5 current Footballers who are impossible to hate

#3 Juan Mata (Spain, Manchester United)

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The Manchester United midfielder has played for Chelsea and Valencia in the past and has sizzled for all of his clubs. While his skills are for all to see, Juan Mata is also an absolute gentleman both on and off the field. He is an absolute down to earth person and even owns a Tapas Bar in Manchester.

On the field, his feet do the talking. He has time and again rescued Manchester United this season and has proved this doubters and Mourinho wrong by becoming an important player at Old Trafford. Mata writes regular blogs and interacts with his fans, qualities which endear him to the United faithful, but it is another humane side of the Spanish midfielder that sets him apart.

Mata's Common Goal initiative has gathered pace of late, and a few big names in football are already involved. It asks players to donate 1% of their wages to a football charity that works around the world. Matt Hummels of Bayern Munich and Giorgio Chiellini of Juventus are already a part of the initiative.

But even apart from his charitable side, Mata is a wonderful human being, who rarely loses his cool on the ground and is competitive while also displaying tremendous sportsman spirit. It is no wonder that every football fan in the world loves the Spaniard.