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David James
This next player took smartness to the next level and after finishing the football career impressed everyone with the kind of job he started to do.
David James is the name we all associate with the weekly column in the Guardian and other sport related columns we find in the famous English newspaper.
So this is a fact that everyone knows he wasn’t so educated but during his football days he was known as the man of culture.
The former choice for England’s goalkeeper, David James made it clear that football can be a sport who blends with other activities.
So his first choice for side action, different from the field, was journalism discussing important issues in a weekly column in the famous English newspaper “The Guardian”.
Even though some say he finished his professional days as a goalkeeper, he still plays in the Icelandic Championship where he defends the goalie after leaving the English team Bournemouth.
Considering that soccer is the second choice for him now, the goalkeeper started other activities, that made him famous and also stated that he is one smart dude.
For example after showing his love for art he started to become a beat-poet and show the world that you can do sculptures from wax.
So if you don’t consider that he is one of the smartest soccer players, we come with some more news about him, and add the fact that this guy used his intelligence to help others.
He started a foundation who helps the Malawi people deal with some health, disease, food or other difficulties that the African country deals with.
Founder of the David James Foundation, modern art lover and artist, journalist and columnist, David James proves that culture, art and football can mix very well.
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