...García (n. Badalona (provincia de Barcelona), España; 24 de junio de 1978), futbolista español. Juega de centrocampista y actualmente juega en el Club Universidad Nacional de la Liga MX. Trayectoria Luis García se formó en las categorías inferiores del Fútbol Club Barcelona, club por el que fichó siendo infantil. Llegó del Sant Gabriel, un club de fútbol de San Adrián de Besós que contaba con una de las escuelas de fútbol más competitivas del país. Pasó por todos los equipos de la cantera del club. Real Valladolid (1999-2000) La siguiente temporada es cedido al Club Deportivo Tenerife, coincidiendo con el entrenador Rafael Benítez, donde se convierte en uno de los grandes artífices del ascenso del club insular por encima del Atlético de Madrid a la Primera División de España. Fue el máximo goleador de los chicharreros con 16 tantos, formando una dupla de ataque junto a Mista. En la temporada 2002/03 el FC Barcelona lo traspasó al Atlético de Madrid, aunque con una cláusula de recompra por parte del club catalán. Con el Atlético jugó 30 partidos de liga marcando nueve goles y jugando como falso extremo izquierda, se reveló como uno de los mejores jugadores españoles de la temporada. El FC Barcelona, que no había contado con él anteriormente, pagó entonces seis millones de euros por él y lo recompró, para posibles operaciones, ya que se había revalorizado. La temporada 2003/04 la jugó por fin en el primer equipo del FC Barcelona haciendo una muy buena campaña. Jugó...
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...Nike Football Team Sports La agilidad como motor del crecimiento Resumen Hoy en día, se puede decir que no hay persona que no reconozca esta marca llamada Nike, ya que es una de las marcas más conocidas a nivel mundial. Nike posee una cuota considerable del mercado mundial de material deportivo, valorado en 15.000 millones de dólares. Además, patrocina los equipos de fútbol profesional más importantes, como el FC Barcelona, el Manchester United o el Arsenal. Pero tan sólo en Europa hay unos 500.000 equipos de fútbol amateur, y todos ellos necesitan camisetas, pantalones, calcetines, calzado y demás ropa deportiva personalizada. En ese mercado aún por explotar el equipo de operaciones de Nike para Europa, Oriente Próximo y África vio un potencial enorme. El Mercado del Fútbol Amateur en Europa La historia de Nike es bien conocida. Desde sus comienzos en 1964 como importador de zapatillas de deporte japonesas, ha crecido hasta convertirse en una de las marcas –y logos– más conocidas del mundo. La empresa fabrica una amplia gama de categorías de producto, desde calzado y ropa deportivos hasta equipos de golf y aparatos electrónicos. Sus productos cubren casi todos los deportes conocidos, y su éxito es tal que Nike controla un tercio del mercado mundial de ropa deportiva de marca. En el caso del mercado del fútbol europeo, Nike ha hecho grandes progresos desde que entrara en los noventa con su sonado patrocinio del equipo nacional de Brasil. Aunque ahora patrocina a algunos de...
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...A A.F.C. Aldermaston | | AFC Blackpool | | AFC Bournemouth | | AFC Dunstable | | AFC Emley | | AFC Fylde | | AFC Hayes | | AFC Hornchurch | | AFC Kempston Rovers | | AFC Liverpool | | AFC Portchester | | AFC Sheppey | | AFC Smethwick | | AFC Sudbury | | AFC Telford United | | AFC Totton | | AFC Wallingford | | AFC Wimbledon | | AFC Wombourne United | | AFC Wulfrunians | | Abbey Hey | | Abingdon Town | | Abingdon United | | Accrington Stanley | | Adderbury Park | | Aldershot Town | | Alfreton Town | | Almondsbury UWE | | Almondsbury Town | | Alnwick Town | | Alphington | | Alresford Town | | Alsager Town | | Alton Town | | Altrincham | | Alvechurch | | Alveston | | Amersham Town | | Amesbury Town | | Ampthill Town | | Andover | | Andover New Street | | Anstey Nomads | | Appleby Frodingham | | Appledore | | Archdale | | Ardley United | | Arlesey Town | | Armthorpe Welfare | | Arnold Town | | Arsenal | | Arundel | | Ascot United | | Ash United | | Ashford Town (Kent) | | Ashford Town (Middlesex) | | Ashington | | Ashton Athletic | | Ashton Town | | Ashton United | | Askern Villa | | Aston Clinton | | Aston Villa | | Atherstone Town | | Atherton Collieries | | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | | Aveley | | Axminster Town | | Aylesbury United | | Aylesbury | | Aylestone Park | | ...
