France goalkeeper and 2018 World Cup winner Hugo Lloris has retired from international football at the age of 36.
The Tottenham captain has been capped a record 145 times for the French men's side, 121 of them as skipper.
Lloris made his international debut aged 21 in a 2008 friendly against Uruguay and was part of France’s World Cup-winning side in 2018.
He played in a record four World Cups for France in 2010, 2014, 2018 and most recently in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which his side lost 4-2 to Argentina on penalties in the final.
It was in Qatar that he passed Lilian Thuram for France’s all-time most caps and he also holds the record for the most World Cup matches, with 20 played for his national side.
France manager Didier Deschamps said: "Hugo has decided to retire while he is still at the top of his game. He shared his thoughts and decision with me a few days ago.
"I must, we must, respect it even if he still had his place in our team, as he demonstrated during the last World Cup, in Doha.
"A very great servant of the French team bows out and I want to salute his exceptional career."
Lloris has made 51 saves for Tottenham so far this Premier League season and recorded five clean sheets in 17 appearances.
He began his career with Cedac Cimiez in his native Nice and moved to Nice – making his debut for the first team in 2005 – before playing for Lyon from 2008 to 2012.
From there he joined Spurs in 2012 and extended his contract with the Premier League club in January 2022, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal that would see him remain with them to the summer of 2024.
