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Former Liverpool defender Joël Matip confirms retirement from football

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Joël Matip (centre) celebrates after scoring
Joël Matip (centre) celebrates after scoring for Liverpool against Ajax in the 2022-23 Champions League campaign. Photograph: Matthew Ashton/AMA/2022 AMA Sports Photo Agency

The former Liverpool defender Joël Matip has retired from football at the age of 33. The Cameroon centre-back made 201 appearances for the club after arriving from Schalke in 2016, winning a host of honours at Anfield including the 2019 Champions League and 2020 Premier League, and also won 27 international caps.

He suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury against Fulham last December, which turned out to be his final game for the club, whom he left at the end of last season.

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