Pino De Stena

Torino, IT

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Giorgio Chiellini

Giorgio was raised in Livorno were his family still lives. He has a sister and a twin brother, Claudio (today his agent). As a kid he dreamed of playing basketball since he was a great fan of the Lakers and of Kobe Bryant. He earned a diploma (92/100) in scientific studies at the "Federigo Enriques” High School and on July 16th, 2010 he graduated in Business Studies at the University of Torino with a final grade of 109/110. His thesis was on a sport society balance sheet, with a faint reference to Juventus.

He started as a left-back then, during his career, he became central defender, today he also plays as central left with a 3 people defense. Among his features 3 stand out: physical strength, vertical takeoff and aggressiveness. In 2012 the Guardian classified him as the 50th strongest footballer.

 

Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto’o, 34 years old is a striker for Antalyaspor and Camerun. He starts as a teen in Real Madrid and from there his career takes wing. He plays for Maiorca, Barcelona, Inter, Anzhi, Chelsea, Everton and finally for Sampdoria. A football globetrotting life that brought him to win: 3 champion’s league, one intercontinental cup, one Club World Championship, 4 national championships (3 in Spain and 1 in Italy), 4 national cups (2 in Spain and 2 in Italy) and 3 national supercups (2 in Spain and 1 in Italy). With the Camerun jersey, team of which he is capitain, he won 2 African Cup and an Olimpic Gold medal at Sydney’s 2000 olimpic games. Moreover he is all-time’s Top goal-scorer of Camerun’s national team with 56 goals in 118 games as well as African’s Cup Top goal-scorer with 18 goals. He has also been awarded 4 times best African footballer of the year.

 

Wesley Sneijder

One of the most talented footballers in the world, according to Marco Van Basten “the best midfielder that the Nederlands ever had”.

Wesley Sneijder was born in Utrecht in 1984 and grew up in the Ajax football team. After 5 years he reaches the team leadership, in 2007 he moves to Real Madrid where he becomes advanced midfielder thanks to a close to lethal kick and to his talent as an assist man. In the summer of 2009 he moves to Milan in the Inter football club where he chalks up one exceptional performance after the other reaching the “triplete” with the team coached by José Mourinho. Today he plays for the Turkish team Galatasaray and he is one of the pillars of the Nederland National Football Club with which he arrived second in the 2010 World Cup.

Married to the model Yolanthe Cabau Van Kasbergen since 2009, he has a kid, Jessey, born form a previous marriage and a brother, Rodney, professional footballer. In 2008 Wesley prevented his brother Rodney form joining Real Madrid despite the interest showed by the team. Why? He was too young and he would have burned his career.

We can say he is a leader both outside and inside the field: a real champion.