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Djalminha - Brazilian football player / Smiths fan
Posted on Thu, May 27 1999 at 9:46 a.m. PDT
by David T. <[email protected]>
From Juan Soler:

...in "La Voz De Galicia", the local newspaper (20 May), something about Djalminha, a Brazilian football (soccer) playing at Deportivo de La Coruņa, a Spanish league. He also played a few times with Brazilian team.

(I'll try to translate this the best I can):

...he is also interested in music. His favourite band is The Smiths, for sure the best British band of the eighties. "What Morrissey is about now?", he asks. He is talking about the dandy singer of that English band. Last year his house in A Zapateira was ransacked by thieves. "They took away the TV, the video, several things, but the thing that hurt me most was that they took my Smiths records". Djalma has old records of this group only obtainable by collectors. "Years ago some friends of mine went to England and they were at Morrissey's house. They jumped the wall, but couldnīt see him", he tells with admiration."

In the same paper it was an article about Los Piratas, a band from Vigo (Spain). They have a song at Batman Forever Soundtrack. The article was about their cover of Sinatra's "My Way". The singer, a reported punk follower, was wearing a Moz T-Shirt.


Comments / Notes



Djalminha isn't the only Moz fan in Brasil.There are many many others soccer players are fans too!!! We hope that Morrissey remember the brazilians and play here!!!!
Debora <[email protected]>
- Fri, May 28, 1999 at 08:54:17 (PDT)



really!
name a few, please!
Djalminha is my new favourite footballer by now. Before readng the piece i had the general idea that all footballers had a devastatingly crap taste in music.

the bewlay brother
- Fri, May 28, 1999 at 10:39:12 (PDT)



hello debora!

i see you must be brazilian too. i thought i was the only one here.

nice to meet you!

fabricio <[email protected]>
curitiba - Fri, May 28, 1999 at 11:12:22 (PDT)



Djalminha is ok as soccer player, but he has never played in the most important Brazilian team: CORINTHIANS! We apologize him though.
mickey
Sao Paulo - Fri, May 28, 1999 at 14:44:11 (PDT)



Djalminha ?!!
I wish it was Rivaldo.... anyway, itīs good to find a footballer whose favourite artist is not he f----ng Phil Collins !!

Jordiet Sinistre <[email protected]>
Barcelona - Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:45:12 (PDT)



On the subject of football players who are Morrissey fans, Neil Murray, who once played for the mighty Glasgow Rangers, contributed to the book " All Men Have Secrets. " I also have a vague memory of reading a profile of him where he listed his favourite album as being "Hatful Of Hollow" and the person he most wanted to meet as being Morrissey.

Iain <ihamilt:aol.com>
- Mon, May 31, 1999 at 07:26:03 (PDT)





* return to Morrissey-solo