France Captain Hugo Lloris Ends Time On International Football Career

Hugo Lloris, a World Cup champion, has decided to end his 145-appearance French international career.

Lloris won the 2018 World Cup and led the group that fell short to Argentina in the final in Qatar last month. The 36-year-old goalkeeper told L’Equipe newspaper he will focus on his Tottenham club career in the English Premier League.

“I want to continue to perform, to live this sport as I have always done, and maybe this decision will give me more physical freshness with my club,” Lloris said.

“In the next four or five months, with Tottenham, I want to live strong things, to finish in the top 4 of the Premier League, to do something strong in the Champions League, in the FA Cup too.”

France coach Didier Deschamps paid tribute to a great servant of the French team” and a remarkable human being” who decided to retire at the top of his game”.

He was captain when I became coach in 2012, I kept the armband for him and I have never regretted it,” Deschamps said in a statement relayed by the French Football Federation.

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Lloris made his national debut in 2008 in a friendly against Uruguay.

“To have been the goalkeeper of the French team for 14 and a half seasons is strong, but it is also mentally exhausting,” Lloris said. “And I hope that giving myself some time will allow me to continue to play at the highest level for several years.”

 

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