Jamie Vardy at the age of 37 has helped Leicester City gain promotion into the Premier League. He didn't run to another club when they got relegated. He fought!
Class! 🫡
This photo is already English football history. Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu, 29 years old, making his Premier League debut with Luton.
He is the first footballer in history who, with the same team, rose from the fifth to the English first division. There were a total of 4 promotions…
🗣️ Xabi Alonso: "When my son was 5 years old, he asked me if I knew who Cristiano Ronaldo is."
"I don't think he understood what I did for a living." 😅
😂🤍
Mesut Ozil is the only player in history who has been Top Assist Provider in Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Champions League, Europa League, Euro Cup and World Cup. 👏🔥
One of the most underrated and under appreciated players of our generation. 💔
Lukaku: ‘When things were going well, I was Lukaku the Belgian striker..when they weren’t going well, I was the Belgian striker of Congolese descent’
Ozil: ‘When we win, I am German. When we lose, I am an immigrant’
Benzema: ‘When I score I’m French, when I dont I’m Arab'
🇫🇷 Samir Nasri on Ramadan:
🗣"Why should coaches need to know if players are observing Ramadan? In my time, I was never asked, 'Are you fasting for Ramadan?' We live in a secular country; typically, religion should remain a private matter.
Would a coach inquire about Catholic…
🚨BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo currently leads the votes for Globe Soccer Player of the year 2021.
31%: Ronaldo 🇵🇹
22%: Messi 🇦🇷
20%: Salah 🇪🇬
14%: Benzema 🇫🇷
05%: Lewandowski 🇵🇱
When he was 6, his grandfather was shot dead.
His family became refugees, in a warzone.
He grew up to the sound of grenades exploding
Coaches said he was too weak and too shy to play football
Today, Luka Modric just led Croatia its first ever
#WorldCup
final.
Tears of joy!
N'Golo Kanté:
➔ 1998 - Garbage collector.
➔ 2013 - Play in the third division of France.
➔ 2014 - Play in the 2nd division of France.
➔ 2016 - Premier League Champion with Leicester.
➔ 2017 - Premier League Champion with Chelsea.
➔ 2018 - World Champion.
Incredible story.
Europe's top five leagues in 2018-19:
Most goals - Messi
Most assists - Messi
Most dribbles - Messi
Most chances created - Messi
Most free-kicks scored - Messi
Most key passes per 90 mins - Messi
Most goals from outside the box - Messi
He missed three weeks through injury.
Cristiano Ronaldo is missing more games than he ever has done in his career. Lionel Messi is picking up more injuries than he ever has done in his career. Ladies and gentlemen, it is slowly coming to an end. Stop the bickering, stop the debates. Just enjoy these final years. ❤️
Chris Smalling:
"There is a weakness in Messi that only I know about. I don't think the world is aware of that, so I'm not going to talk about it now."
When Liverpool came back in Istanbul against AC Milan and went on to win the trophy, they scored goals in the 54th and 56th minutes.
Georginio Wijnaldum has just scored two goals. In the 54th and 56th minutes.
𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐞 at Real Madrid:
Scored more goals than Ronaldo Nazario ⚽
Provided more assists than Beckham 🎯
Had more appearances than Figo 👕
Won more trophies than Zidane 🏆
When Cristiano Ronaldo was 28 years old, he had 339 career goals. At 37, he sits on 815. 😳🔥
Crazy to think in a space of just 9 years when most players are close to retiring, Ronaldo scored 476 goals. 👏
🚨DID YOU KNOW:
◾ Carles Puyol's and Sergio Ramos' idol.
◾ The player who inspired Philipp Lahm the most.
◾ The toughest defender for Ronaldo Nazario.
◾ The teacher & mentor of Alessandro Nesta.
◾ The player who had the most influence on Ricardo Kaka.
◾ 5 Champions…
🇸🇪 𝐙𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: "I crown Haaland as the next Superstar in football. I like his style, the way he plays and most importantly the way he talks. He talks and delivers, that's how a footballer should be. I really like it." 🔥
🎙️The Commentator during the Barcelona v Juventus UCL game (2020) :
"You can always debate who is better between them, but when it comes to delivering on the big stage, Cristiano Ronaldo has no rival." 🐐
Just watched a press conference with Declan Rice, defending his girlfriend as she took her Instagram down due to trolls stating she's not WAG material and he could do better.
Other footballers have Latinas, glamour models and pop stars.
His girlfriend, then feeling inadequate,…
Cristiano Ronaldo has the record in UCL for most:
Titles: 5
Wins: 97
Goals: 120
Braces: 34
Assists: 39
Hatricks: 7
FK goals: 12
Final goals: 4
SF goals: 13
QF goals : 21
KO goals: 60
GS goals: 60*
Away goals: 55
Home goals: 61
Goals in a season: 17
Seasons as top scorer: 7
GOAT
2013: Injury.
2015: 8 surgeries in a year.
2016: Doctors told him to be happy if he walks again.
June: Captains Spain
A week ago: Scores a worldie and gets a standing ovation at the Camp Nou.
Today: Gets recalled to the Spain squad once again.
