{"id":56587,"date":"2022-11-29T17:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=56587"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:44:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:44:37","slug":"ex-black-stars-midfielder-sulley-muntari-retires-aged-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=56587","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Ex-Black Stars midfielder Sulley Muntari retires aged 38<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Ghana and Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muntari, who earned 80 caps for the Black Stars and scored 20 goals, has been without a club since leaving Ghana Premier League side, Hearts of Oak in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He began his career at local side, Liberty Professionals before joining Serie A club, Udinese where he played for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2010 Champions league winner also had stints with AC Milan, Inter Milan and English Premier League sides, Portsmouth and Sunderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just did a few months with the local side [Hearts of Oak]. My son wanted me to play. I didn\u2019t play for almost three years, then my son decided to ask me to go and play. I did that, but now I\u2019m done,\u201d Muntari said to Sky Sports on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muntari featured for Ghana between 2002 and 2014 and was key to the country\u2019s qualification for the World Cup in Germany (2006), South Africa (2010) and Brazil (2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is unclear what the former Sunderland man will do after hanging his boots. He is currently in the camp of the Black Stars at the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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