Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will retire at the end of
this season.
"I will play my last game on May 8 (when the Bundesliga
season ends)," the 40-year-old Stuttgart 'keeper said on Tuesday.
"That's what the family council decided."
He added that he won't consider any offers from abroad.
He played 61 times for Germany and was the national team's
first-choice 'keeper at the 2006 World Cup and the 2008 European
Championship.
Lehmann's last game for Germany was the 1-0 loss to Spain in
the final of Euro 2008.
Lehmann won the UEFA Cup with Schalke in 1997, before moving
to Italian side AC Milan. He was unable to establish himself in
Serie A, making just five starts, and after one season was
transferred to Borussia Dortmund, with which he won the Bundesliga
in 2002.
Lehmann played for Arsenal for five years - helping the club
to remain unbeaten on the way to winning the English Premier League
in 2004 - before returning to Germany in 2008 with Stuttgart.
He will appear as an expert for Sky television at this year's
World Cup in South Africa.
