Javi Martinez Top Young Sport Footballer

Javi Martinez Top Young Sport Footballer

Javier "Javi" Martínez Aguinaga Spanish pronunciation: born 2 September 1988 in Estella-Lizarra, Navarre is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, as a central midfielder. Martínez also played for the Spanish national team and was a member of the squad that won the 2010 World Cup.

Athletic de Bilbao signed Martínez as a raw 17-year old for €6 million, in the summer of 2006, from fellow La Liga team CA Osasuna, despite him never having played a first team game. Martínez soon became a regular in the side in his debut season with powerful displays, his highlight being scoring twice against Deportivo de La Coruña, in a 16 December 2006 2–0 away success. He finished the campaign with 35 matches and three goals, and again was everpresent in the following two, helping Athletic to the 2009 Copa del Rey final.

In the 2009 summer, Martínez was the subject of transfer speculation linking him to Liverpool, as a replacement for Real Madrid-bound Xabi Alonso, but rumors eventually died down. The midfield engine of the team once more - 46 official matches, nine goals - he scored a career-best six times in the league campaign, as Athletic narrowly missed on another UEFA Europa League qualification.

Personal information
Full name Javier Martínez Aguinaga
Date of birth 2 September 1988 (age 22)
Place of birth Estella, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Athletic Bilbao
Number 24
Youth career
1993–1995 Berceo
1995–1997 Logroñés
CD Arenas
Izarra
Osasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2006 Osasuna B 32 (2)
2006– Athletic Bilbao 170 (18)
National team‡
2005 Spain U17 5 (0)
2006–2007 Spain U19 5 (0)
2007–2011 Spain U21 23 (1)
2010– Spain 4 (0)

Thiago Alcántara Best Young Footballer Sport

Thiago Alcántara Best Young Footballer Sport

Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento born 11 April 1991 in Bari, Italy is an Italian-born Spanish footballer. He currently plays for La Liga side FC Barcelona. Thiago Alcântara was born in Italy and grew up in Spain. His father is former Brazilian player Mazinho. He started at the lower levels of Flamengo and at the age of 5 he moved to Spain with his father, and started playing with Galician team Ureca in Nigrán. He returned to Flamengo aged 10 and, in 2005, once again moved back to Spain, signing with FC Barcelona.

Pep Guardiola ensures that "quality is a little different from many players in the squad," said the coach who is a footballer "bold, brash and very ambitious." Talk about Thiago Alcántara, the last major appearance of a player's factory in La Masia, a different player who knocks at the doors of the first team-based class and creativity, able to associate with himself as Leo Messi and progression does not appear have a roof.

At the stage where his father played in the ranks of Lecce, Thiago lived a few years of his childhood in Brazil with her mother, Valeria Alcantara, a volleyball player. Then, when Mazinho joined Valencia, the family moved to Spain. From Valencia to Vigo, where Thiago started playing in the Val Miñor Nigrán. Thus dawned, he did so well that the great Spanish football is interested in him.

Xherdan Shaqiri Footballer Young Plays Sport

Xherdan Shaqiri Footballer Young Plays Sport

Xherdan Shaqiri born 10 October 1991 is a Swiss footballer, who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League as well as the Swiss national team. Shaqiri made his Basel debut as a substitute in the Basel's season opening game of the 2009–10 season against FC St. Gallen on 12 July 2009, at the AFG Arena. On 9 November, he scored his first goal for Basel in a 4–1 win over Neuchâtel Xamax at home. At the end of the 2009-10 season Shaqiri won the national Double with Basel and a year later won League Championship title again.

Shaqiri's debut for the Swiss U-21 team was on 11 November 2009 in the EM - qualification game in Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon, as the Swiss team beat Turkey 3:1. His first goal for the U-21 team was against Denmark U-21 on 11 June in the 2011 UEFA U-21 Championship opening match as Switzerland won 1:0. Shaqiri's debut for the Swiss national in a friendly game against Uruguay on 3 March 2010. He was a surprise call-up for the national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He scored his first international goal against England in the Euro 2012 qualifiers during their 3–1 defeat, it was a scorching left footer to the top left corner of the goal. Many regard him as the future of Swiss football.

