Antonio Valencia

 

Ecuadorian Valencia made his debut in 2005 and scored two goals. Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, the Ecuadorian soccer player who currently plays for Manchester United and his Ecuadorian team. Wigan then signed a three-year deal with Valencia in January 2008 for an undisclosed fee. Valencia have since won the Football League Cup in 2009-10, FA Community Shield in 2010 and the English Premier League in 2010-11 while at Manchester United. along with being named the PFA Team of the Year in his debut season.

Personal Information
Full name : Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera
Date of birth : 4 August 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth : Lago Agrio, Ecuador
Height : 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position : Right winger
Right back

Club Information
Current club : Manchester United
Number : 25

 

Early Life

Valencia helped her mother sell drinks outside their local club's stadium in Lago Agrio, then looked for empty bottles for her father to sell at a bottle depot in the capital, Quito. When Valencia was 11 years old, scout Pedro 'Papi' Perlaza saw him play on a dusty pitch near his home and signed him for the local FA sports academy in Sucumbíos.

Club career

Early career

Valencia started his career at El Nacional and within a year he was on the fast track to the Sub 20, where he played alongside striker Christian "Chucho" 'Benítez and scored 20 goals in 84 games. Valencia debuted together with El Nacional to his idol Edison Méndez. Valencia joined Spanish club Villarreal in 2005. Recreativo helped Valencia advance to La Liga as they finished the season at the top of the table.

Wigan Athletic

On August 3, 2006, Valencia joined Wigan Athletic of the English Premier League, initially on a one-year loan. Valencia finished their first season with one goal, one assist and one red card in their 22 appearances.

Valencia scored their first goal of the 2007/08 season in a 2-0 win against Derby County on 23 February before scoring a brace with his first Wigan in a 2-0 win against Aston Town on 3 May. the season with three goals and three assists in 32 games in all competitions.

Valencia's first goal of the season came after Wigan beat Hull City 5-0 away on 30 August. Valencia scored their final goal for Wigan on 13 December, inspiring them to a 3–0 win over Blackburn Rovers. Wigan manager Steve Bruce confirmed that Valencia had turned down the opportunity to join Real Madrid in January 2009. Valencia scored 7 goals in 89 games during his time at Wigan.

Manchester United

On 30 June 2009, Valencia became Manchester United's first summer signing after he cut short his holiday to undergo a medical at the club. He made his United debut on 29 July, scoring his first goal and his second in a 2-1 preseason win over Boca Juniors in the Audi Cup.

On 17 October he scored his first official goal for the club and scored United's second goal in their 2-1 league win over Bolton Wanderers. His first UEFA Champions League four days later. Goal in the 1-0 away win against CSKA. Moscow. Valencia With the assist for Wayne Rooney's winning goal in the 2010 League Cup final against Aston Villa on 28 February 2010, Valencia were named Man of the Match as United won 2-1. On April 25, Valencia was admitted to the PFA Premier. League Team of the Year in his debut season with the club alongside teammates Patrice Evra, Darren Fletcher and Wayne Rooney.On 8 August, Valencia scored United's first goal in a 3-1 win over Chelsea in the 2010 Community Shield.

During a Champions League game against Rangers on September 14, Valencia suffered a broken left ankle. On 28 February 2011, Valencia returned to training with the Manchester United first team. Valencia made their debut this season at Benfica in the first game of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Valencia scored their second goal of the season, the first goal in Manchester United's Champions League game against Otelul Galati, the game ended 2-0. On 26 December 2011, Valencia scored Manchester United's fourth goal in a 5-0 home win. Win against Wigan Athletic.

International Career

Ecuador team
On 27 March 2005, Valencia played their first international match for Ecuador, scoring their first two international goals in a 5-2 World Cup qualifier win over Paraguay. Valencia played in the entirety of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Ecuador. Play and was selected as a candidate for the FIFA 11 Dream Team, which recognizes the best stars for each position at the World Cup.

On 27 June 2007, Valencia scored Ecuador's first goal at the 2007 Copa America but ultimately lost the match 3-2 to Chile to finish bottom of their group. On September 9, 2009, Valencia scored their first World Cup. Cup qualifying goal in a 3-1 away win over Bolivia.

Personal Life

Valencia and his wife Zoila have a daughter named Domenica who was born during the 2006 World Cup final. Along with former Wigan team-mates Maynor Figueroa and Wilson Palacios, Valencia began taking English classes (although Valencia still need an interpreter). . Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson described Valencia as a quiet and shy boy. His older brother Eder is also a professional soccer player and plays for Independiente José Terán in Ecuador.

