Lionel Messi:All Information,Personal life,Career,Achievements,Records and Awards

Prime forward for Argentina and FC Barcelona.Youngest player to play in FIFA World Cup.The great player who has been announced by legend Diego Maradona as his “successor”.The four time Ballon d’Or. Jersey number 10.Yes the man is Lionel Messi.

Lionel Andrés Messi,born 24 June 1987,is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team.He serves as the captain of his country’s national football team.

Messi was at one stage romantically linked to Macarena Lemos,also from his hometown of Rosario.He is said to have been introduced to her by the girls’s father when he returned to Rosario to recover from his injury a few days before the start of the 2006 World Cup.He has in the past also been linked to the Argentine glamour model Luciana Salazar.In January 2009,he told “Hat Trick Barca”,a programme on Canal 33:”I have a girlfriend and she is living in Argentina.I am relaxed and happy.”He was seen with the girl.Antonella Roccuzzo at a carnival in Sitges after the Barcelona-Espanyol derby.Roccuzzo is a fellow native of Rosario.On 2 June 2012,Messi assisted and scored a goal in Argentina’s 4-0 win against Ecuador in a World Cup 2014 qualifying match.He celebrated scoring his 23^rd goal for Argentina by placing the ball under his jersey,as his girlfriend was reportedly 12 weeks pregnant.She posted on Twitter that she is expected to give birth in Spetember.Messi confirmed that the child,a son,would be born in October,and that he and his girlfriend plan to name him Thiago.However,the birth occurred later than expected.On 2 November 2012,Messi became a father for the first time following the birth of his son Thiago.He also had the boy’s name and handprints tattooed on his left calf.

Messi has maintained close ties to Rosario and his family since leaving for Spain,and has gone to great lengths to maintain them.These ties begin with his speech-to this day,Messi speaks Spanish with the distinctive accent of Rosario,even though he has now lived in Spain as long as he has in Rosario.He also keeps in daily contact via phone and text with a small group of confidants from Rosario,most of them fellow members of “The Machine of ’87”.One time when he was training with the Argentina national team in Buenos Aires,he made a three-hour trip by car to Rosario immediately after practice to have dinner with his family,spent night with them,and then returned to Buenos Aires the next day in time for practice.Messi has also kept ownership of his old house in Rosario,although his family no longer lives in it,he maintains a penthouse apartment in an exclusive residential building in which his mother lives(Messi’s father spends most of his time in Spain with him),as well as a family compound just outside the city.Messi is also known to have two cousins involved in football:Maxi who is a winger for Club Olimpia of Paraguay and Emanuel Biancucchi who plays as a midfielder for Paraguay’s Independiente F.B.C.

By the age of 21,Messi has received Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations.The following year,2009,he won his first Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.He followed this up by winning the inaugural FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2010,and then again in 2011 and 2012.He also won the 2010-11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.At the age of 24,Messi became Barcelona’s all-time top scorer in all official club competitions.At age 25,Messi became the youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga’s matches.

Commonly ranked as the best player in the world and rated as the greatest of all time,Messi is the first footballer in history to win four FIFA Ballons d’Or which he won consecutively as well as the first to win three European Golden Shoe awards.Messi has won six La Ligas,two Copas del Rey,five Supercopas de España,three UEFA Champions Leagues,two UEFA Super Cups and two Club World Cups as a player for Barcelona.

Messi holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored(4) in the Champions League campaigns and is also the first and the only player to top score in four consecutive competitions.In March 2012,Messi made history in Champions League by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match.He also matched José Altafni’s record of 14 goals in a single Champion League season.With 73 goals,Messi set the record for most goals in season during 2011-12 season.In the same season,he set the current goal scoring record in a single La Liga season,scoring 50 goals.In that season ,Messi also became the first player ever to score and assist in six different official competitions in one season.On 16 February 2013,Messi scored his 300^th Barcelona goal.Messi scored in his 19^th consecutive La Liga game,becoming the first footballer in history to net in consecutive matches against every team In a professional football league on 30^th March 2013.He extended his record scoring streak to 21 consecutive league matches,and the run came to halt only when he sustained a hamstring injury.In March 2014,with a hat-trick against Real Madrid,Messi became the player with most goals and most hat-tricks in El Clásico.

