Who’s the one man common to France and Morocco teams? A Boston barber
2 min readJul 9, 2026 01:58 PM IST Candido ‘Coco’ Fernandes, a barber popular with NBA stars in Boston, received a WhatsApp message last month, requesting him to give trims and fades to a couple of clients. These turned out to be Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele. Coco’s team might end up being the only pros working with both teams facing off in the quarters. The private number message as per OneFootball read, “Can you cut KM’s hair tonight at 9.30 pm?” It took him a smite of time to register who KM was and then Fernandes who owns 2016 origin Mobar Cuts, headed to the France team hotel. Dembele and Marcus Thuram were also lined up to receive the fades. But that was after Desiree Doue said, “We found the best,” a NBC Boston video showed. OneFootball notes that Mbappe was so impressed with his scissors sorcery that he immediately recommended him to his next opponent – Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi. A week later in June, Coco cut Morocco and their manager. Fernandes would subsequently …









