‘I played for Liverpool but people think I became porn star – this is the truth about rumours’
Pegguy Arphexad isn’t remembered by many but the former Liverpool and Leicester goalkeeper has cleared up rumours surrounding his post-football career.
Very few people will remember Pegguy Arphexad – even supporters of the two English clubs he played for.
The former Leicester City and Liverpool goalkeeper started his football career in France with Stade Brestois, Lille and Lens, but it’s in England where he made it onto the pitch.
First at Leicester, where he proved himself to be a capable second choice under Martin O’Neill. Arphexad’s Premier League minutes were limited but O’Neill trusted him to keep goal in the cup and he didn’t disappoint.
Arphexad kept two clean sheets against Arsenal in the 1999/00 season as Leicester advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Those showings prompted O’Neill to play him in the league and Arphexad managed to impress Gerard Houllier enough during the Foxes’ 2-0 win at Anfield later that season to earn a transfer to Liverpool.
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Arphexad spent three seasons at Anfield under Houllier and won six trophies in the process – two League Cups, an FA Cup, UEFA Cup. Charity Shield and the European Super Cup – but he barely played at all.
The goalkeeper, now 50, only played six matches for the Reds and he won all of them. He also managed to keep three clean sheets in Liverpool’s goal.
Despite this, most Liverpool fans wouldn’t recognise Arphexad if he walked past them in the street. And the same can be said for all of his previous clubs’ supporters with Arphexad making just a half century of appearances across a 16-year career which finished at Marseille in 2005.
Arphexad didn’t make enough money from his playing career to never have to work again and has found himself a day job since quitting football.
There were rumours that Arphexad had entered the porn industry a few years ago – but the man himself insists that isn’t true.
Speaking to the Leicester Mercury, Arphexad said: “Look, this is a bad rumour. It’s been going round a long time. One English guy wrote on the internet years and years ago that I was doing this and now people say to me: ‘Hey, are you making porn films?’
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“I haven’t made ANY porn films, okay. I don’t do that. I work for a sports insurance company. That’s what I do. Put it in your paper – I don’t do porn films, just insurance, okay?”
So, there you have it. The man who made a career out of being Premier League clubs’ goalkeeping cover is now selling insurance to make a living.
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‘My family fled Saddam Hussein’s Iraq for Liverpool – now my team is in FA Cup third round’
AFC Wimbledon star Ali Al Hamadi has impressed for the Dons this season with the striker and his family having fled from Iraq when he was a child.
Ali Al Hamadi’s family fled Iraq when he was a child but the AFC Wimbledon star still feels like the country is home.
The Dons face Ipswich Town in the FA Cup on Saturday though will be without their star forward as he prepares for the upcoming Asian Cup. He will be representing Iraq and looking to add to his three goals in Qatar this month.
Al Hamadi and his parents, Ibrahim and Asseel, sought asylum in the UK when he was just one. They settled in Toxteth, Liverpool, before welcoming two more children.
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Al Hamadi’s father had been imprisoned and tortured for taking part in a peaceful protest against Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. But the forward still sees Iraq as home.
“When I was growing up, even though I was raised in this country as if I was born here, I still don’t feel as if this is my home,” he previously told The Athletic. “I only really feel that sense of belonging when I go back to Iraq and I’m with the national team.
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“I speak the language, I’m part of the culture and part of a bit of history as one of a few players who represents them but plays over here in Europe.
“When I was younger, I didn’t expect it to go this way. I grew up thinking as a kid, like everyone, that I wanted to play for England even though I’m from Iraq.”
Iraqi flags are regularly seen at Plough Lane as AFC Wimbledon battle for promotion in League Two. The 21-year-old has scored 13 league goals for the Dons, while also bagging three FA Cup goals. And he loves the support he gets up and down the country.
“It’s absolutely mental,” he said. “If you asked people at my previous clubs who were the social media managers or who were in charge of the club accounts, people just show so much support it’s crazy. They’re football-mad in Iraq, it’s all they talk about and it’s such a footballing country.
“Whatever club I’ve been to, there’s been a bond between fans, it’s special.
“Playing for Iraq is immense pressure. The other day against Vietnam, I started and you feel that pressure. You’re expected to win every game; it’s a pressure I can’t describe because it’s so different to playing for your club, but it’s a privileged pressure.
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