Profile Football Stars

Profile Football Stars | Silvestre Varela | Aged only 17, received a large Perišić amount of interest from a number of clubs, Including Anderlecht , PSV, Ajax , Trabzonspor, Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV,  before he eventually signed for French club FC Sochaux . He moved to France from Hajduk Split . In Split, he was called by some Journalists "the new Asanović," a famous Croatian midfielder who also played in France. From 2007 till January 2009 he played for FC Sochaux. On 26 August 2009 Club Brugge signed Perišić from Sochaux for € 250,000 on a three-year deal. Belgian football Critics predict a bright future for the 20 year old. In the 2010-11 season, Perišić was the top scorer of the Belgian Jupiler Pro League with 22 goals for Club Brugge, and was elected Player of the Year in Belgium. On 21 April 2012, he scored the 1-0 goal Important against Borussia Mönchengladbach and opened the door to the eighth national championship for Dortmund. Perišić has Appeared internati

Profile Football Stars | Silvestre Varela | In 2007-08 Varela, alongside two former Sporting players, Beto and Carlos Martins , Recreativo de Huelva played for in Spain ( Varela on loan again).  Before the season was over, in March 2009, courtesy of his solid performances at Estrela, only relegated from the top division off the field, Varela signed a four-year agreement with champions FC Porto, on a free transfer, starting in July. In his first season at Porto, Varela ranked second in overall goals in the team, only behind Colombian striker Radamel Falcao . On 16 February 2012, in a rare start, he put Porto ahead against Manchester City in the season's UEFA Europa League round-of-32, in an eventual 1-2 home loss. Porto courtesy of his performances, gained his first full Varela cap for Portugal on 3 March 2010, Appearing in the second half of the 2-0 friendly win with China, in a match played in Coimbra. Varela was selected by manager Paulo Bento for the 23-man squad competed

Profile Football Stars | Mario Mandzukic | The summer of 2007 he was bought by the Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb for € 1.3 million as a replacement for Their star striker Eduardo da Silva . He finished his first season at Dinamo with 12 goals and 11 assists throughout 29 matches, but also had a bad discipline record, collecting eight yellow cards. In the 2008-09 Mandžukić Prva HNL league's top goalscorer was, bagging 16 goals in 28 appearances. After the 2008-09 season had finished he was linked with German side Werder Bremen, but the € 12m offer was rejected by Dinamo Zagreb who board were of opinion That Mandžukić's price was at least € 15m. On 17 September 2009, after Dinamo lost 2-0 at home to Anderlecht in the Europa League, Mandžukić was controversially fined € 100k after being Accused for poor performance. On 20 September, Mandžukić captained Dinamo to a 6-0 victory against Rijeka in Prva HNL . In a post-match interview Mandžukić rejected any speculations abou

Profile Football Stars | Eduardo da Silva | Eduardo stayed at Dinamo on trial until December 1999 and returned to the club in February 2000, starting to play regularly for Their under-17 squad. After making his first-team debut with Dinamo in the 2001-02 season, Eduardo was loaned for one season to Croatian second division side inker Zaprešić (now Inter Zaprešić) in 2002-03 to see more first-team action, scoring 10 goals in 15 league appearances for the club. In 2006, he also helped Dinamo winning the Croatian Supercup , scoring two goals in their 4-1 victory over Rijeka. In Dinamo's 4-0 derby win over Zagreb on 12 May 2007, Eduardo scored his 30th and 31st league goals of the 2006-07 season and Became the most Successful Croatian league goalscorer of all time, breaking a 13-year-old record set by former Dinamo Zagreb striker Goran Vlaović with 29 goals scored for the club in the 1993-94 season. He finished the season with 34 league goals in 32 appearances. In the final league

Profile Football Stars | Lars Bender | Bender was born in Rosenheim, Bavaria. He is the twin brother of Sven Bender, who plays for Borussia Dortmund . In 2006, while still playing for 1860 Munich, Bender has won the Fritz-Walter trophy, ahead of then Monchengladbach's Marko Marin and his twin brother, Sven Bender. On 18 August 2009, Bender signed a three year contract with Bayer Leverkusen. Bender scored his first goal in the Bundesliga against Eintracht Frankfurt. Bender was chosen as part of Germany's 23-man squad for Euro 2012. He was a late substitute in Germany's 1-0 win against Portugal in their opening Group B match of the European Championships. Personal information Full name Lars Bender Date of birth 27 April 1989 (age 23) Place of birth Rosenheim, West Germany Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Bayer Leverkusen Number 8 Youth career TSV 1993-1999 Brannenburg 1999-2003 SpVgg Unterhaching 1860 Munich 2003-2006 Se

Profile Football Stars | Andriy Shevchenko | Shevchenko was nine when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986 Occurred. In 1992-93, Shevchenko was the top scorer for Dynamo-2 with 12 goals, and he made his first appearance in the starting eleven. He won his second league title next season, scoring six goals in 20 matches, and scored a hat trick in the first half of a 1997-98 Champions League road match against FC Barcelona , the which Dynamo won 4-0. His 19 goals in 23 league matches and six goals in ten Champions League matches (including a hat trick over two legs against Real Madrid ) were Followed by 28 total goals in all competitions in 1998-99. He won the domestic league title with Dynamo in each of his five seasons with the club. In 1999, Shevchenko joined Italian club Milan for a then-record transfer fee of $ 25 million. Alongside five other players - Michel Platini, John Charles, Gunnar Nordahl, Istvan Nyers, and Ferenc Hirzer - he managed, as a foreign player, to w