Franck Ribery biography

There are many stars in France who were born in modest families. Franck Ribery
biography is no exception. He was born at the bottom of French society, in a low
income neighborhood, in the vicinity of Boulogne-sur-Mer. At the age of two he was
involved in a tragic car accident, living him with several serious injuries, including
the one on his face, which is now known as his trademark.
In 1999 he was expelled from Lille Football Academy for bad behavior. Since then,
he embarked on a journey to all sorts of French football clubs, including Boulonge,
Brest, Olympique Ales, and most famous, Mets. H was continuously followed by bad
luck, as he career is full of contractual issues, financial problems and bad media
coverage.
He is known for changing a lot of football clubs during his career. After he declared
mad at the French football society, he chose to play for Galatasaray, a Turkish team.
The fans loved him, for he help the team gain several times, and nicknamed him
Scarface, because of the childhood scar on his face. He only played in Turkey for
one season, but the club and the fans loved him and helped him become one of the
stars, when they defeated their rivals, in Turkish Cup of 2005. That was the
beginning of his rise and his first major trophy.
Things were good in Turkey, but bad luck followed him again and after spending
some months without being paid he decided to end the contract and return to
France, at Marseille. It was a very good deal for Marseille, as they paid nothing for
Ribery. It was a good year for him, as he proved to be more focused and
determined. He scored no less than 5 goals in 25 games and was awarded League 1
Young Player of the Year. It was the moment when the French Football federation
noticed him and started to be interested in his evolution.
In 2006 he won a position in the senior national league and, after playing in six of
the seven games, including the one against Italy, he turned out to be one of the
leading players of the tournament. People of France replaced Zidane with Ribery
deep into their hearts. So, Frank Ribery became one of the top players in Europe.
After such great results, many European football clubs wanted Ribery, but Marseille
didnt approve on any offer, as they knew at that time that Ribery was the next best
thing in European Football. The club was right, as Ribery won the Player of the Year
trophy. It was at that moment when his luck started to turn and he was sold to
Bayern Munich for the fabulous sum of 25 million Euros. Such a turn of events had
no precedent in the European history of Football.

Gaining trophy after trophy, Ribery is now considered one of the best football
players in the world, in 2008 being nominated for the Golden Ball. He didnt win that
trophy, as it was awarded to Christiano Ronaldo, the Manchester United star.
After that he was involved in a sex scandal with a high class prostitute and he
almost didnt make it to the 2010 World Cup. But, after losing twice the UEFA
Champions League, he finally won it in 2013, in the final against the German team
Borussia Dortmund.
Franck Ribery biography is full of ups and downs, making an excellent success story,
as he is now known as one of the best football players in the world.