Profile: Popular football player of Manchester City football club: Carlos Tevez

Carlos Alberto Tevez (born 5 February 1984) is a 27 year old Argentine born Footballer who currently plays his football for The English football club Manchester City. He has also represented Argentina at International level. He started of playing his football for Boca Juniors in 2001 after which he made his move to Cornithians. After Cornithians he made his move to the English Premier League signing for West Ham United football club. He had a pretty rough start at West Ham but captured his mercurial form in the end of the season and rescued West Ham United from relegation on the last day of the season. He stayed at West Ham for one year than made the move to Manchester United where he scored 19 goals in 63 appearances but was known more for his hard work and work rate in matches. He won the English Premier League title twice in 2007/08 and 2008/09 and The UEFA Champions League trophy in 2007/08 with Manchester United football club. After a dispute about his contract with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson he made the switch  to arch-rivals Manchester City. Because of this move United fans turned on him but was received warmly in Manchester City.  He’s scored 43 goals in 63 appearances for Manchester City. Carlos Tevez is known for his pace, his hard work rate and his excellent and composed finishing skills. His lack in height makes it a bit of a disadvantage for him but he still manages to score and win headers.

Appearance:

• 75 matches and 26 goals for Boca Juniors
• 38 matches and 25 goals for Cornithians
• 63 matches and 19 goals for Manchester United
• 63 matches and 43 goals for Manchester City football club
• 59 matches for Argentina’s National team and 13 goals

Profile: Popular English football player of Manchester United football club: Ashley Young

Ashley Young is a 26 year old British Born Footballer (born 9 july 1986) who plays his club footballer for The English club Manchester United football club. Young started his career at Watford in 2003 breaking into their senior team and making a total of 98 appearances and scoring 19 goals. Young helped Watford get promotion into the Premier League and helped them fight relegation in The Premier League. It is during this time he caught the eye of other clubs as an exciting and prospective talent. Aston Villa football club approached him in 2007 and signed him from Watford. He played 157 games for Aston Villa from 07 to 11 scoring a total of 30 goals during this time. In June 2011 after 3 consistent years at Aston Villa Ashley Young signed for Manchester United FC for a deal worth around 16 to 20 million pounds. He’s also represented The England U21s and has also made his breakthrough into England senior side making a total of 15 appearances and scoring 2 goals in the process.  Young is known for his fast pacy runs on the wings and his precision crosses to target men. He also possesses great skill on the ball and great dribbling skills making him a threat whenever he has the ball.  His finishing occasionally lets him down and his small height and small body frame occasionally puts him in a disadvantage going one on one against defenders and trying to win aerial balls.

Appearance:

• 98 matches for Watford and 19 goals.
• 157 matches for Aston Villa football club and 30 goals.
• Yet to Play for Manchester United FC.
• 10 matches for The England U21 side and 1 goal
• 15 matches for The England senior side and 2 goals

Profile: Famous football player of Barcelona football club: Alexis Sanchez

Alexis Alejandro Sanchez more commonly known as Alexis Sanchez is a 22 year old Chilean footballer who currently played his football for the Italian football club Udinese (now transferred to Barcelona FC). His preferred position is playing upfront as a striker and he stands at 1.70 meter. Sanchez started of his career at Cobreloa first playing for their youth team from 03-04 then making it into their senior team from 05-06. He made a total of 42 appearances for Cobreloa scoring 12 goals in total. In 2006 he made his move down to Udinese football club who he’s represented 95 times scoring 20 goals. During his time at Udinese he was sent on loan twice first to Colo-Colo in 2006 where he made 32 appearances scoring only 3 times then in 2007-2008 to River Plate where he played 23 times scoring 4 goals. It’s at Udinese in 10/11 where he gained popularity and interest from other European clubs with Barcelona football club finalizing his transfer. Sanchez is a small, fast but powerful striker whose great pace gives him an edge against his opponents along with his conviction and clinical finishing he’s one of the brightest prospects in football at the moment. He’s also represented Chile at the international level and on the U-20 level where he helped Chile secure third place in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and has scored 14 goals in 40 international games in the senior level for Chile. He used to wear the number 7 shirt for Udinese

