Former Bundesliga Striker Bas Dost Retires โFollowing Life-Threatening Cardiac Event
Dutch forward Bas Dost, a veteran of the Bundesliga withโค Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt, โฃhas announcedโข his retirement from professionalโค football at the age of 35, following aโ near-fatal cardiac arrhythmia suffered during a matchโค in December 2023. The incident, โwhich occurred while playing for FC Utrecht at the AFAS โstadium, required intervention with a defibrillator and a subsequent two-week hospitalโค stay.
Dost’s decision comes after aโฃ challenging recovery โprocess โฃand further cardiac concerns discovered during training in June.โ “Until โI received a โขcall from the cardiologist in June,” Dost stated, “Something ‘was โfound โduring a training session. This moment changed everything. I thought: ‘I don’t want that.’ You don’t want to play with yoru life.”โ the enforced pause and subsequent medical findings ultimately led โto the difficult conclusion to end his 15-year professional โcareer.
The powerfullyโ built striker began his journey at SCโ Heerenveen, โขbecoming the โEredivisie’s โฃtop scorer in โข2012 before joining VfL Wolfsburg. โHeโค enjoyed a โsuccessful โspell in Germany,โข winningโข the DFB-Pokal inโข 2015โค and scoring 48 goals in 117 appearances for the Wolves. โขDost then excelledโข at Sporting Lisbon from 2016 to 2019, โฃnetting an โขremarkableโฃ 93 goals in 127 gamesโข and claiming another โleague cup โtitle in 2019. His peak market value reached โฌ22 โขmillion duringโ his time in Portugal.
A return to the bundesliga followed with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019, where he scored 15โ goals in 43 games. Dost later added two Belgian championshipsโข to his resume with โฃClub Brรผgge (2021) before returning to the Eredivisie with โคFC Utrecht in โข2022. โ โฃAcross 555 professional matches, Dost amassed 270โข goals โand 62 assists.
Dost expressed profound gratitude to theโ first responders at the AFAS Stadium, โstating, “Without you, I wouldn’t โคbe there anymore. Thankโ you for saving my โขlife.” His retirement marks the end of a prolific โคcareer defined by โคpowerful finishingโข andโ consistent goal-scoring across โmultiple top European leagues.