Héctor Bellerín (Barcelona, 1995) is one of those players who make social causes the flag, even though he has to fight for it in an industry as given to silence as football.
The former Barcelona footballer, who He has just returned to Betis after his last spell at Sporting de Portugalused his social networks to demand firmness in the vote ahead of the electoral day that is taking place today in Spain, where the PP of Alberto Núñez Feijóo aspires to seize the presidency from the socialist Pedro Sanchez and seize the Government hand in hand with the VOX candidate, Santiago Abascal.
“Today is the day to vote against hatred and fascism. To vote in favor of progress, equality, human rights and the public. Vote well”was the message that Bellerín published on his Instagram account on a black background.
Bellerín, a Barcelona youth squad who emigrated to London at just 16 years old to play for Arsenal, has stood out throughout his career against racism and does not hesitate to expose his active feminism. Addicted to fashion, to second-hand clothes, and with the capacity for design -he has sewn since he was a child since his grandmother and mother, who work in a sewing workshop, taught him-, Bellerín always raised his voice before those who treated him as an ‘outsider’. “They even called me a lesbian for having long hair”he admitted in an interview with The Times.
“Only books written by women”
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With literary concerns, Bellerín, who has no objection to declaring himself politically on the left, assured that this year he had decided to read “only books written by women.”
Bellerín, at 28 years old, try to revive his career after his discreet stint at Barcelona, where he only played seven games last season before finding a way out at Sporting de Portugal. At Betis, where he performed at a remarkable level in the 21-22 season, he will meet Borja Iglesias, another of the Spanish footballers without fear of claiming.