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Victor Moses quit playing for Super Eagles at 27

Chelsea attacker Victor Moses has announced his retirement from International football at the age of 27 years old because of three major reasons.

Former Crystal Palace player who represented England at U-16,17,19 and 21 level before switching allegiance to Nigeria in 2012 shocked Nigerian football followers with the news today.

The Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup winner with Chelsea took to his social media pages to announce his shocking retirement from International football.

Victor Moses explained that he called his wonderful time at the Super Eagles quit so he could allow younger generation Eagles time to shine, focus on his club career and young family.

“I would like to announce that after much thought I have made the decision to retire from playing international football,” writes Moses through his Instagram account.

“I have experienced some of the best moments of my life wearing the Super Eagles shirt and have memories with me that will last a lifetime. Nothing will ever compete to what it felt like to represent Nigeria on behalf of our country.”

“However I feel that now is the right time to step away in order to be able to focus fully on club career and my young family as well as to allow the next generation of Super Eagles stars the opportunity to step up and to flourish. We are blessed as a nation to have so many exciting young players coming through and now is their time.”

“There are so many highlights that stand out for me over the years; from making my debut, to playing in two World Cups and being a part of the team to win the African Nations Cup for first time for our nation since 1994 being just a few of them.”

“I have already spoken to the manager by telephone and would like to say thank you to him and his staff, the NFF and all of my teammates for all of their support over the years. Most importantly I would like to say thank you to the Nigerian people for believing in me and supporting me over the years. It’s meant the world to me and my family and I will always be a proud Nigerian supporting the team.”

“Thank you for the memories and good luck to the team for the future.”

Victor Moses played 37 international games for Nigeria scoring 12 goals in the process. He has played in two world cups with the Super Eagles scoring just one goal in his six world cup appearances.

He won the African Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles in 2013 his only African cup of Nations outing.

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