Guido Burgstaller ends his football career-Diepresse.com
The Rapid striker finally brings the end of this season.
There have been small speculation recently, but now it is finally fixed: Rapid-Tracher Guido Burgstaller ends his active professional career at the end of the current season. « To stop now is the most difficult decision of my entire football life. If someone had told me 20 or 25 years ago that I had made this decision at the SK Rapid player, I would not have thought this trip possible, » said Burgstaller in a video message on Tuesday.
In addition to the Hütteldorfer, for which he played between 2011 and 2014 and again from 2022, the Carinthian was also at FC Carinthia (until 2008), SC Wiener Neustadt (2008 – 2011), Cardiff City (autumn 2014), 1. FC Nürnberg (2015 – 2017), FC Schalke 04 (2017 – 2019) and FC St. Pauli (until summer 2022). After almost 600 missions in national and international competition games, he has 183 goals in the account. 70 he reaches the rapid dress, which he has spread 210 times so far.
First hit after recovery
The goal on Sunday should also be remembered longer, but not only because he Viennese derby Fell, but because it was his first goal after the recovery of his serious head injury, which had been inflicted on him in a physical attack in Vienna at the end of last year. Further chances for goals are still available on Sunday (5 p.m.) in the home game against Sturm Grazin front of which he is officially adopted for the first time, and on May 24th in Salzburg. After that, the Hütteldorfer still hope for missions in the European Cup play-off.
« Now it is extremely important to me that I can still give everything for Rapid until the last match and contribute my part to a conciliatory season, » Burgstaller priced. After that, he would look back on a « wonderful time » and « always wear green-white in the heart ».
(APA)
