Soccer world champion André Schürrle, 29, surprisingly ends his career
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Contract canceled: Andre Schürrle in profile
Andre Schürrle and Borussia Dortmund agree to terminate the contract. The 2014 world champion was last loaned to Spartak Moscow for one year.
André Schürrle wrote football history with his template for Mario Götze’s goal in the World Cup final. Then the striker went steadily downhill. Now he ends his career at just 29 and gives deep insights into why he is taking this step.
EA flank brought André Schürrle into the history books of football. The winger prepared the deciding goal in the 2014 World Cup final against Argentina. Mario Götze changed the template Schürrles and scored in extra time to victory. It was the high point in Schürrle’s career, which now ends at just 29 years of age. Schürrle, who canceled his contract with Borussia Dortmund last Wednesday, stops playing professional football.
The flank to the World Cup title: Schürrle (right) prevails over the Argentines Javier Mascherano and Pablo Zabaleta (left)
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“The decision has matured in me for a long time,” explains Schürrle “Spiegel”. “I don’t need any more applause.” Born in Ludwigshafen, he describes how he has been doing in the football business in the past few years, in which, according to him, “only performance counts on the field in which vulnerability and weakness must never exist”.
Unlimited cheering after the goal: Schürrle and goal scorer Mario Götze (r.)
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“You always have to play a certain role in order to survive in the business, otherwise you will lose your job and you won’t get a new one,” said Schürrle.
Andre Schürrle (r.) Ended his career at the age of 29. He was the source of the template for the decisive final goal at Mario Götze’s 2014 World Cup
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He reveals that he was often lonely, just as “the depths became deeper and the highlights less and less”. The football industry did not allow him to show how he really felt.
Schürrle came from VfL Wolfsburg to BVB in the summer of 2016 for around 30 million euros and completed 51 competitive games for Dortmund in two years. In the past two years, he was initially awarded for one season to Fulham FC and most recently to Spartak Moscow. He was unable to assert himself in any of these clubs, and his performance curve went steadily downhill.
Schürrle was most recently loaned to Spartak Moscow by BVB
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“It was definitely not a success story for either side. For this reason, it was best that we canceled the contract early, ”said BVB managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke sport1.de. “We wish André all the best for the future,” said Watzke.
Schürrle also echoes in the announcement published by BVB that he was struggling with business professional football: “In retrospect, it was a time with ups and downs, but also with many valuable experiences, both in the sporting and especially in the private sphere . I thank the BVB managers and wish the club and its special fans all the best for the future. ”
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