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Arjen Robben Retires for Second Time

For a second time, Arjen Robben is exiting—most likely stage left.

The veteran Dutch winger has retired two years after the initial culmination to his career, calling it quits at 37 in a post on social media. A star whose best days were spent over the course of a decade at Bayern Munich, he was best known for cutting to his left to score—a move that so many knew was coming but so few were able to stop.

Robben had previously retired in 2019 after his exit from Bayern but came out of retirement to play for Groningen in his native Netherlands—the same club where he got his start before going on to play for PSV, Chelsea, Real Madrid and then Bayern.