Christian Gartner: «Scoring against St. Pauli was the best moment of my career»

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Christian Gartner played for SV Mattersburg before moving to Germany to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf and MSV Duisburg. Playing in front of 55,000 fans in Cologne and scoring against St. Pauli were his best moments. One thing he regrets during his career is his injuries. Christian is a great example of an athlete who doesn’t give up. In a game for SV Stripfing against SV Lafnitz, he tore his ACL for the third time. Now, he is working on his comeback while trying to complete his bachelor’s degree in Sports & Event Management.

Topics:

00:00 Intro
01:13 Why did you choose football
01:47 How did you deal with all this pressure as one of the biggest talents in Austria
02:36 Advice for young athletes
03:42 How was it like to make your debut as one of the youngest players in Bundesliga
05:01 How do you manage stress in front of a lot of fans
05:23 Talking about the offer from FC Schalke 04 that never happened
06:32 Talking about his dream of playing abroad
08:03 How did the offer from Fortuna Dusseldorf come about
09:16 The differences between Austrian and German football
09:45 What was your best moment and what was your worst during your time in Düsseldorf
13:01 Did you have a support system during your injuries
14:10 How did you feel when they told you they wouldn’t extend your contract
17:24 How did you keep yourself fit and motivated when you were without a club
18:13 What was your best moment and what was your worst during your time in Duisburg
20:40 Did you do something with your free time while you were injured
21:50 Getting my ACL torn during a trial on Wolfsberger AC
23:56 How long did it take for you to return to your level
25:03 Can a coach define a players’ career
27:20 How was your experience in Aalemania Aachen
30:14 Coming to the 3rd Austrian league to play for SV Stripfing
31:25 How was the experience of being promoted to the second league with SV Stripfing
35:28 About the cooperation between Austria Vienna and SV Stripfing
36:32 How do you come back from a 3rd ACL injury
38:30 How does your rehabilitation look like
39:02 Is it a good idea to have a Plan B and invest your free time for the life after sports
39:46 How is your experience as a student
42:15 The advice you would give to yourself if you were 18 years old again
43:50 Fire round

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When I was 16 17 sh made an offer for me 500,000 I think and the president of mat always said no we played against colog with 55,000 people best moment I think when I scored in the last game against sanky he won 2-0 I was first in sanky I had the

Medical test and then they said my my right cve is is too short so I knew how hard and the injury football is it’s after the diagnose I started crying in my car hello everyone and Welcome to our next pball episode I’m chrisa diito a professional football player and the

Founder of pball before I start with today’s H discussion I would like to ask you a favor if you find Value in today’s episode please make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel and you’ll leave a five star review on Spotify but only if you enjoyed today’s episode so back to

Our discussion now hi Christian and welcome to my to my episode you for your invitation it’s a pleasure so I will take your journey from the beginning why did you choose football I don’t know I think in my family everybody played football mhm so there was no way not to

Play football I started when I was four years 5 years old so do you have siblings or just you uh I have one older sister she’s 5 years older than me and your father did also play football or you’re the only one who made it to the

Professional I’m the only one of the family but they all played in my in my Village my uncles my father my grandfather so everyone so I will H I will ask you something because a lot of players told me that you were one of the biggest talent in Austria when you were

Younger and I want to know how did you deal with all this pressure and expectations of your surroundings yeah maybe that’s true because I was in the youth national teams I was always uh the captain of my team and I played with Marcel zabit floran gich Mel gregoric

And this when I was young I didn’t feel pressure mhm I just enjoyed to play football and I did it because I loved it so there was no pressure in my young years and from your family like you have to to make it to the profession no

Pressure no pressure and from the Media newspapers because in this kind of age that you wear agents can call you a lot of people can start talking to you and for me it’s important if you can share some advice maybe for young athletes who are in the

Same position as you were what would you say I think it started when I get 14 15 years to all age agents asked yes to come to their agency they called my mother my father they came to us home to talk with us but I always declined I

