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The beautiful game of football is played and watched all over the world and is the most popular sport out of all sports.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Averiro, born 5th February 1985 is a Portuguese attacking football player and is considered as one of the worlds best players due to his impressive speed and accuracy. Cristiano Ronaldo first started playing professional football with Spanish club Sporting Lisbon where he trained in the youth team before making his debut for the club in 1999 against Moreirense. Ronaldo also played international football for Portugal youth team which got him noticed by teams all over the world who where all interested in signing the young Portuguese player. After playing for Sporting Lisbon for two seasons Ronaldo caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson who signed the then 18 year old for 12.24 million in 2003. Ronaldo scored his first goal for united in November 2003 against Portsmouth. Cristiano Ronaldo had four successful seasons with Manchester United appearing 292 times and scoring 118 goals. On 26 June 2009, Real Madrid confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo would join the club on 1 July 2009 for a record signing fee of 80 million and a contract worth 13 million per season.

Lionel Messi

Lionel Andres Messi, born 24th June 1987 is an Argentinian attacking football player who plays for Spanish club Barcelona and he is considered to be one of the best football players of his generation. Lionel Messi began playing football at a young age and he was quickly identified by Barcelona. He quickly left Newells Old Boys youth team in 2000 and moved to Europe to play for Barcelona making his debut in the 2004/05 season. Since signing for Barcelona Messi has scored 109 La Liga goals in 162 appearances. Messi has also received many awards since playing for Barcelona such as the UEFA club footballer of the year in 2008 and 2009 and the special young player of the year in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Messi is sponsored by Adidas and he features in their advertisements. He is also featured on the cover of the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney, born 24th October 1985 is an English attacking football player who plays for Premier League club Manchester United. Wayne Rooney began his career with Everton, joining their youth team at the age of ten and finally making it to their first team. He made his professional debut in 2002 and his first goal made him the youngest goal scorer in Premier League history at the time. After spending two seasons at Everton, he signed for Manchester United on the 31 of August 2004 for 25.6 million. Rooney made his England debut in 2003 and is now one of the most regularly picked players for the national squad. Rooney has also been awarded many honours including young player of the year 2005, fans player of the year 2005-06 and England player of the year in 2008.

This article is my personal view of who I think are the top 3 best football players around the world.

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Soccer is the sport of its own kind. There is no comparison of this sport with any other. Millions and billions of people, living on the face of this planet Earth are die-heart fans of soccer. They can take break from their professional and educational work, just to make sure that they do not miss any of the football matches. You can now fairly imagine the love for this sport, which has always been successful in grabbing the attention of millions of people towards each and every football match.
There are different football leagues, which have been organized every year. Premier League stands at the top. This league is the highest ranked football league, which has been delighting and entertaining the fans of football since many years. There are a number of football clubs, which take part in this league, in which famous and renowned footballers show their amazing performances. If you talk about the names of those clubs then you will get to know about Manchester United, Portsmouth, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Everton, Burnley Hull City, Cardiff City and the list goes on and on. This year, the excitement is at the top level, for word cup 2010 soccer is going to start on 11th June, which is going to be hosted by South Africa and end on 11th July.

This whole month is going to be a magical treat for the football fans. People from different parts of the world are going to see each and every match of world cup 2010. 32 teams have been qualified for this prestigious tournament, which has a spark of its own kind. Soccer 2010 world cup seems to be the most exciting thing in the lives of footballers, fans and the organizers. The ball, which is going to be kicked by the footballers is designed and manufactured by Adidas. This ball is going to be the center of attention in all the matches.

People are going to see their favorite teams, making histories on famous and renowned football grounds. The organizers and government of South Africa will make sure that the teams and fans live there in great peace. Security measures have been considered as the most sensitive issues. This is the reason, why a high level of security will be provided to the teams. In this way, the world cup is going to be organized in the best way. All in all, there is no chance to miss this glorious moment.