Messi helped Argentina win the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup,finishing as both the best player and the top scorer(with 6 goals).In 2006,he became the youngest Argentine to play and score in the FIFA World Cup,and won a runners-up medal at the Copa América in 2007,in which he was elected young player of the tournament.In 2008,he won his first international honour,an Olympic Gold Medal,with the Argentina Olympic football team.His playing style and his stature have drawn comparisons to compatriot Diego Maradona,who himself declared Messi his “successor”.

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Wayne Rooney: All information, Early Life. Achievements, Personnel Life, Awards.

Popularly known as “Wazza” by the fans, Wayne Rooney is arguably the finest English player of his generation. Making his professional debut in 2002 at 16 by joining the youth team of Everton but there is no doubt Rooney is still considered among the best in the world. Powerful and strong on the ball, Rooney's ability to pick a pass, shoot from distance and unselfishly work for the team is unparalleled in world football. He plays as a forward for the Manchester United and the England national team.

Three-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi praises Rooney's passion as  "We all know football players at the top level are blessed with high wages, it's no secret. But Rooney would play for 100 euros-a-week. You can see the fire in his eyes. It's that fire which makes him the best of the best."

Making his way through the Everton, Rooney shot to the world's attention with a stunning goal against Arsenal in 2002 and showed skill beyond his years before Manchester United signed him for around 30 million pounds after the 2004 European Championship in which he had played a starring role. Rooney made his senior international debut in February 2003 aged 17, becoming the youngest player to represent England.  He is also England's youngest ever goalscorer.  He has won the England Player of the Year award twice, in 2008 and 2009. As of June 2014, he has won 91 international caps and scored 39 goals, making him 

England's fifth highest goalscorer.

He also won the PFA Players' Player of the Year, the FWA Footballer of the Year, the Premier League Player of the Month award five times. He came fifth in the vote for the2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or and was named in the FIFPro World 11 for 2011. Rooney gained a prominent name with his Bicycle Kick against Manchester United and won the 'Goal of the Season' award. On 14 November 2009, Rooney captained England for the first time in a pre-tournament friendly with Brazil. Rooney was also the fifth highest-paid player in the world, with an annual income of $32.6 million in March 2012. After scoring four goals in four matches, Rooney was named in UEFA's Team of the Tournament.

After his biography “My story so far”, Everton manager David Moyes sued Rooney for libel after the tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail published excerpts from it. Rooney also faced criticism from the English media after team’s poor performances; Fabio Capello said Rooney "only plays well in Manchester". However, on 12 October 2012, Rooney became England's 5th highest goalscorer of all time after scoring his 30th and 31st international goals in a 2014 World Cup qualifier against San Marino. Rooney captained England for the first time in a competitive match in the same game. On 6 February 2013, Rooney scored in a 2–1 win against five-time world champions Brazil at Wembley in a friendly.

On 11 October 2013, Rooney became England's all-time top goalscorer in competitive internationals when he scored his 27th competitive goal in a 4–1 World Cup qualifier against Montenegro. Rooney ended the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign as England's top scorer with seven goals.

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Cristiano Ronaldo:All Information,Early Life,Achievements,Personal Life,Goals,Records

The greatest footballer in world history.The legend for whom we see football,feel football and play football.The Protuguese forward striker.The man who reignited the glory of Real Madrid.The most expensive footballer.The two-time Ballon d'Or.The great CR7.

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,was born on 5 February 1985,known as Cristiano Ronaldo and CR7,is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for the Spanish giant club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portugal national team.He became the most expensive footballer in history when he transferred from English club Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth £80 million(€94 million/$ 132 million).Ronaldo’s contract with Real Madrid,under the terms of which he is paid €21 million a year(after taxes),makes him the highest paid footballer in the world,and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract.He is regarded to be currently the best player in the world.Ronaldo won the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or(World Player of the Year).There is  a curse over Ballon d’Or that any player who has won it has not been able to win the FIFA World Cup for his country.This has happened for the last 14 times.Will he be able to break the curse?

