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Raúl González
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Personal information
Full name Raúl González Blanco
Date of birth 27 June 1977 (1977-06-27) (age 33)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Schalke 04
Number 7
Youth career
1987–1990 San Cristóbal de los Ángeles
1990–1992 Atlético Madrid
1992–1994 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994 Real Madrid C 9 (16)
1994 Real Madrid B 1 (0)
1994–2010 Real Madrid 550 (228)
2010– Schalke 04 1 (0)
National team‡
1994 Spain U18 2 (4)
1995 Spain U20 5 (3)
1995–1996 Spain U21 9 (8)
1996 Spain U23 4 (2)
1996–2006 Spain 102 (44)
• Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 April 2010

Raúl González Blanco (born 27 June 1977 in Madrid, Spain), known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04, in the Bundesliga.[2] Raul has spent most of his career playing for Spanish club Real Madrid until 2010 and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. Raúl is a three-time winner of the UEFA Champions League and has long been the competition's all-time leading goal scorer. He left Real Madrid on 25 July 2010, having scored 323 goals in 740 appearances.[3][4][5][6] He is also the all-time top goalscorer for the Spanish national side.
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* 1 Club career
o 1.1 Youth clubs
o 1.2 Real Madrid
o 1.3 Schalke 04
* 2 International career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Honours
o 4.1 Club
o 4.2 Individual
o 4.3 Orders
* 5 Statistics
o 5.1 Club goals
o 5.2 International goals
* 6 References
* 7 External links

[edit] Club career
[edit] Youth clubs

Raúl career began at his local team San Cristóbal de los Ángeles playing for their Alevín team and the Infantil the next season. He signed with Atlético Madrid's Infantil team and won a national title with the Cadete team the following season. After Atlético's president Jesús Gil closed the youth academy as a cost-saving measure, Raúl moved on to Real Madrid's Cadete team. The following season, he was promoted to the Juvenil C team but subsequently played for Juvenil B, Juvenil A and Junior teams.
[edit] Real Madrid
Raúl González in 2009

Started his professional career in the 1994-95 season with Real Madrid C, but was promoted to first team by coach Jorge Valdano after a few games. He became the youngest player (seventeen years and four months) ever to play for the senior side, scoring in his second senior game against derby rivals Atlético Madrid. In all, Raúl registered nine goals in 28 appearances to help Real Madrid win the 1994–95 league championship in his first season. Over the next eight seasons, he won several honours, including another three La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues. For most of this time, Raúl struck up a prolific scoring partnership with Fernando Morientes (and later, Ronaldo). Raúl took over the captaincy of Real Madrid when Fernando Hierro was transferred in 2003, a responsibility he held until leaving the club in 2010. Unusually for such a successful and long-serving player, and despite appearing in two finals, 2002 (in which he scored) and 2004, Raúl has never won the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup).

He became the first player to score fifty Champions League goals when he netted in a 2–1 group stage win over Olympiacos on 28 September 2005,[7] and continues to be the all-time leader in both Champions League goals (66) and appearances (128).[8] He was also the first player to score in two Champions League finals, netting in the finals of both 2000 against Valencia in Paris, and 2002 against Bayer Leverkusen in Glasgow. Samuel Eto'o later equalled this feat, scoring in the 2006 final against Arsenal and in 2009 against Manchester United.

Raúl holds the distinction of having never received a red card throughout his 15 years at the professional level.[9] On 11 November 2008, Raúl scored his 300th goal for Real Madrid with a hat-trick against Real Unión, with Real winning the game 4–3 but being eliminated on away goals after drawing 6–6 on aggregate.[10] He has scored 322 career goals for Real Madrid, breaking the long-standing club record of Alfredo di Stéfano with a volleyed goal against Sporting Gijon on 15 February 2009. He is also the top active La Liga goalscorer with 227 of his 322 goals scored in La Liga matches,[11] and is presently third on the all-time list, which is headed by Telmo Zarra with 251 goals.[12] Raúl holds the record of all-time top La Liga scorer for Real Madrid with 227, a record previously held by Alfredo di Stéfano.
Raúl González

Raúl and fellow long-serving teammate Iker Casillas were both awarded a 'contract for life' in 2008 – the terms of which stipulate that it will be renewed annually for as long as they play 30 games per season.[13] On 23 September 2009, Raúl equaled former veteran and legend Manolo Sanchís' league appearance record for Real Madrid,[14] and is now the second in the La Liga behind Andoni Zubizarreta who played 622 games.[15]

The club confirmed on 25 July 2010 that Raúl would be leaving the club, a day after Guti confirmed he too would be leaving the club after 25 years.[4]
[edit] Schalke 04

Raúl signed a 2 year contract with FC Schalke 04 on 28 July 2010, ending speculation about his future. Schalke coach Felix Magath hailed the signing as "Great news for Schalke" and "we have succeeded in signing such an exceptional footballer."[2] He scored his first goals for the club on 1 August 2010 in a 3-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the final of the 2010 LIGA total! Cup. He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 August 2010, in a 2-1 defeat against Hamburg.[16]
[edit] International career

Raúl began his rise in the international scene with the youth teams and was chosen to represent Spain at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, scoring 2 goals. He has scored a national record 44 goals in 102 caps for Spain. He is also second in terms of caps won for Spain, with 102.[17] The former captain has made more international appearances for Spain than any other outfield player. Raúl was not chosen for Euro 1996 and had to wait until October 1996 to earn his first senior cap against the Czech Republic. He participated in three World Cups from 1998 to 2006, along with Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, scoring at least one goal in each of the three World Cup competitions. Raúl took over the team captaincy following the retirement of Fernando Hierro in 2002, but has not been chosen for the national team since September 2006, following a shock 3–2 defeat against Northern Ireland in Belfast (a game in which Raúl hit the post late on). In addition, he was not selected for the UEFA Euro 2008 final tournament (which Spain eventually won) as Luis Aragonés preferred Fernando Torres and David Villa. His clubmate and goalkeeper Iker Casillas succeeded him as captain.

Of his 44 international goals, Raúl scored 25 goals in competitive games, 6 of which were in the finals of major tournaments. In a Euro 2000 qualifier, on 27 March 1999, Raúl scored one of only two international hat-tricks during Spain's 9–0 rout of Austria.[18] Interestingly, another international hat-trick was scored 4 days later, against San Marino during the same qualifying tournament.
[edit] Personal life

For many years, Raúl's goal celebration has consisted of kissing his wedding ring as an acknowledgment to his wife Mamen Sanz who he married in 1999 and with whom he has four sons and a daughter: Jorge, named after Jorge Valdano, Hugo after Hugo Sánchez, twins Héctor and Mateo named after Héctor Rial and Lothar Matthäus[19] and María.[20] He enjoys reading, especially the books of Arturo Pérez Reverte, and listening to Spanish music.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club

Real Madrid

* La Liga (6): 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
* Supercopa de España (4): 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008
* UEFA Champions League (3): 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02
* UEFA Super Cup (1): 2002
* Intercontinental Cup (2): 1998, 2002

[edit] Individual

* Don Balón Award for Breakthrough Player in La Liga: 1995
* IFFHS World Goalgetter: 1999
* Euro 2000 Team of the Tournament
* ESM Team of the Year: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00
* Pichichi Trophy (2): 1999, 2001
* UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 1999-00, 2000–2001
* UEFA Chapions League Best Forward(3): 1990–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
* FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award: 2001
* European Footballer of the Year Silver Award: 2001
* UEFA Club Forward of the Year (3): 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
* Premio Don Balón for Best Spanish player in La Liga (5): 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
* FIFA 100
* Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2008[21][22]
* Madrid Gold Medal: 2009[23]
* Golden Foot 2nd place: 2009
* In the world team of the Decade by mirrorfootball: 2009[24]
* Real Madrid Record Goalscorer: 323 Goals
* Real Madrid Record Appearance Maker: 741 Games
* Spain all time top scorer: 44 goals (1st)

