Spain international Xabi Alonso has announced his retirement from international football after 114 games, two European Championships, and one World Cup.
Xabi Alonso joins Bayern Munich: Germany becomes the latest challenge for Alonso to overcome
Xabi Alonso has always been one for a challenge. Before becoming a Champions League, European Championships and World Cup winner, he travelled as a teenage Spanish exchange student to Ireland to improve his English. Staying the summer in the small town of Kells, in County Meath, he showcased his early football talents as well as his desire to try Gaelic football. As a young Spaniard spending more time than the usual holiday abroad in a foreign country, the Basque youngster found it tough but he found it rewarding.
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