The veteran playmaker has no regrets over his "rebel" image and says he is comfortable with how his career has panned out, despite being considered a player of unfulfilled promise.
Antonio Cassano has admitted that he was once addicted to s3x and remains hooked on food.
The former Real Madrid attacker has enjoyed something of a bad boy reputation throughout his career, and the 33-year-old has confessed he is still prone to overindulging in the finer things in life.
In his autobiography, he memorable described his ideal night as “s3x and then food”, and quizzed by AS if there is anything else in life, along with football, he responded: “Perfect! Those are the best things. Until February 2, 2008 eh? Then I met my wife. But until then, yes.”
Cassano led a notoriously extravagant lifestyle and has admitted to some of his nocturnal exploits.
Asked if he was addicted to s3x, he said: “Yes. When you’re 20 and like girls, there’s a force that allows you to do it every day. And I had the chance! Cassano was a Madrid player!
“If I had done anything else, no-one would have looked at me... like my mother! I’m good, but I’m not handsome.”
The Italy international believes this did not impair his performance and even aided it at times.
“On the eve of a 4-0 win over Juventus, I stole the keys to Trigoria and came back at six o’clock in the morning. I had my best night on the pitch, I won a penalty and scored two goals.”
He has battled with weight problems throughout his career, but though he has made some choices that would make a nutritionist wince, he is quite happy.
“I’m addicted to food, even now,” he confessed. “As a friend said, when you eat good things, you get fat.
“Obviously if you eat a lot every day, you are a fool, and I was a fool for 20 years. Now I can’t do it.”
Cassano, who had a turbulent childhood, has no regrets over the past, however.
“I was a total disaster for the first 16 years of my life. You can call me a rebel or a madman, but I can’t change how I started. I’m happy this way.”
He is currently in his second spell at Sampdoria, having previously played for seven clubs, including Milan and Inter.
- Goal