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Mata may refer to:

People[link]

• Mata (surname), for people with the surname Mata
• Juan Mata (born 28 April 1988), Spanish football player
• Mata Hari (1876-1917), stage name of exotic dancer, courtesan and spy Margaretha Zelle
• Mata Amritanandamayi (born 1953), Hindu spiritual leader and guru
• Mata Sundari, Mata Jito, and Mata Sahib Kaur, the wives of Sikh guru Gobind Singh; according to one theory, the first two are the same person
• Mata Tripta, the mother of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism

Places[link]

• Mata, Rio Grande do Sul, town in Brazil
• Mata, Dianbai County (马踏镇), town in Guangdong, China
• Mata, Israel, moshav near Beit Shemesh
• Mata, Portugal in Castelo Branco Municipality
• Mata, Afghanistan
• Mata Island, in the Hudson Bay of Nunavut, Canada
• Mata River, of the East Coast of North Island, New Zealand

Transportation[link]

• Memphis Area Transit Authority, serving Memphis, Tennessee, United States
• McKinney Avenue Transit Authority, serving Dallas, Texas, United States

Other[link]

• Mata (film), a Kannada language movie released in 2006
• Mata, may refer to Mataji or Devi in Hindu religion

See also[link]

• Mata mata, a freshwater South American turtle
• La Mata (disambiguation)
• Matas (disambiguation)
• Matos (disambiguation)

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Juan Mata

Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Mata García
Date of birth	(1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 (age 24)
Place of birth	Burgos, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1][2]
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chelsea
Number	10
Youth career
1998–2003	Real Oviedo
2003–2006	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2007	Real Madrid B	39	(10)
2007–2011	Valencia	129	(34)
2011–	Chelsea	34	(6)
National team‡
2004	Spain U16	3	(2)
2004	Spain U17	2	(1)
2006–2007	Spain U19	13	(12)
2007	Spain U20	5	(3)
2007–2011	Spain U21	20	(5)
2009–	Spain	17	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012

Juan Manuel Mata García (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan manˈwel ˈmata]; born 28 April 1988) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for English club Chelsea in the Premier League. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger. Mata is known for his creativity, acceleration, speed, versatility, and technical ability and is described as a "creative spark".^[3][4] He has also been described as "a touch of flair" and has earned critical acclaim for his playing style, which has led to the media, fans and player's drawing comparisons to both Spanish international and former Valencia team-mate David Silva and Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Mata began his football career in Spain, playing for Real Oviedo. In 1997, he joined Real Madrid. Mata spent three years in the club's academy progressing through their junior teams and, at the age of 18, made the switch to Real Madrid Castilla for the 2006–07 season, where he finished the season as the side's second best scorer with 10 goals. In the start of the 2007–08 season, Mata signed for fellow La Liga side Valencia CF, through a contractual clause at Real Madrid. He was voted the team's Best young player, at the end of that season. Since making his debut for Valencia in 2007, Mata had become an integral part of the club's midfield, making over 174 appearances for the duration of four seasons. ^[10] In the 2011–12 season, Mata moved to England, signing for Premier League club Chelsea in August 2011, for a fee in the region of £23.5 million. On 27 August 2011, Mata made his debut and scored a goal for Chelsea against Norwich City, where he came on as a substitute.

Mata is a Spanish international, having represented Spain at under-16, under-17, under-19, Under-20, under-21 and senior levels. He played for the under-20 side in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In June 2009, Mata was included for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, his first senior tournament. On 9 September 2009, Mata scored his first goal for the senior team, against Estonia secured a place in the World Cup in South Africa and was part of Spain's 2010 FIFA World Cup winning squad. In 2011, he went back to playing the under-21 side, captaining and helping Spain win the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Denmark. He won the Golden player award and was part of the Team of the Tournament. Mata won the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup in his debut season at Chelsea FC.

Club career[link]

Early career[link]

Juan Mata was born on 28 April 1988 in the town of Ocón de Villafranca, Burgos^[11] – his father, Juan Manuel Mata Sr., played for nearby Burgos CF at that time – but was raised from a young age in his father's hometown of Oviedo, Asturias. Mata started his football career at Real Oviedo, where his father spent most of his career. He stayed there for three years before joining Real Madrid at age 15. After appearing for their Cadete A team, he swiftly progressed through the junior teams, Juvenil C and finally the Juvenil A. In his last campaign (2005–06) he scored 2 goals in the league and three more in the Copa de Campeones, including the winner in the final against Real Valladolid, adding another three in the Spanish Juvenil Cup.

Switching to Real Madrid Castilla in 2006–07, Mata was given the number 34 shirt in the first team, while wearing #28 in Castilla. In spite of Castilla's final Segunda División relegation, he finished the season as the side's second best scorer at nine, behind striker Álvaro Negredo (18).

