Soccer-Ex-Germany midfielder Ozil announces end of playing career

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Super Lig - Fenerbahce v Galatasaray - Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey - February 6, 2021 Fenerbahce's Mesut Ozil warms up at half time Pool via REUTERS/Kenan Asyali

(Reuters) -Germany's World Cup-winning midfielder Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from football at the age of 34 on Wednesday.

The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player was a key member of Germany's World Cup-winning side in Brazil in 2014.