak has ended his international career over travel concerns during the COVID-19 crisis, the 32-year-old announced on Thursday.

Former Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart keeper Langerak, who currently plays for Nagoya Grampus in Japan's top flight J-League, said that he preferred to stay with his family for the duration of the pandemic.

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