Carlos Tévez biography: Argentina Footballer

Carlos Tévez biography

Argentina football player

Soccer player

Carlos Alberto "Carlitos" Tévez

born February 5, 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires Province

Ciudadela is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in the Tres de Febrero Partido, immediately to the west of the neighborhood of Liniers in Buenos Aires city proper. It is separated from the city by General Paz avenue.

Place of birth Ciudadela, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position: Striker

An Argentine football striker who made his name with Argentine giants Boca Juniors and later in Brazil with Corinthians. He is now playing for West Ham United.

He is currently regarded as one of the most promising prospects to come out of Argentina. Like Argentine teammate Lionel Messi, he has been labelled as the "new Diego Maradona". Maradona himself once described him as the "Argentinian prophet for the 21st century".

Career

All Boys
Boca Juniors

Club App (Gls)
Boca Juniors 75 (25)
Corinthians 38 (25)
West Ham United 25 (6)

Biography
Tévez was born as Carlos Alberto Martínez, and raised ina humble neighbourhood of Ejército de Los Andes, better known as Fuerte Apache. It was from there where he got the nickname "Apache". His parents changed his surname to his mothers during a conflict between his junior club All Boys and Boca Juniors.

Tévez has a scar from the right ear, down his neck to his chest. This occurred when he was ten months old while he was exploring the terrain of his mother’s kitchen floor he inadvertently pulled a kettle of boiling water over himself. This caused third degree burns to the right side of his face, neck and chest and left him in intensive care for two months. Today the scars are a visible signature of Tévez, who refused an offer from his Boca Juniors to have them cosmetically improved, saying the scars were a part of who he was in the past and who he is today.

Boca Juniors
Tévez joined Boca at thirteen and played a first professional match with Boca on October 21, 2001 against Talleres de Córdoba. He played for the side until the end of 2004. With Boca Juniors he won an Argentine Championship (2003), a Copa Libertadores (2003), an Intercontinental Cup (2003), and a Copa Sudamericana (2004). Because of the Intercontinental Cup of 2003, he did not participate in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship with the Argentine team.

Tévez was a key part of Boca's victory in the 2003 Copa Libertadores, but his greatest achievement was during the 2004 Olympic Games, where he won a gold medal with his team, and scored eight goals in six matches to be the top scorer of the competition. He was named Futbolista latinoamericano más destacado ("Most notable Latin American footballer") in 2003 by Latin American Fox Sports, and the Argentine Football Writers chose him as Footballer of the Year, and also Sportsman of the Year 2004. He was the world's second Top Goal Scorer of 2004 in international competitions, one less than Ali Daei from Iran.

Corinthians

December 2004, he transferred to Sport Club Corinthians Paulista for $20 million with a five year contract worth $10 million, following the Brazilian club's deal with Media Sports Investments. The deal was the biggest transfer ever in South American football. Initially Tévez was not well received by Corinthians fans - including Brazilian president Lula. Tévez became the captain and star of the team that won the 2005 Brazilian league and the fans' favourite player, and was being linked to Chelsea as a result of Roman Abramovich's link to MSI.

Tévez was selected by José Pekerman for Argentina for the 2006 World Cup. He started a first match against the Ivory Coast on the bench but came on as a sub for the match against Serbia and Montenegro. He scored a fifth goal and assisted Lionel Messi's sixth goal in Argentina's 6-0 victory. In Argentina's drawn final Group C match against Holland, Tévez played a entire duration and emerged man of the match.

West Ham United
On August 23, 2006, Sky Sports revealed Tévez was refusing to play for Corinthians. The article insinuated a move to Europe was likely, with Chelsea and Man Utd both mentioned as possible destinations. Yet on Thursday 31 August 2006, the day of the European transfer deadline, Tévez confirmed on his website both he and Javier Mascherano were signing for West Ham United on permanent deals, for an undisclosed fee. The deal shocked the football world and controversy surrounds the move's exact nature and terms, with media reports suggesting that several other Premiership clubs turned down the opportunity of signing Tévez and Mascherano because of the stipulations put in place by the owner of the players' contracts, Media Sports Investments.

Following the arrivals of Tévez and Mascherano, West Ham failed to win for 9 games (1 draw and 8 defeats), including 7 consecutive matches without scoring. On 5 October 2006, Argentina National Coach Alfio Basile urged the pair to quit West Ham. Just three days later, however, Tévez told the media he was aiming to stay at West Ham "for the long term". Until West Ham's 1-0 defeat by Chelsea on 18 November 2006, he had not played for West Ham since coming off the bench against Tottenham Hotspur on 22nd of October 2006 (a game West Ham lost 1 - 0), during which time West Ham had managed to end their losing streak. Tévez also left the ground early after being subbed and throwing a mini tantrum versus Sheffield Utd in November. As punishment, which was decided upon by his Upton Park team mates, Tévez had to donate half of a weeks wages to charity and train in a Brazil shirt. Tévez refused to wear the Brazil shirt

Tévez was praised for his performance the following week despite the 2 - 0 defeat against Everton. He created many chances and was a constant threat. The pundits on Match of the Day 2 that night were quick to pick up on this and included it in their analysis of the game.

On 17 December 2006, the News of the World revealed that Tévez said he was surprised Alan Pardew had not been sacked earlier, and he criticized Pardew's management.

On 6 January 2007, Tévez made his first start for West Ham United under the management of Alan Curbishley against Brighton and Hove Albion in the FA Cup 3rd round. West Ham United won the game 3 - 0, with Tévez playing a role in all the goals. However, during a routine Premiership clash against Fulham, Tévez suffered an injury which was expected to keep him out for a sustained period of time. Tévez soon began full training again and came on as a substitute against Watford on 10 February in a 1 - 0 defeat.

Tévez scored a first goal for the club on March 4, 2007 in a 3 - 4 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, scoring from a direct free kick and assisting West Ham's other two goals on the day.

He scored a third consecutive goal for West Ham, in a Man of the Match performance, scoring to make the score 2 - 0 to West Ham against Middlesbrough, after having set up Bobby Zamora for the first, it was a first goal from open play in a West Ham shirt.

In April 2007, the Argentine picked up the Player of the Year Award from club magazine Hammers News and also received Hammer of the year from West Ham United. In this month he inspired West Ham to a 3-0 win over relegation rivals Wigan, and scored a brace and set up a Mark Noble volley the week after against Bolton Wanderers. The papers heralded the latter performance, calling him West Ham's "saviour", because this result took West Ham 3 points clear of the relegation zone with 1 game to go.

Titles
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold 2004 Athens Team
2005 – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Corinthians)
2004 – Olympic gold medal (Argentina)
2004 – Pre-Olympics (Argentina)
2004 – Copa Sudamericana (Boca Juniors)
2003 – Intercontinental Cup (Boca Juniors)
2003 – Argentine Apertura (Boca Juniors)
2003 – Copa Libertadores (Boca Juniors)
2003 – South American under-20 Championship (Argentina)

Personal awards
2005 – Campeonato Brasileiro's Best Player by CBF (Brazilian Soccer Confederation)
2005 – Campeonato Brasileiro's Best Player (Brazilian Placar magazine)
2004 – Olimpia de Oro award for Argentine most important Sportperson of the year (Shared with Basketball player Manu Ginobili) (Clarín newspaper)
2004 – Olympic Golden Boot (8 goals in 6 matches)
2003, 2004 and 2005 – South American Player of the Year (Uruguayan newspaper El País)
2007 – West Ham United Hammer of the Year

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