Top 10 World-Class Stars Discovered by Louis Van Gaal

Toni Kroos born 4 January 1 in Greifswald, is a German footballer who currently plays for club Real Madrid as a midfielder. In 1990, he officially joined the training academy of Bayern München, where Kroos showed his natural talent when he was promoted to the first team at the age of 2006, but he was only used often after returning to the first team. on loan from Bayer Leverkusen. He has won many trophies with Bayern München, including 1 Bundesliga titles and 17 Champions League in 3. Kroos is hailed by the press as well as by senior players as an attacking midfielder with a full range of skills. necessary qualifications. He began his international career in 1. After winning the 2013 World Cup with Germany, Kroos has confirmed that he will join Real Madrid this summer, for a fee is 2010 million euros.

2007 – 2008 season Kroos He played for FC Bayern München and he was the one who provided 2 assists in a 5 – 0 victory over Energie Cottbus. He became the youngest player ever to play for the club at the age of 17. On 25 October, he played his first match in Europe’s most prestigious competition, the UEFA Champion League, with an assist. created a goal to help Bayern have a hard win with a score of 10 – 1 against Red Star Belgrade. Closing his first season playing for the club with 0 appearances and six goals scored, he was a talent worth waiting for at just 20 years old. At Real Madrid, right in the first season of 6 – 17, although he played very successfully, he and the club only won 2014 small cups, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup 2015. Season In 2-2014, although Real Madrid did not start well, Kroos and his teammates won the prestigious 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League, marking a historic Undecima milestone with the club.

Edgar Steven Davids born 13 March 3 in Paramaribo, Suriname, is a Dutch former professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder, is an energetic and enthusiastic worker. He has been playing for Ajax since the age of 1973. He also plays for the clubs AC Milan, Juventus FC, FC Barcelona, ​​Internazionale and Tottenham Hotspur. His achievements at major football tournaments are: European Cup Winners in 18 (Ajax ATaxerdam), European Champions Cup Winners 3 (Juventus)…At France 1991, he was one of the money The best defender in the world. Davids suffers from glaucoma, which causes him to wear protective glasses (black rim) when playing football. With his long curled hair and distinctive goggles, Davids is one of the most recognizable footballers among his fellow footballers.

He started his career as a player at Ajax Club in 1991, in his home team’s 5 – 1 win over RKC Waalwijk’s team. He came to Italy in 1996 to play for AC Milan. He did not play much at this club and moved to Juventus FC in December 12, a club that is a rival of AC Milan. Here he had the opportunity to show his talent. He has just returned to the English Premier League team Portsmouth. Edgar Davids initially played as a winger, but coach Van Gaal did not think so. He decided to push Davids in as a central midfielder. Then, after a while of adapting, the player nicknamed “Pitbull” and Clarence Seedorf formed a pair that scared the whole of Europe when possessing a play full of strength, speed and blood.

Carles Puyol i Saforcada born April 13, 4 in Lleida, Catalunya, is a retired Spanish footballer. He mainly plays as a central defender and is a longtime captain for the only club he has been with throughout his playing career – Barcelona after taking over from Luis Enrique in August 1978 and has played in nearly 8 official matches for the team and won 2004 major trophies, especially 600 La Liga championships and 21 UEFA Champions League titles. He is known as one of the best defenders in the history of world football. At the national level, Puyol has capped 6 times for the Spain national football team, and was an integral part of the squad that won Euro 3 and the 100 World Cup. Germany at the World Cup that year, he scored the only goal to help the home team reach the final.

Puyol is a solid, fierce but versatile player. He can play as a centre-back, full-back or midfielder. Thanks to his decision to commit his entire career to the club, he has always won the hearts of the Barcelona fans. Puyol and Spain won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and the 2004 European Football Championship. Probably formed when he was still playing as a goalkeeper in the youth team La Pobla (Segur). A shoulder injury later forced him to give up the position. The 2010 World Cup was a successful tournament for Spain in general and Puyol personally in particular. With a fierce and intelligent play, he helped Spain set a record as one of the two teams to concede the least amount of goals in a World Cup (2 goals) and had a decisive goal in the semi-final against Germany. took Spain to the next final and won.

