Christian Vieri: Is not it time to stop?

Not every athlete can cope with his popularity and fame, which come to him along with the first successes in the sporting field. Outbreaks of cameras, the front pages of newspapers and magazines, crowds of admiring fans and dedicated fans - this test can only stand the strongest. Christian Vieri, the star of Italian football, has recently been increasingly targeted by the media, not only because of her past successes on the football field.

Beginning of a football career

The birthplace of Christian was Italian Bologna (1973), but later in search of a better life the family moved to Australia. His father Roberto, leaving his homeland, did not quit football and became a player of the Australian team from Sydney.

Christian Vieri studied at the Australian school "Prairiewood", loved to play cricket and, of course, football. The craving for this sport, apparently, was passed on the genetic level. At the age of 14, the adolescent takes the first adult decision in his life and returns to his homeland, where he stops at his grandfather. He set a very high bar for himself - the Serie A championship of Italy and the national team, and began his journey to this goal.

The first football clubs

The first Italian club for a young football player was "Marconi", where he spent several years. Then there were "Torino", "Pisa", "Ravenna", "Venice", where he repeatedly appeared in the main compositions of Vieri. Christian, whose statistics improved with each match, sought to break into the top clubs playing in the championship of Italy.

"Juventus", who liked the young promising forward, bought it from "Atalanta", and their calculation was justified - 8 goals in the Italian championship and 10 goals in European cup tournaments.

Christian Vieri played in the Spanish championship for the team "Atletico", where he scored 24 goals for 24 matches. In 1998, Vieri returns to his homeland and enters the field as part of the Roman "Lazio".

Milan "Inter"

Peak career football player can be considered his transition to the "Inter". Football player personally became interested in Massimo Moratti and offered a huge transfer for the player - $ 32 million. The 32nd number on the shirt of the new striker "Inter", according to rumors, hinted at his real "price."

In the company with Ronaldo, they formed a threatening line in the attack, but together they played quite a bit - the players took turns in pursuit of injuries. The first two seasons in the "Inter" (led by Argentinean Hector Cooper) Bobo, as called Christian in Italy, held at the highest level. Christian Vieri, whose goals were remembered in both the Italian championship and European tournaments, could not get along with the new coach, who was appointed instead of Héctor Cooper.

When the head coach of "Inter" was Alberto Zaccheroni, Vieri appeared on the field not often. In 2004, the Milan club again changes the coach - it becomes Roberto Mancini, and Christian Vieri in conjunction with Adriano conducts several memorable matches.

Change of clubs

In 2005, Vieri did not renew the contract with the Milan club and moved to Milan, which also did not stay long due to a lack of practice. The next club for Christian is the French "Monaco" - the footballer wants to get an invitation to the Italian national team and play the third world championship in his career for the national team.

The injury of the knee that pursues the player destroys these plans, and instead of the prestigious world championship Christian Vieri is put on the operating table. And then there will be a modest "Sampdoria", then already familiar "Atalanta" - we can say that the career of the striker has gone down. There were no such high salaries, which Christian got used to, and even more often the injuries reminded of themselves. As a result, in 2009, Christian Vieri makes a statement about his retirement from the big sport and retirement.

Business football is not a hindrance

The career of any sportsman ends quickly enough, and that style of life, which players get used to, receiving huge fees for their game, becomes familiar to them. Some of them are very wise and start their own business even during a professional career.

This is exactly what Christian Vieri did - together with his friend Paolo Maldini, they invest their earnings in developing their own fashion brand. For free advertising of their offspring, they wore a T-shirt with a logo of this company under the football uniform and after raising the goal they raised a T-shirt, showing the fans a stylized heart.

A couple of restaurants owned by friends, also gives an opportunity to live without looking at the means. A few years ago Christian Vieri filed a lawsuit against his club "Inter", accusing the leadership of the team of interfering in private life. And, strangely enough, he won this process, having seized from the club 1 million dollars.

Christian Vieri, whose personal life has always been the subject of discussion in the press, and among the fans, really enjoyed the attention of female representatives. And more recently, the 43-year-old Vieri announced that he might return to football, but it's unlikely that such statements can be taken seriously.