Liverpool confirms ‘Matip’ will hang up his boots at the age of 33

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Liverpool have confirmed that towering defender Joel Matip has officially retired from football. The Cameroon international centre-back’s contract with the Reds expired this summer. After playing for more than eight years, making 201 appearances and winning numerous trophies. “

Former Liverpool FC defender Joel Matip has confirmed his retirement from football,” the statement said.

The 33-year-old began his professional career with Schalke 04 in 2009 before joining Anfield on a free transfer in 2016.

Matip featured as Liverpool went on to add the UEFA Super Cup. And was involved in nine Premier League games in 2019-20 as Klopp’s team emphatically end the club’s 30-year wait to be crowned English champions again.

After a long-term injury curtailed his 2020-21 campaign, the ex-Cameroon international returned to stellar form as the Reds launched a quadruple bid the following season.

The No.32 clocked up 43 games – his most in a single campaign for the club – and appeared in both finals as the Carabao Cup and Emirates FA Cup were lifted at Wembley, while he and his teammates also finished runners-up in the top flight and Champions League.

He was a key figure in Jurgen Klopp’s defence, winning the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup last season.

Matip suffered a serious knee injury in December and did not return to the pitch. http://ufabet999.app. He held a farewell ceremony in his final game at Anfield before confirming his retirement today. Matip

has made 27 appearances for the Reds, scoring once, and played at the World Cup. Final rounds in 2010 and 2014