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PARIS, Oct 6: Goalkeeper Fabien Barthez announced his retirement from soccer on Thursday, three months after helping France reach its second World Cup final.
''I am starting a new life,'' Barthez said. ''I will continue to enjoy myself ... but without soccer.
''Some goalkeepers continue until 37 or 38,'' the 35-year-old Barthez added. ''But I needed a human adventure, something like that.''
Barthez, who helped France win the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship, is not attached to a club and has not played since July 9, when the French lost a shootout to Italy in the World Cup final.—AP