Honours

 

Club

El Nacional
     Serie A (1) : 2005 Clausura

Recreativo de Huelva
     Segunda División (1) : 2005-06

Manchester United
     Premier League (1) : 2010-11
     Football League Cup (1) : 2009-10
     FA Community Shield (2) : 2010, 2011

Individual
     Alan Hardaker Trophy (1) : 2010
     PFA Premier League Team of the Year (1) : 2009-10

Mario Gómez García

 Garcia | Gomez joined FC Bayern after six years in Stuttgart. Mario Gómez García is a German footballer who plays as a forward for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. The costs are a record for a player to be transferred in the Bundesliga, the euro expects 30 to 35 million euros. When Stuttgart became champions in 2006/07, Gómez scored 14 goals and was named German Footballer of the Year.

Personal Information

Full name : Mario Gómez García
Date of birth : 10 July 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth : Riedlingen, West Germany
Height : 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1 / 2 in)
Playing position : Striker

Club Information
Current club : Bayern Munich
Number : 33

Gómez grew up in Unlingen, a town in Upper Swabia, and is of German-Spanish descent (his father is Spanish from Granada and his mother is German). Both nationalities, but decided to play for the German national team when he was 17. Should Gomez think gay players are coming out thinking they were "playing like they've been freed". He also wants a "radical rethinking" of homosexuality in football.

In 2004, Gómez played 10 minutes for VfB Stuttgart in the Champions League in a game against Chelsea on March 9th and made his Bundesliga debut on May 8th.

 

In the 2005/06 season, Gómez joined the first team on a permanent basis. He played 30 times in the Bundesliga and scored six goals, his first goal came on September 17, 2005. In addition, the striker played five times in the UEFA Cup, scored twice and three times in the DFB Cup. p>

 

In 2006/07, VfB Stuttgart also reached the final of the DFB-Pokal, where Gómez took part, but VfB Stuttgart lost to 1. FC Nürnberg. Gómez extended his contract with Vf.

While the rest of his side struggled in the 2007/08 season to match the standards of the 2006/07 season, Gómez remained at a surprisingly high level, scoring 19 goals in 25 games, finishing second in the top scorer in the Bundesliga. List, just behind Luca Toni from Bayern Munich, scored 24 times from WER. In the 2008/09 season, Gómez scored four goals and spurred VfB Stuttgart to a 4-1 win over Bundesliga leaders VfL Wolfsburg.

On May 26, 2009, Gómez was finally transferred to Bayern Munich for a Bundesliga record fee and signed a four-year contract.

After an erratic first season at Bayern with just 10 goals in 29 league games, Gómez established himself as a regular in the 2010/11 season (partly at the expense of Miroslav Klose and due to the injury of Ivica Olic) and finished as the top scorer in the Bundesliga with 28 goals. Gómez has scored 13 hat-tricks in his Bundesliga career so far, three of them at Stuttgart and ten at Bayern.

On November 12, 2010, a few weeks before the Juventus saga, Gomez called on gay players to come out, adding that there are many gay role models in German society who could inspire gay footballers. 39 goals.

Gómez started the 2011/12 season similar to the previous season, opening his league account on August 20, 2011 in FC Bayern Munich's win over Hamburger SV. 1 FC Kaiserslautern. On September 10, Gómez scored four goals in Bayern Munich's 7-0 win over Freiburg.

Gomez also scored a brace against Hertha BSC Bayern won 4-0. Gomez scored another brace on October 29 and then defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 4-0. In the next game Bayern scored against FC Augsburg Gomez scored one of Bayern's goals in the 2-1 win. Bayern won 3-2.So far, Gómez has scored six goals in five games in the Champions League. Gómez has only scored one goal in the DFB-Pokal. On December 16, 2011, Gómez scored his 50th goal of the 2011 calendar year against 1. FC Köln. .

Gómez has both German and Spanish nationality, but he played for all German youth teams from the age of 17. Germany won the game 3–1 with Gómez scoring Germany's second goal. He replaced Kevin Kuranyi in Euro 2008 against San Marino and scored two goals that helped the eventual 6-0 win.

