Departure for Felix Brych: The German record referee ends his career in summer. The 49-year-old announced this on Sunday. “As a athlete, you can see that it is becoming increasingly difficult to withstand this level of performance. I spoke to my wife. Also with the DFB. Now is the time when you would have to plan the next season. And I won’t go this season anymore, ”said Brych at the World TV.
The doctorate from Munich has been a DFB referee since 1999. Brych has managed 351 games in the Bundesliga so far since 2004 and was used in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and in 2018 in Russia. “I have to go across borders. The effort I have to do is exorbitantly high. It is a dream to whistle in the Bundesliga, but it has to be worth it. I am glad that I can take this step. I want to put this end myself, ”said Brych, who was recognized five times as the DFB referee of the year (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021) and twice as a world referee (2017, 2021).
On November 25, 2023, Brych had suffered a cruciate ligament tear. In the 344th Bundesliga game of his career, in which he hired Wolfgang Stark. It lasted until September 2024 before whistling a Bundesliga game again.
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