The Chemy Díaz catwalk

The city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria hosts this weekend the XVII National Congress of Peñas, of the Association of Federations of Peñas de Fútbol, after being chosen by the collective Aficiones Unidas (AFEPE). One of its epicenters will be the Elder Museum of Science and Technology, located in the Santa Catalina park, in the island capital.

All visitors to the Museum and participants of the Congress will be able to taste a small sample of the Las Palmas Sports Union t-shirts from the Gran Canaria collector Chemy Díaz. Only from his soul team the figure is close to 150. “From Las Palmas I have 146, and from Canarian footballers who have played all over the world, 87. In addition, there is another closet of different teams and players, who have changed and have given me, and there are 38”, Diaz himself recently confessed in Diario AS.

For this occasion, and at the request of the Museum itself, Díaz transferred a small sample of 46 t-shirts from his infinite collection. Among the selected garments, pieces as historical as the shirt that Valerón wore on the day of his farewell as a professional footballer and two pieces by Jonathan Viera, different of them, both like number 21 of the iconic soccer player from Gran Canaria.

In addition, Those attending this particular catwalk will be able to see shirts as significant as the one from Las Palmas that paid tribute to their countryman Benito Pérez Galdós for the centenary of his death, used in this case by Aythami Artiles, and another who in his day wore the 'Turu' Flowers, authentic icon of the Sports Union of the late twentieth century. Another historical of the time like Orlandito Suárez or Eloy They will also 'meet' this weekend at the Elder Museum.

Equally, Neither will David García, the player with the most matches in the history of Unión Deportiva Las Palmas (474), Rubén Castro, Guayre or Araujo. You can also taste the legendary Arehucas t-shirt with the blue triangles in the shoulder area.

This private show may be contemplated for 21 days from this Friday at 10 a.m., when it will be inaugurated. A new station on the Chemy Díaz catwalk.