Hinteregger retires at 29 and returns to the 5th series (as a forward)

Career end at 29, after winning the Europa League. Although the Austrian has always been a particular character, the decision taken by Hinteregger at the end of June surprised everyone. However, the developments are even more surprising: Hinteregger has in fact decided (receiving the ok from Eintracht in Frankfurt) to go and play for Sirnitz, in the fifth Austrian series. To have fun, he will be the attacker and no longer the defender in the team with which he started playing football from a very young age.

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Due to some physical problems that have limited his performance in the last period, Hinteregger has decided to stop playing at high levels. However, Eintracht did not allow him to terminate the contract (in order to prevent him from deciding to accept offers from other clubs), but froze him. This is why the approval of the German company was needed to move to Sirnitz.

However, Hinteregger is used to being talked about for uncomfortable positions or extravagant attitudes: he was the one who harshly criticized Red Bull when, having requests from Augsburg and Leipzig on the table, he chose to play for the Bavarians stating that “I’m from Salzburg and I hate Leipzig for the way it destroys our club. ” A few years later he pushed to go from Augsburg to Eintracht to the point of showing up in training camp with Frankfurt shorts. During the Tour de France, the word #freeHinti appeared in various points of the asphalt, which was popular on social networks among Eintracht fans. Not only that: once the German TV decided to censor a rather unusual interview with which he commented on some violent clashes that had involved Eintracht fans. “Well, they probably got together to fight each other – said Hinteregger -. If all the participants wanted it, that’s okay. Why not? It had already happened and it happens frequently. All in all it’s part of the game. Indeed, it’s something for which there are only winners: you journalists have something to talk about, they have fun and we do interviews about it. I don’t think it’s anything serious “. They were all speechless. Just like it happened a month ago when he decided to retire from professional football to return to play for Sirnitz. Also transforming from defender into attacker.