Confidential SPORT: Which Barça player takes the best care of their nutrition?

Confidential SPORT: Which Barça player takes the best care of their nutrition?

Paulinho y Messi, dos de los jugadores que más cuidan la nutrición en sus carreras
Paulinho y Messi, dos de los jugadores que más cuidan la nutrición en sus carreras | JAVI FERRANDIZ

Paulinho takes care of his diet but he has a secret advantage...

Since the Brazilian's arrival, Lionel Messi has found competition

In a squad as professional as Barcelona's, nothing is left to chance. Barça have a nutrition advisor who creates the daily menu at the club's training ground. In addition, before the start of each season, a conference is organised where the players are given advice to help them maintain their routines with food. 

However, there are some players that take it so seriously that they even have their own special advisor. The most well-known is Giuliano Poser, the Italian specialist who works with Lionel Messi. The Argentine visits him every six months to continue his strict diet, which has helped him reduce injuries and also stop being sick during certain phases of the season. 

Messi has competition, though. It turns out the Brazilian Paulinho is an extremely methodic player when it comes to eating and taking care of his body. Many will think it's because the physicals side of his game is so important. They wouldn't be wrong, but the reality is different. Paulinho's wide, Bibiana, is a specialist doctor in nutrition, so she takes charge of make his sure he takes care of his body. 

Having a specialist in nutrition at home is, without doubt, a luxury for Paulinho, who has a 'plus' on the rest of the first team players, including, evidently, Messi. 

Bibiana is currently seven months pregnant with twins, so Paulinho's family is about to grow, given he's about to have two more children. He already has an eight-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son from a previous marriage. 

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