Started with my manager when I was I think 17 I went to his agency his screen now they are uh have a fusion with you first I think it’s a Spanish company mhm and my to the young players is don’t think a lot about it if you give your

100% And you enjoy the play football the the offers will come for sure so you were 16 years old you played the your first steps in your career you met him to in a team in burgenland and then you moved to you signed for mburg the second

Team right and when you were 16 you made your debut in the first Bundesliga so I made some calculations and it seems that you were one of the young youngest players in the league is that right that’s right yeah that’s right so do you remember your first appearance in the in the

League how did you feel I remember exactly I think it was on the 5th of May in 200 10 when I was 16 years we played against rapid vieno oh that’s a hard game to play I didn’t really play because I came in for the last 30 seconds I think with

Long hair so I remember the day but I didn’t really play but it was my first appearance and how was the atmosphere in the in the stadium uh quite good because always when we played against rapid with mburg there were always a lot of fans because a lot of people in buland are

Fans of Rapid Vienna so they came to the stadium to watch rapid and not not M so I think it was like 12,000 people that’s a lot for Austrian super of course and uh was it a pressure for you to play in front of so many fans cuz I guess before

That there were not so many no coming to there were no fans in the in the youth team when I go on the pitch I’m in my tunnel mhm and I I don’t feel what happens around the the game that’s very so it was was no pressure not all the

Players have this ability so I saw from in the transfer Mark that you that you were moving from the first team to the second getting some experience I guess and and sometimes you were on the squad for the first team sometimes you were on the squad for the second team was it

Frustrating for you this this change yeah this was a very tough year for meh I think it was like one year I I changed from first team to second team then I didn’t play even the second team I didn’t play uh but I know why it was

Like this because when I was 16 17 sh made an offer for me mhm mhm and they beat 500,000 I think and the president of matb always said no he he doesn’t need money he has enough money so if sh would have said we pay 1 million he had

Said he wants 2 million or something so there was no way out of this construct mhm so and then they killed me mentally yes maybe that’s why I’m strong in my head no so this kind of experience saved your character for sure yeah and um in 2012 and 2013 was the

Best year in msbg where you played I saw 17 times for the first team but at the same year you were also playing for the second team is that right yeah and then came the offer from Germany and I want to ask if Germany was always one of one of your

Goals yes I was at the dream to go to to Germany because it was easy because of the language mhm so if you go there alone it’s easy easier to adapt yes than another language my dream was to play in in Spain this was my biggest dream

Because I like the the play of the style of play you sign in Germany what do you remember from the first uh trainings because I know Austria is one thing but Germany in the level of of intensity you have in the training is completely different yeah I

Played first league in in Austria and then I came to to t love in the second league I was training with the first team but the intensity was much much higher and the pressure from outside with the media and something I didn’t know that before and then my first three

Or four months I trained with the first team but always played in the in the second team so it was a little bit frustrating for me because I came from the first league in Austria and then I thought yeah you will play directly in the second league of Germany but in this

Year D of also got relegated from first League to second league so how did this offer came about uh after mburg we had uh after the season we had the under 19 qualification for European championship before this I was first in s PA there was everything ready but then

I had the medical test and then they said my my right car is is too short so okay it could be difficult with injuries and something so I went back home never heard anything about uh from s yes then we had this uh qualification and then off before the game against

Sweden the coach of dof called me Mike briskin so he called you directly he called me directly and said yeah he wants to to have me in his team for next year so I played the qualification game game against Sweden they sent one to Chef Scout to to see

The game Watch Me and then after the we had one more game against France and then after this I went to I went to twistor with my agent and then it goes quick and comparing the the two levels the the first league in Austria and the

Second league in Germany how was the the level uh the football skills in Austria I think really good it’s I think maybe better the style of play you want more to play with the ball but in Germany you have this intensity everything you get pushed from the fans in the stadium it’s yeah

Different and you played 49 games in the in the second league for dorf if transfer is I don’t really know is right and I want to ask you what was the best moment in your career during this time and what was the worst uh the best moment was 22nd of December

