Former Arsenal star Emmanuel Eboue marries ex-lover after failed marriage with British wife

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Former Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue has married his ex-lover and childhood sweetheart Stephanie Boede.

The marriage ceremony took place in his home country, Cote d’Ivoire and the event was an invites only affair.

Eboue had broken up with his ex-lover after moving from local team ASEC Mimosas to Europe where he played with big football clubs such as Arsenal, Galatasaray and Sunderland.

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The 34-year-old former football star was in the news a couple of years for being broke after a bitter divorce with his British wife Aurelie Bertrand.

In an interview with a leading British media house Eboue said that his former wife stripped him of all his assets. His ex-wife allegedly took everything he had including their three children, mansion, cars and their first house in North London where he was ordered by a court to surrender ownership.

The former Ivorian international had earlier on revealed that his riches-to-rags story had left him at times contemplating suicide after spending his post-football life begging on the streets, sleeping on the floor of a friend’s home and washing his clothes by hand because he cannot afford a washing machine.

“I want God to help me,” Eboue said. “Only he can help take these thoughts from my mind.

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Eboue’s tragic story as revealed in an interview with the Sunday Mirror, echoes a story that has been told before by many footballers who have been unable to cope with the absence of football once they hang up their boots and retire.

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