Former Bayern defender Holger Badstuber announces his retirement, ending his 13-year career

2022-09-06 08:35

Former Bayern defender Holger Badstuber announces his retirement, ending his 13-year career


German Holger Badstuber , 33, announced his retirement after nine months out of work.


On September 5, local time, Badstuber announced on his personal social media that he would hang up his boots and end his 13-year career: "Dear fans, I announce the end of my 13-year active player career.


"Participating in 31 top international competitions, World Cups and European Cups, winning 6 Bundesliga titles, 4 German Cups, Champions League, Club World Cup, European Super Cup and 3 German Super Cups is enough to make me look back on the past. successful time."


Holger Badstuber is a product of Bayern Munich 's youth team. In the past 10 years, he has only played 177 games in all competitions for the Bundesliga giants, scoring 2 goals and sending 10 assists. In this regard, everyone in football - even Bad Stuber himself has attributed the culprit to intensive injuries, and an accident that occurred on December 1, 2012 was an important turning point in his career: when, Bad Stuber started in Bayern's 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund but suffered a torn cruciate ligament in the 30th minute.



Since then, Badstuber has been injured continuously, which has seriously affected his career. In July 2021, Badstuber freely joined the Swiss club Lucerne, but only 5 months later, he was released from the contract early by Lucerne. He couldn't help expressing emotion in his retirement statement: "I hope to have fewer serious injuries, but I am still very happy for what I have achieved. I am grateful for everything. I will get me from the team. Our friendship will always be remembered as much as I miss the close relationship with the fans, which has always been important to me. Thank you so much for your support over the years!”


Badstuber finally stated that his goal was to become a coach. "I will continue to be true to football, my passion. I will follow in my father's footsteps and start a coaching course. I hope to stay in football for a long time, albeit in a different role. A big thank you to all my mates and fans."