Freddie Marquet

This is Freddie Marquet.

They call me Mr. Vuvuzela when I walk around.

Freddie actually prefers to be called Saddam, an edgy nickname he received during the Gulf War, because he used to set off huge firecrackers at football matches.

People would say it sounded like the Iraq War on TV.

Saddam Markey is a soccer freak, or a superfan, as they're known in South Africa.

The most passionate of football supporters.

He loves the South African national team and his local club, Kaiser Chiefs, from Johannesburg.

He can be seen at games wearing oversized yellow glasses, a jersey and a mining helmet known as a makarapa, painted in the team's colours.

For Saddam, you might say football is life.

My first wife divorced me because of soccer.

I said, Chips is my first wife.

In between all the soccer chat, I did manage to learn where Saddam grew up, the province of Limpopo, with his large family.

His claim to the Viva Zala dates back to his childhood and a gift he received for his birthday in 1965.

My brother called Solomon Market.

He bought me a bicycle.

And that bicycle used to have a hooter.

The hooter Saddam is referencing is a bicycle horn.

That hooter, I've got it here.

That is a bicycle hooter.

He'd bring that horn to local football games to support his team.