Darmstadt 98 loses midfielder Denis Huseinbasic to Portugal. The 24-year-old Bosnian joins SC Braga on a free transfer. Huseinbasic was trained at Darmstadt 98 and Eintracht Frankfurt and played in the youth for SV Darmstadt 98. 1. FC Köln paid 50,000 euros in 2022 and played 108 games for the club. In the last season, he only played 16 games, in the second half of the season he played hardly any games due to illness and hip problems. Huseinbasic had excellent talks with the club, he wanted a new life, to leave Germany behind and to start something new in another country. "I had excellent talks with the club, I wanted a new life, to leave Germany behind and to start something new in another country", explained Huseinbasic to the reasons. "I can hardly wait to take on this new challenge." Appropriately to Huseinbasic's motto, which he tattooed on his arm. "Samo dalje", Bosnian for "Always further". "That's what my parents always said when it didn't go well", revealed Huseinbasic in an interview with this editorial office in 2023. "I've internalized it. There are not only beautiful and successful phases in life, you have to keep going and believe in yourself." Now it's going on for the Odenwälder in Portugal.