Games that changed my life

Few players have won as many major trophies as Marcelo – and his shirt collection is impressive, too. The Brazilian has welcomed FFT into his office in Madrid and is showing us the jerseys he gathered

STEVENTON 6DIDCOT 0 Youth game, 1999 “I may have got some of the details of this game wrong, because I was 10 years old and it was 26 or 27 years ago, but this was the start of my love for football. I

You were already at Atletico Madrid when Diego Simeone became manager in 2011. How important was he to your career and the club generally? Diego Simeone was the first person who believed in me. He’s a

Before he made his name as a livewire stri k er in the Premier League with Ever ton and Fulham, the Ca n ada international stunned the English champions with a br a ce in Brussels

June 29, 1950. A player with a broad grin on his face is being carried shoulder-high by a group of excited local fans in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. His name is Larry ‘Joe’ Gaetjens and his team, the Unit

You played 857 games for Liverpool between 1960 and 1978, making you the club’s record appearance holder. What does that title mean to you? It means a lot, being a local lad. It’s not just the appeara