5 celebrities in other fields who could have become footballers

#1 Usain Bolt

Bolt is an athletics legend

Popular worldwide as the king of the track. Usain Bolt exploded onto world consciousness at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, when he won three Gold medals, and set individual world records in the 100 and 200m men's races.

He continued his dominance all through the next decade, setting numerous other records, and finally retired in 2017, with his personal marks of 9.58 and 19.19 seconds in the 100m and 200m respectively as world records.

He is also the only man in history to have won gold medals at the 100m, 200m and 4×100m races at the three consecutive Olympic games (although his 2008 relay medal was stripped off due to doping allegations against a teammate nine years later).

Bolt has always expressed his love for football, and has shown passion for Manchester United, regularly appearing at Old Trafford for the team's matches and opining that he could have made it as a footballer had it not been for athletics.

On retiring, the 31-year-old decided to chase his dreams, and made global headlines when he announced his decision to start a football career.

Lots of clubs around the globe gave him opportunities for trials, including Dortmund, Mamelodi Sundowns and Australian club East Coast Mariners.

It was in Australia where he really stepped to the grade, making a couple of appearances for the club in pre-season friendlies, and scoring two goals.

He however showed signs of rust, as he lacked the finesse and technique which practice through his formative years would have given him.

Bolt has regularly turned out for noncompetitive football matches such as those for aids and charities, but despite his enthusiasm to make it as a professional, it seems highly unlikely that he would cut the grade.