Rusk and mice for Australia’s biggest Orange fan: his third son was born last Friday. Kamiran Yousif from Sydney is such a fan of the Dutch team that he named all three of his boys after Dutch football icons. The name of his third son? “Bast.”
In Sydney, Kamiran is no longer just Kamiran Yousif, but is called ‘The Dutchy’ by friends and family. And that obsession with Orange has lasted almost his entire life. “When I was little and opened my eyes, I started watching Dutch football matches,” he says.
Tattoo of the KNVB logo
Kamiran is known as ‘Cameron van Oranje’ on Facebook, which is full of photos of him in orange shirts, his Dutch football icons and the famous slogan: ‘Hup Holland Hup’. In addition, the Australian has a huge tattoo of the KNVB logo, which covers the right half of his stomach.
Last June he was still in the Netherlands and attended several football tournaments. “I love Holland,” he says. “Especially the people, everyone is very friendly.” Last year he was also in Europe for football. Then he stood in Germany jumping between the orange shirts, like a real fan. “I loved seeing how crazy the Dutch fans are,” he told AT5 last year.
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To forever capture his great love for the Dutch team, in addition to his own tattoo, he has given his children the surnames of three Dutch football icons. And this was not a spontaneous whim, when he married his wife, he had already decided what names his children would receive.
The name of his third child had also already been determined: last year he told AT5 that his third son would be called Basten, named after Ajax legend Marco van Basten.
Cruyff is now five years old, his brother Kluivert was born last year in August. Four days ago the family welcomed the new family member: Basten. “All three of them are real legends of Dutch football.”