Archive for April, 2011

Johann Neeskens: Performed Consistently Throughout His Career

There are few players who displayed exceptional technical skills during their football career. Johann Neeskens is one of them. He started his career playing with local team RCH. He soon joined Ajax and there he established himself as an outstanding player in Europe. He was popularly called as ‘Johann the second’. Neeskens represented Holland for [...]

Roberto Rivelino: Became Popular For His Rare Skills

Roberto Rivelino

Few players have got certain rare talented skills. Roberto Rivelino is one of them. He got very popular due to his cannon like free-kicks, dribbling skills and distant range shooting. He had a very famous move known as elastic dribble. Several players imitate it even today. He scored several times using this move much to [...]

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge : Displayed Extra Ordinary Talent

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge made sure that West Germany maintained world class level in soccer after the era of Beckenbauer. At 18 years of age Bayern Munich discovered this talented player. Coach Helmut Schön chose him for the World Cup, 1978 in Argentina. West Germany made an exit after the second phase but Kalle caught the attention [...]