– Victor Moses has announced his retirement from International Football
– He made the announcement this afternoon via social media
– The Chelsea defender stated the need to focus on his club and career as some of his reasons for considering an ‘early retirement’.
– He also added that he wanted to focus on his family and allow upcoming talented footballers to ‘flourish’
– His last international goal while playing with the Super Eagles was against Argentina at the just concluded Russia 2018 World Cup
– In total, he had made 37 appearances for the Super Eagles since 2012
Nigerian footballer Victor Moses has this afternoon announced his retirement from international football.
The renown defender who plays for Chelsea FC made the announcement via his social media platforms -Instagram and Twitter this afternoon where he released his statement.
His reasons for retirement include focusing on his club career as well as his family. He also added that he thought the time was right to step aside and let younger, talented footballers ‘flourish’. Moses is 27 years old.
He made the announcement on Twitter few minutes ago
Full statement below:
“I would like to announce that after much thought I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.
“I have experienced some of the best moments of my life wearing the Super Eagles shirt and have memories with me that will last a lifetime. Nothing will ever compete to what it felt like to represent Nigeria on behalf of our country.
“However I feel that now is the right time to step away in order to be able to focus fully on club career and my young family as well as to allow the next generation of Super Eagles stars the opportunity to step up and to flourish. We are blessed as a nation to have so many exciting young players coming through and now is their time.
“There are so many highlights that stand out for me over the years; from making my debut, to playing in two World Cups and being a part of the team to win the African Nations Cup for first time for our nation since 1994 being just a few of them.
Moses at the 2018 World Cup
“I have already spoken to the manager by telephone and would like to say thank you to him and his staff, the NFF and all of my teammates for all of their support over the years. Most importantly I would like to say thank you to the Nigerian people for believing in me and supporting me over the years. It’s meant the world to me and my family and I will always be a proud Nigerian supporting the team.
“Thank you for the memories and good luck to the team for the future “
His last international goal while playing with the Super Eagles was against Argentina at the just concluded Russia 2018 World Cup. In total he has made 37 appearances for the Super Eagles and scored 12 goals.
While this comes as a surprise-and not a very pleasant one, we can only wish him well in all his future endeavours, as he has served Nigeria very well as a footballer. All the best Moses!
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