Germany's World Cup-winner Khedira announces retirement


  • Football
  • Thursday, 20 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Hertha BSC v SC Freiburg - Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - May 6, 2021 Hertha BSC's Sami Khedira in action Pool via REUTERS/Michael Sohn

(Reuters) - Germany's World Cup-winning midfielder Sami Khedira said he will retire following his club Hertha Berlin's final match of the Bundesliga season against Hoffenheim on Saturday.

Khedira, 34, began his career at VfB Stuttgart and helped them win the league title in the 2006-07 season before moving to Real Madrid, where he won the league and Champions League in a trophy-laden spell.

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