Became world champion in 2018
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The former French national goalkeeper Steve Mandanda ended his career at the age of 40. Since July he had been without a club at Stade Rennes after the end of his contract. “I took the time to find myself because it is not easy, but yes, I stop. (…) I thought about it for a long time because I got a lot of calls, but I rejected Mandanda of the French newspaper” L’équipe “. The veteran of Le Havre, Lorient, Guingamp, Brest, Montpellier is said to have had offers.
Mandanda played most of the games in his career for Olympique Marseille with 613, which makes him record player of the club. In addition to OM and Stade Rennes, he was also active at Le Havre and Crystal Palace. It had his highest market value in 2012 with 17 million euros. For France he stood 35 times between the posts and was part of the team that became world champion in 2018. He stood in the goal in the group game against Denmark. After Blaise Matuidi, Adil Rami and Raphaël Varane, Mandanda is the fourth world champion of 2018, who is hanging his football shoes.