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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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Paul Scholes

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Profile Football Stars | Paul Scholes | Scholes represented the England national team from 1997 to 2004, Gaining 66 caps and participating in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the UEFA Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 tournaments. Scholes has made 689 appearances for United, the third highest number of appearances by any player for the club. Scholes Officially Announced his retirement from playing duties on 31 May 2011 and began his coaching career at the club from the 2011-12 season onward. Scholes reversed this decision on 8 January 2012, to play for the club until the end of the 2011-12 season. Scholes was born at Hope Hospital in Salford, Greater Manchester, to parents Stewart and Marina Scholes . Scholes also excelled at cricket. At age 14, he began training with Manchester United . Scholes was not a member of Manchester United's 1992 FA Youth Cup-winning squad That included future senior teammates David Beckham , Nicky Butt , Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs , but he was p
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Ricky van Wolfswinkel

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Profile Football Stars | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | On 5 April 2008, Van Wolfswinkel made his debut for Vitesse's first team. In his third match this season, against Sparta Rotterdam , Van Wolfswinkel scored his first Eredivisie goal. Van Wolfswinkel started the 2010/11 Champions League with a goal in a 3-1 loss against Feyenoord . On the 22 August 2010, he scored two goals against Willem II , resulting in a 3-0 win for Utrecht. On 26 August 2010, Van Wolfswinkel scored a hat-trick against Celtic in the UEFA Europa League. Utrecht went on to win the match 4-0. On the 3rd of October, 2010, Van Wolfswinkel Penalties scored two against Ajax to gain a 2-1 away win over the Dutch runners-up. On 15 September 2011 he scored in the 2-0 win against FC Zurich , for the UEFA Europa League, scoring another goal in 19 September against Rio Ave, two more five days later against Vitória FC , and another one against SS Lazio on 29 September 2011 . His impressive goal scoring form led to him be
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Dimitar Berbatov

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Profile Football Stars | Dimitar Berbatov | He was signed by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany in January 2001 and played in his first Champions League final 18 months later, coming on as a substitute in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final, the which Leverkusen lost 2-1 to Real Madrid . Berbatov is the first non-Englishman in Premier League history to have scored five goals in a single match, having done so in Manchester United's 7-1 win over Blackburn Rovers in November 2010. Berbatov was born to Ivan and Margarita Berbatov , Themselves both professional athlete: Ivan was a footballer with the Pirin and CSKA Sofia , while Margarita was a handball player. Berbatov joined the youth squad of his father's former club, CSKA Sofia, after being spotted by scout and manager Dimitar Penev in 1998. Berbatov's first game in Europe came in September 1999, in a 2-0 defeat against his childhood team Newcastle United ; That it was during season, from 1999 to 2000, that he started to
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Park Ji-Sung

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Profile Football Stars | Park Ji-Sung | Park began his football career in his native South Korea and played for the team Myongji University before moving to Japan to play for Kyoto Purple Sanga. After Park's national team manager Guus Hiddink moved back to the Netherlands to manage PSV Eindhoven , Park Followed him to the Dutch side a year later. After PSV reached the semi-finals of the 2004-05 UEFA Champions League, Park's talents were recognised by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed Park for a fee of around £ 4 million in July 2005. Since then, Park has won the Premier League four times and has also won the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup . As a member of the South Korean national team, Park won 100 caps and scored 13 goals, and was a member of the team finished fourth That at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After the 2011 Asian Cup, on 31 January 2011, Park Announced That he was retiring from international football at a press conferenc
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Sergio Ramos

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Profile Football Stars | Sergio Ramos | After emerging through Sevilla's youth system, he went on to be a defensive Main Stay for both Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, Gaining his first cap at the age of 18. Born in Camas , Seville, Andalusia, Ramos began his career at local side FC Sevilla, emerging through the club's youth system alongside Jesús Navas and Antonio Puerta . In the 2004-05 season, Ramos Appeared in 31 games as Sevilla finished sixth and qualified to the UEFA Cup, netting in home fixtures against Real Sociedad (2-1) and Real Madrid (2-2). In the summer of 2005, 19-year old Ramos was purchased by Real Madrid for € 27 million, a record for a Spanish teenager. At the club, Ramos was awarded the number 4 shirt, Previously worn by Fernando Hierro . On 6 December 2005, he scored his first goal for the Merengues, in a 2-3 UEFA Champions League group stage loss at Olympiacos FC .  Just at the start of the 2009-10 season, Ramos was appointed as one of Re
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Francesco Totti

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Profile Football Stars | Francesco Totti | In the following seasons, he began to play more games and scored his first goal on 24 September 1994 in a 1-1 draw against Foggia . By 1995, Totti had become a regular in the starting eleven and scored 16 goals in the next three seasons. Manager Zdenek Zeman played with an offensive 4-3-3 formation, in the which Totti was the left winger. Totti scored 30 goals during Zeman's two-year managerial stint. Though Totti was not called up for the 1998 FIFA World Cup , he was named the Serie A Footballer of the Year Young in the 1998-99 season. On 17 June 2001, he won the Scudetto , and scored one goal in a 3-0 victory against Fiorentina Supercoppa Italiana . Totti was born in Rome, to parents Lorenzo and Fiorella Toitt . Totti began to play youth football team at the age of 8, with Fortituto, then he joined Smit Trastevere and Lodigiani . A 2006 World Cup and Euro 2000 winner finalist, Totti was selected in the All-Star team for both tourn
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Michael Owen

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Profile Football Stars | Michael Owen | The son of former footballer Terry Owen , Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. In 2001, Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or . He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool. Internationally, Owen first played for the senior England team in 1998, Becoming England's youngest player and youngest goalscorer at the time. Owen's long injury absence after the 2006 World Cup resulted in a dispute Between FIFA and The FA and Newcastle United , and eventually resulted in an unprecedented £ 10m compensation award to Newcastle, and Brought changes to the compensation arrangements Between club and country regarding injuries sustained by contracted club players while on international duty. The 2002-03 season saw Owen on top form again as he hit 28 goals. Owen also scored at the Millennium Stadium in Cardi
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