Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi

Comparison chart

 

	Cristiano Ronaldo Currently 3.95/5 1 2 3 4 5 Rating: 3.9/5 (532 votes)	Lionel Messi Currently 3.95/5 1 2 3 4 5 Rating: 4.0/5 (494 votes)
Number:	7	10
Full name:	Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro	Lionel Andres Messi
Club Team:	Real Madrid	F.C. Barcelona
National Team:	Portugal	Argentina
Position:	Forward	Forward
Height:	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Games Appearances:	565 (as of 27 June 2012)	404 (as of 13 May 2012)
Date of birth:	February 5, 1985	24 June 1987
Goals Scored:	358 (as of 10 April 2013)	344 (as of 10 April 2013)
Place of birth:	Funchal, Madeira, Portugal	Rosario Argentina
Career high:	Won the Champions League with Manchester United in 2008, and subsequently being named FIFA's World Player of the Year.	Won the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 World Player of the Year awards.
Career low:	Losing to Greece in the final of Euro 2004 on home turf.	Unable to perform to his best in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where Argentina were eliminated in the quarter-finals with Messi looking on from the bench.
Strengths:	Ronaldo will take on any defender with searing pace, and mesmerising footwork to boot. His ability to beat a player and whip in crosses makes him a feared opponent. The way his free-kicks swerve with pace and power is a great asset to his team.	His ball skills are second to none, his runs from midfield are usually lethal and he is almost impossible to tackle when he gets his head down. His balance when running at speed is incredible.
Weaknesses:	On occasion, he goes to ground far too easily which attracts the ire of supporters and sometimes tries a trick when a simple pass would do.	Too often he searches for a way to finish moves by himself without looking for team-mates in a better position to shoot at goal.
Trivia:	Cristiano's name Ronaldo came from his father's favourite actor, Ronald Reagan.	His debut with the national team (against Hungary) was a disaster: he entered the game in the 18th minute of the second half, and 47 seconds later was sent off.
International Team:	Portugal	Argentina
age:	28(2012)	25(2012)
League:	La Liga	La Liga

Rising Star:Neymar Da Silva

Neymar

Neymar during his presentation as a Barcelona player in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior[1]
Date of birth	5 February 1992 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Barcelona
Number	TBA
Youth career
1999–2003	Portuguesa Santista
2003–2009	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2013	Santos	103	(54)
2013–	Barcelona	0	(0)
National team‡
2009	Brazil U17	3	(1)
2011	Brazil U20	7	(9)
2012	Brazil U23	7	(4)
2010–	Brazil	39	(24)
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:44, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior( born 5 February 1992), commonly known as Neymar, is a Brazillian footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona(from Brazilian club Santos in 2013) and the Brazilian national team, mainly as a forward.
At the age of 19, Neymar won the 2011 South American Footballer of the Year award, after coming third in 2010.^[2] He followed this up by winning it again in 2012. In 2011 Neymar received nominations for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, where he came 10th, and the FIFA Puskás Award, which he won.^[3] He is known for his acceleration, speed, dribbling and finishing. His playing style has earned him critical acclaim, with fans, media and former players drawing comparisons to Argentine forward Lionel Messi and former Brazil player Pelé, who has called Neymar "an excellent player".^[4]
Neymar joined Santos in 2003 and, after rising through the ranks, was promoted to their first team squad. He made his debut for Santos in 2009, and was voted the Best Young Player of the 2009 Campeonato Paulista. Further honours followed, with Neymar being voted best player as Santos won the 2010 Campeonato Paulista, and also being top scorer in the 2010 Copa do Brasil with 11 goals. He finished the 2010 season with 42 goals in 60 games as his club achieved the Double. Neymar was again voted best player of the year in 2011 as his side retained the state title and Santos also winning the 2011 Copa Libertadores in which Neymar scored 6 goals in 13 appearances. He also played a key role in securing a Continental Double for his team, Santos' first since 1963. He received the Bronze Ball in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, with Santos making it to the final, where they were defeated by Barcelona, 4–0.^[5][6]
Neymar is a Brazilian international, having represented Brazil at Under-17, Under-20 and senior levels. On 10 August 2010, at the age of 18, he made his debut for the Seleção in a friendly match against the United States; he scored from a header in the 28th minute, contributing to Brazil's 2–0 win. He was the top scorer of the 2011 South American Youth Championship with nine goals, including two in the final, in the 6–0 win against Uruguay, helping Brazil to win their 11th title in this competition.

