He's made contact with aliens in flying saucers, too.

I played soccer back in high school when the ball was at first still brown and became a fan of the NY Cosmos back in the day, Then I pretty much lost interest in sports altogether.When my kids started playing soccer, I got into it again. I especially enjoyed watching Ronaldinho on the few occasions I got to see soccer on TV.. With time, I started to look for a team to root for and came across Franklin Foer's book How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.So yea, so learning about Barcelona's anti-fascist tradition sealed the deal for me. And their style of play. Messi and crew playing for Barca progressively clinched my choice of fandom. Also, I've been a long-time fan of Robert Lewandowski when he came to Barca, that was the cherry on top of all the icing on the cake.