Benatia announces retirement from football

Former Morocco international Medhi Benatia has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34. Benatia, who made his senior debut in 2005, represented 10 clubs and scored 19 goals across his club career, finishing as a Champions League runners-up once with Juventus as well as lifting the Italian elite division diadem thrice and […]

Former Morocco international Medhi Benatia has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34.

Benatia, who made his senior debut in 2005, represented 10 clubs and scored 19 goals across his club career, finishing as a Champions League runners-up once with Juventus as well as lifting the Italian elite division diadem thrice and two Copa Italia titles twice.

At Bayern Munich, he won the Bundesliga twice and one DFB-Pokal for the 2015–16 campaign.

With several individual honours to his credit, Benatia is an undisputed icon of African football.