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Carlos Tevez
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Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Tévez
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 32
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2006

Carlos Alberto Tévez (born February 5, 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine footballer who made his name with Argentine giants Boca Juniors and later in Brazil with Corinthians. "Carlitos" is currently playing for West Ham United.

He is 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 Maradona". Diego Maradona once described him as the "Argentine prophet for the 21st century".[1]

Biography

Tévez was born as Carlos Alberto Martínez, and raised in the humble neighbourhood of Ejército de Los Andes, better known as "Fuerte Apache". It was from there where he got the nickname of Apache. His parents changed his surname to his mothers during a conflict between his junior club All Boys and Boca Juniors.[2]

Tévez has a distinctive scar from his 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 and 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 almost two months. Today the scars are a highly visible feature of Tévez, and did not get them fixed because he was playing in a junior football team. He refused an offer from his Boca Juniors to have them cosmetically improved, saying that the scars were a part of who he was in the past and who he is today[3].

Boca Juniors

Tévez joined Boca at the age of thirteen and played his first professional match with Boca on October 21, 2001 against Talleres de Córdoba. He played for the team 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 the 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 (according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics[4]), one less than Ali Daei from Iran.

Corinthians

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Tévez and president Lula

In 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 the Corinthians fans - including Brazilian president Lula. However, Tévez became the captain and star of the team that won the 2005 Brazilian league and the fans' favourite player. When the 2005 Brazilian league ended, he was granted the award of best player of the tournament by the Brazilian football federation, becoming the first non-Brazilian player to win that award since 1976. After this he was being linked to Chelsea as a result of Roman Abramovich's link to MSI.[citation needed]

Tévez was selected by José Pekerman for Argentina for the 2006 World Cup. He started the first match against the Ivory Coast on the bench but came on as a substitute for the match against Serbia and Montenegro. He scored the 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 the entire duration and emerged man of the match.

West Ham United

On August 23 2006, Sky Sports revealed that Tévez was refusing to play for Corinthians.[5] The article insinuated that a move to Europe was likely, with Chelsea and Manchester United both mentioned as possible destinations. Yet on Thursday 31 August 2006, the day of the European transfer deadline, Tévez confirmed on his website that both he and Javier Mascherano were signing for West Ham United on permanent deals, for £12 millon pounds.[6][7] 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.[8]

Tevez (left) in West Ham colours

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 that 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 substituted and throwing a mini tantrum versus Sheffield United 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 saying "I played in Brazil and have a great respect for Brazil and Brazilians but I’m Argentine and won’t wear that shirt".[9]

On 17 December 2006, the News of the World revealed that Tévez said he was surprised Alan Pardew had not been sacked earlier than now, and that he criticized Pardew's management.[10]

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 of 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. However, Tévez soon began full training again and came on as a substitute against Watford on 10 February in a 1-0 defeat.

Tévez scored his 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.[11]

He scored his third consecutive goal for West Ham in the 2-0 win against Middlesbrough, after having set up Bobby Zamora for the first. It was his first goal from open play in a West Ham shirt and he was named Man of the Match.

In April 2007, the Argentine picked up the Player of the Year Award from club magazine Hammers News and also received the Hammer of the Year award from West Ham United. In May, he inspired West Ham to a 3-0 win over relegation rivals Wigan, and then scored a brace and set up a Mark Noble volley the following week against Bolton Wanderers.

In West Ham's final game of the season against Manchester United on 13 May 2007, Tévez secured the club's Premiership status, by scoring in the 1-0 away victory over season's champions Manchester United tapping the ball past Edwin van der Sar at close range. The match was played at the same time as the Sheffield United against Wigan Athletic match. This ended with Wigan winning 2-1, so a loss to Manchester United would have resulted in West Ham's relegation.

Despite only playing 26 games for West Ham United, he was voted "Hammer of the Year 2007" by West Ham United fans.


Transfer Speculation

As the 2006/07 season ended, there was much speculation about Carlos Tevez' future. Despite keeping West Ham in the Premiership, it is assumed that he and his agents at MSI will want to move on, having gotten their product into the shop window and proving Tevez has the quality to influence games and score goals in Europe. Strong early-Summer speculation linked the Argentine with Liverpool where he would rejoin Javier Mascherano, though he has since been linked with most of Europe's powerhouses, including Chelsea, Juventus, Manchester United and Internazionale. On June 11th it was confirmed he would join Manchester United on July 1st in a deal thought to be worth about €50m.

Titles

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team

Personal awards

  • 2007 – West Ham United Hammer of the Year
  • 2007 – Hammers News Player of the Year
  • 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)

Music

Tévez performs as the frontman for his Cumbia Villera ("Shantytown" Cumbia) musical group Piola Vago with his brother Diego.[12]

References

  1. ^ "The New Hammers". The Guardian. 2006-08-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Carlos Tevez: En All Boys era Carlos Martínez". Clarín. 2005-10-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Player Profile: Carlos Tevez, www.lastkick.com, 28 October 2005, retrieved 6 June 2007.
  4. ^ "IFFHS' World's Best Goal Scorers Of The Year 2004"
  5. ^ "Tevez goes on strike". Sky Sports. 2006-08-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Star pair to sign for Hammers". Sky Sports. 2006-08-31. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Tévez and Mascherano confirmed signings for West Ham
  8. ^ "West Ham only club to agree to MSI's terms". Football365. 2006-09-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "Tevez Unwelcome Back At Corinthians". [goal.com]. 2006-12-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Dunn, Alex (17-12-2006). "Tévez torments departed Pards". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=453555&in_page_id=1779
  12. ^ "Pablo Lescano: "Tévez does not do cumbia, does reggaetón"". Pagina 12. 2006-06-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


Preceded by South American Footballer of the Year
2003, 2004, 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by West Ham United
Hammer of the Year
2007 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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