vendredi 8 juillet 2011

Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born June 23, 1972 in Marseille, often nicknamed Zizou, is a French international footballer, born of an Algerian family.
He is cited among the greatest football players of all time and is listed among the 125 world's best players still alive in 2004 in a joint filing of Pele and the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Favorite sport of the French in 2006 [1], it is classified three times World Player of the Year by FIFA in 1998, 2000 and 2003 [2] and Golden Ball in 1998. He was twice placed second best French player of all time by France Football. In 2004 he was elected European Footballer of the half-century's ahead of UEFA and legends such as Cruyff, Beckenbauer or Platini.
Playing an attacking midfielder, he was the playmaker of prestigious European clubs such as Juventus and Real Madrid, with whom he has won numerous national and international titles.
Capped 108 times with the France team, Zinedine Zidane is illustrated primarily in international victory at the 1998 World Cup where he scored two headed goals in the final against Brazil won 3-0 and the European Championships in 2000 also won.
Famous number 10 of the Blues, he put an end to his career following the 2006 World Cup, during which he distinguished himself and received the title of best player in the world [3]. On July 9, 2006, he played his last game at the final of the World Cup between Italy and France. He illustrates it with ambivalence by entering his 31st goal in a French jersey Destination successful, but also by his red card for expulsion on a whim in the chest of Marco MaterazziThe parents of Zinedine are from Kabylia in the wilaya of Bejaia in Algeria, his father Smail Zidane from the town of Ath Slimane Aguemoun. Remarks in which he mentions his identity is collected by the newspaper The Observer [7].
Zinedine Zidane signed its first license in 1982 at a club near his home area: the U.S. Saint-Henri [8] and then passes Septèmes SW, Provence [9], with whom he plays in the category up chicks 'at the age of fourteen. In 1986 he was selected in the first year for the junior championship league. At year end, it is called the Regional Centre for Popular Education and Sport (CREPS) Aix-en-Provence for a three-day course. There he was noticed and recruited by the AS Cannes through the recruiter Varraud Jean, himself a former ASSE's [10].
After a one-week course he joined in 1987 at the age of fifteen, the training center at Cannes under the command of Guy Lacombe [11]. It is placed in a foster home, the Elineau [12]. At 16, Jean Fernandez integrates the professional workforce.
It begins in First Division May 20, 1989, against FC Nantes team Marcel Desailly and Didier Deschamps at the time, the Beaujoire. It has not yet 17. On February 8, 1991, he scored his first goal in the first division, always against FC Nantes and receives a red Clio as he has promised the club president Alain Pedretti, it scores a goal. The club qualified for the UEFA Cup and Zidane discovers Europe. The following year the club was eliminated from the UEFA Cup and down in D2. Zidane then joined Bordeaux in the summer of 1992.In 1992, Zidane was recruited by Rolland Courbis and Alain Afflelou, then president of Bordeaux. Zidane at Cannes and two players were exchanged against a player of Bordeaux. Within his new club, he sympathizes with two other future French international, Christophe Dugarry and Bixente Lizarazu, with whom he formed the "Triangle of Bordeaux," these three players demonstrating an ability to be closed eyes on the ground in Bordeaux as for France.
Zidane scored ten goals in his first season, then six the next three seasons. It also dispute the final of the UEFA Cup in 1996 against Bayern Munich in which evolves Jean-Pierre Papin (lost 0-2, 1-3) after eliminating AC Milan in the quarterfinals of Savicevic, thanks to a 3-0 memorable in the second leg at the Parc Lescure (0-2 first leg).
Before that, he scored a goal anthology of forty yards against Betis Sevilla, in the fourth round of the UEFA Cup. Against Slavia Prague in the semifinals, it executes its first wheels and Europe discovers a football artist. Bordeaux go to the final but can not compete with Bayern Munich without Zidane, Suspended go.
On August 17, 1994 in Bordeaux, it is first selected for France, against the Czech Republic, on the lawn of his club at Parc Lescure. It comes into play on 63 minutes with the number 14, replacing Corentin Martins. France was then led 2-0 but Zidane scored two goals in two minutes for the Blues to get the draw. It must however have to wait almost a year to become a full owner in the France team, and only in 1995 during the qualifiers for Euro 1996, the coach National Aime Jacquet made playmaker Zidane holder.

