They are very popular on social media with their viral videos, they have hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTokbut one evening a week you can find them on the 7-a-side football fields of Varesecommitted to challenging young (and not so young) enthusiasts and professionals of our local football.
They are Sergio Cruz Pereira (644 thousand followers and almost 30 million likes on Tik Tok and 418 thousand followers on Instagram) and Sergej Luca Piccirillo (795 thousand followers on TikTok and 126 thousand on Instagram). The first, born in 1988, is a talented striker who grew up in Brazil and arrived in Italy with the hope of becoming a footballer, with several championships between Serie C and Serie D behind him; the second is from 2000 and is a goalkeeper, he was born in Ukraine and grew up in Atalanta’s youth team, also moving from Legnano to Serie D without too much luck.
Both are “real” players, but above all creators on social mediathey publish videos with challenges and sketches involving shots and saves with characters from the world of the web and beyond on their profiles (sergio_cp7 and sergej.gk). They are also very strong on YouTube (Sergio Cruz’s channel has 430 thousand subscribers and Sergej Piccirillo’s 321 thousand) and are part of the Italian national creators.
Both play in the Goat7 Leaguean Italian format that follows the one launched in Spain by former Barcelona player Piquè, but you can also find them on the pitches of Varese during the week: both play with MM Auto in the Italia League, a tournament now in its twelfth edition which is disputed between San Carlo, Morazzone and Capolago. Two web stars who light up the 7-a-side football evenings in Varesotto.
