Markus Krösche is a historic Bundesliga player. He was at the Werder Bremen quarry, although he made a large part of his career at Paderborn. In the German club, he played a total of 373 matches between 2001 and 2014, becoming the captain of the team.
But the Paderborn not only gave him the best years of his career, he also put him in his way to what was going to be the woman of his life, Viktoria. The story is quite peculiar and has spoken in the podcast ‘Phrasenmäher’.
A disguised love
The player has revealed that his wife, at that time, worked as a club pet on the game days, carrying the mouse costume ‘Holli’. “Viktoria worked for an agency that marketed the pet. He worked there simultaneously with his studies. This is how we met, ”said the former player.
The Paderborn pet in a file image
Viktoria sometimes helped Holli on the game days. There he met her and little by little the magic was emerging, until Krösche ended up marrying what is his wife today. When he asks about whether he married the pet, the player smiles: “I wouldn’t say so, but it’s true, yes. This is our story. ”
His life in football
Also, the former player has told how his beginnings were in the world of football. Krösche signed his first contract as Werder Bremen’s youth at age 15, with a salary of 100 frames per month (around 50 euros). “At that time, we used to supply ourselves with a packet of ten beers in the gas station, which we later had the internship to the boarding school in a large backpack. We had a suspended roof in the room and took advantage of the space between them to hide beer. But at some point it was discovered that it was a good start, ”he confessed.
After this he went through the Paderborn, where he made a career: “He had no outstanding ability. I didn’t have a good technique, I didn’t have an outstanding header and I wasn’t especially fast. ” From there he went to the benches, where he was not long. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Eintracht Frankfurt.