Piston for an internal combustion engine

Piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, which has a piston skirt (14) as well as a piston head (13) having a circumferential ring belt (21) and having a circumferential cooling channel (24) closed off with a closure element (26), wherein a circumferential recess (23) is formed between the piston head (13) and the piston skirt (14), wherein the closure element (26) consists of at least two subcomponents (27, 28), wherein each subcomponent (27, 28) consists of a base plate (29) that is oriented horizontally relative to a vertically oriented piston center axis, and at least one circumferential collar (31) that extends parallel to the piston center axis and perpendicular to the base plate on an outermost portion of the closure element, which collar is accommodated in at least one outer fold (34) that runs underneath the ring belt (21).