End of career as a legend: Dynamo bid farewell to Kutschke

"Dynamo Dresden - for life"

Why? Because of his performances on the pitch, of course. But much more because of his appearance off the pitch. Kutschke, who joined Dynamo in 2015, was always honest, spoke his mind, didn't get offended just once and kept the team together, as his colleague Robert Wagner aptly put it. Dynamo's honorary captain Ralf Minge praised him: "You always left your heart 100 percent on the pitch."

Kutschke, who also played for VfL Wolfsburg, RB Leipzig, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Ingolstadt, SC Paderborn and SV Babelsberg, was never concerned with himself personally. For him, the club, the big picture, always came first. His closing words make this clear: "It was an honor for me to play here. Dynamo Dresden - for a lifetime."

Turning to his mother, Kutschke said in a shaky voice to the cheers of 29.000 fans: "You infected me with Dynamo here in the winter of 2015 and said: Please don't disappoint me. I hope I didn't." The boy from a prefabricated building in Dresden's Johannstadt district has shown how to become a soccer legend and a role model for many people.