{"id":2510,"date":"2026-09-03T13:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:33:05","slug":"aubameyang-calls-time-on-gabon-career-after-feeling-humiliated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/aubameyang-calls-time-on-gabon-career-after-feeling-humiliated\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubameyang calls time on Gabon career after feeling &#8216;humiliated&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-2-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aubameyang has stepped down from Gabon duty after feeling &#8220;humiliated&#8221; by his treatment following the 2025 AFCON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has called time on his international career with Gabon after feeling &#8220;humiliated&#8221; by his exclusion and subsequent reinstatement following a dismal campaign at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, according to reports in &#8216;Mundo Deportivo&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Panthers captain was initially dropped in the wake of their group-stage exit, which concluded with three straight defeats. &#8220;They humiliated me and tarnished my image, even though I played the AFCON injured. That was the straw that broke the camel&#8217;s back, and I prefer to call it a day,&#8221; he revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 37 years of age, Aubameyang, Gabon&#8217;s all-time record goalscorer, bows out with the national side engulfed in crisis. &#8220;The national team&#8217;s problems are much deeper than who I am,&#8221; the striker insisted, leaving new head coach Sebastien Migne to face the future without his talisman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aubameyang has stepped down from Gabon duty after feeli [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2512,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510\/revisions\/2512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}