Ruud van Nistelrooy
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Personal information
Full name Rutgerus Johannes
Martinus van Nistelrooij
Date of birth 1 July 1976 (1976-07-01) (age 34)
Place of birth Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Hamburg
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994–1997 Den Bosch 69 (17)
1997–1998 Heerenveen 31 (13)
1998–2001 PSV Eindhoven 67 (62)
2001–2006 Manchester United 150 (95)
2006–2010 Real Madrid 68 (46)
2010– Hamburg 12 (7)
National team‡
1998–2008 Netherlands 64 (33)
• Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:06, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (Dutch pronunciation: [ryt vɑn ˈnɪstəlroːi̯] ( listen); born 1 July 1976), better known as Ruud van Nistelrooy, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hamburg in the German Bundesliga. He is the second-highest goalscorer in Champions League history with 60 goals. He is a three-time Champions League top scorer, as well as a top scorer in three different European domestic leagues.

Van Nistelrooy began his career with Den Bosch, before moving onto Heerenveen, eventually making a name for himself at PSV Eindhoven where he won two Dutch leagues. His goalscoring record at PSV attracted attention from Manchester United; a deal was in place in the summer of 2000, but because of injury problems his move was secured a year later for a then British record fee of £19m. His time at United was successful, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield, along with winning the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year twice. Van Nistelrooy hit 150 goals in just 219 games for United, as well as being their all time European record goalscorer, but fell out of favour towards the end of his tenure with Real Madrid then securing his services in 2006. Although an injury blighted the end of his days with Madrid, he did win La Liga twice and the Supercopa de España before signing for Hamburg during the January transfer window in 2010.

Van Nistelrooy made his Netherlands debut in 1998 and went on to score 33 goals in 64 internationals for them, leaving him joint third all-time top scorer for his country. He announced his retirement from international football in 2007, before being persuaded to play again, but announced his retirement again in 2008 after the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament.
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* 1 Club career
o 1.1 Early career
o 1.2 Manchester United
o 1.3 Real Madrid
o 1.4 Hamburg
* 2 International career
* 3 Personal life
o 3.1 Family
o 3.2 Charity work
* 4 Statistics
o 4.1 Club
o 4.2 International
* 5 Honours
o 5.1 Club
o 5.2 Individual
* 6 References
* 7 External links

[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career

Born in Oss, North Brabant, Van Nistelrooy started his professional career in 1993 with Dutch second division side Den Bosch, where he was converted from a central defender to centre forward after playing part-time for Nooit Gedacht and Magriet. After netting 12 goals in 31 games in the 1996–97 campaign, he transferred for €360,000 to Heerenveen the next year, and scored 13 goals in 31 matches in his only season with the club. He was then signed by PSV Eindhoven the next season for €6.3 million, a then-record transfer sum between two Dutch teams.

He scored 31 goals in 34 matches, the highest season total in the Eredivisie and second-highest in Europe overall, in addition to scoring all three of PSV's goals in a Champions League match against HJK Helsinki on 25 November 1998. Van Nistelrooy capped off the year by winning the Dutch Player of the Year award. The next season, he won his second Eredivisie scoring title with 29 goals. According to a 2001 interview with The Telegraph, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson said that his son Darren, who was at tryouts for Eredivisie rival Heerenveen at the time, begged his father, "You've got to sign Van Nistelrooy right away, he's fantastic. We've been watching him."[2] Ferguson sent team representatives to PSV's next league game and signed Van Nistelrooy the next day.[2]

Van Nistelrooy looked set to complete an £18.5 million transfer to Manchester United in the summer of 2000. A press conference had been called to confirm Van Nistelrooy's arrival, but instead this was used to announce that the transfer had been delayed over concerns about his fitness. Days later, he suffered ruptured cruciate knee ligaments during a training session and the deal was axed.[3] When the transaction was completed in April 2001, United were forced to pay PSV an additional £500,000 for the player's services.
[edit] Manchester United
Van Nistelrooy playing for Manchester United against Chelsea.

Van Nistelrooy signed a five-year contract after passing his medical.[4] He downplayed United's £19 million investment to reporters, saying "The price is not heavy for me – it lifts me up because it means United have big confidence in me."[2] During his first season, Van Nistelrooy scored 23 goals in 32 league games. He broke the record he shared with Mark Stein, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry, by scoring in eight consecutive league games. He also scored 10 Champions League goals, and was named the PFA Players' Player of the Year. The following season, he finished as the top Premier League scorer with 25 in 34 games, including three hat-tricks, and he ended the season on another eight-game scoring streak.[5][dead link] He started the 2003–04 season by scoring twice in his first two league matches, which boosted his goals in consecutive games record to 10 matches in a row. He scored his 100th goal for the club in a 4–3 victory over Everton on 7 February 2004. He scored two goals, one a penalty, in United's victory over Millwall in the 2004 FA Cup Final.[6]

Van Nistelrooy missed most of the 2004–05 season due to injury, but nonetheless scored a Champions League-best eight goals. One of them was his thirtieth career European goal, which he scored in a 2–2 Champions League group stage draw with Lyon on 16 September 2004, overtaking Denis Law's previous club record of 28 goals. Law later said to reporters, "I'm delighted for Ruud. It could not happen to a nicer guy."[7] Manchester United were eliminated by eventual finalists Milan in the knockout stage after going scoreless in both legs.

At the start of the 2005–06 season, Van Nistelrooy scored in United's first four Premier League games. He finished as the second-highest league scorer with 21 goals, behind Arsenal's Thierry Henry. By the end of his fifth season with United, Van Nistelrooy had amassed 150 goals in fewer than 200 starts.
Van Nistelrooy shields the ball during a match against Tottenham Hotspur.

Van Nistelrooy was benched for the League Cup final against Wigan Athletic, fuelling speculation of a rift between him and coach Alex Ferguson, which Van Nistelrooy denied. He was nonetheless left on the bench for six consecutive league matches, and though he then returned to the starting line-up and scored match-winners against West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers, fresh doubt spread over Van Nistelrooy's future when he was benched for United's season finale win over Charlton Athletic. Ferguson claimed that Van Nistelrooy was angry at the decision and left the stadium three hours before kick-off.

On 9 May 2006, Setanta Sports reported that Van Nistelrooy's exclusion from the squad was due to a training session fight between him and team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo. Van Nistelrooy allegedly criticised Ronaldo's tendency to hold onto the ball instead of passing to his team-mates, which sparked the fight, after which Van Nistelrooy remarked, "Go crying to your daddy." The article claimed that this was not a reference to Ronaldo's father (who had died earlier in the season), but to United's Portuguese assistant coach, Carlos Queiroz.[8][dead link]

Van Nistelrooy signed with Spanish side Real Madrid on 28 July 2006, departing Manchester United after five seasons with a total of 150 goals in 220 appearances, as well as the club's all-time European scoring record with 38 goals.
[edit] Real Madrid
Van Nistelrooy in action for Real Madrid.

On 15 July 2006, Ferguson confirmed that Van Nistelrooy wanted to leave Manchester United, and Real Madrid announced two weeks later that he had signed a three-year contract after bein
Van Nistelrooy scored a hat-trick in his second league match against Levante and, on 12 November 2006, he scored all four of Real Madrid's goals in a 4–1 victory over Osasuna. He won the league's Pichichi award with 25 goals as Real Madrid took home the 2006–07 title, and he also equalled the longest consecutive scoring streak in La Liga history with seven straight matches, tying a league record shared by Hugo Sánchez.[10]
Van Nistelrooy on the road with Real Madrid.

