Nakata in Calvin Klein Ad

Hidetoshi Nakata
Thanks to Julie for this.
Hey Siegfried, here’s some eye candy for you.
Seriously, I think it’s great that Calvin Klein is diversifying their portfolio of models. I saw Nakata when he first started playing. When I was in Japan, he was the #1 guy on the soccer team. My roommate was a British dude who played soccer, and he idolized Nakata.
There is a WOWO-ish idea related to Nakata. When Nakata was first starting, he was young and brash, and a reporter asked him how it felt to be talented (see any of our “Talent” posts). Nakata said that he had no talent whatsoever, and that he felt he was just doing what anyone could do. My roommate got pissed off when he said that. My roommate said, “Does he know how many people would KILL to have what he has?”
Anyway, he’s retired from soccer. It looks like he’s still doing his advertising and getting endorsements though. Good for him.