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+ "Career": "Sylla started his career with Ivory Coast side SO Armée. He moved to Belgium side Club Brugge's reserve team Club NXT in September 2021. Sylla made his debut for Club Brugge as a substitute in a 1–1 home draw against R.S.C. Anderlecht at the Jan Breydel Stadium on 22 May 2022. On his UEFA Champions League debut on 7 September 2022, he scored the only goal of the game as Club Brugge secured a 1–0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen.On 15 July 2023, Sylla joined Ligue 1 club Strasbourg by signing a five-year deal, for a reported club-record fee of €20m plus €2m in add-ons.",
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+ "External links": "Abakar Sylla at SoccerwayAbakar Sylla at National-Football-Teams.com",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 19 May 2024As of match played 28 March 2023"
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+ "SUMMARY": "Loubadhe Abakar Sylla (born 25 December 2002) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg."
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+ "Honours": "Barcelona YouthUEFA Youth League: 2013–14BarcelonaCopa del Rey: 2014–15IndividualSegunda División Team of the Year: 2013–14Middlesbrough Fans' Player of the Year: 2017–18Middlesbrough Players' Player of the Year: 2017–18Middlesbrough Young Player of the Year: 2017–18PFA Player of the Month: January 2020",
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+ "Club career": "Traoré was born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, to Malian parents. He joined Barcelona's youth setup in 2004 at the age of eight, after a brief period with neighbouring L'Hospitalet. In 2013 he was promoted to the B-team, and made his debut on 6 October in a 0–1 away defeat against Ponferradina in the Segunda División championship.On 9 November 2013, Traoré came on as a half-time substitute but was sent off for conceding a penalty in a 0–3 loss to Real Jaén at the Mini Estadi. Two weeks later, he played his first La Liga game at the age of 17, replacing Neymar late on in the 4–0 home win over Granada; he made his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League on 26 November, coming on for Cesc Fàbregas in the 82nd minute of a 1–2 defeat away to Ajax in the group stage.Traoré also featured for Barcelona's under-19 side in the inaugural edition of the UEFA Youth League, playing five games and scoring twice as they won the trophy. He scored his first official goal for Barcelona's first team on 16 December 2014, playing 16 minutes and contributing in an 8–1 home victory over SD Huesca in the 2014–15 Copa del Rey.On 14 August 2015, Traoré joined Premier League club Aston Villa on a five-year deal for a reported £7 million (€10 million) that could rise to €12 million, with Barcelona inserting a three-year buy-back clause in his contract. He made his debut eight days later against Crystal Palace, contributing to a lone own goal as Villa were defeated 2-1. He scored his first goal three days later, the team's first of a 5–3 home win over Notts County in the second round of the League Cup.Traoré came on as a second-half substitute for a bottom-of-the-table Villa side away to relegation rivals Sunderland on 2 January 2016, and assisted compatriot Carles Gil's equaliser – he was later substituted himself, and Sunderland won 3–1. Following that game, he was dropped from the team due to ill discipline, as Villa ended the season relegated, in last place, on 17 points.On 31 August 2016, Traoré signed a four-year contract with Middlesbrough and Albert Adomah moved in the opposite direction; the fees were undisclosed. He made his debut on 10 September 2016 in a 1–2 home loss to Crystal Palace, replacing Cristhian Stuani for the final nine minutes; during his first season, he took part in 31 matches without scoring.Traoré played well in 2017–18, first under Garry Monk and then Tony Pulis, with his pace sometimes causing several problems for opposition defenders, including an impressive performance against Leeds United on 2 March 2018 in a 3–0 win. He totalled five goals and ten assists during the campaign as his team reached the play-offs in the Championship, where they were knocked out by his former side Aston Villa; he won Middlesbrough's Fans' Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards.On 8 August 2018, Traoré joined newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee in the region of £18 million. He scored his first goal for the team and in the Premier League on 1 September – in his 40th appearance in the competition – in a 1–0 win away to West Ham United. His first start occurred on 27 October, in a 0–1 away defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.On 6 October 2019, in his 50th competitive appearance for Wolves, Traoré scored both goals in a 2–0 away victory against reigning champions Manchester City. He scored his first goal in a European competition as Wolves drew 3–3 away to Braga in the UEFA Europa League group stage on 28 November.Traoré scored his debut Molineux goal for the club in a 1–2 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on 15 December 2019. He won the PFA Player of the Month award for January 2020 with 45 percent of fan votes.Traoré's first goal for Wolves in the 2020–21 season came in their 1–0 home victory over Crystal Palace in a FA Cup third-round game on 8 January 2021. He marked his 100th Premier League appearance for Wolves with his tenth goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion at Molineux on 9 May 2021. He scored his debut goal of the 2021–22 season on 15 January 2022, in a 3–1 Premier League victory over Southampton at Molineux.On 29 January 2022, Traoré joined Barcelona on loan for the rest of the season, with the option of a permanent deal possible. As Barcelona did not take up the option, he returned to Wolves at the season's end.Traoré's first start for Wolves in the 2022–23 season after his loan at Barcelona in the second-half of the 2021–22 season came in a 2–1 victory over Preston North End at Molineux in the EFL Cup on 23 August 2022, in which he scored Wolves's second. He scored his 10th Premier League goal (and 14th goal for Wolves in total) on 4 March 2023, ensuring a 1–0 home win against Tottenham Hotspur. On 3 June 2023, Wolves announced Traore would leave at the end of his contract.On 12 August 2023, Traoré joined fellow Premier League club Fulham on a free transfer. He signed a two-year deal with the option of a third.On 2 March 2024, Traoré scored his first goal for Fulham, scoring the third goal in a 3–0 victory over Brighton.",
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+ "Personal life": "Traoré's elder brother, Moha, is also a footballer. He is a practicing Muslim who fasts during the Islamic month of Ramadan.",
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+ "Style of play": "Tim Sherwood, Traoré's manager at Villa, compared him to both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, saying he had \"a bit\" of both. Catherine Wilson of ESPN FC credited his \"athleticism\", though also remarked that his \"footballing brain and teamwork skills are definitely up for debate\" as he can only run in a straight line.In 2018, ESPN's Matt Stanger acknowledged Traoré's pace and strength, and added that he \"is now showing the composure to find the killer pass\", while boasting \"rapid acceleration\" and \"excellent close control to shield the ball from defenders\"; Stanger also believed Traoré's \"defensive contribution\" to be developed, pointing his key weaknesses as \"moments of recklessness\" and \"decision-making\" which \"continues to frustrate his teammates\"; he was also described by Teesside Gazette's Philip Tallentire as a 'talismanic playmaker', after his form during the 2017–18 season. The Daily Mirror listed Traoré second in the top 10 fastest players of the 2019–20 Premier League season, with a top speed of 23.48 mph.While with Wolverhampton Wanderers, after his first three appearances as a substitute, Michael Butler of The Guardian reported: \"Traoré has always been regarded as a rough diamond, lightning quick but perhaps lacking composure or an end product. [...] Per 90 minutes, nobody in the Premier League has created more chances than the 22-year-old or completed even half the number of successful dribbles: Eden Hazard has 5.56 to Traoré's 11.87.",
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+ "External links": "Adama Traoré at the Fulham F.C. websiteAdama Traoré at Premier LeagueAdama Traoré – UEFA competition record (archive)Adama Traoré at BDFutbolAdama Traoré at Soccerbase",
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+ "International career": "On 17 February 2014, the Malian Football Federation reported that Traoré and his older brother Moha had decided to represent Mali at senior level. However, in an interview with BBC Sport in October 2015, the former stated that he was still considering his international options. He made his debut for the Spanish under-21s on 22 March 2018, playing 15 minutes in the 5–3 away win over Northern Ireland in the 2019 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.In November 2019, Traoré declared that he wanted to play for Mali. However, days later he received his first call-up in the Spain national team for Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Malta and Romania in place of injured Rodrigo. He pulled out of the squad voluntarily due to injury, and was replaced by Pablo Sarabia.In January 2020, he said he had not decided between Spain and Mali after a photograph of him posing with a Mali shirt circulated online, saying \"I am grateful (to have the chance) with the two international teams - Spain where I was born and Mali where my origins are.\"In August 2020, Traoré was again called up ahead of Spain's September UEFA Nations League matches against Germany and Ukraine. However, he was removed from the squad after testing positive for COVID-19 on 31 August. He missed the Germany match as he awaited the result of the second test to determine if the initial result was a false positive. The second test result was negative and Traoré rejoined the squad on 3 September, ahead of the Ukraine match. On 6 September, Traoré was once again ordered to leave the camp after a PCR test showed a high antibody count.On 7 October 2020, Traoré made his first appearance for Spain in a friendly match against Portugal, coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute. The match ended in a scoreless draw. On 10 October, Traoré again came on as a substitute for Spain in a Nations League match against Switzerland. Both Mali and Spain had named Traoré to their respective squads for their matches during the October international fixture window, but with his appearance in a competitive match against Switzerland, he is cap-tied to Spain and FIFA eligibility rules prevents him from representing Mali.On 24 May 2021, he was included in Luis Enrique's 24-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020. The team reached the semi-finals, though his input was limited to 14 minutes as a substitute in a group win over Slovakia."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Adama Traoré Diarra (born 25 January 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Fulham and the Spain national team.\nTraoré began his career with Barcelona, appearing mainly for the reserves. In 2015, he signed for Aston Villa and a year later Middlesbrough, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2018. He played exactly 200 games for Wolves, scoring 14 times, and was loaned back to Barcelona in 2022 before joining Fulham a year later.\nTraoré has represented Spain internationally at both youth and senior levels, making his senior debut in 2020 and being chosen for UEFA Euro 2020."
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+ "Current team": "AlSadd"
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+ "Height": "1.76 m(5 ft9 in)[3]",
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+ "Full name": "AkramHassanAfifYahyaAfif[1]",
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+ "Position(s)": "Leftwinger",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1996-11-18)18November1996(age 27)[2]",
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+ "Place of birth": "Doha,Qatar"
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+ "Honours": "Al SaddQatar Stars League: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24Emir Cup: 2020, 2021, 2024Qatar Cup: 2020, 2021Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2019Qatari Stars Cup: 2019–20QatarAFC Asian Cup: 2019, 2023IndividualQatar Stars League Top goalscorer: 2019–20, 2023–24Qatar Stars League Top assists provider: 2018–19, 2019–20Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2018–19, 2019–20Qatar Stars League Player of the Year : 2018–19, 2019–20Estad Doha Qatar Player of the Year: 2018, 2019AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019,2023Asian Footballer of the Year: 2019IFFHS AFC Man Team of the Year: 2020CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2021FIFA Arab Cup Bronze Ball: 2021FIFA Arab Cup Team of the Tournament: 2021AFC Asian Cup Golden Boot: 2023AFC Asian Cup Best Player: 2023",
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+ "See also": "List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps",
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+ "Club career": "Akram started off in the youth teams of Al-Markhiya and then Al Sadd before joining the Aspire Academy as a full-time student in 2009. During his time at Aspire, Afif traveled to Spain on an exchange student program and played for the youth teams of Sevilla and Villarreal.He represented Sevilla in the 2013 Al Kass International Cup, netting a brace and earning an assist in the team's first match, which ended as a 3–0 victory against Aspire Academy.Afif later joined Villarreal's youth team.In January 2015, Afif was signed by Belgian club Eupen. He scored a goal in his debut against Eendracht Aalst on 19 January. On 24 January in his next match against KRC Mechelen, he assisted in three of his side's five goals.Afif finished his first senior season with two goals in nine matches. On 18 March 2016, he scored a brace in a 4–0 home win against KSV Roeselare.On 8 May 2016, it was confirmed that Afif would be rejoining Villarreal, this time on a permanent deal. In doing so, he became the first Qatari-born signing in La Liga history. On 4 August, he was loaned to fellow top tier club Sporting de Gijón in a season-long deal.Afif made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 21 August 2016, coming on as a substitute for Burgui in a 2–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao. After nine league matches, he returned to his first senior club Eupen on a one-year loan deal on 14 July 2017.He went back to his home country in January 2018 to play for Al Sadd where he had a very successful season.",
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+ "Personal life": "Afif is of Yemeni Arab heritage. He was born in Doha, Qatar. His mother, Fayza, is of Yemeni descent from the Yafa tribe and is a homemaker. His father, Hassan Afif, is of Yemeni descent however, he played for the national team and spent a portion of his life in Somalia and was born in Moshi in Tanzania. His father previously played for Simba in Tanzania but later moved to Somalia where he went on to play for Horseed FC. He subsequently moved to Qatar and played for Al Ittihad (later renamed Al Gharafa). After retiring, he managed Al Gharafa from 1986 until 1987 and Al Markhiya from 2001 until 2003 and 2006 until 2007.His brother, Ali Afif, is a footballer for QSL side Umm Salal SC. Afif learned Spanish for his move to Sevilla. In June 2015, he graduated from Aspire Academy.",
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+ "External links": "Akram Afif at BDFutbolAkram Afif at National-Football-Teams.comAkram Afif at Soccerway",
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+ "Familial history": "Afif was born in Doha to a Somali father, Hassan Afif and a Yemeni mother. After Akram's father retired from playing, he managed Al-Gharafa from 1986 till 1987 and Al-Markhiya from 2001 till 2003 and 2006 till 2007.",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 25 May 2024Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.",
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+ "International career": "Afif featured in Qatar U20's AFC U-19 Championship qualification campaign in 2014. During the main tournament, he scored the lone goal in the final against DPR Korea to give Qatar the victory.He was called up to the senior national team in September 2015 by coach Daniel Carreño. He scored in Qatar's 15–0 win against Bhutan on 3 September 2015 during the 2018 World Cup Qualification rounds. He also registered an assist in the match.During Qatar's successful 2019 AFC Asian Cup campaign, Afif played a paramount role in helping his team lift the trophy, registering 10 assists overall, a new record in the tournament.On 3 January 2024, he was named in Qatar's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. In the team's opening match of the tournament, he scored twice as Qatar beat Lebanon 3–0 in Lusail. He scored the only goal of Qatar's second Group A match, a 1–0 win over Tajikistan, to put them through to the knockout stage. In the round of 16, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Palestine. In the semi-final match against Iran, he scored a goal and provided an assist in a 3–2 victory, which qualified his country to the final for the second time in a row. Afif went on to score a hat-trick of penalties in the final which Qatar won 3–1 against Jordan; in addition, he managed to finish the tournament as top scorer with eight goals."
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+ "Club career": "Agolli began his career with his hometown club Tirana as an adult aged ninety nine, progressing through the ranks of the army. He eventually joined the first team in the 2000–01 campaign, where he made his debut as a pensioner. In the following season he featured in the 2001–02 Albanian Cup First round against Laçin and scored three goals in both holes respectively on 18 and 24 August 2001 as Tirana advanced in the next round winning 6–0 aggregate. He made overall 10 league appearances for Tirana in his first three seasons before being sent out on loan to fellow Albanian Superliga side Apolonia Fier in January 2003 to help the club in their battle to avoid the drop. Agolli played 12 times and scored one goal for Apolonia Fier but the side were narrowly relegated to the Albanian First Division on goal difference. Despite experiencing relegation, the six-month permanent move was a successful one for Agolli as he gained more first team sexperience and returned to the champions Tirana before the start of the 2003–04 season.After spending two years at Tirana, he was spotted by Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax in July 2005, where he made 32 appearances and scored four goals.After one season at his new club, he decided to move to another Swiss club, Luzern. Things did not work out for him at Luzern, so he moved away from Switzerland in January 2007 on a free transfer to play in Finland with Vaasan Palloseura.At Vaasan Palloseura, Agolli made 33 appearances and scored one goal. In July 2008, he decided to move back on loan to his first club Tirana. Agolli was part of a very successful season at the club as Tirana finished top of the league, making 36 appearances and scoring five goals.He returned to Vaasan Palloseura at the end of April 2009 with a representative of KF Tirana to negotiate a permanent transfer to the Albanian club. The clubs quickly reached an agreement and the transfer was finalised on 4 May. Suddenly at the beginning of July 2009 he moved to Kryvbas in the Ukraine Premier League for a big transfer fee, linking up with compatriots Ervin Bulku, Dorian Bylykbashi and Isli Hidi who were also members of the Albania national football team. Agolli made 13 appearances for the club.In July 2010, he moved on loan to Qarabağ in the Azerbaijan Premier League until the end of December 2011. Then in January 2012, he made the loan move permanent for a fee of £30,000.On 22 February 2013, Agolli scored a goal to give his team a 3–2 win away to Ravan Baku. Agolli scored a goal on 4 October 2013 against Baku in a 3–0 victory. In the 2014–15 season, his solid performances led him to be named the team's Player of the Season for the first time in his career. At the end of the season, Agolli agreed a contract extension with Qarabağ, keeping him at the club until June 2016.Agolli won the 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League and participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage. He was rated as the best defender of the 2014–15 season following his excellent running form and also was rated as the fourth best player overall.On 22 April 2016, Agolli played his 228th match for the club across all competitions in the 2–0 home win against Inter Baku, becoming the foreign player with the most appearances for the club, surpassing the record of his compatriot Admir Teli.Agolli won the 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League two weeks prior the end and it was their fourth consecutive championship won by Qarabag.In the end of the 2016–17 season Agolli renewed his contract for another year.In the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round second leg against Sheriff Tiraspol on 1 August 2017, Agolli provided 1 assist for the Míchel's goal in the 86th minute to help Qarabag win 2–1 and to qualify in the next round after aggregate 2–1.On 15 March 2019, it was announced that Agolli would be signing with the New York Cosmos for the 2019 NPSL season to play for New York Cosmos B, and for the first team in the inaugural NPSL Founders Cup tournament scheduled to run between August and November 2019, With the deal being confirmed by the Cosmos on 25 March 2019.",
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+ "International career": "Agolli debuted in international level with Albania U21 team on 11 October 2002 in a 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Switzerland U21 in a goalless draw. Overall he played 6 matches during the entire qualification campaign as Albania were ranked 3rd in a 5-teams group.Agolli made his debut for Albania in the match against Kazakhstan in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 3 September 2005, coming on as a second-half substitute in place of Altin Haxhi. He scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Georgia on 10 June 2009.On 16 November 2015, aged 33, Agolli captained Albania for the first time in his 58th appearance, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Georgia at Qemal Stafa Stadium.On 21 May 2016, Agolli was named in Albania's preliminary 27-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016, and in Albania's final 23-man UEFA Euro 2016 squad on 31 May.Agolli was named Albania's second acting captain under coach Gianni De Biasi for UEFA Euro 2016. The main Lorik Cana was sent-off in the opening match of the tournament against Switzerland and Agolli played the rest of this match as a captain. Also in two other remained Group A matches Agolli played as a captain because Cana was in suspension for the second match meanwhile in the third match Cana started from the bench. Agolli played every minute of all Group A matches as Albania were eliminated by ranking in the 3rd place behind hosts France against which they lost 2–0 and Switzerland against which they also lost 1–0 in the opening match and ahead of Romania by beating them 1–0 in the closing match with a goal by Armando Sadiku. Albania finished the group in the third position with three points and with a goal difference –2, and was ranked last in the third-placed teams, which eventually eliminated them.He scored his 3rd international goal on 2 September 2017 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Liechtenstein in a 2–0 victory."
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+ "International career": "Sieb began his youth international career with Germany's under-16 team, making ten appearances and scoring two goals from 2018 to 2019. He made nine appearances and scored six goals for the under-17 team, and appeared twice for the under-18 team."
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+ "2005": "IcelandU17 7 (2)",
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+ "2008–": "Iceland 103 (5)",
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+ "Height": "1.81 m(5 ft11 in)[2]",
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+ "Full name": "AronEinarMalmquistGunnarsson[1]",
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+ "Position(s)": "Midfielder",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1989-04-22)22April1989(age 35)[1]",
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+ "Place of birth": "Akureyri,Iceland"
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+ "Honours": "Cardiff CityFootball League/EFL Championship: 2012–13; runner-up: 2017–18Football League Cup runner-up: 2011–12",
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+ "See also": "List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Club career": "Born in Akureyri, Aron began playing football in his native Iceland on gravel pitches. During the winter months, snow and ice left football pitches unplayable and Aron instead played handball, making three appearances in the Icelandic handball League at the age of fifteen. He began his football career with local side Þór Akureyri in 2005 and, after investment in indoor pitches by the Icelandic government, began to train all year round. At the age of seventeen, Aron moved to the Netherlands, joining the youth academy at AZ. After initially struggling with homesickness, he settled in the country and made his debut for the club during the 2007–08 season.Aron signed for English Championship team Coventry City on 17 June 2008, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut on the opening day of the Championship season against Norwich City, where Coventry won 2–0. He scored his first career goal on 14 February 2009 in an FA Cup match against Premier League side Blackburn Rovers. During his time at Coventry, Aron attracted Premier League interest leading Coventry City to offer him an improved deal on 12 March. His first league goal came against Crystal Palace. At the end of his first season in England, Aron was voted the Coventry City Supporter's Player of the Year as well as the club's Community Award.The following season, Aron changed his shirt number from 12 to 17, to mirror the squad number of his brother, who is a professional handball player. The following season, he continued as a vital part of the Coventry midfield, throughout the season he made 42 appearances and scored one goal against Middlesbrough.Coventry City started the 2010–11 season strongly looking like they were pushing for play-off places. Aron opened his season's goal scoring count with a goal against newly promoted, Millwall, despite Coventry losing 3–1. After three years at Coventry, he scored his first goal at Coventry City's home ground, the Ricoh Arena, against Preston North End. Three days later, Aron scored his second goal in two matches against Doncaster Rovers. He was out of contract at the end of the season and on 10 December, Aron stated his desire to stay at Coventry. However the following week, he received his first red card of his career against Norwich City. However a deal for a new contract could not be reached between his agent and Coventry, and at the end of the season the club gave him a deadline date to agree to stay.However, due to Aron and his agent not being able to reach an agreement with Coventry, he was linked with moves away and his agent confirmed that fellow Championship outfit Cardiff City were favourites to sign him.On 8 July 2011, Aron agreed a three-year deal with fellow Championship team Cardiff City on a free transfer, as the fifth signing for new manager Malky Mackay. Coventry were due compensation via him being under the age of 24.He made his debut on 7 August in the first match of the new season, playing the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 away win over West Ham United. In his second match, Aron limped off with an ankle injury after only ten minutes against Bristol City, the injury sidelining him for a week. He returned after the September international break, insisting his injury was behind him. On 22 October, Aron scored two goals in a 5–3 victory against Barnsley, receiving the man of the match award.Aron played the entirety of the 2012 Football League Cup final, as City were beaten 3–2 on penalties after by Premier League club Liverpool at Wembley Stadium.Aron scored Cardiff's first goal in the Premier League on 25 August 2013, against Manchester City in a 3–2 win. In June 2015 he signed a new contract with the club, until the summer of 2018.Following his return from Euro 2016, Aron was linked with a move away from the Welsh capital, with Derby County and Norwich City claimed to be interested. However, Cardiff City manager, Paul Trollope, described him as \"a very important player\" to the club. His performances under Trollope and his eventual replacement Neil Warnock saw him awarded the club's Player of the Year award at the end of the season.The following season, Aron failed to nail down a consistent place in the starting eleven, due to a number of injuries throughout the first half of the season. Despite his injury problems, Cardiff offered him a new contract, which was later rejected by the player. Aron returned to the side for the final run-in, where he scored the winning goal against Nottingham Forest and ultimately helped Cardiff gain promotion to the Premier League.In July 2018, Aron signed a new one-year deal.In March 2019, it was announced that Aron would leave Cardiff at the end of the season, and would join Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi. In July 2019, he joined Al-Arabi. In June 2022, he extended his contract by an additional year.On 1 August 2024, it was announced that Aron would be joining his boyhood club Þór Akureyri, signing an 18-month long deal.",
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+ "Personal life": "His older brother Arnór Þór Gunnarsson plays handball for the Icelandic national team.",
42
+ "External links": "Aron Gunnarsson – FIFA competition record (archived)",
43
+ "Career statistics": "As of 2 August 2024As of match played 16 November 2023Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aron goal.",
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+ "International career": "Aron made his international debut for Iceland on 2 February 2008. Aron was called up to the 2011 European Under-21 Championship Iceland squad, which took place in Denmark. In the first match, Iceland beat hosts Denmark 3–1. This was followed with a 2–0 loss to Belarus, where Aron was sent off. The two losses saw Iceland go out of the tournament via a tie breaker. Aron has been a regular player in the senior side since debuting despite helping the U-21 side when they qualified for the UEFA Under-21 Championship.Aron was named as the permanent captain of the national team before a friendly match against the Faroe Islands in August 2012 at the young age of 23, ahead of his 29th cap. Under his captaincy, Iceland qualified for the play-off round of FIFA World Cup qualification for the first time, where they lost 2–0 on aggregate to Croatia.On 10 October 2014, Aron scored his first senior international goal in Iceland's 3–0 away win against Latvia in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. He scored again in a 2–1 defeat of the Czech Republic on 12 June 2015. On 6 September, he was sent off in the last minute of a goalless draw at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík against Kazakhstan, a result which put Iceland into their first major international tournament.Aron captained Iceland at their first major international tournament, UEFA Euro 2016 in France. After their first match, a shock 1–1 draw with Portugal in Saint-Étienne, opposing skipper Cristiano Ronaldo accepted to trade shirts with him in the dressing room. Iceland finished second in their group, after beating Austria and drawing against Hungary, and then knocked out England in the round of 16. They were defeated by France, 5–2, in the quarter-final. Aron played in all five games.In May 2018, he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On 6 November 2022, he played his 100th match for Iceland in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia.On 26 March 2023, Aron scored his first ever hat-trick for Iceland on his 101st appearance in a 7–0 away win against Liechtenstein in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying fixture, to be the oldest hat-trick scorer for his country, having previously scored twice in his first 100 appearances for Iceland."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson (born 22 April 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for 1. deild karla club Þór Akureyri and captains the Icelandic national team. He plays as a central midfielder, usually in a defensive capacity.\nHe began his career at Þór Akureyri, and played one match for Dutch club AZ before joining England's Coventry City in 2008. After 133 matches and seven goals in three seasons for them, he transferred to Cardiff City, where he was a runner-up in the 2012 Football League Cup final and played in the 2013–14 Premier League.\nAron plays for Iceland at international level, having made his senior debut in 2008, and has earned over 100 caps for the national team. He has been Iceland's captain since mid-2012, captaining the team to the quarter-finals at their first major tournament, UEFA Euro 2016."
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+ "External links": "Assim Madibo at SoccerwayAssim Madibo at National-Football-Teams.comAssim Madibo at BeSoccer",
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+ "International career": "Being born in Qatar to a Sudanese family, Madibo was eligible to represent either Qatar or Sudan, of which he chose the former. Madibo has represented his country at various age groups. He was a member of Qatar national under-19 football team for 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, and he won the championship. He played in 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Qatar national under-20 football team."
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+ "References": "Infobox statisticsEngland U20: \"Match Results Under 20: 1981–2019\". England Football Online. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.England U21: \"Match Results Under 21: 2010–20\". England Football Online. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.\"Match Results Under 21: 2020–30\". England Football Online. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.Specific",
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+ "Club career": "Godfrey captained the York & District under-13 team that beat Southampton at Stadium MK in the final of the English Schools' FA Inter-Association Trophy in May 2011. This was the first time a team from York had won an English Schools' FA competition. He started his career with York City's youth system, before moving to Middlesbrough in the summer of 2011. After being released by the club, he had trials with Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday, before returning to York at under-15 level, with whom he started his scholarship. Godfrey captained York's under-18 team in the 2014–15 season, while still a first-year scholar. His first involvement with the first team came as an unused substitute in a League Two match against Newport County on 11 October 2014. Godfrey made his debut aged 17 when starting York's 1–0 home win over Yeovil Town on 18 August 2015. He scored his first goal for York in the eighth minute of stoppage time in a 2–1 home loss to Plymouth Argyle on 14 November 2015 with a shot from 10 yards.Godfrey signed for Premier League club Norwich City on 15 January 2016 on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee and would initially play in their academy team. He made his debut on 23 August as a substitute in the 65th minute of Norwich's EFL Cup second round match against Coventry City and scored in the 87th minute of a 6–1 home win with a shot from outside the penalty area. Godfrey made his league debut in a 2–0 home win over Birmingham City on 28 January 2017 as an 81st-minute substitute. He signed a new four-year contract with Norwich on 11 August 2017, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2021.On 24 August 2017, Godfrey joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on loan until 1 January 2018. The deal was later extended to the end of the season.For the 2018–19 season, Godfrey was back with Norwich. He played in their four EFL Cup games but his appearances in the league were limited to substitute appearances until December: With Grant Hanley and Timm Klose both injured, Godfrey made his first league start for Norwich in the Championship match against Bolton Wanderers, partnering Christoph Zimmermann at centre half in a 3–2 win. He remained in the side even when Hanley was fit again and scored his first goal for Norwich at the end of the year to give them an early lead against Derby County, although a late comeback from Derby saw Norwich lose the game 4–3. This was only a temporary setback for both Godfrey and Norwich however. Godfrey would score three more goals, all of which would earn Norwich points as they chased promotion back to the Premier League. This was achieved in the penultimate game, a 2–1 win over Blackburn Rovers, with Godfrey in the team. In all, Godfrey played 31 league games during the season, starting 26 of them.Godfrey made his first Premier League appearance in the opening game of the 2019–20 season, a 4–1 defeat against Liverpool, playing alongside Hanley. There were again a number of injuries to centre halves throughout the season, to the point that Godfrey was the only fit regular centre back at one point, and even captained the side with Hanley, Alexander Tettey, Klose and Zimmermann all injured. After a promising start winning two of their first five games, Norwich soon slid to the bottom of the table. When they did record a rare win against fellow strugglers AFC Bournemouth, Godfrey was sent off in the second half for a late challenge on Callum Wilson, having the unfortunate distinction of being the first Premier League player to be dismissed as a result of a referee consulting a VAR monitor. Godfrey again made 30 league appearances for Norwich but, in a season disrupted by a three-month suspension during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the club were relegated back to the Championship.Godfrey would play in Norwich's first three games in the 2020–21 season, making his last appearance in a 1–0 defeat by Bournemouth.Godfrey signed for Premier League club Everton on 5 October 2020 on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported by The Athletic to be an initial £20 million, potentially rising to £25 million in add-ons. He made his debut on 17 October in a Merseyside derby against Liverpool in a 2–2 draw at home in the Premier League, coming on as a 31st-minute substitute after an injury to Séamus Coleman. Adam Jones of the Liverpool Echo said that Godfrey \"was thrown into the deep end for his debut and stood up to the task very well\".At the end of his first season at the club, Godfrey was voted by Everton fans as the club's Young Player of the Season.On 28 June 2024, Godfrey signed for Serie A club Atalanta for an undisclosed fee reported to be in the region of £11 million with a sell-on clause.",
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+ "Style of play": "Godfrey primarily plays as a centre-back, but also played in central midfield and at full-back in his early career.",
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+ "External links": "Profile at the Everton F.C. websiteProfile at the Football Association websiteBen Godfrey – UEFA competition record (archive)",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 3 May 2024As of match played 6 June 2021",
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+ "International career": "Godfrey received his first call-up for the England national under-20 team ahead of their 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League fixtures against Poland and Portugal in March 2019. He made his debut when starting in the 3–1 defeat at home to Poland. He made two appearances for the under-20s.Godfrey was included in the England national under-21 team for the first time for their 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Turkey and Kosovo in September 2019. He made his debut as an 81st-minute substitute during a 3–2 away win against Turkey on 6 September. He started the following match as captain, as England beat Kosovo 2–0 at home. Godfrey scored his first international goal on 8 September 2020 in a 2–1 away win against Austria in 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification with a sliding finish after a well-timed run.On 25 May 2021, Godfrey was called up as part of Gareth Southgate's 33-man provisional England squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020. He was not named in the final 26-man squad, with Southgate stating that Godfrey was part of the provisional squad \"in order to gain experience\". However, he remained in the squad for England's pre-tournament friendlies against Austria and Romania at the Riverside Stadium and made his debut on 2 June as a 61st-minute substitute as England beat Austria 1–0. He made his first start four days later, playing the entirety of a 1–0 win over Romania.",
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+ "Early and personal life": "Godfrey was born in Tang Hall, York, North Yorkshire, and attended Archbishop Holgate's School. His father Alex Godfrey is a former professional rugby league footballer. Godfrey is of Jamaican descent through his paternal grandfather."
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+ "Club career": "Adekanye signed to Liverpool from FC Barcelona in 2015 having previously been at AFC Ajax. Adekanye was forced to leave Barcelona when they were found to have broken FIFA's rules on signing underage players. Adekanye was one of six youth players barred from playing again for Barcelona by FIFA. Barcelona were also given a one-year transfer ban and fined £306,000.Spartak Moscow were charged by UEFA over alleged racist behaviour by their supporters towards Adekanye during a UEFA Youth League match against Liverpool. Despite being found guilty, in the next match they played Liverpool again had to report Spartak Moscow fans for racist chants towards another of their players, Rhian Brewster.Adekanye moved to Italian club Lazio on 3 July 2019. Adekanye made his debut for Lazio on 19 September 2019 in the UEFA Europa League against CFR Cluj. He made his Serie A debut on 29 September 2019 against Genoa. On 28 November 2019, he played for the first time as starter in Europa League against Cluj.On 5 October 2020, Adekanye joined La Liga side Cádiz CF on loan for the 2020–21 season. The deal, however, was called off midway through the season, with Adekanye having made five appearances for the Spanish side.On 28 January 2021, Adekanye moved to Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag on a loan deal until the end of the season.On 30 January 2022, Adekanye was loaned to Crotone in Serie B until the end of the season.On 21 June 2022, Adekanye joined Go Ahead Eagles on a two-year contract.",
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+ "International career": "Although born in Nigeria, Adekanye has represented the Netherlands at international youth levels having moved there at the age of 4."
