Germany's World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm on Tuesday Feb 07,2017 revealed he will hang up his boots at the end of the season and leave Bayern Munich, having rejected a role as sports director.
"I have decided to stop playing football at the end of the season," Lahm said after Bayern's 1-0 win over Wolfsburg in the third round of the German Cup.
"I am sure I can keep putting in the performances until the end of the season, but not after that," added the Bayern captain, confirming an earlier press report.
"I first thought about the decision over a year ago and have been constantly checking it.
"I love football and it has given me a lot, but everything has to eventually come to an end and I wanted to decide that myself."
Philipp Lahm retired from international football after captaining Germany to the 2014 World Cup title in Brazil and making 113 appearances for die Mannschaft.
He joined Bayern as an 11-year-old in 1995 and, apart from a two-year loan spell at VfB Stuttgart, he has spent his entire career at the Bavarian giants.
He became club captain after Dutch hardman midfielder Mark van Bommel stood down in January 2011.
Lahm then skippered the Bayern to their 2013 Champions League victory at Wembley when they beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the final.
That season, they became the first German club to complete the treble of Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup.
With Bayern currently four points clear in the Bundesliga and through to the Cup quarter-finals, Lahm is well set to go out on a high and add to his seven league titles and six Cup victories.
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