A versatile, aggressive, and extremely talented athlete, Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional soccer player who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for the Portugal team; he is often considered the rival of acclaimed player Lionel Messi. By the age of 22, Ronaldo had received Ballon d'Or... read full bio
David Beckham is one of the most iconic athletes and decorated soccer players of all time. Playing for such illustrious teams as Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, LA Galaxy, and England’s national team, Beckham had an integral role in helping these teams achieve multiple victories. Beckham was honored with the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year- Lifetime Achievement... read full bio
Argentine professional soccer player or footballer Lionel Messi is considered among the best players in the world and viewed by many as the greatest of all time. Messi has played for FC Barcelona since he was fourteen years old, when he was signed to their youth team. Though he suffered from a growth hormone deficiency, the team agreed to pay... read full bio
Mohamed Salah is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Egypt national team. For only being in his mid-20’s, Salah is already said to be one of the best players in the world and is known for his finishing, dribbling, and speed. Salah started his career in his youth playing for... read full bio
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, also known as Ronaldinho Gaucho or Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as attacking midfielder and forward and who is also an ambassador for Barcelona. Ronaldinho was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and he began his career playing for the youth club Gremio. Ronaldinho began his professional career playing for Gremio and went... read full bio
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish soccer player who plays as a striker for Serie A club A.C. Milan. He is known for being one of the greatest strikers of his generation and has won 31 trophies so far in his career. Zlatan was born in Malmo, Sweden, and began playing football at the age of six after earning his first... read full bio
Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, also known as just Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as striker for various teams as well as for Brazil’s national team. Ronaldo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and he began his career playing for the youth club Sao Cristovao. Ronaldo began playing professionally for Cruzeiro and from there, he... read full bio
Kylian Mbappe is a French professional footballer that plays as a forward for the Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and also plays for the France national team. Mbappe was born in Paris, France, and he began his career as a youth playing in the teams AS Bondy and Monaco. Mbappe began his professional career playing for Monaco where he became... read full bio
Zinedine Zidane is a French former professional football player who has played as attacking midfielder. Zidane is currently the manager of the La Liga club Real Madrid and he is known for being one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was born in Marseille, France, and he began his career playing for youth clubs such as AS Foresta,... read full bio
Neymar Jr. is one of the best soccer players in the world today. In addition to serving as captain of the national team, he also plays forward or winger for FC Barcelona and Brazil. At the Under-17, Under-20, and senior levels, he has represented Brazil. Despite suffering a spinal injury in the quarterfinals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup that... read full bio
Luis Suarez, one of the best attackers in the world, represents both FC Barcelona and Uruguay at the international level. He entered the list of the most expensive football players in history when he transferred from Liverpool to Barcelona for 83 million euros. He was a key member of the attacking trio known as MSN (Messi, Suarez, Neymar) in his... read full bio
Angel Di Maria is an Argentine professional footballer who currently plays for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and who also plays for the Argentina national team as a winger or attacking midfielder. Angel was born in Rosario, Argentina and he began his career committing to play for the youth club Torito, before joining Rosario Central. He played in the... read full bio
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach was a star player on the United States team for fourteen years, during which she helped lead the team to victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup. During this time, she became an inspiration to young girls and women around the world. A master of scoring goals with diving headers, she became the first... read full bio
Riyad Mahrez is a professional footballer that plays as a winger for the Premier League club Manchester City and he is also the captain of the Algerian national team. Mahrez was born in Sarcelles, France, and he began his career playing AAS Sarcelles during his youth. From there, he went on to join the CFA team Quimper for a year... read full bio
Marc-Andre ter Stegen is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Spanish club Barcelona as well as the Germany national team. Ter Stegen was born in Monchengladbach, Germany, and he began his career as a youth playing with Borussia Monchengladbach. After nearly 15 years, Ter Stegen began playing professionally with Borussia Monchengladbach II for two years... read full bio
Serge Gnabry is a German professional footballer that plays as a winger for the Bundesliga club Bayern Munich as well as for the Germany national team. Gnabry was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and he began his career as a youth playing for teams such as TSV Weissach, TSF Ditzingen, GSV Hemmingen, SpVgg Feuerbach, Stuttgarter Kickers, VfB Stuttgart, and Arsenal. Gnabry... read full bio
Frenkie de Jong is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as midfielder for the Spanish club Barcelona as well as for the Netherlands national team. Frenkie was born in Gorinchem, Netherlands, and he began his career playing with Willem II for his whole youth career. He went on to make his professional debut with Willem II and then went on... read full bio
Dries Mertens is a Belgian professional footballer that plays as a striker or winger for the Italian club Napoli as well as for the Belgium national team. Mertens began his football career as a youth playing for teams such as Stade Leuven, Anderlecht, and Gent. After two years, Mertens played professionally for Gent and played on loan with Eendracht Aalst... read full bio
Joshua Kimmich is a German professional footballer that plays as defensive midfielder or right back for Bayern Munich as well as for the Germany national team. Kimmich was born in Rottweil, Germany, and he began his career playing youth football for VfB Bosingen as well as VfB Stuttgart, before joining RB Leipzig as a professional footballer. Kimmich played with RB... read full bio
Eden Hazard is a Belgian professional footballer that plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for the Spanish club Real Madrid and he also plays and captains for the Belgium national team. Hazard was born in La Louviere, Belgium, and he began his career playing with the youth league Royal Stade Brainois. From there, Hazard went on to play with... read full bio