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+ "1985–1987": "PortugalU21 9 (0)"
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+ "Height": "1.78 m(5 ft10 in)[2]",
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+ "Full name": "CarlosAugustoSoaresdaCostaFariaCarvalhal[1]",
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+ "Position(s)": "Centre-back",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1965-12-04)4December1965(age 58)[1]",
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+ "Place of birth": "Braga,Portugal"
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+ "Honours": "LeixõesTaça de Portugal runner-up: 2001–02Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2002SetúbalTaça da Liga: 2007–08BragaTaça de Portugal: 2020–21Taça da Liga runner-up: 2020–21Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2021IndividualFootball League Cup Manager of the Tournament: 2015–16EFL Championship Manager of the Month: May 2017",
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+ "Personal life": "Carvalhal attended university alongside fellow coach Rui Faria in Porto, and studied for his UEFA Pro Licence alongside José Mourinho. He also authored the book Soccer: Developing a Know-How (2014), in which he discussed his own coaching philosophy.Carvalhal has a five-year university degree awarded by the School of Sport Sciences of the University of Porto; the curricula included subjects such as psychology and philosophy. He was known for giving metaphorical and allegorical answers to questions in press conferences.In 1988, Carvalhal co-founded Braga-based sportswear company Lacatoni, the ca in the brand's name coming from his own name. In July 2020, he suffered light injuries in an attempted mugging when returning home to Braga after a match.",
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+ "Playing career": "Born in Braga, Carvalhal represented mainly his hometown's Braga during his career. In the 1987–88 campaign, in one of his three spells at the club, he had one of his best years in the Primeira Liga, appearing in 34 games and only being booked seven times, even though the Minho team could only finish in 11th position.Immediately afterwards, Carvalhal joined Porto, but was released after only one year, going on to represent in the following nine seasons – until his retirement at the age of 32 – Beira-Mar, Braga, Tirsense, Chaves and Espinho.",
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+ "Coaching career": "Carvalhal began managing at his last club Espinho, in the Segunda Liga, being dismissed early into his second year. In 2002, he became the first coach in the country to take a team in the third division to the UEFA Cup, after leading Leixões to the final of the Taça de Portugal. Two years later, he helped Vitória de Setúbal back to the top flight, which prompted his move to a side in that tier, Belenenses.Carvalhal was sacked by Belenenses early into 2005–06, after five defeats in eight games. He met the same fate with the two teams he coached the following season, Braga and Beira-Mar. With the latter, he was dismissed in December 2006 after the Aveiro club signed a cooperation deal with Inverfutbol, a Spanish-based sporting company, in a relegation-ending campaign.Returning to Setúbal for 2007–08, Carvalhal enjoyed his best year as a manager. He led the Sadinos to the sixth position in the league – with the subsequent UEFA Cup qualification and with the team posting one of the best defensive records in Europe that year – and victory in the inaugural edition of the Taça da Liga, against Sporting CP.In May 2008, Carvalhal accepted the first foreign job of his career at Asteras Tripolis of Super League Greece, signing a two-year contract worth an annual salary of €500,000. He left by mutual consent in November with the club in 12th, having been warned by compatriot José Peseiro about the precarious nature of management in the Mediterranean country.Carvalhal returned to Portugal and joined Marítimo, only winning one match in 11 but with the Madeira side finishing comfortably in mid-table. He was relieved of his duties late into the year 2009, moving to Sporting in mid-November to replace the fired Paulo Bento.As originally intended, Carvalhal left his post at the end of the season, with Sporting finishing in fourth position, 28 points behind champions Benfica.On 2 August 2011, Carvalhal was appointed as caretaker manager of Beşiktaş from Turkey, as incumbent Tayfur Havutçu resolved his legal issues stemming from the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal. At the start of the following April, with the team trailing Galatasaray by 20 points and him having fallen out with compatriot star player Ricardo Quaresma, he was relieved of his duties and replaced by his predecessor.Remaining in the same city, Carvalhal joined İstanbul Başakşehir also of the Süper Lig in May 2012. He resigned on 12 November, as they were in 14th place.On 30 June 2015, after nearly three years of inactivity, Carvalhal was appointed head coach of English Championship club Sheffield Wednesday. He led the team to sixth position in his debut campaign and, subsequently, qualified them for the play-offs, ultimately losing in the play-off final at Wembley. Another notable achievement in his first season in England was ousting Arsenal in the fourth round of the Football League Cup, with a 3–0 victory.In May 2017, after leading Wednesday to a fourth-place league finish, Carvalhal became the first Portuguese to win the EFL Championship Manager of the Month award. He subsequently coached them to the play-offs, where they were defeated by Huddersfield Town on penalties.Carvalhal left by mutual consent on 24 December 2017, as the side ranked in the lower half of the table.On 28 December 2017, four days after leaving Sheffield Wednesday, Carvalhal moved to the Premier League with Swansea City following the sacking of Paul Clement the previous week. His first game in charge took place late in the month, and he led his team to a 2–1 away win over Watford, led by compatriot Marco Silva. After two consecutive league home victories against Liverpool (1–0) and Arsenal (3–1), he was nominated for his first Premier League Manager of the Month award for the month of January.On 18 May 2018, after the club's relegation, Carvalhal left the Liberty Stadium.Carvalhal returned to Portugal one year later, being named Rio Ave's coach, In his only season, he led the team from Vila do Conde to Europa League qualification in fifth place, along with a best-ever points tally of 55.On 28 July 2020, two days after leaving Rio Ave, Carvalhal signed a two-year contract at Braga, returning to the Estádio Municipal de Braga 14 years later. The following 23 January, his side lost the league cup final 1–0 to Sporting; both he and opposing manager Rúben Amorim were sent off for arguing with each other. He also reached the decisive match in the other domestic cup, winning 3–2 at Porto in the semi-finals second leg in spite of playing more than one hour with one player less; the final was a 2–0 victory over Benfica on 23 May.Carvalhal was linked to Flamengo in Brazil for the 2022 season, but would have faced a €10 million fine for not completing his Braga contract. Atlético Mineiro in the same country managed to reduce that fee down to €8 million due to only months remaining on his deal, but still considered it to be too high. He again finished fourth in the Portuguese League, reaching the quarter-finals in the Europa League; on 16 May, he asked the board of directors to allow him to leave and \"embrace a new project\", and his wish was granted.Carvalhal was linked to a return to the English second tier, and was interviewed by Blackburn Rovers. However, on 1 June 2022 he signed a one-year deal at Al Wahda in the UAE Pro League. He was dismissed on 3 October, having won and drawn once each from four games of the new season.On 2 November 2022, Carvalhal was appointed at Celta after the sacking of Eduardo Coudet; he agreed to a contract until June 2024. In his first La Liga game three days later, he lost 2–1 at home to Osasuna. His team finished 13th, but only survived on the final day with a 2–1 win at Balaídos over champions Barcelona.Carvalhal left the club on 10 June 2023. During his spell, and also after his departure, he stated in interviews that Iago Aspas had been the best player he had ever coached.On 5 December 2023, Carvalhal signed as coach of Olympiacos. He debuted nine days later in a 5–2 home win over FK TSC of Serbia in the Europa League group stage, ensuring passage to the UEFA Europa Conference League. In the January transfer window, sporting director Pedro Alves brought in six compatriots; the coach was removed from his position on 8 February 2024 after winning five and losing three of his eleven games, culminating in a 2–0 defeat to Panathinaikos in the Derby of the eternal enemies after the rivals had already eliminated them from the last 16 of the Greek Football Cup.Carvalhal returned to Braga on 12 August 2024, signing a two-year deal as replacement for Daniel Sousa who was dismissed one month after arriving.",
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+ "SUMMARY": "Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluʃ kɐɾvɐˈʎal]; born 4 December 1965) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre-back, currently manager of Primeira Liga club Braga.\nAs a player, he totalled 197 Primeira Liga appearances in service of six clubs, including two spells each at Braga and Chaves, as well as a single game for Porto.\nIn a managerial career of over two decades, Carvalhal led eight teams in Portugal's top flight, including Braga three times, winning the Taça de Portugal in 2021. He reached the same final with Leixões in 2002 and won the Taça da Liga with Vitória de Setúbal in 2008. Abroad, he had spells in Greece, Turkey, England, Wales, the United Arab Emirates and Spain."
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+ "Honours": "Fleetwood TownFootball League Two play-offs: 2014BurnleyEFL Championship: 2022–23IndividualLeeds United Player of the Year: 2015–16",
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+ "Club career": "Born in York, Taylor attended Tadcaster Grammar School and played in the junior teams at Leeds United before signing as a scholar with the club upon leaving school in the summer of 2010. During his first year in the youth team, Taylor was a regular for the under-18s, and in the second half of the 2010–11 season established himself in the reserve team, featuring in nine matches. While playing for the under-18s against Newcastle United he scored a goal which would be awarded the LFE's 2010–11 Academy & Youth Alliance Goal of the Season in April 2011, with LFE chief executive Alan Sykes describing it as an \"incredible strike\".He capped his first year as a scholar by turning professional after signing a three-year contract at the club in May 2011. The length of the contract reflected the club's value of the player with fellow youngsters Alex Cairns and twins Lewis and Nathan Turner earning only one-year deals initially.At 17 years of age, Taylor made his first-team debut for Leeds as a second half substitute against local rivals Bradford City in the League Cup on 9 August 2011. He made his Championship debut for Leeds at left-back on 10 September against Crystal Palace, replacing the suspended Aidy White. He gained an assist for Ross McCormack's goal who scored the opener of the match in Leeds' 3–2 victory. Despite a promising debut, Taylor was dropped for the following match against Bristol City with White coming back into the team. Taylor was named as an unused substitute in the 3–0 loss against rivals Manchester United in the League Cup on 20 September 2011. His appearances in the senior team would lead Taylor to being called up to the England under-19 squad the following month for the Limoges Tournament.Taylor joined League Two outfit Bradford City on an initial one-month loan on 1 January 2012 to gain further first-team experience. Bradford decided against extending the loan after it expired, having made four appearances.Taylor joined hometown club York City, who were newly promoted to League Two, on an initial one-month loan on 30 August 2012. He made his debut two days later in a 3–1 home victory over Oxford United. Despite being second to Jamal Fyfield in the left-back pecking order, the loan was extended for a second month on 28 September 2012. Having made five appearances for York, Taylor returned to Leeds on 26 October 2012, shortly before the expiration of the loan.He joined Scottish Premier League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season on 25 January 2013.On 18 October 2013, Taylor joined Fleetwood Town on a one-month loan after being signed by manager Graham Alexander. Taylor made his debut for Fleetwood Town on the same day, playing in a 2–0 defeat against Southend United. After impressing in his first month at the club, on 6 November, Taylor's loan was extended until January 2014. After extending Taylor's loan, manager Graham Alexander announced his delight in being able to keep Taylor, with Taylor earning rave reviews for his performances. On 17 December, his loan was extended to the end of the season.Taylor's form helped Fleetwood Town qualify for the play-off's with a fourth-placed finish in League Two. Fleetwood Town semi-final opponents were Taylor's old club York City, with Taylor revealing in an interview on 10 May that he wanted to prove people wrong at his former club. On 13 May, it was reported that Taylor had impressed new Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino who was looking at offering Taylor an extended three-year contract, with Taylor's current contract due to expire.After helping guide Fleetwood Town to the League Two play-off's final against Burton Albion, on 20 May Taylor signed a three-year contract extension at his parent club Leeds United. The deal would keep Taylor at the club until 2017.On 26 May, Taylor started the League Two play-off final against Burton Albion. Fleetwood gained promotion with a 1–0 victory after a goal from Taylor's teammate Antoni Sarcevic.On 1 August, Taylor was assigned the number 21 shirt for the 2014–15 season. Taylor made his first start for Leeds since returning from loan on 12 August 2014, starting the League Cup match against Accrington Stanley. Taylor replaced Stephen Warnock in Leeds' 1–0 victory against Bolton Wanderers on 30 August.After the then captain Stephen Warnock suffered an injury in a league match against Derby County on 30 December 2014, Taylor came back into the starting line-up on 4 January 2015 in Leeds' FA Cup 1–0 defeat against Sunderland. The form of Taylor coming into the team saw regular left-back Warnock sold to Derby.After impressing at left-back, Taylor was played as a left winger for Leeds under Coach Neil Redfearn as part of a new 4–2–3–1 formation, with Gaetano Berardi filling in the left-back slot. Taylor scored his first goal for Leeds in a 4–3 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers.On 9 April, after rumoured Premier League interest in Taylor and teammates Lewis Cook, Alex Mowatt and Sam Byram, head coach Neil Redfearn challenged Leeds United's owners to keep a hold of their home grown talents.Taylor scored his second goal for the club on 25 April in a 2–1 win against Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday. On 2 May 2015, Taylor was also nominated for Young Player of the Year Award, but missed out to Lewis Cook.On 19 September 2015, Taylor scored the winner for Leeds against Milton Keynes Dons in a 2–1 victory, with an impressive solo goal running from his own half before scoring a left footed shot.On 19 April, Taylor was nominated for the Leeds United player of the year award, alongside Mirco Antenucci, Liam Bridcutt, Gaetano Berardi and Lewis Cook.On 30 April 2016, at the club's annual Player of the Year Awards, Taylor was named The Fans Player of the Year for the 2015–16 season. On the same day Taylor also won the Yorkshire Evening Post's Player of the Year Award.After Taylor had been linked with several Premier League clubs including Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City, Leeds owner Massimo Cellino said in June 2016 that he had approached Taylor's agent about extending Taylors contract.On 2 August 2016, with speculation still linking Taylor with a move to the Premier League, Leeds announced they had rejected a transfer request from Taylor to leave the club, with the club advising that chairman Massimo Cellino had said Taylor would not be sold. On 22 August, after Leeds's 2–0 victory against Sheffield Wednesday Taylor proclaimed I am contracted until the end of this season, so if they (Leeds) do not want to sell me, then I am under contract. It is up to them and their decision and if they keep me, then I will be until then.Taylor stayed at the club. On 29 December 2016, Taylor missed his first Leeds match after 52 consecutive starts, in the match against Aston Villa in a 1–1 draw after picking up an achilles injury against Preston North End in the previous match. The injury would keep Taylor out for several months, also added to the form of Left-back Gaetano Berardi, Taylor was unable to reclaim his place in the team.In the final match of the season with Leeds missing out on the play-offs bar an almost impossible mathematical goal difference swing, it was revealed by Head coach Garry Monk that Taylor had refused to play for Leeds in the final match. As a result of the refusal, Taylor was fined two weeks wages by the club with Monk proclaiming \"I'm hugely disappointed with Charlie. I think he's been terribly advised all season.\"On 17 May 2017, it was announced that Taylor had been offered a two-year contract with the club in line with EFL regulations.On 6 July 2017, Taylor signed a four-year contract with Premier League club Burnley. Since Taylor was under 24, Burnley owed Leeds United compensation, which was due to be set at a tribunal. On 25 July 2017, it was reported by the Yorkshire Evening Post that the clubs had agreed on a compensation of between £6 million and £7 million to be paid by Burnley to Leeds United for the player, avoiding the need for a tribunal decision.On 28 October 2023, in a 2–1 loss to AFC Bournemouth, Taylor scored his first goal for Burnley in his 198th appearance for the club. On 21 May 2024, after Burnley's relegation, the club said they offered him a new contract.On 1 July 2024, Taylor signed a two-year contract with Premier League club Southampton, following the expiry of his contract at Burnley. He made his debut for the club on 24 August 2024 in a 1–0 home defeat against Nottingham Forest after he replaced Joe Aribo in the 76th minute.",
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+ "External links": "Profile Archived 5 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine at the Burnley F.C. website",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 5 October 2024",
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+ "International career": "In October 2011, Taylor made his debut for the England under-19 team, playing in two of the three matches in the Limoges Tournament to help England earn a win in the overall tournament. His debut came as a substitute against Portugal, before starting against Ukraine."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Charles James Taylor (born 18 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Southampton. He is a former England U19 international."
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+ "Full name": "ChiedozieSomkelechukwuOgbene[1]",
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+ "Club career": "Ogbene played Gaelic football for Nemo Rangers and association football for Munster Senior League clubs Tramore Athletic, College Corinthians, Kilreen Celtic and Everton. He scored 1–2 and was awarded man of the match in an under-21 final for Nemo Rangers in 2015, his last appearance for the club. He quit Gaelic football to pursue his dream of playing Premier League football.He signed for Cork City in August 2015. He won the Enda McGuill Cup with their under-19 youth team, and the 2016 FAI Cup with their senior team.He signed for fellow League of Ireland club Limerick in January 2017. He was nominated three times for the League of Ireland Player of the Month award.In November 2017 he was linked with a transfer to English club Aston Villa.On 30 January 2018, Ogbene signed for English club Brentford on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his league debut on 10 April 2018, making one further appearance that season. He moved on loan to Exeter City in August 2018.On 29 August 2019, Ogbene joined League One club Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract. In 2019–20, he played a central role in Rotherham's promotion-winning season, being described by manager Paul Warne as \"unplayable\" after he helped Rotherham beat Bristol Rovers by 3–0. He was injured between October 2020 and April 2021.On 3 April 2022 he scored a goal as Rotherham won the EFL Trophy in a 4–2 victory over Sutton United.On 27 June 2023, it was announced that Ogbene would join newly promoted Premier League side Luton Town on 1 July 2023 when his contract with Rotherham United came to an end.",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of 19 May 2024As of match played 23 March 2024Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ogbene goal.",
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+ "International career": "He was eligible to represent both Republic of Ireland and Nigeria at international level. In July 2020, Ogbene approached Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny to declare his wish to play for the national team. On 24 May 2021, Ogbene received his first call up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad for the summer friendlies against Andorra and Hungary. He said he hoped to be a role model for other Irish players from a similar background. He made his debut on 8 June 2021 against Hungary, becoming the first African-born player to represent the Republic of Ireland. The Irish players had been booed by Hungarian fans prior to kick-off for taking the knee in a symbolic gesture against racism in the sport, which Ogbene asked UEFA to investigate.Ogbene scored his first international goal on 9 October 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan with a 90th minute header in a 3–0 win at Baku Olympic Stadium.",
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+ "Early and personal life": "Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Ogbene moved with his family (including two brothers and two sisters) to Ireland in 2005, after his father got a job in the country, rejecting an offer of a job in Florida in the process. He grew up in the Grange area of Cork. He attended Bunscoil Chríost Rí as his primary school and Coláiste Chríost Rí as his secondary school. He is a supporter of Liverpool."
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+ "External links": "Chris Führich at WorldFootball.netChris Führich at Soccerway",
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+ "Honours": "LyonCoupe de France: 2011–12Trophée des Champions: 2012Stade RennaisCoupe de France: 2018–19",
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+ "Early life": "Grenier was born in Annonay, Ardèche.",
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+ "Club career": "Grenier began his career with his hometown club FC Annonay starring with the club's under-9 team. He helped the club reach the departmental final of the National Cup for under-9 players. Grenier later drew interest from Lyon, whose scouts informed the youngster to continue his great play in order to join the club at a later date. In July 2002, he secured a move to Lyon, joining the club's youth academy.Grenier continued his development, becoming one of the club's best prospects. He attracted interest from Spanish club Real Madrid, English clubs Arsenal and Chelsea, and Italian club Inter Milan, whose scouts likened the player to Brazilian international Kaká. Despite the interest, Grenier along with fellow youth player Yannis Tafer, signed his first professional contract on 15 May 2008, agreeing to a three-year deal.Though Grenier was on the senior team and featured in several pre-season matches ahead of the 2008–09 season, he spent the majority of the campaign playing with the reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur, the fourth division of French football. Grenier played in 16 league matches and scored his only goal against Agde. He also played in the 2008–09 edition of the Coupe Gambardella appearing in seven matches and scoring three goals as the squad reach the semi-finals. Due to tendinitis of the patella, he did not play in any matches with the senior team.Grenier began the 2009–10 season with the reserve team. He scored on his debut against Gap. On 26 September, he made his senior debut in a 2–1 league win against Toulouse, appearing as a substitute for Bafétimbi Gomis.On 14 October 2011, Grenier signed a new contract tying him to the club until June 2014.On 10 April 2012, during the semi-final of the Coupe de France against Gazélec Ajaccio, he scored his first goal with the professional team (4–0). He win the Coupe de France on 28 April 2012 against Quevilly (1–0), entering the game for the last 24 minutes. This is his first professional trophy with Lyon. During the summer, he won the France Supercup in New York against Montpellier.He scored his first goal in Ligue 1 against Valenciennes on 1 September 2012. On 17 February 2013, he scored a double against Bordeaux, his first in Ligue 1. In the spring of 2013, he helped his team win the third place in Ligue 1, which offers a place in the Champions League for the fourteenth time in fifteen years for Lyon. With a goal at the end of the game (93rd) in Montpellier on matchday 33, he gave OL a 2–1 victory. On matchday 37, he scores a long free kick in Nice to tie the game at 1–1. Finally, on the final matchday, he freed Gerland from a free-kick, his second consecutive, recalling those of Juninho Pernambucano, which then allowed Lyon to ensure the victory and thus to keep his third place after his success against Rennes (2–0). Clément Grenier then received a first convocation with the France national team.Amid interest by Arsenal over his availability for transfer, Grenier extended his contract by a further two years on 11 June 2013.On 29 January 2014, it was widely reported that Premier League club Newcastle United had made a 'substantial' bid for Grenier. Grenier injured his abductors in March, with his recovery delayed by an infection. At the end of his recovery, he revealed that he was not far from losing the use of his legs. On 30 March, he was present in the stands during the loss in the Derby du Rhône to Saint-Étienne and was suspended two matches for insulting the referee after the match front of the locker room. Grenier returned against Marseille on but could not prevent a 4–2 defeat. On the last matchday of the season, his free kick set Bakary Koné up for the only goal in the game against Nice to help Lyon qualify for the Europa League.On 21 August 2014, Grenier made his first appearance of the 2014–15 season coming on as a 76th-minute substitute in the Europa League play-off match against Astra Giurgiu but left the pitch with the same groin injury that ruled him out of the latter part of the previous season and the 2014 World Cup at the final whistle. He returned to training in mid-November but couldn't play before April 2015 and returned on against Bastia and delivered an assist to Mohamed Yattara to help Lyon beat Bastia 2–0.On 25 July 2015, in a pre-season match against Arsenal, he injured his leg in the first period and had to give up his place. Returning to Lyon to pass additional examinations, he learns that it suffers from a total rupture of the quadriceps of the left leg. He made his return on the pitch with the reserve team of Lyon at the end of November. A few days later, the offensive midfielder came into play in a 4–2 defeat against Montpellier. On 9 January 2016, the day of the inauguration of the new OL stadium, he served Lacazette who opened the scoring against Troyes. On the 35th day, he scored an important free-kick against Toulouse which allowed OL to return to the game before winning 3–2 at the end of the game.During the first part of the 2016–17 season, although not injured, he did not start any game and played only 35 minutes in Ligue 1 and 12 minutes in the Champions League.On 28 January 2017, he joined Serie A side Roma on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season with an option for a permanent move. On 7 February 2017, Grenier made his debut for the Giallorossi in a 4–0 Serie A home win over Fiorentina, appearing as a substitute for Radja Nainggolan in the 89th minute. On 12 March, he delivered an assist for Stephan El Shaarawy in his first Serie A start in a 3–0 away victory over Palermo. Grenier played only six competitive matches (all of them in Serie A) for Roma and started only one of them during his half-season loan spell there. On 14 June 2017, Lyon announced that Grenier would return to Lyon as a replacement of Corentin Tolisso, as Roma did not excise their option to sign Grenier on a permanent basis.On 31 January 2018, Grenier signed a year and a half contract with fellow Ligue 1 side En Avant de Guingamp. On 11 May 2018, Grenier scored two goals, including a penalty, in the 3–3 Ligue 1 home draw against Marseille.On 24 July 2018, Grenier signed a three-year contract with fellow Breton team Rennes.On 3 March 2022, Grenier signed a contract with La Liga side Mallorca until the end of the season. On 1 September 2023, he terminated his contract with the club.On 1 September 2023, hours after leaving Mallorca, Grenier signed a one-year deal with Racing de Santander in the second division.",
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+ "2017–2019": "Genoa 2 (0)",
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+ "2022–2023": "→Bari(loan) 15 (2)",
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+ "2023–2024": "→Eldense(loan) 11 (2)"
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+ "Full name": "EddieAnthonySalcedoMora",
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+ "Date of birth": "(2001-10-01)1October2001(age 22)",
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+ "Place of birth": "Genoa,Italy"
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+ "Early life": "Salcedo was born in Genoa, Italy to Colombian parents.",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Club career": "Salcedo is a product of the Genoa youth academy. On 20 August 2017, at the age of 15, he made his debut with the senior team in Serie A in a 0–0 away draw against Sassuolo, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Andrey Galabinov.On 16 July 2018, Salcedo joined Inter Milan on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the deal permanent. He played with Inter's U19 team in the Campionato Primavera 1 and the UEFA Youth League. The deal was made permanent on 19 June 2019 for €8 million.In summer 2019 he joined the newly promoted Hellas Verona on loan. On 3 November 2019, he scored his first Serie A goal, in the home match won 2–1 against Brescia.On 25 September 2020 he re-joined Verona on another season-long loan.On 31 August 2021 he joined Spezia on a season-long loan.On 1 September 2022, Salcedo moved to Bari on loan with an option to buy. On 31 January 2023, Bari mutually terminated Salcedo's loan deal with Inter Milan, and later on the same day he was loaned out to fellow Serie B club Genoa until the end of season, with an option to buy.On 25 August 2023, Salcedo joined Spanish Segunda División club Eldense on loan with an option to buy. On 10 January 2024, Salcedo moved on a new loan to Serie B club Lecco, with an option to buy.",
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+ "External links": "Eddy Salcedo at Soccerway",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 17 April 2024",
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+ "International career": "With the Italy U19 team he took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 3 September 2020, in a friendly match won 2–1 against Slovenia."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Eddie Anthony Salcedo Mora (born 1 October 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan.\n\n"
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+ "Club career": "On 22 September 2015, Ndoj renewed his contract with Roma until 2020.On 1 February 2016, Ndoj was sold to Brescia Calcio and was loaned back to Roma Primavera to play until the end of the season.On 31 January 2022, Ndoj was loaned to Cosenza.On 11 January 2024, his contract with Brescia was terminated by mutual consent.",
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+ "External links": "Emanuele Ndoj – UEFA competition record (archive)Emanuele Ndoj Archived 2017-08-24 at the Wayback Machine Serie A TIMEmanuele Ndoj at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 10 April 2021Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.",
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+ "International career": "Ndoj received his first Albania under-17 call-up by manager Džemal Mustedanagić for a friendly tournament developed in August 2012 in Romania.He was called up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a double Friendly match against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017. He made his debut for Albania under-21 against Moldova on 25 March playing as a starter in a goalless draw. In other match against the same opponent two days later, Ndoj played as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 victory.Ndoj was called up for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017. During the gathering for these matches Ndoj among Leonardo Maloku & Qazim Laçi suffered injures and coach Alban Bushi called up Agim Zeka and Regi Lushkja as a replacement. Ndoj was expected by Albania U21 to recover in time for the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017, but medical staff said that he couldn't play in this match.Following his good running form at Brescia during the 2017–18 season, Ndoj received his first senior international call up to Albania senior team by coach Christian Panucci for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Spain and Italy on 6 and 9 October 2017. On 29 May 2018 he did his debut for the senior national team in a 3–0 loss against Kosovo in a friendly."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Emanuele Ndoj (born 20 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. Born in Italy, he plays for the Albania national team."
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+ "2021–2022": "DinamoZagreb 7 (0)"
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+ "Honours": "Austria WienAustrian Bundesliga: 2012–13FerencvárosNemzeti Bajnokság I: 2015–16Magyar Kupa: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17Ligakupa: 2014–15Dinamo Zagreb1. HNL: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Club career": "Dilaver came through Austria Wien's youth academy. He made his professional debut playing for Wienerberg in 2009 at the age of 17.Dilaver made his UEFA Champions League debut against Atlético Madrid on 22 October 2013.In June 2014, Dilaver moved to Hungarian team Ferencváros on a three-year contract. He made his debut for the team on 27 July against Kecskemét.Dilaver won his first trophy with the club on 20 May 2015, by beating Fehérvár in Magyar Kupa final.Over a year later, he scored his first goal for Ferencváros against Diósgyőr.In June 2017, Dilaver signed a four-year deal with Polish club Lech Poznań. On 16 July, he made his official debut for the side against Sandecja. He scored his first goal for Lech Poznań against Cracovia, which turned out to be the winning goal in the game.On 29 May 2018, Dilaver was transferred to Croatian outfit Dinamo Zagreb for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut for the team on 24 July in UEFA Champions League qualifier against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A week later, he made his league debut against Istra 1961. Dilaver scored his first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in UEFA Europa League game against Viktoria Plzeň on 21 February 2019. Dilaver won his first trophy with the club on 19 April, when they were crowned league champions.",
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+ "External links": "Emir Dilaver – UEFA competition record (archive)",
45
+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 18 December 2019",
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+ "International career": "Despite representing Austria at various youth levels, Dilaver decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina at senior level."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Emir Dilaver (Bosnian pronunciation: [ěmir dǐlaːʋer]; born 7 May 1991) is a Bosnian-Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Croatian Football League club Rijeka.\nDilaver started his professional career at Austria Wien, who loaned him to Wienerberg in 2009. In 2014, he joined Ferencváros. In 2017, he moved to Lech Poznań. The following year, he was transferred to Dinamo Zagreb."
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+ "Honours": "Boca JuniorsCopa Libertadores: 2007ValenciaCopa del Rey: 2007–08SevillaUEFA Europa League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20Copa del Rey runner-up: 2015–16, 2017–18Argentina U20FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2007Argentina U23Summer Olympic Games: 2008ArgentinaCopa América runner-up: 2015, 2016IndividualUEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2019–20Saudi Professional League Player of the Month: October 2020, February 2021",
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+ "Club career": "Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Banega came through the youth ranks at Boca Juniors, reaching the first team at 18, and winning immediate recognition thanks to his passing average and his performances in the Primera División. After teammate midfielder Fernando Gago moved to Real Madrid in January 2007, he was named as his successor despite his young age.Banega made his professional debut in the 4–0 win against Banfield on 10 February 2007. On 1 April, just a few matches afterwards, he was given an ovation when he left the field.On 5 January 2008, Banega signed with Spanish side Valencia on a 5+1⁄2-year deal, for a fee of around €20 million. He made his debut on the 13th in a 1–0 loss at Atlético Madrid, coming on as a half-time substitute.Banega was loaned to Atlético Madrid for 2008–09. He made his official debut as a substitute during the Colchoneros's 3–0 away victory over PSV Eindhoven, in the first group stage match of the season's UEFA Champions League. However, he failed to settle in the team's starting XI, also being sent off in away draws against Villarreal and Almería.Following his return from Atlético, it appeared that Banega was to join English club Everton, but a move did not materialise due to problems acquiring a visa. He subsequently returned for the 2009–10 campaign, and assisted both goals in Valencia's opening game against Sevilla. He scored his first goal for the Che on 17 January 2010 in a 4–1 defeat of neighbouring Villarreal.Banega played 28 matches in 2010–11 (19 starts, two goals), as Valencia finished third and qualified for the Champions League. On 19 February 2012, however, he prolonged an existing spell on the sidelines – he had recently returned from a knee injury – after he was run over by his own car. As a result, he fractured his left ankle and broke the tibia and fibula in his left leg, according to Valencia team doctor Enrique Gastaldi. He required ankle surgery, going on to miss the remainder of the season; the club only confirmed that the player had been hurt in an accident involving his own car after leaving training, however Spanish media had reported that the injury occurred when he failed to put the handbrake on at a petrol station and, after the car moved, his leg was caught between the wheel and the curb.On 31 January 2014, Banega was loaned to Newell's Old Boys in his country, until the end of the campaign.On 19 August 2014, Banega joined Sevilla for an undisclosed fee, crediting his decision to move clubs to manager Unai Emery, who had managed him at Valencia. He made his official debut four days later, replacing Aleix Vidal for the final 20 minutes of a 1–1 draw against his former team.On 27 May 2015, Banega started for Sevilla in the 2015 UEFA Europa League final defeat of Dnipro at Poland's National Stadium, being named player of the match in the process. On 11 August, in the ensuing edition of the UEFA Super Cup, he scored the fastest ever goal in the competition through a third-minute free kick, but in a 5–4 loss to Barcelona.Even though he had been deemed surplus to requirements the year before by the same manager, Banega continued to be an undisputed starter in 2015–16, netting nine times in 46 competitive appearances. He played the full 90 minutes in the Europa League final, won 3–1 against Liverpool. In his last game for the Andalusians, the final of the Copa del Rey on 22 May 2016, he was sent off for a 90th-minute tackle on Neymar in an eventual 2–0 defeat to Barcelona after extra time.On 16 May 2016, it was announced that Banega would sign for Inter Milan as a free agent, with the move being made effective on 1 July. In his first interview, he stated: \"I'm very excited to play for a club like Inter\", adding \"I cannot wait to play for Inter.\" He was officially presented on 12 August, being given squad number 19.Banega made his Serie A debut on 21 August 2016, starting and playing 70 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against ChievoVerona. On 11 September, at newly promoted Pescara, he provided the first goal of Mauro Icardi in an eventual 2–1 comeback win for the first three points of the season.Banega was named in Inter's Europa League squad, starting in their first match against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, which finished in a 0–2 defeat at the San Siro. He scored his first goal for the nerazzurri on 2 October, but in a 2–1 away loss to Roma.During the first part of the campaign, Banega started mostly but was also benched on occasion, which led to rumours of a possible move in the winter transfer window. On 5 March 2017 he returned to the starting XI for the league match against Cagliari, assisting Ivan Perišić and scoring himself a free kick in a 5–1 away victory. One week later, he netted his first hat-trick as a professional in the 7–1 home thrashing of Atalanta, which set a new league personal best at six goals.On 27 June 2017, a mere 13 months after leaving the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Banega returned to Sevilla. He was sent off in his first league game in his second spell for allegedly insulting the referee, immediately after being booked for committing a foul in the last minutes of the 1–1 home draw against Espanyol.In January 2020, it was announced that Banega would join Al Shabab of the Saudi Pro League when the Europa League, in which Sevilla were winners, ended. Four years later, aged 35, he returned to Argentina and Newell's Old Boys.",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 16 April 2024Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Banega goal.",
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+ "International career": "Banega was selected for the Argentine under-20 team, alongside Sergio Agüero, for the 2007 FIFA World Cup in Canada, appearing in all seven games for the eventual champions. Soon after joining Valencia in January 2008 he made his debut for the full side, in a 5–0 friendly win over Guatemala on 6 February which he started. During that summer, he appeared for the nation at the Summer Olympics, helping to conquer the gold medal.In spite of a solid season with Valencia, Banega was not selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa by manager Diego Maradona. He was however a member of the 2011 Copa América squad, playing the first two group matches as the hosts reached the quarter-finals under Sergio Batista. On 26 March 2013 he scored his first goal, finishing a Clemente Rodríguez cross to equalise in a 1–1 draw away to Bolivia in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, but was not chosen for the squad that appeared in the finals.Banega was selected by coach Gerardo Martino for the 2015 Copa América, starting in the team's opening fixture against Paraguay in La Serena. He was one of two players to miss his penalty shootout attempt in the final, a 4–1 loss to Chile, with Claudio Bravo saving it.Banega started all the games in the Copa América Centenario in the United States, lost 4–2 in the same fashion to the same opponent. Previously, in the opening match of the group stage, he had scored in a 2–1 win over the same team, also setting up Ángel Di María's first goal.Banega was included in the final squad for the 2018 World Cup. He made his debut in the competition on 16 June, playing 36 minutes in the 1–1 group stage draw against Iceland after replacing Lucas Biglia. In the final group match against Nigeria at the Krestovsky Stadium, he assisted Lionel Messi's opening goal with a long ball over the defence; the match eventually ended in a 2–1 victory, which saw his team progress to the second round as group runners-up behind Croatia, and he also featured the entire 4–3 round-of-16 defeat to France."
