Fernando Rixen during his life was a famous world-class football player. He has participated in dozens of football clubs, including Russian ones. The athlete has won many titles and awards in sports.
Biography
The birthplace of the future athlete is the Netherlands, the city of Herlen. He was born in July of the mid 70s of the last century. From childhood, the boy was addicted to active sports: football, running, swimming. Five years after birth, Fernando began attending a sports football section.
Career in football
At the age of 17, the guy was offered his first professional-level contract, the player was transferred to an adult squad. From the very beginning of his career, Riksen preferred a more defensive style of play, his favorite and main role has always been the position of a midfielder. In his first team, the guy played exactly 5 years, over the past hundred matches he managed to become the initiator of dozens of hits and the owner of five personal goals.
In the late 90s, Fernando was forced to leave his native football team due to the commercial need for an exchange of players. He was transferred to the Dutch club Alkmaar Zaanstreek. In the new team, the guy’s successes were not long in coming: after a hundred matches, his scores on goals scored doubled compared to the early performance.
Almost at the very peak of Riksen’s career, in 2008, the organization of the football player makes a decision on his “transfer” to the Russian football club Zenit. He immediately agreed, most likely the matter was in the proposed fee. Fernando has always been a very sought-after player, and his value was expressed in more than twenty million dollars.
Playing in the Russian squad, he unexpectedly for all football fans over and over again began to prove himself as an aggressive player. If Fernando participated in the match, it means that almost always there was some kind of brawl between the players.
One of the most famous conflicts occurred between players of the same team: Riksen became the instigator of a fight with the captain of his own team. The organization of the football club “hushed up” the incident, but a similar brawl between the players occurred just a few weeks later.
Despite this behavior, the Dutch player showed brilliant results on the playing field. Only thanks to this factor, Fernando continued to play in the “Zenith” for another 2 years. Over time, he left Russia and returned to his native country in order to perform in his very first football team. For 3 years, cooperation continued, then Riksen publicly spoke about the completion of his sports career.
Personal life
Fernando found the love of his life during his performances as part of the Russian football team. She became a Russian girl Veronica, later they got married. A year after the athlete left Russia with his wife, their child was born - a daughter named Isabella.
