The Brazilian forward Richarlison faced a depression after his country’s defeat in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup against Croatia and considered leaving football.
Richarlison, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, said in September that he would seek psychological help after he was photographed crying on the bench when he was substituted during Brazil’s 5-1 rout of Bolivia in a 2026 World Cup qualifier.
The 26-year-old, capped 48 times by Brazil, urged footballers to seek help for mental health problems.
“I had just played in a World Cup, in my best moment,” Richarlison told ESPN Brazil and added: “I was reaching my limit, you know? I don’t know, I’m not going to talk about killing myself, but there I was in a depression, and I wanted to give up.”
“Even me, who seemed to be mentally strong. After the World Cup, it seemed like everything was falling apart,” he said.
After initial difficulties at Spurs, where he joined from Everton for a reported fee of £60 million ($75.68 million) in 2022, Richarlison has scored 11 goals in 26 games. this season.
“Before I went to training, I wanted to go home, I wanted to go back to my room because I don’t know what was going through my head,” he said. “I even went and told my father I was quitting.”
He stated that going to therapy was the best decision he made.
“I think that the therapist, whether I like it or not, has saved me, he has saved my life. I was just thinking nonsense (…) If you need a psychologist, look for one, because it is good that you open up like that, that you talk to that person “Richarlison added.
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