Gernot Trauner has finally answered the question of why he always wears a band-aid over his nose. The defender already started it in his time at his former employer SV Ried, he says in the magazine Hand in hand of supporters association FSV De Feijenoorder. According to Trauner, the patch helps with breathing and he will never get rid of it again.
“I started with the plaster when I still played at SV Ried,” says the mandekker in conversation with the supporters magazine. “I was once a bit ill and couldn’t breathe properly through my nose. Our physio then came up with the idea of the plaster. It worked, wonderfully. Since then I have been doing it every game. Maybe it’s something of superstition.” Trauner emphasizes that he doesn’t need the band-aid to play well. “I just feel good about it.”
The defender has impressed since his arrival to South Rotterdam and was already nicknamed by his teammates Bald Chatter. “He really flies everywhere with that head of his”, Bryan Linssen explained the nickname for his teammate in August. ESPN. “He smashes everything away. He is so calm when playing football. This is really a top defender. Really great. When you see him go into duels, it goes really hard. It’s nice to have someone like him in the back.”
Trauner is not sure what to do with that nickname, he says in the magazine. “Haha, I don’t know if I should be proud of that,” said the Austrian. “I believe it was also thought up by the supporters. It’s funny. It means something like fair fighter. I always try to play fair. I want to get as few cards as possible, because I don’t help the team with that. But I don’t shy away from duels.”
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