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Monday, January 16, 2012

Ronaldo


Attackers Had who FC triumphed at Barcelona Nazario de Lima Ronaldo Luís commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer played for Corinthians last who. Ronaldo has played for Brazil in 98 international matches, scoring 62 goals. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ronaldo Became the highest scorer in World Cup history with his Fifteenth goal, surpassing Gerd Müller's previous record of 14. He is also the only player who won the World Cup Golden Ball and Golden Shoe in separate tournaments


Personal Information
Full name :  Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima
Date of birth : 18 September 1976 (age 35)
Place of birth : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height : 1.83 meters (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position : Striker

Youth career
1986-1989 Tennis Club Valqueire
1989-1990 Social Ramos Club
1990-1993 São Cristóvão

Senior career
Years Team Apps  (GLS)
Cruzeiro 1993-1994 14 (12)
PSV 1994-1996 46 (42)
1996-1997 Barcelona 37 (34)
Inter Milan 1997-2002 68 (49)
2002-2007 Real Madrid 127 (83)
2007-2008 AC Milan 20 (9)
2009-2011 Corinthians 31 (18)
Total 343 (247)

National Team
1994-2011 Brazil 98 (62)


Club Career


1993 - Cruzeiro
In 1993, Ronaldo began his football career playing for Cruzeiro the which was already going on to become a Successful club.


1994 -1996 - PSV Eindhoven
Ronaldo chose to join PSV after the 1994 World Cup, for he was selected despite being just 17​​, but did not play. It was Romario who advised Ronaldo to start his European career at PSV; Romario being a former striker of the team from 1988-1993. Ronaldo scored 30 league goals in his first season in Holland. With PSV, Ronaldo won the Dutch Cup in 1996 and he was Eredivisie top scorer in 1995.


1996 -1997 - Barcelona
During his spell at PSV, Ronaldo attracted the attention of Both Inter Milan and FC Barcelona. During the 1996-97 season Ronaldo scored an incredible 47 goals in 49 games (in all Competitions) for Barca, leading the Catalan side to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph (where he capped the season with the winning goal in the cup final Itself) and to the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España wins. He also won La Liga top scorer award in 1997 with 34 goals in 37 games. Until the 2008-09 season, Ronaldo remained the last player to score more than 30 goals in La Liga. At the age of 20, Ronaldo Became the youngest player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996.


1997 - 2002 - Inter Milan
Ronaldo's time at Barcelona was brief, as the resource persons were the resource persons there problems with the renegotiation of Ronaldo's contract. During his time with Inter, he scored goals against AC Milan in the derby Several. After two operations and months of rehabilitation, Ronaldo back for the came 2002 World Cup, Brazil Helping Their fifth World Cup title win.

2002-2006 - Real Madrid
Ronaldo scored twice in his debut for Real Madrid. In the second leg of Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-finals, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick against Manchester United at Old Trafford, knocking the Home team out of the competition, Ronaldo was substituted on 80 mins and was given a standing ovation from Both sets of fans. Madrid was on track to win the treble until Ronaldo was injured Towards the end of the 2003-04 season; They subsequently lost the Copa del Rey final, the resource persons were the resource persons knocked out of the Champions league quarter-finals, suffered a form and Leagues breakdown.


2007-2008 - AC Milan
On 18 January 2007, it was reported That Ronaldo Agreed terms with AC Milan for a transfer of € 8.05 million. On 25 January, Ronaldo flew from Madrid to AC Milan to watch AC Milan in a cup tie against Roma. In his first season, Ronaldo has scored seven goals in 14 Appearances.

After his move to AC Milan, Ronaldo joined the list of the Few players to have played for Both Inter Milan and AC Milan in the Milan derby, and is one of two players to have scored for both sides in the derby game (for Inter in the 98/99 season and for AC Milan in the 06/07 season), the other player Zlatan Ibrahimovic being. Ronaldo, however, has never transferred directly the the between rival clubs. Ronaldo only played 300-plus minutes in his single season at AC Milan due to recurring injury problems and weight issues. In total, he scored nine goals in 20 Appearances for AC Milan. During the 2006-07 season, though A.C. Milan won the 2006-07 title, Ronaldo was cup-tied with Madrid and ineligible to take part.


