Iniesta opens up on suffering depression after winning Champions League

Former Barcelona player, Andre Iniesta has revealed that he once suffered depression after winning the UEFA Champions League.

Iniesta who has been playing for Japanese top-flight side Vissel Kobe since 2018 stated that it all started after the death of his friend Dani Jarque in 2009.

“I got to the point, especially at the start, I was waiting for the nights to come because I took medication and I could rest,” he explained on his upcoming documentary ‘The Unexpected Hero’.

“It was that bad, I just wanted to rest.

“I had a very bad time. People close to me know it, I had very bad situations. Until you suffer it, you don’t know what it’s like.

“I had a hard time but I never stopped training and took it one day at a time.

“From there and with all the people I had around me I came out of this not the same person, but better.

“My wife, my girlfriend at the time, never left my side. She would spend nights with me at my parent’s house.

“Those people and the ones that surround you help everything make sense. I am very thankful for all of them.”

He also stated that it would be a bonus if he gets the opportunity to go public and help people in a similar situation.

“I know I have because people have told me after hearing my statements or seeing things I’ve done they have felt better,” he added.

“It is not my intention to say ‘look I helped 20,000 people’. I tell my experiences with total honesty.

“Whether they are good things or bad and from there, if I have helped people then I am twice as happy for it”.