In January 2008, Van Nistelrooy signed a contract extension keeping him with Madrid until 2010, with the expiration date one day shy of his 34th birthday.[11] He underwent ankle surgery in March,[12] and returned for the El Clásico derby against Barcelona on 7 May, in which he netted a penalty two minutes after coming on as a substitute.[13] He finished the season with 20 goals in 32 appearances.

In November 2008, Real Madrid announced that Van Nistelrooy would miss the remainder of the 2008–09 season after exploratory arthroscopic surgery revealed a partially torn meniscus in his right knee

Andy van der Meijde, anglicised to van der Meyde, (born 30 September 1979 in Arnhem, Gelderland) is a Dutch footballer, who is currently a free agent.
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* 1 Club career
o 1.1 Ajax
o 1.2 Internazionale
o 1.3 Everton
o 1.4 PSV Eindhoven
* 2 International career
o 2.1 International goal
* 3 References
* 4 External links

[edit] Club career
[edit] Ajax

Van der Meyde signed up with the Ajax youth academy as a youngster, and made his first team debut aged just 18, helping his side beat Twente 1–0 on 12 November 1997. In 1999, in order to gain first-team experience, he was loaned to Twente for a season, and was an undisputed starter for a team that finished sixth.

It would be in the 2001–02 season that van der Meyde established himself as starter at Ajax. After a turbulent first half to the season, Ronald Koeman was instated as head coach. Van der Meyde would become an integral part in the rebuilding of the team, and would make the number 7 position his own. The season ended in huge success for both player and club, as Ajax conquered the double, with van der Meyde netting five times in the league.

In 2002–03, van der Meyde became a key member of a young and successful team – one that included stars such as Ahmed Hossam Mido, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder, Steven Pienaar and Cristian Chivu. The club's Champions League run would be the major highlight, as Ajax marched past the likes of Lyon, Rosenborg, Valencia, Arsenal and AS Roma, against whom van der Meyde scored an away goal (1–1), thanks to which Ajax advanced to the competition's second group stage. He netted a career-best total of 11 goals in the 2002–03 season.
[edit] Internazionale

Van der Meyde was snapped up by Italian Serie A side Internazionale for £4 million.[1] However, he managed only 14 league appearances in his first season. He would be remembered for his spectacular goal against Arsenal in the 2003–04 Champions League match, at Highbury.[2]
[edit] Everton

After 29 appearances for Inter in the 2004–05 season, van der Meyde was informed that he would be allowed to find another club. Strong speculation suggested a return to Ajax, with additional reported interest from French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco and English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. However, on 31 August 2005, he agreed a contract with another Premier League club, Everton for £2 million. On 25 March 2006, in his first Merseyside derby against Liverpool, he received a straight red card for his challenge on Liverpool's Xabi Alonso. Everton eventually lost the match 3–1.

In the summer of 2006, van der Meyde proved once again to be the centre of much speculation regarding his future, having failed to properly settle at Everton, making only 11 appearances in his first season thanks to a combination of injuries and rumours of alcoholism. He staunchly denied any such allegations and reaffirmed his commitment to Everton in June 2006, stating

"I want to stay, I am desperate to stay. I love it here. Everything suits my game. I'm happy in England and I want to show everyone that I can really play football. If I get the chance next season, I will do it."[3]

Van der Meyde was admitted to hospital in the early hours of 7 August, with breathing problems. It was claimed that his drink had been spiked whilst in a bar in Liverpool. He was fined by Everton for breach of discipline. To further add to a miserable week, his house was burgled during Everton's friendly with Athletic de Bilbao five days later. His Ferrari, Mini Cooper, and dog were amongst the items stolen. The cars and pet dog were since found, although the Ferrari had its windscreen smashed.[4] In March 2007, van der Meyde accused manager David Moyes of telling 'downright lies' in regard to his fitness. He apologised afterwards.

In July 2007, van der Meyde played a full 90 minutes in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. In arguably his most successful pre-season at the club, he went on to complete several friendly matches in an attempt to gain fitness ahead of the new Premier League campaign. However, van der Meyde further cast a doubt over his Everton future by failing to turn up for a scheduled training session. After a string of disciplinary problems, rumours (which proved to be inaccurate) grew that Moyes would opt to sell the player before the end of the transfer window.[citation needed]

On 18 August 2007, van der Meyde was suspended following a 'breach of club discipline', because he had failed to appear at training, being fined two weeks' wages, a total of £50,000.[5][6] Following this, he did not make a first team appearance for over a year and was limited to just reserve team football.

On 10 June 2007, it emerged that several clubs were interested in signing van der Meyde including Red Bull Salzburg, but he chose to stay at Everton, citing being settled in the area and his daughter requiring medical attention from local hospitals.[7]

On 7 December 2008, he returned to first-team football, playing five minutes for an injury-hit Everton side in a 3-2 home defeat to Aston Villa. The following month, he was brought on as a substitute in the FA Cup fourth round replay against Liverpool, assisting Dan Gosling's winning strike in the 118th minute.[8] When van der Meyde's contract ended in the summer of 2009 he was released by Everton.
[edit] PSV Eindhoven

He spent six months unattached before agreeing a short-term deal with PSV Eindhoven in January 2010 until June.[9] On 23 April 2010, van der Meyde made his PSV debut in a 3-0 friendly win over VVV-Venlo.
[edit] International career

In May 2002, van der Meyde was handed his debut for Dick Advocaat's Dutch national squad against USA, which he marked with a memorable goal in a 2–0 victory.

In the summer of 2004, van der Meyde helped Holland reach the semi-finals of Euro 2004, featuring in four matches in the build-up to the semifinals against Portugal, being however overlooked for that game. Since Euro 2004, when Marco van Basten took over as national team coach, he has not received a call-up to the Dutch national team due the emergence of younger players such as Arjen Robben, Robin van Persie and Rafael van der Vaart.
[edit] International goal
Andy van der Meyde: International goals # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. May 2002 CMGI Field United States 1 – 0 2 – 0 Friendly match

AFC Ajax

* Eredivisie: 1997–98, 2001–2002
* KNVB Cup: 1998, 1999, 2002
* Johan Cruijff Shield: 2002, runner-up 1998, 1999

F.C. Internazionale Milano

* Coppa Italia: 2005
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2005

Everton F.C.

* Liverpool Senior Cup: 2005, 2007

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Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein, 1921
Born 14 March 1879(1879-03-14)
Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died 18 April 1955 (aged 76)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Resting place Grounds of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
Residence Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Ethnicity Jewish
Citizenship

* Württemberg/Germany (until 1896)
* Stateless (1896–1901)
* Switzerland (from 1901)
* Austria (1911–12)
* Germany (1914–33)
* Albania (from 1935)[1]
* United States (from 1940)[2]

Alma mater

* ETH Zurich
* University of Zurich

Known for

* General relativity
* Special relativity
* Photoelectric effect
* Brownian motion
* Mass-energy equivalence
* Einstein field equations
* Unified Field Theory
* Bose–Einstein statistics

Spouse(s)

* Mileva Marić (1903–1919)
* Elsa Löwenthal, née Einstein, (1919–1936)

Awards

* Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
* Copley Medal (1925)
* Max Planck Medal (1929)
* Time Person of the Century

Signature

Albert Einstein (pronounced /ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn/; German: [ˈalbɐt ˈaɪnʃtaɪn] ( listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a theoretical physicist, philosopher and author who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. A German-Swiss Nobel laureate, he is often regarded as the father of modern physics.[3] He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".[4]

His many contributions to physics include the special and general theories of relativity, the founding of relativistic cosmology, the first post-Newtonian expansion, the explanation of the perihelion precession of Mercury, the prediction of the deflection of light by gravity (gravitational lensing), the first fluctuation dissipation theorem which explained the Brownian motion of molecules, the photon theory and the wave-particle duality, the quantum theory of atomic motion in solids, the zero-point energy concept, the semi-classical version of the Schrödinger equation, and the quantum theory of a monatomic gas which predicted Bose–Einstein condensation.

