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Bochum goalkeeper Andreas Luthe has ended his career after helping the club stay in the Bundesliga in a penalty shoout-out victory against Fortuna Düsseldorf. “This was my last game in professional football. I will not renew [the contract],” Luthe told broadcasters Sat.1 late Monday. Luthe, 34, had returned to Bochum as reserve keeper in January and was between the posts in the play-off tie against Düsseldorf because first choice Manuel Riemann was dropped for internal reasons. He saved a penalty from Andre Hoffmann in the shoot-out after Bochum had fought back from a 3-0 home defeat in the fi…

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