Thuram joins Makelele in retiring from international football after French exit

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France's Lilian Thuram chats with Italian defenders Fabio Cannavaro and Giorgio Chiellini before last night's match between France and Italy in Zurich

The veteran centre-back's 142nd and final appearance for his country came in the 4-1 defeat to Holland on Friday.

His poor performance in that game saw him dropped for the defeat to Italy.

Both players retired from international football before the last World Cup but were talked into returning by coach Raymond Domenech.

Thuram will still play club football however, although he is without a club having come to the end of his contract at Barcelona.

"I have the intention of continuing to play but I still don't know where," said the 36-year-old, France's record cap-holder whose only two goals for his country came in the 1998 World Cup semi-final win over Croatia.

Makelele, 35, earned 71 caps but did not manage to score for France.