Bastian Schweinsteiger Retires from Soccer

On Tuesday, Chicago Fire midfielder & German legend Bastian Schweinsteiger announced that he will retire at the end of the MLS season. Schweinsteiger won the Champions League with Bayern Munich & ended his European club career with Manchester United. With the German National Team, Schweinsteiger won the 2014 World Cup & was a constant force in the middle of the pitch.

The Time has now come: I would like to thank both, you and my teams @FCBayern, @ManUtd, @ChicagoFire and @DFB_Team and of course @AnaIvanovic and my family for their support!

Thank you! pic.twitter.com/jNSrXGNpxF

— Basti Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) October 8, 2019

Forever one of us 🔴⚪️ #MiaSanMia @BSchweinsteiger pic.twitter.com/JRgXoTeoLq

— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) October 8, 2019

If you started watching soccer or playing FIFA in through the 2000’s, you certainly knew of Bastian Schweinsteiger. Schweinsteiger won the Bundesliga 8 times as a core member of the Bavarians amazing squads & was a free kick master as you’ll see below.