Haller leaves Dortmund for Utrecht on permanent deal
(FILES) Dortmund's French-Ivorian forward #09 Sebastien Haller kicks the ball to score his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Borussia Dortmund at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on April 10, 2024. Borussia Dortmund on August 18, 2025 confirmed striker Sebastien Haller had joined Dutch side Utrecht on a permanent deal. Haller reportedly joined on a free transfer, having been allowed to end his Dortmund contract a year early. The 31-year-old Ivory Coast international spent the second half of last season on loan at Utrecht, the club he played for between 2015 and 2017. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
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Borussia
Dortmund on Monday confirmed striker Sebastien Haller had joined Dutch side
Utrecht on a permanent deal.
Haller
reportedly joined on a free transfer, having been allowed to end his Dortmund
contract a year early.
The
31-year-old Ivory Coast international spent the second half of last season on
loan at Utrecht, the club he played for between 2015 and 2017.
"This
summer there was quite a bit of interest from other clubs, but for me there was
only one ideal scenario and that was FC Utrecht," Haller said in a
statement on the club's website.
The
departure ends a tumultuous time for Haller at Dortmund.
After
arriving in a deal worth 31 million euros ($36 million) from Ajax in 2022,
Haller was diagnosed with testicular cancer weeks later and missed six months
while undergoing treatment.
He
missed a penalty on the final day of the 2022-23 season in a 2-2 home draw
against Mainz which handed Bayern Munich the Bundesliga title.
The
former West Ham and Eintracht Frankfurt forward scored the winning goal for
Ivory Coast in last year's Africa Cup of Nations final against Nigeria.
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