Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has confirmed he plans to retire at the end of the season. Philipp Lahm, Bayern Munich captain, to retire from playing at end of season This article is more than 3 years old • Former Germany full-back brings forward retirement plans from 2018 His father, Roland, played for the local amateur side, FT Gern, and Philipp joined the club at the age of four in early 1988. Schalke's Jonjoe Kenny: "Philipp Lahm is my role model" ... "Young players get a lot of playing time here and can show themselves on the big stage." Philipp Lahm has decided to end his career following Bayern's Munich current season. If it is, captain Philipp Lahm will have a major hand in doing so. Here is the translated transcript of some of the answers (with my interjections in italics):. Philipp Lahm: I wanted to wait until the board of directors meeting so that absolutely everyone was informed. Football was a part of Lahm’s life from a very early age. Philipp Lahm raised eyebrows last week when he published an article on Linkedin.com that amounted to a kind of open letter to Germany’s national coach Jogi Löw, urging him to “establish a culture of stricter, clearer decisions” than he had previously used in managing the German team — from which Lahm retired in 2014 after winning the World Cup. Lahm established a new style of leadership Lahm was often referred to as "Mr Reliable" - for his style of playing on and his work off the pitch. Playing Style While Lahm has spent time at both left and right back during his career, new Bayern manager Pep Guardiola has recently made him a defensive midfielder. Competition wettbewerb ; Total : 652: 22: 77: 2.537: 55.805 FT München Gern (1989-1995), FC Bayern München (1995-2001) Stats . On wanting to be close to his Heimat (loosely translated as where you are from and/or where … As reported in the Abendzeitung, Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm answered some questions, while being presented as a new partner for a small Bavarian sports care products company at this year's ISPO.. He joined from FT Gern at the age of eleven, and in more than 20 years with the club (with a short spell on loan at VfB Stuttgart) he developed into the face of a golden generation at FC Bayern. Philipp Lahm. Philipp Lahm's departure from the German national setup has caused another problem aside from the lack of a natural successor for the right back slot. He made his 100 million dollar fortune with Bayern Munich, German National Squad & World Cup 2014. On 11-11-1983 Philipp Lahm (nickname: Magic Dwarf) was born in Munich, Germany. That's because it would constitute an absurdity of the highest order if the best German player of his generation should finish his career (Lahm is now 31) without ever having won this honour. Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso's playing careers will draw to a close this weekend. The football player his starsign is Scorpio and he is now 36 years of age. Lahm and his Bayern side ended their 2016/17 Bundesliga-winning season in style on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Freiburg, but with the league already won …