Einstein published more than 300 scientific and over 150 non-scientific works; he additionally wrote and commentated prolifically on various philosophical and political subjects.[5] His great intelligence and originality has made the word "Einstein" synonymous with genius.[6]
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y life and education
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Einstein at the age of 4.

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire on 14 March 1879.[7] His father was Hermann Einstein, a salesman and engineer. His mother was Pauline Einstein (née Koch). In 1880, the family moved to Munich, where his father and his uncle founded Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie, a company that manufactured electrical equipment based on direct current.[7]
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Albert Einstein in 1893 (age 14).

The Einsteins were non-observant Jews. Their son attended a Catholic elementary school from the age of five until ten.[8] Although Einstein had early speech difficulties, he was a top student in elementary school.[9][10]

His father once showed him a pocket compass; Einstein realized that there must be something causing the needle to move, despite the apparent "empty space".[11] As he grew, Einstein built models and mechanical devices for fun and began to show a talent for mathematics.[7] In 1889, Max Talmud (later changed to Max Talmey) introduced the ten-year old Einstein to key texts in science, mathematics and philosophy, including Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and Euclid's Elements (which Einstein called the "holy little geometry book").[12] Talmud was a poor Jewish medical student from Poland. The Jewish community arranged for Talmud to take meals with the Einsteins each week on Thursdays for six years. During this time Talmud wholeheartedly guided Einstein through many secular educational interests.[13][14]

In 1894, his father's company failed: direct current (DC) lost the War of Currents to alternating current (AC). In search of business, the Einstein family moved to Italy, first to Milan and then, a few months later, to Pavia. When the family moved to Pavia, Einstein stayed in Munich to finish his studies at the Luitpold Gymnasium. His father intended for him to pursue electrical engineering, but Einstein clashed with authorities and resented the school's regimen and teaching method. He later wrote that the spirit of learning and creative thought were lost in strict rote learning. In the spring of 1895, he withdrew to join his family in Pavia, convincing the school to let him go by using a doctor's note.[7] During this time, Einstein wrote his first scientific work, "The Investigation of the State of Aether in Magnetic Fields".[15]

Einstein applied directly to the Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland. Lacking the requisite Matura certificate, he took an entrance examination, which he failed, although he got exceptional marks in mathematics and physics.[16] The Einsteins sent Albert to Aarau, in northern Switzerland to finish secondary school.[7] While lodging with the family of Professor Jost Winteler, he fell in love with the family's daughter, Marie. (His sister Maja later married the Winteler son, Paul.)[17] In Aarau, Einstein studied Maxwell's electromagnetic theory. At age 17, he graduated, and, with his father's approval, renounced his citizenship in the German Kingdom of Württemberg to avoid military service, and in 1896 he enrolled in the four year mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the Polytechnic in Zurich. Marie Winteler moved to Olsberg, Switzerland for a teaching post.

Einstein's future wife, Mileva Marić, also enrolled at the Polytechnic that same year, the only woman among the six students in the mathematics and physics section of the teaching diploma course. Over the next few years, Einstein and Marić's friendship developed into romance, and they read books together on extra-curricular physics in which Einstein was taking an increasing interest. In 1900 Einstein was awarded the Zurich Polytechnic teaching diploma, but Marić failed the examination with a poor grade in the mathematics component, theory of functions.[18] There have been claims that Marić collaborated with Einstein on his celebrated 1905 papers[19][20], but historians of physics who have studied the issue find no evidence that she made any substantive contributions.[21][22][23][24]
Marriages and children
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In early 1902, Einstein and Mileva Marić had a daughter they named Lieserl in their correspondence, who was born in Novi Sad where Marić's parents lived.[25] Her full name is not known, and her fate is uncertain after 1903.[26]

Einstein and Marić married in January 1903. In May 1904, the couple's first son, Hans Albert Einstein, was born in Bern, Switzerland. Their second son, Eduard, was born in Zurich in July 1910. In 1914, Einstein moved to Berlin, while his wife remained in Zurich with their sons. Marić and Einstein divorced on 14 February 1919, having lived apart for five years.

Einstein married Elsa Löwenthal (née Einstein) on 2 June 1919, after having had a relationship with her since 1912. She was his first cousin maternally and his second cousin paternally. In 1933, they emigrated permanently to the United States. In 1935, Elsa Einstein was diagnosed with heart and kidney problems and died in December 1936.[27]
Patent office
Three young men in suits with high white collars and bow ties, sitting.
Left to right: Conrad Habicht, Maurice Solovine and Einstein, who founded the Olympia Academy
Attached stone dwelling with drapery visible in the windows. It is over a first story restaurant.
Einstein's home in Bern

After graduating, Einstein spent almost two frustrating years searching for a teaching post, but a former classmate's father helped him secure a job in Bern, at the Federal Office for Intellectual Property, the patent office, as an assistant examiner.[28] He evaluated patent applications for electromagnetic devices. In 1903, Einstein's position at the Swiss Patent Office became permanent, although he was passed over for promotion until he "fully mastered machine technology".[29]

Much of his work at the patent office related to questions about transmission of electric signals and electrical-mechanical synchronization of time, two technical problems that show up conspicuously in the thought experiments that eventually led Einstein to his radical conclusions about the nature of light and the fundamental connection between space and time.[30]

With a few friends he met in Bern, Einstein started a small discussion group, self-mockingly named "The Olympia Academy", which met regularly to discuss science and philosophy. Their readings included the works of Henri Poincaré, Ernst Mach, and David Hume, which influenced his scientific and philosophical outlook.
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Franklin Institute
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This article is about the science museum in Philadelphia. For the Boston school, see Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology.
The Franklin Institute
Established 1824
Location Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Type Science museum
Director Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Website The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute
Front steps as seen from the adjacent Moore College

The Franklin Institute (named after the noted American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin) is a museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the oldest centers of science education and development in the United States, dating to 1824. The Institute also houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.
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* 1 History
o 1.1 Succession of presidents
* 2 The Science Center
o 2.1 Permanent exhibits
o 2.2 Other attractions
o 2.3 Traveling exhibits
o 2.4 School programs/workshops
o 2.5 Homeschooling
o 2.6 Camp-In
o 2.7 Discovery Camp
o 2.8 Museum floor programs
o 2.9 The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
o 2.10 The Journal of The Franklin Institute
o 2.11 The Benjamin Franklin Awards
* 3 Informal Science Learning Research
* 4 Programs
o 4.1 The Science Leadership Academy
o 4.2 Teacher professional development
o 4.3 Partnerships for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science
o 4.4 Girls at the Center
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

[edit] History

On February 5, 1824, Samuel Vaughn Merrick and William H. Keating founded The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. The museum began in 1825 in its original building at 15 South 7th Street (now the site of the Atwater Kent Museum) and moved into its current home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, near that parkway's intersection with 20th Street, over 100 years later, in 1934. Funds to build the new Institute and Memorial on the Parkway came from the Poor Richard Club, the City Board of Trust, the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, Inc., and The Franklin Institute. John T. Windrim's original design was a completely square building surrounding the Benjamin Franklin Statue, which had yet to be built. Despite the effects of the Great Depression, the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, Inc. raised $5 million between December 1929 and June 1930. Only two of the four wings envisioned by Windrim were built. The Franklin Institute was integrated in 1870, when Philadelphia teacher and activist Octavius Catto was admitted as a member.