Valencia[link]

Mata had a release clause at Real Madrid during his last season at the club, and eventually agreed to sign for fellow La Liga side Valencia CF in March 2002, starting in 2007–08.^[12]

Benefitting from constant injuries to Vicente and the ostracism to which then-manager Ronald Koeman condemned Miguel Ángel Angulo, Mata gradually carved a niche on Valencia's first eleven. On 20 March 2008, he scored twice in the Copa del Rey semifinal match against FC Barcelona to help Valencia reach the final against Getafe CF^[13] where, on 16 April, he netted the opener in a 3–1 win.^[14] During that first season, he was voted the team's Best young player by fans and players alike.

Mata at Paterna in 2009

In the 2008 Spanish Supercup, Mata scored against his former club Real Madrid in a 1–2 first leg loss, but Valencia lost 5–4 on aggregate after a 2–4 away loss in the second game. He started 2008–09 well, scoring in the opener against RCD Mallorca (3–0 win).^[15] He also netted the only goal of the game against CA Osasuna, latching on to a long ball from David Villa.^[16]

On 25 September 2008, Mata proved to be growing in efficiency, as he set up both of his teammate's goals in a 2–7 away win over Málaga CF.^[17] Three days later, he put in a superb performance against Deportivo de La Coruña, scoring one and creating the other three, in a 4–2 home victory.^[18]

Towards the end of the campaign, Mata managed to score two very important late goals for Valencia: the first, the 3–2 winner at Sporting de Gijón,^[19] and the second a penalty against Sevilla FC at home, to put Valencia 2–1 up (specialist Villa had already been replaced due to injury) in an eventual 3–1 success.^[20] He achieved impressive stats during the season, finishing with 11 successful strikes and 13 assists (in the latter category, league's second-best, behind FC Barcelona's Xavi).

In the following two seasons, Mata was an everpresent offensive figure for Valencia, scoring 17 goals in 68 games combined, with the club achieving back-to-back third-league places. On 10 April 2011, he netted two in a 5–0 home win against Valencian neighbours Villarreal CF.^[21] On 9 May, England-based Spanish journalist Guillem Balagué reported interest from several Premier League clubs.^[10]

Chelsea[link]

On 21 August 2011, Valencia announced they had agreed a £23.5 million fee for the transfer of Mata to Premier League club Chelsea, subject to a medical.^[22][23][24] On 24 August 2011, Mata signed a five-year deal with Chelsea. He revealed that Fernando Torres helped persuade him to move to Stamford Bridge, saying "Fernando got me excited about the thought of coming here. He said it would be good for me here, and that me and him together could be good. I also talked to my family and friends about it as well."^[25]

On 26 August 2011, Yossi Benayoun offered Juan Mata his number 10 shirt. The Israeli captain said: "I decided to give Mata the number 10 – his favourite. For me it's just a number, not my lucky 15." (Florent Malouda wears number 15 for Chelsea.) Mata wore the shirt for Valencia, and for Spain's Under 21s in the summer and expressed his gratitude to Benayoun. "It is a very important number to me so I'm pleased to be wearing it. I want to thank Yossi," he said.^[26] Mata follows on from Chelsea players Joe Cole, Mark Hughes, Ian Hutchinson and Terry Venables in adopting the number 10 shirt.^[27]

2011–12 season[link]

Juan Mata taking on Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final

Mata made his debut for Chelsea against Norwich City on 27 August 2011 where he came on as a substitute and scored in stoppage time. Chelsea went on to win the match 3–1.^[28] He started his first game for his new club in their next fixture on 10 September away to Sunderland, helping Chelsea secure a 2–1 win.^[29] On 14 September Mata made his Champions League debut for Chelsea and netted in stoppage time to help his side defeat Bayer Leverkusen 2–0.^[30] On 29 October, Mata assisted Chelsea's 6,000th league goal with an in-swinging cross which was headed in by Frank Lampard. In the same game, Mata scored with a spectacular 25 yard strike in a 3–5 home defeat to Arsenal.^[31] On 26 November 2011, Mata set up the first two goals which were scored by John Terry and Daniel Sturridge and also scored the third goal himself in a 3–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[32] He was awarded the Man of The Match in a 0–3 away win at St James' Park for his performance against Newcastle United.^[33]

On 6 December 2011, during Chelsea's decisive Champions League match against former club Valencia, Mata made two assists for both of Didier Drogba goals.^[34][35] The game ended in a 3–0 win, which resulted in Chelsea qualifying first from their group.^[36] On Boxing Day, Mata scored his side's only goal in a 1–1 draw at Stamford Bridge against Fulham.^[37] Mata scored Chelsea's first goal of their FA Cup campaign in a 4–0 win over Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge.

