Profile Mesut Ozil

Personal information

Full name : Mesut Özil
Date of birth : 15 October 1988
Place of birth : Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height : 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position : Attacking midfielder
Current club : Real Madrid
Number : 23
Youth career
1995–1998 Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen
1998–1999 Teutonia Schalke-Nord
1999–2000 Falke Gelsenkirchen
2000–2005 Rot-Weiss Essen
2005–2006 Schalke 04
Senior career :
2006–2008 Schalke 04
2008–2010 Werder Bremen
2010– Real Madrid
National team :
2006–2007 Germany U19
2007–2009 Germany U21
2009– Germany

Club career :
Gelsenkirchen and Rot-Weiss Essen

Özil began his youth career playing for various clubs in Gelsenkirchen and then played five years for Rot-Weiss Essen.

Schalke 04

In 2005, he moved to the youth department of FC Schalke 04. He was a midfielder and wore 11 as his squad number, after starting as play-maker and central attacking midfielder in the place of the suspended Lincoln in Ligapokal matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich for Schalke. On making the first team there, he was described as 'the next big thing', but he eventually fell out with club management and moved on to Werder Bremen in January 2008.

Werder Bremen

On 31 January 2008, he moved to Werder Bremen for a reported fee of €4.3 million, signing a contract with the German club until 30 June 2011.Fresh off his fallout at Schalke 04 he stepped into the shoes of Brazilian playmaker Diego to fire the northern club to the 2009 DFB-Pokal with the winning goal in a 1–0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in Berlin.He also excelled in Europe where he led Werder Bremen to the final of the last ever UEFA Cup, losing out to Shakhtar Donetsk.Although Bremen failed to get going in their 2008–09 Bundesliga season, eventually finishing in a disappointing 10th, Ozil managed to make a significant impact in most games and came away with a respectable three goals and 15 assists that highlighted his attacking credentials. In his second season with the club, they ended third and Özil was the big man with 17 assists.

Real Madrid

Due to his performances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he ensured his place among Europe's top young talents, with Real Madrid wasting little time in signing him ahead of the 2010–11 season. On 17 August 2010 Werder Bremen announced that they had reached an agreement with Real Madrid. The transfer fee is believed to be in the region of €15mil. He made his debut on 22 August in a friendly match against Hércules, which Real Madrid won 3–1.

He then made his La Liga debut for Real Madrid as a substitute for Ángel di María in the 62nd minute against Mallorca, which Real Madrid drew 0–0. Özil made his season debut in Champions League on 15 September. He got his first assist with Real Madrid in the 74th minute against Ajax after he crossed in the ball, resulting in a Higuaín goal. Özil's performances for Real Madrid have been praised by media, fans and players.

He walked off the pitch as a second half substitute to standing ovations in his first two games as a starter at the Santiago Bernabéu. His first goal came in a league match against Deportivo La Coruña on 3 October 2010, in a 6–1 victory. Özil's first Champions League goal with Real came in the 14th minute against Milan on 19 October 2010. He scored two other goals in the league matches, one against Racing de Santander, and another from a wonderfully struck free kick which the Atlético Madrid keeper de Gea could do nothing about.

International career

In September 2006, Özil was called up for the Germany U-17 team. Özil has been a member of the German U-21 team since 2007. On 29 June 2009, Özil was the catalyst in a 4–0 win over England during the U-21 European Championship final.

He made his debut for the Germany national football team during a friendly match against Norway on 11 February 2009. He scored his first goal for the senior team in his third appearance, another friendly, against South Africa on 5 September in Leverkusen.
Mesut Özil playing for Germany

2010 World Cup

He was selected for the Germany national squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, starting in the team's first four games. He scored a left-footed half-volley from the edge of the 18 yard box against Ghana in the final group game, ensuring Germany progressed to the second round as group winners. On 27 June 2010, he played in Germany's win over England in the last 16 match, setting up the fourth goal with a cross to Thomas Müller as Germany triumphed 4–1. During the quarter-final match against Argentina he assisted the second goal for Miroslav Klose with a low cross to make it 4-0 to the Germans. Germany went on to win the match 4–0. FIFA announced him as one of the ten nominations for the Golden Ball.

Profile Roman Pavlyuchenko

Personal information

Full name : Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko

Date of birth : 15 December 1981

Place of birth : Mostovskoy, Russian SFSR,

Soviet Union

Height : 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Playing position : Striker

Current club : Tottenham Hotspur

Number : 9

Senior career :

1998–1999     Dynamo Stavropol

2000–2002     Rotor

2003–2008     Spartak Moscow

2008–     Tottenham Hotspur

National team :

2003–     Russia

Club career :

Spartak Moscow

Pavlyuchenko moved to Spartak Moscow in the spring of 2003. During his time at Spartak, Pavlyuchenko was the club's most prolific goalscorer, scoring 89 goals in 187 games. His goalscoring, together with his loyalty to the rhombik (the club's emblem), earned him much respect and appreciation from the "Army of Red-White Fans".

Tottenham Hotspur

In September 2008, Pavlyuchenko signed for Tottenham Hotspur[2] for a reported fee of £14 million. Pavlyuchenko made his debut for the Spurs on 15 September against Aston Villa. He scored his first goal on 24 September 2008, in the 2–1 League Cup 3rd round win against Newcastle United. Pavlyuchenko went on to score his first league goal for the club in the 2–0 victory against Bolton Wanderers on 26 October 2008. He has scored in every English domestic cup competition game he has played in, except for the 2009 Football League Cup Final. In the 2009–10 season Pavlyuchenko was fourth choice striker for Tottenham with Harry Redknapp preferring Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe to the Russian. Although not given much of an opportunity from manager Harry Redknapp, Pavlyuchenko has been a fan favourite at White Hart Lane with support on internet forums as well as social sites such as Facebook, with supporter groups gaining popularity such as . Such wide support may have been the only factor which kept Pavlyuchenko at Tottenham in January 2010 when he was linked with a move away from the club.

Pavlyuchenko came on as a substitute on 21 February against Wigan and scored a close range finish to make the score 2–0, his first league goal of the season. He also added a second from a very tight angle during injury time to make it 3–0. He made only his second start of the season on 24 February and scored twice in the FA Cup 5th Round replay against Bolton Wanderers, which Tottenham won 4–0. Manager Harry Redknapp has since gone on to say that the Russian striker has taken his opportunity and may well see further first team action. Pavlyuchenko continued his good form with another goal against Everton on the 28 February, and another two goals against Blackburn Rovers on 13 March. He also scored a goal in the quarter-final replay against Fulham at White Hart Lane on 24 March. On 17 August, he scored a very important goal against BSC Young Boys in the Champions League, despite being behind 3-0 at one point, a goal from Sebastian Bassong pulled it back to 3-1, before Pavlyuchenko made it 3-2. In the second leg Tottenham won 4-0 at home, meaning that they would progress into the Champions League group stages. Pavlyuchenko's promising form in this tournament continued with two second-half penalty strikes against FC Twente in Tottenham's second group match followed by a decisive third goal as Spurs beat champions Inter Milan on Matchday 4. On November 4 Pavlyuchenko scored a brilliant volley against in the 4-2 loss against Bolton Wanderers, following this the next weekend with another in a home win against Blackburn Rovers.