Personal information
Full name Xherdan Shaqiri
Date of birth 10 October 1991 (1991-10-10) (age 19)
Place of birth Gnjilane, Yugoslavia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current club Basel
Number 17
Youth career
1999–2001 SV Augst
2001–2009 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2009 Basel U-21 19 (8)
2009– Basel 61 (9)
National team‡
2008 Switzerland U-17 4 (0)
2008 Switzerland U-18 2 (0)
2010- Switzerland U-21 6 (1)
2010- Switzerland 11 (1)

Dani Pedrosa Racing Moto GP Sport

Dani Pedrosa Racing Moto GP Sport

Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa Ramal born 29 September 1985 in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 250cc Grands Prix. Dani Pedrosa started riding bikes at the early age of four, when he got his first motorcycle, an Italjet 50, which had side-wheels. His first racing bike was a minibike replica of Kawasaki, which he got at the age of six and which he used to race with his friends. Pedrosa experienced real racing at the age of 9, when he entered the Spanish Minibike Championship and ended his debut season in second place, scoring his first podium finish in the second race of the season. The next year, Pedrosa entered the same championship, but health problems prevented him from improving his results and he ended that season in 3rd position.

Pedrosa continued to race with Honda in 2007 on their Honda RC212V, the new 800 cc bike. The machine had problems, and Pedrosa was taken out of races by Olivier Jacque and by Randy de Puniet, but he finished the season in second place behind Stoner and ahead of Rossi. He signed a 2-year contract with Repsol Honda for 2008 and 2009. In 2008 Pedrosa's problems with the RC212V continued when he was injured in the pre-season and missed developmental testing, but started the season well by scoring a podium at the first round. While leading the race and the standings in the German round, he crashed and was injured, keeping him from racing in the following two rounds. Michelin's performance in MotoGP deteriorated, resulting in Pedrosa switching to Bridgestone at the Indianapolis round. He finished third in the standings in 2008.

As in 2008, Pedrosa crashed in the 2009 pre-season and injured himself, keeping him from testing the machine before the start of the season. He placed 11th in the first round, but recovered his fitness in the following rounds. At the fifth round he injured himself again in practice and then fell during the race, putting him 33 points behind the leader. For 2010, Pedrosa reverted to number 26—a number he used when he first entered MotoGP—from number 2 in 2008 and number 3 in 2009. He took this decision to please his fans who had asked him to return to the number he had always used. Pedrosa won four races in 2010 and finished second in the championship standings behind Jorge Lorenzo.

Sebastian Vettel German Formula One Racing Sport

Sebastian Vettel German Formula One Racing Sport

Sebastian Vettel German pronunciation: born 3 July 1987 is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won in the 2010 season. In the same year he, along with teammate Mark Webber, helped Red Bull win the World Constructors' Championship.

Vettel is the youngest Formula One driver to drive at a Grand Prix meeting, at 19 years and 53 days. At the 2007 US Grand Prix when he became the youngest driver to score championship points. While racing for Toro Rosso, Vettel became the youngest driver to lead a race at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix. During qualifying for the 2008 Italian Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest Formula One driver to secure pole position. He went on to win the race, making him the youngest F1 race winner by nearly a year. After joining Red Bull Racing in 2009 he finished the season as the youngest ever runner-up. The following year he went on to become the youngest driver ever to win the championship.

Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Germany German
Team Red Bull Racing
Car # 1
Races 67
Championships 1 (2010)
Wins 14
Podiums 24
Career points 499
Pole positions 19
Fastest laps 6
First race 2007 United States Grand Prix
First win 2008 Italian Grand Prix
Last win 2011 Spanish Grand Prix
Last race 2011 Spanish Grand Prix
2010 position 1st (256 pts)

Arturo Vidal Sport Footballer Plays

Arturo Vidal Sport Footballer Plays

Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo born 22 May 1987 in Santiago is a Chilean footballer who plays in the German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen and the Chilean national team as Defensive midfielder. Vidal was born in San Joaquín, a working class commune in the capital Santiago. He joined the youth squads of Primera División giants Colo-Colo.

Vidal represented the Chilean national football team at the Under-20 level at the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay where he was the tournament's second top scorer with six goals. During the tournament he played central midfield and helped the team to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup where Chile finished in third place with Vidal scoring two goals in the tournament, including the match winner against Portugal in the Round of 16. Vidal made his senior debut in a friendly against Venezuela where Chile won 1–0. He has since been a regular under Marcelo Bielsa when fit during 2010 World Cup qualifying, playing in 11 matches and scoring a goal. He was then named in the final 23-man squad for the tournament.

