Family Trees of Sportsmen

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods, born December 30, 1975, is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2007, having earned an estimated $122 million from winnings and endorsements. The name “Tiger” comes from one of his fathers soldier friends during the Vietnam War. Tiger is married to the Swedish Elin Nordegren since 2004 and the couple has one daughter.

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer, born August 8, 1981, is a Swiss professional tennis player, ranked World No. 1 since February 2, 2004, for a record 230 consecutive weeks A number of tennis critics, legendary players, and current players have stated that they consider him to be the greatest tennis player ever. Federer lives in the Swiss Bottmingen together with his girlfriend Miroslava.

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Zlatan Ibrahimović

Zlatan Ibrahimović, is a fotball striker (born October 3 1981) now in the limelight during the UEFA European Championship. Born and raised in southern Sweden with parents from former Yugoslavia, the young talent was early discovered. Playing in the national league for Malmö FF, he was acquired by the Dutch AFC Ajax as the most expensive player ever in the Swedish league. After Italian league-wins in Juventus, Zlatan now plays in Inter, his favourite team as a boy, where he is very succesful. At the moment, he is busy trying to take Sweden to the final in the European Championshiops and Zlatan scored in the first game against Greece. Tomorrow is the next game coming up! Even though the Swedes call him Zlatan, the Italian nick-name is “Ibra”. Outside the pitch, Zlatan is the father of two - Kindo has his family tree!

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David Beckham Family Tree

David Robert Joseph Beckham (born 2 May 1975) is an English professional football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for and captains Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy. He is also currently a member of the England national team. He has twice been runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year, and as recently as 2004 was the world’s highest-paid footballer.
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Michael Ballack Family Tree

Michael Ballack (born September 26, 1976) is a German football player and captain of the German national team. He currently plays in the English Premier League for the London club Chelsea F.C.. Ballack was awarded German player of the year in 2002, 2003 and 2005 and is part of Pele’s list of the world’s greatest living footballers. He is living in London with his girlfriend and their three sons.
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Gianluigi Buffon Family Tree

Gianluigi “Gigi” Buffon, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born January 28, 1978) is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Juventus F.C. and the Italian national team. He and Peter Schmeichel share the number-one spot on the IFFHS’ list of the world’s best goalkeepers of the past twenty years, which was released on January 15, 2008.
Gianluigi Buffon was born into a sporting family. His mother, Maria Stella, was a discus thrower, his father, Adriano, a weightlifter, his two sisters Veronica and Guendalina played volleyball and his uncle, Angelo Masocco, played basketball. He is also a nephew of goalkeeping legend Lorenzo Buffon (a cousin of Gianluigi’s grandfather).
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Sven-Göran Eriksson Family Tree

Sven-Göran Eriksson (born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager. He is currently the manager of Manchester City after agreeing to a three-year deal with the club. His contract calls for £2 million per year plus bonuses. Eriksson is so far the only manager who has won the league-and-cup double in three different countries (Sweden, Portugal and Italy).
Eriksson stepped down from his previous position as the English national football team manager following England’s exit from the 2006 World Cup.
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