Ronaldinho

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), more commonly known by the nickname Ronaldinho Gaúcho Ronaldinho or simply [3], is a football player operating at Flamengo and the Brazilian team for the position of attacking midfielder
Considered an atypical player, Ronaldinho was actually imposed in Europe as a winger on the left, with his dazzling dribbling, his incredible ball control and field antics that have earned him win the Golden Ball in 2005 . He was adored by the socios of the FC Barcelona club, with whom he won the Champions League in 2006.
He has been named player of the decade in 2009 [4] for its outstanding performance achieved in the years 2000 to 2006.
According to a ranking published by U.S. magazine Forbes, Ronaldinho is the player who won the most money in 2006 with 23.5 million euros of revenue [
Youngest of three children João Moreira Da Silva and Dona Miguelina, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira said "Ronaldinho" was born March 21, 1980 at the University Hospital São Lucas [6] in Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil. He comes from a poor family whose father - who was in the 1970s a good attacking midfielder moving to local amateur club, Cruzeiro - worked as a welder and rounds his income by monitoring car parking of Gremio Porto Alegre [7]. Ronaldinho's father takes him from an early age out of the training and make him free kicks, corners, penalties and all that can change his son. In 1988, while "Ronnie" was only 8 years old, his father dies and Roberto Assis, the eldest of the family, became the model for Ronaldinho, as he said later: "My brother is a true hero me. This is an example, whether as a father, brother or footballer "[8].
Roberto Assis is a great hope for his club and that's Ronaldinho grew up in the world of football in the heart of Vila Nova, and began to follow in the footsteps of his brother. Shared between the school and sports, Ronaldinho among college Alberto Torres Vila Nova to 7 years before moving with his family to enter college (football school) Langendonck [6] in Porto Alegre in 1986 [9 ]. His passion for the game is already compulsive. And when his friends are tired, he finds his dog in a training partner Bombon tireless dribbling both in the family garden and inside the house, surrounded by furniture. [Ref. needed] In 1991, aged 11, Ronaldinho joined Belo Horizonte for a tournament. In 1995, he knows his first call in the selection of young people from Grêmio.

Romario

Romario is the archetype of the child from a favela of a large Brazilian city that accesses the star status with world football. Born in the district of Jacarezinho a January 29, 1966, the young Romario in football has found a way to escape a hard life on the margins of society.
It marks his first goals in the colors of a formation of Vila da Penha, Estrelinha. He is quick to point out, getting a first transfer to Olaria and a contract with Vasco da Gama. In the Rio team, the man reported his address in the final meters, allowing it to win his first title in club and national team. In 1985 he received his first international crown, the South American Championships Juniors, won Paraguay's land. In 1987 and 88, it removes twice the championship with Vasco in Rio, which allows it to integrate the national team finalist at the Seoul Olympics, he finished top scorer. This success earned him a number of proposals from Europe, Romario finally agreeing to bind to the PSV, with whom he won six titles in five seasons.Romario is then transferred to FC Barcelona begins the golden age of Brazilian striker. Under the command of Johan Cruyff, Romario is the idol of all the people of Barcelona, ​​to whom he offers a Spanish league in the legendary "Dream Team" of Barcelona. Brazilian striker is clearly still the top scorer of the competition. It also reaches a final C1 lost against AC Milan.
At the top of his game, Romario has finally a chance to shine during a FIFA World Cup after playing a passive role in the World Cup in Italy in 1990. Despite a physical problem, it was included in the group, but had hardly been able to come into play in the United States, by contrast, Romario has a physical condition that allows it to spread its full potential. Scored five goals, he is the principal architect of the first victory auriverde World Cup after 24 years of waiting.
He wanted to be the best player in the world. His will was answered in 1994 when FIFA awarded him, logically, the title of player of the year. He thus became the first Brazilian to seize (the distinction was created in 1991, and assigned successively to Lothar Matthäus, Marco van Basten and Roberto Baggio).
Three years later, he won a second title with the Seleção: the Copa America. Unfortunately it does not participate in his third World Cup. At the 1998 World Cup, he has the misfortune to be injured just a month before the competition. In 2002, due to irreconcilable differences with Scolari, the coach at the time, it is not retained in the team that won its fifth world championship title.For the 2006 season, Romario aligned with Miami FC, a club to expand the first division of the United Soccer Leagues. In November 2006 he signed a contract for four games with the team Adelaide United, Australian club. Beginning in January 2007, Romario decided to return to the club that made him famous, Vasco da Gama. It must however wait for the approval of FIFA, which prohibits a player to normally operate in more than two different teams during a season. The agreement obtained only in February 2007, he scored three goals in 12 minutes after entering the field against Volta Redonda.
He put an end to his career in April 2008.
In August 2009, Romario has announced that it would come out of retirement to play with the America Football Club of Rio de Janeiro