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......... 7 IX. International financial comparison ........................................... 8 X. Case study ....................................................................... 12 XI. Bibliography ..................................................................... 18 List of figures Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure 1 - First division ........................................................................ 3 2 - Market value of the Jupiler Pro League......................................... 6 3 - Evolution of finances of the Jupiler Pro League ............................... 6 4 - Average revenue of European clubs ............................................. 9 5 - Profits/losses of European clubs ................................................. 9 6 - Brand value of European Leagues.............................................. 11 7 - Evolution KRC Genk...
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...Vicente Munoz Date: April 15, 2014 Course: English Composition II Semester: Spring 2014 Instructor: Dr. Nancy Davis 1. Introduction: My paper topic is money involved in soccer. I want to make everyone realize how big soccer is. How much money it moves and the most interesting is why the club pays that much money for a player. It involves hundreds of years of history and honor on a soccer pitch. I want to explain the basics of soccer, the different competitions and where it is play. Every summer are transferring players to other teams for a crazy amount of money. Why is this team paying that much money? I would like to explain why the club is paying, what he will make with that player and how much revenue the club will make. All this apart for the trophies, victories, new idols and icon on the city. 2. FIFA ( Federation International Football Association) FIFA was founded on May twenty first on 1904, in Paris with the purpose of have an organization of the world biggest sport, football (soccer). One of the biggest purposes is to expand the sport and to increase the popularity on an international environment. The FIFA headquarters are established in Zurich, Switzerland. The player with most appearances is one of my favorite players, he plays for my team Real Madrid and he is from Spain, hi name is Iker Casillas. “51: Appearances as Spain captain was the new record set...
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...condition that stunted growth, and required expensive medical treatment, including the use of the drug human growth hormone. (T-V PG, 03:22) Career Local clubs, River Plate were interested in signing Messi, but did not want to pay for his medical treatment. However, Messi was given a trial with football club of Barcelona, and Coach Carles Rexach was impressed-offering Messi a contract (written on paper napkin) which included paying Messi’s treatment in Spain. Messi moved to Barcelona with his father and became part of the prestigious FC Barcelona youth academy. “I made a lot of sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. But everything I did I did for football, to achieve my dream. That is why I did not go out partying, or do a lot of other things” (Lionel Messi). Messi progressed through the ranks and was given his first league appearance in the 2004/2005 season becoming the youngest player to score a league goal. In 2006, Messi was part of the double winning team which won both Laliga (Spanish League) and champions’ league. By the next season, (2006-2007) he was just twenty, Messi was the first choice striker and a key part of the Barcelona team, scoring 14 goals in 26 league games. In the 2009-2010 season, Messi scored forty-seven goals in all competitions, equaling Ronaldo’s record total for Barcelona. In 2012, he broke the all-time world record for most goals scored in a calendar year. His final total of goals in 2012 was ninety-one beating the previous...
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...[ʁonaɫˈdʒĩɲu]) or Ronaldinho Gaúcho,[2] is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Milan and the Brazilian national team. He is a free-kick specialist and has exceptional dribbling ability. Ronaldinho, Portuguese for \"Little Ronaldo,\" is known in Brazil by the nickname \"Gaúcho,\" in order to distinguish him from Ronaldo, who was already called \"Ronaldinho\" in Brazil. Ronaldo simply went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thereby allowing Ronaldinho to drop the \"Gaúcho\" and remain simply as Ronaldinho. Prior to his move to Milan, he played for Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006 and he won the Ballon d\'Or in 2005. He became a Spanish citizen in January 2007.[3]Ronaldinho is one of the best soccer players I ever saw in my life. He does everything very nicely: freekicks, dribles, shoot, velocity, stamina and the list goes on. Ronaldinho has a vision of the game that not many others players does. For example, even when he�s behind the defense players from the other team, he�s able to see his mate in the other side of the field, passing the ball through the defense players. Ronaldinho plays for Barcelona in Spain, where he already won the Uefa Champions League, the most important cup someone can win for a club. He also plays in the Brazil�s team, where he won the World Cup in 2002. I think he plays better in Barcelona, because the ball is always on his feet. That doesn�t happen in Brazil�s team, where...
