Hachim Mastour reflects on his challenging journey in football, battling depression and finding joy in the game again. He discusses his new start in Rabat and his upcoming match for Union de Touarga in the Botola Pro league.
I've been through difficult times," Hachim Mastour says, over a decade after scouts from Europe's elite lined up on a bobbly touchline in northern Italy to watch him play."I suffered from depression but I came out of it stronger. I've found my smile and pleasure in football again.
" Armed with years of experience in the often-unforgiving world of football, a level-headed Mastour is reflecting on a career like no other from his relatively new surroundings in Rabat — Morocco’s surprisingly tranquil capital city. He has kindly agreed to speak to us ahead of a 339-mile, five-hour flight to the Adrar Stadium in Agadir, where he will go on to feature for Moroccan first division side Union de Touarga in their Botola Pro clash against mid-table rivals Hassania d'Agadir. It is a far cry from the San Siro, or even the Estadio La Rosaleda – home of former La Liga club Malaga, a team he joined on loan in 2015 — but Mastour was desperate to start from scratch and"recreate himself" in his mother’s native regio
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