Daniil Medvedev is an avid football fan and his favourite team is FC Bayern Munich since he was 12 years old.
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."
