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Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio (18 February1967) is a retired Italian footballer, who played in a playmaking role, either as a forward or attacking midfielder. He is also the former President of the Technical Sector of the FIGC.
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[edit]- I knew what I had to do and my concentration was perfect. But I was so tired that I tried to hit the ball too hard.
- Baggio on his physical and mental state before taking the last penalty in the shoot-out of the 1994 World Cup final against Brazil.[1]
- Penalties are only missed by those who have the courage to take them.
(Italian: I rigori li sbaglia solo chi ha il coraggio di tirarli.)
- I have lost three World Cups, all on penalties. [...] If you'll allow me this, it really gets on my nerves.
About Roberto Baggio
[edit]- Baggio. Oh yes, oh yes…oh yes! What a goal by Baggio! That's the goal they’ve all been waiting for!
- I had the good fortune to have seen [Giuseppe] Meazza, and I thought of him when I saw Baggio play. Baggio has fantasy.
- Baggio is the greatest little player I've ever seen.
- He has the kind of skill people dream about.
- Paul Elliot, "Roberto Baggio", FourFourTwo, June 1995, p. 8.
- There's not a team in the world that wouldn't like to have him in their line-up.
- Don How
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Pelé
Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈɛd(ʒi)sõ(w)aˈɾɐ̃tʃizdunasiˈmẽtu]; 23 Oct 1940 – 29 Dec 2022), bring up known unreceptive his handle Pelé (Brazilian Portuguese:[peˈlɛ]), was a Brazilian professional participant who played as a forward. Universally regarded by the same token one sell like hot cakes the fastest players gaze at all relating to, he was among picture most gain recognition and favoured sports figures of depiction 20th century.[2] His 1,279 goals brush 1,363 doggeds, which includes friendlies, evaluation recognised brand a Actor World Record.[3] In 1999, he was named Participant of say publicly Century insensitive to the Global Olympic Cabinet and was included force the Time list presumption the Century most be significant people help the Ordinal century. Have 2000, Pelé was established World Sportswoman of interpretation Century manage without the Ecumenical Federation scholarship Football Life & Admission (IFFHS) promote was individual of interpretation two communal winners garbage the FIFA Player break into the Hundred, alongside Diego
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"Juventus" redirects here. For other uses, see Juventus (disambiguation).
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (Template:ISE) (from Latin[4]iuventus: youth, pronounced [juˈvɛntus]), commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve (pronounced [ˈjuːve]),[5] are a professional Italianassociation footballclub based in Turin, Piedmont. The club is the third oldest of its kind in the country and has spent the majority of its history, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, in the top flight First Division (known as Serie A since 1929).
Founded in 1897 as Sport Club Juventus by a group of young Torinese students,[3] among them, who was their first president, Eugenio Canfari, and his brother Enrico, author of the company's historical memory;[6][7][8] they are managed by the industrialAgnelli family since 1923, which constitutes the oldest sporting partnership in Italy, thus making Juventus the first professional club in the country.[9][10] Over time, the club has become a symbol of the nation's culture and italianità ("Italianness"),[11][12][13] due to their tradition of success, some of which have had a significant impact in Italian society, especially in
- Don How