Captain of the France team, Wendie Renard participated in her last World Cup with Les Bleues. The player confirmed it on Tuesday.
Now 33 years old, Wendie Renard has just played her fourth final phase of a World Cup. Since her first World Cup in 2011 during which she reached the semi-finals, until her last in 2023 with an elimination at the quarter-final stage, the tricolor defender has been to all the World Cups. By referring to the next deadline set for 2027, Wendie Renard showed realism by admitting that she would not be there.
It was therefore against Australia that the tricolor player played her last career match in a World Cup. In an interview on Tuesday with RMC, she just came back on the subject and on this famous last dance in the competition. ” Unfortunately yes. Yes, yes… We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but today we must above all be honest and lucid. In four years, I will be thirty-seven.”
“It was my last World Cup”
However, Wendie Renard left space for a little hope. ” There are examples of players who are still playing at that age at the highest level, but I assume that it was my last World Cup. This is why I was even more on a mission. “A mission which therefore failed once again, but Wendie Renard said she was confident for the future, especially if Hervé Renard continues his adventure as coach of the Bleues for the years to come. The number of promising young players also reassures the Lyonnaise. She will still be with them, at least until the 2024 Olympics.
