Former Serie A and Italy striker Daniel Osvaldo opened up about his battle with ‘depression and addictions’ in a heart-touching video published on Instagram.
Osvaldo, a former Serie A striker for Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, Bologna, Roma and Juventus, among others, posted an emotional Instagram video on Thursday afternoon revealing his battle with depression and addictions.
The 38-year-old struggled to fight back the tears revealing his struggles and admitting that he is “not doing well at all.”
“I have to make some confessions about my life,” the former Serie A and Italy striker said in Spanish.
“It’s hard for me, but I think the moment has come because I am not doing well at all. I feel the need to say that I’ve been battling with depression, which has brought to some addictions, alcohol and drugs. I feel life is slipping away from my hands.
“I am doing treatment, but many times I have relapses. I fall into self-destruction, and I live alone, locked at home. I don’t care about getting up from bed, leaving my room, and eating. I’ve had terrible addictions that have only worsened my depression and have made me suffer, not giving me the desire to share things with my family and my kids. I am saying this not to play the victim but to make everyone understand the reason for my bad decisions.
“I was a top player in the past, I was a very different person, proud and with self-confidence. This is a person I don’t recognise. It costs me to open up and leave the reality that I’ve built inside my head. It’s hard to separate what’s real from what’s not real. I don’t go out alone, I don’t want to leave. I want to be the person I used to be. I don’t know how to leave this home, I don’t have a stable work, I’ve spent all my money.
“I’ve always been a good friend, a good teammate and I hoped I’d be a good father. I say sorry to my friends and my family, to my kids and Daniela. I have to make sure I don’t fall back into addiction, and I hope that now that everyone knows what I’m going through, they’ll help me. All I ask is to go back to my old self, and nothing more.”
Osvaldo scored 41 goals in 124 Serie A appearances. He also played for Espanyol in La Liga and Southampton in the Premier League.
Born in Lanus, Argentina, in 1986, Osvaldo has Italian nationality and made his Azzurri debut on October 12, 2011.
The former striker netted twice in 14 appearances with La Nazionale. He retired in 2020 after a six-month spell at CA Banfield.
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