Ronaldo’s father,José Dinis Aveiro,died of an alcoholism-related liver condition at the age of 52 in September 2005 when Ronaldo was 20.In October 2005,a month after his father died,Ronaldo was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in a London hotel and released on bail.Ronaldo denied the allegations and charges were dropped in Novemeber 2005 due to insufficient evidence.Ronaldo issued a statement saying:”I have always strongly maintained my innocence of any wrong doing and I am glad that this matter is at an end so that I can concentrate on playing for Manchester United.”Ronaldo announced that he had become a father on 3 July 2010.His official Facebook and Twitter pages refer to the birth of his son and request privacy.The child named Cristiano,was born in United States and is in full custody of Ronaldo.Ronaldo has previously dated English models Alice Goodwin and Gemma Atkinson,and since the start of 2010,he has been dating Russian model Irina Shayk.He is a practising Roman Catholic.

Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha,where he played for 2 years,before moving to C.D. Nacional.In 1997,he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal.Ronaldo caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson,who signed him for £12.2 million(€15 million) in 2003.In 2004,Ronaldo won his first club honour,the FA Cup.In 2007,Ronaldo was the first player in England to win all 4 main PFA(Professional Footballers’ Association) and FWA awards.In 2008 and 2013,he won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best footballer in the world,the first Portuguese player to win the award twice.He was awarded the European Golden Shoe in 2008,2011 and 2014.In 2008,he won 3 of the 4 main PFA and FWA trophies and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year,FIFPro Player of the Year,World Soccer Player of the Year,and the Onze d’Or.In 2007 and 2008,Ronaldo was named FWA Footballer of the Year.He was the inaugural winner of the FIFA Puskás Award for the Goal of the Year in 2009.In a 2014 UEFA poll,Ronaldo was named the greatest goal scorer to play in the UEFA Champions League.He is the competition’s second top goal scrorer of all time with 68 goals,only trailing Raúl with three more.

Ronaldo is the first top European league player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years,fastest Real Madrid player to reach 100 league goals,and the first player to score against every team in a single session in La Liga.He holds the record for most goals scored in a season for Real Madrid.In January 2014,Ronaldo scored 400^th career goal.After Playing for one year for Madrid wearing number 9 shirt,he began wearing number 7 again following the departure of long-serving striker Raúl.Ronaldo had previously worn the number 7 shirt at Manchester United.

Ronaldo as a Portuguese international player made his debut in August 2003.He has been capped over 100 times and is Portugal’s top goal scorer of all time.With Portugal he has participated in 5 major tournaments:UEFA Euro 2004,the 2006 FIFA World Cup,UEFA Euro 2008,the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.He scored his first international goal in the opening game of Euro 2004 against Greece.In addition to helping Portugal reach the final.He took over captaincy in Juluy 2008 and captained them to the Euro 2006 semi-finals finishing the competition as joint top scorer.

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Mamata Banerjee: All Information, Achievements, Chief Minister, Early Life

Being the first one to do a task in any field makes the achievement even more special. The first lady Railway Minister of India, first lady Chief Minister of West Bengal, considered as one of the most honest politicians, Mamata Banerjee is truly a trendsetter in the Indian politics. Simple in outlook but persevere, remained single throughout her life, a self-taught painter and poet, often regarded as “Didi” by the media because of her social behavior towards the people and issues. West Bengal is seeing new landmarks and swiftly creating new under her leadership.

She founded the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 1997 and became its chairperson, after separation from the Congress. Her party defeated the 34-year old Communist Party of India, until then the world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government. She started her political career in the Congress party as a young woman in the 1970s. In the 1984 election, she became one of India's youngest parliament members ever, beating veteran Communist politician Somnath Chatterjee, from the Jadavpur, West Bengal. She also served as the first woman Railway Minister of India, Minister of Coal, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and Women and Child Development in the cabinet.

She is known well for her efforts in the welfare of women and society, Women’s Reservation Bill being a wide known. She also played an active role n the rollback of the petrol price hikes and the suspension of FDI in Retail Sector. She graduated with an honours degree in History from the Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata.  Later she completed her master's degree in Islamic History from the University of Calcutta. She also earned a law degree from the Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Kolkata.