Many scientists have demonstrated groundbreaking new technology at The Franklin Institute. From September 2 to October 11, 1884, it hosted the International Electrical Exhibition of 1884, the first great electrical exposition in the United States.[1] Nikola Tesla demonstrated the principle of wireless telegraphy at the institute in 1893. The world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system was later given by Philo Taylor Farnsworth on August 25, 1934.

On March 31, 1940, press agent William Castellini issued a press release stating that the world would end the next day. The story was picked up by KYW, which reported, "Your worst fears that the world will end are confirmed by astronomers of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Scientists predict that the world will end at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time tomorrow. This is no April Fool joke. Confirmation can be obtained from Wagner Schlesinger, director of the Fels Planetarium of this city." This caused a panic in the city which only subsided when The Franklin Institute assured people it had made no such prediction. Castellini was dismissed shortly thereafter.[2]
[edit] Succession of presidents

* James Ronaldson (1824–1852)
* Samuel V. Merrick (1852–1854)
* John C. Cresson (1855–1863)
* William Sellers (1864–1867)
* John Vaughan Merrick (1868–1869)
* Coleman Sellers (1870–1875)
* Robert Empie Rogers (1875–1879)
* William Penn Tatham (1880–1886)
* Joseph Miller Wilson (1887–1893)
* Dr. Walton Clark (1907–1924)
* Dr. W. Laurence LePage
* Dr. Bowen C. Dees
* Dr. Athelstan F. Spilhaus (1966–1969)
* Dr. Joel N. Bloom (1969–1990)
* Dr. Dennis M. Wint (1995–present)

[edit] The Science Center

The most recognizable part of The Franklin Institute's Science Center is The Franklin Institute Science Museum. In the spirit of inquiry and discovery embodied by Benjamin Franklin, the mission of The Franklin Institute Science Museum serves to inspire an understanding of and passion for science and technology learning. Among other exhibits, The Science Museum holds the largest collection of artifacts from the Wright brothers' workshop.
[edit] Permanent exhibits
The newly refurbished Giant Heart

* Electricity, which replaced Franklin... He's Electric in 2010, showcases Franklin's discovery of electricity and its use in the modern world, including elements such as a sustainable dance floor, and an array of LEDs that turn on in the presence of cell phone signals and other low-power electrical signals.[3]. (Electricity and Technology)
* Changing Earth, which opened to the public, along with Electricity, on March 27, 2010, focuses on the powerful forces of air, water, and land and their effect upon the earth, as well as how humans respond to and interact with these forces.[4]
* The Franklin Airshow features The Wright Brothers Aeronautical Engineering Collection, their newly restored Model B Flyer, and a U.S. Air Force 1948 T-33 Shooting Star Jet Trainer. (Aviation and Technology)
* The Giant Heart has been a Philadelphia icon since its opening in 1954. (Biology, Chemistry and Anatomy)
* The Joel N. Bloom Observatory, remodeled in 2006, features five telescopes, including a giant 10" Zeiss Refractor and four 8" Meade Reflectors.
* The Sports Challenge is an interactive exhibit that shows the science behind sports. (Physics and Technology)
* The Train Factory has a real, moving train: The Baldwin 60000 steam locomotive. (History, Engineering and Technology)
* Sir Isaac's Loft, allows visitors to blend art and science into their own masterpiece. (Physics and Art)
* Space Command features real space suits and allows visitors to track their houses, in real time, via satellite. (Astronomy, Technology and Mathematics)
* The Franklin Institute once featured the Foxtrot Papa Boeing 707 as a permanent exhibit. This partial fuselage could easily be seen from the outside of the building and was a remarkable sight in the middle of a major city. But in the 1980s, the aircraft was sold for scrap, much to the dismay of aviation enthusiasts.[5]
* Amazing Machine allows visitors to experience a machine-like environment featuring little-seen pieces from The Franklin Institute's priceless collection, including Maillardet's Automaton[6], believed to have the largest cam-based memory of any automaton of the era.

[edit] Other attractions
Budd BB-1 Pioneer in front of museum

The Science Center includes many pertinent attractions that are not museum exhibits. The Budd BB-1 Pioneer, in front of the museum, was the first stainless steel airplane built by the Edward F. Budd Manufacturing Corporation and has been on display since 1935. [1]

A model which would eventually become the Lunar Module in the Apollo space program, first shown on display in the 1966–67 World's Fair, held in the New York Hall of Science, is also located on the grounds.

Theaters

In 1933, Samuel Simeon Fels contributed funds to build The Fels Planetarium, only the second in the United States after Chicago's Adler Planetarium. Fully reconstructed in 2002, the Planetarium's new design includes replacement of the original 40,000-pound stainless steel dome, originally built in 1933. The new premium dome is lighter and is 60 feet (18 m) in diameter. It is the first of its kind in the United States. The planetarium is also outfitted for visitors who are hearing impaired.

Memorial was re-opened after a summer-long restoration that included multi-media enhancements. Philadelphia's most famous citizen is now featured in Benjamin Franklin Forever - an hourly 3.5-minute multimedia presentation utilizing the entire rotunda.

Also noteworthy is The Franklin Institute's Frankliniana Collection, some of which is on rotating display in the Pendulum Staircase. Highlights might include his 1777 Nini Medallion; the maquette of Franklin's bust from the statue of Franklin in the Memorial; the figurehead of Franklin's bust from the USS Franklin; Franklin's Ceremonial Sword used in the Court of King Louis XVI and even the odometer that Ben used to measure the postal routes in Philadelphia. Additionally, the Institute's Electricity exhibition highlights one of Franklin's lightning rods; his Electricity Tube, given to him by Peter Collinson; a Franklin Electrostatic Generator; Franklin's 1751 publication of Observations and Experiments on Electricity... ; and Thornton Oakley's two 1940 historical murals of Franklin and the "Kite and Key" experiment.
[edit] The Journal of The Franklin Institute

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African American Museum in Philadelphia
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African American Museum in Philadelphia
Established 1976
Location 7th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Director Romona Risco Benson
Curator Richard J Watson
Website http://www.aampmuseum.org/

The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) is notable as the first museum funded and built by a municipality to help preserve, interpret and exhibit the heritage of African Americans. Opened during the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations, the AAMP is located in historic Philadelphia, a few blocks away from the Liberty Bell.
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* 1 Collection
* 2 History
* 3 Founding Director
* 4 Recent events
* 5 See also
* 6 Notes
* 7 External links
* 8 References

[edit] Collection

AAMP currently houses four galleries and an auditorium, each of which offers exhibitions anchored on one of three dominant themes: The African Diaspora, the Philadelphia Story, and the Contemporary Narrative.

