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I will shortly be posting an article from GQ magazine titled "50 things that you didn't know about Pato".
2012-05-04 18:46:19![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#1: In 2008, Pato told his cousin, who was driving the car, to speed up because he had to take the driver's license test in Novara. -->
2012-05-04 18:49:31![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> Half an hour later they were heading towards Bologna. His cousin had taken the wrong turn on the freeway -->
2012-05-04 18:50:04![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> so Pato had to wait another month to get his driver's license.
2012-05-04 18:50:12![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#2: Now Pato has a driver from Bari who drives him to training at Milanello.
2012-05-04 18:51:13![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#3: When Pato was 10 he broke his arm after he fell off the couch. When doing the X-ray, the doctors found a rare disease -->
2012-05-04 18:52:30![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> which could potentially turn into to a malicious tumor. An operation was needed immediately, -->
2012-05-04 18:52:56![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> but Pato's family didn't have the money to pay for it. -->
2012-05-04 18:53:19![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> Luckily, one of their friends was a doctor, and he performed the surgery on Pato for free. His arm, and maybe his life too, was saved.
2012-05-04 18:53:58![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#4: Pato is the youngest goalscorer in a FIFA competition. He scored the first goal when he was 17 years and 102 days old. -->
2012-05-04 18:54:53![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#5: Pato's first friend in Italy was Cafu's son. Pato played on the pitch with Cafu and in the backyard at home with Cafu's son.
2012-05-04 18:56:15![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#6: When Pato was a kid, he always played with Italy/Juventus on the Playstation, because of Del Piero. Del Piero was his favorite player.
2012-05-04 18:57:38![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#7: Pato once bought a book about Obama because he was fascinated by him, due to other Milan-players constantly speaking about him. -->
2012-05-04 18:58:27![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> Pato fell asleep 10 minutes after opening the book about Obama.
2012-05-04 18:58:47![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#8: Pato likes to listen to Usher, Rihanna, Jovanotti, Eminem, Tiziano Ferro and Eros Ramazotti. -->
2012-05-04 19:02:22![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> But Pato's favorite song is "Sweet Dreams" by Beyoncé. http://t.co/uNWAdNCJ
2012-05-04 19:03:16![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#9: Pato's first closet in the changing room was right next to Maldini. Pato copied everything he did -->
2012-05-04 19:04:41![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> Pato even copied Maldini's way of tying his boots. Pato managed to dribble past Maldini in his first training session with Milan.
2012-05-04 19:06:44![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#10: There's a restaurant in Yokohama, where all the walls are completely plastered with photos of Pato.
2012-05-04 19:07:09![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#11: The first thing Pato ate in Italy was a sandwich at a service station on a freeway.
2012-05-04 19:07:44![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#12: His first lunch at Milanello consisted of pasta with tomatoes, pasta with pesto and pasta with zucchini. -->
2012-05-04 19:08:24![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
--> Ancelotti then approached Pato, looked him deep into his eyes and talked with him for 2 hours about Italian food.
2012-05-04 19:09:13![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#13: Pato eats Spaghetti Carbonara four times a week. Needless to say that it's his favorite dish.
2012-05-04 19:10:30![](https://tgfile.tg-static.com/static/web/img/placeholder.gif)
#14: Pato is crazy about ice cream. He eats it twice before every training session and match.
2012-05-04 19:11:44