Comeback at Austria Klagenfurt
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After 1,012 days of abstinence, Martin Hinteregger celebrated his professional comeback at the SK Austria Klagenfurt in early February. The 32 -year -old defender announced his resignation from resignation after he surprisingly hung up his shoes in the service of Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2022 and opened his contract until 2024. For the Austrian a decision associated with many thoughts – still today.
“I still have a guilty conscience because I have a little feeling that I have let her down. The end of the career was abrupt, ”said Hinteregger on the program“ Talk & Tore ”at the TV station“ Sky Austria ”. “I am very grateful to Frankfurt because they understood it. I explained my personal situation very well to you. They showed a lot of understanding and luckily the conversation was positive. ”
Hinteregger remembered his emotions at the time: “It started in October. I was injured for three to four weeks and saw how nice life is when you don’t have this pressure at the weekend. I noticed that the feeling and sleep can be different. I put too much pressure on myself in many ways. It matured for a very long time. I had a lot of conversations with Oliver Glasner (then Frankfurt coach; d. Red.). He was very understanding. It’s just like that. If you are not ready in your head and realize that it is no longer possible, then you just can’t perform anymore. A professional football player has to perform. “
The veteran played most of the games in his career for Red Bull Salzburg (212), followed by Eintracht Frankfurt (138) and FC Augsburg (83). For Austria Klagenfurt, he has been on the pitch in five games over 450 minutes since his comeback. He had “very well considered his decision for career. I still know exactly when I crawled and thought about on the alp for two days whether I stop or not. Then I came down and said that it is really over because it is no longer possible. If you are not ready in your head and the fun, you can no longer bring top performance. If you do not perform a month in the German Bundesliga, then it quickly goes back in the other direction. So it was very well considered. Of course I suffered for Frankfurt. “
