Former Manchester United star Karel Poborsky goes full hipster

Gone are the shaggy locks

James Orr
Friday 04 September 2015 13:13 BST
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Karel Poborksy, yes Karel Poborsky, in action for Manchester Legends against Liverpool Legends
Karel Poborksy, yes Karel Poborsky, in action for Manchester Legends against Liverpool Legends

Beard: check.

Swept hair: check.

A love of craft beers: probably.

Manchester United's former shaggy-haired midfielder Karel Poborsky has gone full hipster.

Here is a picture of the now retired Czech Republic player from last night, playing for United in their Legends charity match against Liverpool.

Sporting his fashionable new look, the 43-year-old scored in the match, netting a delightful dink to level the scores at 1-1 (watch below).

United would go on to win the game, at the Friends Arena in Stockholm 4-2, with former stars Dwight Yorke, Jesper Blomqvist and, erm, Bojan Djordjic all scoring.

Vladimir Smicer and David Thompson scored for Liverpool.

It was a glorious chipped goal, scored for Czech Republic against Portugal at Villa Park during Euro '96, which made the footballing world sit up and take note of Poborsky, but he never did quite replicate it at United.

Karel Poborsky in action for United in 1997

Despite being part of the squad to win the Premier League title in 1997, Poborsky would only stay at United for two full seasons, leaving to join Benfica in 1998.

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