In this way, the professional named pains and that he worked for approximately four years with the current technician of the AEK Athens of Greece and helped him overcome a severe picture of depression, he will provide assistance to the former “Millionaire” midfielder in the delicate situation he is going through.
Almeida was the coach of Cirigliano when he made the big leap River and led the team Nunez during his historic epic in the National First Bin which he achieved promotion to First division in the 2011-12 season.
The young midfielder was the captain of the team and his performance was so high that he caught the attention of powerful European clubs, in addition to having his first calls to the Selection juvenile of Argentina.
In this way, Almeida gives its support to Cirigliano helping him in this difficult moment, since the coach confessed, on several occasions, the ordeal he experienced due to depression and that, with the help of professionals and friends, he was able to overcome.
During 2012, the experienced coach who also led banfield to the highest category of argentinian soccerconfessed that he suffered from depression after leaving the practice as a professional player.
“Sometimes I think that I suffered that moment for being selfish. The footballer is full of dreams and goals that he tries to achieve, when he doesn’t play anymore, there is nothing left of that. You go from hyperactivity to absolute inactivity and that’s how I left away from everyone”he indicated.
He also added: “The soccer player is prepared from a young age to be a machine to generate money and they forget that there is a human being behind that machine. Nobody prepares you for the moment of retirement.”
“When I said that I was going back to football at 35, everyone laughed, but I came back and showed that I was still ready to play, that I was on the pitch. I lived football like never before and it was a beautiful challenge”he asserted.
Meanwhile, about the health professional, he confessed: “When I met Dolores, my psychologist, a change occurred. One of the things I learned is to close stages and I realized that the player stage had not closed it. That’s why I came back.”
“It is difficult to detect the moment. At 27, 28, 29 years old I started with that, when I was at the top of my career, I came in well with the National Team and in elite teams. I had already begun to show that I was not happy with the football and I fought with everyone because I didn’t accept certain things about football”he expressed.
Finally, Almeida clarified that it is vital to find a professional to help get out of that moment: “Help is needed, you can’t get out of this alone. I am not ashamed to tell it because I know that I help those who are on that path and are on time. It’s ugly to feel so bad, it’s ugly what you provoke in others and it’s ugly the endings we’ve seen of these boys who, unfortunately, have taken their own lives. That’s the saddest thing in the world.”
Source: Ambito
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