"After 14 years at the highest level, I’m sure this is the right time for me! The fact that I am 33 now, the intensity of training and the multitude of games are not the reasons why I am making this decision," the footballer said in a statement.
Football is everything to me and it gave me so much in my career that I no longer feel able to set myself new goals as a player with the Elephants of Ivory Coast," Toure said.
" This decision I have made has come gradually, it has slowly matured in my head. I definitely thought it necessary wait until the qualifying stages for the next AFCON were over. It was also important for me that I do not disturb the dynamics of the national team," he said.
After making his debut for Ivory Coast in 2004, he had appeared in 113 international matches for his side.
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