Christian Karambe: photo, personal life, wife

In the late 1990s, the French national football team could be considered "golden". At that time its members were able to secure the conquest of such titles as world champions of 1998 and champions of Europe of 2000. Unfortunately, today footballers of those days are no longer performing because of the "retirement" age at sports standards. One of those who helped to reach the heights of the national team of that time was Christian Karambe. About his sports and ordinary life will be discussed in this article.

Birth

The future winner of the World and European Championships in Kanak origin. He was born on December 3, 1970 in Lifu, on the islands of New Caledonia, which are located in the Pacific Ocean. The family was large, and for the father was an older brother named Marcelin.

Family secret

Immediately make an explanation: the real name of Christian Karambe, just like his brothers, does not call. This is done because in the Kanak tribe the name is considered the greatest value for a person. Therefore, it can not be disclosed, so that evil sorcerers are not brought upon the victim to attack.

In this regard, Kanaks with great joy give their offspring French names that fit into the passport, but in the family circle they are not even mentioned. By the way, Karambe - this is not a surname, as many could think, but the name of his family.

Beginning of football life

Christian Karambe started playing football at the age of 15. At first he played in different teams of native islands.

He left his family early enough and moved to France, where he spent the first two years looking for a well-paid job. In parallel, he actively trained in various football clubs. Too violent temper repeatedly hampered the guy in his life, but, fortunately, for him, this did not end with crime.

The first professional club

Leading coaches of the football team "Nantes" drew attention to the young, absolutely not afraid of power struggle and tough game of the sportsman. Thanks to them, Karambe immediately found himself in the elite of French football. And after a year Christian holds his first match for the team. It happened during the qualifying round for the 1994 World Cup. In this case, he took advantage of his right to speak for France, as a native of one of the colony of the country.

In the club (and in the team) he plays at the position of the central midfielder. His main task was to form the beginning of his team's attacks and destroy the offensive actions of the enemy, and he performed the last work very harshly, for which he was repeatedly criticized both by specialists and the press. In 1995, he was part of the "Nantes" wins the championship of France and receives the title of the best football player of the year in Oceania.

Travel around Europe

In the same 1995, Karambe Christian moved to Sampdoria. In the Italian club, he spends only two seasons. And after his team reached the semifinals of the European championship in 1996, it drew the attention of representatives of Madrid "Real". This was a sign, because the Frenchman was in conflict with the leadership of the Italian team and eventually was sold to the Spaniards for 2.5 million euros before the end of the contract.

The next three years Kanak was quite successful in terms of career achievements: he became world and European champion in the French national team, won the Champions League and the European Supercup with "creamy". The player was at the peak of the form, but ...

In the championship of Spain, he began to have problems. Christian was the player of the destructive plan, therefore on the field he appeared infrequently, as his skills were not required to the coach of the team building the game due to offensive actions. Karambe began to resent this and called (exclusively through the press) the club's management to talk.

The World Cup for him was also not too productive, from the point of view of the game practice. On the field he visited only in the quarter-finals and semifinals, and not all the allocated playing time. In these matches, he was replaced by Thierry Henry.

Life on Foggy Albion

From the extremely obstinate and unsettling Kanaka "Real" got rid in 2000. But the departure was on a positive note, as at the end of his career at the club, Christian became the second time winner of the Champions League.

His next club is English Middlesbrough. The team cost 2,1 million. Playing in the Premier League, Karambe showed the highest class of the game, but still it did not save him from changing the team. Deciding to earn extra money, the British sold it after the first season in Olympiakos for three and a half million, thus replenishing their budget quite well.

Care of the national team

Christian Karambe, whose photo is shown below, finished his games for France's main team dramatically and suddenly. All the blame was a serious injury, he received during the final match of the Greek Cup. It was because of her that he eventually did not get to the 2002 mundial, which took place in Korea. However, looking back at the pale and insecure performance of the then existing world champions, we can say with confidence that this was, of course, for the better.

His last match in the team he spent against the Scots and defeated them with a devastating 5-0.

For ten years, which Karambe spent in the national team, he played for her 53 games and scored just one goal. It happened in a match with Romania on October 11, 1995.

Love Front

Christian Karambe, whose wife was a long time highly paid model of the world scale, was married for several years. Unfortunately, in 2011 the couple divorced. The former wife of the football player is the record holder of the Guinness Book of Records, as the owner of the longest legs in the world.

Adriana Sklenarikova and Christian Karambe were the kind of couple that people often call "beauties and monsters". They were married in 1998, after the victory of France at the home world championship.

There are no special details about their family life. But one bright fact is known, which happened several years ago. The couple rested in the garden of their own house and played football. Christian in one of the moments (in all probability, purely automatically) from all the stroke hit the legs of his wife. This situation led to the fact that I had to call an ambulance.

In all likelihood, Adriana fully sensed all the physical power of her already ex-spouse on herself. But in the early 2000s a question in one of the interviews: "How do you feel about the opinion that your husband plays hard enough?" - she said that she even likes this state of affairs.

French and Russian

Christian Karambe, whose private life is now not so interesting to the public, repeatedly visited the expanses of the Russian Federation. Initially, he came as a player, recently - in the role of football specialist, analyst, commentator and functionary of the football club Olympiakos.

According to Karambe, he is very pleased with what he saw in Russia. Preparation for the World Cup 2018 is in full swing and in accordance with all standards and requirements. Also the Frenchman repeatedly stated that if he participated in voting at the elections of the head of FIFA, he would certainly give his vote for the Russian candidate.

By the way, a remarkable fact: Karambe taught the history of Russian socialism and admires the actions of Lenin. According to the football legend, the truth is always for the person, not for the state.

And as for the hairstyle, Christian calls it part of his Polynesian culture. He likes pigtails very much.