In early October, the Slovenian Maribor announced the transfer of Josip Ilicic as a free agent with the player signed a three-year contract. I had to wait a month for the debut, but it was worth it.

On November 6, Ilicic first entered the field in the 77th minute of the match mostbet-az-90.com with Mura, and in the 89th minute he already scored from the penalty spot, which he himself earned . As a result, Maribor defeated the opponent with a score of 5:1.

Here is a video with the most striking actions of the Slovenian for more than two minutes.

In 2022 Due to mental problems, the Slovenian played only two matches for Atalanta 11 minutes with Udinese in January and 8 minutes with Empoli in May. A little earlier, he did not get into the club application for the playoffs of the Europa League.

At the end of August, Atalanta and Ilicic agreed to terminate the contract.

Ilicic has been fighting depression for almost his entire life. All because of a difficult childhood

Josip was born in Bosnia. Soon a war broke out there. For many years, Ilicic was tormented by memories, especially because of the death of his father, who was shot close to home. Then Josip was only seven months old.

It didn't get better with time.

In 2009, Josip was left without a club. Ilicic was paralyzed by apathy, he dropped his hands and thought about leaving football.

Already playing for Italian clubs, Ilicic turned to the famous psychotherapist Pietro Marangello. He diagnosed not standard depression, but bipolar affective disorder.

In 2018, Ilicic was very upset by the death of Davide Astori, his teammate and friend. And then he almost died himself due to inflammation of the lymph nodes. Saved by timely antibiotics.

In 2020, Josip flew to Slovenia and found his wife with another man. Later, the situation was called a fake, but almost all the photos with his wife Tina disappeared from Josip's Instagram.

If Ilicic came to a real depression, then this is a biological problem, and no motivational speeches can raise him. There are so many glucocorticoids of the stress hormone in his body that his body is experiencing a huge stress response, and nothing can be done about it.

Everything came together here: Ilicic's predisposition, some traumatic events in life, explained psychotherapist Maxim Alyabyev in Cappuccino Catenaccio podcast.

I would like to believe that depression will recede in my homeland.