Cameroon striker Patrick Mboma on Monday announced his retirement from international football following the defending champions African Nations Cup defeat to Nigeria on Sunday.
The 33-year-old striker said he wants to concentrate his energies on his club career with Verdy in Japan.
Mboma scored four goals in the tournament, including a hat-trick in the 5-3 win over Zimbabwe, to take his career tally in the event to 11.
But he was unable to make any impression in the quarter-final in Monastir as Cameroon, bidding for a third successive African Nations Cup title and record fifth in all, squandered a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 to their old rivals.
"I enjoyed the tournament and I think I should stop here with Cameroon," Mboma told the BBC.
"I will now concentrate on my club career with Verdy in Tokyo."
The controversial striker made his debut for the Indomitable Lions in 1994 and helped them win the 2000 and 2002 Nations Cup as well as the Sydney Olympics gold medal in 2000.
He has ended his career with 30 goals in 57 internationals but his time with the national team was dogged by controversy.
He has dropped by coach Winfried Schafer after the team's first round exit at the 2002 World Cup and was overlooked for last summer's Confederations Cup in France.
Originally, he wasn't selected for the tournament here but was brought into the squad reportedly under government pressure.