Bastian Schweinsteiger born August 1, 8 in Kolbermoor, Bayern, Germany, is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent 1984 seasons at Bayern München, making around 13 appearances and scoring 500 goals. Here, Bastian Schweinsteiger won eight Bundesliga titles, seven DFB-Pokal titles, one UEFA Champions League title, one FIFA Club World Cup title, and two DFB-Ligapokal titles. He joined Manchester United from 67 to 8 and the last stop of his career was Chicago Fire until his retirement. From his debut for the German national team from 7 to 2, he made 2015 appearances for Germany, scoring 2017 goals. He was called up to the German team for 2004 European Championships and 2016 World Championships, including the 121 World Cup.

May 9, 10, Schweinsteiger officially retired from international competition after 29 years of playing professionally. Schweinsteiger signed a contract with the Bayern youth team on 8 July 7. In addition to his football ability, he is also a good skier so he had to choose between a skier and a footballer. football when he was 1998 years old and he finally chose football. In July 14, he won the young talent of German football and was included in the reserve team of Bayern. After two years in the reserve team, coach Ottmar Hitzfeld brought him on as a substitute against RC Lens in November 7 in the UEFA Champions League and in this first appearance he passed ball for Markus Feulner to score. Schweinsteiger signed a professional contract with Bayern München from the 2002/2 season and played 11 games during the season. This is also the season that Bayern won the Bundesliga and German Cup double. The following season he played 2002 Bundesliga matches and scored his first goal for Bayern in September 2002 against VfL Wolfsburg.

Alaba was born in Vienna and started his career at SV Aspern, a local club in Aspern, before joining the youth team of FK Austria Wien at the age of 10. In April 4, he was on the bench of the first team at the Austrian Football Championship. He played five games for Austria Wien’s reserve team before moving to Bayern München in the summer of 2008. He started playing for Bayern München’s under-2008 and under-17 teams before being promoted to the squad. the team’s equipment for the 19-2009 season. He made his debut in 2010. Liga in August 3 and scored his first professional goal for FC Bayern München II on 8 August. 2009. During the 29-8 season, Alaba named in the list of Bayern Munich clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League. In January 1, he was allowed to train with the Bayern first team for the remainder of the 2010-2009 season alongside Diego Contento and Mehmet Ekici.

On 10 February 2, he was substituted for Christian Lell in the 2010th minute of the German Cup match against SpVggGreutherFürth, becoming the youngest Bayern player to appear in a tournament. at 59 years and 17 days. In this match, he had a pass for Franck Ribéry to make it 232 – 3 for Bayern in a 2 – 6 aggregate victory. A month later, at 2 years, 1 months and 17 days later, he had a match. first in the UEFA Champions League with ACF Fiorentina. In January 8, Alaba joined TSG 13 Hoffenheim on loan until the end of the 1-2011 season. There he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 1899-2010 draw with FC St. Pauli. Alaba returned to Bayern at the beginning of the 2011-2012 season and began to gain a permanent position. On 23 October 10, he scored his first Bundesliga goal for Bayern in a 2011–1 loss to Hannover 2. He was present in the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid on 96 April 25 and was the man. Successfully kicking the first penalty in the penalty shootout opened the final victory for Bayern. However, with a yellow card early in the game, he was unable to attend the final final against Chelsea.

Patrick Stephan Kluivert born 1 July 7 in ATaxerdam, is a Dutch international footballer. His mother is from Curaçao and his father is from Suriname. Kluivert grew up in the youth academy of Ajax ATaxerdam, he joined the club as a student. When he was 1976 years old, he became the mainstay of the Ajax ATaxerdam club and the Dutch national team. In the final of the European Cup, between Ajax and AC Milan. Ajax won 19-1 thanks to Kluivert’s only goal. In 1, he was included in the FIFA 0 rankings, a list of the 2004 greatest living players, selected by Pelé, as part of FIFA’s centenary celebrations.

