The eventful three years of Sebastien Haller in Borussia Dortmund ended on Monday with a transfer to the Dutch club Utrecht.
It ended a stint with the German club that started with a diagnosis of cancer, but during his time Haller almost won the Bundesliga, reached the final of the Champions League and won the African Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast.
He noticed, however, that he was put more and more offside in Dortmund and spent on loan last season. «Sebastien has written a special story here,» said Dortmund -sports director Sebastian Kehl in a statement Monday.
Weeks after signing for Dortmund in 2022, and before he played a match, Haller was diagnosed with a testicular tumor during the team’s pre -season camp. After two operations and a chemotherapy course, he returned only six months later.
Nine Bundesliga objectives of Haller In the second half of the 20222-23 season, Dortmund with a long-awaited Bundesliga title, but the team fell short in the last minutes of the season.
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Injury and inconsistent form meant the role of Haller in the Champions League final a year later as a late replacement when Dortmund lost 2-0 to Real Madrid. It would be his last game for Dortmund for loans last season with Leganes in Spain and then Utrecht.
Haller returns to a one season contract to the familiar environment in Utrecht, where his productive scoring helped ten years ago to launch his career. He scored six times in 18 games on loan there last season to help the team fourth in the Dutch League, which placed the team in the Europa League qualifying rounds.