Recent Data

  In recent years,European country Spain has dominated the international football.The "Tiki-Taka " pasing style of spain has dominated the world football for last 5 years.But,Brazil is supposed to be the best country in the history.
   For club level football,Barcelona of Spain with similar playing style of Spain has dominated.But Real madrid of Spain is the most successful club in the history of football.
    But currentky Bayern Munich Of Germany has emerged as a new power house of club football defeating Barca 7-0 on aggregatte in semifinals of Champions league and more importantly winning the champions league in 2013 for fifth time.

The Bavarians after winning
UEFA Champions League 2013

Spanish National team after winning
World Cup 2010

Major Tournaments

        Football is the only thing in this current world that has more fans than facebook.No doubt it has been the most passionate game in the world.The graph of its increasing popularity has always been in rising order.This popularity has majorly been supported by some of the mostly watched tournaments organized by either FIFA or other continental bodies.

        World cup football is no doubt the most watched and popular international level football to be held after four years.Upto now 19 edition of FIFA world cup has been finished with Brazil being the most successful country having won the cup for 5 times followed by 4 times winner Italy and 3 times winner Germany.

         For the club level tournaments UEFA Champions league has left other tournaments behind on rating.The european club tournament is the most watched club tournament in the world.Real Madrid of Spain is the most successful club having won the league for 9 times followed by italian AC Milan winning the cup 7 times. 

     

Football in Nepal and ANFA

Nepali football fans cheering their Nation

        In Nepal football is supposed to be initiated at around 1921 during the Rana regime.At that time only few people knew about football but at present, due to worldwide increasing popularity of football,the game has been the most popular game in the country.

      All Nepal Football Asociation,commonly known as ANFA is the major administrative body of Nepalese football.It was founded on 1951 and was affiliated to FIFA and AFC on 1970 and 1971 respectively.Its headquater is at Satdobato,Kathmandu.Ganesh Thapa is the current president of ANFA.

        ANFA is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions.ANFA always publishes a yearly calendar for the planned schedule for the organization of different club level tournaments.Major tournaments organized by Anfa are A division league,B division League,C division League,Coca-cola Inter School cup,different age level competiotions,etc.Other tournaments like Gurkha cup,Buda Subba Gold cup,Aaha Gold cup,etc are held under the supervision of.ANFA.

       

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL

      CONCACAF stands for Confederation of North, Central  American and CarribeanAssociation Football   .It is the administrative body of football for North American,Central American and Carribean countries.At present it consists of 40 members.(countries like United states,Mexico,Canada,Panama,Jamaica,etc.) It was founded in 1969 and its headquater is situated at Miami,United States.Jeffrey Webb is the present president of CONCACAF.It was formed by merging NAFC and CCCF.

        The official site for CONCACAF is www.concacaf.com

           The South American Football Confederation commonly known as CONMEBOL is the continental governing body of football South American countries.It was formed on 9^th july 1916.At present it has only 10 member associations.Its headquater is located at Luque,Paraguay.Current president of CONMEBOL is Engenio Figueredo.

       Copa America and Copa Santandar Liberotodoris are the major tournaments organised by CONMEBOL.It uses Spanish and Portuguese language as its official language.

     The official site for CONMEBOL is www.CONMEBOL.com

AFC and OFC

         Asian Football Confederation abbreviated as AFC is the major administrative or governing body of Asian football.It was founded on 8^th May 1954(59 years back from present date) with the motto of “The Future is Asia”. At present,its has 47 national associations as its members.Its headquater is located at Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia .Current president of AFC is Salman Al-Khalifa of Qatar.

       Asian Cup ,AFC Champions League,AFC Challenge Cup and AFC President Cup are the major tournaments organized by AFC under the affiliation with FIFA.

  The official site of AFC is www.The-AFC.com

          Likewise, OFC stands for Oceania Football Confederation.It is the administrative body of football association of oceanic countries.It has 14 members with only 11 full memberships(comprises countries like New Zealand,Tonga,Fiji,Tahiti,etc. and ).It was founded on 15^th November 1966.Its headquater is at Auckland,New Zealand.David Chung is the president of OFC.

           As like other continental bodies it is also affiliated to FIFA.

      The official site of OFC is www.oceaniafootball.com