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...Diego Maradona Soccer fans and pundits alike will always include the name of Diego Armando Maradona when talking about the greatest player to grace a football pitch. Born in 1960 in Buenos Aires Argentina, Diego is without doubt, one of the best talents to be witnessed in soccer history; an accomplishment of sheer skills and talent mixed with controversy. His, is a fairy tale story of a boy raised in a struggling family, and rose to be a star in an epic soccer career. Diego is the best Maradona began his football career in his native Argentina playing for Argentino’s juniors from 1976 to 1981. During this period, Diego had missed out a chance to play at the 1978 World Cup where Argentina won the tournament despite scoring over 100 goals....
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...FC Barcelona WHICH MARKET DO YOU THINK HAS A HIGHER GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR THE FC BARCELONA BRAND: THE US OR CHINA? WHY? Factor | US | China | Decision | Sports Following | American Football, Baseball, Basketball and Football | Olympic Sports, Football, Basketball, Tennis | Both | Football Awareness | Popular among women, boys and girls.The Americans, are used to different kind of sports which are fast paced and more of an entertainment. | Fairly popular. The Chinese love the Football players. FC Barcelona represents a truly global club with the best players and hence it can attract the Chinese citizens with their players. | China. | Infrastructure | All the infrastructures - stadiums, leagues and media- are already of the highest quality. | China also has a well established local football league. There aren’t much stadium sports played in China as in the US. | US | Market Potential | The US market is more saturated because of the well established MLS league which attracts high quality players already. | The Chinese market presents a growth opportunity for FCB to grow its brand and setup alliances with the local teams or franchises. | China | Television | The US has a large number of sports and other sporting events which consume a major portion of the TV viewers and revenues. | Chinese citizens´ most viewed sport is Football. There is a wide gap for the other sports. This represents an opportunity for FC Barcelona. | China | Partnerships and Advertisements...
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...the biopic, see Messi (film). Lionel Messi 2015 UEFA Super Cup 64 crop.jpg Messi with Barcelona during the UEFA Super Cup in August 2015 Personal information Full name Lionel Andrés Messi[note 1] Date of birth 24 June 1987 (age 28) Place of birth Rosario, Argentina Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] Playing position Forward Club information Current team Barcelona Number 10 Youth career 1994–2000 Newell's Old Boys 2001–2004 Barcelona Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2004 Barcelona C 10 (5) 2004–2005 Barcelona B 22 (6) 2004– Barcelona 321 (289) National team‡ 2004–2005 Argentina U20 18 (14) 2008 Argentina U23 5 (2) 2005– Argentina 105 (49) Honours[show] * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2015 Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ( listen); born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only football player in history to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or four times, all of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes. With Barcelona he has won seven La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles, as well as three...
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...Design document for Football Manager 2010 (FM 2010) Pitch Football Manager 2010 is a realistic game that gives you the opportunity to be manager in any football club you like. Of course many responsibilities come with it. You have to keep the board satisfied with you otherwise you are going to get sucked. You have a transfer budget at the begin of the season and with that you can buy players. You can sell players if you want or loan a player to a team or from a team. You can make your own staff team and get advices from them. You can call a press conference for you new signings. At the match-day you choose the players that you would like to play and who are going to sit at the bench, set the tactic of your team and give the last directives. You can talk to the team before the match starts, at half time and at the end. During the match you can change the tactic if you wish and make substitutes just like a real match. You can even give touchline instructions to your players such as “retain possession” or “get the ball forward” and many others. Football Manager 2010 give you the opportunity to be a manager of a football club and to feel the pressure from the board and the fans and to manage the up and down of the players. Story The story of Football Manager 2010 is all the history of the professional football. It has history for all the teams, all the managers and all the players of the world. Lets take Lionel Messi for example. Full Name: Lionel Andres Messi Born: 24/6/1987 ...