20 I know the DAT because we played against colon mhm the Derby wow with 55,000 people in the St it was full and then we went out for the warm-up mhm and then 30 minutes before the game they told us we we start half an hour later

Because the fans were fighting at the trim station or something so we went back to the cabin and then after 20 minutes we went back out to do some Sprints and then we started the game half an hour later we lost 3-2 we were

Two n down then I made an assist to the 2-1 2-2 and then we lost 3-2 that was the best moment it was it makes sense for a football player to play in front of 55,000 fans it’s an incredible achievement and what was the worst moment in your career during this time

Uh I think my ankle injury mhm I was out for six months then I played a game with the under 21 national team in aaban and then I was out again for five five months so I didn’t play for dor for one year okay and this was the first

Serious injury that you had during your career yes this was the first Serious injury because my agent told me in January maybe in summer we go to lus or BV anov wow and then the first game in February I got this injury and then I was out for yeah

Nearly one year and then you came back but you didn’t have contract anymore yeah I came back yeah and then the new coach uh fun came mhm and then he let me play I think the last games of the season and then I signed uh new contract

They wanted me to sign for two years but I said I want One Plus One MH and after 20 games so I have another year okay to stay in this but then I get another injury in my in my knee the fee ACL no the the bone okay the okay and then I

Was out also for four or five months so I came to 16 games and then we had the last game against a at home we had to win so before the game we knew we had to win I scored one Zer for us and we won

One zero this was on Sunday then Monday last training I came there the coach came to me to speak with me and he told me yeah I want to keep you here and the assistant coach also but the sporting director says no so your contract is

Finished and you can you can leave and how did you feel when you hear this news really sad really sad that was the first time that you say okay even though you gave everything on the pitch you had this injuries and you had this kind of

Uh setbacks and then you get this from the sport director so let’s stay a bit on the fact uh that you had the serious injuries cuz I want to know how did you deal with this if you have a support system like family friends maybe a girlfriend that

Help you during this time because a lot of aets are in similar situations like you you were yeah with my ankle injury uh my family came to visit me mhm they always helped me you have an operation or it was not necessary and also the the club give me

The support okay to help MH to come back as fast as possible but it was a very complicated injury yes I don’t really know what was was damaged but I think everything the anchor during the time of my injury with the I get to know my girlfriend so okay it

Was also good yes even though it was a hard moment you got something good out of it and when you got the news from the from the sport director from the coach that the sport director doesn’t want you anymore do you remember what you went through in your mind did you have

Another offer yeah I thought I’m here now for four years I came with 19 years just when the coach say I want you to have in my team while the sporting director says no we don’t give you a contract so this is was this was what I didn’t understand

Mhm because if the coach says I want you in my team and I count on you for the next season then why the spot director says no yeah maybe depends on the club because sometimes the decisions come from the sport director and sometimes they they come from from the coach and

At this time you didn’t have another club like a second option um I had offers from ke and a but I didn’t want to play there because when you live in D you don’t want to to live in a and I always had the dream to go to go to

Spain mhm and in end of May or June my agent called me that gdaf called him wow they played second league m in Spain at this time I declined the the offers from ke everything because I wanted to go to Spain but the problem was uh they played

This uh relegation games until end of June yes so the clubs in Germany also they started with the preseason and everything and Gaddafi said if we get to the first League we sign you yes but then they get it they got it they got it

But never never called me again mhm so I was a half year with no Club year without Club after I played in D yeah insane so fast things can happen in football you were playing in D for four years you hear this news from this from

From your coach then you have two offers from the two German clubs and one offer from the Spanish club from from hfe and at the end nothing happened and how do you deal with this yeah then this time there came another off another offer of of duburg yes in

The summer but we spoke with them and then they said first they have to sell two players that they can sign me mhm because of license problems earlier I think in 2010 or something so they couldn’t couldn’t sign a new player and then I said okay okay can I come to

Train with you and then it was a period of 4 months or something and then in November I decided to go to to duburg I rent um PMP yes this for this period And I trained with tbook but you were without contract I were I was without