She got worldwide recognition when Bill Gates, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on 16 February 2012, sent a letter to the West Bengal government praising her administration for achieving a full year without any reported cases of polio, this was not only a milestone for West Bengal but India also. In 2012, Time magazine named her as "100 Most influential People in the World". In 2012 Bloomberg magazine listed her among the 50 most influential people in the world of finance. She was also voted as India's most honest politician in an internal poll by members of India Against Corruption in 2013.

She attributed the increasing incidence of rape in the country to "more free interaction between men and women". She said, “Earlier if men and women would hold hands, they would get caught by parents and reprimanded but now everything is so open. It’s like an open market with open options.” She was criticized in the national media for these statements. She also drew criticism due to her various actions. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor was assaulted, arrested and forced to spend a night in police custody for allegedly circulating 'defamatory' cartoons of Mamata Banerjee. The attackers were arrested on the next day and they were released on bail. Due to these incidents, some publications characterized Mamata Banerjee as "Dictatorial" and her rule as "Mamata's growing dictatorship".

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Akhilesh Yadav:All Information, Age, Politics, Education, Family, Birthplace, Chief Minister

The youngest Chief Minister of India.One of the most dynamic personalities of the Indian politics.This famous personality is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and a member of the Samajwadi Party. He was appointed as the Chief Minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2012,at which time he was the youngest person to have assumed that office.

Akhilesh Yadav was born to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Malti Devi on 1 July 1973 in Safai village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh.He studied at Dholpur Military School in Dholpur,Rajasthan and subsequently was awarded a degree in environmental engineering while studying in Mysore in University of Mysore.He went to Australia to study for a master’s degree in the same subject in Universiyty of Sydney.Akhilesh gives credit to Janeshwar Mishra who initiated him to join politics.

Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election of 2000 and retained his seat in the 2004 and 2009 general elections.He was credited for assisting the party’s rise from having 97 seats in 2007 Vidhan Sabha to a total of 224 and was subsequently elected the 20^th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the party’s MLAs.He was at that time the youngest person to have held that office,being 38 years old.There have been suggestions that his government is in fact driven by his father behind the scenes.In July 2012,Yadav’s father,who is the president of the Samajwadi Party,addressed government ministers and criticised the progress made during their first four months in office. After becoming the Chief Minister of UP, he undertook many tasks for the welfare of people. He distributed laptops and study equipments to students and various items to the needy.

His government faced public  outrage and criticism from other political parties during the Durga Shakti Nagpal case,where an Indian Administrative Services(IAS) officer was sacked by his government because she ordered the demolition of an illegal mosque wall;her suspension was revoked after two months.The 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots in 27 August 2013,where 43 people died and 93 injured,due to communal clashes between Muslim and Jat communities,was another serious setback to his government where a curfew had to be called.

He is married to Dimple Yadav.The couple has 3 children.

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All information about Dr. Manmohan Singh, his life and achievements

“The Underachiever”, splashed on its cover page of TIME magazine with Dr. Manmohan Singh behind it. Being on the highest office is a great task and controlling the nation is the biggest responsibility and regarding this Dr. Manmohan Singh is described as “one of the world’s most revered leaders”. From Reserve Bank Governor to Planning Commission head to Finance Minister to Prime Minister of India, he did it all.  He is a well known economist and the only Prime Minister of India after Jawaharlal Nehru to return after completing full five year tenure.

Born on 26 September 1932, he attended Punjab University and the University of Cambridge and later earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford. He also wrote books like “India’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth” which critically remarked on India’s inward-oriented trade policy. He also served as a professor in the Punjab University and Delhi School of Economics. He was then appointed as Secretary General of the South Commission in Geneva between 1987 and 1990. In 1971, he joined Government of India as the Economic Adviser and soon followed as the chief Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance.

He even got many prestigious awards like India’s second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan in 1987, the Asia Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year for consecutive 2 years in 1993 and 1994, the Adam Smith Prize of the University of Cambridge in 1956, the Wright’s Prize for Distinguished Performance in 1955. He has also been honored by a number of world class associations and Universities including Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. On 22 May 2004, he took oath as the Prime Minister of India after Congress formed a coalition government to form United Progressive Alliance (UPA). He never won a Lok Sabha seat although, according to the BBC, “he has enjoyed massive popular support, not least because he was seen by many as a clean politician untouched by the taint of corruption that has run through many Indian administrations."

