Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Friday, November 27, 2015
LIONEL MESSI'S AWARDS
Here are all the things that Lionel Messi has achieved (club successes, individual awards etc.)
●CLUB
Barcelona
REFERENCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi
- La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15
- Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15
- Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
- UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
- UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011
International
- Titles
- FIFA World Youth Championship: 2005
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2008
- Runner-up
- FIFA World Cup: 2014
- Copa América: 2007, 2015
- Third place
- South American Youth Championship: 2005
Individual
- World
- Ballon d'Or: 2009
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 2009
- FIFA Ballon d'Or: 2010, 2011, 2012
- FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball: 2005
- FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Boot: 2005
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009, 2011
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2014
- FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament: 2014
- FIFPro Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- IFFHS World's Best Top Goalscorer: 2011, 2012
- IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goalscorer: 2012, 2013
- World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008
- World Soccer World Player of the Year: 2009, 2011, 2012
- World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time (published 2013)
- Marca Legend Award: 2009
- L'Équipe Champion of Champions: 2011
- La Gazzetta dello Sport Sportsman of the Year: 2011
- Sports Illustrated #1 All-time Ultimate Soccer Draft (published 2012)
- ESPY Award for Best International Athlete: 2012, 2015
- Europe
- European Golden Shoe: 2010, 2012, 2013
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2009
- UEFA Club Football Award for Best Forward: 2009
- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2011, 2015
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
- UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (published 2015)
- UEFA Goal of the Year: 2007
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2014–15
- UEFA Champions League Goal of the Season: 2014–15
- UEFA Champions League Genius Moment of the Season: 2014–15
- ESM Team of the Year: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
- Golden Boy: 2005
- Bravo Award: 2007
- Onze d'Or: 2009, 2011, 2012
- El País Best Player in Europe: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- South America
- South American Youth Championship Silver Boot: 2005
- Copa América Young Player of the Tournament: 2007
- Copa América Most Valuable Player: 2015 (rejected)
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2011, 2015
- Olimpia de Plata Argentine Footballer of the Year Award: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Olimpia de Oro Argentine Sportsperson of the Year Award: 2011
- L'Équipe #3 Top 50 South-American Footballers in History (published 2015)
- Spain
- Pichichi Trophy: 2010, 2012, 2013
- LFP Award for Best Player: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- LFP Award for Best Forward: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- LPF Team of the Season: 2014–15
- Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2009, 2010, 2011
- Trofeo EFE for Best Ibero-American Player in La Liga: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Don Balón Award for Best Foreign Player: 2007, 2009, 2010 Don Balón Team of the Decade (published 2010)
●ACHIEVEMENTS
Performances
- La Liga top goalscorer: 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13
- La Liga top assist provider: 2010–11, 2014–15
- Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 2010–11, 2013–14
- Copa del Rey top assist provider: 2014–15
- UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2011–12, 2014–15
- FIFA Club World Cup top goalscorer: 2011
- FIFA World Youth Championship top goalscorer: 2005
- Copa América top assist provider: 2011, 2015
Records
- World
- Most Ballons d'Or: 4 (2009–12)
- Most consecutive Ballons d'Or: 4 (2009–12)
- Youngest two-time and three-time Ballon d'Or winner: 23 and 24 years
- Most appearances as a Ballon d'Or finalist: 8 (2007–14)
- Most appearances in the FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 8 (2007–14, shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)
- Most FIFA Club World Cup Golden Balls: 2 (2009, 2011)
- Most FIFA Club World Cup Finals Man of the Match awards: (2009, 2011)
- Most Man of the Match awards in one FIFA World Cup: 4 (2014)
- Top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year: 91 goals in 2012 (Guinness World Records title)
- Top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year including club friendlies: 96 goals in 2012
- Top goalscorer for club and country in International competitions in a calendar year: 25 goals in 2012 (shared with Vivian Woodward and Cristiano Ronaldo)
- Longest goalscoring run in a league season: 33 goals in 21 matches in 2012–13
