{"id":1092395,"date":"2022-05-19T08:54:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T08:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/19\/barcelona-star-aubameyang-retires-from-international-football\/"},"modified":"2022-05-19T08:54:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T08:54:22","slug":"barcelona-star-aubameyang-retires-from-international-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/19\/barcelona-star-aubameyang-retires-from-international-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona star Aubameyang retires from international football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image_2022-05-19_072555128-696x392.png\"   alt=\"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang\" title=\"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Barcelona forward, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has confirmed his international career with Gabon has come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The striker represented his nation for over 10 years, he appeared 72 times for his nation, scoring 30 goals and also serving as captain.<\/p>\n<p>Following an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations at the start of the year, he has decided to focus on his club career.<\/p>\n<h2>What did Aubameyang say?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAfter 13 years of pride in representing my country, I announce that I am ending my international career,\u201d the 32-year-old wrote in an open letter to Gabon fans.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank the Gabonese people and all those who have supported me in the good like the bad times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will keep a lot of good memories like the day I made my debut at romnisports, or the day I came back from Nigeria with the African Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSharing it with all the people was an unforgettable moment. I thank our President, his Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba who has always supported the Panthers and has always worked for football to evolve in our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also like to thank all my coaches, staff and the players that I have come across during this career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, I thank my father who gave me the desire to do like him, hoping to have made him proud by wearing our colours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang\u2019s last attempt to win silverware for his nation ended when he tested positive for Covid-19 just before the tournament\u00a0and was sent home along with Mario Lemina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very complicated,\u201d Gabon boss Patrice Neveu said at the time. \u201cI\u2019m not new to this team, I\u2019ve worked with Gabon for three years, and fortunately Caf gave us the option of having a squad of 28 players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, losing Pierre-Emerick and Mario, it\u2019s a lot for this team. We don\u2019t have the squad of Nigeria or Morocco, and we know we\u2019re in a hard competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without their star Gabon managed to battle through to the last 16 of the competition, where they went down on penalties to Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kP9m0XhihpY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Christian And Masturbation - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (19-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kP9m0XhihpY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona forward, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has confirmed his international career with Gabon has come to an end. 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