Brenton Balentien | Heritage Storyteller Profile
Brenton Balentien
Curaçao
Fan Leader & Mixologist
Brenton Balentien
Curaçao
Fan Leader & Mixologist
About
Brenton Balentien is a supporter group leader and talented mixologist from Curaçao. Football runs deep in his veins, and he played for the youth national teams of Curaçao until the age of 20. He has coached youth teams for the past 11 years. As one of the biggest fans of the national team and the leader of the supporters’ group, Brenton paints his face in blue - the color of the Curaçaoan flag, beaches, and good luck - for every home match, while creating songs and chants for the team. When watching matches in his bar, he creates an iconic cocktail using the famous Blue Curaçao liquor - É Blou (“The Blue One”).

Child of Curaçao

As a main supporter and the leader of the fans, I always paint my face in blue. Blue represents our flag, our beautiful beaches, and, of course, blue is a good luck color.

When we play at home, I gather up all the fans to join my group, and we go in buses to the stadium. We help the federation with selling tickets and filling up the stadium. 

When we are in the stadium, we become ultra fans and go wild throughout the 90 minutes, chanting and singing. I create the songs and chants myself or with my group of friends. One example is:

Bacunaaaaa Bacunaaaaa Olee olee oleeee! 
Cucooo cucooooo cucooo martinaaa ta nos capitan. 
Sigui move Kòrsou, Sigui moveeee!!! 
Guatemala pa casaaaaaa, Guatemalaa pa casaaa!! 

Bacuna is one of the superstars of our team. Cuco is the captain of the team. “Sigui move Kòrsou” means “Come on Curaçao! Let’s go!” We sing this song to keep our players and team motivated to keep attacking. When we used to play against Guatemala, we had to win that game!