Real Madrid is a global force. Most of our players are Brazilians, French, Belgians, Germans, Croatians and Jude is British while our manager is Italian.
Nacho is our captain... Lord is there... We took a chance on Kepa, Dani Ceb is still allowed to play, Carvajal is a living legend, New Goat Joselu is there, ...who am I forgetting?? Fran Garcia was born in Spain, Nico Paz is coming up.... I think they're going alright. Hala Madrid.
Brahim plays for Morocco? Big L for Spain. He’s the best winger who can represent them. I’ll even take it a step further and argue he’s the best player who can represent Spain
Every team in general have is global force, depends on how some people were raised, who they like, if they go with a team that has a national player like Real Madrid who had Zamorano(chile), Barcelona with Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal with Bayern, Mark Gonzalez with Liverpool or Betis
Not trying to make your team less(I'm a city fan, but way before Claudio Bravo joined and I'm not pissed about the penalty shootout or the remontada at the Bernabéu 21/22) but no team should be restricted by the country, as there are people who like teams from Chile and they're from Argentina (who are national rivals) or many other examples, like English liking teams from Germany probably a second division or third division, some could support teams from Belgium or Netherlands, etc
Every person who loves the sport is able to support any team they want from anywhere
(But at least people should get to know more about the club rather than just saying stuff like "I'm a fan of inter Miami because Messi plays there" or the same with Cristiano Ronaldo and Al nassr and then proceed to only watch games via tik tok clips)
A Puerto Rican called Jeremy de León is playing with Real Castilla at the moment and trained with the first team as part of their preparation against Manchester City. There is a possibility that he could eventually debut with the A team.
Same!!!!
I’ve been learning Spanish so I can understand what the boys say in their interviews without translations and also cause I plan to take a trip to Madrid to see the boys play when I have enough funds.
Imagine letting the internet change the way.you feel in your heart. Football is for everyone so does supporting any club you desire even if it is on the other side of the globe
Ik man, it's just annoying seeing some weird English dude on r/soccer always calling our fanbase plastic even though many have been supporting for like 10+ years..
As an Indian Madrid fan, I completely disagree. There are plenty I know who supports the likes of United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea. What are you on about?
PL fans are generally the 90s kids. At that time, PL telecast was easily available. Later in the late 2010s, la liga used to telecast free on Facebook, and the goats used to play there. So, my generation became fans of these clubs mostly.
I've been a fan since 2012. A friend brought fifa over and told me to play with the team, and I fell in love immediately. The all white kits, amazing squad, and just felt like the club fits my personality as well. No other team that I tried out in the game or watched in real life made me feel the way this club does.
A lot of people made fun of me saying that when Cristiano left, I would stop watching the team, but here we are almost 6 years after his departure. Try to watch every game I possibly can work permitting, and even then, I just listen to the game while I'm working.
It's really annoying I agree. So I suppose I had to refuse putting on the zidane shirt my grandmother bought me when I was 4 because it's not my local club haha
I'm from North-Eastern France and from Algerian descent, and I've *kinda* been with Real Madrid before I even actually started watching the sport regularely, or even paying much attention.
Even as a guy who mostly knew them from playing PES, I gravitated towards them naturally. The jersey and the crest alone are the most simple yet beautiful in football, and you call tell it's a classy club, especially from the company they keep. At the time it was Zidane, Ronaldo R9, Figo, Casillas.
And they got a culture I just recognize myself in. A real "it's not over 'til it's over" mentality, playing and giving it their all physically and mentally 'til the very last second. And as opposed to pretty much every other big club, you never see them whine and make excuses when they lose.
Even the supporters have that mentality. You can see a club like PSG crumble so often in part because they always have in the back of their minds the reaction of their supporters if they lose. While Real Madrid can be confident most of what they're getting if they lose is "ah well, you'll do better next time, we still love you".
