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A testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, particularly in association football in the United Kingdom and South America, where a club has a match to honour a player for service to the club. These matches are always non-competitive.
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 .
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as an independent unit or as part of a larger sports organization as a subsidiary of the parent club or ...
The Football Ramble - By Four Men Who Love The Game They Hate is a book written by the presenters and published in October 2016 by Penguin Random House through their Century imprint. A non-fiction work around various different aspects of football, it was supported by a UK book tour and theatre show, and released to critical acclaim. The Daily ...
A one-club man is a sportsman who has played his entire professional career with only one club. The term is often used in the context of team sports such as football or rugby . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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Before the decree-law Lei n.º 2104, de 30 de maio de 1960, and formal professionalization in the sport, players of Portuguese top division clubs already earned prize money and bonus, and even received job offers arranged by the football club in order to earn a salary aside from football since the sport lacked a legal framework regarding ...