Viviane Giroud, Olivier’s mother, was celebrated in Serie A this weekend, like many other mothers of footballers playing in Italy. Indeed, to celebrate Mothers Daywhich takes place on May 12 among our Italian neighbors, seven Serie A clubs have decided to display the first names of the players’ mothers on the sons’ jerseys on the occasion of the 36th day of the championship.
In addition to the symbolism and the homage, it was also a way of promoting the idea that one should be able to choose the surname that one wishes to have, whether it is that of the father or the mother. . “On April 27, 2022, the Constitutional Court found the law requiring the automatic attribution of the paternal name to be discriminatory. Since June 1 of the same year, according to Italian law, both parents must have the right to choose the surname of their children, a fundamental element of their personal identity,” AC Milan said in an official statement.
The jerseys will then be auctioned off on MatchWornShirt. Concerning AC Milan, the future ex-club of Olivier Giroud, who will leave for Los Angeles FC at the end of the season, part of the profits donated to the club will be used to finance “A Goal to Dream”, which promotes the empowerment of women through sport in Pakistan. The players of the Milan women’s team will also wear a jersey bearing their mother’s name this Sunday, May 12.