the-famous-footballers

 Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on the 5th February 1985 is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as a captain of the Portuguese national team.  His contract with Real Madrid is believed to have made him the highest-paid player in the world.  Ronaldo began his career as a youth player at CD Nacional.

 His successes with the team led to a move to Sporting Clube de Portugal two seasons afterwards and when he was 18-year-old he moved to Manchester United.  The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup, and reached the UEFA Euro 2004 final with Portugal, in which tournament he scored his first international goal.  In 2008, Ronaldo won his UEFA Champions League title.  He was named the FIFA World Player of the Year.

 Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was born on the 21st March 1980 in Porto Alegre commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A side Milan and the Brazilian national team.  He is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation.  Prior to his move to Milan, he played for Paris SaintGermain, and FC Barcelona, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006.

 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.  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 Ronaldinho was identified as a rising star.

 Lionel Andrés Messi was born in 24th June 1987 is an Argentina footballer who currently plays for La Liga giants Barcelona and the Argentine national team.  Messi is considered to be one of the best football players of his generation, having received several Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21.

 His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to football legend Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".  Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona.  Messi was the top scorer with six goals, including two in the final game of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.  In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team.

 Alessandro Del Piero, was born on the 9th November, 1974 in Conegliano Veneto is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus.  Along with three awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct he has also won the Golden Foot award, which pertains to personality and playing ability.  Del Piero usually plays as a supporting-striker and occasionally between the midfield and the strikers, known in Italy as the “trequartista" position.

 Del Piero has become famous over the years for scoring from a special "Del Piero Zone", approaching from the left flank and curling a precise lob into the far top corner of the goal.  On April 6, 2008, Alessandro Del Piero became the all-time highest-capped Juventus player, ahead of Juve legend Gaetano Scirea.  He is in sixth place in the UEFA Champions League alltime goalscorer records.