Childhood Of Celebrities : Ricardo Kaka

Kaká was born to Simone Cristina dos Santos Leite and Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite. He has a younger brother, Rodrigo (known as Digão), who has followed in Kaká’s footsteps by playing football in Italy.

In September 2000, at the age of 18, Kaká suffered a career-threatening and possibly paralysis-inducing spine fracture as a result of a swimming pool accident, but remarkably made a full recovery. The next year, Kaká made his comeback on the pitch, when he came in as a reserve-substitute in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo final match and scored two goals, among them the match-winner, in less than five minutes. He attributes his recovery to God and has since tithed his income to his church.

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Childhood Of Celebrities : Pavel Nedved

Pavel Nedved was born in the town of Cheb, near Prague, the capital of former Czechoslovakia. Parents Vaclav and Ana raised Pavel along with his older sister and encouraged him to become an accountant. By the age of 19, Nedved debuted with Dukla Praga and less than a season later he was recruited by rivals Sparta. At Sparta, success also came promptly and the club took three consecutive league titles between 1992 to 1995. Nedved’s consistent performances earned him a spot in the national squad of the Czech Republic and in June 1994 he debuted at a 3-1 victory over Ireland.

At Euro 1996, Nedved was instrumental in his country’s silver medals. This gave him the international exposure needed for transfer in a big club. After the tournament, he was purchased by Lazio. In Rome, Nedved won the Coppa Italia in 1998 and the 1999 Cup Winners’ Cup against Mallorca. By 2001, Nedved’s presence was significantly felt in Italy as well as across Europe. The Czech scored regularly in club competition and his work rate was startling even at the international level.

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Childhood Of Celebrities : Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini was born in Milan,Italy(26th of June 1968).He is a son of Maria Luisa and Cesare Maldini( ex Milan player with 4 Scudetti-a cup of italian championship,1 cup of Champion League,Ex -trainer of under 21 and national team)

When Paolo was young,he was a fan of Juventus.His hero is Roberto Bettega.However he chose to start his soccer carrier with his father’s team-AC.Milan.

At the beginning he played in the left wing position .After discovering himself for a while,he decided to switch to play as defender,the same position as his father

His first debut in series A was in the 20th of January 1985 when Milan played against Udine. Milan had a number of injuries for their visit to Udinese and the coach, Nils Lidholm, decided to take him and a few others from the youth team along on the bench. At the beginning of the second harf the “boss” gave him the shout; he was on for the injured Battistini. So, at 16, and without even time to be excited. From that moment he was always part of the team. He had two first class tutors ;Franco Baresi and Mauro Tassotti. Although it was not a great season, he had a “real” wage for the first time and he bought his first car, a Golf.

From his great success in the league , he had a chance to play for the under21 in November 1986. Thursday 31st March 1988, 8.08 p.m. was his first debut in national team, coached by Azeglio Vicini, at the Hajduk Stadion in Split for a friendly against Yugoslavia, then united. He was on the bench - he wasn’t yet 20 - and at the beginning of the second half Vicini told him to warm up. After a few minutes he was on in place of Francini. The game finished 1-1, but the result was of secondary importance; what counted was that he was part of the squad only a few months ahead of the European Championships in Germany.

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Childhood Of Celebrities : Michael Owen

Michael James Owen (born December 14, 1979, in Chester, Cheshire) is an English football player currently with Newcastle United. He has also played for Liverpool (1996–2004) and Real Madrid (2004-05). He plays as a striker and has enjoyed a hugely successful and high-profile career at both club and international level and was the European Footballer of the Year in 2001. Owen is currently England’s 4th highest scorer of all time, with 37 goals in 82 games for his country, with him being England’s leading competitive goalscorer on 23 goals.

When Michael was only seven his father, Terry, persuaded the manager of Mold Alexandra to let Michael into his team of ten-year-olds. Michael was quite a bit younger than most, and very much smaller, but he was soon showing off his “flair” and started in most games becoming known as the club’s ’secret weapon’. He also played for his primary school team in Hawarden, Wales, breaking all local scoring records in his first season. He then attended Hawarden High School, where he also played for the school team.

His records and ability attracted much attention from top English teams, but as a Junior School boy, the school had the final say and it was a policy not to allow pupils to sign contracts at such a young age.

At age 11, when Owen had joined Hawarden High, he became available to sign “School Boy” forms with a club. He held talks with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, before he eventually signed for Liverpool. The club who persuaded him to attend the FA’s School of Excellence at Lilleshall in Shropshire from age 14. Throughout this time, he studied at Idsall School, Shifnal, Shropshire, and achieved ten GCSEs.

Liverpool signed Owen after he graduated from Lilleshall at 16, and joined the club on the Youth Training Scheme. With Owen’s help, Liverpool’s youth team won the FA Youth Cup in 1996.After four months, he signed professional forms for the senior team just after his seventeenth birthday in December 1996.

He made his debut for Liverpool against Wimbledon in May 1997, coming on as a substitute and scoring a goal. With an injury to Robbie Fowler, he was thrust immediately into action as a first team regular alongside the likes of newcomer Paul Ince and playmaker Steve McManaman in the following 1997-98 season. Owen ended that season as a joint top scorer in the Premier League with Chris Sutton and Dion Dublin, scoring eighteen goals, and was voted the PFA Young Player of the Year by fellow professionals.

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