Diego Demme ya kashe shekaru 16 yana gina sana aiki ta kwallon kafar da ta kai shi daga ƙananan gasar kwallon kafar Jamus zuwa kololuwar Bundesliga da Serie A. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar RB Leipzig da ta girma ta zama ƙarfi a Turai, sannan ƙungiyar Napoli da ta kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 33 don lashe Scudetto. Sa'annan, a cikin watanni huɗu, raunuka biyu masu tsanani a kansa sun dakatar da komai.

A ranar 23 ga Satumba, Demme ya ba da sanarwar ritaya daga kwallon kafar ta ƙwararru, yana mai ambaton tasirin da suka daɗe na waɗannan raɗaɗin a kansa a matsayin abin da ya yanke shawara.

Bugun biyu da suka canza komai

Lamarin na farko ya faru ne a ranar 15 ga Satumba 2024, a lokacin da Hertha Berlin ta sha kashi 2-0 a hannun Fortuna Düsseldorf. Demme ya karbi gwiwa a hankali, kuma duk da cewa ya ci gaba da buga wasa a farko, nan da nan ya fara jin ciwon kai, dizziness, da matsalolin idon hannun dama.

Watanni huɗu bayan haka, ball ta bugi haikalinsa daga kusa yayin horarwa. Ya rasa sani. Sakamakon hakan — ciwon kai mai maimaitawa, dizziness, da wahalhalu na tunani — ya haifar da rasa wasanni 27 a cikin lokutan faransa biyu na ƙarshe.

«Yanayin ya yi wahala. Na ji muni sosai sakamakon raɗaɗin a kansa, kuma wannan shine karon farko da na ji, 'Menene ke faruwa anan?'» Demme ya faɗa wa FourFourTwo. «Ban iya tuƙa mota ba. Ina buqatar kasancewa can domin yaran na, kuma ban iya ba. Ina da mata da iyali, kuma abu mafi muhimmanci shine kasancewa tare da su, don haka na ji zai fi kyau in daina kwallon kafar.»

Aiki mai nasara ta gaske

Demme ya tasowa a Arminia Bielefeld da Paderborn kafin ya taimaki RB Leipzig samun haɓaka sau biyu, isa wasan karshe na DFB-Pokal na 2019, da kuma samun matsayin dama a cikin masu shiga dafa UEFA Champions League. Sa'annan ya koma Napoli, inda ya taimaka wa kulob din lashe Coppa Italia ta 2019/20 — kyautarsu ta farko cikin shekaru shida — kafin ya taka rawa a nasarar tarihi ta Scudetto ta 2022/23.

Bayan shekaru huɗu da rabi a Italiya, ya koma Jamus a 2024, yana ɗaukar kyaftin din Hertha Berlin. Wannan dawowar gida, abin takaici, ya zama wuri na ƙarshe da mafi zafi a rayuwarsa ta wasanni.

Duk da sha'awar kulake na Italiya kamar Empoli, Cesena, Catania, da Sorrento, Demme ya zaɓi kada ya tsawaita aikin bugawa. «Na so in tsaya yayin da ina da lafiya,» in ji shi. «Bayan matsalolin da na fuskanta sakamakon raunukan kai na, na yanke shawarar kada in ɗauki wani haɗari kuma a filin.»

Rayuwa bayan kwallon kafar

Ritaya bai kawo wa Demme rashin aiki ba. Wanda ke da shekara 34 yanzu yana gudanar da gidajen cin abinci biyu na Neapolitan pizza a Berlin, yana kula da ginin gidansa a Kleinmachnow, kuma yana neman takardar shedar horaswa ta padel da massage na wasanni.

Yana kuma horo a doke-doke, grappling, da fasahar faɗa ta gauraye, kuma ya yarda ya buga a Icon League — gasar wasa ta ɗaki ƙaramar filin da Toni Kroos da Elias Nerlich suka kafa — tare da Plyrs United. «Na sake jin dadi, kuma na ji kamar tsohon Diego kafin raunukana,» in ji shi. «Zan buga Icon League saboda haɗarin jiki bai kai na wasan Bundesliga na yau da kullun ba.»

Sama da komai, Demme yana jin daɗin lokaci tare da 'ya'yansa mata, Gia mai shekara 6 da Ellie mai shekara 3 — lada wanda, ya bayyana, babu wani Scudetto ko Coppa Italia da zai iya kwatanta da shi.