Son, not father

Health reasons! Hasenhüttl puts career on hold

While Ralph Hasenhüttl has only just begun a new chapter in his life as coach of VfL Wolfsburg, his son Patrick's career in professional soccer has come to a surprising end! The 26-year-old striker is unable to continue his career for health reasons ... 

The extent to which his health has been affected to such an extent that he is no longer able to play active soccer has not been made public. Hallescher FC, where the son of the former RB Leipzig and Southampton coach had been under contract since last summer, did not comment on this.

However: "We would like to thank Patrick for his commitment during his time in Halle and wish him all the best for the future and his future career," wrote the third division club from Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany.

14 short league appearances for Halle
During his 175 minutes in 14 short league appearances for Halle, Hasenhüttl failed to score a goal. He only contributed a goal in the Saxony-Anhalt Cup at the end of October 2023 in a 6-0 win against MSV Börde ...

Hasenhüttl spent the longest period of his career in the Regionalliga Bayern in the second team of FC Ingolstadt (82 games, 23 goals). In Austria, Hasenhüttl was under contract with SK Austria Klagenfurt from 1 January 2022 - but even there he did not make more than four appearances for their second team ...