International career

In 2003, Pavlyuchenko was first called into the Russian national team and since 2005 has been consistently earning caps at the national level.

Euro 2008

Roman Pavlyuchenko was in the spotlight when he scored both goals in Russia's 2–1 victory in a crucial Euro 2008 qualification match against England.[8] He was named in Guus Hiddink's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2008.

He scored a late consolation goal in Russia's loss to Spain in their opening match of the campaign and the first goal in Russia's third match of the tournament against Sweden to send Russia through at Sweden's expense. He was declared man of the match after the 1–0 game with Greece, although he did not score in the game, and then scored the first goal of the match in Russia's 3–1 quarter final victory over the Netherlands. After the tournament ended, he was named in the 23-man Team of the Tournament.

Profile Robinho

Biodata Robinho :

Full name : Robson de Souza
Date of birth : 25 January 1984 (1984-01-25) (age 26)
Place of birth : São Vicente, Brazil
Height : 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position : Forward / Winger
Current club : Ac Milan
Number : 70
Senior career
2002–2005 Santos
2005–2008 Real Madrid
2008–2010 Manchester City
2010 → Santos (loan)
2010– Milan
National team
2004 Brazil U23
2003– Brazil

Career Club :

Santos

In 2002, at the age of eighteen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos in Brazil. He made 24 appearances in his debut season and scoring 1 goal as Santos won the 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro. He reached the final of the 2003 Copa Libertadores with Santos, but lost in the final to Boca Juniors. In 2004, Robinho finished with 21 goals in 37 games and led Santos to win another Campeonato Brasileiro.

His form had brought him to the attention of many European clubs in the summer of 2004, but Robinho remained with Santos after the Brazilian club rejected all offers. However, his form suffered in the 2005 season after his mother, Marina da Silva Souza, was kidnapped by gunmen at her Praia Grande home on November 6, but she was released unharmed six weeks later after a ransom was paid.

Robinho scored nine goals in twelve league games, and his value continued to increase as his talent became more and more apparent to the powers of European football. Santos began to realize it would become increasingly difficult to hold on to their star player. In July 2005, Spanish giants Real Madrid signed Robinho by agreeing to pay a fee equal to 60 percent of the buyout clause in his contract belonging to Santos (€24 million).

Real Madrid

Robinho earned the shirt number 10 for Real Madrid, previously worn by Luís Figo. He ended up making 37 appearances and scored 14 goals in his first season. At the start of the 2006–07 campaign, Robinho and David Beckham were considered too flashy and glamorous and rapidly fell out of favor with new footballing regime instituted by Ramon Calderon and carried out by manager Fabio Capello and he spent much of the first few months of the season on the bench, this even after being player of the match in the first Clasico against Barcelona that year. Only after the winter break did Robinho and Beckham find themselves in the starting eleven and they both played crucial roles as Real Madrid won their thirtieth league title. That title was the third league title of Robinho's career.

However, Capello was subsequently fired and Bernd Schuster was appointed as head coach of Real Madrid. Robinho finished with eleven league goals[6] and eight assists[7] for Madrid in the 2007–08 La Liga season as well as four goals during Real Madrid's UEFA Champions League campaign. Robinho then got injured at the beginning of the second half of the season. He didn't recover fully enough to help Madrid against Roma in the Champions League. The week before though, Robinho saved Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes with a clutch two goal performance on 3 March 2008, as Madrid defeated Recreativo away from home.[8] That game kept a resurgent Barcelona at bay and ultimately secured Real Madrid's thirty-first league title and Robinho's fourth.

Robinho was Real Madrid's third highest scorer during his Madrid years, behind strikers Raul and Van Nistelrooy. He was also the player with the second most assists, behind Guti, and the only Madrid player, along with goalkeeper Casillas, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations for 2007–08.

Ramon Calderon's refused to renew Robinho's contract which was first promised to take place at mid-season then promised to happen at the end of the season. Calderon went back on his word twice, as moves were already underway to use Robinho as trade bait to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Robinho only found out about it when the initial deal with Cristiano Ronaldo fell through as a result of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's outright refusal to bargain with Real Madrid, who then backtracked and tried to finally make a concerted effort to renew Robinho's contract once their attempts to sign Cristiano Ronaldo failed.

Robinho demanded to be traded and a deal with Chelsea looked to be in the making. Chelsea failed to meet Real Madrid's asking price, which eventually led Robinho to choose Manchester City, as his new destination in the Premier League.

Manchester City

Robinho playing for Manchester City
On 1 September 2008, the final day of the Premier League summer transfer window, Robinho completed a €42.5 million (£32.5m) move to Manchester City F.C., with wages in the region of £160,000 per week on a four-year deal. This occurred on the same day the club was bought out by the Arab investment company Abu Dhabi United Group.[9][10]

He had previously been linked with a transfer to Chelsea,[11] and he had emphasised his desire to play for the London club up to the eve of the transfer.[12] On 27 August, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon said that the club were "confident" that the transaction would go through,[13] and Madrid had also given their consent for the player to leave.[13]

In an interview with The Guardian, Robinho stated that City being a big club and the presence of friends Jô and Elano were incentives for him to join the team. He made his team debut and scored his very first Premier League goal on 13 September 2008, in a 3–1 home defeat to Chelsea.[14] On 26 October, he scored his first Premier League hat-trick against Stoke City,[15] and he scored his first European goal for City in a 3–2 UEFA Cup group stage win over Twente on 6 November. He was given the captain's armband for the match against Hull City, due to Richard Dunne's suspension, which ended in a 2–2 draw.

On 19 April he scored his 13th league goal for Manchester City in the 2–1 win away at Everton on 25 April, Manchester City's first away win since 31 August 2008. The following week, he scored his third consecutive goal in three games, against Blackburn Rovers to help Manchester City to a 3–1 win. Robinho finished the season as City's top goal scorer with 14 and the 4th top scorer in the league.

