Madrid, May 18 -- Real Madrid on Tuesday announced that captain Dani Carvajal will bring his long association with the Los Blancos to an end at the conclusion of the current season, closing a 23-season journey that spanned from the youth ranks to the first team.

"Real Madrid CF and our captain Dani Carvajal have agreed to end a wonderful chapter as a player for our club at the end of the current season," the club said in a statement.

Paying tribute to the Spanish defender, the club described him as one of its greatest modern-day legends.

"Real Madrid would like to express its gratitude and affection to one of the greatest legends of our club and of world football," the statement added.

Carvajal is one of the five players who, througho...