Juan Sebastian Veron - one of the best Argentine players in history

Juan Sebastian Veron, whose photo is presented below, is one of the most famous Latin American football players. Throughout his career, the player played in teams from Argentina, Italy and England. Due to leadership qualities, ability to timely give accurate transfers, as well as a good blow from both feet, the Argentine is considered one of the best midfielders on the planet and is included in the symbolic rating of "FIFA-100", consisting of 125 players.

Carier start

March 9, 1975 in Argentine La Plata was born outstanding in the future player - Juan Sebastian Veron. His biography as a football player began with the children's school of the club "Estudiantes". Which is not surprising, given the fact that it was in this team acted father of the boy. When he was eight years old, in one of the fights the guy managed to excel thirteen goals scored.

In 1994, the player made his debut in the adult team. As a result of the first for Juana season in the professional league "Estudiantes" left the "elite". The young midfielder had some good ideas for continuing his career in other places, but decided to stay in his own club.

A year later the team returned to the "tower", and its leader was Juan Sebastián Veron. The football player performed on the field a lot of useful work that could not go unnoticed by the Argentine grandees. In one of them, namely in "Boca Juniors", and the player moved after the end of the autumn part of the championship. Be that as it may, he did not stay long in the capital's club. Less than a year later, the Argentinian was acquired by the Genoa "Sampdoria" for $ 4.7 million. During the performances at home, Juan was nicknamed the Witcher.

Sampdoria

In 1996, the club from Genoa showed a rather interesting and original game. The team scored a lot, but a lot and passed, resulting in the first for this midfielder Italian season, the club finished in eighth place. Juan Sebastián Veron very quickly became the leader of Sampdoria. Most of the heads of the Genoese scored precisely with the transfers of the Argentine. In the next season, the team took the final sixth position, which many experts called a big breakthrough. The Witcher continued to be the central figure in the tactical schemes of the club's mentors. In 1998, Sampdoria faced a number of financial problems, so the sale of its leader in Parma for twenty million dollars surprised few people.

Parma

In his new team, the Argentinean spent only one season. But this time he was enough to become its leader. According to the results of the season, the Witcher with "Parma" won the Italian Cup and the Cup of Cups, the draw of which was held for the last time in history. In the national championship the team finished in fourth place, which gave her the right to take part in qualifying matches of the Champions League next season. Be that as it may, the owners of the club did not satisfy this fact, and they decided to organize a big restructuring. At this time, representatives of the Roman "Lazio" offered for Argentinean fabulous at the time $ 28 million. As a result, the Witcher moved to the Italian capital.

Lazio

In Rome, Juan Sebastian Veron not only continued to regularly give goal passes, but also began to score more goals himself more often. He quickly mastered and played with new partners. At the end of his first season in "Lazio" midfielder won the national championship. In the Champions League, the team stopped at the quarterfinals, losing to Valencia. The following year, the Romans updated their line-up and finished third in the standings. In 2001, the Witcher was sold to Manchester United for $ 43 million. The sum of this transaction at that time became a record on the transfer market.

England

At first, the career of a football player in England was very successful. In 2001, he was even recognized as the best player of the Premier League in September-month. However, shortly thereafter, the midfielder was injured in one of the matches, in connection with which he lost his place for a long time in the "basis". In total, in Manchester, the player took part in 51 duel, in which 11 times signed at the gate of opponents.

In 2003, Juan Sebastián Verón moved to Chelsea, which paid him $ 26 million. In London, the career of a football player did not work out, and on the field he came mainly for replacement. The situation was aggravated even more in 2004, after the arrival of Jose Mourinho in the team. The Portuguese did not see Juan in his tactical schemes, so the midfielder went on a long-term lease to Inter.

The last years of the footballer's career

After returning to Italy, the Witcher played at the same level. In "Inter" he spent two seasons, during which he played 49 games and scored 3 goals. After the end of the agreement with Milanese, the London club again gave the player a lease. This time his team became the native club "Estudiantes". The Argentine once again pleased the fans with an excellent game. In 2007, his contract was generally bought from Chelsea. Despite his age, in 2008 and 2009 he was recognized as the best football player of South America. In 2012, the Witcher decided to end the player's career.

National team

In the T-shirt of the national team of the country Juan Sebastián Verón first played in 2002. Throughout his career, he spent 73 matches for Argentina, in which he scored 9 times. During this time, the midfielder was able to participate in three world championships.