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Which well-known athletes are Real Madrid fans?
Football
25-May-2022
Source: AS
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Real Madrid will play Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday in Paris, hoping to win their 14th European Cup. The game is expected to draw a massive global audience.

A series of celebrities from the worlds of film, music, and sport will be among the legion of Madridistas tuning in, with 'Los Blancos' commanding a huge global fan base that includes many well-known personalities such as Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Russell Crowe, Robbie Williams, and Tom Cruise.

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, having won nearly every major trophy imaginable, much like his beloved Real Madrid.

Despite being born in Manacor on the island of Palma (home of LaLiga side Mallorca) and having a famous uncle in Barcelona's Miguel Angel Nadal, the 35-year-old has been a regular at the Santiago Bernabeu since he was a child.

The tennis star was asked to take the honorary kick-off at the Bernabeu recently as Real Madrid faced Espanyol in a game that saw them win the Spanish league for the 35th time.

Joel Embiid

The 76ers star makes no secret of his support for Real Madrid with countless posts on his Twitter and Instagram accounts with the 26-year-old a keen follower of soccer in general with constant posts on the major developments in the game.

As the players take to the Stade de France pitch on Saturday, Embiid will be glued to a television screen, hoping that a tweet from April comes true in which he claimed that Real Madrid 'are gonna win LaLiga and the Champions League.'

Luka Doncic

The current Dallas Mavericks star is another high-profile NBA Real Madrid supporter, having spent three years with Madrid's basketball team before moving to Texas in 2018.

Shaq O'Neal of TNT asked the point guard about his sporting allegiances in 2021, and the Ljubljana native replied: "Of course, you know I was there (at Real Madrid) for several years and you know, that is my team in both basketball and soccer."

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