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Masters
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Nordin
Wooter Frank
Rijkaard Winston
Bogarde Patrick
Kluivert Kiki
Musampa Gerard van der
Lem Michel Kreek
Martin Jacobson Emmanuel
Olisadebe Evangelos Mantzios Nasief Morris Flávio da Conceição Pini Balili Michael Petkovic Pierre Ebede Owono Pascal Heije Lucian Sanmartean Vurnon Anita Serginho Greene Hector Augusto |
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Nordin Wooter was born on the 24th of August 1976 in Breda, The Netherlands. He played street soccer very often and that is where he developed many of his soccer skills. He first started playing for the youth team of Ajax, which was followed up by playing for Ajax. His debut as a professional soccer player was the 28th of August 1994. It was the match Ajax and RKC (3-1). Nordin played for Ajax three years as a left winger / striker. In the season of 1997/98 Nordin made his transfer to Real Zaragoza in Spain. After three years he said goodbye to Spain and signed a contract with Watford, England. In the season of 2002/03 Nordin decided to play again in the Netherlands at RBC Roosendaal for 1 year. After that season he headed south again and played for one year with Sporting Braga in Portugal, following one year for Anorthosis in Larnaka, Cyprus, then to Panathinaikos, a short stay at Sivasspor and he is currently playing for the Cypriot team AEK Larnaca. |
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Winston Bogarde was born on the 22th of October in Rotterdam. He first started playing for the youth team of Sparta. In the season of 1988/89 he made his debut as a professional soccer player in the first division in the team of SVV. After playing one season for Excelsior he came back at SVV. In the season of 1990/1991 Bogarde started in the Premier League. In the summer of 1991 Bogarde returned to Sparta. In 1994 he gets a deserved transfer to Ajax. After winning two national titles, the Dutch Super cup, the Europese Supercup, the Champions League and the World cup, Bogarde leaves and signs at AC Milan. After one season he transferred to Barcelona, playing under Louis van Gaal. Summer 2000, Bogarde transferred to Chelsea, where he played three seasons. Bogarde made 20 appearances in the Dutch National team. December 2005 Bogarde officially ended his career as a professional soccer player. At the same time he brought out an auto-biography. |
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Patrick Kluivert was born on the 1st of July 1976 in Amsterdam. Patrick played as an amateur at the club 'Schellingwoude' and on the youth team of Ajax. His debut as professional soccer player was the 28th of August 1994. It was the match between Ajax and RKC (3-1). Patrick Kluivert showed quickly what his skills were as a striker. The fantastic actions Patrick displayed at the Champions League finals on the 24th of May 1995 were the start of his beautiful career as a professional soccer player. Patrick played with Ajax until 1997. The season of 1997/98 he transferred to AC Milan, Italy. After a period with AC Milan he left to play for Barcelona. He played 6 years for Barcelona and in 2004 he transferred to New Castle United, England. After one season he signed at Valencia, Spain. In
2006/2007 Patrick signed at PSV, Holland. |
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Kiki Musampa is born on the 20th of July 1977 in (DR) Congo. Kiki started his soccer career at the youth of Ajax. His debut as professional soccer player was on the 12th of February 1995 in the match between Ajax - Feyenoord (4-1). His position is midfield. Kiki left Ajax in 1997 and continued his career in France at soccer club Girondins Bordeaux for two years. Then he signed at Malaga CF in Spain. After four seasons he changed to Atletico Madrid. After one season he transferred to Manchester City. |
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Michel Kreek was born on the 16th of January 1971 in Amsterdam. Just like Frank Rijkaard he first played for the amateur soccer club 'Eland SCA' in Amsterdam. From this club he made the transfer to the youth of Ajax. His debut as professional soccer player was on the 29th of October 1989 during the match Haarlem - Ajax (0-4). Michel's position is a defender. Until the season of 1994/95, he played for Ajax. He then transferred to Padova, Italy and played there for two years. After those two years Michel played one year for Perugia, also in Italy. For the season of 1997/98 he returned back home to the Netherlands to play for Vitesse for five seasons. In 2003/04 he went to play for AEK Athene, Greece. After two years in Greece, he came back to the Netherlands. After a year and a half at Willem II he stopped as a professional soccer player. |
