Germany's Popp to retire from international football

Germany skipper Alexandra Popp has announced she will discontinue from world shot adjacent month.

The 33-year-old Wolfsburg striker made her Germany debut successful 2010 and has scored 67 goals for her country.

The German Football Association said she will triumph her 145th and last headdress against Australia successful Duisburg connected 28 October - 3 days aft they play England astatine Wembley.

"I person ever stressed that my gut will make nan decision, and now it has," Popp said connected Monday.

"After long, tearful deliberations, I person decided pinch a dense bosom to extremity my profession pinch nan nationalist team.

"The occurrence that ignited successful maine 18 years agone and grew stronger from twelvemonth to twelvemonth has now almost burned out."

Popp, who won Olympic golden pinch Germany successful 2016, played successful 4 Women's World Cups, captaining nan broadside successful France successful 2019 and again successful Australia and New Zealand successful 2023.

She besides led Germany to nan last of nan European Championship successful 2022, erstwhile they mislaid successful other clip against Sarina Wiegman's England.

"It was ever important to maine to make this decisive determination myself, from wrong myself. Neither my body, which is simply a ticking clip bomb, nor different personification should get up of me," Popp added.

"Before nan occurrence is wholly extinguished - because past it would beryllium excessively precocious - nan correct clip has now come."

Germany caput coach Christian Wuck said Popp had been nan "defining look of nan women's nationalist squad for almost a decade and a half".

"She is leaving large footprints successful nan nationalist team. She deserves nan top respect for that," Wuck added.

Popp is nether statement pinch Wolfsburg, who she has played for since 2012, until June adjacent year.