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Brazil superstar Ronaldo was Xherdan Shaqiri’s great role model.
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That reveals the Nati star in a report on the homepage of Liverpool FC.
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He admired Ronaldo as a child – and still do today.
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And further: “I just liked Ronaldo, his way of acting and playing was wonderful.”
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Everton’s Richarlison also loves the Ronaldo hairstyle from 2002.
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He is not even seven years old when he watches the 1998 World Cup final on TV. Brazil lost 0-3 to France – and Xherdan Shaqiri no longer understands the world. The young football fan was then a great admirer of Brazilian striker Ronaldo, as the Nati star revealed in a report on Liverpool’s website. «I cried at home, Ronaldo was my big idol!»
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And it will remain so in the following years. When Brazil won the World Cup in 2002, Shaqiri couldn’t stop. Ronaldo single-handedly shot Germany with two goals in the second half, the Brazilians win 2-0!
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Looking back, Shaqiri says today: “I just liked Ronaldo, his way of acting and playing football was wonderful!”
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On the court, he did not copy the style of his role model, “because in my opinion every player is completely different”. But he did learn something from Ronaldo: «After the 2002 World Cup final, I had the same hairstyle cut as Ronaldo, this triangle. When I went to school with it, everyone was shocked. But I just loved him – and I still do today. I wish I could meet him someday. »
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Richarlison also loves this hairstyle
Shaqiri is not the only Premier League player who is still a big Ronaldo fan. Everton’s Richarlison (22) misses the famous hairstyle of his idol during the corona quarantine period. «He has inspired me since childhood. I decided to do his haircut back then, »he told TV Globo. (mpe)
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