Where are they now? Sebastian Deisler

[BayernWake]

http://transfermarkt.de/de/news/30769/ex-bayern-profi-deisler-wird-geschaeftsmann.html

Sebastian Deisler is apparently starting his own business in Freiburg, opening a store selling products from Nepal and the Himalayan region. Best of luck to him.

[★ ☆ ★]

Hippie.


Kidding, it's good to see he's doing something with himself but I don't expect his business to do very well.

[sportfriend]

hmmm going to Freiburg definitely increases the amount of hippie in his choice as well :D

best of luck to him, hopefully see his shop around FR sometime..

[BayernWake]

Hippie.


Kidding, it's good to see he's doing something with himself but I don't expect his business to do very well.

It's a strange shop...but maybe it's located where people buy a lot of strange things, who knows.

[ForeverRed]

Hippie.


Kidding, it's good to see he's doing something with himself but I don't expect his business to do very well.

I have a friend whose family owns a store just like that in downtown Manhatten.

Unfortunately its not doing very well and they're barely covering rent. :(

Don't know how much success Deisler will have with it or why the hell he even started a business like that.

[Fussballer]

Well, if he autographs every item like Terminator Arnold is doing in California, he may do alright.

Didn't he suffer bouts of from severe depression?

[BayernWake]

Well, if he autographs every item like Terminator Arnold is doing in California, he may do alright.

Didn't he suffer bouts of from severe depression?

Yeah, it was a major problem. Hopefully he's happy with his business.

[ForeverRed]

Well, if he autographs every item like Terminator Arnold is doing in California, he may do alright.

Didn't he suffer bouts of from severe depression?

Autograph? Deisler? Yea right.

I went to see him when Bayern did a tour in the States, for an autograph session at an Adidas store.

The guy looked absolutely miserable, had no desire to sign any autographs and made as little eye contact as possible with the people waiting in line.

It was the saddest sight.

[BayernWake]

Autograph? Deisler? Yea right.

I went to see him when Bayern did a tour in the States, for an autograph session at an Adidas store.

The guy looked absolutely miserable, had no desire to sign any autographs and made as little eye contact as possible with the people waiting in line.

It was the saddest sight.

But that was back when he was a Bayern player.

Clearly, times have changed for Basti.

[ForeverRed]

But that was back when he was a Bayern player.

Clearly, times have changed for Basti.

I hope so, I have never felt so bad for a (former) football player.

[BigRedBayern]

I have not been able to find it here in the States yet but I hear that he wrote a book about being a footballer and suffering from depression. Not really an autobiography but close; can anyone substantiate I believe that it is called " Zurück ins Leben"

[BayernWake]

I have not been able to find it here in the States yet but I hear that he wrote a book about being a footballer and suffering from depression. Not really an autobiography but close; can anyone substantiate I believe that it is called " Zurück ins Leben"

Yep, that's right. I might try to get it from amazon.de

[eissman]

I have not been able to find it here in the States yet but I hear that he wrote a book about being a footballer and suffering from depression. Not really an autobiography but close; can anyone substantiate I believe that it is called " Zurück ins Leben"

You one day may have to explain to me your "Supporter" choices... some conflicts there... ;)

[Fussballer]

Autograph? Deisler? Yea right.

I went to see him when Bayern did a tour in the States, for an autograph session at an Adidas store.

The guy looked absolutely miserable, had no desire to sign any autographs and made as little eye contact as possible with the people waiting in line.

It was the saddest sight.

Jens Jeremies didn't look too happy either when I got his autograph on the tour.

[eissman]

Jens Jeremies didn't look too happy either when I got his autograph on the tour.

I would too if people kept asking me if I was related to RON JEREMIES, then proceed to cast their eyes in my loin region.

:p

[Ricken]

Autograph? Deisler? Yea right.

I went to see him when Bayern did a tour in the States, for an autograph session at an Adidas store.

The guy looked absolutely miserable, had no desire to sign any autographs and made as little eye contact as possible with the people waiting in line.

