Overview
- Philipp Max announced his decision in an emotional Instagram video, saying he was sad but certain ending his career was the right choice.
- His final years were marked by limited game time and contract breaks: Panathinaikos dissolved his deal after only eleven official games and he left Gamba Osaka after seven weeks without an appearance, citing his physical condition.
- Max had been without a club since late April 2026 before making his retirement public.
- He is best remembered for his 2015–2020 spell at FC Augsburg, where his 13 assists in 2017/18 set the club single-season assist record and helped establish him as one of the league’s top attacking left-backs.
- Across his Bundesliga career Max played 180 matches with 16 goals and 31 assists and earned a brief Germany call-up in November 2020 when he provided the assist in a 1–0 win, but he never became a regular for the national team.