Contract yeah and then in January I signed for dbook because they sold the players mhm and then for came to twist again okay but in this in this four months that you did not have a club and you did not train with a dbook what did

You do I trained with a club in the third league in Austria with nois okay I played also one friendly game for them then they wanted to sign me but I didn’t want to go there of course and it was just uh a hard time it was so boring I

Didn’t didn’t know what to do with the time of course I trained alone but it’s not the same to train alone or in a team so I was really happy in January that I could go to to this book then and then let’s talk now about this book you stayed there for two

Seasons one and a half half because I came in in Winter and uh what was there your best moment and your worst moment best moment I think when I scored in the last game against uh s parley mhm we won in shampa or at home at home we won two

Z I didn’t score so many goals so there you didn’t celebrate them why these are the best moments in in my career and the worst moment was the ACL injury I came there in January then I played a few games until summer and then in the third game of the

Season I T my my ACL mhm you said for six months again was more in September I think and then I came back in April mhm but only two friendly games so I didn’t play for DB anymore in know you could prolong the the contract afterwards after this injury no because

We were we were relegated in the in the third League okay and then they said no we don’t want to extend your contract so your worst moment you would say is the injury during your time in DB yeah you had already one injury before you were better prepared during this time or was

Harder than the one you had before in diesel door I think it was harder because I knew how hard an ACL injury football is and how long it takes to come back so it was it was really hot I started after the diagnose mhm I started

Crying in my car but after three four days it’s a process you have to go through the the whole process and during this time you had uh physiotherapists from the club or it was something that you had to do on your own yeah we had a r hard in in dbook

And I Liv in D and then I go every day with the taxi and then how was this uh how was the day how did your day look like during this time I started at 9: with upper body M training then I had a physiotherapy for

40 minutes 1 hour then a break and in the in the afternoon I went for for a run something did you have something did you do something with your free time because during injuries do you have more time or because you are injured you have even

More training than you used to have I think you have less time when you’re injured because you you train more and the massage and the therapist takes more time yeah you train two times a today mhm I think and then yes in November I went to hofman for two months to make my

My fysio fysio there to see new people I think but you did you go to the club or did you go to the to the r it was next to the the club mhm because my best friend plays for off man and he checked me okay to go there and

And after you you got Health again and you signed and you came back to Austria yes in some 201 19 I came back to Austria so it was dbook ad Mira if I’m correct with if I’m correct and then you go to Alania aim yeah but when I came back from duso yes

To Austria uh I went to a trial in at v h in the first league in the first league and in my second training I Tor my AC again MH so I had no G and I was injured again for one year and I think this was the the

Hardest time of my this was the hardest of my career because I didn’t have a club I did the the on my own I had one F so you cover all the expense on your own all the cost from the or the injury cost injur insurance yes paid for it but not

Not enough I had to playay also from my own pocket and I had to do everything alone I went two times a week to my fysio yes but in this time you need more and I trained in the fit in on the mar

On my own he gave me the program and I I did it how do you stay disciplined during this time when you when you don’t have someone to push or yeah I just wanted to come back on the field so I was two years out this time two years

Yeah first in thisbook so yes 10 months and then in summer again mhm it was the same leg same leg and then in summer 2020 I signed for ad and how was when you when you came back on the pach the feeling the feeling was was good I really enjoyed it it it

Was not as easy years before to play play football yeah because I guess you you stayed outside you stayed out of of training and practicing with with the team for such a long time so when you came back your body was was different and your moves in in the

Pitch yes and you also think always about your movement you a little bit afraid MH of contact yes so it was was hard to get back and how long did it take you until you you came back to your to your level three or four months then

I played in the third League of Austria with admir Mur I don’t know four or five games and then the coach from admir matur came to the first team he took me with him then I played in the first League again against s bton we lost 5-0

The coach went back to second team I stayed in the first team and then I played one game against Austria for 5 minutes mhm the coach put me in I made the assist okay five one1 and after this I only played one more game I think mhm and after this he never

