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Emmanuel Eboué, former Ivorian defender and Arsenal, revealed that his mental health problems were continuing.
The 36-year-old told French television about his fight against depression and said he had even considered committing suicide.
In an emotional interview, he revealed that his problems had started when he was suspended by FIFA from any football-related activity for a year.
The ban, due to the non-payment of money due to a former agent, resulted in the termination of his short-term contract with Sunderland, then a member of the Premier League, in March 2016.
Without a professional club and financially broken after a bitter and acrimonious divorce case, he said he had suicidal thoughts.
"Sometimes I locked myself in my room for three or four days, just thinking and asking," What's left? "", Told Eboue to The Cloakroom of RMC Sport, France.
"Even today, I still take antidepressants to help me because the road is still long for me, but I hope others will learn from that."
Eboue, who is now retired from football, made 79 appearances for Ivory Coast, scoring three goals, and competed in two World Cups (2006 and 2010) and five African Cups.
At club level, he spent eight seasons at Arsenal after arriving on the Belgian side of Beveren in 2004, before joining Turkey in 2011, where he won three Turkish Super Lig titles and five national trophies with Galatasaray.
He was a cult figure at Arsenal, where he made 214 appearances between 2005 and 2011.
The Ivorian returned to England as a free agent after leaving Galatasaray in the summer of 2015, before his hopes for a career boost were wiped out.
"Being away from a competitive football field for a year was heartbreaking," he added.
"I had to coach myself and I was really ashamed because people were looking at me differently.
"Some would say" here Eboue, finalist in the UEFA Champions League with Arsenal in 2006, "for them, it was surprising or shocking.
"Personally, I prefer to train in the morning, but there were people who were training at that time." They came to take a picture and post it everywhere. [social media]. So I left to train at night. "
When things got worse, he started lying to his family.
"I could not train during the day and I was too embarrbaded to stay home," he admitted.
"My kids always asked me when I was going back to the field, so every time I went out in the morning, I pretended to go to work.
"Unbeknownst to my children, I was staying outside and going home while they were already in bed.I did not want them to ask me why they did not have me." seen playing on television. "
After missing out on the media scene to focus on his recovery, Eboue recently showed himself more willing to be seen in public.
In addition, he played for an Arsenal Legends team against a Real Madrid Legends team last year.
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