According to the British "Daily News" report, former German international Podolski, after several years of intensive management after retiring, his barbecue empire has spread over half of Germany, and roughly estimated, his total assets have exceeded 200 million euros, completing a gorgeous transformation from a professional player to an upstart in the business world.
At that time, Podolski, who was technically and physically well-rounded, was definitely a high-profile superstar in international football, and was selected for the German national team in 130 appearances, scoring 49 goals in 130 appearances for the German national team, and winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
It's a pity that after joining the giant Bayern Munich, it may be that the fame and high salary obtained too early made him lose his fighting spirit, and since then he has been declining all the way, and he has only scored 26 goals and 20 assists in Bayern's career ** games, and was finally cleared out, and after the academy club, he regained his form, and then went to the Premier League Arsenal, scoring 31 goals and 18 assists in 82 games, and his performance can only be said to be unsatisfactory. The final stop of his big club tour was Inter Milan in Serie A, where the then 30-year-old Podorski made 18 appearances in half a season, scoring just one goal and providing four assists. Since then, it has been insulated from the giants and started a wandering journey in the lower leagues of Europe.
It was when he wandered in the Turkish giants Galatasaray that he was madly obsessed with the local popular Turkish barbecue, and since then he had the idea of opening a barbecue restaurant, and later he founded a restaurant called Mangal Doner, according to the characteristics of Turkish barbecue, and added some German characteristics, once he quit, it was immediately popular, Podolsky immediately showed his business genius at this time, he seized the opportunity, quickly opened a branch to copy, at present, Mangal Doner restaurants are not only located in major cities in Turkey, but also have many branches in Germany, becoming a global chain of more than 30 restaurants.
He then went on to start an ice cream unite ice cream brand in 2017, which is now steadily increasing in sales. All this makes sense to show that Podolsky's success in the restaurant industry was not accidental.
It is worth mentioning that Podolski, despite his great success in the business world, is still a professional footballer at the age of 38, and as a German-Polish descent, he now plays for Shakhtar Zablze in the Polish Super League, and he is not yet a mascot, he has made 17 appearances this season, started 16 times, scored three goals and provided two assists, and is still an important member of the team.
The reason why I mention this point is that I hope that domestic athletes and coaches engaged in football will understand what professionalism is. A 38-year-old football powerhouse athlete with the honor of World Cup champion, a successful restaurant owner with 200 million assets chain enterprise, the reason why he still chooses to gallop on the field at such an age is precisely because of his love for football.
Football is not just a profession with money and salary, but an ideal, but also a way of life, I hope that Chinese football will return to the original value of football as soon as possible, and I hope that there will be many football players like Bordoski in our country.