- Only player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league: 2012–13
- Only player to both score and assist in all 6 club competitions in a calendar year: 2011
- Europe
- Most UEFA Best Player in Europe Awards: 2 (2011, 2015)
- Top goalscorer in all club competitions in a season: 73 goals in 2011–12
- Top goalscorer in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 goals in 2012
- Top goalscorer in UEFA Super Cup: 3 goals (shared with Arie Haan, Oleg Blokhin, Gerd Müller, Rob Rensenbrink, François Van der Elst, Terry McDermott and Radamel Falcao)
- Only player to be top goalscorer in five UEFA Champions League seasons: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
- Only player to be top goalscorer in four consecutive UEFA Champions League seasons: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- Most hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League: 5
- Most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League match: 5 goals (Guinness World Records title, shared with Luiz Adriano)
- Most goals scored against the same opposition team in UEFA Champions League: 8 goals vs AC Milan (shared with Luiz Adriano vs BATE Borisov)
- Most cities scored in UEFA Champions League: 23
- Most countries scored in UEFA Champions League: 16
- Youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League: 28 years and 2 months in September 2015
- Argentina
- Top goalscorer for Argentina in a calendar year: 12 goals in 2012 (shared with Gabriel Batistuta)
- Top goalscorer for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign: 10 goals for 2014
- Top goalscorer for Argentina in friendly matches: 27 goals
- Top goalscorer for Argentina in U-20 competitions: 11 goals (shared with Javier Saviola)
- All-time top goalscorer for Argentina U-20: 14 goals (6 in Youth World Championship, 5 in South American Championship, 3 in friendlies)
- Youngest player to play for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: 18 years, 357 days in 2006
- Youngest player to score for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: 18 years, 357 days in 2006
- Youngest player to reach 100 caps in CONMEBOL history: 27 years, 361 days in 2015
- Youngest player to captain Argentina in a FIFA World Cup match: 22 years and 363 days in 2010
- Most Man of the Match Awards in FIFA World Cup: 5 (1 in 2010 and 4 in 2014)
- Most Man of the Match Awards in Copa América: 6 (2 in 2011 and 4 in 2015)
- Spain
- Top goalscorer in La Liga: 289 goals (Guinness World Records title)
- Top assists provider in La Liga: 114 assists
- Top goalscorer in a La Liga season: 50 goals in 2011–12 (Guinness World Records title)
- Top goalscorer in home matches in a La Liga season: 35 goals in 19 matches in 2011–12
- Top goalscorer in away matches in a La Liga season: 24 goals in 19 matches in 2012–13
- Top goalscorer in Supercopa de España: 11 goals
- Only player to score in five Supercopa de España editions: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
- Top goalscorer in El Clásico: 21 goals
- Top goalscorer in Derbi barceloní: 13 goals
- Top assists provider in El Clásico: 13 assists
- Most hat-tricks in El Clásico: 2
- Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season: 8 in 2011–12 (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)
- Most braces scored in La Liga: 84
- Only player to score consecutively against all opposition teams in La Liga: 30 goals in 19 matches in 2012–13
- Youngest player to reach the milestone of 200 La Liga goals: 25 years in 2013
- Only player to score at least 40 goals in 6 consecutive seasons: from 2009–10 to 2014–15
- Barcelona
- Top goalscorer in official competitions: 418 goals
- Top goalscorer overall (including friendlies): 448 goals
- Top goalscorer in International club competitions: 84 goals
- Top goalscorer in European club competitions: 80 goals
- Top goalscorer in UEFA Champions League: 77 goals
- Top goalscorer in FIFA Club World Cup: 4 goals
- Top goalscorer in UEFA Super Cup: 3 goals
- Top goalscorer in La Liga: 289 goals
- Top goalscorer in Supercopa de España: 11 goals
- Top goalscorer in El Clásico: 21 goals
- Top goalscorer in Derbi Barceloni: 13 goals
- Most goals scored at the halfway of La Liga: 22 goals (shared with César Rodríguez)
- Most hat-tricks scored overall: 32
- Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga: 24
- Most hat-tricks scored in El Clásico: 2
- Most Pichichi Trophies: 3 (2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13)
- Top assists provider in La Liga: 114 assists
- Top assists provider in El Clásico: 13 assists
- Only player to both score and assist in all 6 club competitions in a calendar year: 2011
- Only player to be the leading goalscorer and leading assists provider in the same La Liga season: 2011–12
- Most Barcelona Player of the Year awards (Aldo Rovira Award): 4 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
- Most Major titles won: 25 (shared with Xavi and Andrés Iniesta)
REFERENCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi
CRISTIANO RONALDO'S AWARDS
Here are all things that Cristiano Ronaldo has achieved. (individual awards, world records, club successes etc.)
