'When I saw the video, I was like, 'Hmm, that one's kind of cute.'And then someone decided to introduce us.' 'I wasn't a soccer fan, so I didn't know who he was,' Shakira recalled to 60 Minutes. Piqué appeared in the video and led his team to a World Cup victory that year.īoth have spoken about their chance meeting. It's been 10 years since, and the couple has two children together.Īs she prepares to take the stage at the 2020 Super Bowl LIV halftime show, explore their decade-long relationship.Ģ010: Shakira met Piqué, who has the same birthday as her (coincidentally on February 2, Super Bowl Sunday), on the set of her music video for 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),' the official song of the 2020 FIFA World Cup. After Piqué appeared in the video for her song 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),' the pair connected and never looked back. Shakira and pro soccer player Gerard Piqué's love story began with one of her music videos.
