1. Soccer
Gurkirat Thiara
Computer Studies A
Period #2

2. Facts Most popular sport in the world Began in 1863 in England
Called football in some countries
Part of the football code
Charles Goodyear created the first soccer ball

3. FaMOUS sOccER players Pelé Neymar Jr Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldinho
Pelé
Diego Maradona

4. FIFA Stands for The Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Develop football everywhere and improve it
Organize tournaments like World Cup
Found in 1904
FIFA President Gianni Infantino

5. World Cup Countries compete to win the World Cup
First there are qualifiers
Then is the actual tournament
Next FIFA World Cup is in Russia
Germany won the last World Cup
Brazil has the most World Cups(5)

6. Leagues Barclays Premier League La Liga UFEA Champions League
Bundesliga
Series A
France Ligue 1

7. ballon d'or He has won 5 Ballon On D’or
Award for the best soccer player of the year
Depends on the player’s performance and number of achievements that year
2015 winner was Lionel Messi
He has won 5 Ballon On D’or
For 8 years, Messi and Ronaldo have been nominees

8. Greatest Player of all time
Pelé is the Goat
Played forward and jersey number is 10
Won 3 world cups for Brazil
1281 goals out of 1363 games
Played for Santos and New York Cosmos
Voted athlete of the century in 1999

9. Greatest Team Of all time
Barcelona FC
Ronaldinho, Messi, Eto’o, Xavi, Iniesta, Henry, Puyol, and other great players played
Won Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, and 1st in La Liga
Overall record

10. Experiences in Soccer Have been playing soccer since 5
Play for PUFC Division 1(Gold)
Play for the school junior soccer team
Favorite team is Barcelona FC and Brazil
Favorite player is Ronaldinho, Neymar JR, and Pelé (Goat)