David Robert Joseph Beckham, (born 2 May 1975) is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for Milan in Serie
A, on loan from Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy. He is also an established member of the England national team.
Twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year and in 2004 the world's highest-paid footballer, Beckham was the first British
footballer to play 100 Champions League matches. He was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,, (born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer
who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo currently
holds the distinction of being the most expensive player in football history after having transferred to Real Madrid from
Manchester United in a deal worth £80 million.
Edison Arantes do Nascimento,, best known by his nickname Pelé is a retired Brazilian football player. While his birth certificate
shows his first name as Edison, and he prefers to call himself Edson, it is as Pelé that he has become a sporting legend.
He is widely regarded by polls among football experts, former players and fans as the greatest footballer of all time. In
his native Brazil, Pelé is hailed as a national hero.
Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977) is a French footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Barcelona and the French
national team. Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne—a tough suburb of Paris—where he played for an array of local sides as
a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and signed instantly, making his
professional debut in 1994.
Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League
club Manchester United and the England national team. A prolific goalscorer, he is known for his pace, agility and power while
on the ball, and his overall determined and passionate style of play. Rooney began his career with Everton, joining their
youth team at age ten and rising through the ranks.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 22 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who currently
plays for Corinthians and was one of the most prolific scorers in the 1990s and in the early 21st century. Ronaldo won his
first Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year in 1997 and again in 2002. He is also one of only two men to have
won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times, along with French footballer Zinedine Zidane.
