United Kingdom, Oct. 18 -- Paul Gascoigne returned from the dead after doctors reset his heart in rehab.

In 2013, the former professional footballer was admitted to a clinic in Arizona because of his alcohol addiction and was in an induced coma for 18 days.

As Gazza "died on the operating table", the doctors put an injection into the ex-attacking midfielder's heart, and they say it kept him alive.

The star - who was capped 57 times - told The Mirror: "Looking back at what happened in Arizona, when I died on the operating table, that was really scary.

"The doctors said they were able to get me back. I came around, and I was doped up to f***. I eventually got on the phone to my family and said, 'It is OK, I am through it, I have recover...