Hundreds of participants presented videos showing their abilities to present their countries at the 60th anniversary of the European Championship and two of the greatest names of freestyle football world - former world champion Liv Cooke and Norwegian former European champion Tobias Becs have made a shortlist for each location by selecting among these videos.
After reviewing the shortlisted videos, the fans determined their winners by selecting two freestyle players representing each host country. These 24 selected freestylers will unite around Skillzy, the official talisman of UEFA Euro 2020, during the preparation for the tournament and the official cup tour, as well as during the competitions and matches and in the fan zones.
Amsterdam – Laura Dekker, Jesse Marlet
Baku – Kader Alimova, Nugzar Kvirtiya
Bilbao – Paloma Mayo, Alejandro Portilla
Bucharest – Ioana Andreea, Stefan Florescu
Budapest – Kitti Szász, Zoltán Lipták
Copenhagen – Maymi Asgari, Christopher Bach
Dublin – Ella Steele, Sam Madden
Glasgow – Joe Ashworth, David Mennie
London – Aguśka Mnich, Scott Penders
Munich – Dana Embacher, Samuel Weller
Rome – Anastasia Bagaglini, Antonio Colella
St Petersburg – Svetlana Kovaleva, Igor Oleynik
“Due to the big number of freestylers it was very difficult to decide who should be included into a shortlist. The winners have already been selected. I am looking forward to meeting with everyone and sharing this amazing experience with them. Undoubtedly, the winners will bring skills and colors to the most exciting Euro tournament in history”, - said Becs, a 27-year-old repeated European freestyle champion.
Cooke, a 20-year-old freelance world record holder for four times and ambassador of UEFA Women's Football, said: “It was a rare opportunity both for me and the winners to represent the freestyle football in 12 different countries together with local talents. Regardless of whether they go to play in Baku or Bilbao, Glasgow or Rome, fans will be able to watch the best freestylers and street players in Europe. This is going to bring a whole new level to the tournament and I hope it can inspire people to try it out”.
Freelance football is associated with street football, panna and other forms of gaming skills. It has common features with dance and even gymnastics and is also closely related to music. Freestyle football is not a game - it is an expression of creativity and artistic performance.
To find out more about the UEFA Euro-2020 freelancers, please visit www.euro2020.com/your-move.