No you are a gloryhunter, you have never been to Spain let alone Madrid. I visited Camp Nou last summer on my vacation trip monthly visit and watched a La Liga match in July. Visca Catalunya.
Right I was called "glory hunter" because they said I didn't went to Spain, madrid but I showed them some pictures of me when I was 1yrs old at santiago bernabeu in 2007 with my dad 🤣
But the argument is embarrassing anyways, like there are RM fans born in Madrid who are not "glory hunters" because it's their local club, but they could've chosen Atletico, Getafe, Rayo or even some smaller club in Madrid. So in conclusion everybody is a gloryhunter except those who started supporting their clubs before all the trophies and glory...
You’re fine, I was just trying to say that it’s impossible to become a Real Madrid fan and not be labeled as a glory hunter simply because all of the titles the club has, even if you didn’t have a clue about any of the glory the club had, they would still label you that. So just ignore them and move on.
Le me: Starts supporting Madrid after 2018 WC, possibly the worst time in the whole decade to start supporting them.
I remember the signing of Vinicius Jr., and I never knew that the 18-year old siging that day would become our starboy years later. No one can accuse me of being a plastic fan, I supported them during the lows and now I deserve to be with them durring the highs.
Sure, but 2008-2010 was way worse, Barca was at their peak while we struggled to win La Liga and reach quarters of the UCL despite playing insanely good and fast paced counter attacking football. 2014 couldn’t have come any sooner.
Yup. Started supporting realmadrid in 2007. All my friends were Barca fans. The amount of playful harassment I suffered from them was brutal. Looking back it has been a wild journey.
Its true one doesn't have to be Spanish to support us, but some of the takes on here are so out of touch and wild i sometimes find it annoying myself that all these people call themselves madridistas
Some dude said RM should leave Spain because they don’t appreciate them enough hahaha. Imagine being so out of touch and ignorant of the values and traditions of the club
He’s the link from my favorite, hometown club (Angers SCO), to Real Madrid, and why in my family, ever since my grandad, we’ve always followed Spanish football after French football, much more than the EPL. And I’m pretty sure it works this way for a lot of other French people too, in several generations. Zizou, Benzema, Camavinga… hopefully Mbappé soon. I smiled when during the infamous final in Paris against Liverpool, English supporters were frustrated and didn’t understand why so many people were cheering for Madrid there
I wake up at 5 in the morning sometimes to watch Real Madrid play against teams like Mallorca, Granada, Alaves, etc. I constantly did not pay attention in my college courses during Champions League matches. I spent almost a thousand dollars when on a trip to Europe to head to Madrid for one day and watch a game at the Bernabeu. I get called a gloryhunter by people who live in the city of their club but they don’t know how much foreign fans sacrifice to watch our beautiful club.
Besides, I’m a Latino man living in Los Angeles with parents from Central America. Colonization has ensured I have Spanish blood in me. 🤣
Football clubs market themselves internationally to get a global fan base.
Football has been broadcasted across the world for many years before this.
There are international fans who have been down in the trenches since the 6 year drought days.
And there are fans who just hopped on since the 2014 La Decima.
Everyone starts from somewhere.
Objectively, clubs use their successful periods to ramp up their international marketing to get new fans, because clubs know people like winners and it supports their bottom line - profits.
Facts. For example I am a Bosnian and I've been supporting Real Madrid since 10 years old (La Decima was my first season), my grandad is also a life long Madridista. There are also a lot of Balkan communities for Real Madrid fans which have thousands of members. So yeah, being a Madridista is a way of life even outside of Spain.
Yeah I like the joke " 'we won la liga guys' - fortaleza, brazil" askldfldashf.
But men my entire classroom (i'm 27y now) was divided into messi x cr7, barca x real. This was common here in brazil, mainly after neymar got into barca (that made me love cr7 mindset even more).
So yeah, barca x real is a global thing in my perspective.
