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A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football , American football , Canadian football , Australian rules football , Gaelic football , rugby league , and rugby union .
Messi has also invested in youth football in Argentina: he financially supports Sarmiento, a football club based in the Rosario neighbourhood where he was born, committing in 2013 to the refurbishment of their facilities and the installation of all-weather pitches, and funds the management of several youth players at Newell's Old Boys and rival ...
Youngest footballer in an international match: 14 years and 2 days – Lucas Knecht, Northern Mariana Islands v Guam, 2008 East Asian Football Championship, 1 April 2007 [96] [97] [note 30] Youngest footballer in first division: 12 years and 362 days – Mauricio Baldivieso , Aurora v La Paz , 2009 Bolivian Primera División , 19 July 2009 ...
Player – Nationality, first name and last name or nickname. Position – Role on the field of play. Real Madrid career – Playing career at the club. Captaincy – Captaincy period at the club. Appearances – Number of games played. Goals – Number of goals scored. Notes – Notes of the player's information.
Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on 23 October 1940 in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, the son of Fluminense footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Celeste Arantes (1922–2024). [9]
Three days later, he scored another four goals in a 6–0 home win over Sporting Gijón, becoming the first player to score four times in back-to-back matches in the history of La Liga. [166] On 30 April, Suárez became only the second player in the history of the club to reach the milestone of 35 goals in a single league season.
On 10 March 2007, he scored his first hat-trick in a Clásico, the first player to do so in 12 years, equalising after each goal by Real Madrid to end the match in a 3–3 home draw in injury time. [41] His growing importance to the club was reflected in a new contract, signed that month, which greatly increased his wages. [42]
Outside the transfer window in England, once seven days have passed following the end of a transfer window, clubs from the English Football League (Regulation 53.3.4) [40] and (provided the player is not registered with a club from any league below the National League division) National League division [41] (Rule 6.6.4) can loan in players i ...