This is Antonio Rüdiger, the new defender of Real Madrid

Rüdiger is the son of an Afro-German father and a Sierra Leonean mother. Both fled during the bloody civil war that devastated the African country in the 1990s. The youngest son, he has five siblings, four girls and one boy. In the photo, the defender poses with his parents, his older brother and his sister-in-law.

Raised in an immigrant neighborhood of the German capital, Berlin-Neukölln, he suffered racism as a child, which motivated him to revolt: at the age of eight he tried to help an elderly woman carry some bags of food. When he went to get the bags, the lady looked at him with a scared face: the old woman thought that young Antonio was going to rob her and she started screaming for help. In the photo, the German player visits his family and friends in Sierra Leone.

The German defender is a very familiar person. In the photo he poses with his older brother and his father.

The German defender poses happily with one of his sisters and one of his nephews.

He has two children, in the image he poses with the second of them the day he was born.

Religion is a very important part of Rüdiger’s life, he is Muslim.

His first big team was Stuttgart where he played from 2011 to 2015. He defended the shirt in 80 games, scored 2 goals and gave 1 assist. He received 10 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

He debuted on May 13, 2014 with the German national team at the age of 21 years 02 months 10 days. He has played a total of 50 games, scored 2 goals and given 3 assists. He has received 6 yellow cards.

He wore the AS Roma shirt from 2015 to 2017. He played a total of 72 games, scoring 2 goals and giving 4 assists. He received 14 yellow cards and was sent off twice, once for a double yellow and once for a straight red.

He maintains a very good relationship with Salah, with whom he coincided at AS Roma.

The Italian asrtist Fabrizio Birimbelli (@pupazzaro) photographed him during his time at AS Roma.

He played for Chelsea from 2017 until his contract expired in 2022. He played 199 games, scored 12 goals and gave 7 assists. He received 32 yellow cards.

The German poses with Hazard in the locker room when they played together at Chelsea.

He is a man committed to his origins. It is common to see him in Sierra Leone supporting medical solidarity projects to improve the lives of many people who need it.

The German defender is very fond of the NBA. In the photo he poses with Lebron James.

Great fan of Michael Jackson’s music.

It is an image of Nike.