Canada and women's football legend, Christine Sinclair, announces retirement from international football.
She has scored 190 goals in international footballInternational football's most capped player, Sinclair, announced in an official statement to Reuters that she will call it time on her international career at the end of 2023. The forward will however continue to feature for her club side, Portland Thorns, for another season in the NWSL.The 40-year-old forward has scored 190 goals for Canada in 327 appearances for the national team.
The Portland Thorns forward received the Best FIFA Special Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in 2021.“Very few players can lace up their boots and transcend a sport both in this country and globally. Christine has done just that — both as a player and a person who stands up for what she believes. She is known and admired by all Canadians and has been pivotal in every single country-stopping moment," said Canada Women's national team manager Bev Priestman.
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