Lionel Andrés Messi

Lionel Andrés Messi, Leo Messi often called, was born June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina, is an Argentine footballer, also having Spanish nationality. Gaucher, he moves with his number 10 to the position of attacking midfielder for FC Barcelona and the Argentine national team.
In 2009, Messi won an unprecedented six times in the history of football with FC Barcelona. His extraordinary year is rewarded by all the major individual awards. He was elected largely best player in the Spanish league, club best player by UEFA, World Player of the FIFA and finally won the Golden Ball with a record number of votes.
In 2010, he became Pichichi and European Golden Boot for the first time in his career thanks to his 34 goals in La Liga. In that season scoring a total of 47 goals in all competitions, Messi equal the record for goals in a season Ronaldo FC Barcelona. At the end of the year, he won a second straight gold ball all competitions
In 2011, he became the third consecutive time top scorer in the Champions League race he won at Wembley. He becomes best scorer, tied with Ruud Van Nistelrooy, in an edition of the Champions League. In addition Messi beats the record of goals from Ronaldo in a season with FC Barcelona in a total of 53 goals in all competitions. Messi won the league for the fifth time in his career.
At only 23, Messi has already won 15 major titles: 3 Champions League (he was injured for the final of 2006), five Spanish championships, four Super Cups in Spain, a Spanish Cup, a Super d Europe and a World Cup with FC Barcelona club, club in which he played since the age of thirteen and for which he is already the third best scorer. With the selection of Argentina, he won the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Lionel Andres Messi was born in Rosario, Santa Fe His parents are Jorge Horacio Messi and Maria Celia Cuccittini. His family is originally from the Italian city of Ancona, where his ancestor, Angelo Messi, emigrated to Argentina in 1883 [4].
At the age of five years, dragged through the streets of his city with his childhood friend, Lucas Leroy. His grandmother took him take tests in the local club Grandoli, coached by his father, he surpasses the opponents 12. His extraordinary talent propelled him quickly into the club Newell's Old Boys.
At age 10, when he is only 1.11 meters, Diego Schwarzstein detects a hormonal disease, bones do not develop at the right speed impair normal growth [5]. In fact, a potential career is in jeopardy. "Without growth hormone, Lionel would have been at best 1.50 meters in adulthood," according to his father, Jorge, in L'Equipe Magazine. At the time, no club wants Argentine undertake to pay his salary because of the economic crisis that began to plague the country. Messi's family can not afford the treatment cost 900 euros a month which is to inject 75 micrograms of Levothyroxine for thirty months [5]. Several Argentine clubs which are interested Riverplate the player but do not take the risk to support financial processing.
Jorge's father, Lionel, went to Barcelona where he has to test at Barcelona in July 2000. During a final visit after a month of test, Carles Rexach (the head of the training center), despite the reservations of the club, makes the decision that will change the future, and Messi is Messi's father to sign on a paper towel, a contract "symbolic" of support for Leo by FC Barcelona.
After this successful trial, the Masia, the training center of Barcelona, ​​supports education and medical care of the Argentine moved with his family in Catalonia. Messi is grateful forever to FC Barcelona for allowing him to realize his dream. He said many times that the club was his family and he wants to play his entire career before playing may be his last year in the championship in Argentina.
In his second game with the Infantil B (the Barca youth team), he fractured his fibula and will be unavailable for three months. In 2001, a dispute with former club Newell's Old Boys that removes land from February to June [ref. needed]. Messi continues his training very quickly and burns all stages of the youth teams. At only 16 years, he participated in his first game (unofficial) with the first team of FC Barcelona against Porto in 2003 on the occasion of the inauguration of the stadium in Porto.

Cristiano ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, more commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese international footballer born in Funchal February 5, 1985. He currently plays as a striker for Real Madrid.
Born into a poor family, Cristiano Ronaldo joined his first football club to his 10 years at FC Andorinha in 1995. He then joined the club CD Nacional and SC Portugal. Sporting integrates it into the occupational group and was noticed by Manchester United, the club he joined in 2003. With Manchester, he won the English league and the Champions League. It is crowned Golden Ball in 2008 and finished second at the 2007 and 2009 and is also elected, 12 January 2009, the best FIFA footballer of the year 2008 and remains second in 2009 behind Argentina's Lionel Messi .
He is also the most expensive player in football history with a transfer of 94 million negotiated between Manchester United and Real Madrid. His qualities as a technician, his many strokes of genius, and its top speed (racing 33.6 km / h, making it the fastest player in the world according to a German study published in 2009) led to many observers to consider him one of the best players in the world [5].
A statue was raised by the representative in Madrid [6], not to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium but on the plaza Ramales of the Spanish capital. This sculpture gray over ten meters high the Portuguese player was erected by Nike, the sponsor of the star of the club merengue.