"I was in a coma for six days" : Alcohol and serious accident, famous former Ligue 1 player describes his downfall to hell

Post-career management is never easy for a football player. In fact, many others face significant challenges if the coach manages to retrain as a consultant, or if others are content to live thanks to the reasonable investments they have made in their hour of glory. This is especially true for Stéphane Dalmat, the former defensive midfielder of OM, PSG or Inter Milan. in an interview he gave ParisianThe name, who put an end to his career in 2012, talked about the difficult years after his retirement. “At first I benefited, then I went bankrupt for almost a year. My wife was gone and I was alone in my home in Bordeaux”remembered in the preface. “I thought, I did everything with dark thoughts. I didn’t like myself. So I started drinking on my own. And pretty quickly, my daily life was waking up, drinking champagne all day and getting drunk and going to sleep. Down”, continued the former Sochaux player. He claims that thanks to his hands he managed to get his head out of the water. “first love”.

“He helped me get back on my feet. If it weren’t for him, I would have become a barbarian wreck telling everyone about his life.”, revealed. Stéphane Dalmat also said that he was the victim of a very serious accident in 2017. “I’m on a scooter in Bordeaux, going too fast at the tram crossing and eventually tripped over a pole. I was in a coma for six days and had two heart attacks. I almost died”remembered. “When I woke up I was out of shape and intubated all over. I lost the number of fractures, especially around the pelvis. The doctors said I survived. I spent six months in a wheelchair, having surgery every three days.”, continued the old PSG. Dalmat wants now “back to football” and devoted himself to the project of building a major football club in his hometown of Tours.

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