Clarence Seedorf And The Parking Lot That Led Him To Real Madrid

Clarence Seedorf, became one of the most recognized football artists in the world. In AC Milan's heyday, Seedorf occupied a key position in the I Rossoneri midfield trio.

He managed to become a legend with the European Champions League trophy in 2003 and 2007.

Seedorf began to register his name in the football arena with the golden generation of Ajax Amsterdam who won the Champions League in 1994/95. He was only 19 at that time. Manned by Louis van Gaal, Seedorf is again at the center of a team consisting of a mix of young talent with experienced players like Frank Rijkaard.

The former player born in Suriname is also a legend for the Dutch national team with 87 caps and 11 career goals.

After winning with Ajax, the player who idolized Rijkaard bravely accepted Sampdoria's proposal. Regarding Rijkaard, he admitted that as a child, he had a target to exceed the achievement of his idol who had won two Champions Cup titles.

Personality is one of Seedorf's strongest characteristics. Bruno de Michelis, the psychologist who worked on him while in Milan, explains this. "Seedorf speaks like a 10% player, like a 70% coach, and like a company manager 20%."

After playing for one season, Seedorf then joined Real Madrid. Here, the unforgettable story happened.

On his personal Instagram account, Seedorf shares an unforgettable experience that made him wear the Real Madrid uniform.

Who would have thought, Los Blancos had been infatuated with Seedorf's talent since the former dreadlocks player was 14 years old.

However, Madrid's intention had to be postponed because Seedorf did not get permission from his parents. Seedorf was asked to first complete his education in the Netherlands before playing football abroad.

After that, he got an unforgettable experience. Seedorf reveals a strange story about how he finally decided to join Real Madrid. Apparently the process occurred after he was startled by a Fabio Capello in a car park.

At that time, Capello, who was still the manager of AC Milan, was in the process of moving to Real Madrid.

"When I was playing in Italy, after the last game of the season, I was in the stadium [car] parking lot."

"Then I heard a voice calling me: 'Hi Clarence [Seedorf], want to join me at Real Madrid?" "Said Seedorf imitating the man's words at that time.

He then spontaneously answered,

"Yes I want."

Seedorf later revealed the man who had come to him in the car park to "propose" to Madrid.

"It was the voice of Fabio Capello, and the rest is history," recalled Seedorf.

Seedorf joined Real Madrid in 1996. In his first season, he helped bring Los Blancos to the Spanish La Liga champions. In the following season, he managed to bring Madrid to the Champions League.

Seedorf continued the peak of his career with AC Milan by presenting two Champions League trophies.

To date, Seedorf has been the only footballer in history to have won the Champions League with three different clubs, which he did with Ajax Amsterdam, Real Madrid and AC Milan.

After serving for Milan, the player who was once synonymous with his dreadlocks chose to anchor to Brazilian club Botafogo. Having never had a career as a coach or assistant, Seedorf then chose to accept Silvio Berlusconi's invitation to replace Max Allegri.

Coupled with Milan's poor performance, Berlusconi did not have enough patience and then fired Seedorf when he had not handled them for half a year.