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Ex-Newcastle Star Opens up on 'Damaging' Cocaine Addiction - 'I Hurt Lots of People'

Daryl Janmaat describes a cocaine addiction that began after retirement, causing relationship damage and personal struggles before recovery through his gym business, High Power Gym.

  • Daryl Janmaat has opened up about developing a cocaine addiction after his playing career ended, calling it a very dark period that caused significant harm to his life and relationships.
  • Loss of routine after retiring from football in 2022 due to a knee injury led Janmaat to develop a cocaine addiction amid personal struggles.
  • Having left Vicarage Road in 2020, Janmaat played for Newcastle United and Watford, earning 34 caps for the Dutch national side.
  • Janmaat says he has rebuilt his life and now runs High Power Gym in Scheveningen, admitting he let people down but improved relationships with family and friends; he added, `I have three children who also hear and read things.`
  • Janmaat acknowledged the harm done to others and admitted his addiction caused lying that damaged family members and close relationships, contributing to his separated marital status despite once having everything as a player.
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Daryl Janmaat, former Newcastle and Watford, and World Cup player with the Netherlands, spoke about the ordeal in which he was immersed in drugs. Today he runs a gymnasium in his country

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In an interview with the Dutch newspaper "AD" Daryl Janmaat spoke openly about his drug problems. "I can't and don't want to go into all the details, but my cocaine addiction has done a lot of damage," explained former team player Hollands. Also the marriage of the 36-year-old broke not least because of the addiction ... In 2022 Janmaat had finished his active career, shortly afterwards the former internal defender developed an addiction to coca…

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The former star of the Dutch national team's cocaine addiction after his retirement cost his marriage.

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At 36 years old, the former Dutch defender of Newcastle and Watford, Daryl Janmaat, confided in his addiction to cocaine and the dark periods that he lived after having stopped his career in 2022.

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Algemeen Dagblad broke the news in Amersfoort, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Monday, March 2, 2026.
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