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REFILE TO ADD EXTRA QUOTES Favourite Barber Of Bundesliga Stars So Popular, They Even Dedicate Their Goals To Him

This is the favourite barber of the Bundesliga’s biggest footballing stars who is so popular, some have even been dedicating their goals to him.

Alexandru Giurgiu, 31, better known online as Alex the Barber, has been living in the German state of Bavaria since 2016, and he opened his salon in the town of Geretsried in 2019.

Also that year, he won the Barber Battle competition in the German capital Berlin.

Alex (right) pictured with Leon Dajaku (left) a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Sunderland in England. (@alexthebarber_21/Newsflash)

In just a few months, Alex built up such a reputation that Bayern Munich stars were soon walking through his door.

He told Newsflash: “I can talk to footballers about absolutely anything, they are not arrogant at all, even if sometimes they seem a bit aloof on TV.

“But they are not like that at all. We talk about everything from football to personal life. Most of them, besides being clients, are also my friends.”

Giurgiu Alexandru did a hairstyle for Chris Richards who is an American professional soccer player that represents the United States, national team. (@alexthebarber_21/Newsflash)

Alex, who has been cutting hair since he was 15 years old, said his first famous customer was former Bayern star Oliver Batista Meier, who now plays for Dynamo Dresden.

After hearing good things about the new salon in Geretsried, the winger wrote to the hairdresser on Instagram and then booked an appointment.

Within no time, other Bundesliga stars were soon coming into his barber’s shop to get their locks trimmed, including RB Leipzig midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, American defender Chris Richards, who is on loan at Hoffenheim from Bayern Munich, and Bayern attacker Jamal Musiala.

Giurgiu Alexandru did a hairstyle for Alphonso Davies who is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger, left-back, or forward for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in Germany. (@alexthebarber_21/Newsflash)

Canadian star Alphonso Davies, also with Bayern, followed in 2021, and the pair filmed a comedy video together that went viral on Instagram. Alex said he now counts the Bayern player among his buddies.

The Romanian hairdresser is so popular with German football stars that Red Bull Salzburg striker Karim Adeyemi even dedicated a goal celebration to him on his birthday on 21st August.

After scoring a goal in the third minute, Adeyemi formed an ‘A’ with his fingers, with Alex describing the gesture as “super nice” and one he “will never forget”.

Giurgiu Alexandru did a hairstyle for Alphonso Davies who is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger, left-back, or forward for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in Germany. (@alexthebarber_21/Newsflash)

Alex also boasts over 7,000 followers on Instagram, where he shares photographs of every head he has had the pleasure to have known.

He added: “It was a hobby as a child, from the age of 15. It was one of my dreams.

“In 2016, when I came to Germany with a friend, I started working as a courier and after a while, I worked at a salon here. After three years in Germany, I opened my own salon.

Giurgiu Alexandru did a hairstyle for Alphonso Davies who is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger, left-back, or forward for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in Germany. (@alexthebarber_21/Newsflash)

“I came to realise that this is one of my hobbies due to the hairdresser who accidentally made a hole in my hair when I was getting a haircut and nothing could be done, and after that, I went with my father shopping and I saw a hair clipper.

“And so I started to trim myself and then my football friends and colleagues, but especially my father.

“I always had a desire to cut a football player’s hair, but I did not expect everything to be so fast and to reach the highest level, with even international players.”

Giurgiu Alexandru did a hairstyle for Lucas Hernandez who is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in Germany. (@alexthebarber_21/Newsflash)

Speaking to others who want to make a success of their lives, he said: “For those who have a dream and want it to come true, everything is possible. Work hard, be motivated and focused on what you like to do, don’t care about the opinion of others, as there are a lot of negative or envious people around, and we should simply ignore them.”

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