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Bellamy brings daughter onto the pitch to mark emotional last home game for Wales
By CHARLIE BENNETT
PUBLISHED: 11th October 2013
Retiring international Craig Bellamy was accompanied by his six-year-old daughter Lexie onto the Cardiff City pitch as he said an emotional farewell to Wales’s supporters.
Lexie was a mascot as Bellamy and his team-mates took on Macedonia in his final home game after a 15-year Wales career.
The 34-year-old, who won his 77th cap tonight, announced his international retirement this week with his last game expected to be against Belgium on Tuesday night.
Special occasion: Craig Bellamy walked onto the pitch for his last Wales home game with his daughter Lexie
Mascot: Bellamy, who has played 77 times for his country, announced earlier this week that he will retire from international football
The Cardiff striker, who has also played for Norwich, Coventry, Newcastle, Celtic, Liverpool, Blackburn, West Ham and Man City, is third on Wales' all-time list of capped players and has netted 19 times in his previous 76 games.
When announcing his decision the Cardiff-born ace said; ‘I have to do what’s best for the national team and this group of players are the future. The next qualifiers, two years, I’m not going to see that’.
‘I’m just grateful for every game I’m lucky enough to play for my country’ he said, before adding that it will be hard to let go.
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