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ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL. List in OP
Many of the players on the ATP are big football fans, and I was interested to know in which teams they supported. I know a few, but there will be plenty that I have left off. So here goes.
Nalbandian and Coria support River Plate
Calleri is a Boca Juniors fan
Vinciguerra supports Malmo FF
Feli Lopez - Real Madrid
Stefan Edberg - Leeds United
Paul Haarhuis - PSV Eindhoven
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Andreas Seppi AC Milan
Marin Cilic AC Milan
Jan Siemerink Ajax
Martin Verkerk Ajax
Dominik Hrbaty Ajax, Barcelona, Slovan Bratislava
Luis Horna Alianza de Lima
Jaime Yzaga Alianza Lima
Steve Darcis Anderlecht
Marcos Baghdatis Apollon FC
Juan Pablo Brzezicki Argentinos Juniors
Phillip Petzschner Armina Bielefeld
Blaž Kavčič Arsenal
Greg Rusedski Arsenal
James Ward Arsenal
Flavio Cipolla AS Roma
Alberto Berasategui Atletic Bilbao
Pato Clavet Atletico and Real Madrid
Gustavo Kuerten Avai
Dusan Lojda Banik Ostrava
Albert Costa Barcelona
Albert Montanes Barcelona
Albert Portas Barcelona
Alex Corretja Barcelona
Carlos Costa Barcelona
David Ferrer Barcelona
Felix Mantilla Barcelona
Fernando Vicente Barcelona
Guillermo Garcia Lopez Barcelona
Juan Albert Viloca Barcelona
Marc Lopez Barcelona
Oscar Hernandez Barcelona
Santiago Ventura Barcelona
Sergi Bruguera Barcelona
Tommy Robredo Barcelona
Boris Becker Bayern Munich
Florian Mayer Bayern Munich
Marius Copil Bayern Munich
Petr Korda Bayern Munich
Philipp Kohlschreiber Bayern Munich
Jurgen Melzer Bayern Munich and Austria Vienna
Tommy Haas Bayern Munich, HSV Hamburg
Andy Ram Beitar Jerusalem
Federico Gil Benfica
Agustin Calleri Boca Juniors
Diego Hartfield Boca Juniors
Edgardo Massa Boca Juniors
Eduardo Schwank Boca Juniors
Horacio Zeballos Boca Juniors
Juan Ignacio Chela Boca Juniors
Luis Lobo Boca Juniors
M Vassallo Arguello Boca Juniors
Mariano Puerta Boca Juniors
Martin Rodriguez Boca Juniors
Juan Martin del Potro Boca Juniors, Juventus
Rainer Schüttler: Borussia Dortmund
Dominik Meffert Borussia Mönchengladbach
Fernando Gonzalez Colo Colo
Jaime Oncins Corinthians
Mikhail Youzhny CSKA
Thomas Johansson Djurgården
Andrei Medvedev Dynamo Kyiv
Sergiy Stakhovsky Dynamo Kyiv
Igor Andreev Dynamo Moscow
T. Gabashvili Dynamo Moscow
Alberto Martin Espanyol
Marcel Granollers Espanyol
Juan Monaco Estudiantes La Plata
Nicolas Massu Everton (Viña del Mar)
Marco Chiudinelli FC Basel
Roger Federer FC Basel
Yves Allegro FC Basel and Man Utd
Björn Phau FC Köln
Julien Boutter FC Metz
Marsel Ilhan Fenerbache
Raemon Sluiter Feyenoord
Paolo Lorenzi Fiorentina
Andre Ghem Gremio
Tomas Behrend Gremio and Borussia Dortmund
Mario Ancic Hadjuk Split
Goran Ivanisevic Hadjuk Split, West Bromwich Albion
Tobias Kamke Hamburg SV
Björn Borg Hammarby
Jonas Björkman Hammarby
Nicolas Kiefer: Hannover 96
Filip Prpic Helsingborg
Andy Murray Hibernian, Barcelona
Michael Stich HSV Hamburg
Gaston Gaudio Independiente
Willy Cañas Independiente
Fabio Fognini Inter Milan, Genoa
Marcos Daniel Internacional Porto Alegre
Andrey Golubev Juventus
Simone Bolelli Juventus
Dudi Sela Kiryat Shmonna and Manchester United
Xavier Malisse Kortrijk
Daniel Koellerer LASK Linz
Stefan Edberg Leeds
Fredrik Nielsen Liverpool
John Millman Liverpool
Marinko Matosevic Liverpool, AC Milan
Rob Konig Liverpool
Filippo Volandri Livorno, AC Milan
Yoni Erlich Maccabi Haifa
Andreas Vinciguerra Malmö FF
Alex Bogdanovic Man Utd
Andre Ghem Man Utd
Jamie Murray Man Utd
Jarkko Nieminen Man Utd
Tomas Berdych Man Utd/Banik Ostrava
Benoit Paire Marseille
Fabrice Santoro Marseille
Guy Forget Marseille
Nico Escude Marseille
Seb Grosjean Marseille
Thierry Champion Marseille
Pablo Cuevas Nacional
Potito Starace Napoli
Alberto Mancini Newells Old Boys
Lucas Arnold Newells Old Boys
Ivan Ljubicic NK Rijeka/AC Milan
Kristian Pless OB Odense
Tim Henman Oxford United
Alexandre Simoni Palmeiras
Carlos Bernades Palmeiras
Flavio Saretta Palmeiras
Ricardo Mello Palmeiras
Thomasz Bellucci Palmeiras
Viktor Troicki Partizan Belgrade
Martin Cuevas Peñarol
Adrian Mannarino PSG
Hicham Arazi PSG
Jeremy Chardy PSG
Marc Gicquel PSG
Michael Llodra PSG
Nicolas Mahut PSG
Richard Gasquet PSG
Yannick Noah PSG
Younes El Aynaoui PSG
Paul Haarhuis PSV Eindhoven
Sjeng Schalken PSV Eindhoven
Jose Acasuso Racing
Aljaž Bedene Real Madrid
David Marrero Real Madrid
David Sanchez Real Madrid
Denis Istomin Real Madrid
Feli Lopez Real Madrid
Fernando Verdasco Real Madrid
Nikolay Davydenko Real Madrid
Rafael Nadal Real Madrid
Carlos Moya Real Mallorca
