Male Athletes
Male athletes, both of the professional and amateur persuasion, including olympic athletes, baseball pros, football players, soccer players and more.
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Full name - Blagoy Georgiev Date of birth - 21.12.1981 Place of birth - Sofia, Bulgaria Height - 1.84 m Blagoy Georgiev - wiki --- Playing position - Midfielder, winger Current club - Terek Grozny Number - 7 1999-2008 - Slavia Sofia 2006 - Deportivo Alavés (loan) 2006 - 2007 - Red Star Belgrade (loan) 2007 - 2008 - MSV Duisburg (loan) 2009 - Terek Grozny
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Luca Toni (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian, World Cup winning, football player. He plays as a striker for ACF Fiorentina and the Italian national team. He started his professional career at Modena in 1994. After a Serie B season with Treviso in 1999, he moved to Vicenza Calcio, playing in Serie A for the first time. He then moved to Brescia Calcio and played for two seasons along-side Roberto Baggio. He joined Palermo in 2003 and aided the team to win Serie B by scoring thirty goals during the season, consequently gaining his first cap for the national team. In the following season, he scored twenty goals. In July 2005, he was transferred …
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LeBron Raymone James was born December 30, 1984, commonly nicknamed King James, he is an American All-Star small forward in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Position Small Forward Nickname King James, The Heir Apparent LBJ, The Chosen One Height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Weight 240 lb (109 kg) Team Cleveland Cavaliers Nationality United States Born December 30, 1984 (age 22) Akron, Ohio High school St. Vincent-St. Mary Draft 1st overall, 2003 Cleveland Cavaliers Pro career 2003–present Awards 2006 Naismith Prep Player of the Year 2004 Rookie of the Year 2004 ESPY Best Breakthrough Athlete 2006 NBA All-Star Game MVP Two-time NBA…
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Full name - Valeri Emilov Bozhinov ( Bojinov ) Date of birth - 15.02.1986 Place of birth - Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria Height - 1.78 m Playing position - Forward Valeri Bojinov - wiki Current club - Sporting CP Number - 7 2002–2005 Lecce 2005–2007 Fiorentina 2006–2007 Juventus (loan) 2007–2010 Manchester City 2009–2010 Parma (loan) 2010–2011 Parma 2011– Sporting CP
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Federico Peluso (born 20 January 1984 in Rome) is an Italian football player currently playing for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian National Team. Peluso began his career on ASD Petriana, in Rome. He later moved to Lazio, but was subsequently released. In 2001 he joined Pro Vercelli, where he played three full seasons. In 2004 summer he joined Ternana, and after two years in the club, he was bought fromAlbinoLeffe, being promoted with the Bergamo club. However, in his second season, he had a fallout with the club's ownership, and was removed from squad. In January 2009, Peluso joined Atalanta, as an exchange for Karamoko Cissé. On 8 March 2009, Peluso made his S…
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D.J. AUGUSTIN Darryl Gerard "D. J." Augustin, Jr. (born November 10, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. He played point guard for the University of Texas Longhorns from 2006–2008. He was drafted ninth overall by the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association in 2008. Augustin is listed as 6'0" (1.83 m) by the NBA but stands 5'11" (1.78 m) barefoot according to the 2008 pre-draft measurements.
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VICENTE DEL BOSQUE BIOGRAPHY : Vicente del Bosque had a tough act to follow when replacing Euro 2008 winner Luis Aragones at the helm of the Spanish national side, but the man who can claim to be the greatest Real Madrid manager of modern times has never been one to duck a challenge. With ten wins from ten World Cup qualifiers, he is once again at the helm of a deeply talented squad capable of challenging for the very highest honours in the game. Del Bosque is a Madridista through and through, which makes his controversial sacking by Real in the summer of 2003 all the harder to comprehend. After winning five La Liga titles and four Copa del Reys as a cultured if unspectac…
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Dustin Luis Pedroia (born August 17, 1983, in Woodland, California) is an American professional baseball second baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Pedroia has won several awards in Major League Baseball, including the 2007 American League Rookie of the Year and the 2008 AL MVP award. He also won a Silver Slugger as a second baseman and a Gold Glove in 2008. He finished second overall in the AL in batting average in 2008. Pedroia is listed by Major League Baseball and the Red Sox as 5' 9" (175 cm) and 180 pounds. In 2003 a USA Today article gave his height as 5' 7" (170 cm),[1] and when he was in college the NCAA and Arizona State University gave his…
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Personal information: Full name: Michał Winiarski Date of birth: September 28, 1983(1983-09-28) Height: 200 cm Weight: 83 kg Position: spiker Spike: 355 cm Block: 335 cm Team: Itas Diatec Trentino National team: Poland Michał Winiarski (born September 28, 1983 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish volleyball player. His first professional club was Chemik Bydgoszcz, and he previously played for the national team of Poland in 2004. He now plays for Itas Diatec Trentino in Italy.
