Wales forward Craig Bellamy has confirmed he is to retire from international football.
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The Cardiff City player will bow out after the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Belgium.
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Bellamy, 34, has won 76 caps for Wales and scored 19 goals during a 15-year international career.
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"Players come and go and my career has definitely come and gone," the former Coventry, Newcastle and Liverpool striker said.
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"I have to do what's best for the national team and this group of players are the future. The next qualifiers, two-odd years, I'm not going to see it."
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He said the current set of talented younger players gave Wales a better chance of qualification for Euro 2016.
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"They have to have a better opportunity of qualifying. I have to cut myself short," he said. Friday's penultimate World Cup qualifier against Macedonia at Cardiff City Stadium is set to be Bellamy's final Wales appearance on home soil.
Well that is what most of this stars do nowadays so i can't be shocked at all. I wish him the best in his club career!