However, his second season at City did not go anywhere nearly as well. He missed 3 months of the season due to injury, and only played 12 games in total (10 in the Premier League), and scored a mere one goal (against lower league club Scunthorpe in the FA Cup). Due to this, he fell down the pecking order, and sought a move away from the club in January.
[edit] Return to Santos on loan

On 28 January 2010, Robinho returned to his home club Santos, due to moving down the pecking order at Manchester City, joining them on a 6 month loan deal.[16] He had publicly stated that at Manchester City he would play every other game, and because of the upcoming World Cup, he wanted to play every game, and so returned to Brazil with Santos after declining a move to São Paulo.[17] On his return to Santos, Robinho scored a backheel against aforementioned admirers São Paulo with five minutes to spare to complete a 2–1 victory for the Peixe.[18][19] In the final match of his loan deal on 4 August, Robinho helped Santos win the Copa Brasil. Although Santos lost 2–1 to Vitória, they won the tie 3–2 on aggregate to win the competition for the first time in their history.[20] Shortly afterwards Robinho stated that he wanted to remain with Santos rather than return to England. However, Manchester City refused to extend the loan deal and Santos failed to make a transfer bid.

Robinho returned to training with Manchester City in August 2010 but stated that he was seeking a move away from the club before the end of the summer transfer window on 31 August.[22] Fenerbahçe and Besiktas opened transfer negotiations with Manchester City but Robinho rejected a move to Turkish football, declaring that he would rather move to a club in Spain or Italy.

Ac Milan

On 31 August 2010, Robinho moved to A.C. Milan from Manchester City after signing a four-year contract.[24][25] He made his debut as a substitute in a 0–2 surprise defeat to newly-promoted Cesena. He started his first game with Milan in their 1-0 win over Genoa. He scored his first goal in injury time against Chievo to make the score 3-1 on October 16, 2010. He continued his goalscoring form with a goal the following week in a Serie A match against S.S.C. Napoli on October 25, 2010.

International career

Robinho playing against Switzerland
Robinho earned his first cap for Brazil in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup match on July 13, which Brazil lost 1–0 to Mexico. Although Brazil chose to send their under-23 team, the CONCACAF Gold Cup matches are considered as full international matches by FIFA. He was part of Brazil squad for 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, which Brazil went on to win.

He played in four of Brazil's five matches as a reserve, but finished the tournament goalless. However, Robinho was in top form in the Copa América 2007 a year later. For the tournament, he wore the number 11 shirt, the same number that his childhood hero Romário wore. Robinho scored all four of Brazil's group stage goals via a hat-trick in Brazil's 3–0 group stage match against Chile, and a penalty in a 1–0 win over Ecuador. His last two goals came in a 6–1 quarter-final thrashing of Chile. Robinho reaped the individual honors, finishing as the Golden Boot winner in addition to being named the best player of the tournament. Robinho has one cap as captain and that was a friendly against Algeria on 22 August 2007, due to the absence of regular captains, Lúcio and Gilberto Silva, while Kaká and Ronaldinho were on the bench.

On 28 June 2009, he was a member of the Brazil team that won the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa. He played in every game in the competition, as Brazil defeated the United States 3-2 to win the tournament.[26] On 28 June 2010, he scored against Chile as Brazil won 3-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Profile Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Biodata Ibrahimovic :

Full Name : Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Born : 03/10/1981 - Malmö
Nationality: Sweden
Position: Striker
Height : 6'3
Weight :13.2st
Clubs : FC Barcelona, Juventus, Ajax, Sweden, Internazionale , AC Milan
Honours : Eredivisie: 2002, 2004 (Ajax), European Super Cup: 2009 (FC Barcelona), FIFA Club World Cup: 2010 (FC Barcelona); Liga BBVA: 2010 (FC Barcelona), Serie A: 2007, 2008, 2009 (Internazionale ); Super Coppa: 2006, 2008 (Internazionale); Supercopa de Espana: 2009, 2010 (FC Barcelona); UEFA Champions League: 2010 (Internazionale)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic first started with the Swedish club Malmö FF in the 99/00 season. During his stay at the club, Arsène Wenger tried to persuade him to join Arsenal but Malmö did not allow a transfer to occur.

Other than Wenger, Leo Beenhakker was also interested in Ibrahimovic after observing the striker practiced in Spain. Beenhakker went back to Amsterdam and on March 22, 2001, a deal between Ajax and Malmo regarding Ibrahimovic's transfer to Amsterdam was announced and in July of the same year, he joined Ajax for €7.8 million.

Under manager Co Adriaanse, Ibrahimovic did not get much exposure. His fortune started to change with the arrival of Ronald Koeman. Since Koeman's arrival, Ibrahimovic has consistently been chosen in Ajax's starting lineup.

Ibrahimovic was included in the Swedish national team that competed in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan and has been a regular face in the national team since then, including in the Euro 2004.

Throughout his season in Ajax in 2003/04, he has been linked to various other clubs who have been interested, but Ajax have been able to hang on to this effective striker.

In 2004, Zlatan was sought after numerous clubs again, and his disagreement with van der Vaart probably led him to leave for Juventus for a reportedly 19 million euros.

He joined Inter Milan after Juventus was relegated to Serie B due to the match fixing scandal two years later. He had won the two Serie A titles he took part in, but they were taken away as Juventus lost all honours from the title.

in the 2009-2010 season he decided to join Barcelona because he felt if barcelona champions league title could give him, but what power in barcelona he seldom get a major position in the squad azlugrana and make it comfortable to play for Barcelona, apalai at the beginning of the season burasa transfer barcelona buy this player with a great reputation of "David Villa", which makes it even more knocked out in Barcelona and made him choose to move to AC Milan at the recent closure of the stock transfer of players. In Ac milan Ibrahimovic always believed to be the starter and he membuktikanya with ac milan scored to bring the dam I rossoneri muncaki standings after winning the Derby della madonina with club Internazionale Milan derby with a score of 1-0, with goals from Ibrahimovic printed from the penalty spot .

Profile Alexandro Del Piero

Biodata Del Piero :

Full Name: Alessandro Del Piero
Place of Birth: Conegliano Veneto, Italy
Date of Birth: 9 November 1974
Nationality: Italian
Position: Striker
Playing in the Club: Juventus
Number: 10

Alessandro Del Piero was born on November 9, 1974 in Conegliano Veneto, Italy. Until the year 2009, Del Piero is a player who paid the greatest Italian. He plays in a position where the supporting striker position among the midfielders and strikers. Though not tall, he is considered creative enough to help attack, making assists and scoring. His ability in taking a free kick or penalty is also no doubt.

