Drake's Complete History as a Soccer Fan

More than just swervin' with Balotelli.

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It’s no secret that Drake is a supporter of Manchester City, unless of course you’ve seen him hanging out with Rio Ferdinand decked out in United gear. There was also the time he trained with Chelsea and took pics with his boy, Didier Drogba. Well, it looks like it’s not so easy to tell where the Toronto-based rapper’s allegiances truly lie when it comes to the beautiful game. Since his first display of soccer knowledge back in 2007, Drake has made songs about and hung out with Mario Balotelli, kicked it with Rio Ferdinand, and been seen with Arsenal youngster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. He has shown support for numerous clubs, countries, and players, and professed his love for the FIFA franchise. Regardless of who October’s Very Own supports, one thing is clear, Drake is a big soccer fan. In an attempt to make some sense of the madness we combed through the lyrics, pictures, and Tweets to capture, Drake’s Complete History as a Soccer Fan. 

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Name-dropping a Manchester United Legend

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Dropping by The Red Half of Manchester to Talk Shop

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Weezy and Drizzy Love a Game of FIFA

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Meeting Drogba and Then Becoming Anti-Social

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Drake Takes In Manchester City-Sunderland

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Dining With Balotelli

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Does He Even Know Who Tom Cleverley Is?

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Trains With Chelsea After a Match

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Drizzy Poses with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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Checking Out Chelsea vs. Barcelona's Champions League Tie

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Date: 4/18/2012
Support shown for: Chelsea

Two weeks later, Chelsea had another Champions League tie to navigate, but against Barcelona this time. Of course, it was no problem for Drake to get tickets to the match. Drogba, his favorite player, must've felt that OVO pressence that night, because he scored the match's lone goal to give Chelsea a critical 1-0 lead to bring back to the Nou Camp.

Shows Love for Jerome Boateng

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Defending His Footy Fandom After a Chelsea Match

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Brothers in Blue

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Y.O.S.O

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Congratulating Chelsea

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Probably Destroying J. Cole in FIFA

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Rapping His Love For FIFA

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Attending the Euro 2012 Final

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Looking Excited To Rep the Ivory Coast

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Enough Said, Indeed

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Home KICKing

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There's Only One MB45

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Showing Instagram Love For Mario Balotelli

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Showing Love to the Soccer Playing Youth of Toronto

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T-Shirts With His Own Balotelli Lyrics

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Pointing At An Excited Tim Cahill

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Repping OVO Messi At the Airport

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OVO Balotelli is Very, Very Real

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Waking Up in a New Balotelli Jersey

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Surprising Gamers At E3

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Balotelli Started From the Bottom, Too

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Partying With Drogba in Miami

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We are FIFA

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Going Behind the FIFA 14 Scenes

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