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Frank Rijkaard was born on the 30th of September 1962 in Amsterdam. His first amateur soccer clubs were 'Eland SCA' and the youth of Ajax in Amsterdam. His debut as professional soccer player was on the 23rd of August 1980. It was the match between Ajax - Go Ahead Eagles (4-2). Frank Rijkaard stayed as central defender/ midfielder at Ajax until the season of 1987/88. After eight years of playing for Ajax, Frank left to play with Real Zaragoza in Spain. He played there for one season and exchanged his club for AC Milan where he played for five years. But there was only one club where Frank felt at home, Ajax. He played there for the seasons of 1994/95 & 1995/96. He ended his career as professional soccer player at Ajax. Frank Rijkaard played more than 455 soccer games now that's a beautiful number to start a career at a whole different level, as coach. In 1997/98 his function was to assist the head coach of the Dutch national team, the following year Frank Rijkaard was appointed coach of the dutch national team. He finished his national coach period with a beautiful result; the semi finals of the European Championship 2000. After a one year break, Frank Rijkaard started again as coach of the Dutch soccer club Sparta. He is currently the coach of FC Barcelona, where he won his first national title as a coach. |
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Later on his career
he played for Roda JC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and FC Utrecht.
After his professional career Van der Lem started to work as a football coach,
first as an assistant at HFC Haarlem and Ajax Amsterdam, where he was the
long-time helping hand of head coach Louis van Gaal. His first assignment as a
head coach came in 1999, when he joined AZ Alkmaar. He also coached the
Saudi Arabia national football team (2002-2004). |
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Emmanuel Olisadebe was born one the 22th of December 1978 in Warri, Nigeria. He is a Polish football striker who plays for the Greek side Skoda Xanthi. He controversially became a citizen of Poland after the President of PZPN (Polish FA) and the country's President were persuaded to do so by Zbigniew Boniek, one of Poland's legendary footballers. Prior to this, he began playing for Polonia Warszawa. He has also played for the national team. Olisadebe made a huge move to the Greek giants Panathinaikos where he scored 24 goals in 54 matches which averages out to just under 1 goal every 2 games. Since his days of glory he has suffered many severe knee injuries (damaged knee cartilage) which have taken away his ability to be the player he once was, although he still caught the attention of Portsmouth's manager Harry Redknapp, who was desperate for reinforcements to prevent relegation. Redknapp called upon Olisadebe, along with Benjani Mwaruwari, to provide the attacking force needed to stay out of the bottom three. Evangelos Mantzios was born on the 22nd of April 1983 in Athens. He is a Greek soccer player. Evangelos Mantzios began his career in Athens, at the amateur soccer association Panionios Kallithea. In 2001 he transferred to Panionios Athens where he signed his first contract as a professional player. When he played in Panionios, Marztios convinced his team and made a big step to the (main) formation, despite his young age. Later, Mantzios began to play for Panathinaikos where he started of as a supplement player, but soon led to a 2:1 victory in the UEFA champions League against Werder Bremen. Evangelos Mantzios plays center-forward and is 1.91m tall. |
Nasief Morris was born on April 16th, 1981 in Cape Town, South Africa and is a South African football player. Nasief Morris started his professional career at the football association FC Santos, an association from Cape Town. After four years, the South African defender moved to the Greek club Aris Thessalonica. Morris had to persuade Aris Thessalonica of his creative skills, which led to a place in the starting lineup of the team. In the summer of 2003 Morris decided to play for Panathinaikos Athens. In 2004, Morris, was selected for the National South African team and was even chosen as best defender of Greece. Flávio da Conceição was born on the 13th of June 1974 in Santa Maria da Serra. He is a Brazilian footballer who is currently without a club. Flávio has had a successful career for club and country. He has represented Brazil in the Copa América winning sides. Flávio began his career with Rio Branco EC in 1992. He then joined Palmeiras a year later and racked up over 100 appearances in 3 years. This caught the attention of Deportivo La Coruña who signed him after