2014 FIFA World Cup winner Toni Kroos has retired from the German national team following their last 16 exit at Euro 2020, the Real Madrid midfielder said on Friday.
The 31-year-old Kroos revealed the decision in his Einfach Mal Luppen podcast he runs with his brother Felix.
“The decision is made, it is irrevocable,” he said.
“It’s a decision for the family and for me, because it’s also good for me that I’m more with the family. I also want to be there and be needed as a husband and dad.”
Kroos earned 106 caps for Germany, the last of which came in the 2-0 defeat to England at Wembley on Tuesday.
Writing on social media, Kroos said he wished to “and had given everything” so that he would reach 109 caps to end at the Euro 2020 final on July 11.
The midfielder added he had known for some time he would not play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
He played at three World Cup finals, including the 2014 triumph in Brazil alongside 2010 and 2018.
Kroos was also at European Championships in 2012 and 2016.
Though his international debut came against Argentina in March 2010, it was against another South American team that Kroos struck two of his 17 goals for Germany.
Kroos came through the ranks at Bayern Munich, impressing on loan at Bayer Leverkusen, and moved to Real Madrid in 2014.
Three UEFA Champions League titles in the Spanish capital along with considerable domestic success there and in Germany cemented his status as one of the best midfielders of his generation.
And having said he intends to focus on performing for Real Madrid, where he intends to end his playing career, it is likely his trophy haul is not yet complete.