Nicolas Almagro R eal Murcia/Real Madrid
Galo Blanco Real Oviedo
Pere Riba Real Zaragoza
Novak Djokovic Red Star Belgrade, AC Milan
David Nalbandian River Plate
Facundo Bagnis River Plate
Gaston Etlis River Plate
Guillermo Coria River Plate
Guillermo Vilas River Plate
Mariano Zabaleta River Plate
Sergio Roitman River Plate
Franco Squillari San Lorenzo
Fernando Meligeni Sao Paulo
Thiago Alves Sao Paulo
Marc Rosset Servette and Marseille
Jan Hajek Sigma Olomouc
Bohdan Ulihrach Slavia Prague
Lukas Dlouhy Slavia Prague, Barcelona
Marat Safin Spartak Moscow
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Spartak Moscow
Pablo Carreño Busta Sporting Gijón
Gastão Elias Sporting Lisbon
Rui Machado Sporting Lisbon
Filip deWulf Standard Liege
Victor Crivoi Steaua Bucharest
Victor Hanescu Steaua Bucharest
PaulHenri Mathieu Strasbourg
Thomas Muster Sturm Graz
Marcelo Rios Universidad Catolica
Paul Capdeville Universidad de Chile
Daniel Gimeno'Traver Valencia
Pablo Andujar ValenciA
Roberto Bautista-Agut Villarreal
Carl Uwe Steeb Vfb Stuttgart
Michael Berrer Vfb Stuttgart
Simon Greul Vfb Stuttgart
John McEnroe West Bromwich Albion
Michel Kratochvil Young Boys Bern
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04-02-2004, 09:56 AM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
FC Barcelona
Alex Corretja
Felix Mantilla
Albert Costa
Sergi Bruguera
Fernando Vicente
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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04-02-2004, 10:03 AM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Goran Ivanisevic- Hajduk Split
Marc Rosset- Servette and Marseille
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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04-02-2004, 10:12 AM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Gaston Gaudio- Independiente in B.A
Roger Federer- FC Basle
Igor Andreev - Dynamo Moscow
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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04-02-2004, 11:17 AM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Gustavo Kuerten - Avaí 
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04-02-2004, 11:30 AM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Marat Safin - Spartak Moscow
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04-02-2004, 11:58 AM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Ferrero and Nadal are Real Madrid supporters
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Rainer, Radek, Benji Becker, Jarkko Nieminen, Melzer, Nalbandián, Tursunov, Starace, Djokovic, Youzhny
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04-02-2004, 12:08 PM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
i wonder who henman supports, but i would guess football isnt his kind of thing
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04-02-2004, 12:14 PM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Conan believes it is Oxford United.
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04-02-2004, 01:22 PM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Henman supports Fulham too
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04-02-2004, 01:38 PM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Kratochvil - Young Boys of Bern
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04-02-2004, 02:13 PM
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Conan believes it is Oxford United.
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Yes, - you're right - Tim has always supported Oxford Utd as they are the nearest team to where he grew up (and to me also as it happens which is probably why I know!). I didn't know about the Fulham thing, but guess it's because he lives in Barnes now so Fulham would be his local team.
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Supporting Djoković, Tipsarević, Soderling, Tursunov, Youzhny, Cilić and quite a few more
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04-02-2004, 02:19 PM
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Schüttler: Borussia Dortmund
Kiefer: Hannover 96
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Squillari - San Lorenzo
Moya- Real Mallorca
Robredo- Real Madrid
Berasategui- Atletic Bilbao
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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Re: ATP players favourite football teams? No, this doesn't mean NFL.
Gonzo- Colo Colo (I think)
Allegro- FC Basle
Becker- Bayern Munich
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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