2009-2011: Corinthians
On 9 December, however, Ronaldo signed a one-year deal with Flamengo's league Rivals Corinthians. The announcement received high publicity in the Brazilian press about his favouring Corinthians over Flamengo, since Ronaldo publicly declared Himself Had a Flamengo lover and promised to defend the club.

Ronaldo scored his first goal for Corinthians on 8 March 2009 in a Campeonato Paulista match against Palmeiras. He helped Corinthians win the Campeonato Paulista with 10 goals in 14 games. Ronaldo, helped Corinthians defeat Internacional with an aggregate score of 4-2 to help the club win its third Cup Brazil (the second of his career), thus earning a spot in the Copa Libertadores 2010. In February 2011, after the resource persons were the resource persons Corinthians eliminated from the 2011 Copa Libertadores by the Colombian team Deportes Tolima, Ronaldo Announced his retirement from football.


International Career
Ronaldo made his international debut for Brazil in 1994, in a friendly match in Recife against Argentina. 1998 FIFA World Cup Voted the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996 and 1997, he scored four goals and made three assists During the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Ronaldo did not perform well and he was.


2002 FIFA World Cup
In the final match against Germany, Ronaldo scored his 11th and 12th goals to a round of applause and tied Pelé's Brazilian record of 12 career World Cup goals.



2006 FIFA World Cup
On 2 June 2004, Ronaldo scored an unusual hat-trick of Penalties for Brazil against arch-Rivals Argentina in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, although Brazil won Their first two group games against Croatia and Australia, respectively, Ronaldo was repeatedly jeered for being overweight and slow. With his two goals against Japan in the third match, he Became the 20th player ever to score in three different FIFA World Cups and also equaled the all-time World Cup finals scoring record of 14, held by Gerd Müller (Ronaldo scored at France 98 , Korea / Japan 2002 and Germany 2006). and then broke Muller's record in the Round of 16 match against Ghana by scoring his 15th World Cup goal.


Farewell match
Goalscorer Fred Celebrated his goal with Ronaldo's famous 'finger wag' celebration along with his Brazilian teammates who joined in as well.



Honours

Club

Esporte Clube Cruzeiro
    Campeonato Mineiro (1) : 1994
    Copa do Brasil (1) : 1993

PSV Eindhoven
    KNVB Cup (1) : 1996
    Johan Cruijff-Schaal (1) : 1996

FC Barcelona
    Copa del Rey (1) : 1997
    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1) : 1997
    Supercopa de España (1) : 1996

F.C. Internazionale Milano
    UEFA Cup (1) : 1998

Real Madrid C.F.
    La Liga (1) : 2002-03
    Intercontinental Cup (1) : 2002
    Supercopa de España (1) : 2003

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
    Campeonato Paulista (1) : 2009
    Copa do Brasil (1) : 2009

Brazil
    FIFA World Cup (2) : 1994, 2002
    Copa América (2) : 1997, 1999
    FIFA Confederations Cup (1) : 1997

