played for the soccer club FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona was and still is considered one of the prominent soccer clubs in the world. When Guardiola began playing at Barcelona he was only a teenager, he grew up around the club and would later made history at the club. When his playing days finally ended in 2006, he decided to try his hand in managing. One year after he retired as a player, Barcelona appointed him the head coach of Barcelona B, which is the reserve team for FC Barcelona. By 2008, he was
Revenue 2007/08 1 Real Madrid € 366m 2 Manchester United € 325m 3 FC Barcelona € 309m 4 Bayern Munich €
two world championships in 2003 and 2007. 4. Nadine Angerer started her career as midfielder until she discovered her talent as goalkeeper, after that she became Germany’s national team goalie. She also played for the ASV Hofstetten, FC Nümber, Wacker Münich, Bayern and received the FIFA’s Golden Ball on 2014 as best player of
with the help of external money. The best- known example is FC Chelsea with its patron Roman Abramovitch, who has spent about half a billion euros within the past decade to finance the club’s quick ascent to being one of the leading teams in Europe. Moreover, today’s European club football is basically an oligopoly consisting of about ten clubs (including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, FC Chelsea, AC Milan or Bayern Munich and others, called the “Untouchables” by Deloitte), who will
Box-to-box midfielder closer to Arsenal move after key development Premier League giants Arsenal look a step closer to completing the move of Schalke star Max Meyer after he turned down the offer of a fresh deal with the German Bundesliga side. Promising youngster The 22-year-old midfielder is labeled as one of Europe’s most promising youngsters in his position, having performed pretty well in the Bundesliga recently. As per the Metro, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is now possibly looking into bringing
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