Who was your first soccer hero?

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Re: Who was your first soccer hero? 

Post#21 » by Batu7 » Tue Nov 8, 2011 11:20 am

Alvaro Recoba.

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Post#22 » by jerrod » Tue Nov 8, 2011 2:00 pm

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Post#23 » by Point forward » Tue Nov 8, 2011 3:47 pm

Mehmet Scholl :D
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Post#24 » by Foye » Tue Nov 8, 2011 6:31 pm

Point forward wrote:Mehmet Scholl :D


He was great. :clap:
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Post#25 » by and1GS » Tue Nov 8, 2011 8:35 pm

Emile Heskey, just due to his sheer dominance at the club and country levels.
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Post#26 » by NeverGoingToWin » Tue Nov 8, 2011 8:49 pm

Ronaldo. I was so upset after that 98 final.
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Post#27 » by Shkodran_Plako » Wed Nov 9, 2011 6:53 am

VAN BASTEN, what a legend
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Post#28 » by BC_ » Wed Nov 9, 2011 8:26 am

and1GS wrote:Emile Heskey, just due to his sheer dominance at the club and country levels.

And i thought mine was the worst :D

Btw my first hero across all sports was David Boon :lol:
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Post#29 » by Slava » Wed Nov 9, 2011 4:25 pm

I hated Boon when I was a kid. Boon and Mervin Hughes looked like a comic book characters though. :lol:
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Re: Who was your first soccer hero? 

Post#30 » by Jugs » Wed Nov 9, 2011 6:55 pm

Davor Suker
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Post#31 » by Slava » Wed Nov 9, 2011 7:05 pm

^ Good shout out, other than Zizou, Suker was the man in that world cup.
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Post#32 » by Brt19 » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:20 am

Taffarel.
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Re: Who was your first soccer hero? 

Post#33 » by Basti » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:59 am

Jürgen Kohler. Not that I wanted to play like him as I hated playing his position but I really liked that dude when I was 10 or so.
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Re: Who was your first soccer hero? 

Post#34 » by kdawg32086 » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:15 am

...Cobi Jones :-?
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Post#35 » by MitchellUK » Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:17 pm

Lee Sharpe
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Re: Who was your first soccer hero? 

Post#36 » by Man of Steel » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:33 am

Zidane is definitely at the top of the list. Hierro as well, not just because I'm a diehard RM fan but also because his son was in my class and I still have this galacticos water bottle that he signed.

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Re: Who was your first soccer hero? 

Post#37 » by BUCKnation » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:43 am

kdawg32086 wrote:...Cobi Jones :-?

haha, same here
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Re: Who was your first soccer hero? 

Post#38 » by Mirjalovic » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:09 am

Zinedine Zidane.

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