Personal information
Full name Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo
Date of birth 22 May 1987 (age 24)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Bayer Leverkusen
Number 23
Youth career
Melipilla
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2007 Colo-Colo 56 (5)
2007– Bayer Leverkusen 117 (15)
National team‡
2007– Chile 30 (2)

Mario Gotze Sport Footballer Plays

Mario Gotze Sport Footballer Plays

Mario Götze born 3 June 1992 is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga. Götze is considered to be an up-and-coming, potential world class player due to his speed, technical skill and creativity. German Football Association's technical director Matthias Sammer called him "one of the best talents that we've ever had". Götze is a product of Dortmund's youth academy, first entering the club as an 8-year-old. He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 November 2009 in a 0–0 draw against 1. FSV Mainz 05, coming on as a substitute for Jakub Błaszczykowski in the 88th minute.

The 18 year-old attacking midfielder had a big influence on Dortmund’s title winning campaign this season. The German international’s progress has come to the attention of Barca, says BILD, and the Spanish giants have had scouts watch Gotze in the last six games.

Goetze, who played on the right flank during the autumn campaign, has fitted in flawlessly for injured No. 10 Kagawa in recent weeks. His fine performances for Dortmund have earned him two caps for Germany's senior side, as well as a contract extension to 2014.

Much to United's dismay, Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has in recent months scuppered any rumours of his team's players leaving the Ruhr region. "Mario Goetze has a contract until 2014," he recently told Deutsche Welle. "He will play during this time at Borussia Dortmund, nowhere else, no matter what is to come."

Dortmund have in recent months extended the contracts of highly rated stars Goetze, Sven Bender and Neven Subotic to 2014 or later. The 1997 European champions have spent the majority of the last decade rebuilding, and, with the Bundesliga title in their sights, are preparing for the 2011-12 Champions League with hopes of bringing their best squad to the tournament.

Nuri Sahin Real Madrid Sport Footballer

Nuri Sahin Real Madrid Sport Footballer

Nuri Kâzım Şahin born 5 September 1988 in Lüdenscheid, Germany is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Turkish National Team and Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga. On 9 May 2011, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid agreed on a deal to sign a six year contract with the transfer fee of €10 million during the summer transfer window.

Şahin returned to Dortmund, where he played an important role in the 2009–10 season, starting 33 out of 34 matches. He ended the season with four goals and eight assists. Şahin won the Bundesliga title with Dortmund in the 2010–11 season. Sahin was voted best player of the season in the Bundesliga for 2011.

On 9 May 2011, after weeks of speculation Şahin announced his departure from Borussia Dortmund in a press room at Signal Iduna park. He signed a six-year contract with Real Madrid. The transfer fee is believed to be in the region of 10M€, due to a 6.5M€ buy-out clause in his contract. He stated on 9 May 2011 that the main reason he joined Real Madrid was because of José Mourinho and the chance of playing for such a prestigious club as Real Madrid.

Nani Manchester United Acrobatisc Style Sport

Nani Manchester United Acrobatisc Style Sport

Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha born 17 November 1986, commonly known as Nani, is a Portuguese footballer currently playing as a winger for English club Manchester United in the Premier League and the Portugal national team. Although predominantly right-footed, he has been utilised on the left-wing on many occasions and was compared to compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo during his move to England.

Poor Nani, the brilliant Portuguese winger who is trying to bring a few rays of Cape Verde sunshine to a cold, grey and increasingly Prussian Premiership winter. Sadly for him and for us, his amazing agility and old fashioned, Brazilian-style flair is meeting only gruff disapproval from on high. Arsenal certainly didn’t like it, but then they don’t like anything when things are going against them. But that doesn’t stop them rubbing the noses of their opponents in the dirt whenever they score a goal.

Personal information
Full name Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha [1]
Date of birth 17 November 1986 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2][3]
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current club Manchester United
Number 17
Youth career
2000–2003 Real Massamá[4]
2003–2005 Sporting CP[4]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2007 Sporting CP 58 (9)
2007– Manchester United 95 (17)
National team‡
2006–2007 Portugal U21 10 (1)
2006– Portugal 45 (9)