Description of the unknown
Attack on Cologne player: Police are looking for perpetrators
13.05.2025 – 12:42 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
After a violent incident in Cologne, the police published a description of the perpetrator. We are looking for a man who is said to have attacked Tim Lemperle.
The Cologne police are looking for a previously unknown perpetrator who is said to have physically attacked Tim Lemperle, striker of 1. FC Köln on Sunday evening. The incident occurred on May 11 on a party ship in Cologne-Rodenkirchen. The 23-year-old suffered a broken nose in the attack and had to be taken to the hospital.
Lemperle was on the ship with a friend and a former teammate. The FC professional is said to have been in a strongly alcoholic state at the time of the crime. The confrontation with another party guest initially seemed to end, but escalated outside the ship a little later.
According to the police, a young man is currently being searched for, who is described as about 1.70 meters tall, muscular and blonde. At the time of the crime, he is said to have worn an orange t-shirt and short jeans.
Coach Friedhelm Funkel was cautious about the sporting consequences on Monday at the “Express”: “I know that he was tackled. And that he contracted facial injuries. The likelihood that he will play on Sunday is low but not quite impossible.”
The police arrived at the Heinrich Lübke bank at 9:45 p.m. At this point, Lemperle was already medically supervised. He was treated at the Cologne University Hospital that night. Lemperle’s contract in Cologne expires, his switch to TSG Hoffenheim has been in the room for a long time, but has not yet been officially confirmed.