In front of the entrance to the building, a young man of 23 tells his story to other patients, like him in a wheelchair, and like him with one leg missing. Bruno Rodriguez stands a few meters away. He arrived on Wednesday at this Hauts-de-Seine hospital specializing in the rehabilitation of amputees. Also in a wheelchair, the 49-year-old former striker tells his story with his soft voice which contrasts with the image of the surly player, of the mover type, that he was from 1992 to 2006. Passed by twelve clubs, including Metz, with whom he was vice-champion of France in 1998, and Paris-SG, the following year, Rodriguez had to end his career in 2006. The fault of yet another injury to his right ankle. The beginning of an ordeal that led him, a month and a half ago, to say to the doctors: “Stop, we cut. »
Bruno Rodriguez, right leg amputee: “I asked them to cut”
