As with many Europeans Daniil Medvedev grew up around football and the Russian has watched the sport since she was six years old. He truly became devouted to the sport and his Bayern Munich fandom at age 12 explaining:
"To be honest, I really fell in love with soccer and with Bayern when I was maybe 12 years old. That's when it really started. But even before that, when I was 6 years old, I remember that I already liked Bayern. They were really good at that time and I remember telling my parents that Bayern is playing, we need to watch it."
Initially, Medvedev cheered for a local team however lack of success prompted a switch:
"When I was younger I supported CSKA Moscow, but they were not playing in the Champions League or when they were playing in it, they would often lose. So I needed a team in Europe that I can support and be a fan of. So I remembered that I really liked Bayern and said: That's my team now."
Medvedev was a very devoted fan never missing a game or practice. Since he got better at tennis that changed as he has less free time to do that but he still consumes Bayern content every day:
"But I follow Bayern every day on Tour. There is a Russian social media channel for Bayern where you can follow all the news and what is going on. I read that every day."
Daniil Medvedev: "I fell in love with football & Bayern when I was 12. It started right there. But I liked Bayern a lot before that. I remember when I was 6, and Bayern were really good at the beginning of the 2000s, I always told my parents: Bayern play, we've to watch" [@spox]
