Toni Kroos retires: the best moments of his sporting career

Toni Kroos has decided to put an end to his career as a footballer. The German player will hang up his boots as soon as the season ends, and behind him he leaves an entire career full of successes and titles wherever he has played.

Kroos played for Bayer Leverkusen for two seasons, five for Bayern Munich where he won 10 titles and the last decade he defended the Real Madrid shirt, winning 22 titles. In addition, he was a world champion with the German team. Without a doubt, his record and his football are unmatched, and during all these years he has lived and has made all of us fans of this sport live great moments. Let’s look at some of them below.

At the age of 16, Toni Kroos joined the youth ranks of Bayern Munich in 2006. On September 26, 2007, he made his professional debut with the first team in a match against Energie Cottbus, becoming at that time the youngest player to debut for the German team at 17 years and eight months.

Toni Kroos won his first Champions League in 2013 when he was still a member of Bayern Munich. The Bavarian team beat Borussia Dortmund in the Wembley final in that legendary final.

The jewel in the crown of Toni Kroos’ collection of titles. In 2014 the midfielder was part of the German team that became world champion in Brazil. Kroos was a fixture for Joachim Löw, starting every game, in which he scored two goals and distributed four assists.

Toni Kroos arrived at Real Madrid in 2014 as a world champion and as soon as he landed at the Santiago Bernabéu he won his first title as a Real Madrid player: the European Super Cup.

Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-0 in the final with a double from Cristiano Ronaldo.

The first goal is never forgotten, and Kroos’s with Real Madrid was no different. His first goal would come on November 8, 2014 in the match between the Merengues and Rayo Vallecano in the League, in the 55th minute of the match.

Toni Kroos’ career could well have earned him a Ballon d’Or, but although the award France Football It has resisted him, it has won several awards. Furthermore, in 2017 he was included in the IFFHS team of the year, in the UEFA ideal team, nominated for the Ballon d’Or and included in the FIFA ideal eleven of the year.

Without a doubt, 2017 was a great year for Kroos with the League and Champions League double that he won with Madrid, and which was recognized with those nominations.

2016, 2017 and 2018. Real Madrid did what no team had ever achieved in history with the current Champions League format: becoming European champion for three consecutive seasons. And as it could not be otherwise, Kroos was a fundamental part of that dream team.

It is impossible to talk about the successes of the last decade of Real Madrid and not mention the CKM. Casemiro, Kroos and Modric formed one of the best midfield centers in the history of this sport and the three together were the driving force of a championship team.

Toni Kroos has not stood out precisely for being a scoring midfielder, however every time he sees goal he gives us a work of art. In the match against Valencia corresponding to the semifinals of the 2020 Spanish Super Cup, the German managed to score an Olympic goal, being a special moment for him, according to the player himself.

The 2021/22 season was once again synonymous with success for Real Madrid, again with the German as the team’s main actor. The whites won LaLiga and the 14th Champions League, the fifth in the German’s career.