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reach greater heights . While the months traveled by, his parents came to realize that they could not afford the payment for the injections At the age of thirteen, Messi was offered the chance to train with a well known soccer club, FC Barcelona's youth academy. FC Barcelona's youth academy offered to pay for his medical bills as well. His parents picked up quickly on the offer and moved closer to the club. During the year of 2009, Messi was awarded his very first FIFA Ballon D’or, an annual…

Nike is the leading brand for athletic apparel and footwear in the world. Nike’s core marketing strategy is to use the “pyramid of influence” approach. In that approach, Nike looks to small number of top athletes to promote the use of their product. In the early years, running legend and international track star, Steve Prefontaine, became the first spokesman. Nike was fortunate to contract another athletic legend, Michael Jordan, as a spokesperson. Nike took a gamble with Jordan, but the…

CHANGING THE WORLD ONE GOAL AT A TIME There have many people that change the world like Martin Luther King Jr. He ended slavery or Thomas Edison who invented the light bulb. In soccer it is different because to change the world of soccer it is different. You have to work together and that is what Brazil did during it glorious days with Pele. Brazil has revolutionized the world of soccer with o jogo bonito which means the beautiful game in english. The beautiful game consists of many things…

The title for the best soccer player in all of history belongs to a 5’7’’("Lionel Messi" Encyclopædia Britannica) tall, Barcelona right midfielder, who has innovated the world of soccer through his amazing dribbling skills, and his endless pursuit to keep pushing barriers. Lionel Messi became one of the richest soccer players due to all his achievements alone and the ones for his club. With such an incredible income of around $21 million per year (“Lionel Messi Biography”), Messi has been a…

world youth champions squad in 2005 and represented the country in the 2006 World Cup.(Ghosh) Messi’s play continued to rapidly improve throughout the years and by 2008 he was the most dominate player in the world. In early 2009, Messi and his team Barcelona pulled off a spectacular season in the 2008-09 year. In the same year, they won two major European titles. They won Spain's major Domestic Cup and the Champions League title. He scored thirty-eight goals in fifty-one matches during that…

Cristiano Ronaldo switched to “La Liga,” the league Messi always played in, Ronaldo’s goal scoring record has always been better than Lionel Messi. Since Ronaldo moved to Spain, Messi has been scoring at a rate of 1.01 while Ronaldo edging out the Barcelona striker with a scoring rate of 1.05. This fact clearly indicates that Cristiano Ronaldo is unstoppable from anywhere on the pitch. Be it from “Midfield” or from the “Wings,” Cristiano Ronaldo will score. There is no other player better at…

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, otherwise known as Pelé, is a retired professional Brazilian soccer player.He is known for his style of play and known as the greatest soccer player of all time. From winning three FIFA world cups to scoring 1281 goals in 1363 matches, his style of play had changed the game during his time. Pelé started playing at a very young age, starting at the age of 15, from 1956-1977. He wanted to change the game. With the World Cup of 1950 approaching, Brazil was the host…

joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé.[10][11] An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona is the only player in football history to set the world record transfer fee twice, first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then world record £5 million, and second, when he transferred to Napoli for…

Arsenal fans, my sister is a Chelsea fan and my little brother is a Barcelona fan. Because most games start at exactly the same time we came up with a “10 minutes” rule. For example, If Arsenal. Chelsea and Barcelona have to play at the same time (which happens mostly on Champions League nights), we watch all 3 games at a 10 minutes interval so we watch Arsenal for 10minutes, switch to Chelsea for 10 mins and switch to Barcelona for another 10 minutes until the games finish. I hate this rule…

Pele is an extraordinary soccer player. The best that has ever lived, and the best that will ever live. He is the Michael Jordan of soccer, or the Vince Lombardi. He was born on October 23, 1940 in Santos. Brazil. Pele grew up playing soccer in his neighborhood with his friends and they called themselves “The Shoeless Ones.” At the age of 15 he began playing for the Brazil International Soccer Team, as their striker. It took a few months for him to get in some games but once he was on the field…