SpVgg Ansbach mourns Christian Kestel – a painful farewell!

SpVgg Ansbach mourns Christian Kestel – a painful farewell!

Bayern regional league team SpVgg Ansbach has announced a painful departure during the winter break: 22-year-old midfielder Christian Kestel is leaving the club and is recorded as the fourth departure this season. Kestel is facing a significant career change that will no longer allow him to be active in regional league football. “We very much regret Christian’s departure,” said Christoph Hasselmeier, sporting director at SpVgg Ansbach. “We will miss him very much, both personally and athletically,” he added in an official statement.

Kestel's career and upcoming changes

Christian Kestel, who moved to Ansbach from 1. FC Nürnberg's youth team in the summer of 2022, has quickly developed into a regular player and has already played 19 games for Ansbach this season. He was in coach Niklas Reutelhuber's starting line-up twelve times. The people of Ansbach see his absence as a great loss because he was valued not only as a player but also as a person. In a farewell statement, the club thanked Kestel for his achievements and wished him all the best for the future, while emphasizing that he was always welcome to visit the team, as reported by the FuPa website.

Rumors suggest that Kestel could possibly return to his old place of work in Nuremberg to take up a coaching position in the youth sector. After the departure of Kestel, whose role in the team was significant, SpVgg Ansbach must now find timely solutions to compensate for the loss and continue to pursue their sporting goals BFV is reported in detail.