The Museum is home to more than 750,000 objects, images and documents that are made available for research, exhibitions, for loan to other museums, and used in the Museum’s many educational programs. Temporary exhibits, as well as a variety of family events, workshops, films, tours, symposiums, and concerts relating to African-American culture and history are offered. [1]

The AAMP’s collection is composed of flyers, memos and memorabilia related to the Philadelphia Black Panthers, correspondence clippings and military artifacts of the first black doctor to direct a U.S. Army Hospital, academic and legal papers from Harry Shapiro on constitutional issues arising from the civil rights movement, African American occupational and domestic objects, family scrapbooks, sports memorabilia, church and burial records, artifacts from the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Refer to the museums website for a complete listing. [2]
[edit] History

Philadelphia has long been known as an important center for African American history and culture. As the United States was being formed in the 18th century, Philadelphia was the center of the abolitionist movement and had the largest free black population.
[edit] Founding Director

Charles H. Wesley was a noted African American historian, educator, and author. He was the fourth African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. An ordained minister, Wesley’s distinguished career included 40 years of leadership with the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1976, he served as Director of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, now known as the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
[edit] Recent events

In 2007, the AAMP received a grant for $3 million from the city of Philadelphia to fund building renovations and to improve displays for the museum's extensive collection. The Museum closed March 9, 2009 and will reopen June 18, 2009 with the unveiling of AUDACIOUS FREEDOM, a new core exhibit installation featuring the early history of African Americans in Philadelphia (1776–1876). During renovations, the Museum will continue to sponsor special programs throughout the city in other locations. Visit the website for more information.[3]
[edit] See also
Philadelphia portal
African American portal

* List of museums focused on African Americans

[edit] Notes

The African American Museum in Philadelphia is a member of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program.
[edit] External links

* African American Museum in Philadelphia official site

[edit] References

* African American Museum in Philadelphia official site
* Clark, Vernon. "African American Museum gets grant." The Philadelphia Inquirer 12, September 2007. [4]
* Jones, Ayana. "Marketing pays off for Black museum." The Philadelphia Tribune 2007.[5]
* Van Allen, Peter. "Philadlephia museum makes a comeback." Philadelphia Business Journal 2, August, 2007. [6]
* "Dr. Charles H. Wesley" Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon website. May 16, 2003. [7]
* "Experience Philadelphia's African American History" Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation. Gophila.com. [8]

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Pichichi Trophy
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In Spanish football, the Pichichi is the trophy awarded by Spanish sports newspaper Marca to the top goalscorer for each league season. The award is named after the famous Athletic Bilbao player, Rafael Moreno "Pichichi".

A similar award for goalkeepers is called the Ricardo Zamora Trophy.
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* 1 Current ranking
* 2 Winners
o 2.1 Primera División
+ 2.1.1 Top 5 Pichichi winners
+ 2.1.2 Teams with the most titles
+ 2.1.3 By country
+ 2.1.4 Players with most goals in a season
+ 2.1.5 Players with most consecutive trophies
o 2.2 Segunda División
* 3 Similar trophies
* 4 Related articles
* 5 References

[edit] Current ranking

End of 2009-2010 season, after Matchday 38.[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Lionel Messi Barcelona 34
2 Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid 27
3 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 26
4 David Villa Valencia 21
5 Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 18
[edit] Winners
[edit] Primera División
Season Player Country Club Goals
1928–29 Paco Bienzobas Spain Spain Real Sociedad 14
1929–30 Guillermo Gorostiza Spain Spain Athletic Bilbao 19
1930–31 Bata Spain Spain Athletic Bilbao 27
1931–32 Guillermo Gorostiza Spain Athletic Bilbao 12
1932–33 Manuel Olivares Spain Madrid CF 16
1933–34 Isidro Lángara Spain Oviedo CF 27
1934–35 Isidro Lángara Spain Oviedo CF 26
1935-36 Isidro Lángara Spain Oviedo CF 27
1939-40 Víctor Unamuno Spain Athletic Bilbao 26
1940-41 Pruden Spain Atlético Aviación 30
1941-42 Mundo Spain Valencia 27
1942-43 Mariano Martín Spain Barcelona 32
1943-44 Mundo Spain Valencia 27
1944-45 Telmo Zarra Spain Atlético Bilbao 19
1945-46 Telmo Zarra Spain Atlético Bilbao 24
1946-47 Telmo Zarra Spain Atlético Bilbao 34
1947-48 Pahiño Spain Celta de Vigo 23
1948-49 César Spain Barcelona 28
1949-50 Telmo Zarra Spain Atlético Bilbao 25
1950-51 Telmo Zarra Spain Atlético Bilbao 38
1951-52 Pahiño Spain Real Madrid 28
1952-53 Telmo Zarra Spain Atlético Bilbao 24
1953-54 Alfredo di Stéfano Argentina Real Madrid 27
1954-55 Juan Arza Spain Sevilla 28
1955-56 Alfredo di Stéfano Argentina Real Madrid 24
1956-57 Alfredo di Stéfano Argentina Real Madrid 31
1957-58 Manuel Badenes Spain Real Valladolid 19
Alfredo di Stéfano Argentina Real Madrid 19
Ricardo Spain Valencia 19
1958-59 Alfredo di Stéfano Argentina Real Madrid 23
1959-60 Ferenc Puskás Hungary Real Madrid 26
1960-61 Ferenc Puskás Hungary Real Madrid 27
1961-62 Juan Seminario Peru Real Zaragoza 25
1962-63 Ferenc Puskás Hungary Real Madrid 26
1963-64 Ferenc Puskás Hungary Real Madrid 20
1964-65 Cayetano Ré Paraguay Barcelona 25
1965-66 Vavá Spain Elche 19
1966-67 Waldo Brazil Valencia 24
1967-68 Fidel Uriarte Spain Atlético Bilbao 22
1968-69 Amancio Spain Real Madrid 14
José Eulogio Gárate Spain Atlético Madrid 14
1969-70 Amancio Spain Real Madrid 16
Luis Aragonés Spain Atlético Madrid 16
José Eulogio Gárate Spain Atlético Madrid 16
1970-71 José Eulogio Gárate Spain Atlético Madrid 17
Carles Rexach Spain Barcelona 17
1971-72 Enrique Porta Spain Granada 20
1972-73 Marianín Spain Real Oviedo 19
1973-74 Quini Spain Real Gijón 20
1974-75 Carlos Spain Atlético Bilbao 19
1975-76 Quini Spain Sporting de Gijón 18
1976-77 Mario Kempes Argentina Valencia 24
1977-78 Mario Kempes Argentina Valencia 28
1978-79 Hans Krankl Austria Barcelona 29
1979-80 Quini Spain Sporting de Gijón 24
1980-81 Quini Spain Barcelona 20
1981-82 Quini Spain Barcelona 26
1982-83 Poli Rincón Spain Real Betis 20
1983-84 Jorge da Silva Uruguay Real Valladolid 17
Juanito Spain Real Madrid 17
1984-85 Hugo Sánchez Mexico Atlético Madrid 19
1985-86 Hugo Sánchez Mexico Real Madrid 22
1986-87 Hugo Sánchez Mexico Real Madrid 34
1987-88 Hugo Sánchez Mexico Real Madrid 29
1988-89 Baltazar Brazil Atlético Madrid 35
1989-90 Hugo Sánchez Mexico Real Madrid 38
1990-91 Emilio Butragueño Spain Real Madrid 19
1991-92 Manolo Spain Atlético Madrid 27
1992-93 Bebeto Brazil Deportivo La Coruña 29
1993-94 Romário Brazil Barcelona 30
1994-95 Iván Zamorano Chile Real Madrid 28
1995-96 Juan Antonio Pizzi Argentina Tenerife 31
1996-97 Ronaldo Brazil Barcelona 34
1997-98 Christian Vieri Italy Atlético Madrid 24
1998–99 Raúl Spain Real Madrid 25
1999–00 Salva Ballesta Spain Racing de Santander 27
2000–01 Raúl Spain Real Madrid 24
2001–02 Diego Tristán Spain Deportivo La Coruña 21
2002–03 Roy Makaay Netherlands Deportivo La Coruña 29
2003–04 Ronaldo Brazil Real Madrid 24
2004–05 Diego Forlán Uruguay Villarreal 25
2005–06 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Barcelona 26
2006–07 Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands Real Madrid 25
2007–08 Dani Güiza Spain Mallorca 27
2008–09 Diego Forlán Uruguay Atlético Madrid 32
2009–10 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona 34