Let me play he never play let you play again well I I spoke also with other players who came to to podcast to to pball and they and they also agreed with me that a coach can Define your career and in your case you were Lu in the

Beginning because the coach from your second team from the second team went to the first team and then he left then another coach came and you did not take a as much as as many minutes as you you would wish for you how did you deal with

Your coach during this time did you speak to him why you don’t play so much or you say I will keep training and then I would wait for my chance yes spoke with him because the weirdest thing was that he told me you are the best player

In the team MH but you’re not fit enough and then I told him Coach I was two years old I didn’t play games but when I’m the best player and you put me in for 10 minutes 20 minutes I become fitter and fitter and then when I’m the

Best play in the team I can help the team but he didn’t really understand it do you think it was an excuse or do you think he was he was he really meant it what he said to you I think it was an excuse mhm because of whatever I don’t know

Would you have preferred to to have maybe a a feedback that maybe it is a little bit tougher but it’s the truth instead of you know saying something just to maybe not to not upset you yeah I always wanted to to hear the truth mhm because I’m also a type who tells the

Truth yes but in for it’s hard to find people that who tell you the truth I think yeah not a lot of uh people do that and also sces for me it was for example when I when I first came to Germany the language played a an important role I

Mean most of the times coaches were telling me yes you’re a good player but the language is a problem for me was an excuse maybe I did something wrong I I don’t say that I did everything perfect but I wish they would have told me the truth

Because then I I can work on a specific area instead of going more taking more German classes well they help now but back then maybe it was it would have been something different maybe I could work on something else that’s why I’m asking you I’m 100% And

You left at Mir and you went to Alan aim yeah I had my first podcast episode in English I I had the coach the current coach from Alan now they are first they’re having a very successful season but how was it for you when you were

There I went to Alman because the coach of admir second team yes Patrick helmes he’s a former player of colog mhm he went to a and he he took me with him uh it was a hard time in aen because they wanted to go up in the in

The third league as fast as possible but I think we hadn’t uh the team with with enough quality to do that so we really had a hard hard season okay the half year was there we were 15th or something and the expectations were to

Go to go up in the third league so yeah because it’s a very tradition very big Club yeah yeah very big Club in the in the fourth league with a lot of fans unbelievable Stadium they C sent me some videos recently and they had like 20,000 Spectators during the some games in the

Fourth League of Germany and now they are first maybe because I’m gone I don’t know I don’t think so but but I think there’s a lot of uh potential in the clubh but when you were there it was the quality of the team only or also the infrastructure of the club maybe they

Were the the wrong people in some positions that they did not take the right decisions yeah I think that was also a main problem that the people were fighting against each other yes we didn’t hear a lot about it I think it was like this that they fight against

Each each other there was lack of communication there yeah and the team yeah for me it was not enough of quality MH to go to the third League or to play in the top five yes well in the fourth league in German is also hard you even

Though you can have the best season you can be first and you have to play the the game with with another team from the from another part of Germany yeah but I think they they changed it now when you play in Regional West like a you go

Directly and also from reg B I think because they are professional leagues okay so ah so this year only or it’s every year the same no every year every year the same okay so they changed it in 2020 or something okay because when I

Was in in cold Bush we had to play play relegation game so yeah got do still have to play I think even though the club was a professional Club but still the league not the professional I guess if we have to play the the game and you

Stay for one year there half year half year there and then you came back to Austria for strifing mhm how did this offer come about why strifing for example because you had a very good CV and streaming was a promising team but in the third League

Of austri yeah uh first time I met with striping was after admir in the summer yes 2021 but then I told them that I want to go anywhere else to see what’s possible mhm maybe I can come back to third League or second league in Germany and then the new coach in aen

Who came in November he didn’t like me I think M as a player and as a person I think and then I canceled my contract in January and I always had uh contact with the president of striping MH it was very fast he called me in January and I said

Okay I come I want to go I want to help you to go up in the in the second league we missed the Target in the first year because we was a little bit stronger than us but it came a year later yeah how did you adopt from from