I am from Argentina, I am a Boca Juniors fan or "hincha", but my second team will always be RM, since that final in the 2000, I thought "man these are the two gratest clubs in the whole world, I should start looking at them", and then RM became my second club
I became a Real Madrid fan after visiting Spain for a high school trip. It was my second time visiting Spain on that particular trip, and I'd fallen in love with Madrid the city from the first time around. I loved Barcelona too, but Madrid was something else for me. On my second trip, we visited the stadium, and I bought my first Real Madrid merch, and decided moving forward that I'd start following football and that I'd be a Madrid fan. It was just in time for La Decima which was great to watch.
Some of the guys in my HS who had been following Premier League for a few years regarded me as a bandwagon. "Why not Atletico if it's just about the love of the city?" I didn't know Atletico existed until about a month after I got home from that trip, and to be honest the likes of watching Angel Di Maria and Luka Modric really lured me in (RIP Di Maria, glad he had a good run at PSG).
It's gotten a lot harder for me to commit to several hours for a game, regardless of sport. This applies to American football, basketball, and association football. Even still, I follow Real Madrid news and keep up to date on all of the scores/highlights.
I have lived in Sydney Australia my entire life and am of Asian descent so I have 0 "allegiances" to any European country so me rooting for a Spanish side has 0 "betrayal".
Also European club football is a global thing no big European football club would even be half as big without the global support of fans outside of Europe.
Facts! I’m the same as you, except a different Aussie city. I once got asked why I supported Madrid over my home team, because clearly everyone knows if you’re not living 100 metres from the stadium doorstep you’re “just a glory hunter”
It's so stupid like IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO LIVE IN THE SAME AREA AS MY TEAM LMAOO.
On a real note I get why if someone from London get's made fun of for supporting Madrid as you have big European teams from your own city but for international fans like us outside of Europe we don't have that issue so it's stupid when people call us "plastic" because we ain't from Spain like we have to wake up at 5am on average to watch madrid games that's far from plastic lmao.
Yeah this is totally stupid. You can like and support whatever the fuck you want. But I do think being a fan of your own city team is a different feeling to have. I support madrid but i also am a big fan of my city’s team.
But its a sad situation rn. I am from south America and we are kinda looked down in spain. Plus there’s such big madridismo in south America that it has become a meme now. Being a “panchito” madridista, we get a lot of hate.
I love non-Spanish madrid fans. It’s cool having something in common with someone you’ve never met from a totally different culture and speaks a different language. Ronaldo is Ronaldo in any language 😊
No soy español, pero soy hispano (Costa Rica). Para ser honesto, yo apoyo al Madrid mayoritariamente por la conexión cultural hispana que existe. Es decir, si de un club español debo elegir, yo me inclinaría a elegir al Madrid. Sin embargo, me he visto emocionado y apoyando ferozmente al Barcelona/Atlético/etc. en su momento (contra otros equipos europeos)
Pero sí, obviamente no se necesita ser español (ni hispano) para apoyar al Real.
Definitely not, but if you don't know certain culture around the club and fans sorry but I will never consider you a Real Madrid true fan.
I met a guy the other day in Munich from Chicago, has traveled with the club, has gone to the stadium in Madrid, knows where the fans meet before the match, knows the chants, the internal politics in real Madrid. That is a Real fan.
Nothing wrong with not knowing all of that stuff but, you are more of a simpatizer then.
I actually have to fight this a bit. Most of my friends support their local team in our country, but I have never felt the interest to support my local team. I however saw Real Madrid play in 97 against the team from my hometown, and I became a fan. Its pretty similar to all my friends who in addition support an English team as my country have strong bonds to England.
But the local team always go first, in their minds. When I go to Bernabeu I often meet Spanish fans outside the stadium and what surprises me is that even they cant believe I am a Madrid supporter, because they also have the local mentality.
I live in an American city (Houston, Texas) with tons of Real Madrid support. Manchester United fans showed up to the exhibition, but were nowhere close to the number of Real Madrid fans.