In the FA Cup 4th round tie with QPR at Loftus Road, Mata scored his side's only goal from the penalty spot a 1–0 victory. On 5 February 2012, Mata scored an unstoppable volley against Manchester United after a beautiful cross from Spanish team-mate Fernando Torres. The game finished 3–3.^[38] On the 21st of February, Mata scored his side's only goal in their 3–1 defeat away at Napoli in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.^[39]

After the appointment of Roberto di Matteo as caretaker manager, Mata played in his usual second striker position. Mata scored and had a penalty saved by Colin Doyle in the 5th Round replay against Birmingham City at St Andrews, which Chelsea won 2–0. Adding to the other goal by Raul Meireles, he helped Chelsea into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and continued his trait of scoring in each round of the cup, however this run ended against Leicester City in the quarter-final, which Chelsea won 5–2. In this match, though, his Spanish national football teammate Fernando Torres ended a goal drought of his own, netting a brace against the nPower Championship side. On 7th April, Mata scored his 11th goal of the season against a Wigan team fighting from the drop from the Premier League, it was a vital goal that gave the Blues a 2–1 victory over the Latics and kept alive Chelsea's fight for a Champions League spot.^[40] On 15 April 2012, Mata helped Chelsea get past Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 in the FA Cup Semi-final at Wembley, scoring the controversial 2nd goal and assisting Ramires and Florent Malouda for their goals, adding to his statistic's in the 2011–12 FA Cup with 4 goals and 3 assists. Mata started in both legs of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final clash with reigning champions Barcelona,^[41] helping his side prevail 3–2 on aggregate^[42] and set up a final clash with Bayern Munich on 19 May.^[43]

Mata provided two assists to Fernando Torres in his side's 6–1 thrashing of West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on 29 April, bringing his tally to 13 Premier League assists on the season.^[44] Mata assisted the first goal in the FA Cup Final which Ramires scored, as Chelsea beat Liverpool 2–1 at Wembley, with Mata picking up Man of the Match honours.^[45][46]

On the 10th May 2012, Mata was rewarded for his fantastic form in his first Chelsea season by the fans voting him the club's Player of the Season, following on from Chelsea legends such as Dennis Wise and Gianfranco Zola, whom he had been compared to on various occasions.^[47]

In the Champions League final on 19 May 2012, Didier Drogba scored the equalizer from Mata's corner in the 88th minute. Chelsea won the trophy in a 4–3 penalty-shootout victory over Bayern Munich. ^[48] Mata finished his first season at Stamford Bridge with 573 passes completed in the final third, created 66 chances and completed 61 successful crosses, all stats led the Chelsea team.^[49]

International career[link]

Mata, left, with Adrián López, centre and Alberto Botía, right, playing for the U21

Juan Mata celebrating with Iker Casillas and Javi Martínez, after winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

Mata helped Spain win the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where he was a key player. 'Juanín' finished the championship second to his teammate Alberto Bueno (five goals) as top goal scorer of the competition, with four in five matches.^[50]

On 1 February 2007, under-21 coach Iñaki Sáez included him on his squad for the friendly against England, alongside Roberto Soldado, José Manuel Jurado, Sergio Sánchez, Miguel Torres, Esteban Granero and Antonio Adán, at just 18 years and 10 months.

On 14 November 2008, Vicente del Bosque called Mata for the senior team to play in a friendly against Chile. He did not leave the bench in a 3–0 home win. On 28 March 2009, he finally made his debut, in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkey, a 1–0 win in Madrid. He came on as a substitute for teammate Villa, in the 63rd minute.

In June 2009, del Bosque included Mata for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, the youngster's first senior tournament. He started in the second group match against Iraq, and came on as a substitute for Albert Riera in the semi-final loss to the United States.

On 9 September 2009, Mata scored his first goal for the senior team, as the 3–0 win against Estonia secured a place in the World Cup in South Africa. He followed this up with the winner against Armenia on 10 October, scoring a penalty to steal a 2–1 win.^[51] Picked for the final stages, he appeared once for the eventual champions, replacing Fernando Torres for the final 20 minutes of the 2–0 group stage win against Honduras. In the following summer, he unconventionally went back to the Under 21 side, playing the role of senior squad member and helped Spain win the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Denmark. He is widely regarded as one of the best young playmakers of his generation.^[52]

International goals[link]

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 September 2009	Estadio Romano, Mérida, Spain	Estonia	3–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	10 October 2009	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	14 October 2009	Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5–0	5–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	29 March 2011	Darius Girenas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania	Lithuania	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5.	7 October 2011	Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
As of 7 October 2011

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

As of 29 April 2012.

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¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España.

²Includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Community Shield and Carling Cup.

