By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff

Stuttgart defender out for the season after surgery

Leonidas Stergiou requires surgery and won’t feature again for Stuttgart this season.
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VfB Stuttgart will be without Leonidas Stergiou for the remainder of the season.

The club announced on Monday that the defender suffered a syndesmosis injury during training last week. 

He is set to undergo surgery in the coming days and will miss the remainder of the campaign.

Stuttgart still have Bundesliga fixtures against Augsburg and RB Leipzig, before taking on Arminia Bielefeld in the DFB-Pokal final on May 24.

Stergiou has featured 18 times for Stuttgart in all competitions this season.

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