Individual
    Supercopa Libertadores Top scorer (1) : 1993-94
    Campeonato Mineiro Top scorer (1) : 1993-94
    Campeonato Mineiro Team of the Year (1) : 1994
    Eredivisie top scorer (1) : 1994-95
    La Liga top scorer (2) : 1996-97,2003-2004
    European Golden Boot (1) : 1996-97
    Don Balon Award La Liga Foreign Player of the Year (1) : 1996-97
    Copa América Final Most Valuable Player (1) : 1997
    Copa América Most Valuable Player (1) : 1997
    Confederations Cup All-Star Team (1) : 1997
    Cup Winners Cup Final Most Valuable Player (1): 1997
    Cup Winners Cup Top Goal scorer (1) : 1996-1997
    IFFHS World's Top Goal scorer of the Year (1) : 1997
    UEFA Most Valuable Player (1) : 1997-98
    Serie A Footballer of the Year (1) : 1997-98
    Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year (1) : 1997-98
    UEFA Best Forward (1) : 1997-98
    Bravo Award (3) : 1995, 1997, 1998
    FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1) : 1998
    UEFA Cup Final Most Valuable Player (1) : 1998
    Top scorer of the Copa América (1) : 1999
    Copa América All-Star Team (2) : 1997, 1999
    FIFA World Player of the Year (3) : 1996, 1997, 2002
    Ballon D'or (2) : 1997, 2002
    World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year (3) : 1996, 1997, 2002
    Onze d'Or (2) : 1997, 2002
    FIFA World Cup Silver Ball (1) : 2002
    FIFA 100
    FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (2) : 1998, 2002
    FIFA World Cup Finals Most Valuable Player (1) : 2002
    FIFA World Cup top scorer (1) : 2002
    Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player (1) : 2002
    UEFA Team of The Year (1) : 2002
    Laureus Comeback of the Year (1) : 2002
    Strogaldo De Legendary Award : 2002
    BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality (1) : 2002
    La Liga South American Player of the Year (2) : 1996-97, 2002-03
    Golden Foot award (1) : 2006
    Brazilian National Hall of Fame : Class of 2006
    Serie A Player of the Decade : 1997-2007
    France Football Magazine : Starting eleven of all-time (2007)
    FIFA World Cup : All-Time Leading scorer
    Campeonato Paulista Best Player (1) : 2009
    Goal.com: Player of a decade : Winner 2000-2010

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Alexandre Pato

He began his career at who A.C. Milan International Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and the Brazilian national team. His nickname, Pato, refers to his place of birth, Pato Branco. The literal translation of Pato from Portuguese to Language is 'Duck' the the which has evolved into a common nickname for him.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Robinho


Attackers tiny country of origin of samba Robson de Souza, better known as Robinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer currently plays who as a second striker and winger for Serie A club Milan.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Ronaldinho

Former FC Barcelona player Who is very ready smile is Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaucho, is a Brazilian footballer WHO played for Flamengo and the Brazilian national team as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is twice winner of the FIFA World Player, Awarded to the best player of the year.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Marcelo Vieira


This one wings defender Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Real Madrid and Brazil national football team. Marcelo said to be gifted with exceptional technical abilities, a fierce shot, and pass both. Especially the left back, he can also operate as a left winger.

Kaká


Midfield was appearance of this lovely indeed will never run out when discussed, he was a Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, commonly known as bis a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team.

Kaká's football career started at age eight, when he began playing for local clubs. At that time, he also played tennis, and it was not until he moved to São Paulo FC and signed his first professional contract with the club at the age of fifteen that he chose to focus on football.

In 2003 he joined Milan for a fee of € 8.5 million. While in Milan, Kaka won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2007. After success with Milan, Kaka to join Real Madrid in the world transfer record £ 56 million, smashing the previous record of Zidane, 49 million pounds.

Kaká record later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo when he joined Real Madrid for a fee of £ 80 million. In addition to contributions in the field, Kaká is known for humanitarian work. In 2004, at the time of his appointment, he became the youngest ambassador of the bProgram

Personal information
Full name : Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Date of birth : 22 April 1982 (age 29)
Place of birth : Brasília, Brazil
Height : 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position : Attacking midfielder

Club information
Current club : Real Madrid
Number : 8

Sao Paulo

Early Life
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite was born in Brasilia to Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite (a civil engineer) and Simone dos Santos (an elementary school teacher). He has a financially secure education which allows him to focus on school and football at the same time his younger brother Rodrigo (best known as Digão) and his cousin Eduardo Delani also a professional player.

When he was seven years old, the family moved to São Paulo Kaká. his school had arranged him in a local youth club called "Alphaville," who qualified for the finals in the tournament he was discovered by the local town club. São Paulo FC, ​​who offered an assignment.

At the age of 18, Kaká suffered a broken bone-inducing paralysis and possibly career-threatening spinal cord as a result of a swimming pool accident.


Milan
The steady-European interest in Kaká culminated in his signing with Italian club AC Milan in 2003 for a fee of € 8.5 million, described in Retrospect as "peanuts" by club owner Silvio Berlusconi. Despite Milan losing the 2004-05 Champions League final to Liverpool on Penalties, Kaká was still voted the best midfielder of the tournament.