●CLUB
- Premier League: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- FA Cup: 2003–04
- Football League Cup: 2005–06, 2008–09
- FA Community Shield: 2007
- UEFA Champions League: 2007–08
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2008
- Real Madrid
- La Liga: 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11, 2013–14
- Supercopa de España: 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2013–14
- UEFA Super Cup: 2014
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2014
●Individual
- FIFA Ballon d'Or:2008, 2013, 2014
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 2008
- Bravo Award: 2004
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 2006–07
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2006–07, 2007–08
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2006–07, 2007–08
- Barclays Player of the Year 2006–07, 2007–08
- Premier League Player of the Month: November 2006, December 2006, January 2008, March 2008
- ESM Team of the Year: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Premier League Golden Boot: 2007–08
- European Golden Shoe: 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15[
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- UEFA Champions League top scorer: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2007–08
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2007–08
- FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2008, 2014
- FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2008
- Onze d'Or: 2008, 2013, 2014
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 2008, 2013, 2014
- FIFA Puskás Award: 2009
- La Liga top scorer: 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
- Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 2010–11
- Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
- UEFA Euro Top scorer: 2012
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2004, 2012
- La Liga Player of the Month: November 2013
- La Liga Player of the Month: May 2015
- LFP Most Valuable Player: 2012–13
- IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer: 2013, 2014
- IFFHS World's Best Top Division Scorer: 2014
- ESPY Awards Best International Athlete: 2014
- Trofeo EFE Best Ibero-American Soccer Player of the Spanish League: 2012-13
- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2013–14
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2013–14, 2014–15
- LFP Best Player: 2013–14
- LFP Best Forward: 2013–14
- LFP Best Goal: 2013–14
- BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 2014
- La Liga Team of the Season: 2014–15
- GSA Best Player of the Year: 2011, 2014
- GSA Best media Attraction: 2011
- GSA Fans favorite player: 2013, 2014
- UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year
●RECORDS
World
- The most expensive footballer in history: 2009–2013
- Most international goals in a calendar year: 25 (in 2012, shared with Vivian Woodward and Lionel Messi)
- First footballer to reach 40 goals in a professional league for two consecutive seasons
- Only player to score in every minute of an official football game
- Only player to win the League title, Domestic Cup, Domestic Supercup, Champions League, Club World Cup, League Player of the Year, Golden Shoe and Ballon d'Or at two different clubs (Manchester United and Real Madrid)
- Most appearances in the FIFPro World XI: 8 times (2007–2014) (shared with Lionel Messi)
- First and only player to appear in the FIFPro World XI for two different clubs.
- Guinness World Record for Most Liked Person on Facebook: 2015
Europe
- Only player to be among the finalists for all the editions of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 2010–11 to 2014–15
- Most consecutive appearances in the UEFA Team of the Year: 8 (2007–2014)
- Most UEFA Team of the Year appearances: 9 times
- Most European Golden Shoe awards: 4
- Most consecutive UEFA Champions League matches scored in: 8 matches in 2013–14
- Most braces scored in the UEFA Champions League: 20
- Most wins in the UEFA Champions League Knockout phase: 28 wins
- Most consecutive UEFA Champions League away games scored in: 12
- Most away goals scored in Champions League history: 41 goals
- Only footballer to score for two different winning teams in the European Cup: Manchester United (2007–08) and Real Madrid (2013–14)
- First footballer to ever score 10 goals in four consecutive UEFA Champions League seasons: 2011–12 to 2014–15
- Most goals scored in the UEFA European Championship, including qualifying: 26 goals, for Portugal
- Only footballer to have won the European Golden Shoe in two different leagues: English Premier League (2007–08) and Spanish La Liga (2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15)
- Most UEFA Champions League goals scored in a calendar year: 15 goals in 2013
- Most goals scored in UEFA Champions League knockout phase: 39 goals
- Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group stage: 9 goals in 2013–14 (shared with Luiz Adriano)
- Most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League/European Cup season: 17 goals in 2013–14
- Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League: 85 goals
- Most goals scored in European competitions (club football): 87 goals
Spain
- Most hat-tricks in La Liga history: 28[
- Fastest La Liga player to score 150 league goals
- Fastest La Liga player to score 200 league goals
- Most consecutive Clásicos matches scored in: 6 matches
- Best scoring start in a Spanish league season: 15 goals in eight rounds
- Fastest footballer to score 20 league goals: 12 games (missed one game due to injury)
- Only player to reach 30 goals in five consecutive La Liga seasons
- Most teams scored against in a season (2012/13): 19 (shared with Ronaldo and Lionel Messi)
- Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks (shared with Lionel Messi)
- Most hat-tricks scored in all competitions: 33
Real Madrid
- Real Madrid Record Goal scorer in European Competitions: 71 goals
- Real Madrid Record Goal scorer in UEFA Champions League: 69 goals
- Most hat-tricks in Real Madrid's history: 33
- First player to score in eight consecutive match days
- Most goals scored in seven consecutive league matches: 15 goals
- Fastest player to reach 200 official goals
- Fastest player to reach 100 league goals
