Friday, April 9th, 2021
Five years, three kids, one date
Griezmann only ever becomes a father on April 8th
First the professional contract, then the births of three children in three different years: If Antoine Griezmann had to choose one day of the year to celebrate, it would be April 8th. The number of births is not (yet) a record.
Antoine Griezmann is the reigning world champion, top performer at FC Barcelona, in short one of the best footballers in Europe. The French international is also a family man, his son Alba was born on April 8, 2021. The 29-year-old proudly tweeted the birth of his third child at 10:24 a.m. by caesarean section. And thus caused a whole series of excited, curious and sometimes simply curious reactions. Because one day a year is enough for Griezmann to congratulate his offspring on their birthday.
The attacker has been in a relationship with Erika Choperena since 2011 and has been married for almost four years. They have three children together who also have something in common. Her birthday, exactly to the day: Mia, born on April 8, 2016. Amaro, born on April 8, 2018. And now Alba, born on April 8, 2021. A remarkable feat. If you scroll back when entering the dates in the calendar, you will find that at Griezmann, the desire to have children is apparently a topic for the summer break. According to the Reuters news agency, the probability of this coincidence occurring naturally is 1: 17.8 million.
Regardless of this, however, a fact that only very few families should come up with. And which at the same time raises questions. Will there be three small birthday cakes on April 8th or one big cake? Choperena wrote on Instagram that “April 8th is definitely our date”. However, three children with the same birthday are not enough for a record, as reported by Reuters. The American Cummins family managed the feat of bringing five children into the world on February 20 between 1952 and 1966.
In order to complete the calendar gimmick, April 8th is also a crucial date for the career of the 89-time French selection player. In 2010 he signed his first professional contract for Real Sociedad San Sebastian on that very same day, from where he moved to Atlético Madrid in 2014 and then to FC Barcelona in 2019.
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