Brit Award winning pop singer-songwriter Robert Peter Williams ( Take That, Robbie Williams ) is a soccer freak. He is a supporter of League One Port Vale Football Club in Stoke-on-Trent, his hometown in the United Kingdom.

Williams is a football investor / shareholder (£240,000 in Port Vale FC ).

“I’ve been a Port Vale fan all my life. When I was younger I was in the Railway Paddock and I used to dream about sitting in the chairman’s box.”

“Although I can’t be at the Vale often, my investment is just to say that my heart is still there and I’m a huge supporter. I’m really excited about what we may be able to do with the club in the future.”

Robbie is also an active soccer player. He’s been spotted, being a pretty talented juggler actually, playing with a ball on various occasions. He’s been joining a Bayern München ( Germany ) training session, playing with Tokio’s team Urawa Red Diamonds ( Japan), with Richard Witschge and Ruud Gullit before a concert in the Amsterdam Arena ( The Netherlands), …

This is a video of Robbie Williams playing football with Marcelo Tinelli in Argentina on stage before a concert :

As a UNICEF UK ambassador Robbie Williams organized Soccer Aid, a charity football match raising over £3 million for children in Africa and around the world. The event was a match between two teams of celebrities and World Cup legends, one representing England and the other the Rest of the World. This match was played in May 2006 at Old Trafford, Manchester.

English Team Celebrities and Soccer Legends :

* Robbie Williams
* David Gray
* Jamie Theakston
* Bradley Walsh
* Jonathan Wilkes
* Ben Shephard
* Ronnie O’Sullivan
* Damian Lewis
* Angus Deayton
* Dean Lennox Kelly
* David Seaman
* Tony Adams
* Paul Gascoigne
* Jamie Redknapp
* Les Ferdinand
* John Barnes
* Bryan Robson
* Graeme Le Saux

International Team Celebrities and Football Legends

* Gordon Ramsay ( Scotland )
* David Campese ( Australia )
* Patrick Kielty ( Northern Ireland )
* Eddie Irvine ( Northern Ireland )
* Gareth Thomas ( Wales )
* Ben Johnson ( Canada )
* Sergei Fedorov ( Russia )
* Brian McFadden ( Republic of Ireland )
* Alastair Campbell ( Scotland )
* Craig Doyle ( Republic of Ireland )
* Alessandro Nivola ( United States )
* Michael Greco ( Scotland )
* Gianfranco Zola ( Italy )
* Marcel Desailly ( France )
* David Ginola ( France )
* Dunga ( Brazil )
* Lothar Matthäus ( Germany )
* Peter Schmeichel ( Denmark )
* Diego Maradona ( Argentina )
* Ruud Gullit ( Netherlands )
* Gustavo Poyet ( Uruguay )

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