Toni Kroos

Profile Football Stars | Toni Kroos | Kroos - who plays as a midfielder - changed to Bayern Munich's youth setup in 2006. For the 2007-08 season and on, Kroos was named to the senior team, at the young age of 17. Kroos has made an astounding start to his Bayern career, making his Bayern Munich debut on 26 September 2007 in the 5-0 mauling of Energie Cottbus and instantly Providing two assists for the two goals scored by Miroslav Klose within 18 minutes of his appearance.

On 18 April 2009 he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga against VfL Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen lost 2-1 the which. At the annual meeting of FC Bayern on 27 November 2009 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Announced That at the end of the season will return to Bayern's Kroos. After the 2010 World Cup to Bayern's Kroos returned from a one and a half year long loan spell where he scored 10 league goals in 43 appearances. During the season, Kroos made further appearances in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and also in the Champions League. He scored his first league goal on 29 October 2010, on match day 10 against SC Freiburg, a 25-yard one, the which made the score 4-1 for the Bavarians.

In the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Toni Kroos was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and also won the Bronze Shoe after scoring five goals. Kroos' debut for the national U-21 team came on 5 September 2008 in a 2009 Euro U-21 Championship qualifier against Northern Ireland and scored the opening goal in the 11th minute, his second goal for the U-21 side was the goal in Germany's 1-0 win over Italy, a precise long- shot in the angle range.

Kroos was selected to Joachim Low's 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He made his World Cup debut in Germany's final group-stage match versus Ghana, coming on in the 80th minute for Bastian Schweinsteiger, with Germany leading 1-0. Kroos established Himself as a regular starter in Germany's qualification campaign for Euro 2012, playing in eight out of a possible ten games. Germany won all ten qualifying matches to top Group A.

Personal information
Full name Toni Kroos
Date of birth 4 January 1990 (age 22)
Place of birth Greifswald, East Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder, Winger

Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 39

Youth career
1997-2002 Greifswalder SV
Hansa Rostock 2002-2006
Bayern Munich 2006-2007

Senior career
years Team
Bayern Munich II 2007-2008 13 (4)
2007-Bayern Munich 76 (5)
2009-2010 Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 43 (10)

National team
2005-2007 Germany U17 34 (17)
2009 Germany U19 5 (3)
2008-2009 Germany U21 10 (2)
2010-Germany 25 (2)

Honours

Club
Bayern Munich
     Bundesliga: 2007-08
     DFB-Pokal: 2007-08
     DFB-Ligapokal: 2007
     DFB-Supercup: 2010

Germany
     FIFA World Cup 2010: Third place - Bronze medal
     FIFA U-17 World Championship: 2007: Third place - Bronze medal
     UEFA U-17 Championship: 2007: Fourth Place

Individual
     UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Golden Player: 2006
     UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship top scorer: 2007
     FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 Golden Ball
     FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 Bronze Shoe
     Fritz-Walter-Medal 2008 in Gold (U18 Category)

Holger Badstuber

Profile Football Stars | Holger Badstuber | From 2002 to 2007, Badstuber progressed through the youth setup at Bayern Munich. He played for Bayern's reserve team before signing professional terms in July 2009, along with team-mate Thomas Müller, having been an unused substitute in a number of first-team matches in the 2008-09 season. However the youngster impressed in his first season, started all league games and one save in the 2009-10 Bundesliga season. Throughout the 2010-11 season with Bayern, Badstuber endured a tumultuous relationship with coach Louis van Gaal, who That Despite stating he has high trust in Badstuber, Criticized him strongly Following a number of poor performances.

Badstuber was then selected in Germany's 23-man squad for the world cup finals in South Africa on 1 June, and being handed the squad number 14 shirt by coach Joachim Low. Badstuber then started the next group game against Serbia on 18 June 2010 in Port Elizabeth at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. He played 77 minutes, prior to being substituted for fellow Bayern team mate Mario Gómez.  After the World Cup Erratic, Badstuber improved his performances with consistency and established Himself as a defender in the starting lineup Low's team.

He helped Germany to win all 10 matches of the Mannschaft's qualification campaign for Euro 2012 to top group A by playing nine out of a possible ten matches, he was only spared in the - for qualification irrelevant - last match against Belgium. During the campaign Badstuber scored his first goal, the 5-1 against Azerbaijan, he headed home a corner kick by Mesut Özil. In a friendly 3-3 draw on 11 November 2011 against Ukraine, in the international match Inauguration of the new Olympic Stadium Kiev, Low's experimental formation featured only three defenders, Badstuber was named as the single center back, this was interpreted as a signal That Candidates out of many possible Badstuber has established Himself as Low's most Important player in Germany's central defense.

