In "Legends Game" in Qatar: Ex-national player Kevin Kuranyi is seriously injured
Created: 2022-12-16, 2:37 p.m
By: Christian Nemeth
Kevin Kuranyi suffered a knee injury in a Legends kick.
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Kevin Kuranyi, former German national player, injured his knee badly on the fringes of the World Cup in Qatar.
The 40-year-old suffered the injury in a “legend game”.
Doha - The former striker of VfB Stuttgart and FC Schalke 04, Kevin Kuranyi, was invited by FIFA to take part in the so-called Legends Cup, which was held this week in the tennis stadium in Doha - away from the action surrounding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - increases.
The ex-German national player injured his knee so badly that he had to be taken to a local hospital.
Kevin Kuranyi |
Born: March 2, 1982 (age 40), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Professional stations: VfB Stuttgart, FC Schalke 04, Dynamo Moscow, TSG Hoffenheim |
111 goals in 275 Bundesliga games |
52 games and 19 goals for the German national team (2003 – 2008) |
Vice European Champion with the DFB-Elf (2008) |
Kuranyi suspects the worst after a serious knee injury
“I somehow twisted my knee and felt straight away that something was probably broken.
Unfortunately, the first suspicion is that a lot has snapped," Kuranyi told the German Press Agency on Thursday.
A final diagnosis was still pending, further investigations must first be carried out, as reported by
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It is also unclear when the former goalgetter, who scored 111 goals in 275 Bundesliga games during his playing days, will be able to return to Germany.
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Matthäus, Klinsmann, Robert Carlos and Co. at the Legends Cup
Around 100 former football professionals are taking part in the Legends Cup this week, competing against each other in different teams.
There are, for example, the German record international player Lothar Matthäus as well as ex-national player and national coach Jürgen Klinsmann, Brazil legend Roberto Carlos, Youri Djorkaeff (France) and Francesco Totti (Italy).
Kevin Kuraniy competed for the Northern Bears team, which also includes former Mexico goalkeeper Jorge Campos.
Before suffering the serious injury, the striker, who obviously hasn't forgotten anything about scoring goals, scored another goal.
World Cup: Final on Sunday
Kevin Kuranyi will probably have to watch Sunday's World Cup final from his sick bed.
The final between Argentina and France will take place next Sunday (4 p.m.).
On Saturday (4 p.m.) there will be a match for third place between Croatia and Morocco.
