During his impressive football career, the Spanish ace Fernando Morientes moved across Europe, sporting the colours of famous clubs such as Liverpool, Monaco and Real Madrid, and also playing for his country.

Since hanging up his boots in 2010, the six-foot striker has scored a whole new profile for himself as a successful TV commentator.

So it's been quite a journey from his start, aged 16, at the provincial club Albacete. By his side throughout it all has been his teenage sweetheart Victoria López, now his wife and mother of their four children.

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''I admire so many things about Victoria. But what I need most is her positivity,'' Fernando reveals. She's been there, he says, through every tri

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