On Wednesday, Poland-born German football player  played his last international game, a friendly match, against England at in  . 31-year-old Podolski, who announced retirement in August, scored the only goal of the match. File photo of Lukas Podolski, 2009. Before the match started, Podolski received a bouquet from (DFB — German Football Association) president . Podolski netted his 49th international goal in the 69th minute — a 25-yard screamer from Toni Kroos' assist. In this match, became the 87th player to debut under Germany's manager  . The also set a new team record of most consecutive clean sheets, seven, as FC Barcelona's was guarding the German net.  received Germany's player of the Year for 2016 recognition.
On Wednesday, Poland-born German football player Lukas Podolski played his last international game, a friendly match, against England at in Dortmund . 31-year-old Podolski, who announced retirement in August, scored the only goal of the match. File photo of Lukas Podolski, 2009. Before the match started, Podolski received a bouquet from (DFB — German Football Association) president . Podolski netted his 49th international goal in the 69th minute — a 25-yard screamer from Toni Kroos' assist. In this match, became the 87th player to debut under Germany's manager Joachim Löw . The also set a new team record of most consecutive clean sheets, seven, as FC Barcelona's was guarding the German net. Mesut Özil received Germany's player of the Year for 2016 recognition.
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Lukas Podolski
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Dortmund
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Joachim Löw
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Mesut Özil