Overview
- Max announced his decision in an emotional Instagram video on Sunday, saying he had quickly decided it was best to ‘hang up his boots’ and visibly fighting back tears.
- He finished with 180 Bundesliga appearances, recording 16 goals and 31 assists over his career, most of those matches coming in 145 games for FC Augsburg.
- Max’s high point was the 2017–18 season at Augsburg when he provided 13 assists, a club single‑season record that established him as one of Germany’s leading attacking full‑backs.
- After returning to the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt in January 2023 he failed to regain form, then had brief spells at Panathinaikos (contract ended January 2026) and Gamba Osaka (signed in March 2026 and left after about seven weeks without playing because of his physical condition), leaving him a free agent since the end of April.
- The announcement included appearances by former team‑mates such as Mario Götze and closes the playing chapter for the son of former Bundesliga top scorer Martin Max, returning him to private life in Augsburg where he built his reputation and family ties.