I’m a former Bayern Munich star but now I’ve swapped the Bundesliga for bedpans by working in a retirement home
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FORMER Bayern Munich star Dennis Grassow has swapped the Bundesliga for bedpans - by working in a RETIREMENT HOME.
The ex-defender, 51, helped Bayern win a German Cup tie 16-1 in 1997.
Grassow also played for FC Cologne and Unterhaching in the German top flight.
Spells at lower-league sides Darmstadt and Regensburg before Grassow retired in 2009.
The Berlin-born ace switched careers in 2012, and has since worked at an old people's home in the Munich suburb Taufkirchen.
Grassow told German publication : "I am happy and proud that I was once part of Bayern's Champions League squad.
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"But I am happy in my current job, and I do it with a passion. I am a 'maid of all work' at the home.
"I'll clean toilets, straighten pictures and fix dripping taps. I live in a similar room to the residents, and sometimes they'll come in by mistake.
"I have built relationships with many of them, but have seen some die. Sad moments like those happen in an old folks' home.
"I ended my playing career at 37. I had not been earning millions, and there I was without a nest egg.
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"I tried to get into youth coaching, but it was not so easy. I had to make a difficult decision to do something different.
"I was out of work for a year before I discovered my new career due to a lucky coincidence.
"I took my car to the garage to be repaired, and by chance met the home's then director who was also getting his car fixed.
"He told me they were looking for a new technician. I got the job - and I've now been there for 11 years.
"Some people might think it a comedown for me to be doing my current job.
"But I don't care at all what others think. I believe in what I'm doing."