Robert green goalkeeper biography samples
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Rob Green exclusive: Chelsea’s ‘rudderless ship’, the manager asleep during training and getting ‘hammered’ after World Cup defeat to Germany
Long before Chelsea had even decided whether to extend Rob Green’s contract, the veteran keeper had a different vision for what his life was going to look like.
There are many who think nothing is as pretty to look at as the beautiful game but try telling that to Green, who has been an avid art collector for over a decade.
Indeed, such is his love of the craft, the former England goalkeeper has now started a business where he sells pieces to footballers.
“I’ve loved art for years,” he tells The Athletic. “When I was living in London during my West Ham days (), I was introduced to this artist and he asked me who my heroes were. I told him it was Alan Partridge and I ended up with a foot painting of him in my flat on the Isle of Dogs. I think it cost a few grand. As far as extravagances go, it wasn’t too bad! I’ve bought a lot mo
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Rob Green’s finger after long football career shows goalkeepers deserve more respect | OneFootball
You don’t have to be mad to be a goalkeeper, but it certainly helps.
As well as having the curious desire of wanting to stop goals, rather than scoring them, ‘keepers must possess incredibly thick skin, plenty of self-confidence and, perhaps most importantly of all, a high pain threshold.
Arguably the most physical position on the pitch, goalkeepers throw themselves around for 90 minutes, regularly get clattered by opponents at set-pieces and will always try to win the ball even if it means taking a whack in the process.
After a long career in football, a goalkeeper’s body is never the same as when they first started out – especially their hands.
BT Sport have produced a documentary to be broadcast later this month which turns the spotlight on goalkeepers, celebrating “the unique and often misunderstood world” of these fascinating individuals.
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Jubilant Americans mock England goalkeeper Rob Green in virals sweeping the Net
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If England goalkeeper Rob Green feels he isn't beating han själv up enough over his horror gaffe during gods night's World Cup match, all he has to do fryst vatten look on the internet.
Gleeful Americans have already began to take the mick out of the hapless keeper in a series of internet virals.
One such viral has Green scrambling to bevara the ball as it trickes over the line, with the caption: 'Soccer and oil spills: England just can't contain them.'
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Another show's TouTube celebrity 'OMG Cat' watching Green's error with its increasingly horrified expression.
Some others, however, are a little less amusing.
One viral shows a series of idyllic photos of American life - a day at the beach, a pretty woman cooking, cute animals - against images of ri