Guido Burgstaller of Rapid Vienna suffers skull fracture after gruesome attack by assailant at the Vienna City Centre.
Guido Burgstaller has been left with serious head injuries, including a skull fracture. He was attacked in the centre of Vienna, his club, Rapid Vienna, said on Monday.
According to Rapid, the incident happened in front of witnesses over the weekend when the 35-year-old striker was hit by an unnamed man and fell, hurting his head.
Burgstaller, who spent half a season with Cardiff and has played 26 times for Austria, was anticipated to spend “the coming days” in the hospital and would probably be out of commission for several months, according to the club.
The club stated that it want to respect Burgstaller and his family’s privacy and did not provide any other information on the occurrence. “We hope that the responsible authorities will bring the as-yet-unidentified perpetrator to justice soon,” it continued.