2005-06 saw Kaká score his first hat-tricks in domestic competition. The following season, he scored his first Champions League hat-trick in a 4-1 group stage win over the Belgian side Anderlecht. Andriy Shevchenko's departure to Chelsea for the 2006-07 season allowed Kaká to Become the focal point of Milan's offense as he alternated the between the midfield and striker positions. He finished as the top scorer in the 2006-07 Champions League campaign with ten goals.


Kaká in Moscow
Kaká added the Champions League title to his trophy case for the first time Milan Defeated Liverpool on 23 May 2007. On 30 August, Kaká was named by UEFA as Both the top forward of the 2006-07 Champions League season and UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. He played his 200th career match with Milan in a 1-1 home draw with Catania on 30 September, and on 5 October, he was named the 2006-07 FIFPro World Player of the Year. On 2 December 2007, Milan's Kaká Became the eighth player to win the Ballon d'Or, as he finished with a decisive 444 votes, long ahead of runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo. He signed a contract extension through 2013 with Milan on 29 February 2008.

Milan director Umberto Gandini Milan replied That would only discuss the matter if Kaká and Manchester City Agreed to personal terms. Kaká initially responded by telling Reporters he wanted to "grow old" at Milan and Dreamed of captaining the club one day, but later said, "If Milan want to sell me, I'll sit down and talk. " On 19 January, Silvio Berlusconi That Manchester City Announced Officially Had Their bid ended after a discussion the between the clubs, And that would Remain with Milan's Kaká.

Real Madrid
On 3 June 2009, Football Italia reported That Newly-elected Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez Had Offered Milan a € 68.5 million deal for Kaká, two days after the player Had left for international duty with Brazil. "We had lunch and spoke about Kaká.  "We can not allow to lose € 70 million The Reasons behind Kaká's departure would be economic." On 8 June, Milan and Real Madrid confirmed Kaká has moved to the Bernabéu on a six-year deal.

Kaká made his unofficial debut on 7 August 2009, in a 5-1 friendly victory against Toronto FC. He scored his first goal for Madrid During a pre-season match on 19 August 2009, in a 5-0 victory against Borussia Dortmund. Later Kaká made his league debut on 29 August 2009 in a 3-2 win against b He scored his first goal, a penalty kick, on 23 September, in a 2-0 against b. Kaká returned to training after a long lay-offs and manager Jose Mourinho said That having Kaká back was like a new signing. After returning from injury, he Appeared in a convincing win over Valencia, scoring two goals.

On 27 September, Kaká experienced one of his best matches as a Real Madrid player During a 3-0 victory over Ajax in the Champions League, as he scored one goal, provided one assists and participated in one of the best team build-ups of The Matchday: a counterattacking move involving Özil, Ronaldo and Benzema.


International Career
Kaká was Called up for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, but the Brazilians crashed out to Ghana in the quarter-finals. Several months later, he made his debut for the senior Brazil squad in a friendly match against Bolivia on 31 January 2002. In 2003, Kaká was the captain for the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, where Brazil, competing with Their under-23 team, finished as runner-up to Mexico. He scored three goals During the tournament. He was included in Brazil's squad for 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany. He Appeared in all five matches and scored one goal in a 4-1 win over Argentina in the final.

Kaká started in his first FIFA World Cup finals in 2006 and scored his first and only goal of the tournament in Brazil's 1-0 victory over Croatia in Brazil's opener, for the which he was named Man of the Match.  On 12 May 2007, citing an exhaustive schedule of Serie A, Champions League and national team play, Kaká bowed out of the 2007 Copa América, the which Brazil won. After missing out on the Copa América, he returned to play in Brazil's friendly match against Algeria on 22 August 2007.

Kaká participated in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, marking his first international tournament since the 2006 World Cup. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, During the 20 June match against Côte d'Ivoire, Kaká received a red card after receiving two yellow cards Kaká ended the tournament with three assists in total, and Brazil eventually ended up losing 2 - 1 to the Netherlands.