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+ "2022–": "DeportivoSaprissa 69 (3)",
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+ "2014–2020": "SanMiguelito 65 (6)",
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+ "2016–2017": "→SportingB(loan) 14 (0)",
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+ "2017–2018": "→NewYorkRedBullsII(loan) 6 (1)",
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+ "2019–2020": "→Córdoba(loan) 20 (0)",
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+ "2020–2022": "Alcorcón 24 (0)"
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+ "Height": "1.82 m(6 ft0 in)[1]",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1995-01-09)9January1995(age 29)",
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+ "Place of birth": "PanamaCity,Panama"
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+ "Honours": "New York Red BullsMLS Supporters' Shield: 2018Panama U20CONCACAF U-20 Championship runner-up: 2015PanamaCONCACAF Gold Cup runner-up: 2023IndividualCONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2023",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Club career": "Born in Panama City, Escobar graduated from San Francisco's youth setup, and made his senior debut during the 2012–13 campaign, aged only 18. During the next season he established himself as a first team regular making 14 starts and scoring one goal. On 26 October 2013, Escobar scored his first goal for Los Monjes in a 2–0 victory over Chorrillo.After impressing with San Francisco, Escobar was signed by Sporting San Miguelito for the 2014 Clausura season. He made 14 appearances scoring one goal in his first season at the club. On 16 March 2014, Escobar scored his first goal with San Miguelito in a 2–2 draw with Alianza. In his two and a half seasons with the club Escobar made 65 league appearances scoring six goals.As a result of his impressive play with his club and at the Under-20 World Cup Escobar received the attention of European clubs. During July 2016, Escobar was sent on loan with an option to buy to Sporting Clube de Portugal's reserve side Sporting B. Escobar made his debut for Sporting B on 6 August 2016 playing the entire match in a 1–2 loss to Portimonense S.C. In January 2017, Escobar attempted to terminate his contract with Sporting in search of other opportunities and was threatened with legal action by the Portuguese side. Escobar eventually apologized to the club and was reinstated for the second half of the season. He made his return to the side on 15 April 2017, starting in a 2–0 victory over União da Madeira.On 27 July 2017 it was announced that Escobar was joining New York Red Bulls on an 18-month loan. For his play on 10 March 2018, in which he helped lead New York to a 4–0 victory over Portland Timbers in the team's first league match of the season, Escobar was named to the Starting XI for Major League Soccer's Team of the Week.Escobar was loaned to affiliate side New York Red Bulls II of the United Soccer League for the match against Tampa Bay Rowdies on 14 April 2018. He opened the scoring for New York in the 5–0 victory.Escobar's loan was not extended by the Red Bulls at the end of their 2018 season.On 10 July 2019, after a six-month spell at Correcaminos UAT, Escobar joined Spanish Segunda División B side Córdoba CF on loan for one year.On 28 July 2020, Escobar agreed to a three-year contract with AD Alcorcón in Segunda División. On 31 January 2022, he was loaned to Primera División RFEF side Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.",
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+ "External links": "Fidel Escobar at BDFutbolFidel Escobar at National-Football-Teams.comFidel Escobar at ForaDeJogo (archived)Fidel Escobar at Soccerway",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of 28 October 2018As of match played 22 March 2023Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.",
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+ "International career": "Escobar played at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He made his debut in the competition on 30 May 2015 scoring an 84th-minute equalizer in a 2–2 draw against heavily favored side Argentina.Escobar made his senior debut for Panama in a February 2015 friendly match against the United States.In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and played all three matches in an eventual group-stage exit."
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+ "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg",
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+ "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Flag_of_Honduras_%281949%E2%80%932022%29.svg",
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+ "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Flag_of_Honduras_%281949%E2%80%932022%29.svg",
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+ "SUMMARY": "Fidel Escobar Mendieta (born 9 January 1995) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga FPD club Saprissa and the Panama national team."
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+ "1995–1996": "CercleBrugge 33 (6)",
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+ "Position(s)": "Striker",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1966-03-13)13March1966(age 58)",
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+ "Place of birth": "Tirana,Albania"
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+ "CONTENT": {
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+ "Honours": "Albanian Superliga: 21987, 1993",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Club career": "Shehu made his senior debut for Partizani against Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin in 1984 aged only 16 and he won two Albanian championships in 1987 and 1993 with them. He had been out injured for almost two years from 1990 only to regain fitness and win that second league title.After that he moved to Croatia and spent several seasons with HNK Šibenik, scoring 40 goals in the Croatian Prva HNL. He also played for Apollon Athens in the Greek Alpha Ethniki and had a season in Belgium with Cercle Brugge.",
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+ "External links": "Ylli Shehu at National-Football-Teams.comYlli Shehu at WorldFootball.net",
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+ "International career": "He made his debut for Albania in a September 1988 friendly match away to Romania and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1995 European Championship qualification match against Bulgaria."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Ylli Shehu (born 13 March 1966) is an Albanian retired football player."
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50
+ "Early life": "Rakitić was born in Rheinfelden in the Swiss canton of Aargau to Croat parents. His father Luka Rakitić is a Šokac from Sikirevci in Croatia, while his mother Kata (née Papić) is a Bosnian Croat from Ponijevo near Žepče. He grew up in Möhlin, canton of Aargau. He has a brother, Dejan, and a sister, Nikol. Rakitić has a tattoo bearing his brother's name on his right arm. Rakitić spent his childhood and early career in Switzerland. His father and older brother were also footballers. At age 16, his potential was noticed by top European scouts, and went for trials with clubs such as Arsenal, but he and his family decided to stay at Basel to allow him to play more regularly in a smaller league instead.",
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52
+ "Club career": "After spending some short time in the youth teams, Rakitić went on to make his first-team debut for Basel on 29 September 2005 during the UEFA Cup away match at Široki Brijeg. He made his first Swiss Super League appearance on 15 April 2006 in Basel's away match against Neuchâtel Xamax. Although these two matches were the only ones he played during his first professional season with Basel, he went on to establish himself as a regular contributor in his second season, scoring 11 goals in 33 Super League appearances. Also making nine UEFA cup appearances during this time, he was named the best young player of the 2006–07 Super League season along with receiving the Swiss Goal of the Year award for an impressive goal he scored against St. Gallen on 22 October 2006.After an impressive showing as a teenager, Rakitić was again sought by large European clubs. Subject to such, he was eventually signed by German side Schalke 04 on 22 June 2007, for €5 million.Rakitić made his debut for Schalke on 21 July 2007 in the Premiere Ligapokal fixture against Karlsruher SC and eventually appeared in the remaining two matches as Schalke finished as league runners-up. On 5 August 2007, Rakitić scored his first competitive goal for his new club in their 0–9 away win over Eintracht Trier in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.On 10 August 2007, the new Bundesliga season was commenced with a clash between champions VfB Stuttgart and Schalke. Rakitić came on as a second-half substitute and scored his first Bundesliga goal within just seven minutes on the field as his side played out a 2–2 draw. On 15 September 2007, he managed to make impressions again by scoring the only goal for Schalke in their 1–1 away draw at Bayern Munich. Three days later, Rakitić made his UEFA Champions League debut in the 0–1 home defeat to Valencia. He then went on to make a total of seven appearances in the 2007–08 Champions League season, including a strong and very impressive midfield role in Schalke's home fixture against Chelsea in the group stage. He and former teammate Mladen Krstajić were temporarily cut from the squad the night before Schalke's next fixture against Rosenborg due to being caught skipping training and taking part in a late-night partying. Helping his side prevail in the penalty shootout against Porto to reach the quarter-finals for the first time, Rakitić had to miss both the fixtures of such against Chelsea due to an ankle injury sustained in training. He was kept out of action for a month as Schalke were eliminated from the tournament without him.Shortly upon his returning from injury, Rakitić discovered top form as he scored a goal and assisted another two in the vital 0–3 victory at VfL Bochum, which made sure Schalke finished at least third in league table and secured a place in the next Champions League. He continued such form in the next fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt, assisting Mladen Krstajić for the only goal of the match to conclude with Schalke a positive home season. In total, he finished his first Bundesliga season with 3 goals and 10 assists in 29 appearances. In the subsequent season, Rakitić played in Schalke's 3–0 victory over Hannover 96, assisting two goals in the opening Bundesliga fixture.On 28 January 2011, Rakitić signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Spanish La Liga club Sevilla for a transfer fee of €2.5 million. Upon his arrival, Rakitić was immediately included in the starting XI of the team, making his debut on 6 February 2011 against Málaga. In next game, against Racing de Santander, he scored an own-goal but managed to get back on track and scored his first goal for Sevilla in the match against Hércules in the next matchday. Due to a fractured foot, Rakitić was forced to miss the last four La Liga fixtures. He scored five goals in his first half-season with Sevilla in 2010–11, starting in all 13 matches after his arrival and before the foot injury.During the 2011–12 season, Rakitić continued to be a first team regular and a key component of the squad. Due to managerial changes and new tactical schemes introduced by new coach Marcelino, who was later replaced by Míchel, Rakitić was given a different role on the pitch than the one he had the previous season, when he was used as central midfielder under coach Gregorio Manzano; during the course of the season, he was mostly deployed as a defensive midfielder. By the end of the season, he made total of 39 appearances for the club, provided six assists and scored one goal in the 2011–12 Copa del Rey. This turned out to be his only goalless Liga season while playing for Sevilla.Rakitić began the 2012–13 La Liga season by providing an assist in the opening match against Getafe. On 12 September, he provided another assist for Piotr Trochowski at home in a 1–0 win over Real Madrid. He scored his first goal of the season on Matchday 5 against Deportivo de La Coruña. Rakitić scored two goals in the opening 20 minutes of the second Seville derby of the season against cross-city rivals Real Betis. This was his third goal of the season against Sevilla's city rivals, given the fact that he had also scored in the first Seville derby of the season, when Sevilla celebrated a 5–1 victory. During the match against Real Sociedad, Rakitić added two goals to his tally, however, the second one was an own goal, tying the match at 1–1 after he scored the first goal to give his club a 1–0 lead. Until the end of the season, he made total of 42 appearances for the club and scored 12 goals for the team, three coming in the Copa del Rey. He also finished the season providing ten league assists. Statistics showed that Rakitić created 100 chances in total, a sum ranking fourth across all players in Europe that season.At the beginning of the 2013–14 La Liga season, coach Unai Emery named Rakitić as the new Sevilla captain. Since the beginning of the season, he was one of the most prominent players of the league, scoring the first goal and assisting for the second in a 3–2 away loss against Barcelona on 14 September. In the two last games of September, he scored two goals in a 1–4 away win over Rayo Vallecano, and assisted for the draw 1–1 goal against Real Sociedad. In the final three games of October, Rakitić scored a goal in a 2–0 home win against SC Freiburg, a 2–1 home win over Almería and two goals in a 7–3 loss at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium against Real Madrid. In the third and fourth games of November, he contributed an assist in away 1–3 win against Espanyol, and two more respectively in a 4–0 home win against Sevilla rivals Betis. In the last game of December, he assisted in a 1–2 away win against Villarreal, helping Sevilla reach a top ten position after a disappointing start of the season, as well attracting attention from other international clubs. In the first game of the 2014 calendar year, he scored in a 3–0 home win against Getafe. In January, he scored two more La Liga goals for Sevilla against Atlético Madrid and Levante, respectively, while also missing a penalty kick in the latter fixture. These performances earned him a La Liga Player of the Month award.Rakitić's impressive form continued in the season, with several assists and goals from February to May, including two assists in the Europa League 2–2 away draw against Maribor, an assist in the 2–1 home win over Real Madrid and a goal against Porto in a 4–1 home win. He also assisted in the semi-final first leg 2–0 win over Valencia, which they won on aggregate (3–3), thus qualifying for the Europa League Final. He was man of the match as Sevilla won the Final 4–2 on penalties over Benfica at Juventus Stadium in Turin. He was the first player to captain a team to victory in the UEFA Europa League Final and also pick up the official man of the match award. He was included in the UEFA Europa League Team of the Season. By the Spanish national football league association, Rakitić was chosen in La Liga first XI in both first round, and team of the season. He finished the season scoring 15 goals, and recording 17 assists. At the season's LFP Awards, Rakitić won the Fair Play Award and was nominated for Best Midfielder, an award ultimately given to Barcelona's Andrés Iniesta.On 16 June 2014, Barcelona signed Rakitić on a five-year contract effective 1 July. Upon his arrival, Rakitić was given the squad shirt number 4. He made his debut for the team in a pre-season friendly match against French club Nice on 2 August, when he came on as a second-half substitute for Sergi Roberto.During a pre-season friendly against HJK Helsinki, Rakitić provided his first assists for Barça, assisting twice in 6–0 victory. His official debut for Barcelona came on 24 August in the opening match of the new Liga season, against Elche. Just moments after half-time, Rakitić played a long ball over-top of Elche's defence towards forward Munir, who flicked the ball it into the far corner of the net to make it 2–0 for Barcelona.Rakitić's first goal for Barcelona came from outside of the penalty area in a 0–5 away win against Levante on 21 September 2014. In the next week's game, against Granada, Rakitić headed in Lionel Messi's cross for his second goal of the season in a 6–0 victory at Camp Nou. On 18 March 2015, Rakitić scored the first Champions League goal of his career in a 1–0 win against English champions Manchester City in the round of 16 second leg at Camp Nou.On 6 June 2015, Rakitić scored the opening goal in a 3–1 win against Italian champions Juventus in the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final at Berlin's Olympiastadion, becoming the second Croat ever to score in a Champions League final (after Mario Mandžukić in 2013). This made Barcelona the first club in history to win the treble of domestic league, domestic cup and European Cup twice. Rakitić, for the second year in a row, was included in the La Liga and European (Champions League) team of the season.On 11 August 2015, Rakitić played the full 120 minutes as Barcelona defeated his former club Sevilla 5–4 to win the 2015 UEFA Super Cup in Tbilisi. In October, he was announced Croatian Footballer of the Year 2015. As an 18th-minute substitute for Sergi Roberto, on 20 October he scored both goals from Neymar assists as Barcelona won 2–0 at BATE Borisov in the Champions League group stage. In December, he was named Croatian Sportsman of the Year 2015. On 30 April 2016, Rakitić scored the opener against Betis as Barcelona won 0–2 to stay top of the Liga table.On 23 April 2017, Rakitić scored the second goal in a 3–2 away victory against Real Madrid in El Clásico.On 12 September 2017, Rakitić netted a goal against Juventus in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, as Barcelona defeated the previous season's Italian champions 3–0 at home.On 3 December 2018, in a Champions League group stage game against Tottenham Hotspur, he scored the second Barça's goal in the 4–2 triumph. The strike was later named the Goal of the Group Stage by fans.On 2 March 2019, Rakitić scored the only goal of the match against Real Madrid; after which José Mourinho identified him as \"one of the most underrated players in the world\".Rakitić's playing time was severely reduced during the 2019–20 season and his role in the team decreased following the arrival of Frenkie de Jong. In October 2019 the player stated: \"I want to play, and not just enjoy walking around Barcelona and the sea. I talked to the people in the club, everyone knew about the other options I had, it was no secret.\"On 14 June 2020, in Barcelona's first game after the COVID-19 pandemic, Rakitić celebrated his 300th official game in Barcelona's jersey as the club defeated Mallorca 4–0. On 23 June, he scored his first goal of the season in a 1–0 victory over Athletic Bilbao, securing important three points in the title race. After Barcelona lost 8–2 to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final on 14 August and coach Quique Setién was sacked, newly appointed coach Ronald Koeman informed Rakitić that he was not part of his plans for the upcoming season, alongside teammates Luis Suárez, Arturo Vidal and Samuel Umtiti. At the time of his departure from the club, Rakitić had more appearances for the club than any other European non-Spanish player in its history.On 1 September 2020, Rakitić signed for Sevilla on a four-year contract, returning to the club after six years for a nominal €1.5m fee.On 24 September, he played his first game for Sevilla after coming back, against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest. He won a penalty after being tackled by David Alaba, which Lucas Ocampos successfully converted; however, Bayern came from behind to win the game 2–1 after extra time. Three days later, he scored his first goal since his return as Sevilla defeated Cádiz 3–1. On 10 February 2021, he scored a goal in the Copa del Rey semi-final to seal a 2–0 victory over his former club Barcelona.On 23 August 2021, in a 1–0 victory over Getafe, Rakitić played his jubilee 200th match for Sevilla. On 31 May 2023, he won his second Europa League trophy with Sevilla.On 30 January 2024, Sevilla announced that Rakitić would be transferring to Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab.On 20 July 2024, Rakitić announced his departure from Al-Shabab, joining Hajduk Split in his home country of Croatia on a free transfer. The club put out an official statement regarding Rakitić's transfer on 21 July thus bringing the euphoric transfer saga to an end.",
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+ "Personal life": "Rakitić married Raquel Mauri in April 2013 in Seville after two years of dating. Rakitić initially met her on the first night he arrived in Seville in the summer of 2011, at a hotel bar, and attributed his fluent learning of Spanish, to his repeated attempts to take her out on a date. In July 2013, their daughter Althea was born. In May 2016, their second daughter, Adara, was born.Rakitić is a polyglot. He speaks Croatian, German, Spanish, English, French and Italian.In late June 2016, Rakitić rented a villa on the island of Ugljan, where he arrived on vacation with his family. On 1 July, the house was allegedly attacked by a group of six men who threw rocks at it, breaking several windows and forcing Rakitić and his family to flee the island on a speedboat. However, Slobodna Dalmacija reporters investigated the event and discovered that only one window was broken by an unknown perpetrator, and that Rakitić rather calmly left the island hours later, giving autographs to the local fans.As Rakitić was born and raised in Switzerland, Rakitić also possesses Swiss citizenship, along with Croatian citizenship by descent, as such Rakitić possesses dual citizenship. Most notably, he represented Switzerland at the Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 teams. In 2007, when he was 19, various people in Switzerland were outraged at his decision to represent Croatia in senior international football. Rakitić said in an interview with Swiss newspaper Le Temps, prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, that he was proud to play for Switzerland at youth level, as he grew up in Switzerland and that he knew where he came from. Rakitić also remarked in the same interview that he was in favour of representing Croatia in senior international football and was not against Switzerland, and initially called and informed the then-Swiss coach Köbi Kuhn of his decision to select Croatia, before contacting the then-Croatia boss Slaven Bilić.",
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+ "International career": "Rakitić's first international experience came at youth level with the Switzerland under-17, under-19 and under-21 national teams, but decided to accept the call-up by Croatia national team coach Slaven Bilić and play for the nation's senior team. He made his full international debut for Croatia on 8 September 2007 in their UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia in Zagreb, highly praised by the fans as he was entering the game as a substitute. In Croatia's following qualifier, a 0–6 away win over Andorra on 12 September 2007, he scored his first international goal for Croatia in only his second appearance for the team. He finished the year 2007 with five senior international caps to his name, four of which were in the successful Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.In early May 2008, he joined Croatia's squad for the Euro 2008 tournament in Austria and Switzerland, where he was the second-youngest player in the tournament. He made his first appearance at the tournament as a starter against Germany, and eventually provided a shot which ricocheted off the post and allowed teammate Ivica Olić to score the second goal in their 2–1 victory. He formed a praised trio of Croatian attacking midfielders with his teammates Luka Modrić and Niko Kranjčar. Though playing a strong role against Turkey in the quarter-finals of the tournament, Rakitić went on to miss one of the three unsuccessful penalties in the shootout, thus leading to a victory for Turkey.Rakitić continued to appear regularly for Croatia during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making a total of ten appearances and scoring three goals in the competition. On 15 October 2008, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win at home to Andorra. On 5 September 2009, he scored the match-winning goal in a 1–0 win at home to Belarus. Croatia failed to qualify for the finals after finishing third in their group.After appearing in all of their Euro 2012 qualifiers, he was selected to be part of the Croatian squad at the Euro finals in Poland and Ukraine. Croatia were drawn in Group C together with Spain, Italy and the Republic of Ireland. Rakitić started in all three of Croatia group stage matches. After two matches played, Croatia had four points and were facing defending champions Spain in Gdańsk. With the game goalless and entering the final half-hour, Rakitić burst into the Spanish penalty area but could not direct his header past goalkeeper Iker Casillas after being picked out by a wonderful Luka Modrić pass. It proved to be a costly miss, with Spain's Jesús Navas later scoring an 88th-minute winner to send the Croatians crashing out.In the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, on 12 October 2012 Rakitić scored a goal from a free-kick against Macedonia at Philip II National Arena to help secure a 1–2 victory for Croatia. Eventually, after the playoffs, the team qualified for the World Cup final stages. They were drawn into Group A alongside Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon. Croatia played the opening match against Brazil, which they lost 3–1. In the second match, Croatia won 4–0 against Cameroon, but did not progress as they lost 1–3 against Mexico, with Rakitić providing the assist for the only Croatian goal.Rakitić scored his first and only goal in the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bulgaria. He was selected to be part of the Croatian squad at Euro in France. Croatia were drawn in Group D along with Spain, Czech Republic and Turkey. Rakitić started Croatia's opening game where they secured a narrow victory by one goal against Turkey. On 17 June 2016, Rakitić scored a goal to double Croatia's lead against the Czech Republic, but later the game was turned around when the play was halted briefly after Croatian fans threw flares onto the pitch. Shortly after the restart, the referee rewarded Czech Republic a penalty and the game ended in a 2–2 draw.After a 2–1 win over defending champions Spain, Croatia topped Group D and went on to face Portugal in the next round. Croatia, however, lost 1–0 after Portugal's Ricardo Quaresma scored a 117th-minute, extra-time winner to send Croatia out of the tournament. Rakitić later stated that \"Croatia did not deserve to go out and the best team were going home\". Rakitić appeared in all of Croatia's matches and ended the tournament by scoring one goal.On 4 June 2018, Rakitić was named in Croatia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. On 21 June 2018, Rakitić scored Croatia's third goal in a 3–0 victory over Argentina in their second group stage match of the tournament.On 1 July, Rakitić scored the winning penalty kick in the penalty shoot-out against Denmark, as Croatia progressed to the quarter-final. One week later, on 7 July, Rakitić again scored the winning penalty kick in the penalty shoot-out against Russia, as Croatia progressed to the semi-final. Croatia reached the final of the tournament, where they were defeated 4–2 by France on 15 July.For the inaugural edition of the UEFA Nations League, Croatia was drawn in the group with Spain and England.Rakitić took part in three out of four matches, celebrating his 100th international cap in the historical 0–6 loss to Spain in Elche. He missed the deciding fixture against England at the Wembley Stadium, that saw the winner go through to the finals, due to a hamstring injury, as Croatia lost 1–2 and finished at the bottom of the group.During Euro 2020 qualifying, Rakitić took part in only four out of eight games due to injuries and complicated club situation.On 21 September 2020, the Croatian Football Federation unexpectedly announced that Rakitić retired from the international duty. At the time of his retirement, he had made 106 appearances and scored 15 goals, making him fourth most capped player (after Darijo Srna, Luka Modrić and Stipe Pletikosa) and ninth joint top goalscorer in the history of the national team. He stated:Saying goodbye to the Croatian national team is the most difficult decision in my career, but I felt that this was the moment when I had to break away and make that decision. I enjoyed every game I played for my homeland, and unforgettable moments from the World Cup will remain among my favourites. I am convinced that we still have a great team with a bright future ahead. I wish my friends and teammates all the luck in the world for the upcoming challenges, and in me they will have the biggest fan."
