Karen trippier has announced his retirement from International football at the age of 33 the Newcastle star who earned 54 caps for England played a crucial role in the squad that reached the Euro 2024 final this past summer trippier made his debut for the Three Lions in 2017 under Gareth Southgate and became a key player due to his versatility playing both right back and left back positions reflecting on his career trippier posted on social media I never thought as a young lad from Barry that I would play for my country let Al achiev 54 caps it's been one of the biggest honors of my life to represent my country at four major tournaments he thanked Gareth Southgate and the England staff for their trust and support over the years trippier who started every game at Euro 2024 but was benched for the final also LED England to the final against Italy in Euro 2020 and captained the team on three occasions he scored once for England a memorable free kick in the 2018 World Cup semi-final against Croatia he expressed his gratitude to his teammates and fans for their incredible support and wished interim manager Lee carsley and the squad the best for the future