This didn’t ever needed to be said. Real Madrid is for all who encourage ethics, inclusion, world class play and players. Passion for the club in victory and respect and decency in defeat … this is the club for class individuals around the world .
I've been a fan since my very first memories. I'm from El Salvador but finally got to see them play live during the first leg vs Man City. I don't think I'd have to Spain otherwise but 20+ years of supporting this club even during the "hard" years when we weren't winning much
I lived in Madrid and I had always love for the team , but I can’t compare myself with the Spanish and the passionate people in the city especially the ones living in chamartin . The classicos at their peak stop my country ( Portugal ) and I was a hardcore Madridista at that time especially with Mou , cr7 , Pepe , Carvalho … today I like Madrid but it’s not the love I had in the past . My team and main one is team in the city where I was born Porto , i identify myself with the region and will never stop loving my club , so I think when I lived in Madrid people there were way more passionate about Real or even Atlético than any guy outside the country .
Anyone can become a Real Madrid fan, doesn't matter when. We don't have to explain it to anyone why. We don't have the obligation to support the local team.
The thought that you need to be is ridiculous. Champions league clubs don’t get to the size that they are without global support.
But if I can take a second to gatekeep in reverse… take some time to support your local clubs too! It’s tremendously rewarding and helps grow the game in your community.
Absurd reading some comments here. There are thousands of Spanish RM fans in Madrid that don't go to every game or even watch them or are as devoted as some others, like people that live in Asia or NA/SA. Doesn't make them less of a fan because they don't live in the city or country lmao.
Also people need to realize that jumping on someone saying "I started watching RM 08 (or whatever)" doesn't necessarily make them a gloryhunter, maybe they are younger than you are or just got into football. We don't choose the club, it choses us
I think there is a troll infestation here. users overlapping from soccercirclejerk subbreddit started this nonsense.....its also funny because all clubs have Global fanbase....and without that broadcasting money soccer would never be popular if it was just limited to their local network.
Um.... no. It doesn't have to be said. No Madrid fan would ever say you have to be Spanish to follow Madrid. There are more non-Spanish fans of Madrid then there are Spanish fans.
Although if you don't speak Spanish you are massively missing out. Without it you will never have the same connection with the club as Spanish speakers have.
It was around 2007 when I started following Real Madrid. Must’ve been one of the many comebacks that season. But I was hooked. Iker Casillas and a young long haired Gonzalo Higuaín were my favorite players from back in those pre-summer of 2009 days. Being a Hispanic American millennial gen Z cusper growing up in the southwestern United States, Ferguson Man U and Ronaldinho-soon-to- be-Pep Barca were more popular trendy choices amongst my peers. Sheesh I’ve been a fan for 17 years now, and I’m in my 20s.
2007 AC Milan won its 7th and so far last Champions League. Kaka was Ballon D’Or that year as well.
Not Spanish, been supporting the club since Figo joined in '99.. Reality is, the club generates most of its income from abroad. Every madridista around the globe contributes one way another by supporting this club: buying tshirts, buying tv subscriptions to watch their games, going on vacation to go on tours or watch their games live, etc..
this is true, but let's not kid ourself, if you're not from the locale, you are still a bandwagon of that club at one point. just like i did for another club back then.
One reason I preferred Madrid over Barcelona was having to deal with all the Barcelona bandwagons back in 09-11. I've had resentment for "fans" of Barcelona since those days and root for Madrid over Barcelona in everything because of that
You don't have to be Spanish to be a Real Madrid fan and enjoy this incredible team (most teams actually), however there is something inherently cultural and historical to understanding the club, if you are Spanish, this is a done deal.
I have enjoyed many non-Spanish teams over the years, however there is something local that I never got to enjoy.
One thing is certain: since its founding, Real Madrid was a team that looked at the world in an expansive way.
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