Over recent years there have been numerous world class defenders and there are many notable mentions. By analyzing their skill, technique, and influence in the game we have selected the top 10 defenders in world football. Below is a list of 15 notable mentions. Gary Cahill Nicolas Ottamendi Raphael Varane Javier Mascherano 10. David Alaba The young Austrian is one of the worlds best young talents and has sparkled or club and country. David Alaba currently plays for German-side Bayern Munich as a full back.He is considered to be the best defender by many pundits at the age of 22. Alaba is known to have the ability of playing multi-positions (e,g, a box-to-box midfielder, full back, centre back, an attacking role, and sometimes on the attacking flanks). The left footed defender has also began to take free kicks and has recently began to score them. For club the austrian left back has scored a total of 9 goals and has created countless more. He possesses a dynamic skill set we rarely see from such a young player. We rarely get to see such intelligence and skills from a player as we have from Alaba. He has the potential and talent to develop into one of footballs greatest ever, only time will tell. 09. Diego Godin …show more content…
The 2013-2014 La Liga season saw Diego Godin led the back side to secure 20 clean sheets. Diego Godin is well known for his tackling and clearing ability. Godins strengths include aerial duels and concentration. Diego Godin has a knack for providing and scoring the most crucial goals. His header in the group stage match of Uruguay vs Italy took his side to the round of 16 at the 2014 World Cup and almost clenched the UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid until they caught up 4-1 in extra
“His speed, his skill, his ability to finish, his ability to pass. I kind of compare him to the Cristiano Ronaldo of hockey. That’s my comparison that I use. It’s been fun to play with him.”
This is Kolu Vezele. I am interested in the summer camp program for my daughter Jelena who is 4 and my six-year-old son as well. I am thinking about princess camp session 5, superheroes session 5, learn to swim camp session 4 & 6 for both of them. Maybe the splish splash and the Jr. Creation station camp. Please let me know if there is any financial assistance available for these camps. I appreciate your time and your help, thank you.
On Wednesday, November 22nd, my friend and I went to Ala Moana. At Ala Moana Center Stage, there was a hula group performing as a part of Ala Moana’s daily Ala Moana Hula Show. The Ala Moana Hula Show occurs daily from 1:00 pm to 1:20 pm. On Sundays, the Ala Moana Center Stage features the Ala Moana Keiki Hula Show, which displays how hula traditions are perpetuated through Hawaii’s youth. The name of the group was said very few times in the beginning of the show, but do to acoustics within the mall, was very difficult to hear. Thus, I was not able to get the name of the hālau.
The Sonoran Desert is where jojoba calls home and extends into coastal mountain ranges of southern
Jade started playing soccer 4 years ago, when she was 9 years old. I would consider her to be one of the top scorers on her team. Each spring she tries out and is happy to find out she made the team. She has come a long way from when she first started, her foot work has improved she has great sportsmanship, and is always encouraging her team mates to do their best.
Tim Howard had become a name that most soccer fans can recognize. Him and his team went to Washington DC to meet with the president. At that time Barack Obama was the president. Tim shook hands with some leaders of today. Obama gave a speech about how well Everton at the Gold Cup. Tim Howard is now a thirty-eight year old pro soccer player who plays with TS and has still overcome many situations in his life, but he couldn’t be the keeper he is today without those
Tolulope Omokore, a Nigerian-born and Maryland-based basketball player for the University of Central Florida. Family oriented and very cultural is living 868 miles from her hometown. Somehow manages her time between 35+ hrs of training a week, being a full time student, as well as working an internship for marketing and fan development with UCF which includes managing and assisting with all elements of Game-Day production.
Pele had just scored his first of many goals at the World Cup, at just seventeen. No one, when they first saw him entering that Swedish field, thought he would become one of the greatest soccer players the world would have ever known. Pele-Why Soccer Matters was written by Pele himself, long after his soccer career was over. Brian Winters helped organize the book. Pele, with
As a young girl, I was introduced to soccer by my father. I think I was about eight at the time when I first played on a recreational team, and I remember that I had always wanted to play goalkeeper. In soccer, the goalkeeper is the last defensive player, but is also the first offensive player once the play turns. The idea of playing such an important position thrilled me, and it didn’t hurt that the goalkeeper gets the opportunity to use their hands as well as punt the ball across the field. From the age of nine until the age of eleven, I played competitive and recreational soccer as a goalkeeper, and stopped in the sixth grade. I picked the sport back up as a freshman in high school, after my younger sister had urged me to join the school
Ricardo Kaka, renowned AC Milan/Real Madrid player and native Brazilian, he is one of the most openly religious players in soccer and has contributed much of his personal funds to founding churches and supporting charities. Furthermore, Ricardo Kaka demonstrates a level of humility not often seen in the sporting world especially at the level he has competed at and the awards that he has received. After receiving the Ballon D’Or, the highest individual award in soccer, in 2007 (the last player to do so since the Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo winning streak) he attributed the skills
Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest soccer player to ever live. His amazing goal-scoring ability has put him on heights players can only dream of. The way he dribbles past his opponents with ease brings fear to his upcoming defenders. Since his spell at FC Barcelona and the Argentinian national team, he has broken and set many world records countless of times, many of which being his own. The little Argentinian is nothing like our world has ever seen and is already considered to be a legend, despite his career not even near it’s end. Millions of fans across the globe idolise him for his extraordinary skill and dream to follow in his footsteps. He plays every game as if it were his last, and brings every spectator to their feet. With
An example of a player who is well known for his diving is Netherlands and Bayern Munich star Arjen Robben. The biggest incident was in the world cup against Mexico and the referee fell for this act of cheating and awarded the penalty which resulted in a goal and Mexico departing form the world cup. Although this will have an effect on Robben as he will be known for his diving and the fact he
This is the unfortunate story of ezekiel edbar, It started in georgia where he was born into slavery. He hadn’t even hear his mothers voice before he was sold into slavery. He was taken from his home state georgia to alabama. The slave merchants mishandled and beat him and left a scar on his neck. Soon he arrived at a plantation to become a field slave. He was then introduced to the other slaves and was accepted into their society. he was raised by all the other slaves, they took him under his wing.
While giving an interview to AS Luca Zidane reveled that he become a goalkeeper in order to avoid wide comparisons with former Real Madrid star, who is considered as one of the best player in the entire history of Football.
Restate Thesis: Soccer is a sport like no other, and it has a very unique culture with in the game itself.