27 championships in 19! Bayern Ironback announced his retirement before the age of 37. His personal ability peak has become the only regret

In the early morning of September 20, 37-year-old German defender Jerome Boateng updated social media to announce that he would end his 19-year career. This iron guard, who has left footprints in Manchester City, Bayern and Germany's national teams, won a total of 21 championship trophys including the Champions League and the World Cup in his career, is worthy of honor. Unfortunately, although it was once called Shiyiwei, it was too short of Boateng's reaching his true perfection. Boateng, born in September 1988, was from Hertha Berlin youth training in Germany. He was officially promoted to Hertha Berlin first team in January 2007, starting his career as a professional player. Half a year later, he was sold to a hamburger by Hertha Berlin for 1.1 million euros. In the three seasons of playing for the Bundesliga South King, Boateng has played in 113 games in total and has achieved 2 goals and 9 assists in various games, gradually showing the potential of a world-class central defender. In July 2010, Premier League rookie Manchester City spent 12.5 million euros to bring him to the Etihad Stadium. Although Boateng only played 24 games in various games, he won a FA Cup trophy with the team. In the summer of 2011, Manchester City sent Boateng to Bayern for 13.5 million euros. After experiencing displaced, Boateng finally ushered in an explosion at the Allianz Stadium. In the 2012/13 season, he played in 43 games and scored 1 goal and 4 assists in various games, helping Bayern win all the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League championships, achieving the glory of the European Triple Champions League, and then continued to win the European Super Cup and Club World Cup championships. In the summer of 2014, Boateng successfully won the Brazil World Cup championship with the German team as the main central defender, achieving a Grand Slam in team honors. Boateng at that time was known for his explosive physical fitness, but he still had a lot of room for improvement in his defensive awareness and one shot. The most classic scene is that in the 2014/15 Champions League semi-finals, Boateng was completed by Messi as a "criminal superb" and became the background board for the latter's stunning performance.

However, after being fooled that time, Boateng seemed to have been opened to Ren and Du meridians, and his defensive awareness and ball output were greatly improved. In the 2016 European Cup, Boateng staged a goal-line extreme relief, which was awesome. At that time, Boateng had almost combined physical confrontation, ball play and defensive consciousness, becoming a perfect central defender.

However, with a height of 1.92 meters, a weight of 88 kilograms and an amazing speed of pursuit, Boateng often chases back and defends and organizes offenses in the game, which also overwhelms his body. After the 2016 European Cup, Boateng felt physical discomfort, which directly led to his poor performance at the start of the 2016/17 season. In the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in November 2016, Boateng suffered a thigh muscle strain and rested for more than three months. That season, he only played 21 games for Bayern. In the following two seasons, Boateng had only 31 and 28 appearances respectively. In other words, when his personal comprehensive abilities were becoming more and more perfect, the German iron guard became a glass man again. In the 2019/20 season, Boateng, who gradually got rid of the troubles of injuries, played for Bayern in 38 games and won 2 goals and 1 assist in various games, helping the team win the glory of the European Triple Champions League again, and won the European Super Cup, German Super Cup and Club World Cup in one fell swoop, becoming the glorious six-champion. At that time, Boateng's shot had reached a state of perfection, and his defensive awareness was still impressive. However, his physical fitness and speed of pursuit have deteriorated significantly.

In the summer of 2021, Boateng, whose contract with Bayern expired, left the Allianz Stadium where he played for 10 years, quietly leaving with 363 games, 10 goals, 25 assists and 25 championship trophys. In the following days, he played briefly in Lyon, Sarenitana and Linz. But there were only 56 appearances in total. Now, Boateng, who is 37 years old, has finally decided to put an end to his career. His only regret is that his personal ability peak is too short. This is also the most important reason why Messi and Ronaldo are called superstars in football. Their personal abilities are so scary.