correct as of 00:05‚ 14 February 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:32‚ 29 February 2012 (UTC) Lionel Andrés Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi]‚ born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays in La Liga for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team‚ mainly as a forward. Messi received Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21‚ won both the Ballon d’Or[2] and FIFA World Player
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Birthday: 06/24/1987 Full name: Lionel Andres Messi Place of Birth: Rosario‚ Argentina Height: 1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in) Weight: 67 kg Position: Attacking midfielder/ Forward Nickname(s): "the new Diego Maradona"‚ The Flea Wife / girlfriend: Antonella Rocuzzo Lives in: Barcelona About Lionel Messi Game Style Messi is an unusual player. He is highly creative‚ and has the skills to take on defenders with ease. He is a versatile left-footed player who can play either
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Introduction: The Argentine economy has a distinguished history littered with bouts of financial crises and economic turmoil resulting from failed economic stabilization programs that stretches as far back as the Baring Crash of 1890 - considered to be the world’s first full-fledge emerging market currency crisis. For example‚ by some accounts‚ Argentina has had as many as eight major episodes of currency crises since 1970. Notwithstanding this litany of banking and economic debacles‚ the underlying
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OF EARNINGS OF GHANAIAN FOOTBALLERS AND OFFICIALS AT FIFA 2010 By Isaac Nyame & Abdallah Ali-Nakyea of WTS Nakyea & Adebiyi (Tax Attorneys & Solicitors) Introduction The FIFA world cup Fiesta in South Africa came to a very successful end on Sunday‚ 11 July 2010. It has been hailed‚ and rightly so‚ by most football pundits as one of the most successful international sporting events organized by an African Country. Once again Ghanaian footballers made us proud by putting
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Content Abstract 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Literature review
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money than a footballer? I think it is very irrational for a footballer to win more than a scientist because it is important to mention that the degree of studies‚ effort and practice involved in becoming a great scientist is more difficult‚ and I think that he should be better paid than a professional player. soccer since a soccer player must acquire unique skills but it is not very difficult to achieve with daily practice and it does not take a great intellect to be a great footballer it is only
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and Societies Course Code: HIST2104 Professor: Dr. Sierakowski Question #10: What was the impact of the 1976 military coup and the “dirty war” on Argentine society? (Oral Presentation) Thesis: The impacts that the 1976 military coup and the Dirty War had on Argentine society was a great tragedy killing a numerous amount of Argentines in an effort to counter the perceived threat of leftist social activism. The dirty war in Argentina started in 1976 after a military
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paid players earning a staggering estimated amount of £200‚000 a week. The question has therefore been raised‚ are footballers being paid too much ? Football isn’t just a game its an organistation it has evolved ‚ and upholds an obligation to be considered alongside the company of Hollywood and so forth as a major form of entertainment. As well as musicians and actors footballers are paid to entertain the people. The players are employees and the amount of money they get paid is only on account
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companies in latin America. It holds 30% of the Argentine open systems software market. In 1994 since the market was moving from procedural programming and character based interface design which was Intersoft’s traditional strength toward object oriented and programming and GUIs. So since orgland had extensive experience in Graphic user interfaces (GUI)‚ it was a perfect fit to work vit was a young and dynamic team. Even though Russians and Argentines have similarities in their culture there are
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David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2‚ 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone‚ London. He is a midfielder for Real Madrid and captain of the English national team. He is noted for the quality of his crossing and ability to hit free-kicks and corners‚ particularly at long-range free-kicks and also for his marriage to a Spice Girl. He has played most of his career for Manchester United. Although there are arguably many better current players in world football none are
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