Bucharest: Highly-rated Romania defender Stefan Radu is retiring from international soccer at 26 to concentrate on his club career with Serie A side Lazio. Radu's agent Ioan Becali informed Romania coach Victor Piturca that the player was quitting the national side for personal reasons.
"Mr. Becali already told you," left-back Radu, who can also play as a central defender, told local media on Friday. "It's not a big loss, there are enough quality players in the Romanian team."
Radu joined Lazio from Dinamo Bucharest in 2008 and won the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup the following year. In 2011, Radu signed a new five-year contract with the Rome-based club.
Radu's decision is a major blow for Piturca as he became the second Romania defender to quit the team in the last two years after Inter Milan's Cristian Chivu retired in 2011....
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