BVB captain seriously injured
Cruciate ligament tear in Emre Can
Updated March 1, 2026 – 4:58 p.mReading time: 1 min.
Borussia Dortmund will have to be without Emre Can for a long time. The BVB captain tore his cruciate ligament in the top game against FC Bayern.
Bitter news for Borussia Dortmund: Captain Emre Can was seriously injured in the top game against FC Bayern. The second-place team in the Bundesliga officially announced this on Sunday, one day after the 2-3 defeat against Munich. Accordingly, Can tore a cruciate ligament in his left knee.
“Emre’s injury is extremely bitter,” said BVB sports director Sebastian Kehl. “Not just for him, but for all of us.” Can always puts himself at the service of the team and is an important part of the club. “Emre will receive every support from us in the next few months so that he can get completely healthy again,” said Kehl.
Can had struggled with injuries from time to time in the past. This and last season, adductor problems in particular regularly slowed him down. Now he is threatened with a long outage, probably lasting several months. The season is over for the former national player.
