Overview
- Podolski said he is not thinking about stopping yet and still enjoys competing and the dressing-room bond at Polish top-flight club Górnik Zabrze.
- He acknowledged anxiety about the moment he must let go of the game, calling the prospect of life beyond football difficult.
- He pointed to event management as a possible path after playing and highlighted his role co-organizing the Glücksgefühle Festival at the Hockenheimring, which returns in September.
- Festival co-runner Markus Krampe described Podolski’s hands-on approach, including grilling and bringing Polish sausages for attendees.
- The 2014 World Cup winner and former 1. FC Köln and Bayern Munich forward has 130 caps and 49 goals for Germany, and one outlet reports he became Górnik Zabrze’s second-largest shareholder late in 2025.