Meet international freestyle soccer champion Séan Garnier

By Glynda Alves

I developed a passion for this back in 2006 when I was a football player in France. However, I injured myself, after which I decided to do free styling as I couldn’t let go of the sport. It took me around 2-3 years to become really good at this.

My trade mark is the ‘T-shirt trick’. I did this trick against Neymar in 2011. It’s a trick in which you hide the ball in your T-shirt and you pretend that the ball is behind your opponent, but it’s still in your T-shirt. It is kind of like magician-freestyle football.

My favourite tune to freestyle to is ‘Party People’ by Disco Socks. I also like performing to house music with the right beats.

When I was in India three years ago, I performed in Delhi and I was surprised by the reaction of the people because they seemed to really enjoy it.