Latest injury may signal end to Bellarabi's playing career
A muscle fiber-tear brings the season, and quite possibly the career, former German international Karim Bellarabi to a close.
| Karim Bellarabi. | Photo: Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Persistent injury problems this year have limited the Berlin-native to just three short relief appearances this year. His relevance for the club he's represented for 11 seasons has been on a steady decline in recent seasons. All of the recent injury issues render him an unlikely candidate to generate interests from other clubs.
Since joining Leverkusen from then third third side Eintracht Braunschweig in 2011, Bellarabi has netted 37 league goals in 241 appearances for "die Werkself". Across all competitions, he's found the back of the net 60 times for Bayer. His last German national team call up came in 2016. He scored once for country in a Euro qualifying match back in 2015.
