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Did you know: The other side of Barton + much more | Here’s welcoming you to another edition of Did you know! Without delaying any further, here are this week’s ten interesting facts about footballers from across the globe:
Former Real Madrid and new Schalke 04 forward Raul Gonzalez named his four sons after distinguished footballers Jorge Valdano, Hugo Sanchez, Hector Rial, and Lothar Matthaus.
The older brother of Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger plays in the third tier of German football.
A little over a year ago, Rafael van der Vaart’s beautiful wife – Dutch model Sylvie – announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, a successful surgery as well as the completion of chemotherapy led to the removal of the cancer.
Everton’s Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta is multilingual, speaking fluent Spanish, Basque, and Catalan. Furthermore, living in England has helped him hone his English skills while a passion to learn other languages has also led him to get familiar with some French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon has spoken freely about battling depression since 2000 and has encouraged other football players to discuss their problems rather than keeping to themselves.
Portuguese legend Luis Figo is an ambassador for the Stop TB Parternship – an active movement aimed at combating tuberculosis.
Arsenal’s French midfielder Samir Nasri has been in a relationship with French tennis player Tatiana Golovin for the last two years. The couple resides in Hampstead, North London.
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton is known for his disciplinary issues in the past but little is known about his commitment to the Tamsin Gulvin Fund, which is set up to support those who are suffering from addiction problems as well as financial challenges.
Spain striker David Villa has personalized his Adidas F50 by engraving the name of his daughter Zaida on one of the boots.
England manager Fabio Capello first met his wife as a teenager on a bus. They have been married for over 40 years now.
That’s it for another week of this feature! As always, we look forward to any suggestions in regards to future editions.
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