Football Documentary Baggio: The Divine Ponytail Coming to Netflix in May 2021

Published 05/13/2021, 10:14 AM EDT

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When is Baggio: The Divine Ponytail documentary’s release date? The official trailer for the documentary has dropped today. Here are all the details.

Baggio: The Divine Ponytail will take viewers on a journey throughout the career of an Italian football legend. The documentary on Roberto Baggio will land hit the popular streaming platform on May 26.

The documentary on Italian legend will be available on May 26. It focuses on the career of the famous footballer and his journey to becoming an icon of Italian football. The documentary gets its name from the famous ponytail of the footballer, Robert Baggio. He is also known as Il Divin Codino, which means The Divine Ponytail in Italian.

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Roberto Baggio is 54 years old at the moment. But he was one of the most famous and talented footballers of his time. He played in FC Internazionale Milano, Juventus, and Milan during his active years.

Roberto Baggio also received the Golden Foot award in addition to the Man of Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize. He scored a total of 318 goals throughout his career.

Here’s the official description:

“The Divine Ponytail retraces the twenty-two-year-long career of Roberto Baggio, focusing on the champions’ story and one of the men behind it. By telling the story of the rise of both the champion and the man behind it, the conflicts with his coaches, the unforeseen events, and an extraordinary ability to react, it paints the portrait of an icon destined to become, over the years, a symbol of Italian football throughout the world. Baggio: The Divine Ponytail, coming May 26th, 2021.”

Netflix also tweeted about the documentary from its Netflix UK & Ireland account. Saying that the people who belong to a generation raised by Football Italia will be very interested in this documentary.

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The director of the documentary is Letizia Lamartine and Andrea Arcangeli plays Roberto Baggie.

  • Andrea Arcangeli as Roberto Baggio
  • Valentina Bellé as Andreina
  • Thomas Trabacchi as Vittorio Petrone
  • Andrea Pennacchi as Florindo
  • Antonio Zavatteri as Arriga Sacchi

The biographical movie of the unique footballer will retrace his discovery of Buddhism as well. In addition to his lows and ups, we will witness his rise in the world of Italian football.

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Baggio: The Divine Ponytail trailer has dropped today. You can watch the video below.

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