After Gomez impressed in pre-tournament friendlies, Joachim Löw called him up to Germany's Euro 2008 squad. Löw broke the attacking side of Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski Podolski by moving to the left at the expense of the Talisman midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger changed and Gomez teamed up with Klose up front. Germany eventually won thanks to a Michael Ballack free-kick and secured a place in the knockout rounds, but Low Gomez fell to the bench and turned the Podolski-Klose pair to .

In a friendly against the United Arab Emirates on 2 June 2009, Gómez scored four goals and ended his drought goal in 15 games for the national team with a 7-2 win over Germany.

Despite being the second-choice centre-forward behind Miroslav Klose in Germany's Euro 2012 qualifiers, Gómez has played regularly and this season has scored goals against all opponents: Kazakhstan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Belgium. Ahead of Euro 2012, Gómez captained the German national team for the first time, in a 3-3 draw against Ukraine in the opening match at the renovated Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, the venue for Euro 2012.

Honours

Club

VfB Stuttgart
     Bundesliga : 2006-07

Bayern Munich
     Bundesliga : 2009-10
     DFB-Pokal : 2009-10
     UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 2009-10

Germany
     FIFA World Cup 2010: Third place - Bronze medal
     UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008

Individual
     Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (28 goals) : 2011
     German Footballer of the Year : 2007
     Most expensive Bundesliga transfer

Arjen Robben

Soccer field | Arjen Robben | In August 2009, Robben joined Bayern Munich for around 25 million euros and scored two goals on his debut. Arjen Robben is a Dutch footballer who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. The following season, Robben's signing was pursued by major English clubs and, after protracted transfer negotiations, he joined Chelsea in the final season of 2004. In his first season in Munich, Bayern won the league title, Robben's fifth league title in eight years, and reached the Champions League final.

Groningen included Robben in their first team in the 1999-2000 season. He scored three goals in league games. Robben stayed in Groningen and steadily improved in the 2001/02 season, making 28 appearances and scoring six goals. moved to PSV for 3.9 million euros before the 2002/03 season.

During his first season at PSV, the 2002/03 season, Robben made 33 appearances and scored 12 goals. Robben traveled to London and met with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. By the end of the season, Robben had scored five goals in 23 Eredivisie games.

Real Madrid finally secured Robben's services in August 2007. On 10 February 2008, Robben scored his first goal, this time at home in a 7-0 win over Valladolid. Robben has played in 52 games for the Netherlands, scoring 16 goals. .Robben was also nominated for the 2010 World Cup Golden Ball as the best player in the tournament won by Diego Forlán.

Personal information
Full name Arjen Robben
Date of birth 23 January 1984 (age 28)
Place of birth Bedum, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Winger

Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 10

Youth career
1996 vv Bedum
1996 - 2000 Groningen

Senior career
years Team
2000 - 2002 Groningen 50 (8)
2002 - 2004 PSV 56 (17)
2004 - 2007 Chelsea 67 (15)
2007 - 2009 Real Madrid 50 (11)
2009 - Bayern Munich 54 (35)

National team
2003 - Netherlands 53 (17)

Honours

Club
PSV
     Eredivisie (1): 2002-03
     Johan Cruijff Shield (1): 2003

Chelsea
     Premier League (2): 2004-05, 2005-06
     FA Cup (1): 2007
     League Cup (2): 2005, 2007
     FA Community Shield (1): 2005

Real Madrid
     La Liga (1): 2007-08
     Supercopa de España (1): 2008

Bayern Munich
     Bundesliga (1): 2009-10
     DFB-Pokal (1): 2010
     DFB-Supercup (1): 2010-11

Netherlands
     FIFA World Cup (Silver Medalist) (1): 2010

Individual
     Netherlands' Young Player of the Year (1): 2003
     Premier League Player of the Month (1): November 2004
     PFA Team of the Year (1): 2005
     Premier League Goal of the Month (1): December 2005
     Bravo Award (1): 2005
     Goal of the Month in Germany (3): January 2010, March 2010, April 2010
     Der Kicker Player Of The Year (1): 2010
     Footballer of the Year (Germany) (1): 2010
     UEFA Team of the Year (1): 2010 -11

Jesus Navas

 

Soccer zone | Jesus Navas | Navas impressed again in 2005/06 and was a crucial element in Andalusia's first-ever UEFA Cup win. He appeared in all 12 games including the final against Middlesbrough. In August 2006, an agreement was reached on Navas' transfer to Chelsea, but the player refused the move, citing possible longing. In the league, Navas consistently ranked among the best. Player included in Don Balon magazine's “Top 50” every year since 2005. For the next three seasons, Navas remained a regular for Sevilla, consistently the club's top assist provider, scoring nine league goals.It also helped him reach the 2007/08 national cup and finish third in the league the following season.

