Imran Khan, the ex-PM of Pakistan was a cricket player. Good player, good leader. Hope he frees himself soon.
Agitated_Display7573 on
The owner of AC Milan was president of Italy for a while too
LilNerix on
Surprised it happened at all but even then I expected it to be somewhere in South America lol
Ok-Gift5860 on
Drogba was talking about it.
DaliVinciBey on
erdogan used to play football before ditching it in favour of politics
SpiritualPackage3797 on
If the map included the Western hemisphere, how much of Latin America would be green?
Efficient_Tonight_40 on
Edi Rama the PM of Albania played professional basketball and for the Albanian national basketball team
wildingflow on
Viktor Orban used to play as a goalkeeper. Not at international level mind.
aaarry on
Which is weird considering Georgia’s most popular sport is rugby according to Wikipedia.
OmerPasa3328 on
Erdogan ?
_Dushman on
Milei and Erdogan also played football briefly in their youth
JLHSMG on
Not exactly, but Spain’s Prime Minister Sánchez (not Head of State) was a basketball player
Kenshin_Hyuuga on
Milei played for a professional team in the second division. Interestingly, that team is openly antisemitic, even having chants at the stadium about “making soap,” and Milei, now the most famous player in the club’s history, is Jewish. The irony is palpable.
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Think you’re forgetting one m8.
https://youtu.be/TcDOTHMf8RI
And Weah was a Ballon D’Or
This is why America is better
Neither have higher or even complete high school education, source: I live in one on the north
Weah was also the only African to ever win Ballon d’Or iirc
AC Milan used to be so good in the 90’s
I’ve I had a penny for every time a former Manchester City player had become a head of state I’d have two pennies, which… Etc. etc.
A funny thing Kavelashvili is that he originally planned to run for president for the football federation but lacked a higher education.
So the logical step was to go into politics instead. 😂
Kavelashvili’s election was followed by mass protests.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%932025_Georgian_protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%932025_Georgian_protests)
Imran Khan, the ex-PM of Pakistan was a cricket player. Good player, good leader. Hope he frees himself soon.
The owner of AC Milan was president of Italy for a while too
Surprised it happened at all but even then I expected it to be somewhere in South America lol
Drogba was talking about it.
erdogan used to play football before ditching it in favour of politics
If the map included the Western hemisphere, how much of Latin America would be green?
Edi Rama the PM of Albania played professional basketball and for the Albanian national basketball team
Viktor Orban used to play as a goalkeeper. Not at international level mind.
Which is weird considering Georgia’s most popular sport is rugby according to Wikipedia.
Erdogan ?
Milei and Erdogan also played football briefly in their youth
Not exactly, but Spain’s Prime Minister Sánchez (not Head of State) was a basketball player
Milei played for a professional team in the second division. Interestingly, that team is openly antisemitic, even having chants at the stadium about “making soap,” and Milei, now the most famous player in the club’s history, is Jewish. The irony is palpable.