Alex Song

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Profile Football Stars | Alex Song | Song was called-up for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and was the only Cameroonian named in the Team of the Tournament. Known for his colorful hair dye, Song also possesses a French passport. Song was born in Douala, Cameroon and lost his father at the age of three. Song joined the Bastia youth team in 2003-04 and became a part of the first team the following season with 31 appearances. Bastia were playing in French Ligue 1 during the time Alex Song had a stint there. Song was Noted for his high versatility  While playing for Bastia, he was selected as a part of French U-16 football team. He later chose to represent Cameroon his country of birth. During his time at Bastia, he attracted attention from numerous clubs, Including Inter , Juventus , Manchester United , Lyon, and Middlesbrough . During his time at Bastia Song made a total of 32 league appearances. Song impressed Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger as a trialist during Arsenal's p
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Gonzalo Higuaín

 

Profile Football Stars | Gonzalo Higuaín | Higuaín was born in Brest, France, the son of the former Argentine footballer Jorge Higuaín, who was playing for Stade Brestois 29 as an expatriate. Gonzalo Gerardo "El Pipita" Higuaín, is an Argentine professional footballer.  On 12 February 2006, he scored his first league goal in a 3 - a victory over Banfield. Higuaín ended the 2005-06 season with five goals in 12 appearances. In the Following season, he scored eight goals in 17 league matches.


Gonzalo Higuaín opened his tally for the new league season with a goal against Getafe on September 10. On October 8, 2011 he scored a hat-trick for Argentina in a 4-1 win against Chile, to take his tally of goals for the Argentina shirt to 12 goals from 20 games. That Meant "El Pipita" had scored 9 goals in less official than two weeks time. On 29 October Higuaín scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win against Real Sociedad in San Sebastián. On 6 November he scored once in Real Madrid's 7-1 thrashing of Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabéu and he also scored the liberating 3-1 in a 4-1 win against local rivals Atletico Madrid in the Madrid derby on 26 November 2011. On November 22, 2011, Higuain scored Real's third goal in a 6-2 defeat of Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.


Higuaín was called up by the Argentina Olympic squad for a friendly match against Guatemala in February 2008, and scored two goals in his debut as Argentina won 5-0, though the match was not Officially Recognized by FIFA as "A" international matches. Team in the Asian tour with Argentina, led by new coach Alejandro Sabella On September 2, Gonzalo Higuain played in the match against Venezuela in the city of Calcutta in India, Argentina won 1-0 in Argentina Nicolás Otamendi scoring. On 8 October 2011, scored a hat trick and Gonzalo assisted one goal for Messi in a 4-1 win against Chile, To take his tally of goals for the Argentine national team shirt 12 goals from 22 games.


Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín
Date of birth 10 December 1987 (age 24)
Place of birth Brest, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Real Madrid
Number 20

Youth career
River Plate

Senior career
years Team
2004 - 2006 River Plate 35 (13)
2007 - Real Madrid 151 (86)

National team
2008 - Argentina U23 1 (2)
2009 - Argentina 23 (12)


Honours

Club
Real Madrid
     La Liga (2): 2006-07, 2007-08
     Copa del Rey (1): 2010-11
     Supercopa de España (1): 2008

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