Archive for April, 2010

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French pronunciation: [zinedin zidan]; born 23 June 1972 in Marseille, France) is a retired French World Cup-winning footballer. Widely regarded as one of the game’s all-time greats, Zidane played for club teams in France, Italy and Spain, and was a member of the French national team. His career accomplishments include helping France [...]

Category: Legend,Player, posted at: Apr 20th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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Helenio Herrera

Helenio Herrera (10 April 1910 in Buenos Aires – 9 November 1997 in Venice) was a French-Argentine football player and manager. Although born in Argentina, Herrera’s parents were both Spanish, his father being a well-known Spanish anarchist in exile. He emigrated at age four with his parents to Casablanca, Morocco where he adopted French citizenship. [...]

Category: Coach, posted at: Apr 20th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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Zico

Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: [axˈtux ɐ̃ˈtũnis koˈĩbrɐ]; born 3 March 1953 in Rio de Janeiro), better known as Zico ([ˈziku]), is a Brazilian coach and former footballer. Often called the “White Pelé”, he is commonly considered one of the most skilled dribblers and finishers ever and possibly the world’s best player of the early [...]

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Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruijff was born Hendrik Johannes Cruijff in Amsterdam on the 25th of April 1947, and joined the famous Ajax youth program only ten years later. He made his first team debut at the age of 17 in 1964 against GVAV. He started as he meant to go on, scoring Ajax’s only goal in their [...]

Category: Legend,Player, posted at: Apr 19th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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Michel Platini

Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French former football player, manager and current president of UEFA. Platini was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was voted the best player and top goalscorer. He participated in the 1978, 1982 and 1986 [...]

Category: Legend,Player, posted at: Apr 13th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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Eusébio

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira was born and raised in Mozambique, but in 1961 he began playing professional football for Benfica. Playing for Portugal, Eusebio became one of the top scorers in history. Known as “The Black Pearl” or “The Black Panther,” Eusebio was the top scorer for the Portuguese League every year from 1964 to [...]

Category: Legend,Player, posted at: Apr 8th 2010, Comments: No Comments
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