Germany to streaming because of the infrastructure you played in in a huge stadium with so many fans you know the pressure of the club the expectations of the expectation of the club but also the history of the club and you you came to a strifing for a project for a promising

Project how was for the for you when I came back from from a in February uh I was a little bit wondering mhm when I saw the the pitch and strip finger at the stadium you didn’t know I didn’t know before so I was a little bit shocked when I saw the

Infrastructure afterwards I accepted and I just wanted to play to play football and I really enjoyed it to play football there because there were not so many people it was relaxed to play and you had a very good team so you had good team I think the team is was way better

Than the team in AR interesting for me when I came I was really happy I saw how about the inity the intensity in the training was also there cuz I know German German clubs they might train a bit more yeah it was it was a good in intensity I

Think more with the with the ball and how did you keep yourself motivated coming every day to train to in in a football pitch where it’s it’s not the best one at the beginning it was it was a little bit hard but even the pitch was

Was not so good we we tried to play football and the te team the style of of play I liked it because everybody wanted to to have the ball and play one two even if the pitch was not good we tried to do it and it was it was fun and one

Year later successfully promote to the to the next to the second league so how was the experience like playing for a club who at the end of the season promoted to the to the second budes Lea in Austria yeah when I signed for striping I came with the intention mhm

To go to the the second league because I knew a lot of players and then knew the quality of the players so for me it was clear if we don’t go up in this this year when Vienna went to the second league we will get it the year after and

I liked it to be to be part of the project yes and I was sure we we will do it because the players were good for for third League do you remember something like from how did you celebrate how was this time you know because things happen so fast that we we

Don’t take really the time to celebrate these kind of Milestones that happening during our careers so what did you do for me it was also new because it was the first time I get champion of the league so we we celebrated you go somewhere did you go to another country

Or you stayed in Austria we stayed in Austria okay but after the Electro game it was the most decisive game this season we won 6-0 okay and then a few guys of the team went to to celebrate the win because then we we knew we we got it and after

The last game we also went to to a club to celebrate a little bit and you are coming back uh after summer holidays and the club had made a cooperation with Austria Vienna so basically the best players from the second team of Austria Vienna they came to streaming streaming most of the players

Because he promoted the next League they also stayed so two teams came together and I wanted to to talk to you to talk with you about this season and the first part of the Season how in your eyes it was a successful how was our performance basically I think at the beginning it

Was it was a little bit difficult because we had as you said 12 players from strip thing and 10 players from from Austria the best best young players mhm and we had to become a team a family and a family we started a little bit late with the the preseason so at the

Beginning it was it was hard but I think after the third fourth game in the in the league we become a a really good group and I think we played attractive football maybe one of the best in the league I think yeah I would agree with

You yeah that we were also have to point we were also third place and then and unfortunate event happened again and in the game against lafn I know if I saw the video I should have scored the goal Maybe maybe it would have happened but unfortunately I didn’t and uh here we

Are so let’s talk about this because one time it is harder second time it is even harder but three times how do you come back from it and and I want to ask you that because you’re a great role model for a lot of athletes not a lot of

Athletes after even a the first time they they come back you did it two times and now you are the third time they game happened on Friday and I remember on Monday I saw you in the dressing room like nothing happened what did you go through this

Time like third time yeah I think with the time you learn how to handle it m I think the hardest was the second one and now the third one yeah one or two days you think about it while you went to the why you tled this player you were

You got three assists I think until then yeah in 11 games or something yeah gu yeah I thought about the situation in the game it was stupid because we were 3 n up yeah but you know maybe I could have stay just behind relaxed but yes I was like in a

Flow I want to get the ball and I don’t know score another one two goals yeah I suffered one two three days but then I said to me it doesn’t help it’s it’s gone you have to continue Bally continue and you you showed that you

Came back two times so you can can come back for a third time as well so you you will come back for sure we we are all waiting for for this uh for this day now how can you tell me a bit about your Rehabilitation what do you do every