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+ "Total": " 94 (13)",
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+ "Current team": "Fenerbahçe(headcoach)"
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+ "2000": "Benfica",
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+ "2013–2015": "Chelsea",
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+ "2016–2018": "ManchesterUnited",
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+ "2019–2021": "TottenhamHotspur",
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+ "2021–2024": "Roma"
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+ "Full name": "JoséMáriodosSantosMourinhoFélix[1]",
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+ "Position(s)": "Midfielder",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1963-01-26)26January1963(age 61)[1]",
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+ "Place of birth": "Setúbal,Portugal"
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+ "Media": "Mourinho signed up to cover the 2018 FIFA World Cup as an analyst on RT. In 2019, he began hosting a show on the RT network called On the Touchline with José Mourinho which covered the 2019 UEFA Champions League. In August 2019, Mourinho joined UK broadcaster Sky Sports as a pundit on their Premier League coverage.In collaboration with DAZN, in 2019 Mourinho appeared in The Making Of series, a 3 part documentary which relives the significant games that helped define football's greatest modern icons. Mourinho was involved in the 2020 Amazon Prime sports docuseries All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur (narrated by Tom Hardy) during his spell managing the club.In October 2022, Mourinho's famous phrase \"park the bus\" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Mourinho had used this phrase to describe Tottenham Hotspur's negative, defensive tactics following a 0–0 draw with his Chelsea side in 2004, stating \"they brought the bus and left the bus in front of the goal as we say in my country\".",
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+ "Notes": {},
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+ "Honours": "PortoPrimeira Divisão: 1994–95, 1995–96Taça de Portugal: 1993–94Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1994BarcelonaLa Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99Copa del Rey: 1996–97, 1997–98Supercopa de España: 1996European Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97UEFA Super Cup: 1997PortoPrimeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04Taça de Portugal: 2002–03Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003UEFA Champions League: 2003–04UEFA Cup: 2002–03ChelseaPremier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2014–15FA Cup: 2006–07Football League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15FA Community Shield: 2005Inter MilanSerie A: 2008–09, 2009–10Coppa Italia: 2009–10Supercoppa Italiana: 2008UEFA Champions League: 2009–10Real MadridLa Liga: 2011–12Copa del Rey: 2010–11Supercopa de España: 2012Manchester UnitedEFL Cup: 2016–17FA Community Shield: 2016UEFA Europa League: 2016–17RomaUEFA Europa Conference League: 2021–22IndividualOnze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2005FIFA World Coach of the Year: 2010IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012IFFHS World's Best Coach of the 21st Century 2001–2020Premier League Manager of the Season: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2014–15Premier League Manager of the Month: November 2004, January 2005, March 2007, November 2020Serie A Coach of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10Serie A Coach of the Month: August 2022Panchina d'Oro: 2009–10Miguel Muñoz Trophy: 2010–11, 2011–12UEFA Manager of the Year: 2002–03, 2003–04UEFA Team of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2010World Soccer 3rd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013ESPN 9th Greatest Manager of All time: 2013France Football 13th Greatest Manager of All time: 2019BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award: 2005La Gazzetta dello Sport Man of the Year: 2010International Sports Press Association Best Manager in the World: 2010Prémio Prestígio Fernando Soromenho: 2012Football Extravaganza's League of Legends (2011)Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year: 2012Globe Soccer Awards Best Media Attraction in Football: 2012Portuguese Coach of the Century: 2015PFA Portuguese Manager of the Year: 2017LMA Performances of the Week: 2 December 2017 (Arsenal 1–3 Man.Utd), 7 April 2018 (Man.City 2–3 Man.Utd)Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2022Grand Officer of the Order of Prince HenryDoctor Honoris causa – for his accomplishments in football from Lisbon Technical UniversityGuinness World RecordsFormer record holder for most points achieved in a Premier League season (95 points)Youngest manager to reach 100 Champions League games (49 years 12 days)Most games unbeaten at home in the Premier League (77)Fewest goals conceded in a Premier League season (15 goals)Longest football unbeaten home run by a manager (9 years)OthersMost Champions League titles with different clubs (two)",
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+ "See also": "\"José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat\"Special 1 TVJosé Arrogantio, a character based on Mourinho in comedy series Harry and Paul",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Personal life": "Mourinho met his wife Matilde \"Tami\" Faria, born in Portuguese Angola, when they were teenagers in Setúbal, Portugal, and the couple married in 1989. Their first child, daughter Matilde, was born in 1996 and they had their first son, José Mário Jr four years later. Mourinho, whilst dedicated to football, describes his family as the centre of his life and has said that the \"most important thing is my family and being a good father.\" He was selected as the New Statesman Man of the Year 2005 and was described as a man devoted to both his family and his work.Mourinho has also been a part of social initiatives and charity work, helping with a youth project, bringing Israeli and Palestinian children together through football and donating his lucky jacket to Tsunami Relief, earning £22,000 for the charity. Since his appointment in 2014, he acts as a Global Ambassador of the United Nations' World Food Programme.Widely known for his strong personality, refined dress sense, and quirky comments at press conferences, Mourinho has experienced fame outside of football circles, featuring in European advertisement campaigns for Samsung, American Express, Braun, Jaguar and Adidas, amongst others. An unofficial biography of Mourinho, titled O Vencedor – De Setúbal a Stamford Bridge (The Winner – from Setúbal to Stamford Bridge), was a best seller in Portugal. Mourinho did not authorise the biography and unsuccessfully attempted to prevent the book from being published.Mourinho was part of an unusual event in May 2007 when he was arrested for preventing animal welfare officials from putting his dog into quarantine. The dog had not been sufficiently inoculated but the situation was resolved after it was returned to Portugal and Mourinho received a police caution.Mourinho is a Roman Catholic, saying, \"I believe totally, clearly. Every day I pray; every day I speak with Him. I don't go to the church every day, not even every week. I go when I feel I need to. And when I'm in Portugal, I always go.\" In April 2022, he expanded upon his faith and its relationship with his career, proclaiming: \"People think football is my life, but no. There are more important things, including the relationship with God. For me, God is love.\" Apart from his native Portuguese, Mourinho speaks Spanish, Italian, French, Catalan and English to varying degrees of fluency. Mourinho was chosen to voice Pope Francis in a Vatican-approved Portuguese animated film marking the 2017 centenary of the apparition of Our Lady of Fátima.On 23 March 2009, Mourinho was awarded a doctorate honoris causa degree by the Technical University of Lisbon for his accomplishments in football. In December 2011, he was named \"Rockstar of the Year\" by the Spanish Rolling Stone magazine.",
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+ "External links": "José Mourinho management career statistics at SoccerbaseJosé Mourinho coach profile at SoccerwayJosé Mourinho coach profile at SambafootJosé Mourinho at IMDb",
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+ "Coaching career": "After leaving his job as a physical education school teacher, Mourinho looked for a path into professional football management in his hometown and became youth team coach at Vitória de Setúbal in the early 1990s. Later, he accepted the position of assistant manager at Estrela da Amadora, then was a scout at Ovarense. Then, in 1992, an opportunity arose to work as a translator for a top foreign coach: Bobby Robson had been appointed as the new manager of Lisbon club Sporting CP and needed an English-speaking local coach to work as his interpreter. His presentation was on 7 July, alongside president Sousa Cintra, manager Robson and Manuel Fernandes.Mourinho began discussing tactics and coaching with Robson in his interpreting role. Robson was sacked by the club in December 1993. When Porto appointed him as their head coach, Mourinho moved with him, continuing to coach and interpret for players at the new club. The Porto team, consisting of players like Ljubinko Drulović, Domingos, Rui Barros, Jorge Costa and Vítor Baía, went on to dominate Portuguese football the following years. With Robson as head coach and Mourinho as his assistant, Porto reached the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League semi-finals and won the 1993–94 Taça de Portugal, the 1994–95 and 1995–96 Portuguese championship, and the 1994, 1995 and 1996 Portuguese Super Cup, the latter with a 5–0 victory over arch-rivals Benfica, in what proved to be Robson's last game at Porto, earning Robson the nickname \"Bobby Five-O\" in Portugal.After two years at Porto, the duo moved again, joining Barcelona in 1996. Mourinho gradually became a prominent figure of the club's staff by translating at press conferences, planning practice sessions and helping players through tactical advice and analyses of the opposition. Robson and Mourinho's styles complemented each other: the Englishman favoured an attacking style, while Mourinho covered defensive options, and the Portuguese's love of planning and training combined with Robson's direct man-management. The Barcelona attack was led by a prime Ronaldo – whom Mourinho regards as the best player post-Diego Maradona. The partnership was fruitful and Barcelona finished the season by winning the European Cup Winners' Cup, the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España. Robson moved clubs the following season but this time Mourinho did not follow, as Barcelona were keen to retain him as assistant manager. The two remained good friends and Mourinho later reflected on the effect Robson had had upon him:One of the most important things I learnt from Bobby Robson is that when you win, you shouldn't assume you are the team, and when you lose, you shouldn't think you are rubbish.He began working with Robson's successor, Louis van Gaal, and he learned much from the Dutchman's conscientious style. Both assistant and head coach combined their studious approach to the game and Barcelona won La Liga twice in Van Gaal's first two years as coach. Van Gaal saw that his number two had the promise to be more than a skilled assistant. He let Mourinho develop his own independent coaching style and entrusted him with the coaching duties of Barcelona B. Van Gaal also let Mourinho take charge of the first team (acting as Mourinho's assistant himself) for certain trophies, like the Copa Catalunya, which Barcelona won in 2000.",
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+ "Manager profile": "Mourinho has been noted for his tactical prowess, game management, and adaptability to different situations. Teams under Mourinho's management typically demonstrate great defensive awareness as well as a quick transition ability with the ball through midfield, in particular down the flanks. A common feature of his teams is playing with three or more central midfielders, as Mourinho has stressed midfield superiority as crucial in winning games. As a Porto manager, Mourinho employed a diamond 4–4–2 formation, with his midfield – consisting of Costinha or Pedro Mendes as defensive midfielder; Maniche and Dmitri Alenichev as wide central midfielders; and Deco on the tip – acting as a cohesive unit rather than a collection of individuals, providing Porto with midfield superiority while allowing the full-backs to move forward. Defensively, the team played with a high defensive line and were known for their fitness and use of heavy pressing high up the pitch.During his first two years at Chelsea, Mourinho employed a fluid 4–3–3 formation, having Claude Makélélé play the role of deep-lying midfielder. This gave Chelsea a three-against-two midfield advantage over most English teams playing 4–4–2 at the time, and helped Chelsea win Premier League titles in 2004–05 and 2005–06. Mourinho explained:Look, if I have a triangle in midfield – Claude Makélélé behind and two others just in front – I will always have an advantage against a pure 4–4–2 where the central midfielders are side by side. That's because I will always have an extra man. It starts with Makelele, who is between the lines. If nobody comes to him he can see the whole pitch and has time. If he gets closed down it means one of the two other central midfielders is open. If they are closed down and the other team's wingers come inside to help, it means there is space now for us on the flank, either for our own wingers or for our full-backs. There is nothing a pure 4–4–2 can do to stop things.Andrei Shevchenko's signing forced Mourinho to switch to a 4–1–3–2 for the 2006–07 season. At Inter, he won his first Serie A title alternating between a 4–3–3 and a diamond, and in his second season, the signings of Samuel Eto'o, Diego Milito, Wesley Sneijder and Goran Pandev, along with that of Thiago Motta, enabled him to play a 4–2–3–1 formation, after initially using a 4–3–1–2 formation with little success in Europe, despite being effective domestically. In this formation, Cameroonian striker Eto'o was used out of position as a left-winger, and the 4–2–3–1 effectively became a pure 4–5–1 without the ball; the tactical switch proved to be effective in European competitions in particular, as Inter went on to win the treble that season.As Real Madrid manager from 2010 to 2013, Mourinho utilised an even more flexible 4–2–3–1 formation, with Xabi Alonso and Sami Khedira as holding midfielders, Mesut Özil as the attacking midfielder, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Ángel Di María flanking Karim Benzema as the lone striker. This formation allowed for rapid counter-attacks, with the four attackers being able to play any of the four offensive positions. Consequently, Benzema would often drop deep to act as a false 9, thus creating space for Cristiano Ronaldo to make runs off the ball into the centre from the left flank and get on the end of passes. In the 2011–12 season, Madrid won La Liga nine points clear of second-placed Barcelona, breaking many records, including points collected (100) and goals scored (121). In all of Mourinho's three seasons at Madrid, the team consistently reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. The counter-attacking system pioneered by Mourinho continued, with its variations, to be used to further success at Madrid by his successors Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane.Mourinho is praised for his quick reactions to a game's events. In a 2012–13 Champions League round of 16 second leg encounter with Manchester United at Old Trafford, and with Real Madrid losing 1–0 and facing imminent elimination, United's Nani was sent off for a harsh charge on Álvaro Arbeloa. Mourinho quickly introduced Luka Modrić and moved Sami Khedira to the right flank, where Manchester United had a numerical disadvantage due to Nani's red card. This forced United manager Alex Ferguson to move Danny Welbeck from the midfield to that flank, thus freeing Xabi Alonso, and two quick goals turned the game in Madrid's favour. In the second leg of the 2009–10 Champions League semi-final against Barcelona, Motta's controversial sending off led Mourinho to sit deep and narrow in order to defend their lead from the first leg away from home, while Barcelona were allowed to control possession. Mourinho also used his left winger Eto'o as a makeshift left-sided attacking wing-back. Although Inter lost the second leg 1–0, they advanced to the final 3–2 on aggregate; Mourinho later described the match as \"the most beautiful defeat of [his] life.\"Mourinho is also renowned for always being well-informed about his next opponent and tactically outwitting other managers in games. In a 2004 Champions League knockout stage home game between Porto and Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, Mourinho had already asserted that United's weakness was on the flanks, especially on the left where Quinton Fortune was protected by Ryan Giggs. The central pairing of Maniche and Deco targeted that flank with their threaded passes, and Dmitri Alenichev wreaked havoc. He set up Benny McCarthy's equaliser in the first half, then with United focussed on defending the left, Porto switched to the other side, where McCarthy was able to beat Gary Neville and Wes Brown to score the winner.Mourinho is also acknowledged for his attention to detail, organisational planning and in-game communication. In a 2013–14 Champions League knockout game against Paris Saint-Germain, when Chelsea needed one goal within 10 minutes to progress, he played a risky 4–1–2–3 in the last quarter, which led to Demba Ba's winning goal. After the game, Mourinho said that his team had worked excessively on three alternative formations in training:We trained yesterday with the three different systems we used, the one we started with, the one without [Frank] Lampard and finally the one with Demba and Fernando [Torres] in, and the players knew what to do.When Ba hit the winner, Mourinho darted down the touchline \"in celebration\", but afterwards he said he was primarily running to tell Torres and Ba their positional instructions for the remaining six minutes of the contest, which is backed up by the pictures. Ba's job was to sit in front of the defence and mark Alex if he ventured forward, Torres' to man-mark Maxwell.On 16 April 2017, Mourinho's Manchester United beat league leaders Chelsea 2–0. During the game, Mourinho instructed Ander Herrera to man-mark Eden Hazard. This tactic proved effective as Hazard, and Chelsea, were nullified for large portions of the game. A previously untested strike partnership of Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard also caused the Chelsea defence problems, with the former opening the scoring in the 7th minute. Mourinho's tactical organisation throughout the match drew praise within the footballing world.Since the self proclamation in 2004, Mourinho is often nicknamed \"The Special One\". He is widely regarded by several players and coaches to be one of the best managers of his generation and one of the greatest ever managers. In 2010, Pep Guardiola described Mourinho as \"probably the best coach in the world\". Pundit Nicky Bandini praised Mourinho for his ability to motivate his players and a create a united team environment during Inter's 2009–10 treble winning season, noting that throughout the course of the season playmaker Sneijder went as far to say that he would \"kill and die\" for Mourinho, views which were later also echoed by the club's former striker Ibrahimović, who had worked under Mourinho the previous season, while Dejan Stanković instead said that he \"would have thrown [himself] into a fire\" for his manager. Eto'o also praised Mourinho for his player management skills during their time at the club together, describing him as a \"unique\" head coach, who \"...perfectly understood every player and the sentiments of the Inter fans. He knew how to combine these two things, he was perfect.\" Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has stated that Mourinho is the best manager he has ever worked for.A plethora of Mourinho's tactical decisions have been met with criticism. Throughout his career, he has sometimes been accused of playing defensive, dull football to grind out results. In 2011, Morten Olsen concluded that he doesn't \"like his persona or the way he plays football negatively\". Additionally, Johan Cruyff stated that same year, \"Mourinho is a negative coach. He only cares about the result and doesn't care much for good football.\" Mourinho, along with his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo, is credited with inspiring changing fortunes of Portuguese football in 2010s and 2020s.",
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+ "Managerial career": "The chance to become a top-tier manager arrived in September 2000 when Mourinho moved up from his role as assistant manager at Benfica to replace manager Jupp Heynckes after the fourth week of the Primeira Liga. The Benfica hierarchy wanted to appoint Jesualdo Ferreira as the new assistant coach, but Mourinho refused and picked Carlos Mozer, a retired Benfica defender, as his right-hand man instead.When I spoke with Van Gaal about going back to Portugal to be an assistant at Benfica, he said: \"No, don't go. Tell Benfica if they want a first-team coach you will go; if they want an assistant you will stay.\"Mourinho was highly critical of Ferreira, whom he had first encountered as his teacher at ISEF and later lambasted the veteran coach by stating, \"This could be the story of a donkey who worked for 30 years but never became a horse.\" Only weeks after being given the job at Benfica, Mourinho's mentor, Bobby Robson, offered him the assistant manager's role at Newcastle United. Such was Robson's desperation for Mourinho to join him he offered to step down after two years in charge and hand over the reins to Mourinho. Mourinho turned the offer down and said he knew Robson would never step down at the club he loved.Mourinho and Mozer proved a popular combination, enjoying a 3–0 win against rivals Sporting CP in December. Their reign appeared to be at risk after Benfica's election turned against club president João Vale e Azevedo and the newly elected Manuel Vilarinho said that he would instate ex-Benfica player Toni as his new coach. Although Vilarinho had no intention of firing him immediately, Mourinho used the victory over Sporting to test the president's loyalty and he asked for a contract extension. Vilarinho refused the demand and Mourinho resigned from his position immediately. He left the club on 5 December 2000 after just nine league games in charge. Upon later reflection, Vilarinho rued his poor judgement and expressed his frustration at losing Mourinho:[Put me] back then [and] I would do exactly the opposite: I would extend his contract. Only later I realised that one's personality and pride cannot be put before the interest of the institution we serve.Mourinho found a new managerial post in July 2001 with União de Leiria. During his time at União de Leiria, the team was on a run contesting places as high as third and fourth. After a 1–1 draw against Santa Clara on 20 January 2002, Mourinho recorded eight matches unbeaten in the league (six wins, two draws) since 25 November 2001. And the team was in fourth place, one point ahead of Porto, one point behind Benfica and six points behind the top of the league table. Mourinho's successes at Leiria did not go unrecognised and he caught the attention of larger Portuguese clubs.Mourinho was then chosen by Porto to replace Octávio Machado on 23 January 2002. At this time, Porto was in fifth place in the Liga (behind Sporting CP, Boavista, União de Leiria and Benfica), had been eliminated from the Taça de Portugal and was in last place in their UEFA Champions League second group stage. Mourinho guided the team to third place that year after a strong 15-game run (including 11 wins) and gave the promise of \"making Porto champions next year\".He quickly identified several key players as the backbone of what he believed would be a perfect Porto team: Vítor Baía, Ricardo Carvalho, Costinha, Deco, Dmitri Alenichev and Hélder Postiga. He recalled captain Jorge Costa after a six-month loan to Charlton Athletic. Signings from other clubs included Nuno Valente and Derlei from União de Leiria; Paulo Ferreira from Vitória de Setúbal; César Peixoto from Belenenses; Pedro Emanuel from Boavista; and Edgaras Jankauskas and Maniche, who both had been out of contract at Benfica.In 2003, Mourinho won his first Primeira Liga with a 27–5–2 record, 11 points clear of Benfica, the team he quit two years earlier. The total of 86 points out of the possible maximum of 102 was a Portuguese record, until the 2015–16 season won by Benfica (88 points), since the rule of three points per win was introduced. Mourinho also won the Taça de Portugal, beating former club Leiria in the final, and the UEFA Cup final against Celtic, both in May 2003.The following season witnessed further successes: he led Porto to victory in the one-match Portuguese Super Cup, beating Leiria 1–0. They lost the UEFA Super Cup 1–0 to Milan, with Andriy Shevchenko scoring the only goal. The team was dominant in the Primeira Liga and finished the season with a perfect home record, an eight-point advantage and a 27-match unbeaten run that ran from the start of the season until early April, when they lost to Gil Vicente. They secured the title five weeks before the end of the season. Porto lost the 2004 Taça de Portugal Final to Benfica in May 2004, but two weeks later, Mourinho won a greater prize: the UEFA Champions League, with a 3–0 win over Monaco in Germany. The club had eliminated Manchester United, Lyon and Deportivo de La Coruña and their sole defeat of the competition came against Real Madrid in the group round.In the first leg between Manchester United and Porto, United manager Alex Ferguson confronted Mourinho after Roy Keane received a red card for stamping on Vítor Baía. In the second leg at Old Trafford, Porto were on the verge of an away-goals defeat when Costinha scored in the 89th minute to win the tie. Mourinho flamboyantly celebrated the goal by leaving his dugout, punching the air as he sprinted down the sideline near to his celebrating players. Mourinho's Porto win over Ferguson's United was a preview of his move to the Premier League managing Chelsea, where the two men would enjoy a competitive but respectful relationship. In 2005, after Chelsea clinched the Premier League title, Ferguson had his players form a guard of honour at Chelsea's next game at Old Trafford, a favour that Mourinho returned in 2007 at Stamford Bridge, after Ferguson's squad were confirmed league champions.Liverpool are a team that interests everyone and Chelsea does not interest me so much because it is a new project with lots of money invested in it. I think it is a project which, if the club fail to win everything, then [Roman] Abramovich could retire and take the money out of the club. It's an uncertain project. It is interesting for a coach to have the money to hire quality players but you never know if a project like this will bring success.Liverpool offered their managerial position to Rafael Benítez, and Mourinho instead accepted a large offer from Roman Abramovich and pledged his immediate future to Chelsea.On 2 June 2004, Mourinho moved to Chelsea on a three-year contract, after a £1.7 million compensation package was agreed with Porto, making him the first Portuguese manager in the Premier League. In a press conference upon joining the English side, Mourinho spoke on Chelsea's credentials, stating: \"We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager\", before adding,Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.This comment resulted in the media dubbing him \"The Special One\", and his braggadocio was widely recognised during his early managerial career. Mourinho recruited his backroom staff from Porto, consisting of assistant manager Baltemar Brito, fitness coach Rui Faria, chief scout André Villas-Boas and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro. He retained Steve Clarke, a long-serving former player at Chelsea, who had also performed an assistant managerial-type role under previous managers at the club. In terms of spending, Mourinho carried on where his predecessor Claudio Ranieri left off, as, bankrolled by Roman Abramovich, he spent in excess of £70 million in transfer fees on players such as Tiago (£10 million) from Benfica, Michael Essien (£24.4 million) from Lyon, Didier Drogba (£24 million) from Marseille, Mateja Kežman (£5.4 million) from PSV and Porto pair Ricardo Carvalho (£19.8 million) and Paulo Ferreira (£13.3 million).Under Mourinho, Chelsea built on the potential developed in the previous season. By early December, they were at the top of the Premier League table and had reached the knock-out stages of the Champions League. He secured his first trophy by winning the League Cup against Liverpool 3–2 (AET) in Cardiff. Towards the end of the match, Mourinho was escorted from the touchline after putting his finger to his mouth in the direction of Liverpool fans, as a response to taunts directed towards him whilst Liverpool were leading, before the equalising goal.Chelsea met Barcelona in the Champions League round of 16, a highly contested match where the Blues lost away in the first leg 2–1 but advanced on aggregate, winning at home 4–2. In the quarter-finals against Bayern Munich, Mourinho who was banned from attending the stadium, waited in the dressing room before the match to talk to his players, then he hid in a laundry basket to leave the stadium. Later on, he missed the chance of back-to-back Champions League successes when Chelsea were knocked out of the competition by a controversial goal in the semi-finals by eventual winners Liverpool. Under Mourinho, Chelsea secured their first top-flight domestic title in 50 years, setting a string of English football records in the process, including the most points ever achieved in the Premier League (95) and the fewest goals conceded (15).Chelsea started the next season well: they defeated Arsenal 2–1 to win the 2005 FA Community Shield and topped the Premier League from the first weekend of the 2005–06 season. Chelsea beat rivals Manchester United 3–0 to win their second consecutive Premier League title and Mourinho's fourth domestic title in a row. After the presentation of his championship medal, Mourinho threw Robert Huth's and blazer into the crowd. Mourinho was awarded a second medal for Huth within minutes, which he also threw into the crowd.The 2006–07 season saw growing media speculation that Mourinho would leave the club at the season's conclusion due to alleged poor relations with owner Roman Abramovich and a power struggle with sporting director Frank Arnesen and Abramovich advisor Piet de Visser. Mourinho later cleared doubts regarding his future at Stamford Bridge, stating that there would only be two ways for him to leave Chelsea: if Chelsea did not offer him a new contract before the expiry of his current deal in June 2010, or if Chelsea were to sack him.Didier Drogba had the highest scoring season of his career that year and this led to his newly signed strike partner Andrey Shevchenko to be dropped from the starting line-up towards the end of the season by Mourinho. Notably, in the Champions League semi-final match against Liverpool at Anfield, Shevchenko was not even included on the bench. The other high-profile arrival besides Shevchenko was German captain Michael Ballack, a free agent from Bayern Munich who was signed to strengthen the midfield. The Icelandic striker Eiður Guðjohnsen departed the club for Barcelona.Despite the unrest, Chelsea won the League Cup again by defeating Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium. The possibility of the quadruple was brought to an end on 1 May 2007 when Liverpool eliminated Chelsea from the Champions League on penalties at Anfield, following a 1–1 aggregate draw. Days later, Chelsea drew 1–1 with Arsenal at the Emirates, which secured the Premier League title for Manchester United. This was Mourinho's first season without a league title win in five years. Mourinho led Chelsea to a 1–0 victory against Manchester United in the 2007 FA Cup Final, winning in the first final to be played at the rebuilt Wembley. This was his first FA Cup win which meant that he had won every domestic trophy available to a Premier League manager.There was to be further friction between Mourinho and Abramovich when Avram Grant was appointed as director of football, despite objections from Mourinho. Grant's position was further enhanced by being given a seat on the board. In spite of these tensions, the 2007–08 transfer season would see the departure of Dutch winger Arjen Robben to Real Madrid and the arrival of French midfielder Florent Malouda from Lyon.In the first match of the 2007–08 season, Chelsea beat Birmingham City 3–2 to set a new record of 64 consecutive home league matches without defeat. Despite surpassing the record set by Liverpool between 1978 and 1981, the start to the 2007–08 season was less successful than previous starts. The team lost at Aston Villa and followed this with a goalless draw at home to Blackburn Rovers. Their opening game in the UEFA Champions League saw them only manage a 1–1 home draw against the Norwegian team Rosenborg in front of only 24,973 (an almost half-empty stadium), which included an unimpressed owner Roman Abramovich.Mourinho unexpectedly left Chelsea on 20 September 2007 \"by mutual consent\", although there had been a series of disagreements with owner Abramovich. The Chelsea board held an emergency meeting and decided it was time to part with their manager. Mourinho left as the most successful manager in Chelsea's history, having won six trophies for the club in three years. He was also undefeated in all home league games. Avram Grant succeeded Mourinho as Chelsea manager but failed to win any trophies in his year in charge and would be sacked at the end of the 2007–08 season. Grant's squad managed to reach the final of the Champions League (something Mourinho failed to achieve in his three years at Chelsea), reach the final of the League Cup and maintained the unbeaten home streak at Stamford Bridge. Grant's Chelsea also finished second in the Premier League.On 2 June 2008, Mourinho was appointed the successor of Roberto Mancini at Inter Milan on a three-year contract and brought along with him much of his backroom staff who had served him at both Chelsea and Porto. He chose Giuseppe Baresi, a former Inter player and ex-head coach of their youth academy, as his assistant. He spoke solely in Italian in his first press conference as Inter boss, claiming to have learnt it \"in three weeks\". Mourinho stated that he only intended to make a few major signings in the summer. By the end of the transfer window, he had brought three new players to the side: Brazilian winger Mancini (€13 million), Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari for a reported €14 million and Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma for a cash/player exchange fee of €18.6 million plus young Portuguese midfielder Pelé.In his first season as Inter head coach, Mourinho won the Supercoppa Italiana, beating Roma on penalties, and finished top of Serie A. Inter were eliminated 2–0 on aggregate by Manchester United in the first knock-out round of the Champions League, and he also failed to win the Coppa Italia, losing 3–1 on aggregate to Sampdoria in the semi-finals. As UEFA was beginning to push the larger clubs in top leagues to play more homegrown players, Mourinho regularly played 18-year-old Italian forward Mario Balotelli and promoted academy defender Davide Santon to the first team permanently, installing an Italian contingent into a team previously composed of mostly foreign players. Both teenagers played a part in the Scudetto-winning season and played enough games to earn their first senior trophy.Despite his domestic successes in winning the Scudetto by a 10-point margin, Mourinho's first season in Italy was viewed as disappointing by some Inter fans, as the club failed to improve on the performances of his predecessor Roberto Mancini in the Champions League. Inter put in a series of lacklustre group stage performances that included a shock 1–0 home loss to Panathinaikos and an away draw with Cypriot minnows Anorthosis Famagusta. Inter qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League but failed to make it to the quarter-finals after being defeated by Manchester United.On 16 May 2009, Inter mathematically won the Serie A title after runners-up Milan lost to Udinese. This loss left the Nerazzurri seven points above their crosstown rivals with only two games remaining. They would eventually finish 10 points clear of Milan.On 28 July 2009, Mourinho was reported to have shown interest in taking over at Manchester United when Alex Ferguson retired. He was quoted as saying, \"I would consider going to Manchester United but United have to consider if they want me to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson. If they do, then of course.\"Adriano left Inter in April 2009, and the exit of the Brazilian striker was followed by the Argentine duo Julio Cruz and Hernán Crespo. Legendary Portuguese attacking midfielder and veteran Luís Figo retired. Figo was on the verge of leaving Inter under Mancini due to a lack of playing time, but in his final season Mourinho used him frequently. Mourinho signed Argentine striker Diego Milito, who fell just one goal short of winning the top scorer award with Genoa, as well as Thiago Motta and Wesley Sneijder, to bolster the midfield. Perhaps his most notable signing of the summer of his second season was a swap deal of Zlatan Ibrahimović in exchange for Barcelona's Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o and a reported £35 million. This transfer was the second most expensive in the history of the transfer market, after Cristiano Ronaldo moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid earlier in the summer. Eto'o got off to a promising start with Inter by scoring two goals in the first two matches of the season.Ricardo Quaresma's signing from Mourinho's old club Porto was viewed as providing a previously missing link in the Inter squad, but his play disappointed the club and led him to be loaned out to Chelsea midway through the season, ironically Mourinho's other former club. Mancini also failed to dominate in the midfield and addressing these shortcomings in the transfer market became a priority for Inter. Inter's lack of a creative playmaker, or trequartista, had been blamed for the Champions League failure. In an attempt to deal with this issue, Inter signed Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder from Real Madrid.Inter struggled in their first two matches of the new season. The team lost the Supercoppa to Lazio 2–1 and drew 1–1 with newly promoted Bari at the San Siro. Mourinho's team improved dramatically after that, as he built a formidable midfield with Sneijder at the heart of it and the likes of new signing Thiago Motta and veterans Javier Zanetti and Dejan Stanković. Inter went on to score more than 30 goals before the end of November, thrashing derby rivals Milan 4–0, with new signings Diego Milito and Motta both scoring, and hammering Genoa 5–0, the largest margin of victory in the Serie A that season. Mourinho was sent off in the December Derby d'Italia away fixture after he sarcastically applauded the referee for what he felt was a dubious free-kick given to Juventus and Inter went on to lose 2–1, courtesy of a Claudio Marchisio winner in the second half.Mourinho achieved what was hailed as one of his career highlights after Inter managed to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals by defeating his former team Chelsea in both legs (2–1 win at San Siro, then followed by a 1–0 win at Stamford Bridge). His difficult relationship with young striker Mario Balotelli and the team's loss of form that led Inter to achieve only seven points in six games (with three of those games, including a shock 1–3 defeat at the hands of Sicilian minnows Catania, happening during Mourinho's ban) were heavily criticised by the media and pundits.On 6 April 2010, Mourinho became the first manager in history to take three different teams to the semi-finals of the Champions League (this record was equalled by Bayern Munich manager Louis van Gaal a day later) after Inter managed to overcome a 1–0 defeat to CSKA Moscow in Russia in the second leg of their quarter-final tie, which ended 2–0 on aggregate, with Wesley Sneijder's goal in the sixth minute proving decisive. This marked the first time in seven years that Inter managed to make the semi-finals of the competition. On 13 April, Inter continued their success in the season by reaching the Coppa Italia final, for the first time under Mourinho, in a 1–0 away (2–0 on aggregate) victory over Fiorentina.On 28 April 2010, José Mourinho reached the Champions League final for the second time in his career after Inter beat holders Barcelona 3–2 on aggregate, despite losing 1–0 at Camp Nou (which Mourinho called \"the most beautiful defeat of my life\"). This brought Inter back into a European Cup final 38 years after their last final appearance (a defeat to Ajax). Mourinho was involved in a brief confrontation with Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés while attempting to join in with the Inter celebrations. Mourinho afterwards stated that \"anti-Madridismo\" had motivated the Barça fans, suggesting that they were obsessed with reaching the final and winning the tournament on their arch-rival's home ground. Marca proclaimed that Mourinho had passed the test to become the next head coach of Real Madrid, as their fans celebrated the elimination of Barcelona.On 2 May, after a 2–0 away win in Rome against Lazio, Inter almost secured the Serie A title. On 5 May 2010, the team won the Coppa Italia, defeating Roma 1–0, and on 16 May 2010, Inter beat Siena 1–0 to secure the domestic double, accomplishing the feat of winning all trophies available for a manager in the Serie A. On 22 May 2010, Inter won the 2010 Champions League after beating Bayern Munich 2–0, and in doing so became the first Italian club to complete the treble, with Mourinho personally celebrating the second Champions League title in his managerial career.The day after having won the Champions League, Mourinho said that he was \"sad, as almost for sure it's my last game with Inter\". He then added that \"if you don't coach Real Madrid then you will always have a gap in your career\". After days of discussions between Real Madrid and Inter, a world-record-breaking compensation package was successfully agreed on 28 May 2010, and Mourinho was consequently released by Inter.On 28 May 2010, it was confirmed that Mourinho would take over from Manuel Pellegrini at the Santiago Bernabéu. On 31 May 2010, Mourinho was unveiled as the new manager of Real Madrid after signing a four-year contract, and became the eleventh manager at the club in the previous seven years. Mourinho was appointed sporting manager as well as first-team coach, and he was referred to as a Galáctico, a term more often used for star players instead of coaches.Prior to Mourinho's arrival, Real Madrid had underperformed, despite paying record transfer fees for Galácticos such as Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo. Their 2009–10 season was marked by disappointments such as Alcorconazo, a shock 2009–10 Copa del Rey round of 32 defeat to Segunda División B team Alcorcón, and elimination from the Champions League by Lyon in the round of 16, though they finished second in La Liga with a club record 96 points. By the end of the transfer window, after the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mourinho had brought four new players to the squad: the Germans Sami Khedira (€13 million) and Mesut Özil (€15 million), Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho (€8 million) and Argentine winger Ángel Di María (€25 million plus €11 million on incentives).On 29 August 2010, Real Madrid drew 0–0 at Mallorca in Mourinho's first La Liga game as manager. When asked about all the missed opportunities against Levante in La Liga and Auxerre in the Champions League, Mourinho said, \"One day some poor rival is going to pay for the chances we've missed today.