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He was a professional footballer for FC Zurich, VfL Wolfsburg, Arminia Bielefeld, Lucerna and Lugano, and then Rodriguez’s younger brother falls out of nowhere into a deep, dark hole. Depressions! And at that time he was only 24 years old.
On October 27, 2019, Rodriguez wears the long-time Bianconeri dress for the last time in a 3-1 loss at home to St. Gallen.
A year later, today’s professional footballer for FC Schaffhausen talks about a taboo subject. Rodríguez talks about his depression in a detailed interview with the French television network RTS.
“I was mentally broken”
“I couldn’t control it anymore. Tried it for a week. I kept playing St. Gallen at the end of October, but I don’t know how. He was mentally broken in some way. ”The following week, Lugano fired coach Fabio Celestini, followed by Maurizio Jacobacci.
Rodríguez: “I trained with Jacobacci for another week, but I was almost mentally unconscious. I was injured in the last training session.” After that, everything was black for me. I couldn’t anymore, I had no more desire or motivation. That’s where it really started. It went deeper and deeper. Yes, I had moderate depression. “
“Because I?”
How did this mental illness arise? “It’s so difficult to explain, you almost have to experience it yourself,” Rodríguez said during an interview on the playground in Zurich-Schwamendingen, where he and his brothers Ricardo (FC Turin) and Roberto (30, FC Schaffhausen) were already three cheeses ran after the ball. “It goes down so fast, everything that has happened in recent years comes up. I said to myself: why me? I’m a footballer, I’m strong. “
Due to strong. The professional footballer does not leave the hole alone, he receives professional help. Rodríguez: «Thanks to the support of good psychologists and also thanks to my family, I was able to go out again after a month of rest in a psychiatric clinic. But I had to fight for eight or nine months. “
That’s why “Boy” only talks about it now
At the June 21 restart, the recovered Rodriguez also made an eleven-minute comeback for Lugano in a 1-1 draw against Servette. This season, “Chico” has been playing on the same team with his older brother for the first time. At FC Schaffhausen.
Why does Rodríguez speak so openly about his mental illness now, and not just after his career? “Chico” on RTS: “For me it was important to convey this message, perhaps also to be a contact person for the people who have it.”
So it is with today
Final question: Who is Francisco Rodríguez today, after recovering from an illness? “Always the same. I just experienced a lot, when I was only 25 years old. I had many losses in life, my grandfather, my mother, now depression also came. But: I am still there and I hardly ever feel well. I have a lot of experience, I think that only makes you stronger. I am kind to all people. I do what I love, I play soccer. “
On Tuesday night, Rodríguez will play in the Challenge League against FC Wil. The left midfielder’s goal can be seen so far: six assists, one goal in ten missions.
