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For Uruguayans, Diego Forlán is a true idol. The forward is the all-time leading goal scorer for Uruguay's National Team. During the 2010 World Cup, he won the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player and was named to the all-star team. Forlán has starred on such top European clubs as Manchester...

Desde sus inicios en Independiente de Medellín, y luego en el mítico club argentino Boca Juniors, Luis Amaranto Perea demostró tener el temple, la garra y la habilidad que son la marca registrada de los grandes del fútbol latinoamericano de todos los tiempos. Trabajador, esforzado, humilde y solidario,...

Goleador profesional desde los 13 años, Radamel Falcao García es uno de los grandes del fútbol que forjó una carrera estelar a costa de un enorme sacrificio. Su gran disciplina y su serena fortaleza lo instalaron desde muy joven en las ligas mayores; primero, en su Colombia natal; luego en la...

De la dura posguerra a la gloria de las 5 copas. Francesc Calvet ingresó en el Futbol Club Barcelona a los 17 años, justo al terminar la Guerra Civil, y fue jugador del club azul-grana hasta la temporada 1951-52, formando parte como defensa del equipo de...

Tutti i calciatori del Presidente, Carlo Carione Campioni e meteore del Napoli di Aurelio De Laurentiis Una galleria d’immagini, notizie, curiosità e statistiche legate a ogni giocatore azzurro che, in questi ultimi nove anni di storia del club, ha contribuito a realizzare la straordinaria...

Con la prefazione di Riccardo Cucchi e testimonianze di Italo Cucci, Eleonora Giovio e Daniele Redaelli. Bruno Pizzul, è uno dei telecronisti più amati della tv italiana. Un uomo schivo che non ama palcoscenici e celebrazioni. Quella di Pizzul è una di quelle storie che sarebbe piaciuta...

Saggi - saggio (49 pagine) - Il Milan di Ancelotti: un’avventura durata quasi otto anni, caratterizzati da poche ma brucianti sconfitte e molte vittorie, da non dimenticare! Dal 5 novembre del 2001 al 31 maggio 2009 Carlo Ancelotti è stato per oltre 400 partite alla guida del Milan, periodo...

Timing is everything, and Billy Walker certainly had great timing. Had he been born a few years earlier he would have lost his youth and maybe his life to the First World War. Instead in 1920, aged just 22, he helped Aston Villa claim the first post-war FA Cup. He didnt score that day, but by the...

Desde su llegada en 2014, Mauricio Pochettino ha convertido al Tottenham en un serio aspirante a ganar títulos. En el proceso, se ha consolidado como uno de los mejores entrenadores del mundo. Lo ha logrado con un estilo de juego valiente y agresivo, y nutriéndose de jugadores jóvenes, a los que...

For some players, the final whistle heralds the beginning of an infinitely more difficult chapter in their lives. Some simply find it impossible to cope, replacing one addiction with another. Not well known is the story of Paul Vaessen, perhaps the most powerful and tragic tale of them all. Paul was...

When Manchester United re-signed their former youth player Paul Pogba for a world record fee in the summer of 2016, they made a powerful statement. Together with the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimović.  It signalled their determination to attract the best players in the world to Old Trafford,...

Notts County's Tommy Lawton Era came in three parts first as player from November 1947 to March 1952, then as manager from May 1957 to July 1958, and finally as coach and chief scout from October 1968 to December 1969. Lawton was one of the biggest names in football when he sensationally left Chelsea...

Mesut Ozil is a midfield magician, casting an elegant spell over opponents and conjuring passes through gaps lesser mortals can't even see. After an eventful sojourn among the Galacticos of Real Madrid he has savoured silverware at Arsenal, while in 2014 he lifted the World Cup with Germany. But...