There are players who at the age of 32 tear nets or win titles, but in the case of Kevin Grosskreutz it turns out that this is the age at which he ends his career. The Borussia Dortmund defender and the German national team in the past hung up their shoes after years of shuffling at the bottom of German football and put an end to a career that reached an early peak and from which it only deteriorated.
Grosskreutz joined Dortmund somewhere in 2009 and very quickly became its opening right-back under Jürgen Klopp. With the Schwarzgelben he won two German championships, a German Cup and also reached the Champions League final in 2012/13 in which they lost to Bayern Munich.
The excellent ability he displayed also earned him a summons to the German team in which he made only six appearances, but on the way he was part of the same team that won the World Cup in Brazil. Since then, Grosskreutz’s career has taken a sharp downward direction and after moving to Glatsarei and Stuttgart, from which he was released due to a brawl in which he was involved, he joined Darmstadt from the minor leagues and for the past two years has played in the third league in the Ordingen uniform.
2014 World Cup winner Kevin # Großkreutz has announced his retirement from professional football. 🏆
Wishing you all the best for the future, Kevin! 💪#DieMannschaft pic.twitter.com/FleKYONllm
– Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) January 24, 2021
Borussia Dortmund legend and German World Cup winner Kevin Grosskreutz has announced his retirement from professional football, aged 32.
Grosskreutz scored 27 goals in 236 appearances for #BVB, and most recently played for KFC Uerdingen in the 3. Liga. pic.twitter.com/5PTJBR6vbb
– DW Sports (@dw_sports) January 24, 2021