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- Hi, GQ.
My name's Alphonso Davies and these are my 10 essentials.
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This one is a very, very special
and personal essential to me.
It's not really an essential,
it's just something that's really, really close to my heart.
'Cause when I was 15,
I got called up to the Canada national team,
and this was the first item
that I received from the senior team,
and I've kept it ever since.
As you can see, the number 12.
It was the first number I ever received.
And this was what my clothes was on.
So they put all my clothes on here,
and they closed it like this and they handed it to me.
At that time I was like, "I play for the national team."
We moved to Canada when I was young.
My parents fled the war.
This is where I learned how to play football.
I went to school, made friends.
I grew up in Canada,
and being able to play for the country
that sort of adopted me is amazing.
A lot of players dream about playing for the national team,
and me being able to get the opportunity
to play with them at a very young age was truly incredible.
And I keep this as memory.
Every time I look at this,
I think back about my first time with the national team,
and now, I think, the team making it to the World Cup
is truly a dream come true.
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These are my football boots.
These are very important to me,
obviously, for my job and also my passion.
These boots are very special to me
because these boots are the first ones
that I wore when I made my debut with Bayern.
I kept them.
Usually, I give my shoes,
but this one was dear to my heart.
And as you can see, on the side here,
I have my name, the Canada Flag.
On the other side, I have family,
'cause family is very important to me,
and also the Canada flag as well.
I put them to the side and I kept them.
I didn't score my first goals in these,
but I think the ones that I scored my first goals
in they're in Edmonton, hanging up somewhere.
It was a special moment for me,
because I just turned 18 in November,
and then January was my debut and I was really excited,
playing with all these guys that I play with now,
even in the past.
It was a heart-warming moment for me,
because these are the guys that I grew up watching,
and being able to call them my teammates,
being able to play alongside them,
play against them in training each and every day,
was an unbelievable moment for me.
I always have to wear metal studs in games.
Always.
'Cause as a defender, if you slip, and they score,
it's not good for you.
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I recently got this one.
This one's for my suits.
I wanted something not too fancy, not too bling-bling,
something light for when I wear a suit
or wear dress clothes.
That's the one.
And this one was, I went bling-bling on this one.
I wanted this one to shine,
to pop every time I put it on my wrist.
And I only wear this one when I go out to dinner,
and stuff like that.
But I often try not to wear this a lot,
but it's very hard, when you see this watch,
and you're like, "Ah, let me touch that watch."
And I always tend to wear this one a lot more
than I tell myself not to wear it.
This one is the first watch that I bought on my own,
a luxury watch that I bought on my own.
I bought this one when we won the, in 2020, the Treble.
After the Treble, I bought this one in France.
Maybe, you can see it here.
It's customized in the back.
It says 2019/2020 Treble Winner AD19.
So this watch is very close to my heart.
I love this watch.
I mean, it was a great piece
and the story behind is,
it's amazing and I'm happy
that I can have it in my collection.
The reason I picked this watch as my first is,
I always wanted a Rolex, and I always wanted it to be gold.
There's obviously different bands with it,
but I think this band was the one that I wanted the most.
And when I walked in the store and I saw this, I was like,
"I need to have this."
And I wanted to personalize this watch
'cause it's the first one in the collection
that I bought on my own.
So it was a good moment too.
I'm happy that I can get this watch
at a very amazing time in my career.
And every time I look at this watch,
I think back about the 2019/2020 season, the season we had.
It motivates me to keep pushing.
Hopefully, I can win another Treble again
These are my Crocs,
one of my favorite Crocs that I have in my collection.
I have over 40 pairs of Crocs in two different locations,
in Edmonton and also in Munich.
And these are also quick to just slip on your feet
and just run out to grab the groceries from home.
Off the pitch, I'm in relaxed mode.
Take my time, take everything with ease,
not try to rush too much stuff.
But definitely, on the pitch, it's all go, go, go, go, go.
As long as I put them in sports mode,
I think I can run the same speed.
Obviously, sometimes, you don't wanna wear shoes,
or maybe you don't really feel like wearing sandals.
So for me, these are important
because I'm always wearing football boots,
always getting my toes stepped on, getting kicked,
and these are a great way to just slip your foot in them,
and also they match.
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The next essential is my Apple headphones.
When you're on the bus, going to the game,
you need that one tune in your head to get you going,
and these are what these are for.
You put them in, noise cancellation, mode on.
You're just full focus.
