Anders Limpar

Question and Answer with Anders Limpar

We have asked Anders Limpar one of our Peace Ambassadors a few questions.

1. Which is your favourite football team?
   Barcelona.
2. Who do you think is the world’s best footballer? Why?
   Iniesta, he’s a goal scorer, defender and a creator.
3. Who is your football role-model? Why?
   Maradonna, because of his unique touch of the ball.
4. Which career would you have pursued if you hadn’t become a professional football player?
   An ice hockey player.
5. What is your best football memory?
   The 1994 World Cup.
6. What is your best childhood football memory?
   My debut when I was 15 years old in the first team.
7. What is the best thing about football?
   The feeling when you strike the ball.
8. What is your favourite pre-match food?
   Fish that’s not too heavy on the stomach.
9. Why is it important to you to show your support to United for Peace and to be a Peace Ambassador?
   Because I want to help children have a better life.
10. Which of today’s footballers is, in your opinion, the best role-model on and off the pitch? Why?
    Iniesta, because he’s so down to earth.
11. How can football influence people and society positively?
    Teamwork.
12. What has football meant to you as an individual?
    Everything.
13. What has been the most interesting or emotional encounter you have had through football?
    When I played against Maradonna for the first time and after the game we swopped shirts.
14. Do you think that football has any negative sides? If so, how should we deal with them?
    No I don’t.