Sunday, June 12, 2011

Marvin Martin

Marvin Martin (endured 10 Jan 1988 in Genus Paris) is a French football player who presently plays for French cabaret Sochaux in Ligue 1 . He plays as a creative play-making midfielder and is delineated as a musician with "very good technique on the ball" and "fantabulous visual sensation", which rights for his comparatively little frame. Martin is a former France young international having starred for his area at under-21 storey from 20082010.

Martin was comported in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and hails from the Sublime Porte de Vanves expanse. He got down his football game vocation at Club Athltique de Genus Paris at the age of six and, after two years at the club, brought together plays society Montrouge CF in the southerly Parisian suburbias. Martin's dedication to football game sped after the France national team brought home the bacon the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He traced the triumph as "the instant I desired get a professional player". While playing at Montrouge, Martin trailed and played alongside Hatem Ben Arfa, Issiar Dia, Flavien Belson, and Domini.

At the friendly Match, Martin scores twice on debut to help experimental French team beats Ukraine 4-1.
Marvin Martin feted his international unveiling by tallying doubly Mon to help France rout Ukraine 4-1 in a friendly.

An data based French side, which had only one starter from terminal Fri's 1-1 European Title characterising tie against Belarus, nocked three ends in the last four moments to give the visitants a flattering, though much-needed triumph.

Martin came off the bench in the 76th second and gave away a 1-1 stalemate by vamoosing past two protectors before vanquishing Ukraine goalie Andriy Pyatov with a 25-yard (meter) stroke into the bottom left nook three moments from sentence.

The 23-year old Sochaux playmaker then took the quoin that set up overlooked withstander Younes Kaboul for the third destination with a outspoken header. Martin finished his extraordinary entry in hurt time with a peachy chip shot over Pyatov into the top left wing quoin.

"I came on to the delivery with no force per unit area," Martin pronounced, "and that's what created the remainder. I took my opportunity and regained the network. I 'm rattling well chosen.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Neymar

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, was born 5 February 1992 in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. He more commonly known simply as Neymar, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Santos and the Brazilian national football team.

Neymar joined Santos in 2003 and eventually made his first-team debut six years later aged 17 on 7 March 2009 in a 2–1 win against Oeste. He made another appearance the following week against Mogi Mirim, during which he scored his first goal for Santos. On 11 April, in the 2009 Campeonato Paulista semi-final first leg against Palmeiras, Neymar scored the decisive goal in a 2–1 win at Estádio Vila Belmiro. In the final however Santos suffered a 4–2 aggregate defeat to Corinthians.

On 15 April 2010, Neymar scored five goals for Santos in an 8–1 routing of Guarani in the round of 16 of the Brazilian Cup. Following the 2010 Campeonato Paulista in which Neymar scored 14 goals in 19 games, the club were crowned champions after a 5–5 aggregate win over Santo André in the finals. Neymar was subsequently given the award for the best player in the competition.

Neymar's performances for Santos have drawn comparisons to Brazilian idols such as Robinho and Pelé. In June 2010, Santos rejected a £12 million bid from English Premier League team West Ham United for his services. Neymar has also attracted interest from clubs such as Manchester United, Feyenoord, Internazionale, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Juventus, with Real Madrid even going so far as to claim that they had signed a pre-contract agreement with Neymar's agent, Renato Rodrigues, which Santos fervently denied. Following this, Santos placed a €30 million price tag on the player's head, and tied Neymar down to a new contract lasting until December 2014. Neymar himself said he did not think it was time to leave Santos, and that he was entirely focused on his current club, However, Renato Rodrigues insisted that the Santos striker does not want to stay in his home country of Brazil.

On 30 November 2010, Santos sold 5% interests on future transfer fees received to an investment group, Terceira Estrela Investimentos S.A. (TEISA), for R$ 3,549,900 (€1.5 million).

In April 2011, Neymar was sent off against Colo-Colo in the Copa Libertadores for celebrating by donning a mask of himself upside down that had been thrown onto the pitch.

International career

Following Neymar's performances for Brazil's U-17 team at the 2009 U-17 World Cup in which he scored a goal in the opening match against Japan former Brazilian football players Pelé and Romário reportedly urged coach Dunga to take Neymar to the 2010 World Cup. Although the widespread opinion that Neymar deserved a place in Dunga's squad went as far as a 14,000 signature petition, and despite the huge pressure on Dunga to pick Neymar, he was omitted from both the squad of 23, and the stand-by list. Although Dunga described Neymar as "extremely talented", he claimed that he had not been tested sufficiently on the international level to earn a World Cup spot and he had failed to impress enough while on international duty.

