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Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Swedish Lion Just came to LA

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he scored two goals with less than 20 minutes to play on his first debut in MLS. This is his first debut video from YouTube.  As far as I'm concern from watching this video, his talent is undeniable. His remarkable play-style is associated with good in the air, tall, quick, strong, and agile. All he creates in the field are beyond our imagination. The root of his acrobatic goals are allegedly Taekwondo.                                                               Picture from Los Angeles Times  Ibrahimovic signed his first contract with Swedish football team Malmo in 1996. He had experienced many European famous team such as FC Barcelona,  AC Milan, Paris Saint German, Ajax and so on. In his career at Paris Saint German, He scored 156 goals in 180 official matches.  ...

Oliver Kahn: German Titan

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Today's player is Oliver kahn. The greatest former German national team Goal Keeper in history. He defined a generation with his aggressiveness, sharpe judgement, and great reflexes with his tallness. His play style had great effects to built modern Goal Keeper's play style like Manuel Neuer who is also German Goal Keeper serving as captain at both national team and his club team "FC Bayern Munich" Picture from These Football Times  He had started his career in 1987 and he had contributed to FC Bayern Munich from 1994 to 2008 when he announced his retirement. His prestigious rewards are including Golden Ball at world cup 2002 and so on. 

Paolo Maldini: The Best Defender Ever in Calcio

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Today's player I'll introduce is Paolo Maldini. He is one of the greatest defender representing Italy. He had stuck with playing at AC Milan since his first debut on 1984-85 AC Milan season. The words describing him are such as strength on one-to-one, valiant contribution to attack, excellent covering ability, and spirit of fair play, but also his biggest attraction is his captaincy. Moreover, he was core player in the national team in 1990-2002 and he was left with captain at World cup in 1998 and 2002. Picture from web.gekisaka.jp He announced his retirement in 2009 when he was 41 years old. His uniform number "3" on AC Milan and national team are retired number. 

Zinedine Zidane: Founding Father of Marseille Roulette

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Today's legendaly player is Zinedine Zidane, French expert with a name of the Maestro. He has combined essential factors for modern football at highest-level such as strong physical, intense techniques, and strategic eye. He vastly contribluted to win principal titles like world cup, EURO, and Champions League. Being elected FIFA World Players of year three times and received Golden Ball once are the notable awards he got in his player's career. His video from Youtube  I'll bet that some may know him as Head-butt instead being talented soccer player. The match named him Head-butt was at Final of 2006 FIFA World Cup. Surprisingly, he head-butt Italian defender Materazzi at the second half. He got red card on this behavior. Team ended up second place and he retired after the World Cup. Picture from the18.com He took a UEFA Pro license after his retirement and he has taken up a coach post of Real Madrid through 3 years preparatory training such as working a...