Category: Football

Hendrik Johannes Cruyff was born on April 25, 1947 in Amsterdam and grew up near the stadium of AFC Ajax. As a young boy he […]

Gerhard ‘Gerd” Muller, a prolific striker known for his clinical finishing, he is regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers of all times. Nicknamed ‘Der […]

Robert ‘Bobby’ Charlton is regarded as being one of the best football players in the world, certainly the best football player in England. Born on […]

Michel Francois Platini was born on June 21, 1955 and by 11 years old he was playing for the AS Jeouf youth team. At 17 […]

Born on June 23, 1972, Zidane learned playing football as a youngster on the streets of La Castellane, a rough section of Marsille. At 14 […]

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, nicknamed “Black Panther”, is considered to be one of the best footballers of all time. The Mozambican-born Portuguese striker was known […]

Ronaldo Ruiz Nazario de Lima or more commonly known as Ronaldo was one of international football’s greatest stars of the 1990’s and became Brazil’s biggest […]

The only person in the world to have won the World Cup both as a player and as a coach, Franz Beckenbauer or ‘Der Kaiser’, […]

Born on 30 October 1960 on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Diego Armando Maradona grew up with playing football and was nicknamed ‘the golden boy’. […]

Edson Arantes do Nascimento or better known as Pele was the most famous footballer of his generation. Growing up in poverty Growing up in poverty […]

Football, the game we all came to know and love has become something more than a simple sport, played for the fun of it. It […]

Ajax was founded in 1900 and in less than ten years it managed to reach the higher echelons of Dutch football. Historically, Ajax is the […]

Their story begins in 1897 with a group of students from Turin who formed the Sports Club Juventus. It is the third-oldest group in Italy […]

Erbert Kilpin founded Milan Football and Cricket Club on 16 December 1899, in the Lombardi capital. In just a couple of decades it would become […]

One of the most successful clubs in world football, Manchester United was formed in 1878 as “Newton Heath LYR Football Club” but by 1902 the […]

Atletico Madrid is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga where they are currently the champions. The club was […]

Sport Lisabona e Benfica commonly known as Benfica is a Portuguese multi-sport club best known for its professional football team that plays in the Primera […]

Founded in 1905, Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, London, which plays in the Premier League, the highest level of […]

The most successful club in German football history, the club is based in Munich, Bavaria and has won a total of 24 national trophies and […]

Based in the city of Barcelona in the Catalonia region in Spain, the club was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and […]