Juan Carlos Unzue keep scoring solidarity goals. The Barça exporter, who will be one of the DAZN commentators next season, will allocate his salary to the fight against ALS, the neurodegenerative disease that he announced that he suffered from two years ago and for which there is no cure.
“I will not charge anything to do this job. I want the full amount of my collaborations to be donated by DAZN to Foundations that work to support people with ALS and promote research into the disease, ”said the former Barça player upon announcing his signing on the platform.
Look, all the signings are crazy and don’t make any sense, but the DAZN FC captain’s armband has to go to Juan Carlos Unzué ❤️#LaLigaEnDAZN pic.twitter.com/HfQQKniexX
— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) August 5, 2022
It is not the only solidarity initiative that has been undertaken in recent months to raise funds against ALS. On August 24, a friendly and charity match will be played between Barça and Manchester City to raise as much as possible, which will be donated to the Luzón Foundation.
The benefits of ‘A full life’, the biography he has written with journalists, will also go to that end Marcos Lopez, Ramon Besa and Lu Martin.
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The Navarrese exporter, who also gave the chupinazo in the last San Fermines, will team up with former soccer players on DAZN Guti, Villa and Juanfran. A challenge that, at 55 years old, assures that he is excited. “That illusion for football. Excitement to explain, from my experience, what I see in the games and what the teams are doing. And also try to differentiate myself with a tactical sense”.
After hanging up the gloves, he worked as a coach, first as assistant Frank Rijkaard at Barça and after Luis Enriquein addition to being the holder of the bench for Numancia, Celta and Girona, his last club before ELA cut short his career as a coach.