The world of music and sport are compatible

Redacción Alhambra
2025-04-23T16:08:43+02:00

Athletes and musicians, in some cases, share the same values ​​and sensibilities, primarily the desire to excel. Other times, as with tennis players and guitarists, they develop the same illness: tendonitis. There have been numerous times, after an intense professional career, when some decide to completely change sides and take up the guitar.

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This was the case, for example, with Mats Wilander, who after winning several Grand Slam titles, turned to music to play guitar with his rock group, the Clark Band. Within the Spanish guitar section, some flamenco greats, such as Jerez native Fernando Moreno, also claim to have had a passionate past as an athlete. Former Real Madrid player Esteban Granero, meanwhile, is a lover of the classical guitar and Spanish artists like Quique González. Without abandoning football, former Real Madrid midfielder Álvaro Benito founded the band Pignoise after suffering a serious injury. The legendary Julio Iglesias had previously followed a similar path, transitioning from soccer to vocalist. Returning to the world of tennis, Frenchman Yannick Noah, winner of the Roland Garros in 1993, decided to devote himself exclusively to the reggae genre. But it's not only tennis players and soccer players who have expressed their love for music. Within the motorsports world, Formula One driver Jaime Alguersauri is an expert DJ in his spare time, having recently released the album Organic Life. Another lover of dance floors and electronic music is Fonsi Nieto, who regularly spins at the Pachá nightclub in Ibiza. Two-time World Superbike champion James Toseland also formed Crash, with relative success. Gaizka Mendieta, a former member of Barça, has developed more melodic tastes with his Gasteiz Gang, which performed at the recent Benicassim Festival. In short, sport and music appeal equally.