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Kevin Edmund Youkilis ( /ˈjuːkəlɪs/; born March 15, 1979), also known as "Youk" ( /ˈjuːk/), is an American professional baseball player with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he was drafted by the Red Sox in 2001 after playing college baseball at the University of Cincinnati. Known for his ability to get on base, Youkilis (while still a minor leaguer) was nicknamed "The Greek God of Walks" in the best-selling book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. A Gold Glove Award-winning first baseman, he once held baseball's record for most consecutive errorless games at first base (later broken by Casey Kotchman).[2][3] He is also…
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Position Point guard/shooting guard Nickname "A.I.", "The Answer", "Bubbachuck" League NBA Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 165 lb (75 kg) Team Denver Nuggets Nationality United States Born June 7, 1975 (age 31) Hampton, Virginia College Georgetown University Draft 1st overall, 1996 Philadelphia 76ers Pro career 1996–present Former teams Philadelphia 76ers (1996–2006) Awards Big East Rookie Of The Year - NCAA Big East Defensive Player Of The Year - NCAA (1996) NBA Rookie of the Year (1997) All-Star Rookie Game Most Valuable Player (1997) All Rookie First Team (1997) NBA Most Valuable Player (2001) NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (2001) NBA All-…
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Julio César Chávez (born Julio César Chávez González on July 12, 1962 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico) is a retired Mexican professional boxer. He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. In a career that spanned over twenty-five years, Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions: WBC Super Featherweight in 1984, WBA Lightweight in 1987, WBC Lightweight in 1988, WBC Super Lightweight in 1989, IBF Light Welterweight in 1990, and WBC Super Lightweight in 1994. Julio César Chávez was known for his outstanding punching power, devastating body attack and the relentl…
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Alexandre Despatie Alexandre Despatie (born June 8, 1985) is a Canadian diver from Laval, Quebec. He was the World champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been World champion in the three categories (1, 3 and 10 m platform). He is also a 36-time Canadian senior diving champion. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Despatie began diving at the age of 5 in his own backyard pool. He first came to public attention at the 1998 Commonwealth Games with an extremely impressive gold medal on the 10 meter platform (which included an unprecedented score of perfect 10s). He was only 13 years old at the time, a…
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Éric Sylvain Abidal (French pronunciation: [eʁik abidal]; born 11 September 1979) is a French professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona as a left or central defender. In his career, he played mainly for Lyon and Barcelona, winning 22 major titles the two teams combined, including two Champions League trophies with the latter. A French international in the 2000s, Abidal represented the nation in two World Cups – finishing second in 2006 – and Euro 2008. Early career Abidal started playing with AS Lyon Duchère, an amateur team playing in the suburbs. He started his professional career with AS Monaco FC, making his Ligue 1 debut on 16 September 2000 in a 3–0 h…
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Júlio César Soares de Espíndola (born 3 September 1979), commonly known as simply Júlio César (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒuʎu ˈsezaɾ]), is aBrazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Queens Park Rangers in the Championship. He also represents the Brazilian national team, having won 75 international caps, and appeared at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He spent seven years at Italian club Internazionale, where he won five Scudetti, the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League and the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup. He was awarded the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year title in both 2009 and 2010,and was nominated for the 2009 Ballon d'Or, where he was voted into 21st place.
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Vinny Paz, formerly Vinny Pazienza (born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza on December 16, 1962 in Cranston, Rhode Island) is an Italian-American former boxer and world champion in the lightweight and light middleweight weight classes. He boxed under the nickname of "The Pazmanian Devil." After building a reputation around the Eastern coast and a streak of wins over people like Roberto Elizondo (KO in 10), the Rhode Island native's first title try came on June 7, 1987 in Providence, where he outpointed Greg Haugen over 15 rounds to become the IBF's world lightweight champion. The pair would meet two more times, Haugen recovering the title in an immediate rematch, but Paz prevaili…
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Jonathan Tyler Lester (born January 7, 1984, in Tacoma, Washington) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.[1] Less than two years after being diagnosed with lymphoma, Lester started and won the final game of the 2007 World Series, and in May 2008, pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals. Career[edit] High schoolLester attended Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma, Washington, where he was a three-time MVP and three-time All-Area selection. In addition, he was named Gatorade State Player of the Year for Washington in 2000. [edit] ProfessionalThe Red Sox drafted Lester in the second round (No. 57 overall) of the 2002 d…
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Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona], born 30 October 1960) is an Argentine football coach as well as a manager and former player. Many experts, football critics, former players, current players and football fans consider Maradona as the best football player of all time. He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé. He is the only footballer to set world-record contract fees twice, firstly when transferring to Barcelona for a then world record £5m, and secondly, when transferred to Napoli for another record fee £6.9m. During his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona,Napoli, …
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Jonathan Robert Papelbon (pronounced /ˈpæpəlbɒn/; born November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. He was the Red Sox closer during most of 2006. In early September, Papelbon injured his shoulder. When the Red Sox were eliminated from playoff contention, he was shut down for the rest of the season to rest. Papelbon was being groomed to be part of the Red Sox starting rotation, but because of his shoulder problems, was later moved back to the bullpen before the start of the season and remained the team's closer.[1] On August 21, 2007, Papelbon ha…
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Full name: Zlatan Ibrahimović Date of birth: October 03, 1981 Birthplace: Malmö, Sweden Nationality: Swedish 2nd nationality: Bosnian EU passport: Yes Height: 192 cms Weight: 84 kgs
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