Ten stars who supported their great rivals

Franz Beckenbauer

Der Kaiser played over 400 league games for Bayern Munich, claiming four league titles and three European Cups as a player, before leading the club to another league title as coach. Not only that, he went on to be President of the club too. The two-time European Footballer of the Year wasn’t always a member of die Roten’s faithful, however – he grew up as a fan of their cross-town rivals, 1860.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 09:00

Mario Balotelli

Ten stars who supported their great rivals

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Ten stars who supported their great rivals

Xabi Alonso, Luka Modric and Mesut Ozil all supported Barcelona as youngsters, while it has recently been revealed that Andres Iniesta dreamed of playing for Real Madrid. So Goal.com thought it only right to take a look at some other great names that went on to represent their childhood club's adversaries.

Mario Balotelli
Franz Beckenbauer
Johan Cruyff
Andres Iniesta
Manuel Neuer
Michael Owen
Daniel Passarella
Raul
Rivelino
Carlos Valderrama

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Franz Beckenbauer

Ten stars who supported their great rivals

Mario Balotelli

Franz Beckenbauer

Johan Cruyff

Andres Iniesta

Manuel Neuer

Michael Owen

Daniel Passarella

Raul

Rivelino

Carlos Valderrama

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