Soccer Players

It is a proven truth due to the reason that it is one game that could be played with minimum expenses and is played and watched all round the world, in every continent with almost equal fervour and enthusiasm. Soccer has produced many well known players over the years. Here we are going to name few of them

Hugo Sanchez Marquez, presently, the coach of the Mexican National team, he was once the striker in the national team. He played for four main European soccer clubs, including Real Madrid. As a part of the Mexican football team he played three world cups. Although very successful won the domestic football, Sanchez could not perform well enough on the international scene. His bad form coincided with the bad performance of the whole Mexican team.

Michelle Ackers was a thundering centre forward who dominated the Women’s World Cup in China. She earned a Golden Boot during the championship. She later became mid- fielder. She had an unmatched ability to shoot the ball from a distance and also had control over the defense while the ball is still in air. Her ball tackling and distribution abilities made her one of the key US player.

David Beckham first joined the youth team of Manchester United at the age of sixteen. However, he could not make to the senior squad for another five years. In 1997/98 season he finally managed to attract the attention of the selectors for the upcoming World Cup squad. During the World Cup he drew further attention by scoring a goal from a free kick, his major strength, during the play offs.

Mia Hamm is recognized as one of the greatest soccer player USA has ever produced, male or female. She was the youngest woman who joined the US soccer squad at the age of 15 in 1987. She was the youngest American woman who won a World Cup at the age of nineteen in 1991. In 1999 she broke the record of most goals scored by a woman when she scored her 108th goal against Brazil.

The evaluation of the soccer player is done on various levels. They are given the ratings on a scale of five points. The player five points means to possess extra ordinary abilities. First they are accessed on the level of technical abilities. Whether he could control the ball, how much accurate and skill full is he in giving the passes to other players. The other things noted in the technical abilities are dribbling, heading and finishing. The other important things for a player’s evaluation are his physical fitness and personality traits. It is important that all the coaches must take care of all these aspects for a better development of a soccer player. The coach must also decide the positions of the players before evaluating them as not every one could be an excellent striker or a defender.

Nutrition is the most important topic in sports now-a-days. While making a soccer player’s diet chart it must be kept in mind that healthy eating habits full of carbohydrates, fats and proteins and not the weight is important for them.

A soccer player’s salary is dependent upon the player’s caliber, the club and the league he is playing. Added to the basics salary is the bonuses which he gets based upon his performance, advertising and sponsorship which the high profile players get from the sponsors. The stats of the soccer players show that David Beckham is the most well paid player getting 32 million dollars a year. World of sports is always full of various events good or bad, soccer is no exception. Death is an essential part of life but it became a part of soccer when a soccer player from Celtic, the Scottish league club died on the field during the match.