Dutch football star Clarence Seedorf converts to Islam

The Dutch football legend Clarence Seedorf has announced that he has converted to Islam, the 45-year-old said on Friday from his official Instagram account. Clarence Seedorf played for many big-name clubs, including Ajax, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan, throughout his remarkable career. Seedorf said: “A special thanks to all the nice messages in celebration of me joining the Muslim family”.

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Last year, Seedorf joined former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, one of the most prominent Muslim athletes in recent decades, to launch the Seedorf Khabib Performance Club, a football academy they said would use a “unique training methodology” that fuses football and mixed martial arts.

Source: Andalou Agency