   Personal lifeKaká with his wife Caroline

Kaká was married to his girlfriend Caroline Celico on December 23, 2005 in a Rebirth in Christ Church in São Paulo with their first child, Luca Celico Leite, born in São Paulo on June 10, 2008. On December 8, 2010, Kaká announced Celico was pregnant with their second child, daughter He was born late at night on April 23, 2011 and named Isabella ..

Kaká was sworn in as Italian citizen on February 12, 2007. He features prominently in Adidas advertising and also has a modeling contract with Armani, the latter prevented him from appearing in your photo collection with his Milan team was published by Dolce & Gabbana in early 2007. Rai, Brazil São Paulo FC and former captain, football has always been a role model of Kaká.

Kaká's best friend is fellow Brazilian Marcelo Saragosa, who plays as a midfielder for FC team in Azerbaijan Absheron. Kaká is a follower of the Rebirth in Christ Church evangelical and devout evangelical Christian. During the postmatch celebration following Brazil's 4-1 win over Argentina in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup final, he and several. teammates wearing a t-shirt that reads "Jesus Loves You" in different languages.

Despite sharing a common goal, Kaká is currently not an official member of the organization Atletas de Cristo ("Athletes of Christ") In celebration of a goal. He usually pointed to the sky as a sign of gratitude to God. Kaká favorite music is gospel, and his favorite book is the Bible. Since November 2004, he served as an Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Program, the youngest to do so at the time of his appointment.

In August 2010, EA Sports announced that Kaká has been chosen for the cover of FIFA 11. Kaká has a musical side to himself when he performed the song with his wife, Caroline, on her debut album. Song, entitled Presente de Deus, written by Kaká himself for his wife and echoed in the church for their wedding in 2005.

The nickname is pronounced as spelled, with emphasis on second syllable (About this sound pronunciation (help info ·), and is a general term of affection "Ricardo" in Brazil. In Kaká's case, it was created by Digão his sister called him "Caca" because of his inability to pronounce "Ricardo" when they were young;. Eventually evolved into Kaká.


  Honours


Club

São Paulo
    Torneio Rio-São Paulo : 2001
    Supercampeonato Paulista : 2002
    Copa São Paulo de Juniores : 2000

Milan
    Serie A : 2003–04
    Supercoppa Italiana : 2004
    UEFA Champions League : 2006–07
    UEFA Super Cup : 2003, 2007
    FIFA Club World Cup : 2007

Real Madrid
    Copa del Rey : 2010–11

Country
    FIFA World Cup: 2002
    FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009

Individual
    Revista Placar Bola de Ouro : 2002
    Campeonato Brasileiro Bola de Prata (best player by position) : 2002
    CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI : 2003
    Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year : 2004, 2006, 2007
    Serie A Footballer of the Year : 2004, 2007
    UEFA Champions League Bronze Top scorer : 2005–06
    UEFA Champions League Best Midfielder : 2005
    UEFA Team of the Year : 2006, 2007,2009
    FIFPro World X I: 2006, 2007, 2008
    Pallone d'Argento : 2006–07
    UEFA Champions League Top Scorer : 2006–07
    UEFA Champions League Best Forward : 2006–07
    UEFA Club Footballer of the Year : 2006–07
    FIFPro World Player of the Year : 2007
    Ballon d'Or : 2007
    FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball : 2007
    Toyota Award : 2007
    FIFA World Player of the Year : 2007
    Onze d'Or : 2007
    World Soccer Player of the Year : 2007
    IFFHS World‘s Best Playmaker : 2007
    IAAF Latin Sportsman of the Year : 2007
    Time 100 : 2008, 2009
    Maracanã Hall Of Fame : 2008
    Samba d'Or : 2008
    FIFA Team of the Year : 2008
    FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball : 2009
    FIFA Confederations Cup Best XI : 2009
    Marca Leyenda : 2009
    FIFA World Cup Top Assister : 2010

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Daniel Alves

The Brazilian wing-back's famous lively Daniel Alves da Silva, commonly known as Dani Alves, he played as a attacking right-back for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team.