Former Brazil international defender Cicinho has opened up on his issues with alcohol and admitted he turned up at Real Madrid training sessions drunk.
The right-back joined Los Blancos in the summer of 2005 and spent two seasons in the Spanish capital – where he made 32 appearances. He joined Italian club Roma in 2007 and spent five years at the Giallorossi, which included loan stints at Sao Paulo and Villarreal.
In 2012, Cicinho revealed he “smoked and got drunk” while dropped from the Roma squad and “I didn’t do drugs because of the anti-doping tests.” He later admitted to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and claimed that his problems began after joining Madrid.
