Midfield Magicians: Fernando Redondo, gentleman, scholar and deep-lying playmaker supreme
Each April, it is difficult to navigate footballing social channels without being witness to a moment of skill that has come to define Fernando Redondo.
The midfielder’s assist for Real Madrid against Manchester United during a Champions League quarter-final clash between the sides has become his signature highlight in an era in which internet reels pay tribute to talents of the past.
Redondo’s assist, a bamboozling of Henning Berg near the Old Trafford touchline before assisting Raul, was as maverick as it was magic, a microcosm of a gifted midfielder who helped reestablish Real Madrid at the pinnacle of European football.
Redondo’s career never scaled the heights of individual acclaim or international honours, but he made a permanent impression on the history of arguably world football’s most prestigious club. His rise began in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Born into comparative privilege when assessed against several South American success stories, he found his calling with a ball at his feet, influenced in part by the career of his footballing father, Fernando Senior.
Argentinos Juniors were the side to spot his precocious ability, as Redondo was introduced into the system of a club that had produced the likes of Diego Maradona and José Pekerman before him.
Technical and tenacious, he appeared a step ahead of those around him as the Argentine side sought to develop his precocious talent and eradicate an occasional tendency to overelaborate in...
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