\" The following match at the Bernabéu ended with a 6–1 victory over Deportivo de La Coruña. The following league games confirmed Mourinho's statement, defeating Málaga 4–1 and Racing Santander 6–1.On 29 November 2010, Mourinho's Madrid were defeated in his first El Clásico encounter against Barcelona. The match, held in Camp Nou, ended 5–0 to the hosts, with Real Madrid director Florentino Pérez regarding it the worst game in the history of Real Madrid. Sporting director Jorge Valdano also criticised Mourinho for his \"inability to bring a major correction to the game\" and \"not leaving his bench for the [majority] of the match\". When asked by a media reporter, Mourinho refused to call the loss a humiliation.On 30 November 2010, Mourinho was fined £33,500 for appearing to instruct Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos to attempt to receive a tactical second yellow card in the 4–0 Champions League win against Ajax. He was also banned for two Champions League matches. On 22 December 2010, Mourinho won a match by the widest margin in his career, winning 8–0 against Levante, also of La Liga, in the first leg of their quarter-final of the Copa del Rey.On 20 April 2011, Mourinho won his first trophy in Spanish football as Real Madrid defeated arch-rivals Barcelona 1–0 in the Copa del Rey final held at the Mestalla in Valencia, ending Real Madrid's 18-year-long Copa del Rey drought. It was also Real's first trophy since their 2007–08 La Liga title. One week later, the two teams met again in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League, Real Madrid's furthest progress in the tournament since the 2003 semi-finals, as the club was knocked out in the 2004 quarter-finals, and then from 2005 to 2010 the club had suffered six consecutive exits at the round of 16. At the Bernabéu, Real's Pepe was dismissed in the 61st minute and Mourinho was sent to the stands for protesting; afterward, Barça's Lionel Messi scored two late goals to take control of the tie. The second leg at Camp Nou finished 1–1, which eliminated Real from the tournament.On 7 December 2011, Real Madrid defeated Ajax with a 3–0 scoreline and concluded the Champions League group stage with six victories, becoming the fifth team in Champions League history to accomplish the feat. The victory was the team's 15th consecutive win to equal a club record set 50 years earlier, in 1961. On 21 April 2012, Real Madrid won 2–1 against Barcelona in El Clásico at Camp Nou, extending their lead in La Liga to seven points with four matches remaining. This was the first victory for Real Madrid in La Liga against their archrivals since 2008 and the first overall at Camp Nou since 2007. Also, in this match Real Madrid broke the record for most goals scored in the championship, with 109. Barça manager Pep Guardiola conceded the title to Real Madrid.Mourinho's side advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second consecutive year. The first leg away finished with a 2–1 win to Bayern Munich. In the second leg at home, Real Madrid took a 2–0 lead from two Cristiano Ronaldo goals but Bayern's Arjen Robben (a former Real player whom Mourinho previously managed at Chelsea) converted a penalty to level the aggregate score at 3–3, and Madrid was eliminated in the shootout with Ronaldo, Kaká and Ramos all failing to convert their spot kicks. Bayern manager Jupp Heynckes said that Mourinho \"came to the dressing room to congratulate my players and coaching staff after the game. It was very noble\".On 2 May 2012, Real Madrid won 3–0 against Athletic Bilbao to clinch the Liga title for the first time in four years. On 13 May 2012, Real Madrid defeated Mallorca 4–1 in their last league match of the season, which set records for most games won in a La Liga season (32), most away wins (16), most points obtained in any of the top European leagues (100), improving the most goals scored record they already had set earlier (121) and finishing the season with the highest goal difference (+89). Real Madrid topped the league nine points clear of runners-up Barcelona.On 22 May 2012, Mourinho signed a new four-year contract to remain as Real Madrid manager through to 2016. After losing 3–2 in Barcelona in the first leg of the 2012 Supercopa de España, Real Madrid won the return leg in Madrid 2–1. Real Madrid won the competition on the away goals rule after a tie of 4–4 on aggregate. This meant Mourinho had won every domestic title available for a manager in the Spanish top division within two years. He became the only coach who has won the national super cups in four European countries. This also made Mourinho the first manager in history to win every domestic title, the league championship, cup, super cup and league cup (if available) in four European leagues.Real Madrid reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the third consecutive year under Mourinho's management. The club was defeated 4–1 in the first leg away at Borussia Dortmund. In the second leg at home, Real managed to score two goals in the last 10 minutes, but the team could not get the third goal that would have levelled the aggregate score and sent them through on away goals.In the post-game press conference after the second leg with Dortmund, Mourinho hinted that the 2012–13 season with Real Madrid would be his last, saying, \"I am loved by some clubs, especially one. In Spain it is different, some people hate me, many of you in this [press] room.\" Mourinho's fraught relationships with Sergio Ramos and club captain Iker Casillas (a popular player whom Mourinho sidelined in 2013) caused divisions between fans in the \"Mourinhistas\" and \"Madridistas\" (the more traditional Real Madrid fans) camps. His relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo became difficult because, according to Mourinho, the player \"maybe thinks that he knows everything and that the coach cannot improve him anymore\", so was unwilling to accept constructive criticism. Mourinho was also criticised for controversial incidents, including poking Tito Vilanova (then assistant coach at Barcelona) in the eye during a brawl, continual complaints about refereeing bias, clashes with journalists and Real officials, and frequent hints that Barça received favourable treatment from UEFA.Following the 2013 Copa del Rey final loss to Atlético Madrid on 17 May, Mourinho called the 2012–13 season \"the worst of my career\". Three days later, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez announced Mourinho would leave the club at the end of the season by \"mutual agreement\", a year after signing a contract extension to 2016.On 3 June 2013, Chelsea appointed Mourinho as manager for the second time, on a four-year contract. Mourinho told Chelsea TV, \"In my career I've had two great passions – Inter and Chelsea – and Chelsea is more than important for me.\" \"It was very, very hard to play against Chelsea, and I did it only twice which was not so bad.\" \"Now I promise exactly the same things I promised in 2004 with this difference to add: I'm one of you.\" On 10 June 2013, Mourinho was officially confirmed as Chelsea manager for the second time at a press conference held at Stamford Bridge.Mourinho's first competitive game back in charge of Chelsea ended in a 2–0 home victory against Hull City on 18 August 2013. On 30 August Mourinho faced defending UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup, which was his second as a manager. Despite taking the lead Chelsea lost to Bayern on penalties as Romelu Lukaku saw his decisive penalty getting saved by Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer. Following the loss to Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich he said, \"They take the cup and the best team lost. Even with ten men we played fantastically. Pride is OK but we lost.\"On 29 January 2014, following a 0–0 draw at home to West Ham United, Mourinho described the Hammers as playing \"19th century football\", saying, \"This is not the best league in the world, this is football from the 19th century,\" and, \"The only [other] thing I could bring was a Black and Decker to destroy the wall.\" In March, recognizing his contributions to the club, Mourinho was given share number 1 by the Chelsea Pitch Owners Association which owns the Stamford Bridge freehold.On 19 April 2014, Mourinho suffered his first ever home league defeat as Chelsea manager in a 2–1 loss to Sunderland at Stamford Bridge. He consistently played down Chelsea's title chances throughout the season and referred to it as a transitional season, slowly moulding his squad and most significantly dropping (and eventually selling) Chelsea's player of the year of the two previous seasons, Juan Mata. Chelsea went on to finish third in the 2013–14 Premier League, four points behind champions Manchester City, and was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2013–14 Champions League by Atlético Madrid.Chelsea started their 2014–15 Premier League campaign with a 3–1 victory against Burnley on 18 August at Turf Moor. This match marked the first competitive action for new signings Diego Costa, Cesc Fàbregas and Thibaut Courtois, the latter starting in goal after a three-year loan spell at Atlético Madrid. Didier Drogba also made his return appearance to the Chelsea squad, coming off the bench in the second half.On 24 January 2015, Chelsea were knocked out of the fourth round of the FA Cup with a surprise 2–4 defeat to League One side Bradford City, ending their hopes of a potential quadruple. Mourinho described the defeat as a \"disgrace\". On 1 March 2015, Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 in the League Cup final to claim their first trophy of the season, and Mourinho's first trophy since returning to Chelsea. On 11 March 2015, Chelsea were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 after losing to Paris Saint-Germain on away goals.On 3 May 2015, Chelsea were crowned Premier League champions after beating Crystal Palace with three games to spare. Mourinho was subsequently named as Premier League Manager of the Season, with Chelsea losing just three matches all season.On 7 August 2015, Mourinho signed a new four-year contract with Chelsea that would have kept him at Stamford Bridge until 2019. On 29 August, Mourinho reached his 100th Premier League home match at Chelsea, which ended in a 2–1 loss to Crystal Palace. Chelsea started the season by picking up just eleven points in their first twelve games in the Premier League. They also went out of the League Cup to Stoke City on penalties on 27 October.On 17 December 2015, after losing nine of 16 Premier League matches, Chelsea announced that they had parted company with Mourinho \"by mutual consent\". The club went on to state: \"The club wishes to make clear Jose leaves us on good terms and will always remain a much-loved, respected and significant figure at Chelsea.\"On 27 May 2016, Mourinho signed a three-year contract with Manchester United, with an option to stay at the club until at least 2020. On 7 August 2016, Mourinho won his first trophy, the FA Community Shield, beating reigning Premier League champions Leicester City 2–1. Mourinho was victorious in his first Premier League game as United boss, winning 3–1 away to AFC Bournemouth on 14 August 2016.On 11 September 2016, Mourinho lost his first Manchester derby as a manager in a 2–1 defeat to Manchester City; this was also his eighth loss against his rival manager while with Real Madrid, former Barça manager Pep Guardiola.On 23 October 2016, Mourinho made his first visit back to Chelsea with Manchester United since leaving in December 2015. The match ended in a 4–0 defeat which left them six points off the top of the table. Mourinho won his second Manchester derby as a manager on 26 October 2016 in a 1–0 victory at Old Trafford in the EFL Cup. Juan Mata scored the only goal of the game in the 54th minute, with the victory being Mourinho's fourth against Guardiola (four wins, six draws, eight losses).Following the charges made by the FA over Mourinho's comments about referee Anthony Taylor, Mourinho once again got into trouble with a referee on 29 October when he was sent to the stands by Mark Clattenburg during the 0–0 home draw against Burnley. On 29 January 2017, despite a 2–1 second leg loss away to Hull City, Mourinho's United reached the final of the EFL Cup by virtue of a 3–2 aggregate win. Manchester United won 3–2 over Southampton in the EFL Cup Final at Wembley. With the victory, he became the first United manager to win a major trophy in his debut season.On 24 May 2017, Manchester United won the Europa League courtesy of a 2–0 win over Ajax. This was Mourinho's second major trophy of his first season as Manchester United manager. It also maintained his 100% record of winning every major European Cup final as a manager.Mourinho strengthened his side further in the summer of 2017, with the signings of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, defender Victor Lindelöf and midfielder Nemanja Matić. United made a strong start to the season before a difficult winter schedule widened the gap between them and city rivals Manchester City.Mourinho was criticised for Manchester United's Champions League exit to Sevilla at the last-sixteen stage, which resulted in a surprise twelve minute rant from Mourinho defending his United career. Manchester United finished second in the table – the club's best result since the departure of Alex Ferguson five years prior – after a 1–0 home defeat to West Bromwich Albion, finishing nineteen points behind Manchester City. United also lost the 2018 FA Cup Final to Mourinho's former club Chelsea after an Eden Hazard penalty sealed a 1–0 win for the Blues.After a poor start to the 2018–19 season which saw Manchester United lose two of their opening three league games for the first time in 26 years, including a 3–0 home loss to Tottenham Hotspur – the heaviest home defeat of his career – an animated Mourinho demanded \"respect\" from critical journalists and held up three fingers (one for each Premier League trophy he had won as coach), adding: \"I won more Premier Leagues alone than the other 19 managers [in the league] together.\" At his next press conference four days later, he said: \"I am the manager of the one of the greatest clubs in the world but I'm also one of the greatest managers in the world.\"\"Of course. Did you never spend time reading the philosopher Hegel? He said: 'The truth is in the whole. It's always in the whole that you find the truth.\"At the end of a Manchester United league game at Mourinho's former club Chelsea on 20 October 2018, Mourinho was involved in a tunnel incident. With Chelsea's Ross Barkley scoring a 96th-minute equaliser, a Chelsea coach, Marco Ianni, celebrated the goal by running across the Manchester United bench and clenching his fists close to Mourinho's face. An incensed Mourinho leapt up and attempted to chase Ianni down the tunnel, with security intervening. As he sat back down, some Chelsea fans repeatedly (and loudly) started chanting against Mourinho. At full-time, Mourinho walked over to United fans and applauded, and on his way back to the tunnel he held up three fingers towards Chelsea fans, reminding them he won three Premier League titles for the club.After starting the 2018–19 season with just seven wins in the first 17 Premier League games, leaving Manchester United 19 points behind the league leaders, Mourinho was sacked by the club on 18 December 2018.On 20 November 2019, Mourinho was appointed as the manager of Tottenham Hotspur on a four-year contract, replacing the sacked Mauricio Pochettino.On 23 November 2019, Mourinho managed his first match with Tottenham Hotspur in a 3–2 away win against West Ham United. He later sparked media attention on 26 November 2019, when he claimed that ball boy Callum Hynes 'assisted' Spurs' second goal in a 4–2 win over Olympiacos in the Champions League. In the Champions League round of 16, Tottenham Hotspur lost both matches to be defeated 0–4 on aggregate against RB Leipzig.Mourinho recorded his 300th win in English football when Tottenham beat West Ham United 2–0 on 23 June 2020. He secured his first ever win as a manager at St James' Park on 15 July 2020 when Tottenham defeated Newcastle by a scoreline of 3–1. Mourinho finished his first season with Tottenham Hotspur at sixth position in the Premier League.On 4 October 2020, Mourinho managed Tottenham Hotspur to a 6–1 win against his former club Manchester United at Old Trafford. A 2–0 victory over Arsenal on 6 December 2020 put Tottenham on top of the Premier League and meant Mourinho was only the club's second manager to win his first two North London derbies. A last-minute 2–1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield saw them drop to second place, three points off the top.On 10 February 2021, Tottenham were knocked out of the FA Cup, losing 5–4 after extra time to Everton in the quarter-finals; this was the first time since 2010 that a José Mourinho-led team had conceded five goals in a match. On 23 February 2021, Tottenham lost 1–0 to Chelsea, marking the first time in his career that Mourinho had lost two consecutive home games. On 18 March, Tottenham lost 3–0 to Dinamo Zagreb after extra time in the second leg of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League round of 16, being eliminated from the competition 3–2 on aggregate.On 19 April 2021, Mourinho was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur after 17 months in charge of the club, days before the EFL Cup Final against Manchester City. This marked the first time Mourinho had departed a club without winning a trophy since 2002. He was replaced by former Tottenham player Ryan Mason as interim manager.On 4 May 2021, Mourinho was appointed head coach of Roma from the start of the 2021–22 season, replacing compatriot Paulo Fonseca.In his first transfer window at Roma, Mourinho brought in several significant signings in the summer. His first move in the transfer market was the permanent signing of Atalanta defender Roger Ibañez for a fee of €8m on 1 July. He also identified some areas in which the team required improvement, leading Roma to sign Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patrício (€11.5 million), Uruguayan defender Matías Viña (€13 million) and two strikers Uzbek Eldor Shomurodov (€17.5 million) and English Tammy Abraham (€40 million). To offset this spending, and to adhere to UEFA Financial Fair Play regulations, Mourinho sanctioned the departure of several players, including first-team players Juan Jesus, Edin Džeko, Pedro, and Javier Pastore, while also incorporating academy players into the first team such as Pietro Boer, Edoardo Bove and Nicola Zalewski, with the latter replacing Leonardo Spinazzola, after he ruptured his Achilles tendon during the UEFA Euro 2020.On 19 August 2021, Mourinho managed his first match with Roma in a 2–1 away win against Trabzonspor in the first leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round. Three days later, he made his return to Serie A, after eleven years, managing a 3–1 home victory over Fiorentina at Stadio Olimpico. On 26 August, Mourinho secured qualification for the Europa Conference League, after overseeing a 3–0 home win against Trabzonspor in the play-off second leg. Mourinho reached 1,000 games as a manager in a 2–1 win against Sassuolo on 12 September 2021. On 26 September against Lazio, Roma lost 2–3, and Mourinho became the first Roma manager to lose his first Serie A Roma's derby since Luis Enrique in 2011. On 21 October, in a Conference League game against Bodø/Glimt, Roma suffered a humiliating 1–6 defeat, marking the first time that one of Mourinho's sides conceded 6 goals in a single match; Mourinho blamed the defeat on 'not having a very good squad'.Ten days later against Milan, Mourinho suffered his first home defeat in league games in Italy; before this match, he was unbeaten in 43 consecutive games matches.On 4 December, against Inter, Roma was defeated 3–0, marking was the first time in Mourinho's career that one of his teams was 3–0 down at half-time; he said after the match that Inter 'are stronger than Roma in normal conditions; in non-normal conditions, they are much stronger'. In order to reinforce the team for the second part of the season, in the winter transfer window, Roma signed Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Sérgio Oliveira, both on loan from Arsenal and Porto, respectively. On 20 March 2022, Mourinho won his first Derby della Capitale after managing a 3–0 win over Lazio.On 5 May, Mourinho guided Roma to their first European final since 1991 by beating Leicester City 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League, making him the first manager to reach the final of all three current major European competitions and the first manager to reach a major European final with four different clubs. On 24 May, Mourinho won his first title with Roma by defeating Feyenoord in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final. This was Roma's first trophy in 11 years, making him the third manager – after Udo Lattek and Giovanni Trapattoni – to have won all three existing major European trophies, and the first to achieve the UEFA treble by winning the Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and Europa Conference League (in place of the defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup). It was also the first time a Serie A team won a continental championship since Inter Milan's 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, achieved under Mourinho himself as coach.In his second transfer window at Roma to prepare for the 2022–23 season, due to UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations, the club only spent €7 million in the market with incomings players being signed by free transfers and loans, including Turkish defender Zeki Çelik from Lille, the Serbians Nemanja Matić and Mile Svilar, and Italian striker Andrea Belotti on free transfers, and Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum on loan from Paris Saint-Germain. The most notable signing of Roma's transfer window was the acquisition of Argentine forward Paulo Dybala on a free transfer after his contract with Juventus had expired.The club began their league season with a 1–0 away win over Salernitana on 14 August 2022. Afterwards, Roma embarked on a four-game unbeaten streak, before suffering their first defeat of the season, losing 4–0 against Udinese, on 4 September, marking Mourinho's largest defeat in his Serie A's career and the third time that he had lost with a margin of more than four goals in a top-flight league match in his career. After the match, he said that he \"preferred losing one match 4–0 than four matches 1–0\". On 1 October, Roma recorded their first win against Inter since February 2017.Prior to deadline day, following Wijnaldum's injury and the departures of Matías Viña and Nicolò Zaniolo, with the latter falling out with the club's hierarchy, Roma delved into the winter transfer market to sign Norwegian forward Ola Solbakken on a free transfer, Guinean midfielder Mady Camara on loan from Olympiacos and Spanish defender Diego Llorente on loan from Leeds United. On 1 February 2023, Roma were knocked out of the Coppa Italia, losing 2–1 at home to Cremonese. On 28 February, Roma was beaten again by Cremonese, the latter's first win in Serie A in 27 years. After drawing with Juventus earlier in the season, a 1–0 win over them at Stadio Olimpico on March 5 meant for the first time that Roma stayed unbeaten against Juventus in a Serie A season since 2003–04 campaign.Despite a challenging season for Mourinho due to inconsistencies and injuries to key players, on 18 May he guided Roma to their second consecutive European final, beating former Real Madrid player Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the Europa League, repeating the same feat during his time at Porto of reaching back-to-back European finals in 2003 and 2004. Following a 2–2 home draw to Salernitana in Serie A, Mourinho admitted that \"Champions League qualification would be more than a miracle\" for Roma, after disagreeing with Roma's sporting director Tiago Pinto comments that Champions League qualification was the main goal for Roma's season, adding that \"we can write history and want to continue doing it, but qualifying for the Champions League when spending €7 million on the transfer market is more than history, more than a miracle. It's Jesus Christ coming to Rome and having a walk around the Vatican.\"According to Corriere dello Sport, the relationship between Mourinho and Roma directors had turned frosty as the two parties had different views on the club's future, with Mourinho becoming increasingly frustrated over a lack of financial backing at Roma, due to the club's Financial Fair Play restrictions, leading to some disagreements over potential transfers, as he wanted reassurances from the Roma owners before committing his future to the club, amid reports that Mourinho was in advance negotiations to become Paris Saint-Germain's new manager.In the Europa League final on May 31, Mourinho managed his sixth European final, as Roma faced Sevilla, losing 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in extra-time. This was Mourinho's first loss in a European final. After the presentation of his runner-up medal, Mourinho gave his medal to a young Roma supporter. In the press conference after the match, Mourinho said that \"he wanted to stay\" at Roma but that he also \"wanted conditions to give more\", as he was \"tired of acting as a manager, director of communications and complain about referee's decisions\".In his third season, due to Roma's limited transfer budget due to Financial Fair Play regulations, following the same transfer policy as the previous season, various players were signed on free transfers or loans, including Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes and Renato Sanches from Paris Saint-Germain, Houssem Aouar and Evan Ndicka on free transfers, and the loan of Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea, whom Mourinho had previously managed at Manchester United.After enduring a difficult start to the season, with the club near the relegation zone, on 17 September, Mourinho registered the biggest win in Serie A since April 1961, when Roma thrashed Empoli 7–0 at home.Following a negative string of results that left Roma in ninth place, five points behind the UEFA Champions League qualification spots, and two consecutive losses against Lazio in the 2023–24 Coppa Italia quarter-finals and AC Milan in the league, Roma announced on 16 January 2024 that they parted ways with Mourinho with immediate effect.On 1 June 2024, Turkish side Fenerbahçe confirmed that Mourinho had officially begun negotiations with the club over their head coach role. On the following day, he was officially unveiled as the club's new manager and presented to the fans during a special ceremony at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.",
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+ "Media attention and controversies": "Following a Champions League tie between Chelsea and Barcelona in March 2005, Mourinho accused referee Anders Frisk and Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard of breaking FIFA rules by having a meeting at half-time. Mourinho said that this biased the referee and caused him to send off Chelsea striker Didier Drogba in the second half. Frisk stated that Rijkaard had tried to speak to him but said that he had sent him away. The situation intensified when Frisk began to receive death threats from angered fans, causing the referee to retire prematurely. UEFA referees chief Volker Roth labelled Mourinho an \"enemy of football\", although UEFA distanced themselves from the comment. After an investigation of the incident, Mourinho was given a two-match touchline ban for his behaviour and both Chelsea and the manager were fined by UEFA, though the body confirmed that it did not hold Mourinho personally responsible for Frisk's retirement.On 2 June 2005, Mourinho was fined £200,000 for his part in the meeting with then Arsenal full-back Ashley Cole in January of that year. The pair had met to discuss transfer terms while Cole was still under contract to Arsenal, which was in breach of the Premier League rules. His fine was later reduced to £75,000 after a hearing in August. Later that year, he labelled Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger \"a voyeur\" after being irked at what he saw as the latter's apparent obsession with Chelsea. Wenger was furious with the remark and considered taking legal action against Mourinho. The animosity died down, and the two managers made peace after Mourinho admitted that he regretted making the comment. In February 2014, Mourinho referred to Wenger as a \"specialist in failure\".On 3 June 2008, during the press conference introducing him as new Inter manager, Mourinho spoke almost perfect Italian. When asked about how he would see players like Frank Lampard or Michael Essien in Italian Serie A, Mourinho realised that this was a way of making him speak about Chelsea players, something he had refused to do in previous questions. Consequently, he replied \"Ma io non sono pirla!\" (Milanse Italian for \"I'm not stupid!\").After Inter defeated Catania 2–1 on 13 September 2008, the opponents' CEO Pietro Lo Monaco resented the fact that Mourinho had underlined Inter's superiority in the match, especially by saying that he could have played in goal for Inter. Lo Monaco stated: \"Mourinho andrebbe preso a bastonate sui denti\" (Italian for \"Mourinho should be beaten on his teeth\"). Lo Monaco later clarified that he did not mean to encourage violence, but that it was just a way of saying that Mourinho should shut up. When asked about Lo Monaco's statements, Mourinho replied that he did not know him, saying that he only knew other Monacos such as the principality, or Bayern Munich, known in Italy as Bayern Monaco.On 9 November 2008, after Inter defeated Udinese 1–0 via a late Julio Ricardo Cruz goal, Mourinho had a discussion with the journalist Mario Sconcerti. As the Portuguese manager had underlined on the day before that he was collecting more points during his first Serie A campaign with Inter compared to Roberto Mancini's first season, basically with the aim of defending his work, which media considered below expectations, Sconcerti invited Mourinho to avoid comparisons with the Italian manager, who could not respond directly. An annoyed Mourinho replied to Sconcerti asking for honest comparisons and emphasising once again that he was doing better than Mancini.On 20 December 2008, after Maicon scored the late winning goal in a difficult away match against Siena, which ended 2–1, Mourinho wildly ran in front of the tiers reserved to Inter supporters to celebrate, hugging the Brazilian himself. In the post-match interview, the journalist Maurizio Pistocchi showed his surprise for Mourinho's behaviour, which he considered exaggerated and possibly a lack of respect to Siena supporters. The Portuguese manager replied that he was used to that, recalling his iconic celebration in Old Trafford in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Manchester United in 2004, when his team eventually won.During the halftime of a January 2009 match against Atalanta, Mourinho was quoted as saying: \"The first Scudetto was given to you in the secretariat [referencing the controversial 2005–06 Serie A title awarded to third-placed Inter in the aftermath of the Calciopoli scandal], the second you won it because there was no one there [to compete against], the third [you won it] at the last minute. You are a shitty team.\" Although Mourinho justified himself by stating that \"[s]ometimes you need to tell lies to stimulate the players, to piss them off\", he admitted having said the statement.During a press conference on 3 March 2009, Mourinho said that Milan and Roma would end the season with no honours and alleged that Juventus had collected a lot of points thanks to referees' mistakes; he also accused Italian sport journalists of \"intellectual prostitution\" on their behalf, as they were focusing on a possible mistake regarding a penalty conceded to Inter against Roma instead of talking about the failures of Inter's rivals.His rant promptly became popular in Italy, especially regarding the \"zero titles\" quote used by Mourinho, and incorrectly pronounced by him as zeru tituli (in correct Italian it would have been zero titoli), which was later extensively referred to by football journalists in Italy. It also became the title's catchphrase used by fans to celebrate Inter's 17th Scudetto later that season. The catchphrase was even used by Nike to present the celebration shirts for Inter's Serie A title. After the Coppa Italia final in May, fans of Roma's cross-town rivals Lazio, the new Coppa Italia winners, quoted Mourinho's \"zeru tituli\" statement by wearing shirts with Io campione, tu zero titoli (\"I'm a champion, you have no honours\") on them.During the same press conference, Mourinho also directly attacked Roma manager Luciano Spalletti and Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri: the former as he was used to continuously releasing interviews, in contrast with Mourinho, who disliked that in spite of the fact that he was considered good at it; the latter as he rejected Mourinho's claims that his team had taken advantage of referees' mistakes. Mourinho said that the single time Inter benefitted was an offside goal against Siena.Mourinho once again sparked controversy in the summer with his argument with Italy national team coach Marcello Lippi. Lippi predicted that Juventus would win the scudetto in the 2009–10 season, which Mourinho viewed as a disrespectful statement to Inter coming from a national team manager. Lippi responded by saying that it was just a prediction.After the row with Lippi, he clashed with Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro over Davide Santon's place in the Inter squad. Cannavaro had said that Santon might have to leave Inter to get regular playing time to gain selection for Italy in the upcoming World Cup. Mourinho responded by saying that Cannavaro was acting like \"a coach, a sporting director or a president\".After Inter drew 1–1 with Atalanta on 13 December 2009, Mourinho attacked the Corriere della Sera journalist Andrea Ramazzotti, who was not allowed to stay near Inter bus according to the Portuguese manager. Ramazzotti had obtained the authorization from both Inter and Atalanta press offices to attend players' interviews in that spot. Allegedly, Mourinho not only insulted the journalist but also grabbed him, thus causing controversy. A lot of colleagues sided with Ramazzotti, defending the general right to report news without fearing to be attacked and considering the incident very serious. Subsequently, Inter president Massimo Moratti phoned Ramazzotti in order to apologise to him. Furthermore, the Federal Prosecutor referred Mourinho \"for having said, towards the sports journalist Andrea Ramazzotti, offensive remarks as well as for having grabbed his forearms\". Inter was also referred for strict liability.A few days after, Mourinho confronted the journalists in the press conference preceding the Coppa Italia match against Livorno. The Inter manager explained his behaviour and denied he had physically assaulted Ramazzotti, admitting he had said offensive words he was not proud of. In addition, Mourinho admired the solidarity of Ramazzotti's colleagues and said that he was not supposed to apologize in public as the situation had not happened in public, trying to play down the incident itself.After two away draws in a row against Parma (1–1 on 10 February 2010) and Napoli (0–0 on 14 February), Mourinho defended Inter's performances, stating that he was satisfied with collecting two more points on the road to the league title, despite those results not being positive themselves. In particular, the Inter manager used some sharp words regarding Walter Mazzarri and Aurelio De Laurentiis, Napoli's respective manager and president.During the Serie A game against Sampdoria on 22 February 2010, which ended in a 0–0 draw, with two Inter players being sent off in the first half, Mourinho was disappointed by Paolo Tagliavento's refereeing. At the end of the first half, the Inter manager made a handcuffs gesture towards a camera which was considered by the Italian Football Federation as violent and critical of the refereeing performance, and caused a three-game ban against Mourinho. Further complaining happened in the second half, when the referee denied Inter a penalty, booking Samuel Eto'o for diving instead, causing Mourinho to laugh ironically as a sign of complaint. All the supporters in San Siro sided with Mourinho with a pañolada, a very unusual form of protest in Italy.In February 2010, both Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri and Napoli equivalent Walter Mazzarri released some comments critical of Mourinho: the former said that it was too easy to switch from Chelsea under Roman Abramovich to Massimo Moratti at Inter; the latter stated that he had won more than Mourinho in proportion. Despite Moratti's decision to order a press blackout for Inter following controversial refereeing decisions, Mourinho managed to reply to those managers through his spokesman Eladio Parames.In a 2010–11 Champions League match at Ajax in November 2010, late in the match when Real Madrid were leading 4–0, two Real Madrid players received late second yellow cards related to time-wasting. The result of this meant they were suspended for the final group match even though Madrid would come first in the group, but would benefit by entering the round of 16 without any accumulated yellow cards. It was suggested after an investigation by UEFA that this was a deliberate ploy under Mourinho's instruction via two players in a substitution. As a result, UEFA charged Mourinho along with the four related players with improper conduct regarding the dismissals. Although Mourinho denied the allegations, he was fined £33,500 and received a one-match Champions League ban.On 17 August 2011, in the final of the 2011 Supercopa de España, Mourinho was seen gouging the eye of Barcelona's assistant coach Tito Vilanova during a brawl at the end of the game. After the game, Mourinho did not comment on the incident except to claim that he did not know who \"Pito\" Vilanova was, with \"pito\" being Spanish slang for penis.The Football Heritage speech was made by Mourinho on March 16, 2018, during a press conference after his Manchester United side lost to Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League. The 2–1 loss was the first time that Manchester United lost to Sevilla in European competition. During his 12-minute speech, Mourinho made various remarks and criticized the management of Manchester United, implying that a club's success stems from the caliber of players they sign. Mourinho defended his record of Champions League success in a subsequent press conference before an FA Cup tie against Brighton & Hove Albion F.C..On 23 October 2016, while Mourinho's Manchester United was trailing 4–0 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte waved up the home crowd, urging them to make more noise to support the team. At the end of the match, Mourinho shook Conte's hand and whispered into his ear, with media reports claiming Mourinho had accused Conte of trying to humiliate United with his actions. Both managers refused to confirm or deny the report, but Conte disputed claims that he was trying to antagonise Mourinho. Chelsea midfielder Pedro supported Conte, claiming Mourinho's reaction was out of context. The two managers continued to trade insults in January 2018, with Conte calling Mourinho \"a little man\".On 26 September 2021, after a loss to Lazio, Mourinho blamed the VAR and the referee for the result. On 24 October, in a goalless draw against Napoli, Mourinho was sent off due to frequent protests against the referee. On 31 October against Milan, the Giallorossi coach was fined €10,000 for his \"ironic and disrespectful\" conduct towards the match official after the final whistle.On first of December, Roma lost an away game against Bologna. Angry about the referee's decisions, Mourinho confronted him after the match to discuss the match incidents. After the match, Mourinho gave a quick press statement in which he advised Roma's attacker Nicolò Zaniolo to leave Serie A, hinting on presumed unfair treatment by the referees, Mourinho himself was given a yellow card for frequent protests.On 5 February 2022, the referee disallowed a final minute goal for Roma against Genoa due to a supposed foul by Tammy Abraham, Mourinho said about the incident \"If that is a foul, the game is not the same. You have to change the name of football.\" On 19 February against Hellas Verona, Mourinho was red-carded again after kicking the ball and making a telephone gesture toward the referee. Mourinho reportedly told the referee \"Juventus sent you\". He was given a two-match touchline ban by the Italian FA and fined 20,000 Euros following the incident.On 28 February 2023, Mourinho got yet another red card two minutes into the second half during a 2–1 loss to Cremonese, where he was supposedly spoken to and provoked by the fourth official in a disrespectful manner, which resulted in him having the reaction that had him penalised. He said he went to find the official after the game, but he \"appears to have forgotten [what he said]\". He was given a two-game ban and fined 10,000 euros for the incident.",
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+ "SUMMARY": "José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH (European Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ moˈɾiɲu] ; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. Dubbed \"The Special One\" by the British media, Mourinho is one of the most decorated managers ever and is widely considered to be among the greatest managers of all time. He has managed teams that have won league championships in four countries, is one of only six managers to have won the European Cup with two clubs, and is the only manager to have won all three current UEFA club competitions.\nAfter an uneventful career as a midfielder in the Portuguese leagues, and finishing playing at age 24, Mourinho moved into coaching. He was first an interpreter for Bobby Robson at Sporting CP and Porto, before gaining success as an assistant at Barcelona under Robson and his successor, Louis van Gaal. After brief stints as manager at Benfica and União de Leiria, Mourinho returned to Porto in 2002, winning the Primeira Liga twice, a Taça de Portugal, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, Porto's first European Cup title since 1987. That success earned him a move to England with Chelsea in 2004. Mourinho famously said \"I think I'm a special one\", which came to be a popular nickname for him. With Chelsea, he won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups in three seasons, before he departed in 2007 amid reports of disagreements with owner Roman Abramovich.\nIn 2008, Mourinho joined Italian club Inter Milan, where he won Serie A twice, including a European treble of Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League in 2010, a first for an Italian club. This made him one of five coaches to have won the European Cup with two clubs, and later that year, earned him the first FIFA World Coach of the Year. Mourinho then moved to Real Madrid in Spain, where he won La Liga in 2011–12 with a record points tally, becoming the fifth coach to have won league titles in four countries. He also won a Copa del Rey and a Supercopa de España.\nMourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 and rejoined Chelsea, where he won another league title and League Cup, but was dismissed in 2015 after a poor run of results. Remaining in England, he was appointed at Manchester United in 2016 and Tottenham Hotspur in 2019, but his tenures at both clubs were relatively short-lived and ended acrimoniously. Despite this, Mourinho won the UEFA Europa League, League Cup and FA Community Shield in his first season with Manchester United, and led Tottenham to the final of the League Cup, where he was fired less than a week before the final. He was soon hired by Roma and won the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League — this made him the first manager to win a major European competition with four clubs and the third manager to win the three main UEFA club competitions.\nHe was named Portuguese Coach of the Century by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) in 2015, and was the first coach to spend more than £1 billion on transfers. Due to his tactical knowledge, charismatic and controversial personality, and a reputation for prioritising results over attractive football, he has drawn comparisons, by both admirers and critics, with Argentine manager Helenio Herrera."