- Fastest player to reach 50 league goals
- Top goal scorer in La Liga: 233 goals
- Real Madrid Record Goal scorer: 326 goals
References
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
LIONEL MESSI LIFE
INFORMATION ABOUT LIONEL MESSI'S LIFE
Lionel Andrés Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe, the third of four children of Jorge Messi, a steel factory manager, and his wife Celia Cuccittini, who worked in a magnet manufacturing workshop. On his father's side, he is of Italian and Spanish heritage, the great-grandson of immigrants from Marche and Catalonia, and on his mother's side, he is of primarily Italian descent. Growing up in a tight-knit, football-loving family, "Leo" developed a passion for the sport from an early age, playing constantly with his older brothers, Rodrigo and Matías, and his cousins, Maximiliano and Emanuel Biancucchi, both of whom became professional footballers. At four years old, he joined local club Grandoli, where he was coached by his father, though his earliest influence as a player came from his maternal grandmother, Celia, who accompanied him to training and matches. He was greatly affected by her death, shortly before his eleventh birthday; since then, as a devout Catholic, he has celebrated his goals by looking up and pointing to the sky in tribute of his grandmother.A lifelong supporter of Newell's Old Boys, Messi joined the Rosario club when he was six years old. During the six years he played for Newell's, he scored almost 500 goals as a member of "The Machine of '87", the near-unbeatable youth side named for the year of their birth, and regularlyentertained crowds by performing ball tricks during half-time of the first team's home games. However, his future as a professional player was threatened when, at age 10, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. As his father's health insurance covered only two years of growth hormone treatment, which cost at least $1000 per month, Newell's agreed to contribute, but later reneged on their promise. He was scouted by Buenos Aires club River Plate, whose playmaker, Pablo Aimar, he idolised, but they were also unable to pay for his treatment due to the country's economic collapse. As the Messi family had relatives in Catalonia, they sought to arrange a trial with Barcelona in September 2000. First team director Charly Rexach immediately wanted to sign him, but the board of directors hesitated; at the time it was highly unusual for European clubs to sign foreign players of such a young age. On 14 December, an ultimatum was issued for Barcelona to prove their commitment, and Rexach, with no other paper at hand, offered a contract on a paper napkin. In February 2001, the family relocated to Barcelona, where they moved into an apartment nearby the club's stadium, Camp Nou. During his first year in Spain, Messi rarely played with the Infantiles due to a transfer conflict with Newell's; as a foreigner, he could only be fielded in friendlies and the Catalan league. Without football, he struggled to integrate into the team; already reserved by nature, he was so quiet that his teammates initially believed he was mute. At home, he suffered from homesickness after his mother moved back to Rosario with his brothers and little sister, María Sol, while he stayed in Barcelona with his father. After a year at Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, Messi was finally enrolled in the Spanish Football Federation in February 2002. Now playing in all competitions, he befriended his teammates, among whom were Cesc Fàbregas and Gerard Piqué. After completing his growth hormone treatment aged 14, Messi became an integral part of the "Baby Dream Team", Barcelona's greatest-ever youth side. During his first full season, in 2002–03, he was top scorer with 36 goals in 30 games for the Cadetes A, who won an unprecedented treble of the league and both the Spanish and Catalan cups. The Copa Catalunya final, a 4–1 victory over Espanyol, became known in club lore as the partido de la máscara, the final of the mask. A week after suffering a broken cheekbone during a league match, Messi was allowed to start the game on the condition that he wear a plastic protector; soon hindered by the mask, he took it off and scored two goals in 10 minutes before his substitution. At the close of the season, he received an offer to join Arsenal, his first from a foreign club, but while Fàbregas and Piqué soon left for England, he chose to remain in Barcelona.
REFERENCES
CRISTIANO RONALDO LIFE
INFORMATION ABOUT CRISTIANO RONALDO'S LIFE
Ronaldo was born in Santo António, a neighbourhood of Funchal, Madeira, the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener. His second given name, "Ronaldo", was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia. His great-grandmother Isabel da Piedade was from Cape Verde
The family was staunchly Catholic. Ronaldo later claimed that he lived in poverty, sharing a room with his brother and sisters. Ronaldo was popular with other students at school, but he was expelled after he threw a chair at his teacher. Ronaldo later said of the incident, "He disrespected me". At age 14, Ronaldo agreed with his mother to focus entirely on football. He states, "When I got to 14 I felt I had the potential. I thought I was maybe good enough at that time to play semi-professionally". Ronaldo had started playing for amateur team Andorinha at age 8, where his father was the kit man. In 1995, Ronaldo, aged 10, signed with local club Nacional, and, after a title-winning campaign, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who subsequently signed him for an undisclosed sum.
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REFERENCES
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_RonaldoES
- http://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/cristiano-ronaldo-dos-santos
Monday, November 23, 2015
CRISTIANO RONALDO VS LIONEL MESSI ●TOP 10 SKILLS
Who do you think have done the most impressive skills? Watch the videos and comment below.
LIONEL MESSI
CRISTIANO RONALDO
LIONEL MESSI
CRISTIANO RONALDO VS LIONEL MESSI ●TOP 10 GOALS
Who do you think have scored the most spectacular goals? Watch the videos below and comment.
CRISTIANO RONALDO
LIONEL MESSI
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