AC Milan winger Rafael Leão joins GQ Sports to reveal his 10 Essentials. The Portuguese footballer breaks down his daily essentials: from his Dyson OnTrac headphones (“when I put these headphones on, no one can bother me”) to his Patek Philippe watch (“I think it’s important to wear a watch”). Watch the full episode of GQ Sports’ 10 Essentials, as football sensation Rafael Leão reveals 10 things he can’t live without.
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00:00Any teammates that have bad taste in music?
00:02Yeah, the Italians, but the Italian rap is good.
00:07What's up, GQ? I'm Rafael Leal. This is my 10 essentials.
00:19Football.
00:22It's my best friend on the pitch, outside the pitch.
00:26This is the object I used to play with when I was a kid.
00:31Because of this, I dreamed of becoming a football player.
00:35If I wasn't a football player, I would be a basketball player
00:38because I like the lifestyle, I like the way they play.
00:41I think the atmosphere of the NBA stadium and everything around them is really nice.
00:48Being a football player is really, really difficult.
00:51Being in a good position on the field, I think it's a lot of things.
00:55I think it's difficult for an NBA player.
01:00It's a sweet from Portugal. I could eat it already.
01:04It's one of the famous sweets from Portugal.
01:08You guys should go to Portugal, I mean Lisbon.
01:11It's a great city, nice weather, nice food.
01:14It's about meat and fish, and you got also this kind of sweet.
01:19I was in France, but the food between Portugal and Italy is kind of the same.
01:23Of course, the pasta is way better than Portugal, but I really like the food.
01:31This is a band I received from a kid when I was going to the warm-up.
01:35I really cared about energy.
01:37When I was going to the warm-up, I saw the kid with that band, smiling.
01:41The way the kid gave me that band was really different, the energy.
01:46He was smiling to me, saying,
01:48Rafa, this one will give you luck.
01:51Every game of AC Milan, I'm wearing this because it gives me luck.
01:55Kids bring a lot of energy, so it was a dream come true for him.
02:00You play in AC Milan or you play in the low league,
02:04it's about enjoying, being yourself and being happy.
02:09Headphones from Dyson.
02:11Comfortable, I can hear louder.
02:13To go to the gym, go to the games, to be focused.
02:18When I put on the headphones, no one can bother me.
02:21R and L, Rafael Leal.
02:23It's not right or left, it's Rafael Leal.
02:26Respect.
02:27I like Roddy Ricch, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Gunna.
02:31I write my own songs.
02:33I like to talk about my lifestyle, struggle, about my family.
02:36It's a kind of hobby, to be a way of football, to be a way of people.
02:40With the music, I try to give my fans a message to never give up.
02:45Never stop dreaming, love your family, live for something,
02:49try to do something to be proud of you.
02:53I chose my watch.
02:55It's a Patek Philippe, very comfortable to wear.
02:58I can wear this when I'm going to the gym, when I'm going to the training,
03:01because I can't be distracted with this one.
03:04I think for a man, it's important to wear a watch.
03:07I have a crazy story.
03:08I was in Portugal and I moved to France.
03:11I bought a house for my mom, for my dad.
03:14I'm done, I can't buy my stuff.
03:16I bought a Rolex, it was my first Rolex.
03:19And I was like, I called my dad and said,
03:21Dad, I just bought a Rolex.
03:23One month later, I was going to Portugal with my friends
03:25and he asked me, can I wear your watch in the plane?
03:28And I said to him, yeah, okay, bro, take it.
03:31Then he put it, you know like when you can't put your stuff in the plane,
03:34in front of you?
03:35He put the watch there and he fell asleep.
03:37We arrived in Portugal, we brought our stuff, na-na-na.
03:39And I was asking, bro, where is my watch?
03:42Oh, I forgot in the plane.
03:43I lost my first Rolex like this.
03:46And I was really mad at him, but you know, life.
03:49He was my best friend, so I couldn't be mad at him for years.
03:53I stayed mad like one week and after, I just hug him like,
03:57bro, no worries, I got you.
04:01This is a cream.
04:03A lot of people say I have nice skin.
04:05Morning, afternoon, I wake up, take my shower,
04:07to put this kind of cream.
04:09So it feels really good for the skin.
04:12And also lip balm is really important,
04:13because sometimes your lips, they are dry, so lip balm.
04:18This is my collection with AC Milan.
04:20Really personal.
04:22You can see the waves in the back.
04:24You can see the message.
04:26Every day, it's a new wave.
04:28Every day is a day of surfing.
04:30You need to search your wave.
04:33And also you need to be there,
04:34because sometimes you will fall off,
04:37but you need to keep going.
04:38I just keep that in my lifestyle,
04:41about my family and everything.
04:43Struggle.
04:43I think it's cool.
04:44Streetwear, my style.
04:45Thank you AC Milan for the collab.
04:49My phone is here in social.
04:51My best friend, I used to...
04:52I live alone, so I'm always with him.
04:56To talk with my family, to post my stuff on Instagram.
05:00By the way, I have two.
05:01One Portuguese number and the other one Italian number.
05:06If one turns off, I have the other one.
05:09TikTok is crazy.
05:10TikTok is a drug.
05:13No, no, no.
05:14You go there like to stay one minute,
05:16you stay like one hour, two hours.
05:19Sunglasses.
05:20Sometimes I want to be discreet with my family.
05:24When I don't want to get pictures.
05:26I think in Portugal it's okay,
05:27but in Italy, even if I put sunglasses,
05:31yeah, they recognize me.
05:33I think it's the way the person approach.
05:36But yeah, in beginning was a little bit strange.
05:40But at the same time was like people recognize me.
05:43I'm doing good.
05:44So yeah, I was pretty happy.
05:48Durag.
05:49It's really important to protect my hair from sofa,
05:54bed can broke your hair.
05:56It's a kind of culture of people
06:00because they used to wear this kind of Durag.
06:03But I was the black one.
06:06Thank you guys.
06:09See you next time.