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DWTV:
Whose posters did you have in your room as a boy?

Paulo Guerrero:
I didn't like posters.

DWTV:
Stickers maybe?

Paulo Guerrero:
No. But I am a big fan of Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry and Ronaldo. They always fascinated me. They're my role models.

DWTV:
Hopefully you won't cut your hair like Ronaldo.

Paulo Guerrero:
No, everyone has their own look

Paulo Guerrero:
I had already scored 21 goals for Bayern Munich's amateur side. I was very proud of that. So I came into those games with a lot of confidence, and the goals just happened. My coach Felix Magath always told me: Score your goal, score your goal! That's all he asked, for me to score a goal. And I believed in myself so I always scored one or two.

DWTV:
At the age of 18 you joined a squad full of stars like Michael Ballack, Lucio, Ze Roberto and Roy Makaay. Was that more intimidating or inspiring?

Paulo Guerrero:
They inspired me. They were very good players technically. I wanted to play at their level and get better. That also gave me the confidence to play alongside them.

DWTV:
You didn't start for Bayern so you went to Hamburg. But you had trouble there at first? Why was that?

Paulo Guerrero:
It was very hard for me to leave Bayern. It was very difficult after four years. I left my son and many of my friends behind. The first year in Hamburg was very hard. In my mind, I was still in Munich. I kept asking myself: "Why did you come here?" It was hard to get used to a new city so my first year at Hamburg wasn't that successful.

DWTV:
Was coach Thomas Doll part of the problem?

Paulo Guerrero:
No, definitely not. It wasn't the coach's fault. It was mine. I didn't have enough experience. I was only 22. It was hard, but that's in the past. Now I'm living in the present and I'm very happy in Hamburg.