Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Sebastian Deisler is retiring from football at the age of 27. Deisler, who missed last year's World Cup after undergoing knee surgery for the fifth time, announced the decision at a news conference held by Bayern on Tuesday.
"I no longer have any real faith in my knee," the player said.
"In the long run it's been an ordeal." Deisler was once widely seen as being the next great German player but fitness and psychological problems meant he was unable to fulfil his promise.
After making his debut in ther German Bundesliga with
Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1998, he joined Hertha BSC Berlin in 1999 and Bayern München in 2002. But injury kept him out of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Deisler played 36 games for the German National Team and scored three goals. In the Bundesliga, he played 135 times and scored 18 goals, winning the league and Cup three times apiece with Bayern.
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Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Sebastian Deisler is retiring from football at the age of 27. Deisler, who missed last year's World Cup after undergoing knee surgery for the fifth time, announced the decision at a news conference held by Bayern on Tuesday.
"I no longer have any real faith in my knee," the player said.
"In the long run it's been an ordeal." Deisler was once widely seen as being the next great German player but fitness and psychological problems meant he was unable to fulfil his promise.
After making his debut in ther German Bundesliga with
Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1998, he joined Hertha BSC Berlin in 1999 and Bayern München in 2002. But injury kept him out of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Deisler played 36 games for the German National Team and scored three goals. In the Bundesliga, he played 135 times and scored 18 goals, winning the league and Cup three times apiece with Bayern.
