Before his time as RFEF president and the most recent incidents, Luis Rubiales was actually a footballer himself, playing as a a full-back. Rubiales retired in the Scottish Premier League with Hamilton Academical after a ten-year career in Spain, hanging his boots up after just three games in Scotland at the age of 32. But […]
The 2012 UEFA Super Cup was the 37th UEFA Super Cup match in the history of the competition. It was played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 31 August 2012, between the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea and the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League winners Atlético Madrid. This was the last Super Cup to be played at the Stade Louis II, which had hosted the match since […]
Neymar began his professional career in 2009 when he debuted for Santos in the last half-hour of a game against Oeste FC, a rival Brazilian club. A week later, he scored his first of many career goals against another Brazilian team, Mogi Mirim EC. By 2010, he was a star player for Santos, helping them […]
Luka Modric is without a doubt one of the greatest players of his generation, he was the first and the only player to brake the Lionel Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo duopoly and to win the Ballon d’Or in their era of dominance in the biggest stage. Nowadays Madrid fans regard Modric as one of their most important […]
Despite being one of the modern greats of the game, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has long established himself as one of the biggest personalities in football as well. He is one of the true characters of the game having built an entire identity around his supreme confidence in his own ability. Some like to call it ‘arrogance’, […]
Eden Hazard had already been a standout player in Lille’s stunning 2010/11 Ligue 1 triumph, the club’s first league title in over 50 years, while his star shone even brighter the following year, finishing as their top scorer with a career-best 22 goals. Hazard’s final game for Lille After announcing his departure via a cryptic […]