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Rafael van der Vaart

Rafael van der Vaart is a well-known name in soccer and despite being only 23 years old, many a producer would like to tie his brand to Rafael. Essel Marketing has tied the following brands to Rafael van der Vaart.

Pepsi has developed an international campaign including a number of other international soccer stars. Players such as Beckham, Ronaldhino and Roberto Carlos feature in Pepsi’s commercial. In addition to this there are posters of each individual player. Rafael van der Vaart is part of Pepsi’s international campaign, with which Pepsi has assumed a sports image. In addition to Pepsi’s international campaign a combined commercial was developed in collaboration with Lays. Starring Rafael van der Vaart, the campaign is called “show your skills”. A joint venture of Pepsi and Lays, it enabled the consumer to earn goodies through a special savings campaign.

Planet ADSL also threw in its lot with Rafael van der Vaart. They developed an ADSL-action with “extra Vaart (speed)”, featuring his face in Planet advertisements and offering the chance to win a meet-and-greet with Rafael. In addition to this he featured in Planet commercials, in short creating a full above the line campaign.

Every professional athlete has his or her own clothing sponsor and in Rafael van der Vaart’s case this is Nike. Nike makes sure that Rafael is always dressed smartly. He always wears Nike’s finest soccer boots and is proud to be a worthy ambassador to Nike.

Take a look at the Lays commercial

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