Del Pieromulai play football at the youth club of San Vendemiano at the age of 7 years. He occupies the position of goalkeeper because his mother thought was the safest position. Then his brother, Stefano, see his ability in attack. Since then Del Piero moved into the position of the attacker. In 1988 he was pulled into a young team Padova Calcio. He was the opportunity to start his professional career in 1991 with Padova who competed in the Italian League Serie B.

In 1993, Del Piero's move to Juventus. Debut occurred in September 1993 against Foggia. His first goal came against Reggiana in which he appeared as a substitute. In his first appearance as a starter when he scored against Parma hat-trick. Obtained his first Scudetto in 1995. Next he also shared in the Champions League Intercontinental Cup 1996 and 1996.

Del Piero's debut with the Italian national team took place in European Cup 1996, where he appeared in the first half against Russia before finally being replaced.

He started his career in 1991 in Serie B in Padova, since 1993 he has played in Juventus. Fill a position which he usually is the attacker or attacking midfielder position. Del Piero is known to have a good dribble, as well as an expert in dead balls. Although an attacker, he was more offensive role as a creator rather than serangan.namun solvers so that does not mean he was never a scorer. The proof is in season 2007-2008, this handsome player into Tops Score Italian League (Capocanonieri / scorer). on January 10, 2006 he became the leading scorer in the history of Juventus after collecting 199 goals in his 13 years as a Juventus player. Husband of Sonia Amoruso was once ogled by Arsenal, but he chose that because it still defends Juventus punished bribery scandal relegated to Serie B. Alessandro Del Piero is also known for his free-kick. He is the captain and the player's most favorite people in Turin. Although he was not born in Turin, but he is an idol to most people of Turin. Del Piero also helped Italy win the World Cup 2006 with a goal to Germany's goal that made Italy a 2-0 lead over the home team.

Profile Iker Cassilas

Iker Cassilas Bios :

Full name : Iker Casillas Fernández
Date of birth : 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) (age 29)
Place of birth : Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
Height : 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position : Goalkeeper
Current club : Real Madrid
Number : 1
Youth career :
1990–1998 Real Madrid
Senior career :
1998–1999 Real Madrid C
1999– Real Madrid
National team :
1996 Spain U15
1996–1998 Spain U16
1997–1999 Spain U17
1999 Spain U18
1999 Spain U20
1999–2000 Spain U21
2000–till now Spain

Career :

Casillas is a product of Real Madrid's youth system, and started in the junior squad during the 1990–91 season. He was first called up to the first team on the 27 November 1997 at age 16 to face Rosenborg in UEFA Champions League 1997–98, but it wasn't until the 1998–99 season that he debuted in the senior side, substituting Bodo Illgner. By the next season, he relegated Illgner to the bench and became first choice.[7] In 2000, he became the youngest ever goalkeeper to play in a Champions League final when Real Madrid defeated Valencia 3-0, just four days after his nineteenth birthday.[8]
Casillas at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Casillas lost his place in the side to backup César Sánchez after a patch of bad form during the 2001–02 campaign, but redeemed himself when Sánchez suffered an injury in the last minutes of 2002 Champions League final match. Casillas came on and pulled off several brilliant saves to deny a rampant Bayer Leverkusen the Champions League crown. The Whites won 2-1 and Casillas has maintained the number 1 shirt ever since.

The 2007–08 season was a fruitful season for Casillas. He helped Real Madrid reclaim their 31st La Liga title and conceded only 32 goals in 36 games to claim the Zamora Trophy. On 14 February 2008, he and then club captain Raúl were awarded new contract extensions. Casillas signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2017, with an automatic extension if he plays 30 competitive matches during the final season of the contract and a buy-out clause of £113 million.[9][10] His performances earned him a spot in the UEFA Team of the Year for the second time.

In February 2009, Casillas equalled Paco Buyo's record of 454 matches played (for a goalkeeper) and has since surpassed it to become Real Madrid's most-capped goalkeeper of all time at only twenty-seven years old.[11] During the 2009 summer transfer window, some Spanish media reported that Manchester City had launched a record £129 million bid for the goalkeeper. However the club denied the allegations saying that no such offer had been made. Manchester United had been rumoured to have enquired about him, but no price was announced.[12] He had been linked with other Premier League clubs before[13] but Casillas himself stated that he "had no intention of leaving" his boyhood club.

During the 2009–10 season on 4 October in a game against Sevilla F.C., Casillas made an extraordinary save; he ran from one side of his goal to the other and denied Diego Perotti in a one-on-one close range encounter. After the match, he received praise from fellow Spanish goalkeepers and England goalkeeping legend Gordon Banks, who stated "Casillas' reflexes are incredible. If he continues to play this well he will become one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the game."[14]
[edit] International career

Casillas debuted for the national team in the U–17 level. At age 16, he was the youngest player in the Spanish squad that placed third at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt. He was later made captain of the U-17's. Two years later, he went on to win the FIFA World Youth Championship and the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup that same year. Initially second-choice, he soon worked his way up to first-choice and eventually earned his first senior cap following some brilliant performances at club level.
Iker Casillas in Euro 2008

Casillas is currently the second-most capped goalkeeper in the history of the Spanish national team, behind Andoni Zubizarreta, who appeared in 126 matches.[15] Following his full international debut at the senior level against Sweden (at 19 years and 14 days), Casillas was an unused substitute at Euro 2000. He was part of the roster for the 2002 World Cup, initially as the understudy to Santiago Cañizares. Coincidentally, Casillas became the first-choice goalkeeper when Cañizares had to withdraw from the tournament due to injury from a freak accident. At 21, he was one of the youngest first-choice goalkeepers in the tournament. He played an instrumental role in Spanish progression when he saved two penalties in the shoot-out during the round of 16 match against the Republic of Ireland, earning him the nickname "The Saint".

Casillas played in all eight Group six fixtures during Euro 2004 qualifying, conceding just four goals. He kept a clean sheet in the second leg victory of the playoff against Norway which ended 3-0 in Oslo, and started all of Spain's Euro 2004 matches. He was the first choice for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, captaining the team twice, but could not prevent La Roja from losing 3-1 to a Zidane-inspired France in the Round of 16.
Iker Casillas playing for Spain

With the exclusion of his ex-Real Madrid teammate Raúl from the squad for Euro 2008, Casillas was given the captain's armband. He started the first two Group D games against Russia and Sweden before being rested in place of second-choice goalkeeper Pepe Reina for Spain's group stage elimination of Greece. Casillas saved two penalties from Antonio Di Natale and Daniele De Rossi as Spain eliminated Italy in the quarterfinals with a 4–2 shootout win following a goalless draw on 22 June.[16] Spain later went on to win the competition with a 1–0 win over Germany in the final on 29 June; Casillas kept clean sheets for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and final matches, with Sweden's first round goal by Zlatan Ibrahimović being the last one scored against him. On 29 June 2008 Casillas became the first goalkeeper-captain to lift the UEFA European Championship trophy when Spain beat Germany 1–0 in the final.[17]

In October 2008, Casillas and deputy in goal Pepe Reina broke the national record for the longest time spent without conceding a goal. The pair went unbeaten for 710 minutes, longer than Spain's longest-serving gloveman Andoni Zubizarreta and Paco Buyo.[18] Wesley Sonck of Belgium ended their goalless streak when he scored against them a 2010 World Cup qualifying match.

