Guido Burgstaller, who played in the Austrian national football team and currently represents the country’s premier league club Rapid Wien, suffered a skull fracture when he was attacked in Vienna at the weekend.
Rapid Wien reported about it on its website.
Striker by Guido Burgstaller35, was attacked by an unknown man, whose “brutal blow” caused, among other things, a skull fracture after Burgstaller fell to the ground from the force of the blow.
– Guido was immediately taken to the hospital. He will remain in hospital under observation for some time and it is understood that he will not return to football for several months, Rapid said.
Burgstaller has played 26 matches in the Austrian national team, the most recent of which was in the fall of last year.
Along with Austrian clubs, he has also represented the British Cardiff and the German Nürnberg and St. Paul in his career.