India football captain Sunil Chhetri - the third highest active men's international goal scorer behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - makes emotional 声明 発表するing his 退職

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Sunil Chhetri, the world's third-highest active international goalscorer in men's football, will play his final game for India?next month - and paid an emotional 尊敬の印 in 説 goodbye.?

In a ビデオ on X (以前は Twitter), the 国家の team captain said India's World Cup qualifier against Kuwait on June 6 would be his final 遠出 on the international 行う／開催する／段階.

The 39-year-old has been 伴う／関わるd in India's games for the past 19 years, and leaves behind a 遺産／遺物 where his goalscoring 一致する means he is only behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi の中で 現在／一般に-active men's players.

In the ビデオ, which ran to almost ten minutes long, Chhetri reminisced about the highs and lows of his career, and also said: 'One last game... for all our sakes...let's 勝利，勝つ the game and we can 出発／死, happily.'?

H e 表明するd grief over his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to やめる the Indian 国家の team, 追加するing: 'The kid inside will probably keep fighting to play football, but the sensible, 円熟した player and person knows that this is it. But it wasn't 平易な.'

India captain Sunil Chhetri has 発表するd his 退職 from international football?

Chhetri has 94 goals for India, the third-highest active total in internationa l men's football

He 追加するd: 'A lot of times people talk about highest scorer, this or that, but the one thing that I think I’ve really got the best of, and I was really pampered is the love and affection I got. It’s time for our country to see the next number nine.'?

Chhetri, who captains his Indian 最高の League club Bengaluru, 得点する／非難する／２０d on his international debut in 2005 against Pakistan, and has since taken his 一致する to 94 goals, across 150 外見s so far, which puts him fourth on the かつてない 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.

In third place, Argentina icon Messi has 106 goals to his 指名する, while Iran's Ali Daei 得点する／非難する／２０d 108 goals during his career between 1993 and 2006.

Cristiano Ronaldo leads the world in men's football, with his 128 goals across 206 Portugal caps.?

The 公式の／役人 FIFA World Cup X account said he was 'Retiring as a legend', with a mock-up showing him on a podium と一緒に Messi and Ronaldo.?

Chhetri has won the Arjuna Award, India's second-highest 冒険的な honour, and the Padma Shri, which is the country's fourth-highest 非軍事の award.

The FIFA World Cup account 株d a podium with him, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

He has helped India to 勝利，勝つ the Asian Football 連合 Challenge Cup and other honours

During his time with the Indian 国家の team, they have won the Asian Football 連合 Challenge Cup, the South Asian Football 連合 選手権 and the Intercontinental Cup の中で other honours.

They 現在／一般に sit second in their World Cup qualifying group, with the 最高の，を越す two 味方するs 進歩ing to the next 段階, 同様に as the 2027 Asian Cup.??