The Milwaukee Bucks star and his brothers will become shareholders of the Nashville SC football club.
Greek basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo, twice voted the best player in the NBA (MVP), has become a minority shareholder in the football club Nashville SC, the club announced on Thursday.
The Milwaukee Bucks star is joined in the investment by his brothers Thanasis, Kostas and Alex, according to the statement. “My father was a professional soccer player and it was the first sport I fell in love with in Greece.», said Antetokounmpo. “I always dreamed of owning a football team. When my brothers and I visited the facilities of Nashville SC we knew that this was the team and the city in which we wanted to invest.“, he added.
Swedish ice hockey player Filip Forsberg, the Nashville Predators’ NHL all-time leading scorer, has also joined the football club’s shareholder team. Nashville already counts among its shareholders the American football player of the Tennessee Titans Derrick Henry, as well as the actress Reese Witherspoon. The owner of the club is businessman John Ingram.