It was the saddest sight.

That is not necesarily true. I was at the same event and he signed my ball. He was clearly not in the mood of cracking a smile though, i guess he was still battling depression. I also recall he didn't play that game against RBNY, i believe he was aslo hurt.

[ForeverRed]

That is not necesarily true. I was at the same event and he signed my ball. He was clearly not in the mood of cracking a smile though, i guess he was still battling depression. I also recall he didn't play that game against RBNY, i believe he was aslo hurt.

Well yea, thats what I said, he seemed like he had no desire to sign anything and was just there because it was part of his job. It was very obvious the guy was depressed and totally out of it.

[FCBerken]

Deisler with a couple comments about what made him end his career:

"Since the beginning of my career, all that was missing was roots. For some I was a star - but I felt like a light bulb hanging alone from the ceiling. Naked.:


On Hertha:

"Hertha BSC at the time was as unfinished a club as I was a player. They were just happy to be able to show me off. I became unhappy when I kept trying to make others happy. I felt like a sad clown."


On his move to Bayern, when he received death-threats and the Berlin public was against, and on Dieter Hoeness' actions then:

"He just sat there and watched as I was beaten out of Berlin. That's what ruined football for me. That was the turning point. I know realize that I should have quit back then."


On his depression and comback attempts in Munich:

"For a long time I hoped that my love for the game would be so great that I could just push everything else aside. But that didn't work. I never became part of the whole unit, I was too far away from the team. Some called me "die Deislerin" behind my back. They couldn't stand me anymore."


On Magath:

"My impression was that Magath's philosophy was based on fear, on power. He didn't trust the players. He created fear so they would work their asses off. But I would have done that anyway."


On his time at Bayern in general:

"It's not easy just being a human in the Bayern dressing room. You only manage when you tell yourself that you're the greatest. You build yourself up and suppress any feelings. You define yourself through your ego and your pride. I never put myself above others, that's why people liked me. But that's also why I had problems."

http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/0909/News/ex-profi-sebastian-deisler-will-fussballschule-eroeffnen-hertha-bsc-bayern-muenchen.html

Think of it what you want, but it sounds very whiny to me. He definitely wasn't able to handle being a professional football player, but he should have just left it at that instead of collecting millions of Euros each year only to complain about everything and everyone and how he was a victim a few years later...

[nekkibasara]

Think of it what you want, but it sounds very whiny to me. He definitely wasn't able to handle being a professional football player, but he should have just left it at that instead of collecting millions of Euros each year only to complain about everything and everyone and how he was a victim a few years later...

He does seem to have a victim mentality. Everything was someone else's fault in his mind.

The arrogance/ego thing is funny given the huge success at Bayern of such humble characters as Makaay, Scholl, Lucio etc. Not everyone has to have an Effenberg mentality to succeed here.

The comments about Magath are pretty interesting though.

[BayernWake]

http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/0909/News/ex-profi-sebastian-deisler-will-fussballschule-eroeffnen-hertha-bsc-bayern-muenchen.html

Think of it what you want, but it sounds very whiny to me. He definitely wasn't able to handle being a professional football player, but he should have just left it at that instead of collecting millions of Euros each year only to complain about everything and everyone and how he was a victim a few years later...

I disagree, I feel as though he's just being honest and speaking from the heart. He tried to make it work, and it didn't. It's not his fault he collected money while attempting to make his football career work out.

Keep in mind that depression is a serious affliction.

"In der Bayern-Kabine Mensch zu sein, ist gar nicht so leicht. Du schaffst es nur, wenn du dir sagst, ich bin der Größte. Du baust dich auf und unterdrückst deine Gefühle. Du definierst dich über dein Ego und deinen Stolz."

Anders gesagt fehlte Deisler das Selbstbewusstsein. Ohne das kann ein Spieler beim FC Bayern nicht erfolgreich sein. Spieler wie Makaay, Lucio et al. waren nicht arrogant, sondern selbstbewusst.