You walk to the stadium, you feel good.
For me, music is important to me,
and especially, 'cause I'm the DJ in the locker room.
I have to play the ones and twos.
Here, I have Afrobeats, I have Caribbean, I have Feels.
When you're in your feels,
you wanna listen to melody, soft songs.
I have a French playlist, and I have a Game Day playlist.
This is a playlist.
It's my go-to playlist, right here.
And I have a Spanish playlist.
If you have that one tune in your back of your head,
when you're running on the pitch,
when you're warming up, you'll play amazing.
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It's my Beats speaker.
Like I said before, I'm the DJ in the locker room,
so I have to test out the music,
test out how it sounds at home first.
So this is what I use to test that out.
'Cause if the playlist sounds good to me,
I go to the locker room, I play it,
and I also make music as well at home.
I have a little studio at home.
Me and my friends, we go down, have some fun,
make some music.
I just love creating new sounds,
and this helps me listen to the music when I'm done,
when I'm upstairs.
You can find my music on Apple Music or Spotify.
It's everywhere.
The name is called Stugang.
It's me and two friends.
Actually, one of my friends, actually,
he has, I think, one or two albums out that I produced.
I produce as well.
It's not as good as the professionals, but I try my best.
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These right here are my favorite pair of Jordans ever.
I always wanted these shoes for the longest time,
and I think two years ago was the first time I got these.
And as you can see, they're in mint condition.
I don't really wear them,
'cause they just sit there, they chill.
Ever since I was growing up
and I started being a sneakerhead,
I always wanted a pair of Jordans,
especially these kinds, the Breds.
And I couldn't even find them in any of the stores,
'cause I don't think they sell them in stores.
And I'm searching online, I'm searching online,
and I finally found one and I had to buy them.
And these have a big part of my heart
'cause every time I see somebody wear these, I'm like,
"They look so nice on the feet."
You can't go wrong with these.
Some people like the lows, some people like the highs.
For me, I like the lows.
I think the lows are extremely beautiful.
There's definitely some sneakers in my collection
that I haven't even touched.
Most of my shoes are in Munich
and some of them are in Canada.
When you walk in my front door,
and you look to the left,
it's just shoes, shoes, shoes.
I love shoes.
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I picked this book,
because growing up, I always loved "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".
The stories that he's been telling
is very special to me.
For me, I think, I relate to it,
'cause me and my little brother also
have this love-hate relationship between each other.
When you're bored on the plane,
you don't wanna watch movies anymore, or listen to music,
a good book never fails you.
We travel a lot as a team.
So sometimes, you forget to charge your phone,
or you forget to download movies on your iPad.
It's just a book that always comes in handy.
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This is my PS5 controller.
This is very, very important to me,
because all the time I spend on the pitch playing the game
that I love, I also play at home virtually.
So for me, this is important
because this is also how I stay connected
with friends back home.
"Pro Clubs" is one of the things we love to play
and also "Ultimate Team".
Gaming, for me, is very important.
I love playing sports games.
And also, I have this one with my face on it.
EA sent this to me.
They gave me my own case.
My "Ultimate Team" is pretty good.
A lot of people wanna play me,
so it's very tough to beat me in "FIFA".
My shooting could be a little bit better.
I understand I don't shoot often, but when I do,
I score goals, and I think it should go up.
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My next essential is my toiletry bag,
or my wash bag, as you call it.
Personal hygiene is very important to me.
I have my skin care, my cream, my pick.
This item right here is the most important thing
in this bag.
If I don't have this, I freak out,
because I have to do my hair,
and I have to make sure my hair looks good.
And definitely, if I don't have this,
I don't know what to do.
Because every time I sleep,
my hair comes together like this,
and I have a little horn up here.
So this is very important to me.
No, no, you're always on TV.
You've gotta look good.
I have my skin care routine.
Let me pull this out.
This, this one, and this one.
For me, this one's a face cleanser.
First, I wash my face, and then I come in with this.
This one's a mask.
I don't tend to use this a lot,
just when I have free time, I just put it on, keep it on.
For me, the skincare routine
has always been important to me.
Growing up, obviously, when I was a teenager, 15, 16,
I had a lot of pimples,
and I didn't like how my face was looking,
so I invested into watching videos about skincare routine,
which product you should use for your face,
and I found these one that worked great for me.
I kept using them over the time and they never failed me.
Thanks, GQ, for watching.
And these are my 10 essentials,
and I'll see you guys on the pitch.