After rising to Sevilla's first team, Navas made his U-21 debut in September 2004. On November 9, 2009, Navas was called up by coach Vicente del Bosque for friendlies against Argentina and Austria. Called up by coach Vicente del Bosque for the finals of the World Cup in South Africa, Navas scored his first international goal on 3 June 2010 in a friendly against South Korea, scoring the only goal of the game against four minutes left. During the tournament he played in three games, including 30 minutes plus extra time in the final against the Netherlands (1-0) as Spain lifted their first World Cup trophy.

Navas' older brother Marco is also a soccer player and midfielder. Having also graduated from Seville's academy, he made three first-team appearances but mostly played in the second division. Navas initially refused to travel to the United States during pre-season with Sevilla due to acute homesickness, then decided to travel to cure himself of the illness.

Personal information
Full name Jesús Navas González
Date of birth 21 November 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Los Palacios, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Winger

Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 7

Youth career
1998-2000 Los Palacios
Sevilla 2000-2003

Senior career
years Team
Sevilla 2003-2004 B 32 (3)
2003-Sevilla 241 (23)

National team
2004-2005 Spain U21 5 (0)
2009-Spain 15 (1)

Honours

Club
Sevilla
     Copa del Rey (2): 2006-07, 2009-10
     Supercopa de España (1): 2007
     UEFA Cup (2): 2005-06, 2006-07
     UEFA Super Cup (1): 2006

Spain
     FIFA World Cup (1): 2010

Gabriel agbonlahor

Gabriel agbonlahor was born in England in 1978.

Despite a somewhat tentative start to the century, marked in particular by a battle against relegation in the 1900-1901 season, the club won the FA Cup again in 1905, in front of a crowd of 101,117 people against Newcastle . In the same season, the team finished fourth in the Championship.

Gabriel agbonlahor began his career as a youth player at aston villa.

Gabriel Agbonlahor has handed in his captain's armband at Aston Villa. The 29-year-old striker was spotted partying by an English tabloid newspaper on the same day of the relegation from the Premier League. He was suspended by his employer for that provocative action. 

Villa, on the other hand, have just completed their third purchase of the season after attracting Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona and French midfielder Boubacar Kamara, who chose not to renew his contract at Olympique de Marseille.

Gabriel agbonlahor played for English Premier League clubs Manchester City, Chelsea and Birmingham City.

Agbonlahor scored in the 2007-'08 season on September 2 in a 2-0 win over Chelsea. Against Birmingham City, he scored the winning goal in the 86th minute. After thirteen games, Agbonlahor was club top scorer with six league goals. On December 7, he was voted "best youth player of the month" in the Premier League.

The Birmingham-based club finished 14th in the Premier League last season. They started poorly under Dean Smith, but the club's brave decision to sack the man who helped them gain promotion to the top division after a few years' absence, to replace him with an upbeat Steven Gerrard, has paid off.

Nikica Jelavic

Zone Soccer Player | Nikica Jelavic | He started his career with Prva HNL side Hajduk Split in 2002, before moving to the Belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem in 2007.  For the 2008-09 season played for the Austrian Jelavic champions Rapid Vienna. In the Austrian Bundesliga he played 24 games (as a first squad in 9 and as substitute in 15) and scored seven goals without any yellow or red cards. In the Europa League, he played six games and scored four goals with one assist. In the summer of 2010 Jelavic was linked with a transfer to Rangers. On 19 August, Rapid Announced That Jelavic would be signing for Rangers, after the player Announced he would not play in Rapid's Europa League qualifying match against Aston Villa.

On 20 August 2010 Jelavic completed a £ 4 million move to Rangers on a four-year-deal. Due to his former club Rapid Vienna eliminating Aston Villa from the Europa League, Jelavic was ineligible to Participate in the Rangers' Champions League campaign, after Becoming cup tied after Appearing for the Austrian side in the Earlier rounds . Johnstone on 27 February 2011, scored two goals Jelavic and assisted a third with a back heel pass. On 20 March 2011, scored the winning goal Jelavic in extra time in the Rangers' 2-1 win over Celtic in the 2011 Scottish League Cup Final. Jelavic received the SFA goal of the season award for his goal against Aberdeen.  Jelavic scored his first European goal for Rangers on 3 August 2011 in a 1-1 draw against Malmo in a UEFA Champions League qualifying game. On 5 November 2011 Jelavic scored his first brace of the season Helping Rangers a 3-1 victory to over Dundee United. Jelavic scored another two goals in a 2-0 win over Hibernian on 10 December 2011.

