German Toni Kross

Havana, May 22 (JIT). -The German soccer player Toni Kross announced this Tuesday his retirement from the fields at the age of 34, in a statement issued by his club, Real Madrid.

In the note, the entity expresses its gratitude and affection to someone who is considered a legend of that sport and highlights the 10-year career linked to it.

The midfielder, world champion of Brazil 2014 and valued as one of the best in his position in the history of the most universal of sports, leaves active practice after an excellent season in which he collaborated with the Merengues to obtain the 36th title of league and qualify for the final of the Uefa Champions League 2023-2024.

In his showcases lie 22 titles with the white shirt: four European Cups, five club World Cups, four Old Continent Super Cups, four leagues, one Copa del Rey and four Spanish Super Cups.

If he wins the final of this edition of the Champions League, which they will play against Borussia Dortmund on June 1, he would achieve his fifth with Real Madrid and his sixth personally, since he won one with his former team, Bayern Munich.

Only 10 players, all linked to Madrid, have five "orejonas". If Kross gets the sixth, he would top the list of the only ones with that figure along with the Croatian Luka Modric and the Spaniards Dani Carvajal and Nacho, his club mates.

His prolific career also enjoyed success in Germany with Bayern, a team with which he also won a club World Cup, a European Super Cup, three Bundesliga titles, three German Cups and two German Super Cups.

At an individual level, he was included in the Fifa FIFPRO World 11 eleven three times, was named the Best Playmaker in 2014 by the IFFHS and won the Golden Ball as best player at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in Korea. South 2007.