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The unexpected physical transformation of the Dutch Wesley Sneijder “Sniper”!

Piero-SVP

September 15, 2024

What happened to the Dutch Wesley Schneider or as his friends called him with the nickname “Sniper”?

He has just turned 37 years old, but from a physical point of view, he is no longer as we have come to remember him while he was playing for Real, Inter and the Netherlands, where he was one of the central pillars of the “Oranje” representative, runner-up in the 2010 World Cup…physical form now it remains a distant memory. In the closing years of his career, he played 4 years in Turkey, even winning the championship title with Gallatasaray, and a year later in the Champions League, he scored a goal against Juventus, eliminating him from the trophy so much desired for the “lady”.

In 2017, he was loaned to the French team of Nice, where he found his Inter teammate, Balotel. After 8 months, he signed a contract with Al-Gharafa. Then comes the divorce with his wife Yolanthe Cabau and in August of last year. 2019 heralds the complete withdrawal from football.

Then he enjoys life away from the fields and apparently exaggerates because within a short period of time he puts on 15 kg of body weight. On the steps of the Utrecht stadium, he is captured by the paparazzi in a photo in an overweight body shape… with dark glasses and a glass of drink in his hand. Are we sure it’s him? Yes, he is the hand himself, Wesley Schneider who could not stay completely away from the soccer ball and maybe he also feels the need to regain his physical form.

“I know very well that I have become too fat because I also have mirrors at home” – he says humorously to journalists in a recent interview. 2020 while he has decided to train with the amateur team of DHSC Utrecht of the 5th Dutch series. Although “Shnajperi” has resumed physical exercise, the former champion has not lost even 1 kg.