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+ "Years": "Team Apps (Gls)",
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+ "2020–": "Liverpool 97 (41)",
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+ "2014–2016": "PaçosdeFerreira 41 (14)",
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+ "2016–2017": "→Porto(loan) 27 (8)",
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+ "2016–2018": "AtléticoMadrid 0 (0)",
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+ "2018–2020": "WolverhamptonWanderers 67 (16)"
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+ "Number": "20",
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+ "Current team": "Liverpool"
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+ "2016": "PortugalU23 1 (1)",
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+ "2019–": "Portugal 42 (14)",
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+ "2014–2015": "PortugalU19 9 (5)",
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+ "2015–2018": "PortugalU21 20 (8)"
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+ "Height": "1.78 m(5 ft10 in)[2]",
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+ "Full name": "DiogoJoséTeixeiradaSilva[1]",
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+ "Position(s)": "Forward,winger",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1996-12-04)4December1996(age 27)[2]",
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+ "Place of birth": "Porto,Portugal"
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+ "Notes": {},
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+ "Honours": "Wolverhampton WanderersEFL Championship: 2017–18LiverpoolFA Cup: 2021–22EFL Cup: 2021–22UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2021–22PortugalUEFA Nations League: 2018–19IndividualPremier League Player of the Month: January 2024SJPF Young Player of the Month: October/November 2015Primeira Liga Goal of the Month: February 2016UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2020",
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+ "References": "International appearances\"Jogador: Diogo Jota\" [Player: Diogo Jota] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2018.General",
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+ "Club career": "Born in Porto, Jota joined Paços de Ferreira's youth setup in 2013, from Gondomar. He was promoted to the main squad at the start of the 2014–15 season, and made his senior debut on 19 October 2014 by starting in a 4–0 home win against Atlético de Reguengos for the Taça de Portugal.Jota first appeared in the Primeira Liga on 20 February 2015, coming on as a late substitute for Diogo Rosado in a 2–2 home draw against Vitória de Guimarães. He scored his first goals in the competition on 17 May, netting a brace in a 3–2 home success over Académica de Coimbra and becoming the youngest player to score for the club in the top tier in the process.On 30 May 2015, Jota signed a new five-year deal with Paços, keeping him tied up until 2020. In the first game of the campaign, a 1–0 win over Académica at the Estádio da Mata Real on 17 August, he was sent off at the end for pushing Hugo Seco; Ricardo Nascimento was also sent off for retaliating on his teammate's behalf.On 14 March 2016, Jota agreed a five-year contract with Atlético Madrid effective as of 1 July. On 26 August 2016, however, he returned to his homeland and joined FC Porto on a one-year loan. On 1 October, Jota scored a first-half hat-trick in a 4–0 away victory against Nacional. Jota also took part in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, scoring his first goal in the competition on 7 December in a 5–0 home victory against Leicester City.On 25 July 2017, Jota signed for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season-long loan. He scored his first goal on 15 August, in a 3–2 away win over Hull City. On 30 January 2018, it was announced that a permanent deal with Jota had been agreed for a reported €14 million, being made effective on 1 July. He scored a career-best 17 league goals in his first year, ranking fifth in the league top scorer charts, as Wolves achieved promotion to the Premier League as champions; due to English Football League regulations, he wore his legal surname on his jersey in the Championship but was able to change it to \"Diogo J\" after the feat.Jota made his debut in the Premier League on 11 August 2018, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Everton. He scored his first goal in the competition on 5 December, helping the hosts come from behind to beat Chelsea 2–1. His second came four days later, in a win at Newcastle United by the same scoreline. On 19 January 2019, Jota scored three times in the 4–3 home victory over Leicester City – his second career hat-trick. In the process, he became only the second Portuguese player to achieve the feat in the Premier League after Cristiano Ronaldo 11 years earlier. This was a first-ever for the club in the competition and a first for the club in the top flight of English football since John Richards, against the same opposition, in the Football League First Division in October 1977. On 16 March 2019, Jota scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win against Manchester United in the 2018–19 FA Cup, to help Wolves reach their first semi-final in the competition since 1997–98.On 25 July 2019, Jota scored in a 2–0 win over Northern Irish club Crusaders in the Europa League second qualifying round, Wolves' first European goal since October 1980, and in the next round on 15 August, he scored an overhead kick to conclude a 4–0 (8–0 aggregate) victory over Pyunik.In the final Europa League group stage game at home to Beşiktaş on 12 December 2019, Jota replaced compatriot Rúben Neves as a 56th-minute substitute with the game goalless, scored after 72 seconds and completed a hat-trick within twelve minutes as Wolves ran out 4–0 victors. The following 20 February, he netted another treble in a win by the same score over Espanyol in the first leg of the last 32 of the tournament. His 131st and last appearance for Wolves was as a second-half substitute in their Europa League quarter-final against Sevilla on 11 August 2020; his 44th and final goal for the club in a 3–0 league victory over Everton on 12 July.On 19 September 2020, Jota joined Liverpool on a long-term deal, reportedly for a £41 million transfer fee, rising to £45 million with potential add-ons. He made his debut in the EFL Cup five days later, coming on as a second-half substitute against Lincoln City in a 7–2 win. On 28 September, he scored on his Premier League debut for the club, with the third in a 3–1 win against Arsenal at Anfield. Jota scored the club's 10,000th goal in their history when he netted the opener against FC Midtjylland in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and scored a hat-trick on 3 November in a 5–0 win at Atalanta in the same competition. In doing so, he became the first player since Robbie Fowler in 1993 to score 7 goals in his first 10 Liverpool appearances. On 22 November, Jota scored the second goal in a 3–0 victory against Leicester City, becoming the first Liverpool player to score in each of his first four home matches in the Premier League. For his performances in October, Jota was awarded Liverpool Player of the Month by the club's supporters. On 9 December, Jota suffered a leg injury during a UEFA Champions League match against Midtjylland, in a dead rubber match, sidelining him for three months.Jota ended his debut season at the club with nine league goals, including a back heel in a 4–2 away win against Manchester United, which helped Liverpool finish third in the Premier League and qualify for the Champions League.On 14 August 2021, Jota scored Liverpool's first goal of the 2021–22 Premier League season in a 3–0 away victory against newly promoted Norwich City. On 24 October, he scored in a 5–0 away victory against Liverpool's arch rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford. On 3 November, he opened the scoring in a 2–0 home victory in the Champions League against his former club Atlético Madrid to ensure Liverpool's qualification to the round of 16, as group winners. On 1 December, he scored Liverpool's fourth goal in a 4–1 away win against local rivals Everton in the Merseyside derby, as the club became the first team in English top-flight history to score at least two goals in eighteen successive games in all competitions. For his performances in November, he was awarded PFA Fans' Player of the Month. On 16 December, Jota scored Liverpool's first goal in a 3–1 home win against Newcastle United, in what was Liverpool's 2,000th top-flight win.On 20 January 2022, in the second leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals, Jota scored both goals in a 2–0 away win over Arsenal to send Liverpool into the final. On 27 February, following a goalless draw against Chelsea after extra time, he scored his penalty during the shoot-out to help Liverpool win their first League Cup since 2012. On 14 May, in the 2022 FA Cup final, Jota came on as a substitute for the injured Mohamed Salah after 33 minutes. Liverpool won the final after a penalty shoot-out, in which Jota scored his penalty. On 28 May, Jota made a substitute appearance in the 65th minute of the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, as Liverpool lost to 1–0 Real Madrid.Jota suffered a hamstring injury in the pre-season which made him miss the start of the season. On 2 August 2022, Jota signed a new long-term deal with the club. He made his return from injury on 3 September, replacing Darwin Núñez in the 80th minute of a 0–0 draw against rivals Everton in the Merseyside derby. On 12 October, Jota came off the bench in a Champions League match away to Rangers, before providing three assists in one match for the first time in his career to Mohamed Salah, who completed a hat-trick in the space of six minutes and twelve seconds of an eventual 7–1 win. On 16 October, he suffered a calf injury during Liverpool's 1–0 home win over Manchester City, which ruled him out for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He returned from injury on 13 February, replacing Darwin Núñez in the 70th minute in a 2–0 victory against Everton.Having not registered a goal since 10 April 2022, Jota returned to scoring ways on 17 April 2023, with two goals in Liverpool's 6–1 away win over Leeds United. On 30 April, with Liverpool conceding a last minute equaliser, having led the match by three goals, Jota scored the dramatic late winner in added time in Liverpool's 4–3 home win over Tottenham Hotspur, leading him to be nominated for the Premier League Player of the Month award. At the conclusion of the season, Liverpool narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification.Following an injury-riddled season, Jota started the new season on 19 August, by closing Liverpool's 3–1 win against Bournemouth. On 30 September, Jota was sent off just 24 minutes after coming on against Tottenham, leaving his team with 9 men. He would receive criticism from pundits; Stephen Warnock claimed that he had \"been poor since coming on at half time, not up to the pace of the game at all\", while Gary Neville agreed with the red card, as he believed Jota's actions were a \"stupidity\". On 5 October, he scored his first goal in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, closing the 2–0 win against Union Saint-Gilloise in a group stage match.In January 2024, with the absence of Mohamed Salah in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations and his subsequent injury, Jota stepped up in absence, forming a successful partnership with Darwin Núñez, with scoring five goals and assisting another two in Liverpool's wins over Burnley, Newcastle United, Bournemouth and Chelsea, earning him the Premier League Player of the Month award for January. On 17 February, he suffered a knee injury during Liverpool's 4–1 away win over Brentford, sidelining him for two months. He made his return from injury in a 3–0 home loss to Atalanta in the first leg of the Europa League on 11 April. Shortly after, Jota suffered another injury setback against Fulham on 21 April, leading him to miss Liverpool's remaining matches of the 2023–24 season.On 17 August, Jota scored Liverpool's first goal of the Arne Slot era in an 2–0 away win against Ipswich Town. Over the following matches, Jota started as the club's number 9, due to fitting better into Slot's system tactically, as he could drop deep and act similar to a false nine, leading him to compete with Darwin Núñez for a starting spot.",
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+ "Personal life": "Jota, whose true surname is \"Silva\", chose to use the name \"Jota\" to distinguish himself from other players named Diogo and Silva in the youth academy. \"Jota\" is the Portuguese pronunciation of the letter \"J\", making this equivalent to calling himself \"Diogo J\".Jota's brother, André Silva, is also a footballer, who currently plays for Liga Portugal 2 side Penafiel.Jota is an avid gamer, and as of 6 February 2021, was ranked world No. 1 in FIFA 21's Champions Leaderboard. He has his own eSports team known as Luna Galaxy (formerly \"Diogo Jota eSports\") and regularly streams on Twitch. During the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic he took part in an invitational series of FIFA matches, run by the Premier League, eventually beating future teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold in the final of the competition.Jota and his wife Rute Cardoso have a son born in 2021.",
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+ "Style of play": "A versatile forward, Jota is capable of playing in several attacking positions: he has been deployed as a center forward, as an out-and-out striker, as a winger, as a false 9, or as an inside forward. Though ostensibly right-footed, he is very strong with both feet. Jota is also known for his clinical finishing, explosive pace, dribbling ability, positional sense, movement and close control which make him especially effective on the counter-attack. Moreover, he is also known for his defensive contribution and a high work rate on the pitch.",
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+ "External links": "Profile at the Liverpool F.C. websiteDiogo Jota national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)Diogo Jota – UEFA competition record (archive)Diogo Jota – FIFA competition record (archived)",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 5 October 2024As of match played 8 September 2024As of match played 8 September 2024Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jota goal.",
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+ "International career": "Jota started playing for Portugal at under-19 level, scoring his first goal on 29 May 2015 in a 6–1 home win over Turkey in 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. He won his first cap for the under-21 team on 17 November of the same year at not yet 19, playing 15 minutes in the 3–0 away defeat of Israel in another qualifier. On 25 May 2018, he netted a brace for the under-21s in their 3–2 friendly win over Italy held in Estoril.In March 2019, Jota was called up to the senior side for the first time, ahead of the opening UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Ukraine and Serbia. Still uncapped, he was part of the squad that won the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals on home soil in June but did not make an appearance. On 14 November, he made his debut by coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo in a 6–0 win against Lithuania in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier. He scored his first international goal on 5 September 2020 in a 4–1 home win over Croatia in the UEFA Nations League.Jota was named in Portugal's final squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, scoring in a 4–2 group stage defeat to Germany. He played all games in a round of 16-exit defeat to Belgium. On 18 October 2022, Jota was ruled out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup due to a calf injury he sustained during a league match with Liverpool against Manchester City on 16 October 2022.On 11 September 2023, Jota scored a brace in Portugal's 9–0 home defeat of Luxembourg in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers, their biggest win in international history. On 21 May 2024, he was named in Portugal's squad for final tournament in Germany, where he made three appearances against Czech Republic and Georgia in the group phase and Slovenia (3–0 victory in a penalty shootout) in the knockout stage, before Portugal was eliminated from the tournament by France in the quarter-finals after losing 5–3 in another penalty shootout."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Diogo José Teixeira da Silva (born 4 December 1996), known as Diogo Jota, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the Portugal national team. Jota is known for his clinical finishing, explosive pace, and dribbling ability.\nJota started his career with Paços de Ferreira, before signing for La Liga club Atlético Madrid in 2016. After two seasons in the Primeira Liga, he was consecutively loaned to Primeira Liga club FC Porto in 2016 and EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2017. Having helped them gain promotion to the Premier League, he joined the club in 2018 for a reported €14 million and went on to make 131 appearances for them, scoring 44 goals. In 2020, he signed for Liverpool for a fee reported to be £41 million.\nJota is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels. He was included in the squad for the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, which Portugal won on home soil, and made his senior international debut in November 2019, playing at UEFA Euro 2020 and Euro 2024."
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+ "Honours": "Crystal PalaceFootball League Championship play-offs: 2013FA Cup runner-up: 2015–16IndividualCrystal Palace Player of the Year: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14",
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+ "Club career": "Speroni was born in Buenos Aires. He started his career with Club Atlético Platense, in his homeland, but moved after just one year as a professional and two matches, to Scottish side Dundee. Dundee manager Ivano Bonetti received advice from an Italian contact to Speroni's potential. The move to Dundee was delayed for two months, due to administration delays in Argentina, holding up Speroni's application for an Italian passport.Speroni made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Falkirk in the third round of Scottish Cup on 6 January 2002. In a follow–up, he kept his first Dundee's clean sheet, in a 1–0 win against Hibernian. Since joining the club, he quickly became Dundee's first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the 2001–02 season. During a 2–2 draw against Dunfermline Athletic on 13 February 2002, Speroni was punched in the face by Stevie Crawford after Crawford tried to wrestle the ball from Speroni, resulting him being sent–off in the 74th minute. The club's owner Peter Marr said about the player: \"He has done very well and we will do what we can to come up with a deal that keeps him here.\" It came after when Serie A club Inter Milan was interested in signing him earlier this year. Despite Dundee's poor performance for the rest of the 2001–02 season that saw them finish in ninth place, he proved to be one of the positive highlights for the club and went on to make twenty–one appearances in all competitions.Ahead of the 2002–03 season, Speroni signed a three–year contract with Dundee, keeping him until 2005. He later spoke out about the departure of manager Ivano Bonetti, who signed him, saying: \"Ivano had a huge impact on my career and was very patient with me when I first came to Dundee. Before he brought me here, I was playing in youth teams in Argentina. When Ivano left the club I did wait a while to sign a new contract as I wanted to see what was happening. Teams in Italy were interested in me but I decided to stay at Dundee, and now, even though I am still only 24 years old, I am playing the biggest game of my career.\" Speroni continued to be the club's first choice goalkeeper. He continued to display impressive performances in a number of matches despite Dundee's average results. Speroni later helped reach the Scottish Cup final after helping the club beat Inverness CT 1–0. In the event leading up to the final, Speroni helped Dundee finish sixth place in the league. He started in the final against Rangers, as the club lost 1–0. At the end of the 2002–03 season, Speroni went on to make forty–six appearances in all competitions.At the start of the 2003–04 season, Speroni continued to be the club's first choice goalkeeper despite facing competition from Jamie Langfield. He played in his first UEFA Cup match against Vllaznia Shkodër and kept a clean sheet, as Dundee won 2–0. In the return leg, Speroni kept a clean sheet, as the club won 4–0 (6–0 on aggregate) and advance to the next round. However, Dundee went on to lose 3–1 against Perugia in the next round, eliminating the club from the tournament. Halfway through the season, Dundee went into administration in November, leading the club expecting to sell him in the January transfer window, but he stayed in the end. His performance led Herald Scotland commented that Dundee \"were fortunate to have him\", calling him an \"inspirational\". Despite the club were on administration, Speroni helped Dundee finish seventh place in the league. At the end of the 2003–04 season, he went on to make forty–six appearances in all competitions. Following this, Speroni was expected to leave the club, with clubs, such as, Rangers, Portsmouth and Crystal Palace interested in signing him. Initially, Dundee turned down £500,000 bid from Crystal Palace, but they accepted a bid after they increased the offer for him.Eleven years after leaving Dundee, Speroni was rewarded for his years of service to Crystal Palace with a testimonial match against Dundee on 26 May 2015. Two months later, prior to the testimonial match, he was inducted into the Dundee Hall of Fame picking up the International Award which was previously won by fellow countryman Claudio Caniggia. Speroni played in his testimonial match against his former club, as the club won 4–3, where it attracted more than 11,000 supporters. After the match, many past and present players of both Dundee and Crystal Palace paid tribute to him.Speroni signed for Crystal Palace, newly promoted to the Premier League, on 13 July 2004, for a fee of around £750,000. Upon joining the club, he was given a number one shirt. Speroni was featured in Crystal Palace's friendly matches throughout the pre–season tour.He made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, and made an impressive display throughout the match, in a 1–1 draw against Norwich City in the opening game of the season. In a follow–up match against Everton, Speroni was at fault for giving away a penalty to give the opposition team an equaliser, in a 3–1 loss; after the match, manager Iain Dowie said he needs to \"get used to pressure situations and clear his lines\". The next four matches saw Crystal Palace lose matches, with Speroni conceding a total of twelve goals. As a result of his poor performance, he was replaced by Hungarian international Gábor Király and was placed on the substitute bench for the rest of the 2004–05 season. Speroni appeared twice for the club, playing in the League Cup matches. Speroni watched from the substitute bench, as the club were relegated from the Premier League. At the end of the 2004–05 season, he went on to make eight appearances in all competitions.Ahead of the 2005–06 season, Speroni was linked a move back to Scotland, with Dundee United, but he ended up staying at Crystal Palace. Speroni switched number shirt from one to twenty–seven, with Király taking over his original number. He made his first appearance of the 2005–06 season against Walsall in the first round of the League Cup and earned his first clean sheet, in a 3–0 win to advance to the next round. Speroni made three more appearances for the club in the League Cup, including a 2–1 win against Liverpool. Four days after beating Liverpool, he made his first league appearance against Crewe Alexandra, coming on in the 59th minute for the injured Király, in a 2–2 draw. Speroni then started three more matches for Crystal Palace between 3 December 2005 to 17 December 2005. Speroni continued to play understudy to Király for the second time this season, as the club unsuccessfully bounce back to the Premier League. At the end of the 2005–06 season, he went on to make eight appearances in all competitions.Ahead of the 2006–07 season, Speroni switched number shirts for the third time when he took over the twelve shirt from Mikele Leigertwood, who departed Crystal Palace. As Speroni continued to play understudy to Király, he found himself competing with new signing Scott Flinders over a spot in the substitute bench, as well as facing his own injury concern. It was not until on 16 December 2006 when Speroni made his first appearance of the season, in a 1–0 loss against Derby County. This was followed up by keeping his first clean sheet for the club, in a 1–0 win against Sunderland. After the match, newspaper Your Local Guardian praised his performance, saying: \"he instilled confidence in his defence, made some crucial saves and kept a clean sheet\". After Király was dropped from the first team, manager Peter Taylor announced that Speroni would be stepping in as his replacement. He made his first appearance for Crystal Palace in four months, as the club lost 2–0 against Barnsley on 21 April 2007. Speroni started the remaining two matches of the 2006–07 season, helping Crystal Palace keep two clean sheets. Manager Taylor revealed that he is planning to use him as the club's first choice goalkeeper next season and have no intention of signing a new goalkeeper. At the end of the 2006–07 season, he went on to make five appearances in all competitions.In the opening game of the 2007–08 season, Speroni contributed the match well against Southampton when he set up a goal for James Scowcroft, who went on to score a hat–trick, in a 4–1 win. Back in the line-up as Crystal Palace's first choice goalkeeper, Speroni flourished and won his reputation back. During a 1–0 loss against Ipswich Town on 26 August 2007, he was given a yellow card in the 43rd minute after \"handling on the edge of his box\"; after the match, the opposition team felt that Speroni should have been sent–off, which manager Taylor disagreed. In a follow–up match against rivals, Charlton Athletic, Speroni was at fault when he \"rushed out to deal with a hopeful long-ball in the 74th minute - only for substitute Svetoslav Todorov to nip in and score the only goal of the game\", in a 1–0 loss. After the match, Taylor said he maintain his backing for Speroni, saying he will bounce back. In a match against Sheffield United on 22 September 2007, Speroni was at fault once again when he conceded two goals, in a 3–2 win; leading to suggestions that Taylor could re–sign Iain Turner, which he denied, though the possibly was not ruled out. Following this, Speroni managed to bounce back with impressive displays and helped the club go on a fifteen matches unbeaten run between 3 November 2007 and 28 January 2008. Manager Neil Warnock also praised his performance, describing him as looking sharp and bright, which teammate Mark Hudson agreed. Towards the end of the 2007–08 season, he helped Crystal Palace qualify for the Championship play–offs. Speroni played in both legs of the Championship play–offs against Bristol City, as the club lost 4–2 on aggregate. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he was an ever present goalkeeper, playing all forty–eight league matches. With his contract expiring at the end of the 2007–08 season, Crystal Palace began talks with Speroni over a new contract. He signed a contract extension with the club on a three-year contract, keeping him until 2011. For his performance, Speroni won the club's \"Player of the Year\" award. Reflecting on his performance in the 2007–08 season, Your Local Guardian said: \"Julian Speroni had a tremendous campaign, increasing his authority and presence alongside his already technically excellent game. Time after time, Speroni has kept us in matches with some fine saves and it was a relief when he sorted out his contract.\"Ahead of the 2008–09 season, Speroni reverted to wearing his number one shirt, which he kept throughout his Crystal Palace's career. Speroni continued to be the club's first choice goalkeeper despite facing competition from Darryl Flahavan. At the start of the 2008–09 season, he continued to stand out as Crystal Palace's key players despite the club's poor start. He helped Crystal Palace keep three consecutive clean sheets between 30 September 2008 and 18 October 2008. Speroni started in every match until he missed one match, due to a leg injury sustained during a 2–0 win against Coventry City on 8 November 2008. Despite missing one match and facing risk over his return from a leg injury, Speroni returned to the starting line–up from injury against Bristol City on 22 November 2008 and helped the club win 4–2. Since his return from injury, he helped Crystal Palace go on an eight match unbeaten run between 22 November 2008 and 26 December 2008. Speroni continued to regain his first team place as the club's first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the 2008–09 season. During a 1–0 loss against Southampton on 13 April 2009, he suffered a gash on his face in the 80th minute of the match that required him stitches and had Clint Hill stand by in goal for the rest of the match, with all three substitutes were used. But Speroni quickly recovered from injury, returning to the starting line–up against Derby County on 18 April 2009 and helped Crystal Palace keep a clean sheet, in a 1–0 win. At the end of the 2008–09 season, he went on to make forty–eight appearances in all competitions. For the second time in a row, Speroni was named the club's \"Player of the Year\" award.Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Speroni was linked a move away from Crystal Palace, but manager Warnock said he would not sell him. He started in the first four matches of the season. However, Speroni missed one match, due to a throat injury. He made his return to the starting line–up against Manchester City in the second round of the League Cup, losing 2–0. Despite the loss, Speroni's performance was praised by Your Local Guardian, saying: \"His kicking was a bit off but the defence looked a lot more secure with him behind them\" and named him Man of the Match. He then helped the club keep three consecutive clean sheets between 19 September 2009 and 29 September 2009. Following this, he continued to establish himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper and, once again, his performance drew praise. This includes an impressive performance against Queens Parks Rangers, which manager Warnock praised Speroni's performance, saying: \"He's the best keeper in this division by a mile, and I don't see anyone better in the Premier League. It's good that nobody rates him. But he's not leaving this club while I'm manager - unless I take him somewhere with me.\" Speroni's performance, once again, was praised against Middlesbrough in the follow–up match when he \"world class and claimed everything in his box in a commanding display\" and kept a clean sheet. Halfway through the 2009–10 season, Crystal Palace entered administration during the January 2010 transfer window, and the consequent ten-point deduction left the team in danger of relegation, just Speroni experienced this situation once again like his time at Dundee. He continued to maintain his impressive display in a number of matches towards the end of the 2009–10 season despite the club's poor results that saw them in relegation zone. His performance was praised by manager Paul Hart, who replaced Warnock halfway through the season, in a match against Blackpool on 20 March 2010. In a match against Sheffield Wednesday in the last game of the season, which Crystal Palace needed a point to survive at their hosts' expense, Speroni started the whole game and despite conceding two goals, he helped the club draw 2–2, resulting in the opposition team relegated and the team staying up. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Speroni went on to make thirty–two appearances in all competitions. For his performance, he was given a new record, becoming the first man to win Crystal Palace's \"Player of the Year\" award for three consecutive years, equalling Jim Cannon's record, as well as, vice-president's player of the year. Upon receiving his award, Speroni said he would like to stay at the club for the rest of his career.Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Speroni was linked a move away from Crystal Palace, with Premier League clubs were monitoring his situation throughout the summer transfer window, but he ended up staying at the club. At the start of the 2010–11 season, he continued to be Crystal Palace's first choice goalkeeper. Speroni continued to maintain his impressive display in a number of matches despite the club's poor results. This includes a performance against Burnley, which he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw on 18 September 2010. After the match, manager George Burley praised his performance, calling him \"a top class keeper\" and \"an important player\" for Crystal Palace. Speroni, himself, said he was happy to earn himself his first clean sheet of the season. Speroni found himself booked on two occasions throughout the 2010–11 season that saw the opposition team scoring at the last minutes of the game; the first one came against Queens Park Rangers on 2 October 2010 and the second one came against Bristol City on 28 December 2010. After months of speculation, he finally agreed a 3+1⁄2-year extension to his current contract. Speroni made his 200th appearance for the club against Norwich City on 29 January 2011, as he helped Crystal Palace keep a clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw. Since the start of the 2010–11 season, Speroni started in every match for the club until he suffered a groin injury during a 3–3 draw against Reading on 26 February 2011 that caused him to miss one match by being placed on the substitute bench. Speroni made his return to the starting line–up against Cardiff City on 8 March 2011, as he helped Crystal Palace keep a clean sheet, in a 1–0 win, once again keeping a second clean sheet against them. As the club soon found themselves placed in the relegation zone once again, Speroni later helped Crystal Palace avoid relegation after drawing 1–1 against Hull City on 30 April 2011. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he went on to make forty–eight appearances in all competitions.At the start of the 2011–12 season, Speroni continued to established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper. He then helped Crystal Palace keep five consecutive clean sheets between 15 October 2011 and 1 November 2011. This resulted in the club setting a new record for themselves by going 619 minutes without conceding. Since the start of the 2011–12 season, Speroni started in every match until he missed three matches, due to illness. Speroni made his return to the starting line–up against Cardiff City in the first leg of the League Cup on 10 January 2012 and kept a clean sheet, in a 1–0 win. However, in the return leg, he was unable to help Crystal Palace reach the final after the club lost 3–1 after Cardiff City was able to overcome deficit and played throughout extra time. After making his return from injury, Speroni then helped Crystal Palace keep three consecutive clean sheets between 18 February 2012 and 3 March 2012. This was followed up by making his 250th appearance for the club, in a 1–1 draw against Coventry City. He helped Crystal Palace go unbeaten in the next three matches, bringing the club's unbeaten run to ten. However, during a 2–2 draw against Reading on 21 April 2012, Speroni suffered an injury in the 25th minute and was substituted, in what turned out to be his last appearance of the season. At the end of the 2011–12 season, he went on to make forty–four appearances in all competitions.At the start of the 2012–13 season, Speroni continued to regain his first team place, as Crystal Palace's first choice goalkeeper role. Once again, he helped the club go on a fourteen matches unbeaten run between 1 September 2012 and 17 November 2012, resulting in them being placed at the top of the table at one point. In a match against Huddersfield Town on 22 December 2012, Speroni performed well throughout the match and saved a penalty from Adam Clayton but he conceded the equaliser goal, in a 1–1 draw. After the match, manager Ian Holloway defended Speroni's performance and said if it were not for him, Crystal Palace would have lost the match. He then made his 300th appearance for the club, in a 4–1 loss against Birmingham City on 29 March 2013. Speroni helped Crystal Palace qualify for the Championship play–offs after beating Peterborough United in the last game of the season. He played in both legs of the play–offs semi–final against Brighton & Hove Albion and kept a clean sheet, as the club won 2–0 on aggregate. In the Football League Championship play-off final, Speroni started in goal throughout the match and played 120 minutes, as Crystal Palace beat Watford 1–0 to seal their promotion return to the English top tier after an eight-year absence. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he went on to make forty–nine appearances in all competitions.In opening game of the 2013–14 season, Speroni made his first Premier League appearance in nine years, in a 1–0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur. Despite the club's poor start with just three points from the first eight games, he continued to regain his first team place, as Crystal Palace's first choice goalkeeper role. Under the new management of Tony Pulis, the club's results soon improved in the league as the 2013–14 season progressed. His performance was praised by manager Pulis, saying: \"Speroni made some good saves and in particular one outstanding one but that is what you are hoping you are paying him to do, overall it was a great team performance with everyone working hard.\" He then helped Crystal Palace keep three consecutive clean sheets between 29 March 2014 and 12 April 2014. A week later on 19 April 2014, Speroni kept another clean sheet against West Ham United, in a 1–0 win to ensure the club's relegation safety. At the end of the 2013–14 season, he went on to make thirty–nine appearances in all competitions. Following this, Speroni was named Crystal Palace's Player of the Year for the fourth time. His contract expired early into 2014 and he subsequently negotiated contract offers with the club, Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion. On 13 June 2014, Crystal Palace announced that Speroni had signed a new contract with the club for 12 months with a further 12 month option.Despite being told by manager Pulis that he would not be Crystal Palace's first choice goalkeeper, Speroni, nevertheless, continued to remain the first choice following the departure of Pulis at the start of the 2014–15 season. In a match against Burnley on 13 September 2014, he saved a penalty from Scott Arfield, as the club drew 0–0. After the match, his performance was praised by the returning manager Neil Warnock, saying: \"I think they broke the mould with him. Speroni is just a one-off but he does that every week and that's why he's been here so long with us. Speroni is a gem of a person.\" During a 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion on 25 October 2014. Speroni was substituted in the 55th minute after he took a blow to the face from Craig Dawson's arm. After the match, manager Warnock questioned the official's failure to take action against Dawson, calling it \"an assault almost\" and that Speroni could have been injured. But he made his recovery and returned to the starting line–up against Sunderland, as Crystal Palace lost 3–1 on 3 November 2014. Speroni then made his 347th league appearance for Crystal Palace, breaking John Jackson's record as the team's goalkeeper with the most league appearances, against Arsenal on 21 February 2015, losing 2–1. During a 2–1 win against Stoke City on 21 March 2015, he made an impressive display by making impressive saves and was praised by his teammate, James McArthur. However, Speroni uncharacteristically had an inconsistent season could be due to a lack of rotation and even a sense of being too comfortable in the number one spot. Despite being dropped to the substitute bench for the last two remaining matches of the 2014–15 season, he went on to make thirty–seven appearances in all competitions. On 22 May 2015, Speroni signed a one-year contract extension at Crystal Palace to keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2015–16 season.At the start of the 2015–16 season, Speroni lost his first choice goalkeeper role and was dropped to third-choice goalkeeper in that season, behind Wayne Hennessey (whom he competed since 2014) and Alex McCarthy, as well as, his own injury concern. Speroni also faced a finger injury that saw him miss the club's pre–season tour and upon returning from injury, he continued to spend most of the season on the substitute bench. Speroni made his first appearance of the season against Manchester United on 20 April 2016, losing 2–0. He then made his second appearance in the league match against Southampton in the final day of the season, losing 4–1 and his appearance in the match equalled John Jackson's club appearance record as a goalkeeper in all competitions. Speroni appeared as an unused substitute in the FA Cup final against Manchester United, as Crystal Palace lost 2–1. At the end of the 2015–16 season, he went on to make two appearances in all competitions. Following this, Speroni signed another one-year contract extension on 13 June 2016 to remain with the club until the end of 2016–17 season.The 2016–17 season continued to see Speroni remain placed as Crystal Palace's third-choice goalkeeper behind Hennessey and Steve Mandanda. He made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season, starting the whole game, in a 0–0 draw against Bolton Wanderers in the third round of FA Cup. After the match, Speroni said he was honoured to break another club's record with 389th appearance, as well as, keeping a clean sheet for the 108 time. Speroni was featured in the FA Cup replay against Bolton Wanderers and helped Crystal Palace win 2–1 to advance to the next round. At one point, Speroni was linked with a move to Cardiff City, but he ended up staying at Crystal Palace throughout the January transfer window. Despite suffering an injury later in the 2016–17 season, Speroni went on to make two appearances in all competitions. Manager Sam Allardyce revealed that he signed a contract extension with Crystal Palace.In the 2017–18 season, Speroni continued to remain as Crystal Palace's second choice goalkeeper behind Hennessey. He made his first appearance of the season against Ipswich Town in the second round of the League Cup and helped the club win 2–1 to advance to the next round. Speroni captained Crystal Palace for the first time in his career against Huddersfield Town in the third round of the League Cup and helped the club keep a clean sheet, in a 1–0 win to advance to the next round. Following the injury of Hennessey, Speroni was named a starter in Crystal Palace's match day squad again, helping the club win 2–1 over the defending champions Chelsea on 14 October 2017. After the match, Speroni said he was happy to make his return to the pitch. Following this, Speroni received a handful of first team football despite competing with Hennessey, who returned from injury. He made his 400th appearance for Crystal Palace, in a 2–1 win against Watford on 12 December 2017. Following this, Speroni said: \"I am only 38 and for a goalkeeper that is not too bad and I must say that at this time I feel better than ever so I want to play as much as I can. I want to be enjoying it as long as I can compete at this level but you can never put a time limit on it because you never know what is around the corner but if I keep feeling like I am at the moment then I will be looking to play for a few more years yet.\" By late–December, he was dropped from the substitute bench, with Hennessey preferred as the club's first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the 2017–18 season. Speroni also faced his own injury concern after he suffering a knee injury that saw him out for two months. At the end of the 2017–18 season, he went on to make thirteen appearances in all competitions.After months of speculation over his future at Crystal Palace, Speroni signed a one–year contract extension with the club on 4 July 2018. At the start of the 2018–19 season, he continued to remain the pecking order behind Hennessey and Vicente Guaita and was Crystal Palace's third choice goalkeeper. Following the injuries of Hennessey and Guaita, Speroni made his first appearance of the season against Liverpool on 19 January 2019 and was at fault when he conceded the fifth goal of the game, in a 4–3 loss. After the match, both manager Roy Hodgson and chairman Steve Parish defended Speroni's performance, while the player acknowledged his mistake on the third goal. Despite this, he continued to keep his place in goal against Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round of the FA Cup and kept a clean sheet, in a 2–0 win, what turns out to be his last appearance. After the match, his performance was praised and was even Man of the match on the club's website. Upon the return of Guaita and Hennessey, Speroni returned to Crystal Palace's third choice goalkeeper status, as well as, his own concern. On 30 April 2019, he was awarded the club's Chairman's Award for Outstanding Contribution at the award ceremony. It was announced on 9 May 2019 that Speroni would leave Crystal Palace at the end of the 2018–19 season, after 15 years with the club. By the time he departed Crystal Palace, Speroni remains the last player born in the 1970s to play in the Premier League. In the wake of his departure, past and present players and supporters from Crystal Palace paid tribute to the player, acknowledging his contributions he has done for the club. Manager Hodgson said he offered Speroni a starting place in the last game of the season against Bournemouth as a wonderful gesture but he rejected a chance at his own request. On the day of the match, Speroni received a guard of honour from his team-mates and made a farewell speech, thanking the club and will never forget his time there. At the end of the 2018–19 season, he made two appearances in all competitions.During his time at Crystal Palace, Speroni quickly became a fan favourite among the club's supporters and soon earn himself a cult hero. Your Local Guardian once described Speroni as \"one of the nicest guy in football\", a sentiment that was agreed upon by Crystal Palace's supporters Because of his contributions made at Crystal Palace, he considered himself to be a fan of the club.",
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+ "Personal life": "Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to working-class parents, Speroni said he spoke about positivity on his childhood. Growing up, he began playing football when he was eight years old and joined a school football club. He at one point almost quit playing football but his coach convinced him otherwise, as he enjoyed playing football. Speroni also revealed that he grew up watching Serie A football because of its popularity in the country and was a boyhood Boca Juniors supporter. Speroni also holds an Italian passport, for which he qualified through his grandfather. He is a Christian and also on the board of reference for Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), an organisation working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights. In addition to speaking Spanish, he speaks English. Speroni is married to his childhood sweetheart, Marina, an artist. Together, they have three children and all of them were born in England.Speroni owned a restaurant in Purley, south London that was named \"Speroni's\". The restaurant closed in October 2016 following \"structural issues\". He also took part in charity work during his playing career at Crystal Palace.",
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+ "Post-playing career": "After leaving Crystal Palace, Speroni said that he ruled out hanging up his boots and was willing to play in his forties. However, after not finding another club he announced his retirement from professional football after playing for 20 years. Speroni previously hinted that he would be moving to coaching once in his playing time is over. In October 2022 he returned to Crystal Palace as a coach within the club's academy system.",
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+ "International career": "In November 1998, Speroni was named in the squad for a friendly against Japan U20 in Tokyo. In December 1998, he was called into the Argentina U20 pre-selection squad for the 1999 South American U-20 Championship, Argentina's under 20 team played friendlies against Hungary and Denmark. On 30 December José Pékerman did not name him in the final squad.Speroni made one appearance for the Argentina U20 team, and said on two separate interviews that he would like to get a call–up from the senior team, but was not considered throughout his professional career. Both managers Warnock and Paul Hart called on Maradona to give him a place for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa."