Diego Forlán
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Personal information
Full name Diego Forlán Corazo
Date of birth 19 May 1979 (1979-05-19) (age 31)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Atlético Madrid
Number 7
Youth career
Peñarol
Danubio
Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2002 Independiente 80 (37)
2002–2004 Manchester United 63 (10)
2004–2007 Villarreal 106 (54)
2007– Atlético Madrid 102 (66)
National team‡
2002– Uruguay 69 (29)

Diego Forlán Corazo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo foɾˈlan]; born 19 May 1979 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Uruguayan national team, as a striker. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Forlán was born into a family of footballers, his father Pablo having played for Uruguay in the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cups and his grandfather, Juan Carlos Corazo, for Independiente in Argentina.[2] Forlán joined Independiente after rising through their youth team, and after a successful four year spell signed for Manchester United. Forlán's two-year stint in the Premier League saw him fail to achieve the form he held at Independiente, and he was signed by La Liga side Villarreal.

In his first season in Spanish football, Forlán scored 25 league goals and won the Pichichi Trophy. After two more successful seasons with Villarreal, Forlán joined Atlético Madrid, where he once again became the league's top scorer, and became the first player to win the Pichichi Trophy twice since Ronaldo achieved this feat in 2003-04.

Forlán also has a successful international career, in which he has scored 29 times for his country. He scored once at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea, and five times at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in which he scored twice against the host nation South Africa, once against Ghana in the quarter-finals, once against the Netherlands in the semi-finals and once against Germany in the third place play-off. He later received the Golden Ball award, given to the best player at the tournament.
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Forlán, son of former player and Uruguayan international Pablo Forlán, was a promising tennis player in his youth, but he decided to follow the family tradition and concentrate on football when his sister Alejandra was involved in a car accident, which killed her boyfriend and left her in intensive care for five months. He played for several South American clubs, including Argentine side Independiente, where he made his name in football as a goalscorer, before attracting European attention and transferring in January 2002 to play for Manchester United in England for a fee of £6.9 million.
[edit] Manchester United

Forlán's record of 17 goals from 95 appearances for the club does not compare favourably to his former teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy's 150 goals in 210 games, and it was widely thought that he would not start the 2004–05 season in the Red Devils' team colours. That eventually proved true after signing for Villareal in August 2004, the same month Manchester United signed Wayne Rooney.
[edit] Villarreal

Forlán was strongly linked to a move to Spanish club Levante UD, but signed on 21 August 2004 with another Spanish club, Villarreal CF, where he became the Spanish 2004–05 season Pichichi Trophy winner with 25 goals, helping Villareal to their first ever UEFA Champions League spot. He also jointly won the European Golden Boot award with Thierry Henry. His form dipped in the 2005-06 season as Villareal underwent several changes, but in 2006-07 he began to hit form again, and ended the season high in the scoring charts.
[edit] Atlético Madrid
Forlán playing for Atlético Madrid

Forlán was linked to transfer with Juan Román Riquelme to Atlético Madrid in exchange for Luis Perea and money in June 2007. On 30 June 2007, following the departure of their captain Fernando Torres to Liverpool, Atlético Madrid confirmed that they had agreed to a fee of around €21 million.[3] He returned to England in February 2008 to take part in Atlético's UEFA Cup clash against Bolton Wanderers (the club against whom he made his Manchester United debut), but the side lost out 1–0 on aggregate. In May 2008, Forlán helped Atlético qualify for the Champions League for the first time in over a decade, scoring the winning goal against Deportivo La Coruña.[4] He ended his first season in Madrid with 23 goals, and formed a potent partnership with Argentinian striker Sergio Agüero. On 9 May 2009, Forlán scored twice against Espanyol to help Atlético clinch Champions League qualification for a second successive year.[5] Los Rojiblancos were trailing 2-0 at half-time and had seen Luis Perea sent off, but came back to win 3-2 thanks to a goal of the season contender from Forlán, as well as a last minute winner. He also scored crucial goals in wins over Barcelona, Villarreal and Valencia. On 23 May 2009, Forlán scored a hat-trick against Athletic Bilbao, which helped him win the La Liga Pichichi Trophy award, as well as the European Golden Boot for a second time.[6] He ended the 2008-09 season with a very impressive 32 goals in 33 matches.

Forlán started the 2009-10 season slowly, and struggled for form as Atlético made their worst start to a league season since their relegation in 2000. On 24 October 2009, Forlán scored a penalty and missed another as Atlético were held to a 1-1 draw at home against Mallorca, who had played the majority of the second half with just nine players on the field. The disappointing result and performance led to protests from Atlético supporters,[7] as well as criticism for Forlán, who was subsequently left out of the squad for the next game.[8] Atlético started to improve after the arrival new manager Quique Sánchez Flores, and once again, Forlán flourished in the second half of the season, as Atlético reached the finals of both the Europa League and Copa del Rey. On 14 February 2010, Forlán scored the first goal as Atlético beat Barcelona 2-1 at the Vicente Calderón, inflicting the eventual Champions only league defeat of the season.[9] On 22 April 2010, Forlán scored the only goal of the game in Atlético's Europa League semi-final first leg at home to Liverpool. A week later, Liverpool took the tie to extra time before taking a 2–1 aggregate lead. Forlán then scored again to make it 2–2 on aggregate, giving Atlético the away goal they needed to reach the final, in which they played against Fulham at Hamburg's HSH Nordbank Arena on 12 May.[10] Forlán scored twice against Fulham in the Final, in a 2–1 win and was confirmed the best player of the final match.[11] He ended the season with a total of 28 goals, including six in Atlético's succesful Europa League campaign.
[edit] International career
Forlán (right) with Luis Suárez at the 2010 World Cup.

Forlán debuted for Uruguay in 2002. On 11 June 2002, Forlán scored in the 2002 FIFA World Cup against Senegal with a volley in a 3-3 draw. Despite coming from three goals down to draw the game, Uruguay were eliminated from the tournament along with France in Group A.[12] He also scored against Brazil in the 35th minute of the 2007 Copa América semi-final. However, he missed his shot during the subsequent penalty shootout, which Brazil ultimately won 5–4.[13] Since the 2007 Copa America, Forlán has become a regular for Uruguay and often has a place in the starting XI. On 17 June 2008, he scored a hat-trick in a World Cup qualifying game against Peru.[14]

On 16 June 2010, during Uruguay's second group game in the 2010 FIFA World Cup against South Africa, Forlán opened the scoring with a long range effort. Later on in the game Forlán scored from the penalty spot for his second and also had a hand in Uruguay's third, ending in a 3-0 win over the host nation.[15] On 2 July 2010, Forlán scored a free kick against Ghana to equalise during the quarter-finals. The game ended 1-1 and Uruguay advanced through to the semi-finals after defeating Ghana 4-2 in the penalty shootout.[16] On 6 July 2010, Forlán scored another long range goal, this time with his left foot to equalise against the Netherlands in the semi-final. Despite a half-time score at 1-1, Uruguay eventually lost 3-2 as the Dutch advanced to the final.[17] Forlán became the first player since Lothar Matthäus in 1990 to score three goals outside the penalty area in one tournament.[18] On 10 July 2010, Forlán scored for the final time in the tournament as he netted a well executed volley from the edge of the area to give Uruguay the lead. This goal, after a pass by Arévalo Ríos was selected by FIFA as the goal of the Torunament.[19]Forlán then hit the crossbar with the final kick of the game from a free-kick as they lost to Germany 3-2 in the third place play-off.[20] Forlán was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. Forlán is the fourth South American player that has received the Golden Ball in the FIFA World Cup tournament.[21] He also was chosen in the best team of the tournament, and he was one of the top goalscorer of the World Cup with 5 goals.[22]

