GERMANY legend Mats Hummels has announced his retirement from football.
Hummels, 36, rolled credits on his glittering 18-year career with an emotional announcement on social media.
Mats Hummels has announced his retirement from footballGetty
Hummels could barely hold back his tears as he announced his retirement
The centre-back, who currently plays for Roma, sat in front of a camera and watched the greatest highlights of his career with the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Germany.
The defender then confirmed that he will be hanging up his boots at the end of the season.
Hummels said: “I’m struggling with myh emotions right now. Now comes the moment that no footballer can avoid.
“After more than 18 years and so many things that football has given me, I’m ending my career this summer.
“When I see all this [the highlights], I know how much this whole journey, this whole path has meant to me. How extraordinary it was to be able to experience that.”
Hummels won almost every title available throughout his career and especially shone bright across two stints with Dortmund.
The ex-Germany international won two Bundesliga titles and two cups with BVB and also made it to two Champions League finals with the German giants.
Hummels also counts three titles and one cup with Bayern, where he started his career in 2007.
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The Roma star looked back at all that success and paid tribute to his managers as well as team-mates.
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