Benaglio announced his retirement from professional football. International career A Swiss international since 2006, Benaglio was called up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup as third choice behind Pascal Zuberbühler and Fabio Coltorti, making his debut in a pre-tournament friendly against China on 3 June. With consistently good club performances the following years, he was promoted to the starting line-up for UEFA Euro 2008 played on home soil, and became the starter subsequently. As the national team qualified to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Benaglio played all three group stage matches in an eventual group stage exit, conceding only one goal. This included a 1–0 victory over Spain, who later won the tournament. Benaglio captained the Swiss team at the 2012 Olympics, and played nine times during the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign, keeping six clean sheets. On 2 June 2014, he was named in the full side's list for the World Cup finals by national coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, saving a penalty kick from Karim Benzema in the second match but in a 2–5 defeat by France. On 20 August 2014, Benaglio announced his retirement from international football. Career statistics Club 1 Includes DFB Pokal matches. 2 Includes Europa League and Champions League matches. 3 Includes DFL-Supercup and relegation play-off matches. 4 Although still a second-team regular, Benaglio made his first-team debut that season in the UEFA Cup. International Honours Wolfsburg Bundesliga: 2008–09 DFB-Pokal: 2014–15 DFL-Supercup: 2015 References External links 1983 births Living people Footballers from Zürich Swiss men's footballers Association football goalkeepers Swiss Super League players FC Baden players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Primeira Liga players C.D. Nacional players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players VfB Stuttgart II players VfB Stuttgart players VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players Ligue 1 players AS Monaco FC players Switzerland youth international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Switzerland international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2008 players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers of Switzerland Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swiss expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Monaco Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Swiss people of Italian descent