Name Daniel de | Role Footballer | |
Daniel Rooseboom de Vries (born 12 August 1980) is a Dutch freestyle footballer from Gorinchem, Netherlands.
In 2008, de Vries came third in the Redbull Street Style Freestyle European Championship in Austria, later reaching that quarter finals of the world finals in Brazil. and South Africa. He even won the national Dutch championships in 2009.
In 2011 daniel decided to focus more on organising and judging tournaments instead of actually competing . Daniel is the head judge in both the Open World Championships and Red Bull Street Style 2012 and 2013.
Daniel has performed in more than 40 countries, including three cup finals, several TV performances and he is one of the main characters in the Football Freestyle DVD 'CERO2. He even starred in a commercial of software company SAP and is the face of the worldwide Redbull Street Style campaign. In 2012 has got his own character in the video game FIFA street 4. Daniel is also the Vice President of the Freestyle Football Federation (F3)
He is sponsored by the Dutch clothing brands Montasoccer and Arise Sportswear.
Throughout the years de Vries has created an own style with signature tricks like the 'clock' where the puts the ball on the side on his head, lies on the floor and walks around like a ticking clock.
Nowadays he lives in Sweden, where he is performing all around the country and he is a well-known street artist in Stockholm as well.