Morning powers of professional career: leg amputation at ex-PSG

Bruno Rodriguez once played for Paris Saint-Germain, long before the club became the global brand. Now the Frenchman was a leg amputated.

• Rodriguez missed with Metz just the championship title
• PSG sends greeting to Rodriguez

Anyone who thinks about Paris Saint-Germain today, probably coming first Qatar, shine and Gloria in the sense, for making some of the best footballers of the current time. Money does not matter since the club was taken over by a Qatar investment group in 2011. Since then, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar, Kylian Mb cap, and since this season also lionel Messi for the headlines.

Almost a little forgotten, there is almost the time before Qatar, when PSG was no world brand and only a few titles won. In which the club, however, at least some, had a soul. One of the players from this time was Bruno Rodriguez. He did not play long for PSG, the striker only came to 20 missions and six goals. But now there were sad news about Rodriguez.

The 49-year-old had to be amputated after years of age as a result of his football career. The French Player Association UNFP wrote an emotional message in the direction of Rodriguez. "He was one of the strikers who have shaped our football from the early 90s to the middle of the 2000s. The UNFP sends power and comfort to Bruno Rodriguez, who decide on the impact of his football career due to constant suffering from the amputation of a leg Had, "it said there.

Rodriguez missed with Metz just the championship title

A total of 234 games in Ligue 1 completed Rodriguez in the course of his career. In January 1999 he was changed from FC Metz to Paris. With Metz he had just missed the championship title half a year before, he herself contributed 13 goals to the success in that season. After six more gates in the following preliminary round, Paris closed and committed Rodriguez.

Also there he came to his goals, yet the ways in the summer already parted again. A lending to the then Premier League Club Bradford City turned out as a great misunderstanding, after a few weeks he was back at PSG. In January 2000, the chapter ended, but finally, Rodriguez switched to RC Lens.

A development that he regretted in hindsight. "The end of the season at PSG was actually quite good, but then those responsible did not held their promises they had given me. Therefore, I decided to leave the club," said Rodriguez 2015 in an interview with sofoot. This had been "the biggest mistake of my career", he added, "I should have been waiting for at least six months, but thanks to my strong character, I have heard anyone and packed my things."

PSG sends greeting to Rodriguez

In 2005, he finally finished his career, but the consequences of it were constantly accompanied him. Again and again he had to fight with problems with his leg before now the difficult decision for amputation had to be taken.

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The "new" PSG also experienced - and sent building words to his ex-player: "Paris Saint-Germain sends his former striker Bruno Rodriguez, his family and his relatives a message of support in this difficult time. The club gives them his Whole strength and hopes to be able to welcome you as soon as possible in the Parc of the Princes. "