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...INTRODUCTION The Malaysia national football team is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). It has never qualified for the World Cup finals, although the team did qualify to play in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. However, Malaysia did not take part after heeding a United States-led boycott of the Games due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The most significant successes of the team has come in the regional AFC Suzuki Cup, which Malaysia won in 2010 for the first time in history. They beat Indonesia 4–2 on aggregate in the final to capture the country's first major international football title. Malaysia had many top players since the creation of the Federation of Malaya, such as Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat, who was remembered for his lethal skills as a striker and known throughout the land as ‘The King of Football’. Then came the likes of the legendary Mokhtar Dahari and James Wong, which led Malaysia into their golden age during the 1970s until the 1980s. In 1962, Malaysia recorded a 15–1 victory over the Philippines, which is currently the record for the highest win for the national team. In the current generation, Mohd Safee Mohd Sali and Norshahrul Idlan Talaha are considered by many Malaysians as the best strikers of this generation. In the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysia's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 75th. Currently, Malaysia is ranked in the 163rd position....
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...forward for Barcelona club. He is also the captain of his national team. He is so fast when he is running. He has the skills to keep the ball on his foot while running. Lionel Messi is one of the best players in the world, but he crossed several challenges before becoming the best. A hormonal problem that affected his growth was a limit to becoming a football player. First, he was facing expensive treatment that his family cannot afford. Messi was born with a hormonal disease that is to say he was not growing normally as children age. He was very short, and some people said that he could not be a soccer player because he did not have the physique of an athlete. His bones were not strong. His treatment cost almost 900 euros per month. His family was poor, so his professional career was compromised. Then his father asked for help from the Argentine team, but they refused to pay the bill. Facing expensive treatment and no one to help, Messi’s parents moved to Spain in Barcelona. After his first trial with Barcelona, the Catalan coaches decided to sign Messi and pay for his medical treatment. His growth was noticeable within Barcelona, and he came to be considered as a great talent in the club. His ambition and the desire to win everything led him to break records. He has won every major club trophy at Camp Nou (Barcelona stadium). He has won the World player of the year award four times in four years. At 24 years old, he became the all-time top scorer at Barcelona. He also beat...
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...REAL MADRID CASE STUDY Summary Real Madrid is one of the most storied sports franchises in the world. It is one of the few sports teams with international appeal to a very broad fan base. This case delves into how Real Madrid transitioned from a good soccer team with a winning history into the global sports juggernaut we know today. We first examined Real Madrid’s revenue streams and found that from their inception through the 1970s their business model was based almost entirely on their ticket sales. After the 1970s up until 2003 they had some media rights, a small merchandising department, and some other negligible streams of income. It was in 2003 that team President Florintino Perez decided to make Real Madrid into a special type of sports team that was akin to large global corporations like Walt Disney. After reviewing the facts we agree with the decision to shift the business model into its current position (as of 2003). After identifying and examining the lifetime values of different consumer groups which are listed below under the “Question 2” headline, we have found that each group has different desires in order to be completely satisfied. However, each group has a common denominator that will maximize utility across all segments and that is winning. A winning team sells more merchandise, can demand higher advertising revenues, and can attract the best players for less money which also leads to winning more often. We also quantified two types of consumers...
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...Manchester United: still trying to establish a global brand Manchester United (abbreviated as ManUtd, www.manutd.com) has developed into one of the most famous and financially successful football clubs in the world, being recognized in virtually every country, even those with little interest in the sport. Real Madrid has displaced ManUtd from the pole position in Deloitte’s football money league. The list, which has been running for the last 9 years, identifies the top 20 clubs in terms of revenue. The top five in 2008 were: Real Madrid with 3365.8 million, Manchester United (3324.8 million), FC Barcelona (3308.8 million), Bayern Munich (3295.3 million) and Chelsea (3268.9 million) (Deloitte, 2009). Having won the Premier League and Champions League in 2007/08, United would have overtaken Real Madrid at the top of the Deloitte Football Money League had it not been for the depreciation of the pound. The top 20 clubs now generate more than three times the combined revenue of the clubs in the first Money League publication in 1996/97. The most valuable US sport teams, the National Football League’s Washington Redskins and baseball’s New York Yankees, are both worth somewhat more but more than any US sports team, ManUtd has built a global brand. Since the mass commercialization of football in 1992, Manchester United has unquestionably been the team to beat. In the past 16 seasons, it has collected 10 Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two Champion League trophies. Old Trafford...
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