One of his saves during the quarterfinals versus South Korea during the 2002 FIFA World Cup was rated by FIFA as one of the top 10 saves of all time.[19] Casillas was the highest ranked goalkeeper (4th place) in the 2008 Ballon d'Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and national teammate Fernando Torres.

He was named the world's best goalkeeper in 2008 by the IFFHS.[20] He also came in third place in the best goalkeepers of all time ranking; beating Oliver Kahn.[21]

On 5 September 2009, after a 5-0 win over Belgium in a qualifying match for the World Cup, Casillas equalled Andoni Zubizarreta's national record of 56 clean sheets,[22] and during the Spanish team's next match against Estonia on 9 September 2009, he surpassed Zubizarreta as the record holder for the most Spanish international clean sheets (this being achieved in Casillas' 98th appearance for the national team, while Zubizarreta made 126 before his retirement).[23]
Casillas was the captain of Spain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.

On 14 November 2009, he made his 100th appearance for the Spanish squad in the friendly win over Argentina, making him only the third player in history of Spanish football to ever reach this far internationally.[24] Only Andoni Zubizarreta, on 126, now stands ahead of him.[25]

On 11 July 2010, he captained Spain to their first ever World Cup title with a 1-0 win against the Netherlands.[26] In doing so he became the third ever goalkeeper to captain a World Cup winning side. He was voted the tournament's best goalkeeper and awarded the Golden Glove.[27] In the course of the finals in South Africa he kept five clean sheets, conceded two goals, and saved a penalty in the quarter final against Paraguay. In the final, he made two crucial stops from Netherlands' Arjen Robben with the score at 0-0 after the Dutchman had passed all the defenders.

Profile Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon Bios :

Full name: Gianluigi Buffon
Nickname: Gigi
Date of birth: January 28, 1978 (age 32)
Place of birth: Carrara, Italy
Height: 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position: Goalkeeper
Current club: Juventus
Number: 1
Junior Club: 1991 - 1995 Parma
Senior club
-1995-2001 - Parma
-2001-now - Juventus
National Team: 1997-till now

Career :

He was one of the major players who led Juventus grabbed the 28th scudetto. In 2005, he was injured in a collision with Kaká during the match against AC Milan, so that the club should be looking for a goalkeeper to replace him. Parties AC Milan are willing to lend both goalkeeper Christian Abbiati, to Juventus. Abbiati managed to bring half-season champions Juventus. Then came a desire on the part of Juventus to have Abbiati, especially Chimenti has been loaned to Cagliari. But the desire Juventus was rejected by the management of AC Milan. Party insisted that Milan Abbiati should be returned to AC Milan if the borrowing has ended. Luckily before Abbiati returned, Buffon has recovered from his injury. Now Buffon still playing with Juventus. Buffon from Juve wants to leave because he wants to play in the Champions league, but diurungkannya. He is one of the most loyal players who stayed despite Juve Juve relegated to serie B together with Alessandro Del Piero, Pavel Nedved, Mauro Camoranesi and David Trezeguet. In 2006, he also managed to acquire Lev Yashin award awards, at the 2006 World Cup. However, at this time because with age that have entered the heads of three, the title of world's best goalkeeper Iker Casillas was flying to, as the World XI of 2009, which was chosen on the World Player Gala in Switzerland. However, there are still many people who think that Buffon is better than Iker Casillas.

Profile Andrea Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo Bios :

Full name : Andrea Pirlo
Date of birth :19 May 1979 (1979-05-19) (age 31)
Place of birth : Flero, Lombardy, Italy
Height : 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Midfielder
Current club : Milan
Number : 21

Youth career :

1994–1995 Brescia
Senior career :
1995–1998 Brescia 47 (6)
1998–2001 Internazionale 22 (0)
1999–2000 Reggina (loan) 29 (6)
2001 Brescia (loan) 10 (0)
2001 Milan 277 (32)

National team :

1998–2002 Italy U-21 37 (15)
2000–2004 Olympic Italy 9 (1)
2002– Italy 70 (9)

Club career :

Pirlo was born in the province of Brescia. His brother Ivan plays for a Serie C2 club in Brescia. Pirlo made his debut for Brescia against Reggina. After breaking into the Brescia first team, Pirlo was spotted by Internazionale coach, Mircea Lucescu who signed the playmaker. However, Pirlo was unable to break into the first squad and Internazionale finished 8th in the 1998-99 Serie A campaign. Pirlo was shipped off on loan to the club he made his debut against in 1995, Reggina. After an impressive season he returned to Internazionale but was once again unable to break into the first squad making just 4 league appearances and spent the second half of the season on loan at former club, Brescia.
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Andrea Pirlo warming up with A.C. Milan against Fiorentina.

After 3 seasons on the Internazionale books, Pirlo was sold to fierce rivals, Milan for 35 billion Italian lire[6] (about €18 million) but part of the fees paid via Dražen Brnčić joined Inter. That transfer windows the two clubs has also swapped Cristian Brocchi for Guly; Paolo Ginestra for Matteo Bogani. The deals later reported by press were also aimed to create "false profit" by inflating the transfer fees in the swap deal, which Ginestra and Bogani both created €3.5million "profit" for both clubs but in terms of registration rights, while Brnčić created a lurid €9.6 million gain.[7][8]

It was at AC Milan where he found his true strides developing into a world class player. With Milan, he has won one Scudetto and two Champions League titles. He also won an Italian Cup and two UEFA Super Cups with Milan in 2003 and 2007. However, his most forgettable incident was the penalty miss during 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, as he found his spot kick was saved by Jerzy Dudek.

