Chile 2

Matías Fernández (Sporting, Portugal)
vs. Slovakia (2:1) | Friendly | 2009 in Slovakia

Another South American matchworn shirt - and one from an obscure manufacturer, too. It cannot get much better, really! I got this shirt from my mate Jens for as little as 30€, as he bought a bunch of shirts from a Chilean collector, including a number of Chile matchworn shirts from the mid-2000s.

This particular one was worn in a friendly match and thus sadly does not have any patchers or alike. But it is definitely a legit one and does come with all the right numbering, at least. It was probably once worn by former Sporting and Besiktas player Rodrigo Tello, who did wear the number 7 at the time.

What makes this shirt special to me, apart from being matchworn, is the manufacturer: Brooks. The Seattle-based company, owned by Warren Buffett, decided to only focus on runners sportswear in 2001. To date, they are almost exclusively selling running boots and clothes, but no football equipment. There was just a single exception to that rule, which was sponsoring Chilean football from 2007 to the 2010 World Cup. This makes the shirt quite unique and very likely to remain the only Brooks shirt in my collection.