Carlos Tevez is an Argentine brawler, a proud bearer of ugly scars, each of whom tells the story of another victory over death, a father and husband dearly loving his family, a golfer, musician and, finally, one of the best football players in the world.
Biography
A football player was born on February 5, 1984, in the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. The childhood of the future striker was difficult. Mother left the family when Carlos was only 6 months old. Father was killed when Carlos was 6 years old. The future star was adopted by his own aunt, who already had four of her children.
Tevez grew up in the most disadvantaged area of Buenos Aires, but was able to avoid the fate of most of the street boys in the disadvantaged area - the drug business and the prison. He played football. In 1992, the striker was in the academy of the Argentine club All Boys, spent 4 years there. In 1997, he joined the Boca Juniors Academy of Argentinean Grand Football.
Career
At 16, Carlos signed the first adult contract with Boca Juniors. In the Argentinean grand for 4 seasons, Tevez played 75 games and signed at the opponent’s goal 26 times. He won the championship of Argentina, the Argentine Cup, the Libertadores Cup, and also in the final of the Intercontinental Cup together with the team defeated the formidable Italian “Milan” at that time.
In 2004, something incomprehensible took place, the striker switched to the Brazilian Corinthians, although the whole world was expecting a talented striker to move to the European top club. He spent the season at Corinthians, played 58 games and scored 38 goals and became the champion of Brazil.
In 2006, the striker nevertheless moved to Europe, namely London West Ham, together with his friend Javier Mascherano. At West Ham, the forward was remembered for criticizing team head coach Alan Pardew.
Tevez did not last long in London and went to the legendary Manchester United to Sir Alex Ferguson. In Manchester, the forward spent 63 games and scored 19 times. He became a two-time champion of England, but most importantly - he won the Champions League with Manchester.
2009 was marked for the striker by the transition to Manchester City. A contract was signed for 5 years. In the “City” Tevez spent 113 games, was the captain of the team. In 2011, he scandalized with the leadership of the team and asked in writing to put him on a transfer. The forward also clashed with coach Roberto Mancini (current coach of Italy). After the scandal, the forward spent two more seasons in the City and still left the team.
Then Tevez moved to Turin Juventus. Spent two quality seasons in the team, won the Italian championship, reached the Champions League final, but there was a defeat from Barcelona. The attacker's career went to sunset and Tevez decided to return home to his native Boku. Spent a season here and won the Argentine championship.
In 2016, Carlos decided to move to play exotic China, the Shanghai Shenhua club, where he became the highest paid football player in the world. In Shanghai, Tevez played only 16 games, and already in January 2018, the striker returned to Boca Juniors, where he still plays.
Argentina national team
To date, Carlos has played 76 games in the national team and scored 13 assists. In the camp of the national team, Tevez is a participant in three World Championships and an Olympic champion.
