Austria international footballer Guido Burgstaller is recovering after suffering a fractured skull in an attack in Vienna over the weekend, his club have confirmed. The Rapid Vienna striker, 35, suffered “suffered serious head injuries” and a “basal skull fracture” after being attacked by an unknown man in the centre of the Austrian capital,

Austrian soccer player Guido Burgstaller has been left with serious head injuries, including a skull fracture, after he was attacked in the Vienna city center.

Rapid Vienna's Austrian striker Guido Burgstaller suffered significant head injuries during an attack in Vienna at the weekend, the club said on Monday.