Appearances:

• 42 matches for Cobreloa and 12 goals
• 95 matches for Udinese and 20 goals
• 32 matches for Colo-Colo and 3 goals*
• 23 matches for River Plate and 4 goals*
• 40 matches for Chile at the international level and 14 goals
• (Also represented Chile U20 team)
• *On loan for both Colo-Colo and River Plate

Performance record of Spanish League-La Liga

The Top-division of Spanish league professional football is known as La Liga. It is the top professional football league in Spain. There are twenty teams who participate in the Top-flight, in which the top four teams compete in the UEFA Champions League, while the lowly three teams play in the Second Division and replaced by the top three league teams in the top-division. Real Madrid football club and Barcelona football club, the two most favorite and richest clubs of Europe, have dominated the championship titles in La Liga.  There are total 59 teams those have competed in the top flight and nine of them have honored with the Championship title.  Valenica Football Club, Sevilla Football Club, Atletico Madrid, Real Betis, Athletic Bilbao, are also few of the names who have crowned with the La Liga title and amongst top rivals.

La liga is one of the most watched premier league in Europe. It has a huge popularity amongst the football lovers from all over the world. People always love to watch the teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona playing in the top competitions. La Liga is the eighth highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third highest of any professional association football league. According to the current ranking, Spanish La Liga is the second strongest league in Europe based on the performances of European and international level.

Performance Record of Spanish La Liga:

-          Real Madrid football club: Winners (31): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97,2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08

-          Barcelona football club: (20): 1929, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94,1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10

- Atlético Madrid football club: (9): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1995–96

- Athletic football club: (8): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1955–56, 1982–83, 1983–84

- Valencia football club: (6): 1941–42, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1970–71, 2001–02, 2003–04

- Real Sociedad football club: (2): 1980–81, 1981–82

- Deportivo de La Coruñba football club (1): 1999–2000

- Sevilla football club: (1): 1945–46

- Real Betis football club: (1): 1934-35

Performance record of Zenit St. Petersburg football club

FC Zenit St. Petersburg have made remarkable performances over the last few years by setting new records and winning the major titles on both domestic and international level. The club performed brilliantly in the last few year in the presence of newly appointed manager, Luciano Spallettis, who already managed to set a number of records this season.

Zenit St. Petersburg football club first set the record for the most games played without losing in official matches; winning 26 games in a row set pass the record of 24 games under coach Petrzela. FC Zenit also set the record for number of wins in a row in the top-flight Russian Premier League at 9 games in a row.

The club’s biggest win in the UEFA competition is 8-0 over Encamp football club at St. Petersburg stadium. The club have made three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, eleven appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and one appearance in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. While Vyacheslav Malafeev football player holds the record for most UEFA appearances and Aleksandr kerzhakov football player holds the record for top goal scorer with 19 goals in the UEFA competitions.

Club records
Most appearances: Lev Dmitriyevich Burchalkin (417)
Most goals: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (112)*
Record victory: Zenit 8-0 FC Encamp (UEFA Cup, 29 August 2002)
Record defeat: Dinamo Moskva 8-0 Zenit (Soviet Supreme League, 12 June 1949)

Honours & Achievements

European

• UEFA Cup
  • Winners: 2008
• UEFA Super Cup
  • Winners: 2008

Russia

• Racist Russian League
  • Winners: 2007, 2010
• Russian Cup
  • Winners: 1999, 2010
• Russian Premier League Cup
  • Winners: 2003
• Russian Nazi Skinhead Cup
  • Winners: 2008, 2011

Soviet Union

• Soviet Top League
  • Winners: 1984
• Soviet Cup
  • Winners: 1944
• Soviet Super Cup
  • Winners: 1984

Performance record of Ipswich Town football club

Ipswich Town football club is an English professional league team, playing in the “English Championship League” 2010/11 season. The club is currently located on the 15^th position in the English Championship League table with 49 points in 38 matches.

