In the world of tennis,
Rafael Nadal's uncle is named Toni, a guy who wears an Iberostar hat in the crowd and gets his nephew in trouble for
lobbing advice down to the court when he's not supposed to.
To the hundreds of millions of football enthusiasts across the globe, Rafael Nadal's famous uncle is a legend on the pitch.
As popular as Rafa might be in his home country right now, he still is playing second fiddle this summer to the Spanish national football squad which won the World Cup for the first time earlier this month.
A huge fan, Rafa was not surprisingly
on hand for the championship win over The Netherlands. Uncle Miguel Angel Nadal was one of the country's top players of the last 25 years.
Known as "The Beast of Barcelona" for his size and physical defensive style, Miguel played a lengthy career for his hometown RCD Mallorca, the more prominent FC Barcelona and took part in three FIFA World Cups (1994, 1998 and 2002).
Miguel helped PC Barcelona win the Spanish Supercup three times, the Spanish Cup twice, the Spanish League five times, the UEFA Super Cup twice, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once and the European Cup once.
He was twice rumored to be sold to mighty Machester United, but it neer happened. He returned to his roots in Mallorca late in his career, and helped the squad to the 2003 Spanish Cup final before retiring at age 39 with nearly 700 matches under his belt.
Miguel's nephew isn't too shabby an athlete either -
as the eight Grand Slam singles titles since 2005 will attest to.
Coming Friday, our countdown continues to No. 8!
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