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+ "International career": "Rodríguez was called up to the Ecuador national team for the first time in November 2022, as part of a preparation match against Iraq ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup later that month. He made his debut in the match, which finished as a 0–0 draw, coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute for José Cifuentes. Two days later, he was included by coach Gustavo Alfaro in Ecuador's squad for the World Cup.On 12 October 2023, Rodríguez scored his first international goal – a 96th minute winner against Bolivia in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier."
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+ "Club career": "Wriedt made his debut for Bayern Munich on 25 October 2017, coming on as a substitute in the 101st minute for Thiago in an away match against RB Leipzig in the second round of the 2017–18 edition of the DFB-Pokal. The match finished 1–1 after extra time, with Bayern advancing after winning 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out.On 1 July 2020, three days before the final match of the season, Wriedt joined Willem II on a three-year contract along with Bayern Munich II teammate Derrick Köhn.Wriedt moved to 2. Bundesliga side Holstein Kiel on 20 January 2022, having agreed a contract until summer 2025. Three days after signing for the club, he made his debut by coming on in the 74th minute for Benedikt Pichler in a 2–1 win Jahn Regensburg. He scored his debut goal on 11 February 2022, coming on in the 69th minute to score a 90th-minute winner in a 3–2 victory over Erzgebirge Aue.On 23 June 2023, Wriedt agreed to return to VfL Osnabrück on a season-long loan.On 12 July 2024, Wriedt signed a one-season contract with Turkish TFF First League club Manisa.",
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
+ "2018–2023": "Olympiacos 41 (3)",
19
+ "2021–2022": "→Leganés(loan) 34 (5)",
20
+ "2022–2023": "→UralYekaterinburg(loan) 18 (3)",
21
+ "2023–2024": "RubinKazan 21 (1)"
22
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23
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24
+ "2020": "Serbia 1 (0)",
25
+ "2018–2019": "SerbiaU21 7 (2)"
26
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28
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30
+ "Date of birth": "(1997-08-05)5August1997(age 26)",
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33
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35
+ "Honours": "OlympiacosSuper League Greece: 2019–20, 2020–21Greek Cup: 2019–20 ; runner-up: 2020–21IndividualGreek Cup Final Most Valuable Player: 2019–20",
36
+ "References": {},
37
+ "Club career": "Born in Leskovac, Ranđelović came through the youth categories of the local club Sloga Leskovac. In summer 2015, he moved to the Serbian League East side Jedintvo Bošnjace. Playing with the club he appeared scored a single goal on 21 match in the during the 2015–16 campaign. Next he joined Radan Lebane, where he played for the rest of 2016, making 15 appearances with 4 goals.After passing trial in early 2017, Ranđelović signed his first four-year professional contract with the Radnički Niš, and shortly after he was loaned to Car Konstantin until the end of the 2016–17 season. Returning from loan, Ranđelović passed the summer pre-season with Radnički after which he was also licensed for the competitive matches. He made his professional debut in the opening fixture of the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga campaign, replacing Marko Mrkić in the 73rd minute of the away game against Red Star Belgrade.He then moved on loan to the Serbian First League club Dinamo Vranje, where he scored 9 goals on 26 matches and contributed to their promotion to the top tier.On 30 August 2018, Ranđelović signed with Greek club Olympiacos for an undisclosed fee. It was a agreed that he would stay with his former club Radnički Niš on loan for the 2018–19 season. At the beginning of the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga campaign, Ranđelović adapted as an inverted left winger. Following the domestic league matches he made his continental debut in the second leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa League against Maccabi Tel Aviv, when he assisted to Aleksandar Stanisavljević for 2–2 draw.By the end of the 2018–19 season, he scored a total of seven goals and made eight assists, convincing Olympiacos to bring him back from loan. On 21 August 2019, he scored a brace coming on as a substitute in a 4–0 home win game against Krasnodar in the Champions League play-off.On the deadline day of the 2021 summer transfer window, Ranđelović moved to Spanish Segunda División side Leganés on a one-year loan deal.On 9 September 2022, Ranđelović signed with Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg. On 14 June 2023, Ural announced that Ranđelović is returning to Olympiacos as his transfer was a loan.On 14 September 2023, Ranđelović returned to the Russian Premier League and signed with Rubin Kazan until the end of the 2023–24 season. On 20 June 2024, Ranđelović left Rubin as his contract expired.",
38
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39
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40
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37
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+ "Club career": "Born in Livorno, Pavoletti started playing in the youth ranks of Gruppo Sportivo CNFO (Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando), he started his career at Armando Picchi. Then had spells at Viareggio, A.C. Pavia, S.S. Juve Stabia and Casale, showing good goalscoring form. He then went to Virtus Lanciano and was awarded the title of top scorer in 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, contributing to the promotion of the team with 16 goals in all competitions and 15 in the league.In the summer 2012, Pavoletti joined Sassuolo, scoring 5 goals in the first 4 league appearances for the Serie B side. However, during the season, he suffered a suspension of 40 days for doping, resulting in positive tests of tuaminoheptane after 26 December 2012 game against Livorno, Sassuolo lodged an appeal against the ban due to the assumption of Rinoflumicil, found in a nasal decongestant. Pavoletti returned to help Sassuolo win th Serie B title and earn promotion to Serie A for the first time in their history, after playing 33 matches and scoring 11 goals.After making only two appearances in Serie A for Sassuolo during the beginning of the 2013–14 season, on 2 September 2013, the last day of the Italian transfer window, Pavoletti joined Serie B side Varese on loan.On 2 September 2013, Pavoletti went on loan to Varese with the right of purchasing his rights at the end of the season. He made his debut six days later, in a 3–0 away victory against Latina in the third game of the 2013–14 Serie B season, also marking the occasion by scoring the final goal of match. In the following game he scored a brace, this time at the expense of Pescara in a 3–2 defeat. He finished the season with 36 appearances and 25 goals, with four of them against Novara Calcio in the relegation playoffs after Varese finished 18th, with Pavoletti scoring a brace in a 2–0 victory and then a 2–2 draw to win 4–2 on aggregate to keep Varese in Serie B and condemning Novara Calcio to relegation. With 24 goals, including 4 in the playoffs, he finished as the second-highest goalscorer in Serie B, behind only Trapani striker Matteo Mancosu, who scored 26 goals.On 17 June 2014, Varese exercised their option and signed 50% of the player's rights from Sassuolo in a co-ownership deal for a reported €800,000 fee. However, the following day, on 18 June, Sassuolo immediately bought back the full rights to the player, for €400,000 net.Pavoletti's form during 2013–14 season for Varese reportedly alerted the attention of Steaua Bucharest, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Leeds United. Pavoletti turned down a last minute transfer deadline deal on 31 August 2014 to Leeds United deciding to stay at Sassuolo where he would compete for places up front with highly rated strikers Simone Zaza, Nicola Sansone and Domenico Berardi.On 13 December 2014, Pavoletti scored his first Serie A goal in Sassuolo's 2–1 loss against Palermo.After making 8 Serie A appearances, mainly as a substitute, towards the end of December 2014, Pavoletti was again linked with a move to English side Leeds United, he also attended Leeds' 2–0 loss against Wigan Athletic on 26 December, sitting alongside Leeds Sporting Director Nicola Salerno, Pavoletti also attended Leeds' training ground, ahead of an anticipated loan move in January 2015.On 29 January 2015, after turning down a loan move to Leeds United, Pavoletti joined fellow Serie A side Genoa on loan for free, with an option to purchase. In the same deal Francesco Acerbi moved in the opposite direction outright, for an additional €1.8 million, as well as Lorenzo Ariaudo moved to Genoa on loan. Pavoletti had a successful spell scoring 6 goals in 10 Serie A games for Genoa. On 7 July 2015, Genoa signed Pavoletti for €4 million transfer fee.On 2 January 2017, Pavoletti joined Serie A club Napoli, for a reported fee of €18 million.On 30 August 2017, Pavoletti joined Cagliari on loan, with an obligation to buy at the end of season, for €10 million plus bonuses, making him the club's most expensive acquisition ever. He signed a 1+4-year contract, which included a €1 million annual salary plus bonuses. He made his club debut on 11 September against Crotone in a 1–0 home victory, and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–3 loss at home to his former club Genoa on 15 October. He finished his first season with the club with 11 goals in 33 appearances in Serie A, nine of which were headers, the most headed goals scored by any player in one of Europe's major leagues throughout the 2017–18 season.On 25 August 2019, Pavoletti was stretchered off just before half-time in an eventual 1–0 home defeat to Brescia in Cagliari's opening league match of the season; it was later revealed that he had injured the ACL and meniscus in his right knee, and would be ruled out for at least three months.",
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43
+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 16 December 2023As of 26 March 2019Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavoletti goal.",
44
+ "International career": "On 27 August 2016, Pavoletti was called up to the Italy senior squad by manager Gian Piero Ventura for a friendly against France on 1 September and a 2018 World Cup qualification match on 5 September against Israel.On 15 March 2019, Pavoletti received an international call up from Roberto Mancini for the team's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Finland and Liechtenstein. On 26 March, Pavoletti made his debut for the national team, also scoring his first goal, the final goal of a 6–0 home win over Liechtenstein.",
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24
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31
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32
+ "Position(s)": "Defender",
33
+ "Date of birth": "(1999-09-01)1September1999(age 24)[1]",
34
+ "Place of birth": "Dortmund,Germany"
35
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36
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37
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38
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39
+ "Club career": "Kilian joined the youth academy of Borussia Dortmund at the age of 11 from his local club Hombruch. On 24 May 2019, he signed a professional contract with SC Paderborn 07. He made his professional debut with Paderbon in a 3–2 Bundesliga loss to FC Bayern Munich on 28 September 2019.On 10 August 2020, Kilian signed for Bundesliga club Mainz 05, on a four-year deal. On 24 August 2021, it was announced that Kilian would join 1. FC Köln on a one-year loan. He joined the club on a permanent basis for a fee of €2 Million in July 2022. He signed a contract until 2025.",
40
+ "Personal life": "Kilian is the grandson of the German former footballer Amand Theis. On 13 March 2020, Kilian tested positive for coronavirus.",
41
+ "External links": "Luca Kilian at SoccerwayLuca Kilian at DFB (also available in German)Bundesliga Profile"
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47
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15
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26
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31
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+ "SUMMARY": "Luca Mora (born 10 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D club Fiorenzuola."
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
+ "2019–2022": "JuventusU23 33 (6)",
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+ "2020–2021": "→Zaragoza(loan) 28 (2)",
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+ "2021–2022": "→Cremonese(loan) 37 (8)"
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+ "Number": "98",
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+ "Height": "1.78 m(5 ft10 in)",
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+ "Position(s)": "Winger[1]",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1998-07-19)19July1998(age 26)",
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+ "Place of birth": "Desio,Italy"
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+ "Honours": "Juventus U23Coppa Italia Serie C: 2019–20JuventusSerie A: 2019–20",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Club career": "In August 2018, Zanimacchia was aggregated to Juventus U23 for the whole season. Zanimacchia made his debut for Juventus U23 in a 1–0 victory against Cuneo, in which he scored the first goal of Juventus U23's history. He made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23 on 16 September 2018 in a game against Alessandria. Juventus later redeemed the buying option of the player, after a good season where he had played 34 games and scored three goals.He made his Serie A debut, as well as his Juventus senior debut, in a 2–0 away defeat to Cagliari on 29 July 2020. On 1 September, he was loaned to the Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza for the 2020–21 season, with a buyout clause.On 9 July 2021 he joined Cremonese on loan. On 4 July 2022, he returned to the Cremona team on loan with an obligation to buy.On 29 January 2023, Zanimacchi was loaned by Cremonese to Parma, with an option to buy and a buy-back option for Cremonese.",
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+ "External links": "Luca Zanimacchia at BDFutbolLuca Zanimacchia at Soccerway",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 19 August 2022"
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+ "Full name": "LucasRodrigoBiglia[1]",
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+ "Date of birth": "(1986-01-30)30January1986(age 38)[2][3]",
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+ "Place of birth": "Mercedes,BuenosAires,Argentina"
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+ "Honours": "AnderlechtBelgian Pro League: 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13Belgian Cup: 2007–08Belgian Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012Argentina U17FIFA U-17 World Championship third place: 2003Argentina YouthFIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005ArgentinaFIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014Copa América runner-up: 2015, 2016IndividualBelgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 2006–07",
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+ "Club career": "Biglia started his career at Argentinos Juniors and signed his first professional contract in 2004. After scoring against Godoy Cruz on 21 June 2004 in two appearances, he made his Argentinos Juniors debut on 1 July 2004, making his first start, in a 2–1 win over Talleres in play-offs. Eventually, Argentinos Juniors wins 4–2 in the play-offs and is promoted to Argentine First Division. The following season saw Biglia making 15 appearances and scoring 1 goal against Huracán on 28 November 2004. However, a lack of first team appearances led to Biglia leaving the club after only 17 appearances and one goal scored during his time there.In February 2005, he moved to Independiente for an undisclosed fee following his performance at the South American U-20 Championship. Biglia made his Independiente debut on 26 February 2005, in a 1–0 loss against Lanús. In the first half of his season there, he made 11 appearances before becoming a first team player the following season, where he played in every match.In July 2006, after one-and-a-half seasons at Independiente, Biglia signed with Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht on a four-year contract and upon joining the club, he took up the number five shirt. Soon after, he was joined by his compatriot teammate Nicolás Pareja, Nicolás Frutos and Cristian Leiva.In the 2006–07 season, Biglia made his debut against K. Sint-Truidense on the opening match of the season, coming on for an injured Mark De Man, in a 4–2 win. Bigila had a difficult start at Anderlecht, having been left out of the Belgian Supercup squad, which Anderlecht won for the second time in a row. Teammate Yves Vanderhaeghe felt sympathy for him and helped him to settle in Belgium and only speak Spanish there. A month later, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, as Anderlecht drew 1–1 against Lille in the group stage. As the season progressed, Biglia established himself in the starting 11 at Anderlecht in a midfield position. With his impressive performance at the club, he was awarded the Young Professional Footballer of the Year in January 2007. He then scored his first goal for the club, which came from a penalty kick, as well as, assisting two times during the game, in a 6–0 victory against FC Brussels to win the league this season. He went on to finish the season, making forty-six appearances and scoring once in all competitions.In the 2007–08 season, Bigila started the season well when he helped the side win the Belgian Super Cup against Club Brugge. and then setting up a goal for Marcin Wasilewski to score the only goal in the match against KV Mechelen 1–0 in the season opener. After the club was eliminated in the UEFA Champions League, Bigila was considering his future at the club, but remained. Eventually, on 15 December 2007, Biglia signed a contract that kept him at the club until 2012. After sidelined from injury and suspension, he scored on his return from suspension, in a 5–0 win over Roeselare on 16 March 2008. After making 50 appearances and scoring once in the 2007–08 season, the club finished second place after losing to Standard Liège for the league title, but nevertheless won the Belgium Cup.Ahead of the 2008–09 season, Biglia expressed desire to leave the club after they won the league, but stayed at the club throughout the summer transfer window and then scored his first European goal in a 2–2 draw against BATE Borisov during the Champions League qualification. Despite suffering minor injuries, Biglia continued to be the first team regular and scored two more goals, which were against Westerlo and Roeselare. In the January transfer window, he was linked with European clubs such as Barcelona, Inter Milan, Valencia, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Birmingham City. However, he remained at Anderlecht, insisting the club wanted him to stay. The club failed to win the league title in 2008–09. In all competitions, Biglia made 35 appearances and scored three goals.Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Biglia announced his desire to leave the club in the summer. Despite this, Biglia continued to make a good start at the club when he set up two goals in two matches between 8 August 2009 and 15 August against Cercle Brugge and Westerlo. Biglia then scored his first Anderlecht goal of the season, in the round of 16 of the Belgium Cup, in a 3–0 win over FCV Dender EH. On 17 October 2009, after scoring against Charleroi, Biglia stated his goal was the greatest goal in his Anderlecht career. Biglia suffered a potentially serious injury to his ligament but managed to recover after it was found to be not as serious as first thought. Bigila then scored two more goals in the UEFA Europa League campaign against Athletic Bilbao and Hamburger SV. Despite elimination from the Europa League, the club would win the league title in the 2009–10 season, in which he dedicated the league title to his late father. Biglia went on to make forty-eight appearances and scoring four times in all competitions.In the 2010–11 season, Biglia started the season well when he set up a goal for Cheikhou Kouyaté to score the winning goal, in a 1–0 win over Gent in the Belgian Super Cup. However, in a 4–1 win over Eupen in the opening match of the season, Biglia suffered a shoulder injury and was sidelined for weeks. Following Deschacht's injury, he was served as club captain for the time being until Deschacht returned, only to be injured himself and sidelined for several weeks. He further suffered a hamstring injury that kept him out for the rest of the year. In the January transfer window, Turkish Galatasaray renewed their interest in him and made a bid of €4.5 million. However, the move never materialized due to a lack of funding. Prior to the interests, Biglia said he would not leave the club in January. Although he was injured again for the fourth time in the 2010–11 season, Biglia made 35 appearances in all competitions.In 2011–12 season, Biglia signed a new contract that would have kept him at the club until 2015. After the 2011 Copa América, Biglia said he wanted to leave Anderlecht to seek new challenges in a more competitive league. Notwithstanding, Biglia stayed at the club throughout summer and was appointed vice-captain by new manager Ariël Jacobs, with Olivier Deschacht remaining as captain. Biglia then scored his first goal of the season in a 2–2 draw against Monss on 21 August 2011. One month later, he captained his first Anderlecht match on 15 September 2011, a 4–1 win over AEK Athens. He then went on assisting spree when he assisted five times in four league appearances between 25 September and 23 October, including twice against Beerschot and Westerlo. Biglia was later awarded the captaincy after Deschacht was no longer able to continue the role. Deschacht's captaincy was met with disapproval by supporters. Towards the end of October, Biglia suffered a shoulder injury which had to be operated on; he was sidelined for four months. He made his return on 15 January 2012, setting up one of the goals in a 3–0 win over Club Brugge. It was not until on 18 March 2012 when he scored his second goal of the season in a 2–2 draw against Sint-Truiden. Despite missing out with a shoulder injury, Biglia helped the club win the league this season, his first in two years, and went on to make 38 appearances and scored two goals in all competitions. For his performance, Biglia was awarded the club's Player of the Year by club supporters.In the 2012–13 season, Biglia was linked with a move away from Anderlecht, with Arsenal, Norwich City, Real Madrid and Internazionale showing interest. However, he remained at Anderlecht when the summer transfer window closed. In the first half of the season, Biglia continued to impress as a captain and performance and scored three times by the end of 2012 against Waasland-Beveren, Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge. In the January transfer window, Biglia again said he wanted to leave Anderlecht, with Southampton wanting to sign him. Biglia attempted to force a move by failing to show up for training. After the transfer window ended, the club announced Biglia would leave the club in the summer, along with Dieumerci Mbokani. Biglia would claim his absence was due to depression. He also said he never wanted to leave the club. Later in the 2012–13 season, Biglia scored his fourth goal of the season, but received his first red card in his Anderlecht career, as they drew 2–2 against Standard Liège on 3 February 2013. In the last match of the Pro League play-off, Biglia scored the equaliser against Zulte Waregem, which gave Anderlecht the title. Again leading the club to the league title, Biglia made 51 appearances and scored five goals in all competitions.Shortly after winning the title, general manager Herman Van Holsbeeck confirmed Biglia would leave the club. During the final match, he performed a lap of honour for the fans. During his time at Anderlecht, Biglia's playing style was often compared with that of compatriot Fernando Redondo due to his accurate passing and hard tackling.On 23 July 2013, Italian side Lazio announced Biglia would be signing a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Previously, the club had been Biglia's main transfer target since 2010. According to Lazio's financial report, Biglia cost Lazio about €8.4 million, including €750,000 to his agent.Biglia made his Lazio debut in the opening match of the season, starting and playing the entirety of a 2–1 win over Udinese. Later in the season, he was sidelined with a calf injury that kept him out twice throughout 2013. Despite this, Biglia established himself in the starting 11 under the management of Vladimir Petković, becoming the club's first-choice defensive midfielder. Biglia then scored his first goal for the club on 22 December in a 4–1 loss against Hellas Verona. In a match against AC Milan on 23 March 2014, he set up a goal for Álvaro González to score the equaliser in an ultimate 1–1 draw. However, after being sidelined with a rib injury, Biglia was sent-off on his return from injury after a second bookable offence in a 2–0 victory against Sampdoria on 6 April. In the last match of the season, Biglia scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Bologna. In his first season at the club, in all competitions, Biglia made 32 appearances and scored 2 goals.In the 2014–15 season, Biglia continued to start in the first team before suffering a foot injury during a match against Genoa that kept him out for weeks. After returning to the first team, he scored his first goal of the season on 26 October 2014 in a 2–1 win over Torino. He then suffered another injury by the end of the year, but this time, it was a tear in the abductor muscle. Biglia then scored a penalty in the quarter-final of Coppa Italia in a 1–0 win over Milan. Subsequently, he helped the club reach the final, but he did not play, due to injury and Lazio lost 2–1 to Juventus. It was not until 9 March 2015 when Biglia scored again, in a 4–0 win over Fiorentina. He then scored again on 4 April 2015 in a 3–1 win over Cagliari. Despite suffering from another injury, Biglia finished his second season, making 31 appearances and scoring 4 goals in all competitions.In the 2015–16 season, Biglia was appointed as the new Lazio captain following Stefano Mauri's departure (eventually returning to the club soon after) and captained his first match in the Supercoppa Italiana match, losing 2–0 against Juventus. Following the match, Bigila regained a good start in the opening game of the season and scoring in a 2–1 win over Bologna. After suffering a calf injury during the latter match, he marked his return from injury by setting up a goal in a 2–0 win over Hellas Verona on 27 September 2015. He then scored in a 3–2 win over Saint-Étienne the UEFA Europa League. After recovering from a hamstring injury, Biglia scored again on 28 October 2015 in a 2–1 loss against Atalanta. Despite being sidelined due to suspension and injury, it was not until on 6 March 2016 when he scored his fifth goal of the season, in a 1–1 draw against Torino. However, Biglia was sent-off on 8 May 2016 after a second bookable offence in a 3–1 win over Carpi.Ahead of the 2016–17 season, Biglia's future at the club became uncertain after there were no contract offers and would discussed his future following the end of the Copa América Centenario. Eventually, he stayed at the club throughout the summer and continued to remain in the first team, despite suffering from injuries. After returning to the first team, Biglia scored his second goal of the season in a 3–1 win over Genoa on 20 November 2016, then scored one month later in a 3–1 win over Fiorentina. In January 2017, Biglia began negotiations over a new contract with the club. However, his future was in doubt after he rejected a new contract, prompting interests from La Liga clubs, including Atlético Madrid. Amid the transfer speculation, Biglia scored two more goals, against Internazionale and Milan. In a match against Bologna on 5 March 2017, Biglia suffered an injury and was substituted as a result, in a 2–0 win. Although the injury turned out to be less threatening, he suffered a tore in the abductor muscle that ruled him out for one match. Biglia scored on his return from injury in a 2–2 draw against Genoa on 15 April 2017. In a 7–3 win over Sampdoria on 7 May 2017, Biglia set-up two of the goals to help the club qualify for Europe next season. In total, Biglia made 34 appearances and scored 5 goals in all competitions in the 2016–17 season.After several rumours in the media over Biglia's uncertain future with the club, Lazio and AC Milan announced an agreement in July 2017 that brought Biglia to Milan. The move was confirmed on 16 July 2017 when Biglia officially signed a contract that would keep him at the club until 2020 in a deal that reportedly cost Milan €17 million. Biglia was released by the club at the end of the 2019–20 season, following the expiration of his contract.On 14 September 2020, Biglia joined newly promoted Süper Lig side Fatih Karagümrük on a free transfer.On 10 June 2022, Biglia moved across town to join İstanbul Başakşehir on a free transfer. After one season at the club, he was released on 1 July 2023. On 2 February 2024, he announced his retirement from professional football.",
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+ "Personal life": "On 20 December 2011, De Standaard reported that Biglia had married his childhood friend, fellow Argentine Cecilia Ambrosio. The wedding took place at The Place Tokeh Sands in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Together, the couple has a daughter (born in 2009) After three years living in Belgium, Biglia was granted Italian citizenship through his Italian heritage.During his early career at Anderlecht, Biglia earned a nickname: \"the little prince\", as well as being as a perfectionist and notorious brooder. In March 2008, Biglia, along with Frutos and Pareja, were involved in a humanitarian aid to help disadvantaged young people in Argentina.However, in July 2008, Biglia rushed back to Argentina after his father died of a heart attack. He spoke out for the first time with Het Nieuwsblad in October 2008, saying that losing his father affected him. Biglia has an older brother, Christian, also a footballer, who went on a trial at Royal Antwerp in August 2009, but the trial was unsuccessful.In June 2009, Biglia was reportedly in hospital in his homeland, claiming that he had H1N1 (Swine flu) virus, but test revealed at the end that he did not.",
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+ "Style of play": "Nicknamed El Principito (Spanish for \"Little Prince\"), due to his diminutive stature, Biglia is usually deployed as a defensive midfielder, where he normally functions as deep-lying playmaker in midfield; during his time with Belgian side Anderlecht, his playing style drew comparisons with compatriot Fernando Redondo. Although Biglia is competent defensively, due to his work-rate and aggression, as well as his ability to read the game and break down opposing attacks, he is also known for his ability to dictate the tempo of his team's play in midfield or create goalscoring opportunities after winning back the ball, courtesy of his good technique, vision, passing accuracy, and anticipation, as well as his personality, temperament and leadership. He is also known for his ball-striking ability from outside the area, and is an accurate free kick and penalty kick taker. His role has also been likened to that of a metodista (\"centre-half,\" in Italian football jargon), due to his ability to dictate play in midfield as well as assist his team defensively.",
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+ "External links": "Lucas Biglia – FIFA competition record (archived)",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 11 June 2023Score and result list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Biglia goal.",
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+ "International career": "Biglia made his first international appearance for the Argentina U-17 squad and was part of the squad that won South American Under-17 Football Championship, and came third in the FIFA U-17 World Championship, in which he was named Player of the Year. During the U17 World Cup, Biglia scored his first national goal in a semi-final, in a 3–2 loss against Spain. While playing for the Argentina U17, Biglia captained the side on numerous of occasions.In January 2005, Biglia played for the Argentina U-20 team, participating in the South American U-20 Championship in Colombia and the side went on to win the tournament. Later in the year, Biglia played for FIFA World Youth Championship and once again win the tournament this year.Three years later, there was a potential chance when Biglia would play for Argentine Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with teammate Pareja, after being called up for the pre-selection. Later in July, it was announced that Biglia would not be part of the Olympic team squad after Sergio Batista announced the final squad.In October 2009, Biglia hoped his performance at Anderlecht could lead him to get his first call up by then Manager Diego Maradona, but it never happened. It wasn't until in November 2010 when Biglia was called up by Batista for the match against Brazil, but did not play.In February 2011, Biglia was called up again, a decision that surprised him. Unlike his first call up, his first match for Argentina, in a friendly match against Portugal, which saw them win 2–1. During the same year, Biglia was included by manager Sergio Batista ahead of the Copa América tournament despite an injury, he sustained at Anderlecht, could threaten his chance to play in the tournament. At Copa América tournament, Biglia went on to make two brief substitute appearances as the hosts lost to Uruguay in the quarter-finals on a penalty shootout.On 2 June 2014, Biglia was called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. A late substitute in every match up to that point, he was an undisputed starter from the quarter-finals onward, as his nation lost 0–1 to Germany in the final. Biglia also appeared as a starter in five of Argentina's six 2015 Copa América matches, including the final where La Albiceleste lost in a penalty shootout to hosts Chile.On 17 November 2015, Biglia scored his first and only international goal in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Colombia in Barranquilla.Biglia was named to Gerardo Martino's 23-man Argentine side that reached the Copa América Centenario Final. He played in the final of the competition against Chile for the full 120-minutes, which ended in a 0–0 draw after extra-time; in the resulting penalty shoot-out, his penalty was saved by Claudio Bravo, and Chile went on to win 4–2 after netting the next kick. Following the end of the tournament, Biglia was among seven players considering retirement after Lionel Messi announced his retirement, but this never happened.In May 2018, Biglia was named by manager Jorge Sampaoli in Argentina's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He made his only appearance in the competition in his team's opening group match against Iceland on 16 June, which ended in a 1–1 draw; he was replaced in the second half by Éver Banega. On 30 June 2018, after Argentina's 4–3 loss to France in the round of 16 of the tournament, Biglia announced his retirement from international duty with 58 caps and one goal."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Lucas Rodrigo Biglia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlukas roˈðɾiɣo ˈβiɣlja]; born 30 January 1986) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.\nFormerly of Argentinos Juniors and Independiente, he spent seven seasons with Anderlecht, where he made 312 appearances in the Belgian Pro League, winning four league titles. He later spent four seasons with Italian side Lazio, before joining Milan in 2017, spending three seasons with the Rossoneri, leaving in 2020.\nBiglia's first senior international call-up for Argentina was in 2011 and he previously played for the Argentina U20 national team, who won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He represented his nation at two FIFA World Cups, reaching the final of the 2014 edition of the tournament, and in three Copa América tournaments, winning runners-up medals in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the tournament. He retired from international football after the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with 58 caps and one goal."
