{
  "id": 11429595,
  "title": "Former Hoffenheim, Werder and Gladbach defender Jannik Vestergaard retires from football",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/former-hoffenheim-werder-and-gladbach-defender-jannik-vestergaard",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:41:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-hoffenheim-werder-gladbach-defender-114100696.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Danish defender Jannik Vestergaard has announced his retirement from professional football, citing a lack of motivation as the primary reason for his decision. The 34-year-old, who has played for TSG Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen, and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga, as well as for Southampton and Leicester City in England, made a total of 185 Bundesliga appearances and 59 appearances for the Danish national team, scoring three goals. In an interview with Danish outlet Politiken, Vestergaard expressed that his decision to retire now felt like the right choice.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}