At the age of 35, Mr Toby Alderweireld continues to earn his living competing at a high level, as from 2022 he is a member Antwerp.
The experienced defender, who has also played for Ajax, Atletico Madrid, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Al Duhail, also wore her shirt national team of Belgium between 2009 and 2022, on 127 occasions, before making the decision to retire in March 2023.
About the reasons that led to his withdrawal, he spoke to the Belgian VRT, shocking with his revelations about the his mental health.
As he said, the first signs came after a defeat in a Cup match against Union Saint-Jiloise. “That’s why I left the national team. I couldn’t sleep that night and went to the training center early the next day. Before I left, I took a caffeine pill because I don’t like coffee.
When I was in the car, my heart suddenly started beating a thousand times an hour. I thought I’m having a heart attack, I’m done, I’ll never see my kids again. I pulled over to the side of the road, went into a furniture store and asked for an ambulance.
Eventually, all the stress was affecting my heart. It was giving me panic attacks, which made my heart beat faster. You’re going crazy. And at some point, he thinks you’re going to have a heart attack and die. I did a lot of tests but everything was fine. Then I started talking to people and they told me it was stress. I still suffer from it for hours and hours, but I bear it because I know it’s nothing”he explained.
“Ik dacht dat ik doodging”: Toby Alderweireld tells in ‘Het huis’ echte reden achter pensioen bij Rode Duivelshttps://t.co/ATvGdKRfsW
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Source: Sport Fm
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