Any body know any interesting facts about these footballers ?

ikillbears · 18 May 2010 at 15:53

Im doing a project about unexpected talents especially with footballers, as every one thinks of them as just dumb idiots.

Does any one know anything interesting about these players. For example they might be into politics have a fashion degree or play the violin or something a little out of the ordinary that you just wouldn't really expect.

If any one does you would be really really helping me out.

Wilshere
Macden
Kieren Gibbs
Wellbeck
Dier
Ferdinand
Nani
Gago
Essien
Obi Mikel
Walcott
Modric
Krkic
Arshavin
Lennon
Bendtner

Greenlizard0 · 18 May 2010 at 15:59

Some of those are pretty young.

Which Ferdinand do you mean? W Ham's or the one that missed the drugs test.

drunkenmaster · 18 May 2010 at 16:01

Bendtners hardly dumb, he's banging a baroness whose worth north of 400million, is 35yr old, and is hot.

Walcott really is a dumbass, Arshavin has a weird website where he posts weird bits of information and odd views on various things.

Gooner14 · 18 May 2010 at 16:02

Bendtner is banging some 40 year bird worth £400m.

Think of players like Senderos who speak 6 languages.

G|mp · 18 May 2010 at 16:04

Jack Wilshere has G|mp as a friend on his Facebook.

I have no idea why.

goonerfan · 18 May 2010 at 16:06

Ibrahimovic is also very multi-lingual.

I had no idea Bendtner's missus was royalty. Maybe we can get her to become an investor

AGD · 18 May 2010 at 16:08

Arshavin was planning to become a fashion designed if he wasn't successful at football I believe.

Tunney · 18 May 2010 at 16:18

I don't have anything on those players specifically but Espen Baardsen is an interesting character.

G|mp · 18 May 2010 at 16:23

Tunney said:
I don't have anything on those players specifically but Espen Baardsen is an interesting character.

Why?

ikillbears · 18 May 2010 at 16:28

I knew about Arshavin and the fashion.

Any body have any more facts like that for those players ?

Cheers so far guys

Jock Dodds · 18 May 2010 at 16:38

I know that Luka Modric is an accomplished classical percussionist and played Timpani in the Croatian Orchestra.

Greenlizard0 · 18 May 2010 at 16:49

drunkenmaster said:
Bendtners hardly dumb, he's banging a baroness whose worth north of 400million, is 35yr old, and is hot.

Gooner14 said:
Bendtner is banging some 40 year bird worth £400m.

Meh, she reminds me a lot of a very typical WAG and Paris Hilton. She's already cleaned a guy out for $400m. Poor Bendtner is really going to end up like Ray Parlour isn't he?

ikillbears · 18 May 2010 at 16:59

Jock Dodds said:
I know that Luka Modric is an accomplished classical percussionist and played Timpani in the Croatian Orchestra.

do you have a source for that ?

G|mp · 18 May 2010 at 19:13

Greenlizard0 said:
Meh, she reminds me a lot of a very typical WAG and Paris Hilton. She's already cleaned a guy out for $400m. Poor Bendtner is really going to end up like Ray Parlour isn't he?

Paris Hilton never cleaned anyone out, she's minted!

Greenlizard0 · 18 May 2010 at 19:22

G|mp said:
Paris Hilton never cleaned anyone out, she's minted!

I meant the Danish princess. 'Cleaned out' was probably a slight exaggeration but still 400m!

BaZ87 · 18 May 2010 at 19:24

I assume you mean Dyer not Dier, in which case he appeared in a movie alongside Ferdinand.

Rotty could help you out with a copy of it if you need it for your project

Tunney · 19 May 2010 at 10:40

G|mp said:
Why?

He played in the Premier League and for his country before switching to a career in finance at the age of 25.

Brazilian legend Sócrates is another interesting character. He holds both a PhD and a medical doctorate.

Jock Dodds · 19 May 2010 at 10:49

Tunney said:
He played in the Premier League and for his country before switching to a career in finance at the age of 25.

Brazilian legend Sócrates is another interesting character. He holds both a PhD and a medical doctorate.

There's a persistent rumour that he tried out for the University College Dublin football team and only managed to get on the B team

G|mp · 19 May 2010 at 11:22

Tunney said:
He played in the Premier League and for his country before switching to a career in finance at the age of 25.

Yeah I got that bit I just didn't find it interesting

There must be thousands of failed footballers who have continued their careers doing something completely different.

Tunney · 19 May 2010 at 12:44

G|mp said:
Yeah I got that bit I just didn't find it interesting

There must be thousands of failed footballers who have continued their careers doing something completely different.

I'd disagree that he was a failed footballer. He was playing in the Premiership and playing for his country. He voluntarily decided to give football up to do something completely different at the age of 25. By the sound of it, he's been very successful in his new career.