Le padel doing more and morefollowers among footballers. We know that Léo Messi, Ronaldo, or even Gérard Piqué play there regularly.

Some footballers even invest in the padel, with the ambition to grow it in their country of origin: this is the case of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but also recently that of Arjen Robben.

“This sport gives me a lot of pleasure”

The former Bayern Munich player discovered the padel in Germany, when he was playing in Bavaria. He immediately succumbed to the charm of this sport:

“I play a lot padel lately, this sport gives me a lot of pleasure ”.

Since he retired from sports, the former right winger has exchanged his crampons for a “pala”.

Follow in Zlatan's footsteps

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become a reference in the padel. His initiative and his investments allow the padel to grow very quickly in Sweden.

“I talked about it a few times with my wife. She loves to play. Zlatan Ibrahimovic made padel an important sport in Sweden, I can do the same in the Netherlands ”, says the Dutch international 96 times.

Le padel in the Nederlands

The number of jobs in the padel doubles every year. The arrival of an investor like Arjen Robben could be the impetus for the Dutch to access the padel. The Netherlands is estimated to have 20.000 players from padel assets.

Some Dutch players have even moved to Spain in the hope of participating in the World Padel Tour.

It would seem that it is only a matter of time for le padel becomes a benchmark sport in Holland. 

Source: Nu.nl

From his names, we can guess his Spanish and Italian origins. Lorenzo is a multilingual passionate about sports: journalism by vocation and events by worship are his two legs. He is the international gentleman of Padel Magazine. You will often see it on the various international competitions, but also on the major French events. @eyeofpadel on Instagram to see his best photos of padel !

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