Saturday, April 28, 2007

Iker Casillas


PROFILE

Date Of Birth: May, 20th 1981.
Place: Madrid - Spain
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 75 Kg
Zodiac: Taurus
Nickname: -
Marital Status:Single
Team: Real Madrid - Spain

PERSONAL'S DROPS

Favorite Dish: Fried Eggs with Potatoes
Movie: "The Negotiatior"
Music: All kind
Hobby: Being with Friend & Family
Singer: Roxette and Offspring
Soccer Idol: Gianluigi Buffon

Other

CASILLAS...

* Is, in fact, Iker Casillas Fernández
* his career started in the 7 and 8-year-old Club’s team in season 90/91. His dreams came true in season 98/99 when he was called for the first team. He played in 3rd Division team that season and a year later he started to play in the Real Madrid’s second team
* was one of the key players for the Under-21 National Team’s achievement of the World Championship in 2000.
* was the younger champion goalkeeper in the UEFA Champions League. In that victorious night, he said that he had much fun, singing and dancing all time!
* guarantees that never will forget the Madrid people Welcome, when he won the Champions League
* believes that goalkeepers pass of Heros to villains easily
* said that in his debut with Spain National Team was calm as always.
* believes that all his conquests are products of effort and determination
* dreams with the World Cup 2002...but he thinks that his dream only will be come true with hard work, because the things don't happen occasionally
* always admired the work of Gigi Buffon and believes that the italian goalkeeper is an example!
* swears by his mother that he doesn't care about money
* guarantees that is the same Iker of always: who talks with his friends and also with all the people, which only believes in the daily work.
* Won the Bravo Trophy of best european sub 20 in 2000
* said that the most beautiful thing is to play in Real Madrid, team where he began and also because Real trusted in his potential
* the perfect goalkeeper for him would a mixture of Zubizarreta, retired spanish, Toni and Baia.
* despite his youth , he is too much calm
* said that before his authorazation to drive, he used to go to the trainnings by bus or subway. 'Til the end of the season 99-2000 he was the only one Real Madrid player who still used public transports.
* said once about Real Madrid : "I want to play here the rest of my career"

  • Because he was too young to have a driver's license, Casillas was the only Madrid player to use public transport to get to training sessions in the 1999/00 season.
  • He became the youngest ever goalkeeper to ever play in the European Cup final aged 19, when Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0, four days after his 19th birthday.
  • He was previously dating Spanish Miss Spain 2003 and model Eva Gonzales. She came from Seville and has appeared in TV programmes and done numerous photo shoots for magazines. She was recently voted the prettiest footballers' partner in Spain. They split up in November 2006
Awards
Domestic
  • Spanish league : 2001 and 2003
  • Spanish super cup : 2003
Continental
  • UEFA Champion league : 2000 and 2002
  • European Super Cup : 2002
  • Intercontinental Cup : 2002
International
  • FIFA World Youth Championship : 1999

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