Haller back on the field for Dortmund after cancer surgery
FILE - Ajax's Sebastien Haller celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the Champions League group C soccer match between Besiktas and Ajax at the Vodafone Park Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Ivory Coast striker Sébastien Haller is back in training at Borussia Dortmund after nearly six months away from soccer with testicular cancer. Haller posted pictures Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, of himself training in the gym at Dortmund and said 2023 will see him return to the field. (AP Photo, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS]
MARBELLA, Spain (AP) — Sébastien Haller has returned to the field for Borussia Dortmund in a friendly game less than six months after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The Ivory Coast striker came on as a 74th-minute substitute for Dortmund in a 5-1 friendly win over Fortuna Düsseldorf during a winter training camp in Spain before the German season resumes next week. Haller required chemotherapy and two operations after he was diagnosed in July.
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