the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Flávio was a key force in Deportivo's rise in Spanish football. This was shown by Deportivo's 1999/2000 Primera División triumph. This lead on to a €26m bid from Real Madrid. He stayed in Madrid and was blighted by injuries, although he was part of the 2001/02 Champions League win. He was loaned out to Borussia Dortmund in 2003 but failed to make an impact. He switched to Galatasaray in 2004, after 4 injury prone years at Real Madrid. In his first season with Galatasaray, they won the Turkish Cup but failed to make the Champions League. This activated a clause in his contract which allowed him to leave and he transfered to Panathinaikos. Pini Balili is born on the 18th of June 18 in 1979. He is an Israeli football player currently at Sivasspor in Turkey. As a youngster, Balili grew up supporting Hapoel Tel Aviv and was part of the youth system there before moving to Shimshon Tel Aviv in his teens. It wasn't long before he caught the eye of Hapoel scouts who saw Balili as a missed opportunity so the club purchased his contract after just one professional season. His breakout did not come until the Dror Kashtan era at Hapoel Tel Aviv. Instrumental in the clubs success in the UEFA Cup, Balili found himself playing for the national team as well. After the 2002-03 season, Hapoel decided to cut wages and Pini left for newly promoted Turkish club Istanbulspor. |
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Michael Petkovic is born on the 16th of July 16 1976 in Perth. He is an Australian Football (soccer) player. Petkovic currently plays as a goalkeeper for Sivasspor in the Turkish Super Premier League. He is the brother of Perth Glory goalkeeper Jason Petkovic. |
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Pierre Owono Ebéde is born on the 9th of September 1980 in Yaoundé. He is a Cameroonian goalkeeper currenty playing for Panathinaikos FC. Edebe came to Greece from Cameroon during the 1998 summer transfer window for Apollon Kalamarias. He stayed there until January 2002, when a former team called Chalkidona FC (in 2005 was merged with Atromitos) they bought him. His good performances led Greek giants Panathinaikos FC to buy him in 2005. He is known for his very good reflexes and some Panathinaikos fans believe he is better than Antonis Nikopolidis. Pascal Heije was born on 2nd of October 1979 in Amsterdam and is a Dutch football player. His career had a promising start in the youth selection of Ajax. At one moment he was even called the most valuable player of the youth. Ajax later loaned him to Dutch Club RBC for three seasons. In that time he got to know Johan Neeskens, who obtained him in the season 2003/2004 to Dutch Club NEC. At NEC he played 34 games in two seasons. |
Lucian Sânmartean was born on 27th of July 1986 in Romania and is a Romanian football player and has a contract at FC Utrecht since February 2007.
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Vurnon Anita was born on the 4th of April 1989 in Willemstad, Curacao. He is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Ajax Amsterdam where he also started his career. He made his debut in the 2005-06 season playing one match in the Eredivisie. In 2005, he participated in the World Championships. In February 2007 he was the only Dutchman in the European selection for the UEFA/CAF Meridian Cup. Serginho Greene was born on the 24th of June 1982 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a Dutch soccer player who currently plays as a defender for Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Eredivisie. Greene's life has been all about football since he was a little kid, growing up in the south-eastern part of Amsterdam where playing street football was a daily routine. He was never interested in other sports, only football. He loved to play with the ball and work on his technique by doing tricks or playing matches on the streets of Amsterdam. At six, his father took him to FC Abcoude where he played in their youth squads until he was twelve, before joining Ajax Amsterdam's famous football school. He cruised through all youth squads until the A1 squad where they told him he was too good for Ajax' reserve team, but was not yet able to make the step towards their first team. They offered him to join HFC Haarlem
Martin Jacobson is a true ICON and an incredible person that has lived a life that is worth volumes. His challenges, accomplishments and awards speak for itself. We are proud to have him as an official Ambassador of Masters of the Game. Martin Luther King Varsity High School
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Hector Augusto was born on the 4th of November 1977 in Baruta, Edo Miranda, Venezuela. Check his resume .