Guido Burgstaller’s skull fractured in attack in Vienna
Austria striker Guido Burgstaller suffered a fractured skull when he was attacked in the center of the country’s capital, his club Rapid Vienna has said.
Rapid said the 35-year-old is expected to be out of action for several months after suffering a “serious head injury” at the weekend.
They say the former Cardiff City forward was attacked by an “unknown man” and suffered a fractured skull after falling following the “brutal blow”.
The 35-year-old, who has been capped 26 times by Austria, was examined at the scene before being taken to hospital, where he will remain for the next few days.
In a statement, Rapid said it was “confident in the authorities responsible that the as-yet-unknown perpetrator will be quickly brought to justice”.
Burgstaller joined Cardiff from Rapid in 2014, becoming Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s second signing for the Welsh club.
He made only three appearances for the Bluebirds before joining German club Nürnberg.
Bugstaller also played for Schalke and St. Pauli in Germany before returning to Rapid in 2022.
He was one of three Austria players in 2023 who were dropped by manager Ralf Rangnick after he was filmed singing homophobic chants after a 3–0 win against city rivals Austria Vienna.
