Tragic
Klaus Gjasula: Klaus Gjasula does not find his
Klaus Gjasula: Klaus Gjasula does not find his headgear particularly beautiful - it looks more like something worn by the comic-book villain Magneto or a Roman gladiator.
headgear particularly beautiful - it looks more like something worn by the comic-book villain Magneto or a Roman gladiator. But it allows the German-Albanian to keep playing football. “I’m not wearing it for fashion reasons. I just feel safer in it since I broke my cheekbone,” says the SC Paderborn professional.
In the 2019/20 season, Gjasula was the only player in German professional football protecting himself in this way. He had heard enough comments like “girl” or “go play chess instead”. When he broke his cheekbone in October 2013, the usual face mask was no longer enough when he returned to the pitch. “So I was happy when our sponsor built me a carbon helmet and made a quick comeback possible,” he recalls.
Back then he was playing for Regionalliga side Kickers Offenbach. The custom piece had first to survive a stress test from the Hessian Football Association before it could be approved. The first version failed because it was too hard and could endanger opponents.
The manufacturer then added foam and the approval came through. Gjasula never takes the helmet off in official matches. He does, however, leave it off in training.
André Schubert: André Schubert was a successful coach
André Schubert: André Schubert was a successful coach in Paderborn.
in Paderborn. In 2011 his budget was due to be cut by more than ten percent. Schubert no longer saw a path to success and moved to FC St.
Pauli. President Finke was angered by the departure and from then on repeatedly explained to the football world what he thought were Schubert’s character flaws. When Schubert was later dismissed in Hamburg, Finke produced a particularly poisonous compliment, calling him a good coach professionally but one who had problems with thin skin and taking criticism.
Unprompted, Finke speculated that Schubert had probably made the same mistakes at St. Pauli as he had in Paderborn.
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Tragic — Update 2020–2026
Wilfried Finke, the long-time president who led SC Paderborn from insignificance into the Bundesliga, remains a tragic figure in the club’s history.
Wilfried Finke, the long-time president who led SC
Wilfried Finke, the long-time president who led SC Paderborn from insignificance into the Bundesliga, remains a tragic figure in the club’s history.
Paderborn from insignificance into the Bundesliga, remains a tragic figure in the club’s history. His life’s work — the rise of the little club from East Westphalia — survived financial and sporting crises only with difficulty.