Failed at Barça and now he confessed that an accident it almost cost his career

The life stories of football players serve to understand their reasons for certain decisions. In this case, the young defender who had a short time at Barcelona remembered those moments and confessed a case in which he almost had to retire due to an accident.

Jean-Clair Todibo arrived at FC Barcelona from Toulouse when he was only nineteen years old in 2019, without previous experience in world-class teams. At the beginning, nothing went as he expected and he went on loan on several occasions that did not end up working out and the leadership of the spanish club ended up making the decision to sell him to OGC Nice, where he has rediscovered his level.

The international for France had a conversation with Telefoot where he reviewed his short career as a professional and there he stated that before making his breakthrough as a footballer, he suffered an accident that left him between life and death. “I was hit by a car when I was going to practice judo with my older sister and I was in a coma for three or four days. When I woke up, I asked the surgeon if he could play football again. He told me no”, said about it. Finally, he was able to overcome that first negative opinion and today he can say that his career is on its feet.

The memories of his time at Barcelona

In the winter market of the 2020/21 season, Jean-Clair Todibo arrived at the spanish club for 1 million euros from Toulouse, where he had made his professional debut. However, in Barcelona he did not have much luck and quickly went on loan to clubs such as Schalke 04, Benfica in Portugal and OGC Nice, and, after a season in France, was finally transferred there. Now, the french center-back spoke about that frustrated step and said: “As I didn't play for Barcelona, people said I had failed. I learned from my failure, and I prefer my story to be like that and not everything rosy. In Nice, I felt confident and loved. "Everything was clear about the fact that I could finally express myself and play my football".