Pirlo started his career as an offensive midfielder until coach Carlo Ancelotti developed for him a deep-seated playmaking role at Milan. Since then, he has formed a formidable partnership with Gennaro Gattuso in the midfield and has earned the nickname "the metronome" for the way he sets the team's rhythm.[9] He led Serie A in the 2002–2003 season in four special categories, passes played (2589), ball possession (123 hours played and 39 minutes), successful balls (661) and successful passes (2093). This implies that he averaged almost 90 passes per game. He led Milan in minutes played for the 2006–07 season with 2,782. In October 2007, he was nominated for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year Award but it went to Milan teammate Kaká instead. After Kaka and coach Carlo Ancelotti left Milan in the summer of 2009, Chelsea tested Milan's resolve by bidding $12m and Claudio Pizarro for Pirlo. The club rejected the offer and Pirlo was said to be contemplating a transfer request.[citation needed] On 5 August, Berlusconi decided not to sell Pirlo who said he was overjoyed and wanted to end his career at Milan.[10] On 21 October, Pirlo scored a brilliant 30 meter goal in Milan's 3–2 win over Real Madrid.

Profile Ronaldinho Gaucho

Ronaldinho Bios :

Full name : Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth : 21 March 1980 (1980-03-21) (age 30)
Place of birth : Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position : Forward / Winger
Club : Milan
Number : 80
Youth career : 1987–1998 Grêmio
Senior career :
1998–2001 Grêmio 44 (21)
2001–2003 Paris Saint-Germain 55 (17)
2003–2008 Barcelona 145 (70)
2008– Milan 65 (20)
National team :
1999– Brazil 87 (32)


Biography and personal life

Ronaldinho was born in the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil. His mother, Dona Miguelina de Assis, is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse. His father, João Moreira, was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with Cruzeiro).[4] He suffered a fatal heart attack in the family swimming pool when Ronaldinho was eight. After Ronaldinho's older brother, Roberto, signed with Grêmio, the family moved to a home in the more affluent Guarujá section of Porto Alegre, which was a gift from Grêmio to convince Roberto to stay at the club. Roberto's career was ultimately cut short by injury.

Ronaldinho's football skills began to blossom at an early age, and he was first given the nickname Ronaldinho because he was often the youngest and the smallest player in youth club matches.[5] He developed an interest in futsal and beach football, which later expanded to organized football. His first brush with the media came at the age of thirteen, when he scored all 23 goals in a 23–0 victory against a local team.[6] Ronaldinho was identified as a rising star at the 1997 U-17 World Championship in Egypt, in which he scored two goals on penalty kicks.[7][8]

Today, Roberto acts as Ronaldinho's manager, while his sister Deisi works as his press coordinator.[5][9] Ronaldinho became a father for the first time on 25 February 2005, after Brazilian dancer Janaína Mendes gave birth to their son, who was named João after Ronaldinho's late father.[10]

Ronaldinho's 2005 Nike advertisement, where he is given a new pair of boots and then proceeds to juggle a football and repeatedly volley it against the crossbar of a goal and recover it without the ball touching the ground, went viral on YouTube, becoming the site's first video to reach one million views.[11]

In 2010 during his vacations in Rio de Janeiro, where 50 Cent was on a concert, 50 Cent called Ronaldinho as a special guest for his concert where the Brazilian player danced with his big smile.

Profile Thomas Mueller

Thomas Mueller Bios:

Full name : Thomas Mueller
Born : 13 September 1989 in Weilheim, Germany
Position: Attack Midfielder / Striker
Posture: 186 cm/74 kg
Career Club: Bayern Munich II (2007-2009) , Bayern Munich (2009-present)
Career coach :
-German U-16 (2004-2005)
-German U-19 (2007)
-German U-20 (2008)
-German U-21 (2009)
-Germany (2009 - present).

Achievements: Champion Buendesliga 2010, DFB Pokal 2010.

He joined Munich's football academy at the age of 10 years, Mueller takes 10 years to be able to perform with the senior team FC Hollywood. It is the coach Louis van Gaal who provides opportunities for 20-year-old attacking midfielder was to appear as a starter.

Mueller did not waste this opportunity. Players who have a 186 cm tall were able to carve a total of 13 goals along the Bundesliga 2009/10. He also ensures München Deutscher Meister won by scoring three goals in 33 versus spieltag Bochum.

Mueller is so phenomenal appearance at club level to make the German national team coach, Joachim Loew did not hesitate to enter his name in the list of 23 players who competed in the 2010 World Cup. Mueller proved again presenting spectacular action in South Africa.

In the final game against England perdelapan, Mueller appear so impressive and contributed two goals for Germany's 4-1 victory. Also neat appearance he showed by scoring the opening goal when Germany frustrate Argentina 4-0 at the 2010 World Cup semi-final.

"Thomas Mueller is a special player. There is one quality that I love about Thomas, he always play it cool when in the penalty box. I also liked the way he finished every opportunity, "said Loew.

At such a young age, Mueller show maturity like a veteran soccer players. Armed with talent plus a complete peace, many observers predict Mueller as a candidate for the next German legendary footballer and the strongest candidates for Best Young Player at the 2010 World Cup.

However Appearance is not slick enough for Mueller, he was still chasing the world title with Der Panzer. "We wanted something more. We want to become world champion, "said Mueller.

Are not impossible dreams come true considering Der Panzer troops had enough ammunition qualified young nan like Mueller and Mesut Oezil. Here's a complete profile of Mueller:

Profile Luis Nani

Bios luis nani :

Full Name : Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha Nani
Birth Date : November 17, 1986
Birth Place : Praia, Cape Verde
Height : 1.75m
Weight : 66 kg
Age : 23
Position : Forward
Squad No : 17

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It seemed as if this speedy winger was destined to be heading out of Manchester United after quotes attributed to him suggested he had criticised Old Trafford boss Sir Alex Ferguson early in the 2009-10 season, yet Nani bounced back from that episode to turn in some fine displays for club and country.

Speedy and unpredictable, the lack of clarity in his game may be one of his best qualities. It often seems as if Nani is not sure what he will do next and if that is the case, his opponent has little hope of second guessing him. Trying to fill Cristiano Ronaldo's boots at United has proved impossible, but he had a good try in the second half of the last Premier League season, with a memorable performance againats Arsenal the highlight of his best campaign yet for United.

His two goals in the Champions League quarter-finals against Bayern Munich in April appeared to crown the revival in his fortunes at United, only for the German side to stun Old Trafford with two dramatic away goals to dump the 2008 European champions out of the competition.

Strengths: On top form, the Portuguese winger can be a nightmare for defenders. A bundle of pace and trickery, his ability to create and score spectacular goals makes him an important attacking outlet.

Weaknesses: Defensively weak and wasteful in possession, needs to understand that sometimes the simple pass or cross will do.

Career high: A 30-yard winner against Spurs in 2007 was his first goal for the club and lives long in the memory, but his performance against Arsenal at the Emirates in January 2010 was one of the best displays of individual attacking flair of the season.

Career low: Being ruled out of the 2010 World Cup with a shoulder injury three days before the opening match of the tournament.