Santi Cazorla is a legend. 💛
🏴 Harry Maguire: £80million
🇩🇪 Antonio Rudiger: £29million
🏴 Jack Grealish: £100million
🇨🇴 Luis Diaz: £37million
🏴 Declan Rice: £150million (asking price)
🇫🇷 Camavinga: £34million
Moral Lesson: Stay away from English players.. 👀
In July 2017, Ajax midfielder Appie Nouri collapsed during a game and was left in a coma and critical condition for over a year.
After a year of doctors believing that he may never speak again, Appie awoke from his coma last week and is communicating with his family
❤️
If you started your career at 18-years old and scored 30 goals, every season for 22 years, you would retire with 660 goals at the age of 40.
To put that in perspective, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 725 times in his career and he's 35-years old. 🤯
🇵🇹 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨: "He made me the world's best striker."
🇫🇷 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫: "If you love watching football, you love Ozil."
🇵🇹 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨: "Ozil is unique. There's no copy of him, not even a bad copy."
Mesut Ozil, one of the greatest footballers of our generation 🙌🇩🇪
In the 21st century, five players have won the Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League and the World Cup:
🇪🇸 Pedro
🇪🇸 Fernando Torres
🇪🇸 Juan Mata
🇫🇷 N'Golo Kanté
🇫🇷 Olivier Giroud
It’s a Chelsea thing.🔵
Iranian artist Fateme Hamami, who has 85% paralysis of her body, painted a portrait of Lionel Messi using only her feet.
Same artist also painted portrait of Cristiano Ronaldo 🙏
Incredible 👌
When Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch, Kjær was first to help him and summon the medical team to quickly get onto the pitch. After, he guided his teammates to cover Eriksen while he received medical treatment and consoled Eriksen's wife Sabrina.
Nothing but respect. ❤️🇩🇰
Ronaldinho has officially retired from professional football. 😢
🏆🇪🇸 2x La Liga
🏆🇪🇺 1x UCL
🏆🇮🇹 1x Serie A
🏆🇧🇷 1x Copa America
🏆🌍 1x World Cup
⚽️ 3x UEFA Team of the Year
🌐 3x FIFPro World XI
🌎 2x FIFA POTY
🏅 1x UEFA POTY
🥇 1x Ballon d'Or
End of an era 🙌
1998 🇫🇷 win the World Cup.
2002 🇫🇷 eliminated in group stages.
2006 🇮🇹 win the World Cup.
2010 🇮🇹 eliminated in group stages.
2010 🇪🇸 win the World Cup.
2014 🇪🇸 eliminate in group stages.
2014 🇩🇪 win The World Cup.
2018 🇩🇪 will be eliminated in group stages 🤔
Man United's missing players against PSG:
🚑 Sánchez
🚑 Lingard
🚑 Martial
🚑 Juan Mata
🚑 Ander Herrera
🚑 Nemanja Matić
🚑 Phil Jones
🚑 Antonio Valencia
🚑 Matteo Darmian
🔴 Paul Pogba
He still managed to defeat PSG with reserves in the starting XI.
GIVE THE JOB TO OLE!
Appreciate Cristiano Ronaldo while you can because we will never see another player like him ever again. This man is 34 years old and is still delivering incredible performances at the biggest stage in world football.
Absolutely Beast! 💪
Andrés Iniesta:
La Liga: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Copa Del Rey: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Spanish Cup: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
UCL: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Super Cup: 🏆🏆🏆
Club World Cup: 🏆🏆🏆
Only player in history to be named Man of the match in a EUROs final, World Cup final and UCL final
Legend✨
Magician 🎩
Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo this season:
Goals:
Messi 29-17 Ronaldo
Assists:
Messi 14-7 Ronaldo
Key Passes:
Messi 89-44 Ronaldo
Dribbles:
Messi 96-33 Ronaldo
MOTM awards:
Messi 13-7 Ronaldo
Lionel Messi was out for three weeks through injury. 🐐
South Korea is the first Asian team ever to beat Germany at the World Cup and the first Asian team to score vs
#GER
at the World Cup since 1994 (also South Korea).
#KOR
was +2000 (20-1) to beat
#GER
today!
Biggest upset of
#WorldCup
2018!
In his last season as a professional, Edwin van der Sar won the Premier League and reached the Champions League final being the starting goalkeeper for Manchester United, at 41 YEARS OLD!
One of the best goalkeepers of the 21st century 👏🇳🇱
Clovis Fernandes followed Brazil for seven consecutive World Cups, from 1990-2014.
In 2015 he sadly passed away from cancer.
His sons Frank and Gostavo are now in Russia continuing his legacy.
The beautiful game. ⚽️❤️
Lionel Messi for Barcelona:
Games: 731
Goals: 634
Assists: 285
La Liga 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Copa del Rey 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Champions League 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Club World Cup 🏆🏆🏆
🇪🇺Super Cup 🏆🏆🏆
🇪🇸Super Cup 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Ballon d'Or: 6
Golden Shoe: 6
UCL Top scorer: 6
End of an Era!
▪️ Wanted by all the big clubs around the world.
▪️ Produced miracles on a smaller budget.
▪️ Played attractive football.
▪️ Guided Tottenham to their first ever Champions League final.
Mauricio Pochettino. 👏
🟥 Arsene Wenger signed Nicolas Anelka for £500k, won the Premier League and FA Cup with him and sold him for £22.3m.
🟥 Then used the money to buy Thierry Henry for £11m and build Arsenal London Colney Training ground for £10m.
Legend. ♥️