Wednesday July 14, 2021
“I break up”
Goessling is one of the greatest
Olympic champion, ex-European champion, six German championships, eight DFB cup wins and two Champions League titles: Lena Goeßling is one of the most successful German soccer players. She has been without a club since June 30 and has now decided to end her career.
Lena Goeßling has ended her successful football career. “For weeks now, the most frequently asked question has been: ‘Where are you going to play next year?’ And the answer I can give now is: not at all, “said the 35-year-old on Instagram. The midfielder had not received a new contract with VfL Wolfsburg after the season.” At first I was shocked and sad because I was so closely connected to VfL for ten years, “she told the” Bild “newspaper.
Despite offers from other clubs, she no longer wants to continue her career. “I consciously took the time to make this decision for myself. I’m breaking up,” wrote Goessling on Instagram. “Although there would still have been opportunities to start at other clubs. But I am sure that I will not be able to recreate this feeling that I have developed for VfL Wolfsburg in ten years for any other club.”
Without this feeling and without this passion, she doesn’t want to start again anywhere else. That would not do justice to any club. “And so it is now time to stop playing professional football.” She did not reveal what she would like to do in the future.
She came to Wolfsburg ten years ago from SC Bad Neuenahr. Wolfsburg is currently in the midst of a radical change. “The upheaval has to happen at some point. But the fact that I shouldn’t play a role at all was disappointing for me,” said Goessling. “I would have been ready for different paths and I could have come to terms with getting less working time.”
Goeßling is one of the most successful German players. She became Olympic champion in Rio in 2016 and European champion in 2013. With VfL Wolfsburg she won the Champions League twice, six German championship titles and the DFB Cup eight times.
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