Style: Pacy, skilful, creative; Nani is a devastatingly explosive winger with the ability to produce moments of magic.

Quotes: "Nani's got the potential to do what he wants. He's one of the sharpest players around, has a great strike with both feet - he's got the potential to be a top, top player." Rio Ferdinand praises his team-mate in May 2010..

Trivia: After coming on as a substitute for Wayne Rooney in the 2008 UEFA Champions League final, Nani scored Manchester United's crucial fifth penalty in the shoot-out.

Profile Andriy Shevchenko

Bios Shevchenko :

Full Name: Andriy Shevchenko Mykolayovych

Born: Dvirkivschyna, 29 September 1976

Height: 183 cm

Weight: 72 kg

Nickname: Sheva, The Eastern Wind, The White Ronaldo

Club career:

-Dynamo Kyiv: 1994-1999

-AC Milan: 1999-2006

-Chelsea: 2006-2008

-AC Milan: 2008-2009

-Dynamo Kyiv: 2009 -.....


National Team:

Since 1995 Ukraine U-18, U-21 & Senior National Team until now

Achievements:

-Player of the Ukraine (1997, 1999, 2000, 2004)

Ukrainian Premier League-Top Score (1999)
Series A-Top Score (2000, 2004)

-Player of Europe (2004)


** About Andriy Shevchenko (sheva)


Andriy Shevchenko born September 29, 1976 in Dvirkivschyna (also called Sheva familiar) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a striker for AC Milan and the Ukrainian national team football. Shevchenko began his career with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kiev, where under the direction of Valeri Lobanovsky he's grown into one of the most important players and skilled in the club. In 1999, Shevchenko joined AC Milan in Italy at a price of $ 26 million and has become one of Milan's most important players. Since joining Milan, he has twice won the Series A, in the season 1999/2000, and 2003/2004. In addition, he also has a one-time tasting the Champions League in season 2002/2003. In December 2004 Shevchenko named as European player of the year. He also referred to by Pele as one of the world's 125 best football player who is still alive in March 2004.

Shevchenko moved the club from AC Milan to Chelsea in May 2006 to Chelsea fc, in the Primera Liga (UK) with a transfer record when it was most expensive in the UK on the grounds that he wanted his son raised in an English speaking environment. When I moved, he is second top scorer for Milan's history behind Gunnar Nordahl with 173 goals. His career at Chelsea is not bright at Milan and he only scored 22 goals in 76 matches in all competitions (nine goals in 47 matches in the league). On August 23, 2008, Chelsea announced the approval of the return of Shevchenko to Milan, but his return to AC Milan, Shevchenko is not also find its best performance.

in the 2009-2010 season to move to Dynamo Kiev Shevchenko peratama club which he defended in his professional career and the club who raised his name until today, the club Dynamo Kiev Shevchenko wore No. 7, which is no favorite.

Profile Didier Drogba

Biodata drogba :

Full Name : Didier Drogba
Nationality : Ivorian
Date of Birth : 11/03/1978
Height : 6' 2" (189cm)
Weight : 14st 5lbs (91.0kg)
Previous
Clubs: Marseille , Chelsea Fc-now
Number : 11
Position: Striker

From the moment his two-goal salvo turned a deficit into victory versus Hull on the opening day of the 2009/10 campaign, the signs were good that Didier Drogba could pick up where he left off the previous season when a drifting Chelsea career was set firmly back on course under Guus Hiddink.

The early season formation adopted by the Dutchman's successor, Carlo Ancelotti, allowed Drogba to play close to Nicolas Anelka and he locked into an incredibly consistent run of scoring. By Christmas he had found the net 18 times in 21 games with only seven blank matches among them.

During that run he scored his 100th Chelsea goal on his 225th appearance and scored twice in a 3-0 defeat of Arsenal away. All was going well at the point and the team had a clear lead in the league table but there followed a December downturn in results before Drogba signed off for a month of international duty with a goal at home to Fulham.

Chelsea flourished in the absence of our Africans although the fixtures could have been tougher. Ivory Coast didn't flourish in Angola at the Africa Cup of Nations and it cost their manager his job, making way for Sven Goran Eriksson after Hiddink had turned it down.

On his early return to club duty at Hull, Drogba scored his third direct free-kick of the season but the result was a disappointing draw following five straight wins. The next game - Arsenal at home - Drogba landed another double whammy on the north Londoners. The second goal was the striker at his rampaging best and made it 12 goals in 12 games against Arsenal.

However as Champions League ambition faded once again, Drogba was sent off near the end of defeat by Inter, maintaining his now nearly traditional ban for the start of the next Euro campaign. It was his one red card of the season.

Having scored two at Portsmouth a week later, Drogba was rested for a visit by Villa which Chelsea won 7-1. It was the game before a potentially season-defining match at Old Trafford, and in the days in between he suffered injury and missed some training.

Recovered sufficiently to make the journey, the manager decided to use his top scorer as a second-half substitute and reaped the reward. A good team performance throughout was capped by what proved to be a Drogba winner.

By now, and like so many previous seasons, back in the middle of a three-man attack, a lacklustre display at Spurs was happily a blip in the season's run-in. Drogba was part of a 7-0 win over Stoke, even if he didn't make the score sheet that day, and a Steven Gerrard assist at Liverpool put Chelsea on the threshold of the league title and Drogba poised to snatch the Golden Boot out of the grasp of Wayne Rooney.

An historic 8-0 win and a second-half hat-trick was the way to do it, even if the first 45 minutes did contain a moment of anxiety about his personal tally for our centre-forward.

His winner in the 2010 FA Cup Final meant the season had a pair of Ivorian bookends - a Drogba goal at its start and at its finish.

Voted Player of the Year by the fans, Drogba's 37 goals is the second best total in Chelsea history and included strikes at Anfield, the Emirates and Old Trafford. He also notched his sixth goal in six Wembley finals.

There may have been a few choice words from the 32-year-old when Ivory Coast were drawn in the 'group of death' for the second World Cup running ahead of South Africa 2010.

Last time, his nations first in the finals, Didier scored in a narrow defeat by Argentina which was followed by an equally-close reverse against Holland.

Chelsea's all-time international goalscorer who had netted 43 times in 69 matches suffered a broken arm in a pre-tournament warm-up game left his particpation in 2010's Finals in question leading up to the opening game. He came on as sub although was restricted in many eyes, although he did find the net in defeat to Brazil next match. Once again Ivory Coast left after three games.

Drogba is one of eight players to have three league titles with Chelsea and also had his third FA Cup winners medal, his second having come at the end the 2008/09 season that even by the standards of his own extraordinary life, has been a rollercoaster ride for Didier.

