Curated category
Men's association football midfielders
- Wolfgang OverathWolfgang Overath spent his entire professional career at 1. FC Köln between 1962 and 1977. He appeared in 765 matches for the club during that fifteen-year…
- Didier DeschampsDidier Claude Deschamps arrived in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques on the 15th of October 1968. He began his athletic life playing rugby for Biarritz Olympique…
- Luka ModrićLuka Modrić was born on the 9th of September 1985 in Zadar, a city that would soon become a battlefield. His family lived in the hamlet of Modrići on the…
- Jürgen GrabowskiJürgen Grabowski entered the world on the 7th of July 1944 in Wiesbaden, West Germany. He began his football journey with local clubs SV Biebrich 1919 and FV…
- Grzegorz LatoGrzegorz Bolesław Lato was born on the 8th of April 1950 in the northern Polish town of Malbork. He arrived at Stal Mielec as a teenager in 1966 to begin his…
- Andrés GuardadoJosé Andrés Guardado Hernández was born on the 28th of September 1986 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He joined the youth system of Atlas at the age of seven and…
- Thomas MüllerIn 2000, a ten-year-old boy named Thomas Müller left his home village of Pähl to join the youth academy of Bayern Munich.
- Moisés CaicedoIn the Mujer Trabajadora neighbourhood of Santo Domingo, Ecuador, a young boy named Moisés Caicedo played football on pitches made of scrubland.
- Diego MaradonaDiego Armando Maradona was born on the 30th of October 1960 at the Policlínico Evita Hospital in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province.
- Zinedine ZidaneZinedine Yazid Zidane was born on the 23rd of June 1972 in La Castellane, a neighbourhood in the 16th arrondissement of Marseille.
- Marc OvermarsMarc Overmars was born in Emst, Gelderland, on the 29th of March 1973. He grew up on a family farm where physical labor defined his childhood.
- Amir GhalenoeiTehran, 1963. The city buzzed with life as Ardeshir Ghalenoei took his first breath on the 21st of November that year. His father worked as a taxi driver and…
- Diego ForlánDiego Forlán Corazo was born on the 19th of May 1979 in the Carrasco neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. His family history is deeply rooted in professional…
- Lothar MatthäusLothar Herbert Matthäus entered the world on the 21st of March 1961 in Erlangen, Bavaria. His father Heinz worked as a canteen manager after fleeing across…
- Michel PlatiniMichel François Platini was born on the 21st of June 1955 in the small town of Jœuf, Meurthe-et-Moselle. His parents were Aldo and Anna Platini, both of…
- Teófilo CubillasTeófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga was born on the 8th of March 1949 in Peru. He began his professional career with Alianza Lima at just sixteen years old in 1966.
- Vittorio PozzoVittorio Pozzo was born in Turin, Italy on the 2nd of March 1886. He grew up in a family originally from Ponderano. His early education took place at the…
- Enzo FernándezEnzo Jeremías Fernández entered the world on the 17th of January 2001 in San Martín, Buenos Aires. He grew up with four brothers named Seba, Rodri, Maxi and…
- Enzo ScifoVincenzo Scifo arrived in the world on the 19th of February 1966 inside a house in La Louvière, Wallonia. His parents had traveled from Sicily to Belgium…
- Paul PogbaPaul Labile Pogba arrived in the world on the 15th of March 1993 within the town of Lagny-sur-Marne. His parents traced their roots back to Guinea…
- Rafael MárquezRafael Márquez Álvarez made his professional debut in October 1996 at the age of seventeen. He played for Atlas, a club based in Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Robert ProsinečkiRobert Prosinečki arrived in the world on the 12th of January 1969 inside a small apartment in Schwenningen, West Germany.