Ipswich football club won the first and only English Premier League title in 1961/62 season, and have been runners up twice in 1980/81 and 1981/82. The club also won the major titles like FA Cup in 1977/78 season and the UEFA Cup in 2980/81 season.

Ipswich former football player, Ray Crawford is the highest goal scorer in the history of Ipswich football with 203 goals while Mike Mills holds the record for most club appearances with 591 games being played between 1966 and 1982. Tedd Phillips is a record goals scorer for Ipswich in a season, scoring 41 goals in the 3^rd Division. The club’s biggest league wins in the league competitions is 7-0 against Portsmouth Football Club in 2^nd Division, against Southhampton Football Club in 1^st Division and against West Bromwich Albion in the 1^st Division.

Kieron Dyer is the highest paid footballer in the history of Ipswich, receiving £6.5 million from NeCastle United Football Club in 1999, while the most spend fees for any player was £4.75 million for Matteo Sereni football player from Sampdoria in 2001.

Honours

• UEFA Cup
  • Winners: 1980/81
• FA Cup
  • Winners: 1977/78
• Football League Champions
  • Winners: 1961/62
  • Runners-up: 1980/81, 1981/82
• Texaco Cup
  • Winners : 1972/73
• Old Second Division
  • Winners : 1960/61, 1967/68, 1991/92
• Old Third Division South
  • Winners : 1953/54, 1956/57
• Southern League
  • Winners : 1936/37
• Suffolk Premier Cup
  • Winners : 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70
• Suffolk Senior Cup
  • Winners : 1886/87, 1888/89, 1889/90, 1890/1900, 1903/04, 1904/05, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1907/08, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1913/14, 1927/28, 1928/29, 1929/30

Performance record of Eintracht Frankfurt football club

Eintracht Frankfurt football club is ranked amongst the top 5 clubs of Germany. Eintracht plays in the German Top-Division “Bundesliga” and more often regarded as the mid-table league team. The club has successfully participated in Bundesliga football for thirty three years and their best ever performance came in 1991/92 season when they finished just two points back to champion VFB Stuttgart football club. The club is successfully performing in the Bundesliga top-flight since 1963, relegated to Second-Division only on few occasions.

Eintracht Frankfurt football club has also enjoyed much of its success in competitions outside the Bundesliga. In 1967 they won their first international trophy “UEFA Intertoto Cup”, beating Inter Bratislava football club in the finals. The same year they also won the “Coppa delle Alpi” title. The club has also won the UEFA Cup title in 1980, beating Borussia Monchengladbach football club in the finals.

The titles and honours achieved by the Eintracht Frankfurt in the past years are:

Honours

International

• UEFA Cup
  • Winners: 1980
• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners: 1967
• European Cup
  • Runners-up: 1960
• Coppa delle Alpi
  • Winners : 1967
• Antalya Cup
  • Winners : 2011

National

• German Championship (pre-Bundesliga)
  • Champions: 1959
  • Runners-up: 1932
• DFB-Pokal
  • Winners: 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988
  • Runners-up: 1964, 2006
• 2nd Bundesliga
  • Winners: 1997–98
• Fuji-Cup
  • Winners: 1992
  • Runners-up: 1994

Regional

• Southern German championship
  • Champions: 1929–30, 1931–32, 1952–53, 1958–59
  • Runners-up: 1912-13+, 1913-14+, 1930–31, 1953–54, 1960–61, 1961–62
• Nordkreis-Liga
  • Champions: 1911-12+, 1912-13+, 1913-14+

(+ as Frankfurter FV)

• Kreisliga Nordmain
  • Winners: 1919-20+, 1920–21
  • Runners-up: 1921–22
• Bezirksliga Main-Hessen:
  • Winners: 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32
  • Runners-up: 1932–33
• Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen:
  • Winners: 1937–38
  • Runners-up: 1936–37
• Hesse Cup
  • Winners: 1946, 1969

Top ten players of Anderlecht Football Club

R.S.C. Anderlecht football club is one of the most famous clubs in Belgium, playing in the First Division “Belgian Pro League” since 1935-36. The club is number 12 in the all time List of UEFA club competition winners and ranked 45^th in the 2010 UEFA team standings.