Sidelined for much of the first half of the campaign, the Ivorian bounced back with the arrival of Hiddink to become the Premier League's most feared striker once again.

Didier signed a new contract in the summer of 2009, taking him to 2012, but it could all have been so different after 2008/09 began with such frustration.

The arrival of Luiz Felipe Scolari into the manager's chair was greeted with excitement around the squad, but the Brazilian struggled to utilise the injury-affected Drogba alongside the free-scoring Nicolas Anelka, eventually opting to go with the Frenchman alone.

Lacking match fitness, Drogba found it hard to make an impact, eventually doing so against Burnley in the Carling Cup, but a fine individual goal was ruined by its celebration.

Showered by coins from the away end at Stamford Bridge, Drogba reacted, tossing one back into the Shed End, earning him a three-match ban that would further hinder his involvement.

Scolari's dismissal and Hiddink's arrival in mid-February sparked a return to form, and the starting line-up for the Ivory Coast captain, and he repaid the Dutchman with a number of vital goals, against Juventus in Europe and Portsmouth at home, before a run of five in four games against Bolton, Liverpool and Arsenal.

His best performance of the season was arguably against Fulham at the beginning of May, combining with Anelka and Florent Malouda to rip our west London neighbours apart.

Four days later Drogba was at the centre of controversy again. Eliminated from the Champions League in injury time of the semi-final against Barcelona, despite having had a number of penalty calls waved away, he did not react well, confronting referee Tom Henning Ovrebo in front of the TV cameras. Again there was a three-match ban, reduced on appeal from four.

It was the second season in succession that Drogba's European campaign had ended in shame. A year earlier he was sent off in Moscow, minutes before the penalty shootout that saw us beaten by Manchester United.

Still there was one more twist to come, as he powered home a header in the FA Cup Final against Everton, levelling up Louis Saha's opener for his fourth goal in as many Wembley visits.

A man for the big occasions, nobody has scored more in cup finals for Chelsea, with Drogba having also netted in the Carling Cups of 2005, 2007 and 2008, and the FA Cup in 2007.

That 2006/07 campaign was when it all came together for the 2004 summer arrival, whose pace, strength and aerial power made him the type of forward not seen at Chelsea for some time. He netted 33 times in all competitions.

Although his 15 goals the next year fell short of that number, there were still Goal of the Season contenders among them and had the African Cup of Nations and a recurring knee problem not intervened, he might have matched a total that had made him Chelsea's highest scorer in a season since Kerry Dixon in 1984/85.

Didier was signed in the summer of 2004 from Marseille where he had been named France's Player of the Year. A reported fee of £24 million was paid.

The man who spearheaded Ivory Coast to a first World Cup Finals in 2006 moved from Africa to live in France as a young child and played his early junior football at right-back.

He dabbled with various small clubs and even turned down the chance of a trial at Paris St-Germain, preferring to learn his trade before moving onto the big stage.

He did so at Second Division Le Mans before shifting up a division to Guingamp, a club he had been prevented from joining some years earlier due to injury.

It was during this spell in Brittany that Didier first came to the attention of José Mourinho - but after scoring 17 goals in 2002/03 and becoming an international, he had moved out of Porto's price range.

Olympique Marseille swooped and they did not regret their move. After a gentle-paced start to his career in France, Didier hit full sprint following the move to the big time.

In his second season at l'OM, he netted 18 times in 35 league games and six times as the 2004 Uefa Cup Final was reached, including braces against Liverpool and Newcastle.

In addition to his France Footballer of the Year award, Fifa recognised the achievements with a nomination for World Player of the Year. Mourinho made the player a top target in his first summer of transfer activity at Chelsea - and this time the price wasn't a problem.

A groin operation forced him out for two months midway through his first season and it took time to reach full power again,though he still netted 10 league goals, and 16 in total.

In 2005/06 his season's tally was again 16 goals, 12 coming during the successful defence of the Premiership, but before that triumph, there was also adversity.

Following handball incidents in two games and accusations of diving, it took character to respond with an awe-inspiring showing against West Ham at the Bridge in March 2006.

Chelsea came back from a goal and a man down to win 4-1, prompting Mourinho to say:

'Didier should go home, switch on the TV, listen to the pundits, buy every single paper tomorrow and listen and read to see if the same people who wanted to kill him have now the common sense to say what he deserves.'

Didier captained Ivory Coast in their maiden World Cup Finals in 2006 and found the net against Argentina before returning to Chelsea where he was asked to mould a strike partnership with newly-arrived Andriy Shevchenko.

He found playing with two-up suited as the flow of goals turned into a torrent.

His 20 in the league won the Premiership Golden Boot for the first time. His 60 games tally was the second highest appearances in a season in the club's history.

Now there are over 200 Chelsea appearances to his name and Drogba looks like giving Premier League defenders nightmares for a few years to come.

Profile Diego Forlan

Diego Forlan Bios :

Full Name: Diego Martin Forlan Corazo
Place of Birth: Montevideo
Date of Birth: May 19, 1979
Nationality: Uruguay
Position: Striker
Number: 7
Playing in the Club: Atletico Madrid

Diego Forlan Corazo Martin, better known by the name is a striker Diego Forlan Uruguay national team currently playing in La Liga Spain with Atletico Madrid. Forlan was born in the capital of Uruguay, Montivedo on May 19, 1979.

Forlan was born in a football family. His father, Pablo Forlan, Uruguay is a former national team players in World Cup 1966 in England and 1974 in West Germany. Grandfather Forlan, Juan Carlos Corazo, is a former player Independiente (Argentina). Diego Forlan has two nationalities, Uruguay and Spain.

After success with Independiente (Argentina) Forlan joined Manchester United in January 2002 with a transfer fee worth 7 million pounds. His debut for Red Devils are on January 29, 2002 in the face of Bolton Wanderes.

Beginning his career at Old Trafford did not run smoothly because of the new Forlan scored on 18 September 2002 in the face of Maccabi Haifa (Israel) in the Champions League group stage. It took 27 games for Forlan to score his first goal for United.

Forlan moved to Villareal in the 2004-2005 season and immediately earned El Pichichi (top scorer) in his first season in La Liga. Forlan helped bring Villarreal for the first time in history the club won the Champions League ticket, and became the leading scorer in Europe with Thierry Henry.

In June 2007, Forlan moved to Atletico Madrid for a transfer worth 21 million euros. In the Uruguay national team, Forlan became the first team since 2002, come into play in 2002 and 2006 World Cup and Copa America 2007.

Diogo Forlan is a player terbik World Cup 2010 in South Africa, in addition to this, he also became top scorer in world cup and bring Uruguayan national team won the fourth at the world cup south africa.