Niklas Süle announces retirement from football
Borussia Dortmund centre-back Niklas Süle is hanging up his boots at the end of the season, when his contract expires.“I would like to announce that I will be ending my career this summer,” Süle...
Niklas Süle announces retirement from football Borussia Dortmund centre-back Niklas Süle is hanging up his boots at the end of the season, when his contract expires. “I would like to announce that I will be ending my career this summer,” Süle announced on the “Spielmacher” podcast. The former Germany international had been considering bringing his career to an end for a while, with the knee injury he sustained against TSG Hoffenheim last month proving to be the final straw.
“What I felt when our team doctor did the drawer test in the dressing room in Hoffenheim (a test to detect a possible cruciate ligament tear – Ed. ), looked at the physio and shook his head, and the physio did it too and didn’t feel any resistance either – I went into the shower and cried for ten minutes. In that moment, I really thought: ‘It’s torn’,” Süle said.
“When I went for an MRI the next day and received the good news (that it wasn’t a cruciate ligament tear after all), it was one thousand per cent clear to me that it was over. I couldn’t imagine anything worse than looking forward to life – being independent, going on holiday, spending time with my children – only to then have to come to terms with my third cruciate ligament tear. ” Süle, 30, joined Borussia Dortmund from Bayern Munich in 2022 and made 109 appearances for the Black and Yellows.
The 49-time Germany international made a total of 299 Bundesliga appearances for Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.