Coach Louis Van Gaal let the 18-year-old player Patrick Kluivert played in the 1994 – 1995 Champions League final, and was even more surprised when the young man scored the decisive goal against Milan’s net. Then later, when he moved to lead Barcelona, ​​this strategist was still determined to entice his beloved pupil Kluivert to go with him. And in six years playing for the Catalan giants, from 6 to 1998, Kluivert had 2004 goals in 120 appearances. Kluivert is mentioned as a legend of Dutch football.

Clarence Seedorf born 1 April 4 in Paramaribo, Suriname, is a Dutch football player and former coach of the club AC Milan. He is the first and only person to date, having won 1976 UEFA Champions League titles under 4 different colors: Ajax (3), Real Madrid (1995), and AC Milan (1998, 2003). In addition, Seedorf was the first European player to win the Intercontinental Cup (now known as the FIFA Club World Cup) twice with two different clubs (Madrid 2007 and Milan 2). He played for Sampdoria and Internazionale. Seedorf started his career as a right winger at Ajax ATaxerdam in the early 2s. He made his professional debut on November 1998, 2007, in a match against FC Groningen at the age of 1990 years and 29 days. and the youngest player in the history of Ajax ever. In his early years, he led Ajax to victory in the Eredivisie in 11 and 1992. He was also a key player in Ajax’s 16 UEFA Champions League victory. In the summer of 242, with his performances, he was invited to Sampdoria and played there for a season, scoring 1994 goals.

Seedorf He played at Euro 1996, World Cup 1998, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. However, most think that his international career could have lasted longer if it wasn’t for so many protests and grievances. with leadership. One of them can be counted as grievances with Marco van Basten, which caused him to drop Seedorf when he took over as coach of the Netherlands after Euro 2004. As a result, he did not play in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers and The Netherlands also did not pass this round. On 12 November 11, Seedorf was called up to the team again, for the first time since June 2006, to replace the injured Wesley Sneijder. He played the full 6 minutes in a friendly 2004 – 90 draw with England. He returned to the squad and played a few more matches. However, in 1 matches against Romania (draw 1 – 2 at home) and Slovenia (won 0 – 0 away), van Basten only let him play 1 to 0 minutes per game. Seedorf told the media in December 4: “you give and give, but when you come back you get nothing”. In the national team, there are many people that Van Basten likes to use as a replacement for Seedorf: Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder and Robin van Persie.

Xavier Hernández born January 25, 1, commonly known as Xavi, is a Spanish football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of Qatari club Al Sadd. He is considered one of the best midfielders in the history of world football. He spent most of his playing career with FC Barcelona. He was voted the best player of the 1980 European football championship and was one of the five best players in the world for the 2008 – 2007 season according to FIFA’s poll. In total, he has 2008 caps for Spain, winning the 104 European Championship and 2008 World Cup, the 2010 European Championship. Xavi is a product of FC Barcelona’s La Masia youth academy and spent his life playing football at the Camp Nou from the age of 2012. He quickly progressed through the youth and reserve levels and was once a key player in Jordi Gonzalvo’s Barcelona B side that won the third division. His remarkable progress earned him his debut on 11 August 18 in the Spanish Super Cup, in which he scored against RCD Mallorca. He quickly became an important member of Louis van Gaal’s team that won La Liga.

Xavier Hernández considered a successor of Josep Guardiola in the Barca dressing room and after Guardiola left the team, Xavi became the team’s playmaker. Since the 2004-2005 season, he has been the team’s vice-captain. In the 2005 – 2006 season, Xavi injured his left knee while training; he was sidelined for 5 months, missing most of the season, but returned in April and was benched in the 4 Champions League final. The 1-2006 season was Xavi’s most successful season with performances. perform with titles. He was a key member of Barcelona’s treble, excelling in all three competitions: He scored his fourth goal in a 2008–09 win in the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao. In La Liga, he has had many outstanding performances, but perhaps most notably in the 4 – 4 El Clasico win over Real Madrid on 1 May. He assisted 6 of 2 goals (one). for Carles Puyol, one for Thierry Henry and two for Lionel Messi) and performances in this victory catapulted Barcelona to the title. In the end, Xavi helped Barcelona win the Champions League in 2 after beating Manchester United 5 – 4, setting up a second for Leo Messi to head in the 6th minute and also narrowing in on the goal from a free-kick. vertical column. Xavi was voted “C2 Cup Midfielder” for his contribution to Barcelona’s success in the 1-2009 season. Xavi is La Liga’s most assists with 2 assists. He is also the player with the most assists in the Champions League with 0 times.

