5 footballers who look like cartoon characters

#4 Gareth Bale - Sid Phillips

Enter cap — The Real Madrid star looks like Sid from Toy Story

Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale's cartoon doppelganger is Sid Phillips from Toy Story. Sid, the antagonist of the 1995 animation movie is a ten-year-old bully who finds joy in torturing toys.

Although the former Tottenham Hotspur attacker isn't anything like Sid in terms of character, there is certainly some resemblance when it comes to the matter of their looks. The ape-like jaws are what primarily brings the similarity between the two, while eyebrows, forehead and ears add to it.

To make things even more interesting take a look at this picture of Bale, which was taken during his childhood days.

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