On 10 March 2012, scored his first goal Jelavic for Everton in his first start for the club, scoring the only goal of the game in a 1-0 victory against Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park . Jelavic scored his first brace for Everton against Norwich City in a 2-2 draw at Carrow Road in the Premier League. On 14 April, Jelavic scored the opener in the FA Cup Semi-Final against local rivals Everton Liverpool at Wembley the which went on to lose 2-1. On 22 April, Jelavic scored his second brace for Everton, as he scored the opener and the third goal at Old Trafford against Manchester United, in a pulsating 4-4 draw.

Jelavic eventually made his full international debut in a friendly match against Oman on 8 October 2009 in Rijeka, coming on as a substitute for Ivan Klasnic in the 64th minute in the which he also netted his first international goal to secure his team a 3-2 win in the final moments of the match.

Personal information
Full name Nikica Jelavic
Date of birth 27 August 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Capljina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Everton
Number 7

Youth career
1999-2001 GOŠK Gabela
2001-2002 Neretva
Hajduk Split 2002-2005

Senior career
years Team
Hajduk Split 2002-2007 35 (8)
2007-2008 Zulte Waregem 23 (3)
2008-2010 Rapid Vienna 71 (27)
2010-2012 Rangers 45 (30)
2012-Everton 9 (6)

National team
2002 Croatia U17 2 (0)
2003 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2009-Croatia 18 (7)

Honours

Club
     Rangers
         Scottish Premier League: 2010-11
         Scottish League Cup: 2011

     Everton
         FA Cup Player of the Round: Sixth Round 2011-12

Marouane Fellaini

Zone Soccer Player | Marouane Fellaini | At the age of 17, he signed his first contract with Standard Liege permanent. Born in Etterbeek, Brussels, Fellaini began playing football at the age of 8 for Anderlecht. In his first season at Anderlecht's Academy, he scored 26 goals in his second and he scored 37. Fellaini's first love was track, with the 10.000 meters being his preferred event. After rejected advances from Manchester United and Following reported interest from Aston Villa, Real Madrid, Tottenham and Bayern Munich, Fellaini signed for Everton in September 2008 on a five-year deal from Standard Liege for an initial transfer fee of £ 15 million (a record for a Belgian player and a club record for Everton). He made his Everton debut in a 3-2 away victory at Stoke City on 14 September 2008, and scored his first goal for the team against Newcastle United in a 2-2 home draw on 5 October 2008. Fellaini went on to score nine goals in his first season, the most he has scored in a single season at the club to date.

At the end of the 2008-09 season Everton's Fellaini was named Young Player of the Season. In his time in England he has Become well known for his large "afro" hair, Becoming a cult hero with the Everton fans sporting Afro wigs regularly as a homage to Fellaini. Later Fellaini Reverted to play in his favored defensive midfield area.  Fellaini suffered an ankle injury in an FA Cup replay victory against Chelsea in February 2011 and although he was Able to play in a 2-0 win against Sunderland a week later, the injury Caused him to miss the remainder of the 2010-11 season.

He did not play a competitive match until August 2011, when he Appeared as a substitute in a 1-0 loss to Queens Park Rangers at Goodison Park and played the full match in the very next fixture, as Everton beat Sheffield United 3 -1 in the League Cup. Eligible to play for either Belgium or Morocco, Fellaini he chose to Represent the country of his birth from youth level upwards.

Personal information
Full name Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui
Date of birth 22 November 1987 (age 24)
Place of birth Etterbeek, Belgium
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1/2 in)
Playing position Midfielder

Club information
Current club Everton
Number 25

Youth career
Anderlecht 1994-1997
Mons 1997-2000
2000-2002 R. Francs Borains
2002-2004 Sporting Charleroi
2004-2006 Standard Liege

Senior career
years Team
2006-2008 Standard Liege 64 (9)
2008-Everton 104 (14)

National team
2007-Belgium 33 (5)

Honours

Club
Standard Liège
     Belgian First Division winner: 2007-08
     Belgian Ebony Shoe winner: 2008

Everton
     FA Cup runner-up: 2009
     Young Player of the Season winner: 2008/09