{"id":230726,"date":"2024-10-12T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/12\/former-cameroon-liverpool-player-joel-matip-retires-from-football\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T11:43:11","slug":"former-cameroon-liverpool-player-joel-matip-retires-from-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/12\/former-cameroon-liverpool-player-joel-matip-retires-from-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cameroon, Liverpool player Joel Matip retires from football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/534\/53425250.295.jpg\" alt=\"Former Cameroon, Liverpool player Joel Matip\" title=\"Former Cameroon, Liverpool player Joel Matip\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Cameroon, Liverpool player Joel Matip<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Joel Matip has announced his retirement from football following his Liverpool exit in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Matip has announced his retirement from football at the age of 33, having left Liverpool at the end of last season. The centre-back spent eight years at the club, winning the Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. However, his spell with the Reds was eventually marred by repetitive injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Matip sustained 16 injuries in total during his time with the Reds, the worst of which came in 2023-24, when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament. As a result, his final appearance for the club came in December of 2023, in a 4-3 win over Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Matip also played for Schalke between 2009 and 2016, winning the DFB-Pokal in 2011. He won a total of 27 caps for Cameroon between 2010 and 2015, scoring in the 2014 World Cup defeat to Brazil, but he retired from international duty while still playing in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Matip also played for Schalke between 2009 and 2016, winning the DFB-Pokal in 2011. He won a total of 27 caps for Cameroon between 2010 and 2015, scoring in the 2014 World Cup defeat to Brazil, but he retired from international duty while still playing in Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Cameroon, Liverpool player Joel Matip Joel Matip has announced his retirement from football following his Liverpool exit in the summer. Matip has announced his retirement from football at the age of 33, having left Liverpool at the end of last season. 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