Sebastien Haller fired Ivory Coast to victory in the 2023 Nations Cup final just 13 months after returning from testicular cancer.
Sebastien Haller, who had started treatment for testicular cancer in July 2022, scored two crucial goals to help Ivory Coast win their third continental titleShortly after he scored the goal that secured one of the most unlikely Africa Cup of Nations title wins for Ivory Coast, Sebastien Haller was doing a television interview which he had to stop as he broke down in tears.
"I am so happy for Haller," former Ivory Coast international Kolo Toure, once of Arsenal and Manchester City, said on BBC Three. "But the urologist helped me not to be scared. He said I could heal well. I took all his words for granted."After two surgeries and various rounds of chemotherapy, Haller returned to full training in early January 2023, making his debut later that month before scoring against Freiburg, in one of those strange coincidences, on World Cancer Day itself.
"We've come back from a long way. There were words, moments, which were not easy for the players, staff and everybody which were necessary." Before his injury, Haller's international form - three goals in three games - had been far better than at Dortmund this season, where he has failed to score in 11 league games .
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