On 26 July 2010, Neymar was selected in the squad for the Brazil team by new head coach Mano Menezes for a friendly match against the USA on 10 August 2010. He started the game and wore the number 11 jersey. He scored on his debut after 28 minutes, a header coming from an André Santos cross in a 2–0 win for Brazil.

Neymar celebrates a goal for Brazil against Scotland in March 2011 with Andre Santos and Ramires

On 27 March 2011, he scored twice in a 2–0 win against Scotland at the Emirates Stadium. During the match against Scotland, a banana was thrown onto the pitch after a penalty was taken, which Neymar claimed was an act of racism from a Scottish fan. However a German student later admitted to throwing the banana.

Andrej Kramarić

Andrej Kramarić was born 19 June 1991. He is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays for Prva HNL team Dinamo Zagreb. He is also a member of Croatia under-19 and under-21 national teams.

Kramarić joined Dinamo Zagreb when he was six, and has been playing for the Croatian club since then. He is the top youth goalscorer in the club's history. He made his first official appearance for Dinamo Zagreb on 24 May 2009. Since then he made a total of 37 appearances for the club and scored twelve goals.

He was capped 46 times at the youth level for the national team side, also scoring eighteen goals. Kramarić took part at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship where he made four appearances for Croatian side which reached the semi-finals.

Kramarić made his debut for Dinamo Zagreb senior squad on 24 May 2009, in a league match against NK Zagreb. He made an appearance as a 69th minute substitute for Josip Tadić. It was also his only match for Dinamo Zagreb first-team during the 2008–09 season.

He was promoted to the first-team squad the following season. He made his first appearance of the season and also debuted in the UEFA Champions League on 15 July in an away match against Pyunik which finished by a goalless draw. Overall, Kramarić made 24 league appearances for Dinamo Zagreb and scored 7 goals. He also made 5 appearances in the 2009–10 Croatian Cup and scored 4 goals, and made 5 appearances in UEFA competitions.

National team

 Kramarić was capped a total of 46 times for various Croatian youth teams and scored 18 goals in return. His first national team appearance came against Bavaria national team on 31 March 2005. He was then playing for the under-14 team and was capped a total of two times. Kramarić then started competing at the under-16 and under-17 levels. He made a total of 7 appearances in friendly matches for the under-16 team and scored 4 goals. For the under-17 team he was capped 12 times and scored 6 goals. He also participated in all of under–17 team's qualifiers for the 2008 European U–17 Championship. At the under-18 level, Kramarić was capped nine times and scored three goals.

In 2008 he started playing for the under-19 team with whom he reached he semi-finals of the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He debuted and scored his first goal at under–21 level on 5 September 2009 in a European Championship qualifier against Norway, aged just 18 years and 81 days.

Daniel Villalva

Daniel Alberto "Keko" Villalva Barrios was born on July 6, 1992 in Caá Catí, Corrientes. He is an Argentine football striker who plays for River Plate. In 2009, he became the youngest player ever to play for River Plate.

At the age of 10, he joined the Talleres de Córdoba youth system after a trial, but he suffered an accident on his left foot and was released. Months later, he recovered and began to play football again in his native provice of Corrientes, and after several trials in teams including Rosario Central, Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo, all of them showing interest in keeping him, he finally joined River Plate in 2005 as a personal wish, since he has always supported Los Millonarios.

On 8 February 2010, he made his debut against Colón replacing Mauro Rosales in the 71st minute and becoming the youngest River Plate player to feature in a league match at the age of 16 years, 7 months and 2 days. He scored his first senior goal in a 4-3 victory against Chacarita Juniors on 30 August 2009. Subsequenly, he went to play a more important role in the team, but prior to the 2010–11 season, he suffered a vertebral injury that has kept him away from play until today.

International career

Daniel Villalva played for Argentina for the first time in the South American Under-15 Football Championship held in Brazil in 2007. He then was called up by the under-17 national team and took part in the 2009 South American Championship, where he scored 3 goals in 5 appearances, and the 2009 World Cup.