INTERVIEW : CANAL CROMO

Album Futebol 1993-1994

07/02/2025

1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

I'm Gil Ferreira aka Canal Cromo. Canal Cromo (Sticker Channel) started as a small fun for me back in 2016 when I was living in Italy. I had many completed sticker albums stored and I thought would be fun to "shared" online. Youtube was the chosen platform, from there I could see many people had interest in it. Right now you can find in YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

2. WHEN DID YOU START COLLECTING AND HOW/WHY?

Back in 1993, as a normal kid in school, my grandparents were my "backup" helping me finishing the collections :)

3. WHAT ARE YOUR MOST VALUABLE ITEMS ?

All of my completed albums has a special place in my heart, still "Futebol 93/94" (Portuguese League) is the top 1. Most valuable item I believe Cristiano Ronaldo rookie Mega Craques card.

4. HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND IN STICKERS/CARDS
WEEKLY/MONTHLY/YEARLY ?

At the moment I considered myself very lucky as I can make partnership, plus I sell regularly, therefore analyzing yearly I believe I'm not in the red zone when we talk about money.

5. WHICH TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT ?

Benfica

6. NAME YOUR FAVOURITE INSTAGRAM, TIK TOK AND
X(TWITTER) ACCOUNTS, BESIDES YOURS !

GBW, FootballcollectingCouple, HuddleFC, Cardsguru, ItalianJerseyCollector

7. HOW DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF THE "HOBBY" ?

I believe that "mainstream" is the right word!

8. DID YOU EVER TAKE PART IN ANY FOOTBALL
STICKERS/CARDS FAIR ? IF YES, WHICH ONE ? DO YOU
HAVE A FAIR YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO ?

Lisbon Card Show. Yes, I'd like to attend the National (USA) .

9. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE BRAND (PANINI/TOPPS/UPPER
DECK/ETC.) ? AND COLLECTION ?

I like both Panini and Topps. And I consider myself very eclectic as a collector. I still collect football albums as a normal child, but also high end cards :)

10. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF STICKERSONE.COM ?

I think is a very nice project with future. I love the concept associating the football stickers with a database. I believe will be a huge help for the collectors

My links

https://www.instagram.com/canalcromo

https://youtube.com/@canalcromo

https://www.tiktok.com/@canalcromo

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