Memphis Depay: Five Things You may not know about the Atletico Madrid striker

The
Netherlands
international
has
joined
the
Madrid
outfit,
penning
a
deal
till
2025.
The
former
Manchester
United
player
left
Barcelona
after
one
and
half
years
at
Camp
Nou,
scoring
14
goals
in
42
appearances
across
all
competitions.

Here
are
some
lesser-known
facts
about
Memphis
Depay-

Behind
only
Van
Persie:

Memphis
has
demonstrated
an
excellent
goalscoring
record
throughout
his
career.
So
much
so
that
at
the
last
World
Cup
in
Qatar
2022
he
became
the
second-highest
scorer
in
the
history
of
the
Netherlands
national
team,
scoring
43
goals
and
surpassing
Klass
Jaan
Huntelaar
(42).
He
is
now
only
behind
Robin
van
Persie,
who
scored
50
goals.
With
the
upcoming
assignments
with
the
national
team,
Depay
is
expected
to
cross
the
former
Arsenal
captain
and
get
his
name
at
the
top
of
the
goal
scorers
list.

A
very
special
Brazilian
Tattoo:

Memphis
scored
his
first
goal
for
the
Netherlands
at
the
2014
World
Cup,
scoring
in
a
3-2
group
stage
win
over
Australia.
He
has
since
commemorated
that
moment
with
a
tattoo
of
Rio’s
iconic
Christ
the
Redeemer
statue
alongside
the
date:
June
18th
2014.
He
has
almost
fifty
other
tattoos,
including
a
huge
lion
covering
his
back
and
wings
on
his
chest.

‘Memphis,’ please:

The
Dutchman
always
wears
‘Memphis’
on
the
back
of
his
shirt,
as
opposed
to
his
surname.
He
has
explained
that
it’s
a
decision
he
took
due
to
his
difficult
relationship
with
his
father,
who
left
the
family
when
he
was
just
four
years
old.

“Those
things
are
a
part
of
my
life,”
he
told
the
BBC
in
2015.

“It
is
not
part
of
football.
It
is
a
different
thing,
I
have
a
life
next
to
football.”

His
music
career
and
fashion
design:

As
well
as
his
on-field
goalscoring
prowess,
Memphis
has
produced
quite
a
few
‘bangers’
in
the
recording
studio
as
well!
He
loves
music
and
has
released
several
tracks,
starting
with
LA
Vibes
back
in
2017.
Over
the
years,
he
has
collaborated
with
well-known
Dutch
artists
such
as
Broederliefde,
Winne
and
Nana
Fofie.
Memphis
has
also
shown
an
interest
in
the
world
of
fashion,
as
he
has
his
own
clothing
line.

He
was
engaged
to
Lori
Harvey:

Memphis
was
engaged
to
Lori
Harvey,
the
step-daughter
of
American
TV
presenter
Steve
Harvey,
in
2017.

“This
young
man
is
a
good
one,”
Harvey
said
at
the
time
on
his
Twitter
profile.
In
the
end,
though,
they
broke
the
engagement
off
as
the
pair
split.