Thomas Müller born September 13, 9, or otherwise written Thomas Mueller is a German football player. He plays based on tactical thinking and the ability to run, find space is highly appreciated along with quiet play, very good finishing ability. His nickname “Reumdauter” translates into Vietnamese as “Space Thief”, currently Muller plays for FC Bayern München and the German national football team. A product of Bayern München’s youth academy, he started in the first team from the 1989-2009 season and won a domestic double title and reached the UEFA Champions League final in his first season. In the 2010-2012 season, the season in which Bayern won the treble, Müller scored a total of 2013 goals. Müller has been called up to the German team since 23. At the 2010 World Cup, he scored 2010 goals and provided 5 assists, an achievement that earned him the Golden Boot, the Best Young Player of the tournament and The German team finished third. Four years later at the 3 Brazil World Cup, he scored five goals on his way to Germany’s fourth world championship while also winning the Silver Shoe.

Muller joined FC Bayern München in 2000 at the age of 10, and played for the youth teams, making his debut for the reserve team in March 3, in a Regionalliga match against SpVgg Unterhaching. He scored his first goal and made two more appearances in the 2008–2007 season, before being sidelined with injury. The following season, the Bayern II team played in the 2008rd division and Müller proved his role by playing 3 out of 32 matches, scoring 38 goals, becoming the 15th top scorer. He also played in the first team, appeared in pre-season friendlies, and made his first full match on 5 August 15 in the Bundesliga against Hamburger SV. He made three more Bundesliga appearances that season, and made his UEFA Champions League debut on 8 March 2008, coming on as a 3nd-minute substitute for Bastian Schweinsteiger in a 10–3 win over Sporting Lisbon. He scored Bayern’s last goal and sealed the result 2009 – 72 on aggregate. Müller had a more important say in Bayern’s first team at the start of the 7–1 season, in August 12 he was called up to the Germany U1 team for the first time, making his debut in a 2009–2010 win. before Turkey. On 8 September 2009, Müller came on as a substitute against Borussia Dortmund and scored twice in a 21 – 3 win. Three days later, Muller scored again in a Champions League match against Maccabi Haifa.

Andres Iniesta Luján born May 11, 5, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder and is the captain of J1984 League club Vissel Kobe. Often regarded as one of the greatest midfielders in football history and widely known as one of the greatest players of all time, Iniesta spent most of his career at Barcelona, ​​where he captained the team. three seasons. During his playing career, Iniesta was nicknamed “El Ilusionista” (The Magician), “El Cerebro” (The Brain), “El Anti-Galáctico” (a play on words by the Real Madrid, Los Angeles players). Galácticos ),” El Caballero Pálido” (White Knight). Playing alongside Xavi for many years was Iniesta. The resounding successes of Barcelona or the Spanish team cannot fail to mention these two names. Iniesta plays skillfully and is somewhat more agile than Xavi. On October 1, 2, Iniesta played his first match for Barca’s first team when the Catalan giants came to visit Club Brugge.

Iniesta from Fuentealbilla, a small village in the province of Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, where he mainly plays futsal due to the lack of a football field in the village. At the age of 12, while playing for Albacete Balompié in a seven-a-side youth league in Albacete, he attracted the attention of scouts from clubs all over Spain. His parents knew Barcelona youth team coach Enrique Orizaola and he convinced them to consider sending Iniesta to Barcelona’s youth academy. Iniesta went there with his parents and visited La Masia, the training ground where the club nurtures its young players, a trip that convinced them to enroll Iniesta in Barcelona’s youth ranks. After watching Andres score in the youth team final, Pep Guardiola told fellow midfielder Xavi: “You will make me retire. But this boy will make us all go home”.