Updated: 8:22am – All Whites defender Andrew Durante has announced he’s retiring from international football.
Durante told his New Zealand teammates the news following last week’s World Cup qualifying loss to Peru in Lima.
The 35-year-old, who switched allegiances from Australia to New Zealand, played 24 matches for his adopted country since his debut in 2013.
“I have (retired from international football), I just didn’t need it to be an official announcement or anything. After the game I said to the players that it was my last international so I won’t be continuing on,” Durante told media at today’s Wellington Phoenix media session.
“It’s a whole new cycle coming in now and I will be 40 playing at the next World Cup so I decided it was my time to go.”
Durante will return for the Phoenix’s A-League match against the Central Coast Mariners on Saturday.
–RNZ
Featured image: Andrew Durante playing against USA 2016. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
