The popularity of streaming platforms, especially Twitch, has led to the popularization of the figure of the streamer in the content creation community, and has been presented as an opportunity for someone to entertain a diverse audience by talking or playing games. from video games.

That’s why players, both active and retired, and even coaches have been encouraged at some point to go live on the app and even create their own YouTube channels.

Sergio “Cun” Aguero (former football player)

With more than 4.5 million followers on Twitch, Segio Aguero is a character directly connected to the world of football, with the highest audience in the world. The former striker of the national team, Manchester City and Barcelona has accumulated two years of streaming, in which he met such prominent figures as Ibai Llanos, Jmario and others.

After retiring from football due to health problems, Aguero launched his e-sports team KRÜ, in addition to his own 7-a-side football team, Kuni Sports, which participates in the Kings League, an entertainment project. Free to stream on Twitch and created by Gerard Pique, a former Barcelona player from Spain.

Gerard Pique (former footballer)

He briefly worked as a streamer before continuing his career as a central defender for Barcelona and in contact with content creator Ibai Llano, he participated in various projects in collaboration with the young streamer, such as creating the KOI e-sports team. The World Balloon Championship and recently the Kings League.

Although he doesn’t currently broadcast live, as he focuses mostly on his business career, he appears regularly on the Kings League Twitch channel, the league of which he is the president and general manager, and which has amassed 1.6 million views. The following platform.

Neymar Jr. (PSG player)

The Brazil national team and Paris Saint-Germain star of the French league came to Twitch in 2021 during his confinement due to Covid-19, a time that also coincided in some cases with the Spaniards. Streamers Ibai Llanos, Auronplay and others who are the most prominent in the community.

Its main content was not based on football, but on video games such as Call of Duty, although it also experimented with other types of content, building a fan community of more than 2 million people. However, from February of the same year, the Brazilian winger did not broadcast regularly.

Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez (Los Angeles Galaxy player)

Unlike Neymar, Los Angeles Galaxy’s Mexican forward Javier Hernandez has managed to balance his time as an active professional soccer player with his career as a streamer, particularly focused on playing video games and Call Of Duty: Warzone, which has led to building a community of over 851,400 with people following his channel on Twitch.

As a result of his exposure and career as a content creator, Ibay Llanos and Gerard Pique were approached to be in the Kings League as a player to mark the first date of the seven-a-side football championship.

Luis Enrique (former coach of the Spanish national team)

In celebration of the recent World Cup, the former coach of the Spanish national team decided to increase communication and contact with the team’s followers by starting regular streams on Twitch. The initiative has created a community of more than 843,600 followers on the platform, whose financial contributions have been collected to be donated to the Children’s Palliative Care Center in Barcelona.

After Spain’s exit from the World Cup in Qatar, the tactician made his last appearance on the platform with Ibay Llano and announced that he would no longer do this live broadcast.

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