Reveillere retires after 17-year career

Former France defender Anthony Reveillere has retired
from football.

Anthony Reveillere has announced his retirement at the age of
35 following a career in which he represented France, Rennes,
Lyon, Napoli and Sunderland.

The defender had been without a club since leaving Sunderland
at the end of last season and confirmed his 17-year career had
come to an end on French television.

"I stopped because of a lack of offers and also because
of my family life, to stay with my children," he told Canal+.

"I had gone to Sunderland alone, so it made me think."

The full-back began his career at Rennes in 1998 but, after a
half-season loan stint at Valencia, spent much of his career at
Lyon, where he won Ligue 1 five times while also picking up two
Coupe de France winners' medals during a 10-year spell at the
Stade Gerland.

Time at Napoli and Sunderland followed, with Reveillere winning
the Coppa Italia while in Naples.

Reveillere made 20 appearances for France and was included in
the squads for the 2010 World Cup as well as Euro 2012.