There are no impossible dreams for those who work with passion. Alejandro Olivathe soul behind Oliva Barberbegan by cutting his hair in Fuenlabrada until he launched eight years ago A dream of which he never wants to wake up. A few days ago, he left his neighborhood and He got on a plane towards Palm Beach. Fate: The Real Madrid concentration hotel in Miami To serve the players before the game in front of the Juventus.
Oliva poses for brand in Miami.
What for others would be an impossible dream, for him it was A day of more than ten hours without stopping where he attended players, physiotherapists, coaching staff, utilleros … “Everything that was put ahead, I took the scissors, took the machinilla and fixed him “it has naturalness, while performing another cut in full interview. Oliva, as everyone calls him, offers closeness, respect and loyalty that he does not understand distances. And that is something that is not achieved with all the money in the world. “The most important thing is to treat them like what they are, normal people. Above all they want naturalness for normal things: play, vacations and things like this. What we are least talked about is football, “he tells MARK.
It all started with Vitolo … and Atlético
For every story there is always a start … and in the young Madrid hairdresser the first stone would put it Vitolo. When the canary reached Atlético de MadridOliva went home in The farm To make a haircut to a footballer who had contacted him on social networks after watching videos on Instagram. An unexpected trip that would end up opening the door of the entire squad. “Like the mouth of the neighborhood, because mouth mouth in the soccer locker room made the rest”he says. And so it was … until he arrived in Fede Valverde.
Carvajal took care of the issue of haircut and was the one who assumed the responsibility of paying me
His first experience with the 8 of Madrid did not see or come. He called him Vitolo to ask for a favor … and when he arrived at the hospital for cut a newborn hair To fulfill a Uruguayan tradition (not even six hours) he realized that the commission was from the Valverde family and his son Benicio. From there his relationship has done nothing but grow until he ends up traveling more than 7,000 kilometers to continue sharing anecdotes. “The truth is that when Fede proposed, he obviously could not tell him not”explains a MARK In Miami for a report in which he appeared with the shirt of the last game of Uruguayan in the Club World Cup. “I had to wash it because I was soaked and I wanted to put it today”He joked.
Valverde costs the trip … and Carvajal pays the cuts
Oliva and Carvajal pose for a photograph after the haircut at the Madrid concentration hotel.
The trip, With flights, hotel and car includedwas paid for Fede Valverde (“The footballer who invites me … is the one who pays me the trip”), one of the players with whom Oliva has forged a sincere and lasting friendship. A gesture that says a lot about the type of relationship they have built. But it was Dani Carvajal Who, at the end of the day, assumed the cost of the service to fulfill another unknown function of every captain. “He took care of the issue of haircut and It was the one who assumed the responsibility of paying me. Normally it is the captain whenever I go to a team that cuts my hair and then I tell you all the players I have cut, staff people, fisios … and then it is the one who pays me“, tells before joking with a hypothetical haircut to Florentino Pérez. “Yes, yes, obviously, everything that was put in front, took the scissors, took the machin and fixed him.” Many cuts on an intense day in which he ensures that he would do it totally free Because he is living a dream.
Fede wrote to me in the morning: 'The 10 wants to cut with you, don't get nervous' … and I screwed up
The message that put it to tremble
In an impromptu room of the hotel, Oliva was passing the machinilla to comply with an office that has sneaked into the superstitions of the players. A ritual in the previous parties that helps them disconnect for a while and take care of their imagewhich has become fundamental to meet sports marketing, the influence of social networks and the management of personal brand. “I arrived at one thirty, just they eat one, and I threw almost until eleven o'clock at night because I had to wait for Brahim and Ceballosthat could only be cut after dinner. “
Oliva cuts the hair to the brand editor while conducting the interview.
“The one who made me special illusion was Luka Modric. In fact, Fede wrote to me in the morning: 'The 10 wants to cut with you, don't get nervous' … and I screwed up“, snort like the one who knows that he has been very close to fulfilling a dream, one in which he trusts that it can be achieved in New York. Of course, there is something that is very clear: “I don't want anything to pay me, I just want your shirt”. And the trip was planned for a week … but it is already moving threads to continue enjoying the experience. “I am looking at hotels and flights to take advantage since I am here, I know another city and keep watching football. Is what I did in the Qatar WorldI was going to stay a week and in the end I stayed 15 or 20 days, “he says. That tournament cut his hair to players from Portugal, Mexico, Belgium, Spain and Uruguayamong many others. Come on, it was the World Cup hairdresser. Like now.
Change of look in Madrid … and a dream of accomplished
This is the story of a barber who never stopped believing. And today shows that, when you do things with your heart, fate always rewards you. “Well, the one who changed the look to Dani Ceballos, who has been called Moicano all year and surprised me. He asked me for a change of look, he told me that he trusted me and that he did a little more or less what I saw and well, I think I am quite satisfied“He jokes before thanking everything that is happening to him.
Honestly, I'm not here for money. When I started cutting my hair, I never imagined that I would be in a Champions League final and thanks to Fede I already had two
“Honestly, I'm not here for money. When I started cutting my hair I never imagined that I was going to be in a Champions Final and thanks to Fede Valverde I already had two finals, two victories, I was in the Eurocup Cutting the selection that we were champions, “he says about a person who has marked him a lot. But he is not the only one.” I have known Fede for 5 years, who was barely played in Madrid. Now I have created a friendship with him, a link that I hardly have with other players. Morata, for me is one of the players who have best treated me and what best contributes to me. Whenever I asked for anything, he has always done everything possible to be there“He says.