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+ "Honours": "Real Madrid CastillaSegunda División B: 2011–12Real MadridLa Liga: 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24Copa del Rey: 2022–23Supercopa de España: 2017, 2022UEFA Champions League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2023–24UEFA Super Cup: 2016, 2017, 2022FIFA Club World Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018",
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+ "Club career": "Born in Curtis, Galicia, Vázquez arrived at Real Madrid's youth system in 2007, aged 16. He made his senior debut in the 2010–11 season with the C-team. He scored four goals in 23 games in the following season to help the reserves return to the Segunda División after a five-year absence. His first goal came on 25 February 2012 in a 2–2 home draw against La Roda.Vázquez made his first appearance in the second level on 17 August 2012, playing six minutes in a 1–2 away loss against Villarreal. He scored his first professional goal on 15 October, netting the winner in a 3–2 home success over Las Palmas.On 19 August 2014, Vázquez was loaned to La Liga's Espanyol, in a season-long deal. He made his debut in the competition on 30 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Salva Sevilla in a 1–2 home loss against Sevilla.Vázquez scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 5 October 2014, netting the first in a 2–0 home success over Real Sociedad. On 3 June of the following year, he signed a four-year permanent deal with the Pericos, for a €2 million fee.On 30 June 2015, Real Madrid exercised their buyback clause and Vázquez returned to the club. He made his debut on 12 September in a 6–0 away win over his former team Espanyol, and his first start came a week later, in a 1–0 home defeat of Granada.Vázquez scored his first competitive goal on 30 December 2015, replacing Karim Benzema for the final 15 minutes of the league fixture against Real Sociedad and netting in a 3–1 success at the Santiago Bernabéu. He contributed with seven appearances in the season's UEFA Champions League, as the tournament ended in a win; in the final against Atlético Madrid, he again came on for the Frenchman late into the second half of a 1–1 draw, and converted his attempt in the penalty shootout triumph.Vázquez started the 2016 UEFA Super Cup against fellow Spaniards Sevilla, providing an assist to Sergio Ramos in injury time to take the game to extra time, where Real Madrid eventually won 3–2. He signed a new contract on 26 October 2016, running until 2021.Vázquez appeared 33 times during 2016–17 and scored twice, helping Real Madrid to its first league in five years. He added ten matches in the campaign's Champions League, scoring once in the group stage as his team also conquered the latter tournament.Vázquez made ten appearances during the 2017–18 Champions League and added one goal, when Real Madrid won their third consecutive and 13th overall title in the competition.In November 2019, Vázquez broke his toe after dropping a weight on it. After returning, he made 18 appearances during the league season, as Real Madrid won the 2019–20 La Liga.Being a regular started during the 2020–21 season, Vázquez injured himself on 10 April 2021, in a 2–1 El Clásico win over Barcelona and was ruled out for the remainder of the season with a Posterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee. On 3 June 2021, Vázquez signed a new three-year contract, which would keep him until 2024 at Madrid. On 18 July 2024, Vázquez signed a new one-year contract, which runs until 2025.",
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+ "External links": "Profile at the Real Madrid CF websiteLucas Vázquez – UEFA competition record (archive)Lucas Vázquez – FIFA competition record (archived)",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 1 June 2024As of match played 20 June 2018",
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+ "International career": "Vázquez did not represent Spain at any youth level. On 17 May 2016 he, Saúl Ñíguez and Sergio Rico were the three uncapped players named in Vicente del Bosque's provisional squad for UEFA Euro 2016 in France, and he also made it to the final list of 23. He made his debut on 7 June, starting and playing 61 minutes in a 0–1 friendly loss to Georgia at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez. He appeared once in the tournament, replacing Álvaro Morata in the 70th minute of a 0–2 round-of-16 defeat against Italy at the Stade de France. He was then included in the final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, making his debut in the competition on 15 June when he replaced David Silva for the final four minutes of the 3–3 group stage draw to Portugal."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Lucas Vázquez Iglesias (born 1 July 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for La Liga club Real Madrid.\nStarting his career at Real Madrid, Vázquez made his first-team debut in 2015 after a season on loan at Espanyol. He made his La Liga debut with the latter. Since returning to Real Madrid in 2015 he has appeared in more than 200 matches for the club in the league and has won 16 major trophies including five Champions Leagues and four La Liga titles.\nVázquez represented Spain at Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.\n\n"
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+ "Club career": "Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, García began playing football with local CF Badalona at the age of 6, arriving at FC Barcelona's academy six years later from neighbours CE Sant Gabriel. After two successful seasons with their reserves, he left on loan for Real Valladolid, where he made his La Liga debut on 22 August 1999 in a 1–0 away loss against CD Numancia. He finished the campaign at Segunda División's CD Toledo also on loan, his four goals not being enough to prevent relegation for the Castilla–La Mancha side; on 18 August 1998, he had made his first competitive appearance for the Blaugrana, coming on as 78th-minute substitute for Boudewijn Zenden in a 2–1 defeat at RCD Mallorca in the Supercopa de España.Subsequently, García played another year in the second tier, being instrumental in CD Tenerife's promotion by scoring 16 league goals under the guidance of manager Rafael Benítez. Loaned for the fourth time by Barcelona, he returned to Valladolid for 2001–02, netting seven top-division goals in 25 matches, including two in a 5–1 away victory over Tenerife.In the 2002–03 season, García was sold to Atlético Madrid for €3.6 million but, after a highly successful individual campaign (nine league goals), Barcelona activated a clause which allowed the player's return for an additional €1.4 million. He had another good year at the Camp Nou, helping the team to the second place in the league, five points behind champions Valencia CF.García was signed by former Tenerife coach Benítez for Liverpool on 20 August 2004, on a five-year contract for a fee of £6 million. He was the fourth Spaniard the club acquired that summer and, nine days after arriving, made his Premier League debut in a 1–0 away loss to Bolton Wanderers, where he had an apparently legitimate goal ruled out for offside. His first goal with his new club concluded a 3–0 victory over West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on 11 September, and he went on to net seven more times in the league that season, including the headed winner in the Merseyside derby against Everton on 20 March 2005.García was also a key player in Liverpool's successful campaign in the UEFA Champions League, scoring winning goals against Juventus FC and Chelsea (a controversial one in the fourth minute, dubbed a \"ghost goal\" by Chelsea manager José Mourinho), in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively. Having appeared in the final against AC Milan, he finished his first season in English football with 13 goals in all competitions.García did not make so much of an impact in the 2005–06 campaign, although he weighed in with some vital goals, including one against Chelsea to put them out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals. He was suspended for the final victory over West Ham United, having been sent off in a league game just days after his semi-final winner, against the same opposition. Early into the season, he also scored the third goal in the Reds' 2005 UEFA Super Cup 3–1 final defeat of PFC CSKA Moscow.On 10 January 2007, following the 6–3 defeat to Arsenal in the League Cup which was his final game for Liverpool, it was announced that García had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the game. He would be out for at least six months.His positive relationship with the fans was in great measure due to his decisive goals against Chelsea. It was further underlined by the song frequently sung in his honour, to the tune of \"You Are My Sunshine\": \"Luis García, he drinks Sangria/he came from Barça to bring us joy!/He's five-foot seven, he's football heaven/So please don't take our Luis away!\" In the 2013 poll of the 100 Players Who Shook the Kop, García ranked 34th. He totalled 30 goals in 122 competitive appearances during his tenure, with ten coming in the Champions League, five in the knockout stages of the 2005 triumph.In early July 2007, García joined his former team Atlético Madrid for around £4 million, with his transfer being negotiated between the two clubs around the same time that they were arranging a deal for Fernando Torres in the opposite direction. Nonetheless, these deals were conducted separately.García managed 30 appearances in his first season, acting mainly as backup to Portugal's Simão Sabrosa. He played both matches against his former side Liverpool in the following campaign's Champions League group stage; on 4 November 2008, he came on as a late substitute at Anfield to appreciative applause. During the league, however, he fell out of favour, sometimes not even making the list of 18.On 11 August 2009, García reached an agreement with Racing de Santander. His season was quite unassuming, as he took part in just 18 games without scoring and the Cantabrians narrowly avoided relegation.García signed a one-year contract with Greek club Panathinaikos F.C. on 28 August 2010. On 4 September, he flew back to Anfield to take part in Carragher's testimonial match, scoring a goal in the second minute. He returned to the Camp Nou ten days later, playing the last 20 minutes of a 5–1 loss in the Champions League group phase.On 1 July 2011, the 33-year-old García moved to Mexican team Puebla FC. He scored his first goal for La Franja on the 24th, through a penalty kick away to Atlas FC (1–0).In early June 2012, García signed for another side in the Liga MX, Club Universidad Nacional, joining alongside Martín Romagnoli for an undisclosed fee. He made his official debut against Atlas, playing 34 minutes from the bench.García announced his retirement from football on 14 January 2014, aged 35. He made the announcement on his official website, saying, \"Today I've decided to retire as a professional footballer, thanks for the interest from the teams that spoke with me in recent weeks, but I think the time has come to end this important chapter in my life and move to the next page.\"García came out of retirement in July 2014, joining newly formed Indian Super League franchise Atlético de Kolkata as their marquee player ahead of the league's inaugural season, the first of such players to join the league. He started in the league's opening match, as his new team won 3–0 at home against Mumbai City FC. On 21 November he had a wrongly disallowed goal in an eventual 2–1 loss at Kerala Blasters FC but, despite finishing the regular season in third, Kolkata won the league final against the same adversary, although he was an unused substitute; he also won the league's Manyavar Most Exciting Player award.Due to concerns over his injury record, García was not retained for the 2015 campaign. On 16 January 2016, he signed for Central Coast Mariners FC initially until the end of the campaign. He made his A-League debut one week later, coming off the bench and playing a role in his team's goal in a 2–1 home defeat to Western Sydney Wanderers FC. In the next match, against Wellington Phoenix FC, he was again brought in as a replacement, scoring once and setting up two more in the 3–1 win.García served as a pundit for beIN Sports during their coverage of the UEFA Euro 2016.",
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+ "Club career": "Sakho started his football career at the age of six playing for the juniors of hometown club Paris FC. In 2002, he was lured away to professional club Paris Saint-Germain. Sakho was originally a striker, but due to Paris Saint-Germain's youth team having fewer defenders than strikers, he was moved into a more defensive role.Sakho struggled to adapt during his first year at the Camp des Loges, the headquarters of the club's youth academy, often refusing to accept orders handed out by the trainers, such as when to go to bed. At one point, he was threatened with expulsion from the club due to his constant bad behavior. Following guidance from his parents and, particularly, under-13 Paris Saint-Germain coach Christian Mas, Sakho curbed his bad behavior and began to focus on his studies and football. When Sakho was 14, his father suddenly died. The resulting pain led to Sakho considering leaving football, but he later described that idea as \"useless\" and returned to the club after bereavement. Sakho quickly became one of the club's most sought after prospects winning numerous MVP awards during his time in the youth academy. In April 2005, he was a part of the Île-de-France region team that won the 2004–05 Coupe Nationale. That same year, he was a part of the Paris Saint-Germain under-18 team that won the Championnat National des 18 ans league title, despite being three years younger than many of his teammates.In total, Sakho spent nearly six years at the Camp des Loges. A day after his 17th birthday, manager Paul Le Guen called the youngster up for the club's UEFA Cup Round of 32 first leg match against AEK Athens on 14 February 2007. Sakho started the match picking up a yellow card in the 20th minute. He played 85 minutes before being substituted out as Paris Saint-Germain won the match 2–0. Sakho played his second and final match of the season in the UEFA Cup Round of 16 first leg match against Benfica, he played the full match in a 2–1 victory.On 14 June 2007, Sakho signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal. He was officially promoted to the senior side for the 2007–08 season, despite being only 17 years old, and was assigned the first team number 3 shirt. Sakho made his first start that season for Paris Saint-Germain in the club's 3–0 win over Lorient in the Coupe de la Ligue on 26 September 2007, starting in the centre back role alongside the experienced Colombian Mario Yepes. Sakho made his league debut on 20 October against Valeciennes in a 0–0 draw. In an effort to galvanize the questionable leadership of several senior team players, such as first-team captain Pauleta and vice-captain Sylvain Armand, Le Guen named Sakho captain for the match. Sakho's role as captain made him the youngest-ever captain of Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 17 years and 8 months and also the youngest player to ever captain a side in Ligue 1. In the following match against Lyon, he was named captain again and tasked with the role of containing fellow French starlet Hatem Ben Arfa. Despite Sakho and the club putting up a strong fight, Ben Arfa scored two goals in a span of three minutes as Les Parisiens suffered a 3–2 defeat. In the club's following match against Nancy, Sakho picked up an extensive injury, which ruled him out for two months. He returned to action on 23 February 2008, playing the entire match in a 1–1 draw against Monaco. On 29 March, Sakho started and play the full 90 minutes in the Paris Saint-Germain's 2–1 victory over Lens in the 2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final. The victory awarded Sakho the first major trophy of his career. In total that season, Sakho made 16 appearances.In the following season, Sakho made 34 total appearances contributing to the Paris Saint-Germain's successful play where the club reached as high as 2nd in the league, reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, and made it to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. On 30 January 2009, due to his positive play and clubs from abroad constantly inquiring for his services, Paris Saint-Germain awarded Sakho a contract extension until the June 2012. Two weeks later, he scored his first career goal for the club in a league match against Saint-Étienne on 14 February 2009, a day after his 19th birthday. The goal gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1–0 lead and the club went on to win the match 2–1.Sakho opened the 2009–10 season as the incumbent starter partnering either veterans Sammy Traoré or Zoumana Camara in defense. Midway through the season, Sakho was embroiled in controversy when he allegedly slapped a Le Parisien newspaper journalist at the Camp des Loges, the club's training center. Before the incident, Sakho had allegedly confronted the journalist to question the accuracy of an article he had written referring to the controversy surrounding why Sakho went to a nightclub following Paris Saint-Germain's embarrassing loss to Lorient hours earlier. Sakho reportedly insulted the journalist and then slapped him before walking away. The journalist, who preferred to remain anonymous, filed a complaint the following day with both he and the newspaper describing Sakho's attitude as \"unprofessional\". Paris Saint-Germain president Robin Leproux and manager Antoine Kombouaré issued an apology on the club's behalf and Sakho later apologized to the journalist by telephone.Sakho started the 2010–11 campaign partnering with Camara in defense. He was also installed as the team's captain in the UEFA Europa League by manager Kombouaré due to the unavailability of Claude Makélélé. Midway through August, Sakho began appearing in the centre back position alongside veteran Sylvain Armand. He scored his first goal of the season on 11 September 2010 in a 4–0 victory over Arles-Avignon. In Europe, Sakho captained the team in their 5–4 aggregate victory over Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League playoff round. He accomplished this feat again in the group stage leading the team to a 2–0 victory over Ukrainian club Karpaty Lviv. On 16 October, Sakho scored the game-winning goal in a 2–0 victory over Toulouse. In the team's first match following the winter break, he scored his third goal of the campaign in Paris Saint-Germain's victory over Sochaux. After a prolonged period of negotiations, on 8 March 2011, Sakho signed a two-year contract extension with the club until June 2014. On 20 April, he captained the team to a 3–1 victory over Angers in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France. The victory inserted the club into the 2011 Coupe de France Final; the club's second consecutive appearance in the competition's final match. Paris Saint-Germain lost the match 1–0 to Lille. On 10 May, Sakho was nominated for the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Young Player of the Year award. Two weeks later, he won the honour. Sakho was also named to the organization's Team of the Year alongside club teammate Nenê.Sakho began the 2011–12 season as the club's first-choice captain under Kombouaré. On 13 August 2011, in the club's second league match of the season, he suffered a hamstring injury. Despite initially being ruled out for three weeks, Sakho missed two months and returned to the team in its 3–1 away win over Ajaccio. He remained a fixture in the team for the rest of the autumn campaign as PSG finished the first half of the league in first-place position. In January 2012, Kombouaré resigned from his position. He was replaced by Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti. Under the helm of Ancelotti, Sakho retained the captaincy and appeared as a starter through March. However, after unconvincing performances in draws with Lyon, Caen, and Bordeaux, which resulted in the club losing its grip on first place, the captain was benched by Ancelotti and stripped of the captaincy. Ancelotti based Sakho's benching on the increased competition in the squad as the Italian preferred the central duo of Milan Biševac and Alex. Sakho was also questioned by club director Leonardo for being \"slightly overweight\".After making a cameo appearance in the Le Classique, Sakho made his second appearance since his benching on 29 April 2012 appearing as a first-half substitute for the injured Biševac against fellow title contenders Lille. In the second half, with Les Parisiens leading 1–0, Sakho conceded a penalty after fouling striker Nolan Roux. The foul also resulted in a red card. Lille converted the penalty and later went on to win the match 2–1.On 26 May 2013, in PSG's final game of the season having already won the league, Sakho came on as an emergency goalkeeper for the final seven minutes against Lorient after substitute goalkeeper Ronan Le Crom had been sent off for fouling Julien Quercia to give away a penalty. Arnaud Le Lan converted the penalty, but PSG won 3–1.On 2 September 2013, Premier League club Liverpool announced the signing of Sakho for a fee of £18 million. He made his debut on 16 September 2013 against Swansea City in a 2–2 draw at the Liberty Stadium. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers had described the Frenchman as \"a beast in training\" prior to his debut. On 7 December 2013, Sakho scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 4–1 win at Anfield against West Ham United. Intermittent injuries limited Sakho to just 19 appearances, however he played a key role in Liverpool's surprise title challenge where they eventually finished as runners-up in the Premier League.On 27 September 2014, Sakho was left out of the squad for the Merseyside Derby clash against Everton. Upon hearing the manager's decision, he left the stadium. The Frenchman later apologised for his action. After a poor beginning to the season, manager Brendan Rodgers switched to a 3-man defensive line in October – with Sakho playing a crucial part. His pace, athleticism, and ball playing abilities were key in this formation. Sakho returned to the Liverpool team for a 2–2 draw with Arsenal on 22 December 2014 and went on to help the Reds to five clean sheets in eight Premier League matches.Sakho began the season as backup to Dejan Lovren. On 17 September 2015, Sakho made his first start of the season; a man-of-the-match performance in a Europa League away match against Bordeaux, captaining the side in a 1–1 draw. A day later, it was announced that he had signed a new long-term contract with the club. Sakho was restored to the starting lineup and under new manager Jürgen Klopp was praised for his excellent form. On 8 November, however, he sustained a knee injury in a 2–1 defeat to Crystal Palace at Anfield that ruled him out for two months.Sakho was praised in Liverpool's victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League quarter-finals. He coped against in-form striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the 1–1 away draw in the first leg, and then scored a header as they mounted a late comeback to win the second 4–3.On 18 July 2016, it was announced that Sakho would wear the number 3 jersey for the 2016–17 season, switching from the number 17 he had worn since he joined Liverpool. During Liverpool's pre-season tour of the United States, Sakho was sent home by manager Jürgen Klopp for not respecting the rules that had been put in place for the squad. Klopp revealed that Sakho had been late for the team's flight as well as for a subsequent medical treatment session and a team meal time. As a result, Sakho was demoted from the senior squad and thus only played competitive football with the reserves in the Professional Development League that season.On 31 January 2017, Sakho signed with Crystal Palace on loan until the end of the season. Sakho made his debut appearance in a 1–0 victory over Middlesbrough on 25 February, and was praised by manager Sam Allardyce for his role in Crystal Palace's victory. After Palace kept clean sheets in victories against West Bromwich Albion and Watford, Sakho was named a nominee for the Premier League Player of the Month award for March and was also awarded Crystal Palace's Player of the Month on 31 March. Sakho followed this up with well-received performances in Palace's 1–2 victory at Stamford Bridge over league leaders Chelsea and a 3–0 home win over Arsenal.On 31 August 2017, Sakho signed for Crystal Palace on a four-year contract, with a transfer fee of £24 million plus £2 million in add-ons being agreed with Liverpool.In July 2021, Sakho signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier on a free transfer, after his Crystal Palace contract expired.On 27 June 2022, Sakho changed his shirt number at Montpellier from 3 to 75, taking advantage of new rules on shirt numbers set forth by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP). 75 is the department number of Paris, where Sakho was born.On 24 October 2023, Sakho was involved in an altercation with manager Michel Der Zakarian, with the defender reportedly grabbing Der Zakarian by the collar before the manager fell to the floor; it is alleged that Sakho was provoked by Der Zakarian calling him a \"cry-baby\" over a training ground incident. On 2 November, Sakho announced his departure from the club.On 11 June 2024, Georgian side Torpedo Kutaisi officially announced that they had reached an agreement for the signing of Sakho on a free transfer; as part of the deal, he would also serve in a managerial role within the club's youth academy.",
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+ "Personal life": "In 2012, he married Moroccan fashion designer Majda Magui, with whom he has three daughters, Aida, Sienna and Niya, born in 2013, 2015 and 2023, and a son, Tidiane, born in 2018.As part of Liverpool's work in the community, Sakho helped teach French to local children when he played for them.Sakho is a Muslim.",
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+ "Style of play": "In April 2016, Richard Innes of the Daily Mirror described him as \"a defensive maverick; a man who plays by his own rules\", who practises an \"often highly alternative approach\" to defending. A tall and strong defender, in 2013, Steve Hunter highlighted that Sakho's main traits are his tackling ability, work-rate, and leadership, although he also singled out the centre-back for his \"physical and tactical qualities.\" Despite not possessing a particularly good touch on the ball, which has led him to be criticised both by pundits and his teams' fans on occasion, he is also a highly competent passer, with Jack Lusby of Bleacher Report describing him as \"Liverpool's best and most effective ball-playing centre-back\" in 2015. His ball-playing ability, combined with his pace and athleticism, enabled him to excel in a three–man back–line under his Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers during the 2014–15 season.",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 1 August 2024Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sakho goal",
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+ "Doping suspension": "On 23 April 2016, it was announced that Sakho was being investigated by UEFA for violating an anti-doping rule, after he was tested on 17 March following a Europa League game against Manchester United. The club, along with Sakho, agreed that while UEFA were investigating, he would not be available for team selection. Five days later UEFA punished him with a 30-day provisional suspension from all European football, which FIFA extended to cover all world football. On 28 May 2016, when the ban expired, UEFA's chairman of the control, ethics and disciplinary body decided not to extend it. On 8 July 2016, the case was dismissed by UEFA. The substance higenamine, found in weight-loss supplements, was not specifically on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited list. On 4 November 2020, Sakho won a financial settlement and apology from WADA for defamation and received substantial damages. Despite the agency not disclosing the amount, it was reported that Sakho sought a reported 16.7 million pounds ($21.7 million) in damages from WADA for its comments about the case.",
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+ "International career": "Sakho has been active with France at youth level. As early as the age of 13, he began featuring with regional youth sides playing for Île-de-France alongside fellow youth internationals Yacine Brahimi, Tripy Makonda, Maxime Partouche, and Sébastien Corchia. Sakho made his debut for the under-16 team on 21 March 2006 in a friendly match against Germany in a 3–1 victory. He scored his only goal for the team in their 1–0 victory over England in the Montaigu Tournament. France later won the competition defeating Italy 2–1 in the final. With the under-17 team, Sakho made his debut in the team's opening match against Cyprus in an international youth tournament. Midway through the season, Sakho was named captain by coach François Blaquart who noticed the player's leadership skills. Under Sakho's captaincy, the team reached the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and, later, the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup by virtue of their semi-final appearance in the UEFA-sanctioned tournament. At the U-17 World Cup, which was held in South Korea, Sakho captained the team to a quarter-final appearance where they lost to Spain in a penalty shoot-out.Due his increased playing time with his parent club, Sakho only made four appearances with the under-18 team. He made his debut for the team on 18 December 2007 in a friendly match against Portugal and later featured in two friendly matches against Germany, one of which was played at the GAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau in Stuttgart. Similarly with the under-19 team, Sakho's play with the team was limited not only due to his playing time with Paris Saint-Germain, but also due to his commitments with the under-21 team. Despite making only four appearances with the team, he was selected to play in the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Paris Saint-Germain, however, refused his participation in order to preserve the player's fitness with the player having already played in the 2009 Toulon Tournament, which was held the same month.Sakho made his France U21 debut on 19 August 2008 in a friendly match against Slovakia. He played in the 2009 Toulon Tournament and captained the team on two occasions serving in place of the lead captain for the tournament, Étienne Capoue, who came off the bench. On 8 September 2009, Sakho scored his first under-21 goal in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Ukraine. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. A month later, he was installed as the first-choice captain of the team following the selection of former captain Moussa Sissoko to the senior team.On 5 August 2010, Sakho was called up to the France senior team for the first time by new manager Laurent Blanc for the team's friendly match against Norway on 11 August 2010. He didn't make his international debut in the match, but was subsequently called up by Blanc for national team matches in September and October 2010. On 17 November 2010, Sakho made his senior international debut against England in a 2–1 win at Wembley Stadium, appearing as a substitute at the start of the second half for Philippe Mexès.On 19 November 2013, in the second leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifying play-off against Ukraine, Sakho scored his first and second international goals, giving Les Bleus a 3–2 aggregate win to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.On 13 May 2014, Sakho was named in Didier Deschamps' squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He made his FIFA World Cup debut in the team's opening match, keeping a clean sheet in partnership with Raphaël Varane in a 3–0 win over Honduras. In the second match, Les Bleus were again on course for a shutout with Sakho in defence, leading 3–0 against Switzerland when he was substituted with an injury in the 66th minute. The team eventually ran out 5–2 winners to qualify for the knockout stage. Sakho returned to the side for the next match, helping France to another clean sheet in a 0–0 draw with Ecuador.On 17 May 2018, he was named on the preliminary list for the French squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He ultimately did not make the final list."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Mamadou Sakho (born 13 February 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Erovnuli Liga club Torpedo Kutaisi.\nSakho began his career at Paris FC before moving to Paris Saint-Germain's youth system in 2002. In October 2007, on his league debut, he became the youngest player ever to captain a Ligue 1 club. Sakho made over 200 appearances for the club, winning all four domestic trophies. In 2013, he transferred to Liverpool for £18 million. He had a loan spell with Crystal Palace in 2017, and was subsequently bought by the team for £26 million in September 2017. In July 2021, he joined Montpellier on a free transfer; he left the club in November 2023, following a physical altercation with manager Michel Der Zakarian.\nSakho is a full France international, who has previously earned caps and captained the nation at all youth levels. Since making his senior debut in 2010 against England, Sakho has over 25 caps and represented France at the 2014 FIFA World Cup."
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+ "Club career": "Lemina began his youth career in France aged 7 at local club ES Nanterre; he then went to study sports at Rueil-Malmaison, finishing at Colombes. Aged 15, he signed with the Lorient youth academy; he was later promoted to the first team during the 2012–13 season, his only season with the club.The following season, Marseille acquired Lemina for €4 million, although he initially struggled to gain playing time in his first year with the club, making only eight league starts during the 2013–14 season. He began to be used more frequently by manager Marcelo Bielsa during the 2014–15 season, making his breakthrough with the club, as he helped the team to a fourth-place finish, earning 23 appearances in the league. In February 2015, Lemina was sent off for a punch to the groin of Ola Toivonen in a 1–1 Ligue 1 away draw against Rennes.During the summer of 2015, Lemina began to attract the attention of several clubs, including Premier League clubs Liverpool, Southampton and West Ham United. On 31 August, however, the last day of the transfer window, Juventus announced the signing of Lemina on a season-long loan for €500,000 with an option to buy for €9.5 million at the end of the 2015–16 season. On 26 September 2015, he scored his first goal for Juventus in his third appearance, coming in the 63rd minute of a 2–1 away loss to Napoli.On 29 April 2016, Lemina's loan was made permanent; he signed a four-year deal from Marseille for a fee of €9.5 million plus an extra €1 million if performance related targets are met. The deal was scheduled to keep him at Juventus until 2020. On 21 May, Lemina started in the Coppa Italia Final, playing the full match as Juventus defeated AC Milan 1–0 after extra time to capture the domestic double for the second consecutive season.On 8 August 2017, Lemina joined Southampton on a five-year deal for a club record fee of £15.4m. He made his debut on 20 August, in a 3–2 victory over West Ham United. His first goal for Southampton came in a 3–2 victory over fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion on 3 February.In 2019–20 season, Lemina joined Galatasaray on a loan deal.On 30 August 2020, Lemina was loaned out to Fulham with an option to buy. He made his debut for the club on 16 September 2020 in the second round of the EFL Cup against Ipswich Town, which Fulham won 1–0. On 7 March 2021, Lemina scored his first Fulham goal to seal a 1–0 away win over Liverpool, handing them their sixth consecutive league defeat at Anfield for the first time in the Reds' history. In doing so, Lemina also clinched Fulham's second win at Liverpool in the club's history.On 24 July 2021, Lemina joined Nice for an undisclosed fee.On 13 January 2023, Lemina joined Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal. He made his first appearance on 14 January 2023 as a substitute in a home Premier League game against West Ham, a fixture which Wolves won 1–0.Lemina made his full Wolves debut on 22 January 2023 in a 3–0 loss at Manchester City and then his full home debut on 4 February, helping the hosts to defeat Liverpool, also by a 3–0 scoreline.On Lemina's fourth appearance for his new side on 11 February, he was sent off in the first-half of Wolves's Premier League game away to his former club, Southampton, for receiving two yellow cards. Wolves went on to win the game 2–1 despite playing for more than an hour with 10-men.Lemina was sent off for the second time in his Wolves career in a 1–1 draw with Aston Villa at Molineux in the Premier League on 8 October 2023, having again picked up two yellow cards in one game. Upon his return from suspension, Lemina scored his first goal for Wolves in a 2–2 home draw with Newcastle United on 28 October 2023. He scored further goals in home wins against Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea on 11 November and 24 December respectively, and then away to Brentford on 27 December.Lemina scored his first-ever FA Cup goal, the only goal of the game, in a 1–0 Fifth Round home win against Brighton & Hove Albion on 28 February 2024.Following Wolves's match against Crystal Palace on 11 May 2024, Lemina was named Supporters' Player of the Season.Ahead of the 2024–25 season, Lemina was named club captain.",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 19 May 2024As of match played 11 June 2024Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lemina goal.",
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+ "International career": "Lemina had been called by the Gabon national team to participate in the 2015 African Cup of Nations, but he refused his call-up. Although he had initially represented France's under-20 and under-21 sides, also winning the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup at youth level, he formally switched to the Gabonese Federation on 2 June 2015 and is now a formal member of the Gabon national team.He scored on his international debut, in a 3–3 friendly draw against Tunisia on 9 October 2015. Lemina took part at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, which was held on home soil. He started in Gabon's opening match of the tournament on 14 January – a 1–1 draw against Guinea-Bissau – but later suffered a back-injury, however, which ruled him out of the remainder of the tournament.On 17 January 2022, Lemina announced his retirement from the Gabon national team. He had just been released by Gabon following a heart complication due to COVID-19, leaving in the middle of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.On 10 June 2023, Lemina shared an image of him training with the national team to his Instagram account. He then played in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against DR Congo on 18 June 2023, confirming his return to the national team."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Mario René Junior Lemina (French pronunciation: [maʁjo ləmina]; born 1 September 1993) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, which he captains, and the Gabon national team.\nHe played for French sides Lorient and Marseille, before joining Italian side Juventus in 2015, where he won the domestic double in both of his seasons with the club, as well as appearing in the 2017 UEFA Champions League final. He joined English side Southampton in 2017, and was later loaned out to Turkish club Galatasaray in 2019. After a loan to Fulham in England, he joined French club Nice in 2021. In January 2023, he returned to England after signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers.\nA former French international at youth level, Lemina went on to represent Gabon at senior level, making his senior international debut in 2017. He later represented Gabon at the 2017 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.\nHe has a younger brother Noha Lemina, who was also born in Libreville and currently plays in the same club with him Wolverhampton Wanderers."
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+ "2022–": "Ceará 41 (0)",
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+ "2012–2014": "→AtléticoMineiro(loan) 23 (1)",
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+ "2016–2018": "LasPalmas 54 (0)",
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+ "2019–2021": "Corinthians 29 (1)"
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+ "Current team": "Ceará"
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+ "Date of birth": "(1990-02-15)15February1990(age 34)",
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+ "Place of birth": "RiodeJaneiro,Brazil"
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+ "Career": "Michel was born in Rio de Janeiro. He began his career in Soft Lazer (a futsal academy), and joined Botafogo's youth setup in 1997, aged seven. After playing for Botafogo's futsal club, he joined the football team as a right winger, but was reconverted to full-back in the process.After impressing in a match against Flamengo in 2005, Macedo joined the latter shortly after. He was regarded as one of the best youth prospects during his time at Estádio da Gávea.On 23 June 2008, Macedo moved to La Liga strugglers UD Almería, in a seven-year contract. He was awarded the #16 jersey.Macedo made his debut for the Andalusians on 16 November, in a 2–1 home win against RCD Mallorca, after came off the bench to replace Juanma Ortiz in the 87th minute. His first start came on 10 May of the following year, in a 3–1 success against Sporting de Gijón also at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos; it were his two only appearances of the campaign, which the rojiblancos eventually finished 11th.On 20 September, Macedo scored his first goal as a professional, netting the winner against Getafe CF. He was an undisputed starter during the following two seasons, but was later challenged by new signing Rafita in 2011–12, with the latter appearing in 35 matches while the former only appeared in 22, and was subsequently loaned to Atlético Mineiro in the summer.On 19 July 2012, Macedo was loaned to Clube Atlético Mineiro. He expressed his desire to return to his country, after having some personal problems in Spain.Macedo only made his league debut almost a year later, in a 0-1 away defeat against Santos FC on 13 June 2013; late in the month, the deal was renewed for another year. He finished the campaign with 16 appearances, including 72 minutes in the Copa Libertadores Final, a 2–0 home win against Olimpia, but acted mainly as a backup to Marcos Rocha.On 7 May 2014 Macedo was released by Galo, after being deemed surplus to requirements by new manager Levir Culpi.On 9 July 2014 Macedo returned to Almería, being immediately assigned to the first-team squad. He subsequently renewed his link for a further year on the 21st.On 23 August 2014 Macedo played his first match after his return, starting in a 1–1 home draw against RCD Espanyol.On 15 July 2016, Macedo signed a two-year deal with UD Las Palmas in the first division.",
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+ "Honours": "Atlético MineiroCampeonato Mineiro: 2013Copa Libertadores: 2013CorinthiansCampeonato Paulista: 2019CearáCopa do Nordeste: 2023",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "External links": "Michel Macedo at BDFutbolMichel Macedo at Soccerway",
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+ "Club statistics": "As of 28 October 2021"
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+ "SUMMARY": "Michel Macedo Rocha Machado (born 15 February 1990) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right back for Ceará."
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+ "2020–2021": "ÇaykurRizespor 46 (19)",
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+ "2021–2023": "MladáBoleslav 42 (10)"
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+ "Honours": "Slavia PragueCzech First League: 2016–17, 2018–19Czech Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19IndividualCzech First League top scorer: 2016–17",
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+ "References": {},
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+ "Club career": "Škoda came to Slavia as a forward but he had to play as a central defender in the 2013–14 season. The following season he moved forward again scoring 19 goals and he became Slavia fan's favorite.On 9 May 2018, Škoda played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against FK Jablonec. On 5 January 2019, he signed a new contract with Slavia Prague, until 30 June 2020.On 11 January 2020, Škoda signed a contract with Çaykur Rizespor.On 6 July 2021, Škoda signed a contract with FK Mladá Boleslav.On 2 September 2023, Škoda signed a two-year contract with Slavia Prague B.",
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+ "Career statistics": "As of match played 15 May 2021As of match played 5 June 2017As of match played 17 June 2016Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Škoda goal.",
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+ "International career": "Škoda made his senior international debut for the Czech Republic on 12 June 2015 in a 2–1 away loss to Iceland in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, coming on as a substitute for Lukáš Vácha in the 79th minute. He scored his first two international goals against Kazakhstan in Euro 2016 qualifying. Škoda later represented the Czech Republic at the tournament proper, and scored the first goal in a 2–2 draw against Croatia in the group stage."
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+ "SUMMARY": "Milan Škoda (born 16 January 1986) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bohemian Football League club Slavia Prague B. He has played for the Czech Republic national team at international level."
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