Star footballer Karim Benzema dropped a ton of money to show off his one true love, soccer.  Benzema spent $250,000 on a one of a kind soccer ball.

Benzema hooked up with celebrity jewelers Dave Bling and Will Da Boss of DWS Jewerly and Co. who tell TMZ Sports, Karim wanted a show piece for a new home, so they just whipped up a little 1,250 carat, life-sized soccer ball!

The ball features 72,000 colored diamonds, and Bling says the piece will be “a definite conversation starter when company arrives” at the Real Madrid superstar’s crib.

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