Gini Wijnaldum 30 years
Gini Wijnaldum turned 30 today, a special milestone. Since the beginning of 2019, we have been part of Team Gini and have witnessed many amazing moments. This is a small compilation of the personal, sports and digital highlights during this period.
Pioneer in Music & Sports
Gini has a great love for music and a good feel for the latest hits. Almost two years ago, he launched his first playlist on Spotify, the Matchday Mix. Made up of tracks he likes to listen to during warm-ups before games and listens. Gini was one of the first athletes to launch such a playlist, his lists on already have more than 40,000 followers and can be listened to on all major streaming services.
In the corona period followed the Cooldown Mix, the counterpart of the Matchday Mix with music for while relaxing. Recently, Gini was the first athlete with guest playlist on TikTok. The playlist even topped the Sounds Page on TikTok UK for several days. Updates to his playlists are announced weekly on Friday on his social media, with a selection of his favorite new tracks and suggestions from his fans.
Gini Giveaway
Gini is in awe of getting close to fans and sharing unique experiences with them. He has already raffled off spots in his skybox at Liverpool several times among his fans on social media. The fans were allowed to participate in a sumptuous dinner before the game, and Gini was not shy about spending an hour chatting with them afterwards.
In cooperation with the soccer platform 433, Gini organized another cool win action. And recently, he raffled off 4 season tickets for his youth club Sparta among his followers, to give fans and club a boost during the corona period.
The World's Greatest Football Awards
Liverpool looked set to founder against Barcelona in the first game of the 2019 Champions League semifinals, they fell behind 3-0 at Camp Nou. Hopes of a comeback had already been given up by many. But in the return at Anfield, Liverpool completely made up the deficit, thanks in part to two fantastic goals from Gini. The comeback of the century, starring Gini.
His social media flooded with comments, new followers and he was written about in all sports media. At that time, Gini was one of the most talked about stars in the entire world.
A month later, Liverpool finished the job, winning the Champions League by beating Tottenham Hotspur in the final. During the parade in Liverpool, where hundreds of thousands of fans were in attendance, Gini's fans were able to follow along via his livestream on Instagram. They even witnessed live the moment Gini dropped his phone in the crowd and got it back from an observant fan.
The following season, Liverpool was stronger than ever, with Gini in the starting lineup, Liverpool won the Premier League in historic fashion for the first time in 30 years. Unfortunately, due to the corona-lockdown, fans were unable to celebrate the moment in person. For this, Gini launched a special Instagram filter that allowed fans worldwide to digitally join the party anyway.
Gini also experienced a great period with the Dutch national team. Orange qualified for a major tournament for the first time in a long time. And Gini made his debut as captain in a game where he immediately scored a hat trick and seized the moment to make a statement against racism together with Frenkie de Jong.
Family and Photography
Gini is a loyal and caring person a has a special bond with his friends and family. Since he discovered the love of photography, he also captures his special, personal moments in beautiful images.
From his vacations in Dubai where he gave fans an inside look into his daily life in collaboration with the lifestyle platform Men With Class to the photos of his infant son Julián just after his birth.
Gini's fans get genuine insight into Gini's life both on and off the soccer field, he tries to involve his fans as closely as possible with his own experiences. As far as we are concerned, this makes him one of the most intriguing soccer players in the world.
NTXLI wishes Gini an incredibly happy birthday and many more wonderful moments to come!