Anderlecht football club possesses an epic history of producing the greatest players ever. They are one of the finest teams in Europe with many talented and technical players in the current squad of 2010/11 season. The 27 years old striker, Romelu Menama Lukaku, scored 19 goals last season and is the top goal scorer for Anderlecht for this 2010/11 on-going season with 16 goals in 38 appearances in all the competitions.

The 22 year old Argentine striker, Matias Ezequiel is also one of the Anderlecht best players to be closely watched for this season. The striker scored 11 goals in the last Anderlecht Pro League season and successfully scored 6 goals so far in the current season.

In the midfield area the 23 year-old Jonathan Legear is the main strength of Anderlecht. The Belgian has successfully scored 5 goals in this season and had 4 goals for last season. With him Guillaume Gillet is sharing the midfield position with already three goals for this season.

The top 10 players of R.S.C. Adnerlecht for 2010-11 season are:

1-    Romelu Menama Lukaku (Belgium), Attacker

2-    Matias Ezequiel Suarez (Argentina),  Attacker

3-    Jonathan Legear (Belgium), Midfielder

4-    Tom De Sutter (Belgium), Attacker

5-    Rubenilson dos Santos da Rocha (Brazil), Attacker

6-    Guillaume Gillet (Belgium), Midfielder

7-    Roland Juhasz (Hungary), Defender

8-    Sacha Kljestan (United States), Midfielder

9-    Marcin Wasilewski (Poland), Defender

10- Ondej Mazuch (Czech Republic), Defender

Top ten players of Udinese football club

Udinese football club is performing very well this season, giving shut-up calls to all critics and showing their skills, talent, attitude and will to succeed. The extraordinary players having unique skills and mind-blowing talent have always delivered standout performances inorder to ensure victory for the club; this is why this club is so successful. The team has diversified  game plans which vary from long passing and trying to score goal from a wing to short passing via which they tend to score goals by flooding the opposition territory and score goals from a closer range. The squad of Udinese football club is full of experienced and such talented players who are always fully aware of their roles and duties. Certainly the best player in the squad is Alexis Sanchez who has scored 12 goals in his last 27 appearances for the club; thus he is being approached by the top clubs of Europe and Spain. Second in line is talented captain Antonio Di Natale who leads the team from the front, setting an example for his team-mates. Davies has scored 109 goals in his 221 appearances for the club.

The top ten best football players of Udinese football club are:

1) A.Sanchez

2) A.De.Natale

3) C.Zapata

4) S.Handanovic

5) B.Corradi

6) G.Pasquale.

7) Maurizio Domizzi.

Kojo Asamoah.

9) Mauricio Isla.

10) Samir Hnadanovic.

Performance record of Udinese Calcio football club

The ‘ZEBRETTE’ have the honour of being the second oldest club in Italy and have a rich history as a football club; though the team may have not won many titles but Udinese football club has had it’s share of moments in the world of football after claiming the 2^nd position in the SERIE A in the 1954/55 season. The club’s best form was perhaps in the 90’s and carried into the 21^st century as the club had qualified for the UEFA EUROPA League and the UEFA Champions League on different occasions. Udinese fc has a capable squad that has allowed it to achieve success in the current season (2010/11); the club is currently at 4^th postion in the league and in contention to qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season; Antonio Di Natale of Udinese fc is the current top scorer of the SERIE A having scored 25 goals so far.

Performance record of Udinese Calcio football club

1) UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners.

2) Mitropa Cup Winners.

3) Anglo-Italian Cup Winners.

4) Coppa Italia Primavera Winners.

5) Campionato Nazionale Primavera Winners.

6) Coppa Italia SERIE C Winners.

7) Campionato Primavera di SERIE B Winners.

 Due to its good records and more due to the great quality football this club plays, it has a huge fan club.

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