The penalty for Dominik Kohr of 1. FSV Mainz 05 following his horrific foul in the game against TSG Hoffenheim has now been announced.

Defensive player Dominik Kohr will be allowed to play in the Bundesliga once more after his record red card at the end of the year.

As the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Monday, the Mainz player received a three-match ban and a fine of €15,000 in a single-judge hearing after his sending-off for “rough play.”

This means the 31-year-old will miss the games against SC Freiburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Bayern Munich, but will be eligible to play again on December 21 in the basement battle against FC St. Pauli.

The verdict is final. Kohr had delivered a brutal kick with his open sole towards Max Moerstedt’s shin in the 1-1 (0-1) draw against TSG Hoffenheim. After intervention by the video assistant, referee Sascha Stegemann had no choice but to change the yellow card to red (88′). With his ninth sending-off, Kohr set a new Bundesliga record, leaving Jens Nowotny and Luiz Gustavo behind him. He has received six yellow cards and three red cards so far. In addition, he has received 128 yellow cards. Kohr has already been harshly criticized for his style of play.

The Mainz player is “known for injuring people, so he should be punished at some point,” Stuttgart’s Deniz Undav had railed after the cup match at the end of October. After Kohr’s latest lapse, 1990 World Cup winner Olaf Thon had now called for a twelve-match ban. “I think it’s time to set an example,” he wrote in his kicker column. “That wasn’t a red card, it was a black card!” Manuel Gräfe ranted in Bild against Mainz’s “Rambo.”

With his ninth red card, he set an inglorious record in the Bundesliga, overtaking Jens Nowotny and Luiz Gustavo in his 316th game.

“Defending uncompromisingly is part of my footballing DNA,” Kohr wrote on social media. “But of course, I’m also a person who never goes into a tackle with the intention of hurting someone or with the desire to simply accept that my opponent will be injured in order to win the ball.”

He went on to say: “I would also like to apologize to my team, whom I let down yesterday, and to our fans, whom I serve and for whom I always want to give my all. Even though it has been claimed otherwise in public, I want to throw myself into every tackle for you, but I want to reassure you once again that I never want to hurt anyone intentionally.”