Zhang Xinyu, 23, is China's No 1 online football baby. Zhang, who first came to Beijing to work as a model in 2008, has gradually developed her career in the city and expanded into singing and acting.
She is also the spokeswoman for an ongoing national contest of football babes for the upcoming World Cup. The outspoken Zhang shares with METRO her understanding of football and the role of a football baby.

METRO: How do you feel about football?

Zhang: I don't love football and I don't really know much about football. But it is very exciting. I still remember some matches I watched during the 2002 World Cup when I was a middle school student back in my hometown, Kunshan, Jiangsu province. I cried and felt like my heart was breaking when I saw Chinese men playing on the field.
METRO: What about football babies? What makes a football baby?

Zhang: A football baby is the face of football and represents football. I think confidence and the ability to bring people together are all very important. As a football baby, I have to play wild sometimes to show the passion of a football game but sometimes I also have the responsibility to get the fans together.
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Apr 4 2010, 10:35 PM, updated 16y ago
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