Soccerstarz - Carlos Tevez Figurine (Manchester City)

Carlos Tevez is an Argentinian footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester City. Despite his stocky build Tevez’ agility and pace have enabled him to become a natural goalscorer and provider at every club he has played for. Tevez started his career with Boca Juniors before moving to Brazilian side Corinthians.

In 2006, he and countryman Javier Mascherano made shock moves to West Ham after shining at the 2006 World Cup. Tevez scored 7 goals in 26 appearances for West Ham in 2006/07 and his goals were vital to keeping them in the Premier League. His move to West Ham was surrounded with controversy however. His third party ownership meant that West Ham had to pay 5 million compensation to Sheffield United who were relegated that season

In August 2007 Tevez joined Manchester United and made his debut replacing Wayne Rooney in a 1-1 draw with Portsmouth. He scored his first goal for United in a win against Chelsea. In Tevez’ two seasons at United, he won the Premier League twice and the Champions League once.
However in the summer of 2009, Tevez’ advisors informed United that Tevez wanted to leave the club and left for arch rivals Manchester City for 25 million. This move made him the first player since 1999 to transfer between the two Manchester clubs. Manchester City had recently been bought by billionaire Sheikh Mansour and Tevez helped City to first win the FA Cup in 2011 and then the Premier League in dramatic fashion last season. At City he has formed a formidable strike partnership with countryman Sergio Aguero which is feared by most Premier League defences.
Ever since playing for Boca Juniors, Tevez has been known for his unusual goal celebrations. While at Manchester United he put a dummy in his mouth to commemorate the birth of his daughter and at Manchester City he is known for the ‘rock the baby goal celebration’.

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Tevez has played for Argentina 62 times and scored 13 goals to date including three at the World Cup. His first goal was scored in the Copa America against Peru. Tevez also scored eight in Argentina’s 2004 triumph at the Olympics.

Internationally, our maturing leader again missed out on the England captaincy despite Terry being stripped of the armband due to personal indiscretions. However, an injury to Fabio Capello's choice Rio Ferdinand meant it was Gerrard who led England in South Africa 2010, scoring in the opener against USA before a 4-1 last 16 exit to Germany. He returned to Merseyside to find the landscape much altered: Rafael Benitez had gone, replaced for the time being at least by Roy Hodgson, and over the coming months the ownership of Liverpool Football Club would change following a courtroom battle between duo Tom Hicks and George Gillett and newcomers NESV.