Dr. Manmohan Singh has always been regarded as a man of few words. The Independent described him as "a man of uncommon decency and grace”. One of the most eminent writer Khushwant Singh in his book Absolute Khushwant: The Low-Down on Life, Death and Most things In-between regarded him as the best prime minister India has ever had. He also got a position of 18 on the 2010 Forbes list of the world's most powerful people. He also drew criticism from political oponents like L.K Advani, who claimed that Dr. Singh is a "weak" Prime Minister. Advani declared "He is weak. What do I call a person who can't take his decisions until 10 Janpath gives instructions.” In recent times, his Government has been criticized for having been accused of various corruption scandals including  2G spectrum scam and Indian coal allocation scam.

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Narendra Modi;Prtime Minister of India ;Early Life;Political Career;Election Struggle

NAMO!NAMO!NAMO!...Everybody in India and outside is talking about this name.Be it media,politicians or voters.The man who developed and industrialised the state of Gujarat beyond admiration.Yes this man is Narendra Modi…Narendra Damodardas Modi.

Born on September 17,1950,he is an Indian politician and is the 14^th Chief Minister of Gujarat.He is the 15th and the current Prime Minister of Indian. He is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) and head of the National Democratic Alliance(NDA).

Born to a family of grocers in Vadnagar in Mehsana district of Gujarat,India.He was the third of six children born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi and his wife Heeraben.As a child,he helped his father sell tea at the Vadnagar railway station and on trains.As a teenager,Modi ran a tea stall with his brother near a bus terminus.He completed his schooling in Vadnagar,wher a teacher described him as an average student but a keen debater.Modi was a fan of Rajesh Khanna.He began work in the staff canteen of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation.He worked there until he became a full time campaigner of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS).He was given charge of Sangh’s student wing,Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP),in Gujarat.

During his years in RSS he came in touch with Vasant Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda,leaders of Jan Sangh.Modi remained a campaigner in the RSS while he completed his Master’s degree in political science from Gujarat University.The RSS assigned Modi to BJP in 1985.While Keshubhai Patel and Shankarsingh Vaghela were established names in Gujarat BJP at that time,Modi rose to prominence after organising Murili Manohar Joshi’s Ekta Yatra.His electoral strategy was central to BJP’s victory in the 1995 state elections.Modi became general secretary of the BJP and was transferred to New Delhi for the party’s activities in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.After Vaghela,who had threatened to break away from BJP in 1995,defected from the BJP after he lost the 1996 Lok Sabha elections,Modi was promoted to the post of National Secretary of the BJP in 1998.While selecting candidate for the 1998 state elections in Gujarat,Modi favoured people who were loyal to Patel over those who were loyal to Vaghela,helping to put an end to the factional divisions within the party.His strategies were credited as being key to winning the 1998 elections.

In 2001,Keshubhai Patel’s health was falling,and the BJP had lost seats in the by-elections.Allegations of abuse of power,corruption and poor administration were being made ,and Patel’s standing had been damaged by his administration’s handling of the Bhuj Earthquake of 2001.As a result,BJP’s national leadership sought a new candidate for the office of chief minister,and Modi,who had aired his misgivings about Patel’s administration,was chosen as a replacement.L.K. Advani,a senior leader of BJP,however,did not want to ostracise Patel and was worried about Modi’s lack of experience in governance.However,Modi declined an offer to be Patel’s deputy chief minister,informing Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee that he was “going to be fully responsible for Gujarat or not at all”,and on & October 2001,Modi was appointed the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

In July 2007,he became the longest serving Chief Minister in Gujarat’s history,at which point he had been in power for 2063 days continuously.He is currently serving his fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister.Modi is a member of RSS and is described as a Hindu nationalist by media,scholars and himself.He is a controversial figure both in India and Internationally.His administration has been criticised for the instincts surrounding the 2002 Gujarat violence.He has been praised for his economic policies,which are credited with creating an environment for a high rate of economic growth in Gujarat.However,his administration has also been criticised for failing to make a significant positive impact upon the human development of the state.

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