On 30 July 2010, Veloso was sold to Genoa C.F.C. In the 2009вЂ“10 UEFA Europa League, Veloso helped Sporting reach the last-16, after scoring in both legs of the 4вЂ“2 aggregate win against Everton the club could only, however, finish fourth in the domestic league. Porto, and the same befell in the following season, with the player being involved in some run-ins with manager Paulo Bento in the previous off-season and following January transfer window, he attracted interest from several Premier League clubs, but nothing materialized. In 2007вЂ“08, Veloso was ever-present in Sporting's central midfield, alongside another club youth graduate, JoГЈo Moutinho. Before the match, much was made of Figo's homecoming, but by the end of the 90 minutes, all the talk was about Veloso, who turned in a Man of the match display. Internazionale Milano, where he stopped Patrick Vieira and LuГs Figo from playing effectively. He was equally impressive in his UEFA Champions League debut, a 1вЂ“0 home win against F.C. As a result, he was recalled by the Lions вЂ“ though it appeared difficult for him to grab a place in the starting team, because of the presence of players with much more experience, such as Г‚nderson Polga, Tonel, Marco Caneira or CustГіdio вЂ“ and ended up playing in 23 league matches in the season, as Sporting (again) finished second. In order to give him more playing time, Sporting loaned Veloso to Clube Desportivo Olivais e Moscavide in the third level, and he helped it promote with a career-best seven goals. There, he was promoted to the first team for the 2004вЂ“05 pre-season, which took place mainly in England he started out as a central defender. Later, at the age of 13, he entered Lisbon neighbours Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system. Benfica, but was rejected for being slightly overweight at the time. Amid great success with Sporting Lisbon, in 2008 he was linked with becoming Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's new assistant.Born in Coimbra, Veloso started his football career at S.L. Now 42, Bento was suspended for five months - along with Abel Xavier and Nuno Gomes - due to bad behaviour in the Euro 2000 semi-final loss to France. Paulo Bento took over as Portuguese coach in 2010, just six years after retiring as a player. Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani slammed in fine shots past Asmir Begovic in the first half, while Ronaldo added another after the break before old-stager Helder Postiga struck twice either side of a superb Miguel Veloso set-piece. But they were blown away spectacularly, 6-2. Play-off opponents Bosnia travelled to Lisbon optimistic having ensured Portugal failed to notch an away goal in Zenica. But when they finally did so, it was in emphatic style. This is his last-chance saloon.Д«EST QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE Portugal's qualifiers and play-offДЄfter failing to win the first two matches of their qualifying campaign, Portugal left it late to secure their fifth successive appearance at the European Championship finals.

Now playing for Besiktas in Turkey, Quaresma was called up to the national squad in 2010 - after a two-year absence - and played in four of Portugal's qualifiers. Hyped as a gifted young talent upon making his Portugal debut in 2003, the winger has failed to live up to expectations. Ricardo Quaresma has represented some of the biggest clubs in Europe, but never truly made it big. Sporting Lisbon, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Chelsea. Boss Jose Mourinho insists he should win the Ballon D'Or. Has now scored an outrageous 112 goals in 102 league games in two years in Spain, and led exultant Madrid to the La Liga title this season as they finally got the better of Barcelona.

Ronaldo demands the limelight on the biggest stage possible, just as he did for Manchester United.

Officially the second-best player in the world - behind Barcelona's Argentine magician - Ronaldo has it all: pace, power, dribbling, heading, shooting, vision, passion. No introduction needed for Cristiano Ronaldo - only Lionel Messi can claim to be as good as the Real Madrid phenomenon. Thank you to all my fans for an amazing season!

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