Euro 2024: Why does Denmark ahead Yussuf Poulsen have “Yurary” on the again of his shirt?

Denmark striker Yussuf Poulsen celebrating his purpose in opposition to Russia, to ship his nation into the Euro 2020 knockouts, turned a picture that can stay with anybody that noticed it.

The Dane performed much less because the event progressed, with coach Kasper Hjulmand preferring Kasper Dolberg up high. However for a lot of followers who’re accustomed to Poulsen from his membership type at RB Leipzig, there was just a little confusion as to which participant he really is.

Poulsen does not carry his surname on the again of his shirt. In each recreation he is ever performed for his nation, he is had “Yurary” – and never his surname. 

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On Wikipedia, Yurary is listed as Poulsen’s center identify. However the story is a bit more fascinating than that.

“After I got here to Leipzig, I requested if I may have ‘Yurary’ on the jersey,” Poulsen as soon as defined to SportBild. “However after I signed, they’d already printed the ‘Poulsen’ jerseys!”

Poulsen’s father was from Tanzania and met his mom whereas working as a shipper within the import/export trade. Yurary was an enormous soccer fan and Poulsen has usually mentioned how his dad was the rationale that he received into the game.

Tragically, Yurary died of most cancers when Yussuf was simply six years previous. The identify on the again of Yussuf Poulsen’s shirt, due to this fact, is in tribute to his late father. 

“I got here to soccer by way of my father,” Poulsen informed dierotenbullen.com. “He performed recurrently however not as a professional. That was a foul time for me and my household. We needed to be taught to stay with out him. 

“In the present day I affiliate each recreation with him.”

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