Soccer Wives and Girlfriends

Soccer Wives and Girlfriends

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If there's any sport where the wives and girlfriend (WAG) culture takes on a life of its own, then it would be soccer, where the players' other halves often take on a celebrity status that rivals the players themselves. Actress Lorena Bernal and husband, Spanish player Mikel Arteta (Everton), attend the MTV Europe Music Awards.

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Actress Michela Quattrociocche, fiancée of Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani (Liverpool), appears on the Italian TV show "Quelli che il calcio" ("Those that football").

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English catwalk and lingerie model Abbey Clancy, fiancée of English striker Peter Crouch (Spurs), poses in bodypaint for the 2010 SI Swimsuit Issue.

Model Danielle Lloyd and fiancé, English midfielder Jamie O'Hara (Portsmouth), attend the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

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Model Jamie Lee Darley, girlfriend of American midfielder Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), attends a Victoria's Secret Fashion Show viewing party.

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Model Debora Salvalaggio, fiancée of Portuguese footballer Vítor Hugo Gomes Passos (Real Valladolid), attends a fashion show in Milan.

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FC Internazionale Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder and his girlfriend, actress Yolanthe Cabau Van Kasbergen attend the attend a cocktail party for his team.

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Model Sarah Brandner, girlfriend of German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), poses in bodypaint for the 2010 SI Swimsuit Issue.

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Italian showgirl Alessia Ventura, fiancée of Italian striker Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), attends a show during Milan Fashion Week.

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Czech footballer and Arsenal team member Tomas Rosicky poses in '07 with then girlfriend (now wife), model Radka Kocurova, in Prague after receiving the Czech Republic's Player of the Year 2006 award.

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Model Alex Curran, wife of English midfielder Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), attends the Launch Party for Hilton Liverpool in England.

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Ex-Italian striker Christian Vieri's girlfriend, model Melissa Satta, poses in bodypaint for the 2010 SI Swimsuit Issue.

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Former Portuguese footballer Luis Figo and wife Helen Svedin attend a private dinner reception in Switzerland.

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Showgirl and model Ilary Blasi, wife of Italian World Cup-winning forward Francesco Totti (Roma), attends the Italian TV show "Chiambretti Night" in Milan.

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U.S. midfielder Clint Dempsey's wife Bethany poses in bodypaint for the 2010 SI Swimsuit Issue.

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Caroline Celico and husband, Brazilian midfielder Kaka (Real Madrid), attend an Alicia Keys concert in Madrid.

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Actress Sara Carbonero, girlfriend of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas (midfielder), was also in attendance to see Alicia Keys.

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Model Elena Santarelli, fiancée of Italian striker Bernardo Corradi (Udinese), attends a fashion show in Milan.

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Carly Zucker arrives at a restaurant in London with husband, Chelsea footballer Joe Cole.

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Technically, Amaia Salamanca is no longer a soccer WAG, although she's the ex-girlfriend of Real Madrid stars Sergio Ramos and Guti, but rules are made to be broken, so we're making an exception for her.