“I’m bowing out”, Bafétimbi Gomis announces the end of his football career

On the microphone for DAZN on the occasion of the derby which pitted two of his former clubs on Sunday evening, OL and Saint-Etienne, international striker Bafétimbi Gomis (12 caps, 3 goals) announced yesterday the end of his playing career. player on the sidelines of the meeting. Having passed through England, Turkey then Saudi Arabia, the Panther had been without a club since a last stint in Japan, with Kawazaki Frontale. “It’s a symbolic day for two clubs who gave me everything. I’m bowing out, it wasn’t an easy decision, football will continue to vibrate in my veins. I wanted to thank all the people who crossed my path during this long journey, twenty years All the people who work in the shadows on a daily basis, my educators, the leaders, the presidents, my teammates, without also forgetting my agents and then my family, my parents, without whom. all this would not have been possible. My wife, my children who followed me all over the world.”