The following features some Trivia on Carlos Tevez:
Carlos Tevez is an Argentinian football striker, labeled as the “new Diego Maradona” by some journalists
In 2005-2006, Carlos Tevez played with Brazilian squad Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, and was cheered by Corinthians supporters despite his Argentinian nationality. After steps down in disgrace with the supporters and team mates, he was transferred to English team West Ham United.
Carlos Tevez has a prominent scar from his right ear to his chest, product of having been scalded with boiling water when he was a young boy. He declined plastic surgery since he would have to be out of the playground for four months.
Carlos Tevez has a young daughter, Florencia, with his wife.
Carlos Tevez was born and raised in the humble neighbourhood of Ejército de Los Andes, known as “Fuerte Apache”, from where he got the nickname of Apache.
In 2003, 2004 and 2005, Carlos Tevez was awarded the ‘South American Player of the Year’ by Uruguayan newspaper El País.
Carlos Tevez currently plays for West Ham United and wears the number 32 shirt.
Tevez is the front man of his Cumbia Villera band “Piola Vago”.
Below contains Quotes by Carlos Tevez:
“I’m thinking of leaving Corinthians.”
“In every game I’m offended by the referees. It’s embarrassing to complain about this to the press, but I just can’t play normally. It’s like they don’t want an Argentine to succeed in Brazilian soccer. If nothing changes, I think it will be difficult for me to stay.”
“I don’t know how much more I can take. I didn’t expect this, and I don’t feel like playing here.”
“I wear what Nike gives me without any problems.”
“I would like to thank my coach for believing in me,”
“This win is for him. Winning the gold medal is a great feeling because we are a great team and we believe in each other.”
“We controlled the ball and deserved to qualify because we played better than River.”
“After every match we are getting closer to the title. We need to keep playing well and capturing the victories.”
“We were playing a very good side and with a referee who was a bit knit-picky,”
“But we tried our best. We had a very difficult competition, five very tough games in 10-12 days.”
“Everyone worked very hard for this. I’m very excited. This first title is very important to me.”
“He spent the whole game calling me a ‘lousy foreigner’ and saying I wouldn’t finish the match, … We Argentines have to worry not only about the game but also about the refereeing.”
“I thought the referee was pernickety, … He didn’t influence the result but giving us so many yellow and red cards upset the players psychologically.”
“He spent the whole game calling me a ‘lousy foreigner’ and saying I wouldn’t finish the match. We Argentines have to worry not only about the game but also about the refereeing.”
“We knew we couldn’t afford to lose and we gave it everything. It was hard to hang on with nine men, but we did it and now we want more.”
“It’s just another important game for Corinthians and for me.”
