ZURICH — Switzerland’s former soccer captain Stephan Lichtsteiner may have called time on his glittering sports career, but he has now started a new venture—training to become a watchmaker.
Lichtsteiner, who made 108 appearances for the Swiss national side, has started an internship lasting up to six months at the Zurich firm, Maurice de Mauriac.
“I want to do something productive,” said the 37-year-old former Juventus, Lazio and Arsenal defender. “If you are a banker … you can do that for all your life, but if you are a footballer, once you hit your mid-30s, you have to find something else to do.”
Lichtsteiner said that during his internship, he would make a watch to …
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