“All in” – HSV captain quit school for a pro career! | OneFootball

Nicolai Remberg was appointed the new HSV captain before the start of the season. His path there was a rocky one.

The central midfielder from Rheine near Münster, unlike many Bundesliga players, did not come through a youth academy. “I was very happy to be able to play with my boys. I’m also someone who needs a lot of structure and a lot of routines. I just wasn’t sure enough of myself as a person and was a bit too afraid to do it,” Remberg explained on the Sky format “My Story”, hosted by Riccardo Basile.

In the end, he did not make the step into performance-oriented football until he came of age. Remberg joined Preußen Münster. Through the U19s and the reserve team, he developed into a regular starter for the professional side, which was still playing in the Regionalliga at the time. These steps were by no means a given, as the powerhouse took a big risk by putting everything on football.

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Remberg: Becoming HSV captain is “the biggest thing in my life”

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I had played in the Oberliga, but I was training with the pros. Of course, twice a day as well. How are you supposed to manage that with school? So I dropped out of my vocational baccalaureate because I said, I’m going all in,” said Remberg. With some time having passed, however, he would not advise young players to make the same decision, instead pointing to the path of his teammate Daniel Elfadli, who completed a degree in business administration and still managed to establish himself in professional football.

For Remberg himself, though, things have only kept improving in recent years. Via Münster and Kiel, where he earned promotion to the Bundesliga and gained his first experience in Germany’s top flight, he ended up at HSV. The 26-year-old quickly became a key player and is now indispensable in central midfield. Coach Merlin Polzin was so impressed that he even named Remberg the new captain.

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He described the role as “the biggest thing in my life” and added: “Every single day, when I wake up, that’s the first thing on my mind. It really is something special.” On and off the pitch, Remberg will therefore continue to lead by example with full commitment in order to play a key part in helping HSV get through the season as smoothly as possible.

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