Georg Koch, Former Bundesliga Legend, Battling Pancreatic Cancer: “I’m Dying”

news-content">Georg Koch played over 200 games in the German Bundesliga and became a legend at the Fortuna Düsseldorf club. The former goalkeeper is suffering from pancreatic cancer and in an interview with Bild am Sonntag he has now spoken about his serious illness.

“It is an incurable disease. I’m dying,” said the 52-year-old former athlete, who was told by his doctor a year ago that he only had a few months left to live.

Georg Koch worked in Germany except Fortune Dusseldorf and clubs like 1. Kaiserslautern FC, Arinia Bielefeld a MSV Duisburgv Bundesliga Download 213 games. He played for him too PSV Eindhoven, Cottbus energy, Vienna fast a Dinamo Zagreb. In the 2007/08 season, he won a double with the Croatian club, winning the championship and winning the cup there.

After ending his playing career in 2009, he continued as sporting director and later as manager of SC Herford, after which he worked as a goalkeeper coach in several clubs.

The former footballer is now fighting a brutal disease and he does not know how long he will live. It started when he wasn’t feeling well and had bad blood test results. After that, doctors found him with cancer during a routine check-up.

In an interview with a German daily, he described how this disease limits him in his daily life: “It’s weird when you go through your hair and suddenly you have a whole bunch in your hands. Things that used to take me five seconds now take half a minute. But, I have to put up with the disease. It wouldn’t help if I complained, it was never my thing,” says Georg Koch.

The former elite goalkeeper emphasizes that he has had an extraordinary life. Now his partner and gold prospector named Hector helps him to overcome difficult times. Georg Koch will also be a friend of the cult band Die Toten Hosen, whose members are a big fan of Fortuna Düsseldorf. Now they supported him with a letter and gave him a T-shirt with the inscription: “To the bitter end.”

“That’s just my style of humor. I always love looking at that writing on the shirt and I’m glad I’m still alive. As silly as it may sound, that quote on the t-shirt inspires me and gives me strength. I am very grateful to the whole band for that,” adds the former German footballer.