Overview

• He appears on RTLZWEI’s Armes Deutschland, stating he receives €563 per month in Bürgergeld.
• He lives in Stadtallendorf in a friend’s apartment with secondhand furnishings, and the program shows the home in poor condition.
• He estimates having lost at least €10 million from a high‑cost lifestyle and unsuccessful real‑estate investments after his playing career.
• He volunteers as a youth goalkeeper coach and says he wants to leave the welfare system, expressing confidence his situation will improve soon.
• In August a Marburg court convicted him of 107 counts of fraud for repeatedly borrowing without repaying, sentencing him to two years and two months in prison, a verdict that is not yet final.