Personal information
Full name Holger Badstuber
Date of birth 13 March 1989 (age 23)
Place of birth Memmingen, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back / Left back

Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 28

Youth career
TSV 1994-2000 Rot
VfB Stuttgart 2000-2002
Bayern Munich 2002-2007

Senior career
years Team
Bayern Munich II 2007-2009 55 (7)
2009-Bayern Munich 88 (1)

National team
2007-2008 Germany U19 2 (0)
2008-2009 Germany U20 3 (0)
2009-2010 Germany U21 7 (2)
2010-Germany 19 (1)

Honours

Club
Bayern Munich
     Bundesliga Champion: 2009-10
     DFB-Pokal: 2009-10
     DFL-Supercup (1): 2010
     UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2009-10

Germany
     FIFA World Cup 2010: Third place - Bronze medal

Emmanuel Adebayor

Profile Football Stars | Emmanuel Adebayor | Adebayor Previously played for Metz, Monaco and Arsenal and was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008. In his first season, he played nine games and scored twice. In the 2002-03 season, Adebayor scored 17 goals in 35 games. He signed a new contract with Monaco in 2003, and he scored seven goals in 17 appearances, Helping them reach the 2004 UEFA Champions League final with two goals in 10 games.

On 13 January 2006, Adebayor signed for Arsenal a reported £ 7m. On 4 February 2006, Adebayor made his Arsenal debut in a Premiership match at Birmingham City and scored after 21 minutes, with Arsenal winning 2-0. At the end of his first season for the Gunners he had scored four goals in ten matches. On 13 September 2008, Adebayor scored a hat trick in Arsenal's 4-0 win away to Blackburn Rovers, getting his first league goals of the 2008-09 season. On 8 February, Adebayor suffered a hamstring injury in Arsenal's 0-0 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.

On 18 July 2009, Adebayor signed a five-year contract with Manchester City, for a transfer fee believed to be in the region of £ 25million. On his home debut, Adebayor scored the only goal in the 17th minute in a 1-0 in over Wolverhampton Wanderers, assisted by fellow summer signing Carlos Tevez. He scored in his third consecutive league match, heading the winner in a 1-0 away victory against Portsmouth. Manchester City manager Mark Hughes suggested Adebayor did it Because he wanted to be loved by City fans. In doing so, he Became the first Manchester City player to score a hat-trick in a European competition. In August 2011, Roberto Mancini confirmed Adebayor That, along with Craig Bellamy, were no longer part of his plans and Could leave Manchester City.

On 25 January 2011, Adebayor signed a loan deal to play for Real Madrid for the rest of the season. The game ended 2-0 with an aggregate score of 3-0. The game ended 4-1 and Adebayor scored the last goal within the last 3 minutes of the game. On 6 March 2011, Adebayor scored the opening goal in the 24th minute against Racing Santander from a Mesut Özil pass. Real Madrid won the match 3-1. Adebayor added two goals to his European tally for Madrid with goals against Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-0 win on 5 April 2011. Adebayor scored his first hat-trick for Real Madrid on 21 May 2011, on the last round of the 2010-11 La Liga season, against Almería.

On 25 August 2011, Adebayor signed Tottenham Hotspur on a season-long loan. [42] On 10 September 2011, Adebayor scored on his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 67th minute.  Adebayor also Provided the assist for Rafael van der Vaart's goal in their 2-1 win against North London derby former club Arsenal on 2 October. Later on Adebayor went on to score a further two goals, one was a penalty at Stoke and one came in a derby against Chelsea where the scores ended up 1-1. On 11 February 2012, Adebayor scored on a volley and supplied four assists in the 5-0 win over Newcastle United.

Adebayor was also eligible to play for Nigeria but chose to Represent the country of his birth. Adebayor helped Togo qualify for the 2006 African Cup of Nations by scoring 11 goals in the qualifiers, more than any other player in the African qualifiers. On 8 January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo national team's bus came under a gunfire attack on the way to the African Cup of Nations in Angola.

Personal information
Full name Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor
Date of birth 26 February 1984 (age 28)
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Tottenham Hotspur
(on ​​loan from Manchester City)
Number 10

Youth career
OC 1998-1999 Agaza
Metz 1999-2001

Senior career
years Team
2000-2001 Metz B 10 (2)
Metz 44 2001-2003 (15)
2003-2006 Monaco 78 (18)
Arsenal-2006-2009 104 (46)
2009-Manchester City 34 (15)
2011-Real Madrid (loan) 14 (5)
2011-Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 30 (13)

National team
2000-Togo 43 (18)

Honours

Club
Real Madrid
     Copa del Rey: 2010-11

Individual
     Goal of the Month: September 2007 (with Arsenal)
     Goal of the Season: 2007-08 (with Arsenal)
     PFA Team of the Year: 2007-08 (with Arsenal)
     BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2007
     African Player of the Year: 2008
     Super Awards African Player of the Year: 2008
     Togo Footballer of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008