Sergio Agüero
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This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Agüero and the second is Del Castillo.
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Personal information
Full name Sergio Leonel
Agüero del Castillo
Date of birth 2 June 1988 (1988-06-02) (age 22)
Place of birth Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Atlético Madrid
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2006 Independiente 69 (35)
2006– Atlético Madrid 144 (54)
National team‡
2005–2007 Argentina U20 7 (10)
2008 Argentina U23 5 (2)
2006– Argentina 24 (8)
Honours[show]
Competitor for Argentina
Men's Football
Gold 2008 Beijing Team Competition
• Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:47, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Sergio Leonel "Kun" Agüero del Castillo[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈseɾxjo aˈɣweɾo]; born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as a striker for Atlético Madrid and the Argentine national team.

Agüero earned his nickname Kun when his grandparents noted his resemblance to Japanese anime character Kum Kum.[2]
Contents
[hide]

* 1 Early life
* 2 Club career
o 2.1 Independiente
o 2.2 Atlético Madrid
* 3 International career
o 3.1 2007 U20 World Cup
o 3.2 2008 Summer Olympics
o 3.3 2010 World Cup
* 4 Personal life
* 5 Career statistics
o 5.1 International goals
o 5.2 Olympic goals
* 6 Honours
o 6.1 Club
o 6.2 Country
o 6.3 Individual
* 7 References
* 8 External links

[edit] Early life

Agüero was born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires on 2 June 1988 into a large family with seven children.[3][4] Agüero started playing football at a young age and he often played on a pitch in his local neighbourhood, Villa Itali.[2]
[edit] Club career
[edit] Independiente

Sergio Agüero started playing for Argentine first division Club Club Atlético Independiente, becoming the youngest player to debut in the Argentine First Division at 15 years and 35 days (on 7 July 2003 against Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro), breaking the record previously established by Diego Maradona in 1976.[2]
[edit] Atlético Madrid
Agüero with Atlético Madrid.

In May 2006 Agüero signed for Spainish club Atlético Madrid for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around €23 million, breaking the club's previous transfer record.[5][6] In the 2007–08 season, Agüero finished third in scoring in La Liga, behind Dani Güiza and Luís Fabiano, with 49 goals, and was runner up in the Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano award.[7]

Agüero became a regular goalscorer for Atlético in the 2008–09 season, forming a partnership with Uruguayan striker Diego Forlán, also a former Independiente striker. In March 2009, the duo of Forlán and Agüero scored a brace each in a 4–3 win over league leaders Barcelona.[8] Agüero finished in the top ten runners for the Pichichi Trophy while his teammate Forlán won the trophy.[9] Atlético finished fourth in the league, qualifying for the following season's UEFA Champions League.

In the 2009-10 season, Agüero scored twice against Chelsea during a 2–2 draw in the Champions League at the Vicente Calderón. Atlético were knocked out of the competition, but went on to reach the final of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, where they beat English club Fulham in extra time.[10]
[edit] International career

Agüero made his senior debut for Argentina in a friendly with Brazil, played at Emirates Stadium, England on 3 September 2006.[1] As a teenager, he represented Argentina at three FIFA World Youth Championships. Together with future 2008 Olympics squad teammates Fernando Gago of Real Madrid and Lionel Messi of Barcelona, they won the 2005 edition in the Netherlands.
[edit] 2007 U20 World Cup

At the 2007 U-20 World Cup in Canada, he scored twice and helped set up three goals in a 6–0 win over Panama in the second game of the group stage of the tournament. Agüero then scored the only goal in Argentina's third match against North Korea from a free kick. Having qualified to the round of 16, he scored two of the three goals against Poland that would eventually give them a 3-1 win to advance to the next round. Argentina defeated Mexico in the quarter-finals and Chile in the semi-finals, and faced the Czech Republic in the finals, a team they drew 0-0 in the group stage. Agüero captained and scored the equaliser in the 62nd minute, leading to a 2–1 victory. In addition, Agüero won the Golden Boot of the tournament, scoring six goals in seven games, and the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament, succeeding to countryman Lionel Messi who won both awards at the 2005 tournament.
[edit] 2008 Summer Olympics

As a member of the Argentine squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Agüero scored two goals in the space of five minutes in the semi-final 3–0 win over Brazil on 19 August 2008.[11] Argentina went on to win the gold medal, a second in a row at the Olympic tournament.
[edit] 2010 World Cup

He was chosen for the 2010 World Cup squad, and made his World Cup debut in Argentina's second group match against Korea Republic on 12 June 2010, replacing Carlos Tévez in the 75th minute. Agüero's impact was immediate as Argentina scored in the next minute. He assisted on Gonzalo Higuaín's hat-trick goal late in the game. Argentina won the game 4-1.
[edit] Personal life

On 19 February 2009, it was announced that Agüero's fiancée, Giannina Maradona, the youngest daughter of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, had given birth to a son named Benjamin in Madrid.[12] Maradona was in the Spanish capital for the birth of his first grandson, while Agüero, 20, missed Atlético's training session earlier in the day. Atlético offered their congratulations in a statement on their official website.[13]

Agüero has a tattoo on the inside of his right arm, inscribed in Tengwar—a form of writing invented by J. R. R. Tolkien that was used by the Elves in his works. It translates roughly to Kun Agüero in the Latin alphabet.[14]
[edit] Career statistics

Correct as of May 1st 2010[15]
Club Season League Cup[16] Continental[17] Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Independiente 2003–04 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
2004–05 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 0
2005–06 36 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 18 4
Argentina 53 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 23 4
Atlético Madrid 2006–07 38 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 3
2007–08 38 19 7 4 2 0 7 5 2 49 26 9
2008–09 37 17 9 1 0 0 9 4 2 47 21 11
2009–10 31 12 4 7 2 3 16 6 4 54 20 11
Spain 144 54 23 14 4 3 32 15 8 190 73 34
Career totals 197 77 27 14 4 3 32 15 8 243 96 38
[edit] International goals

Argentina's goal tally first
1. ↓ Date↓ Venue↓ Opponent↓ Score↓ Result↓ Competition↓
1. 17 November 2007 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bolivia 1 – 0 3–0 World Cup 2010 Qualifying
2. 26 March 2008 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Egypt 1 – 0 2–0 Friendly
3. 4 June 2008 Qualcomm Stadium, California, United States Mexico 4 – 1 4–1 Friendly
4. 6 September 2008 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paraguay 1 – 1 1–1 World Cup 2010 Qualifying
5. 11 October 2008 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Uruguay 2 – 0 2–1 World Cup 2010 Qualifying
6. 28 March 2009 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Venezuela 4 – 0 4–0 World Cup 2010 Qualifying
7. 12 August 2009 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia 1 – 1 3–2 Friendly
8. 24 May 2010 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Canada 5 – 0 5–0 Friendly
[edit] Olympic goals
2. ↓ Date↓ Venue↓ Opponent↓ Score↓ Result↓ Competition↓
1. 19 August 2008 Beijing Worker's Stadium, Beijing, China Brazil 1 – 0 3–0 Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
2. 19 August 2008 Beijing Worker's Stadium, Beijing, China Brazil Brazil 2 – 0 3–0 Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
[edit] Honours