El veintiuno de enero/January 21st
¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Marco Asensio! (1996- ) Photo from skysports.com. Click HERE A Spanish soccer player (and therefore not Latino, which is a term used in the United States to group together many different people from Spanish-speaking countries of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, but just too important to not highlight here!), Asensio is currently signed with Real Madrid through 2023. Born on the Balearic Islands of Spain (in Palma, Majorca) to a Dutch mother and a Spanish father, Asensio was named after legendary soccer player Marco Van Basten. When he was still only eight years old, his mother was saying that he would someday play for Real Madrid. She passed away (cancer) in the summer of 2011, when Asensio was only fifteen, and he now dedicates every goal he scores to her. He, his brother Igor (also a professional soccer player), and his father are close, and they were all clearly moved when Asensio si...