Antoine Griezmann, nicknamed “the little prince” entered the Grévin museum on March 6. “Proud and happy” to see his statue alongside Kylian Mbappé, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, the French striker was accompanied by his family during this inauguration evening. The opportunity to tell us about his life as a dad and his children.
Antoine Griezmannwho will turn 32 on March 21, now has a wax statue of him at the Grévin museum ! The striker of the France team who currently plays for Atletico Madrid, and who recently scored his 150th goal, said to himself “very happy and proud” to be among the other stars of football, alongside Kylian Mbappé, Pelé, Zinedine Zidane, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimović or Ronaldo. “It’s weird to see her double, I find her very successful and very well done“said the player. Antoine Griezmann is delighted to be “a good example for young people” who will now be able to pose and immortalize photos with their favorite football player.
“I try to be an exemplary (and strict) dad”
During this inauguration evening, “Grizou” was accompanied by his parents, his wife and his children. Mia, Amaro and Alba’s dad confided in the Journal des Femmes on his life as a dad and in particular on his organization between matches and his family life. “At the moment, it’s going much better because we don’t have any more matches during the week, so it gives me more time with them.”. It is in Barcelona thatAntoine Griezmann and his wife Erika Choperena live with their three children who will soon celebrate 7 years (Mia), 5 years (Amaro) and 2 years (Alba). “I try to be an exemplary and quite strict dad. I try to give them all the love I can and they deserve“, entrusts us the star of the round ball.
The three children of Antoine Griezmann born on April 8, just like the sculptor of Grévin!
The birth of Mia, Amaro and Alba has something to surprise the world over since the three children of Antoine Griezmann (who nevertheless wears the number 7) were born on the same date: April 8. One could initially think of a birth trigger so that the player can attend the birth of his children, he who is often on the other side of the world, but none of that. “It’s not sought, nor wanted, it’s like that, but it’s also a day engraved forever for the whole family, especially between brothers and sisters“. Ironically, the sculptor of the Grévin museum, Stéphane Barret, was also born on April 8!
The statue of Antoine Griezmann made during the Covid
To make his statue, Stéphane Barret and the Grévin museum team visited Antoine Griezmann in Barcelona. But the inauguration was postponed due to the Covid. “We started in January 2020, we went to see him in Barcelona to discuss the pose, see the expression, take pictures and scan, mold his hands, define the color of the teeth and eyes”, the sculptor tells us. It then takes him between 5 and 8 weeks to mold the head. “The confrontation meeting fell the week when everything was blocked and we have postponed the deadline since 2020. There was the Covid, then the World Cup… We had to wait a bit to move forward in the processStill, the haircut of the Griezmann statue couldn’t be adapted to the footballer’s new trend cut, with pink hair.