Day in order to come back stronger than before yeah my week is like um Monday um legs mhm and running Tuesday upper body and bike Wednesday legs running Thursday upper body Bike Friday legs and running and Saturday easy training yes like yoga okay bik and that’s and then all over

Again from from Monday from the beginning yeah and uh you had these kind of injuries did you think like okay this kind of injuries happening sport is it maybe better now as I’m getting older to have a plan B uh 100% yeah after my uh second ACL injury I started to uh study

Sport and event management at the University at schlo sorg mhm it’s in sec in and they also have one it’s like a room not the university ahuh okay and you have to go there for two days in a month to make your course okay so tell me a little bit

About the university because maybe other athletes would like to to know about it it’s more the the management uh part not not a lot with uh sports but for me or as a sports atlete I think it’s important to learn the part of the management because with your experience

In sport you already have this and you can’t you can’t learn this yes and if you learn the the second part of the how to manage this and this I think it could be a good uh combination for your future and would you suggest to the young

Athlet to do it regardless if he get an injury or not to invest his time his free time in life after Sports I think when I I’m now 20 years old with the experience I would have started to to study when I was 20 because you go to the training Monday

Two times maybe and then Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday one time and you have a lot of time to to do something else uh during your sport career and with the right time management you can manage your career in as a student but also your career as a football player I think I

Think it’s it’s possible yeah because the studium bachelor degree this yeah you can do it easily when when you are professional footballer because you have a lot of a lot of time I think also it helps your mind because you know you have everyday football football football

Football you don’t have nothing else to do you know but if you have something else to do you know you kind of take some time off some hours the day and then you are refreshed for the day for the next day for the next ring that’s

How it worked for me University or some other hobbies that I have have training maybe I have a bad day in the training maybe I have a good day in the training regardless I have something else that I you know I can put my focus on after the

Training and then I’m kind of recharged for the for the next next day yeah because you come to training at 8:00 in the morning and you go home at 1 and then you have so many hours 10 hours or 8 hours until you go to sleep

Yes so you can use the time to do and there are no excuses I would like to ask you now imagine now you wake up tomorrow and you have all the knowledge you have until now all these experiences you made and all the people you met what are

Advice would you give to yourself and the same advice goes basically to to a young athlete like what advice would you give to yourself if tomorrow you were 18 years old uh I would say do some extra training mhm don’t be lazy and try to find another thing during your football career that

Helps you grow as a as a person and also learn something else that helps you afterwards in your in your life or in your career after the career and if you don’t know what you like how do you find this because you know we have we we have

Been playing football for so many years and this is what we have we know how to do it that we know how it works we know we are good at it but how do you find a second passion I don’t know I think I can’t answer it because

Myself I didn’t find another passion I would say I’m studying spot and event management but I’m studying it because I want to be after my career also in this football construct yes when I finish my career I have H prepared some questions basically there are some questions I

Received from friends and teammates of of ours MH on Instagram after announcing that you would be coming so and you can answer either by saying a word or a phrase okay so the first question is do you regret anything in your career my injuries your injuries

The top five players of all time in your position Pell HS Tony Ross I think this three I know three and okay who was the best player you played with and who was the best the best player you played against I think the best player I played

With K demai and against KES Rodriguez how you played against him when he was in Monaco mhm you had the friendly game yeah the last friendly game of the before the season was against monu and what did make this I only played 10 minutes but yeah still what did one

Three two I think he won scored one goal okay right food what did make this player special I think his his vision of the game mhm his first touch also because he was always ready and play the the last the last ball MH he had a great

Career next question is an hour in the gym or an hour in an hour running now running an hour running when you are in the gym do you prefer Daniel or Johan Daniel but he’s not in the gym with me so yes yeah I don’t

Know both of them so a story you have never told or a secret you have never shared I can’t share share it with you now you can’t I have no secrets you don’t have no secrets a story baby no no you don’t want to share with me so yeah

That would be all for for today and um I hope you enjoyed our today’s discussion and also I think a lot of athletes who can hear a Christian story can take something from it and implement it on their own lives and really thank you for coming thank you