A watan Maris na wannan shekara, Craig Gordon ya zauna gaban Usamah Jannoun, likitan kashin baya a Landan, yana sauraron wani daga cikin mafi tsananin kimantawa da ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa zai iya ji. Tiyatan da Gordon ya buƙata don warkar da raunin wuyansa mai tsanani, Jannoun ya bayyana, tana ɗauke da haɗarin nakasar jiki — ko mutuwa.
Watanni kaɗan bayan haka, Gordon ya tsaya a ƙasar Amurka a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Scotland da ta kawo ƙarshen jira shekaru 28 don shiga FIFA World Cup 2026. Yana da shekaru 43, ya zama tsohon ɗan wasa a gasar.
Sana'a da aka gina akan dawowa
Gordon ya bayyana rayuwarsa a cikin ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin jerin dawowa marasa ƙarewa. Ya yi yaƙi da matsalolin idon sawu, kararyewar hannaye, kararyewar ƙafa, tiyatoci da yawa na gwiwa, da kuma matsaloli masu tsanani a wuya da kafaɗa. Bisa kiyasinsa, waɗannan raunuka sun ɗauke masa kimanin kwanaki 1,975 na ƙwallon ƙafa — wato kusan wasanni 200.
Mafi muni daga cikin wannan yaƙi ya zo a shekara ta 2012, lokacin da ganewar patellar tendonitis ta yi barazana ga duk abin da ya gina. Ƙungiyarsa a lokacin, Sunderland, ba ta gaskata cewa ciwo da ya hana shi hawa matakala ko tafiya a al'ada yana da tushen jiki ba, sai ta aike shi wajen masanin halayyar ɗan adam. Amma yana da tushen jiki. Ya ziyarci ƙwararru a Sweden da Spain, ya yi tiyata sau uku, kuma ya ƙi shawarar wani likitan tiyata da ya ba shi na yin ritaya. Daga 2012 zuwa 2014, bai buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa kwata-kwata ba.