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Valencia

• Copa del Rey (1): 2007–08

Chelsea

• FA Cup (1): 2011–12
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2011–12

Country[link]

Spain

• FIFA World Cup: Winner 2010
• FIFA Confederations Cup: Third-place 2009
• UEFA U-19 Championship: 2006
• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 2011

Individual[link]

• UEFA U-21 Championship Golden Player: 2011^[53]
• UEFA U-21 Championship Bronze Boot: 2011
• UEFA U-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011
• Chelsea Player of the Year : 2012

Personal life[link]

Mata attended the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, studying journalism. In his spare time, he enjoys playing table-tennis.^[54]

His father, also called Juan, was also a footballer. He was a forward who played in the 1980s/early 1990s, and later acted as his son's agent, becoming FIFA-registered in the process.^[55]

Juan, when he has time off from training enjoys sight seeing around London. ^[56]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Valencia CF profile
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• Juan Mata at National-Football-Teams.com
• Juan Mata – FIFA competition record
• Biography at CiberChe (Spanish)
• Transfermarkt profile
• Official website (Spanish)

Spain squads v t e Spain squad – 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup 1 Adán (c) 2 Barragán 3 Crespo 4 Valiente 5 Piqué 6 M. Suárez 7 Calvo 8 J. García 9 Bueno 10 Granero 11 Capel 12 Canella 13 Bernabé 14 A. González 15 Iriome 16 Mata 17 Elustondo 18 A. López 19 Marquitos 20 Sunny 21 J. Martínez Coach: Meléndez v t e Spain squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place 1 Casillas (c) 2 Albiol 3 Piqué 4 Marchena 5 Puyol 6 Pablo 7 Villa 8 Xavi 9 F. Torres 10 Fàbregas 11 Capdevila 12 Busquets 13 López 14 Alonso 15 Ramos 16 Llorente 17 Güiza 18 Riera 19 Arbeloa 20 Cazorla 21 Silva 22 Mata 23 Reina Coach: Del Bosque v t e Spain squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Casillas (c) 2 Albiol 3 Piqué 4 Marchena 5 Puyol 6 Iniesta 7 Villa 8 Xavi 9 F. Torres 10 Fàbregas 11 Capdevila 12 Valdés 13 Mata 14 Alonso 15 Ramos 16 Busquets 17 Arbeloa 18 Pedro 19 Llorente 20 Martínez 21 Silva 22 Navas 23 Reina Coach: Del Bosque v t e Spain squad – 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (3rd Title) 1 Miño 2 Azpilicueta 3 Domínguez 4 J. Martínez 5 San José 6 Jeffrén 7 Adrián 8 Parejo 9 Bojan 10 Mata 11 Capel 12 Montoya 13 De Gea 14 Nsue 15 José Ángel 16 Ruiz 17 Dídac 18 Herrera 19 Thiago 20 Botía 21 R. Pérez 22 Muniain 23 Mariño Coach: Milla v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Casillas (c) 2 Albiol 3 Piqué 4 Martínez 5 Juanfran 6 Iniesta 7 Pedro 8 Xavi 9 Torres 10 Fàbregas 11 Negredo 12 Valdés 13 Mata 14 Alonso 15 Ramos 16 Busquets 17 Arbeloa 18 Jordi Alba 19 Llorente 20 Cazorla 21 Silva 22 Navas 23 Reina Coach: Del Bosque

Michel Teló
Background information
Born	(1981-01-21) January 21, 1981 (age 31) Medianeira, Paraná, Brazil
Genres	Sertanejo, pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Universal Music Brazil

Michel Teló (born January 21, 1981) is a Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter.^[1][2] Before his solo act, he was a lead singer in various bands, most notably Grupo Tradição. His biggest national and international hit is "Ai Se Eu Te Pego!," a number one in most European countries, Latin America, and the province of Quebec, Canada.

Beginnings[link]

From his early years, Teló has dedicated his life to music. His artistic career began in 1987 when, as a six-year-old, he made ​​his first solo performance in his school choir, singing a piece by Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos. At 10, his musical talent blossomed when his father gave him an accordion. At the age of 12, upon encouragement by neighbors, school friends, and his brothers, he formed a young band for playing traditional music, which was called "Guri" and served to strengthen Teló taste in music in a professional organized manner. He was the band's lead singer and composer. Besides his love for the harmonica, Teló also took piano lessons for five years. He was also dancer and played the accordion, harmonica, and guitar.

In Grupo Tradição (1998–2008)[link]

In 1997, Teló was just 16 when he was invited to join the band Grupo Tradição, making part of the band for 11 years as lead vocals until 2008. His career as a singer took off as he sang the band's biggest hits, such as "Barquinho," "O Caldeirão," "Pra Sempre Minha Vida," "A Brasileira," and "Eu Quero Você." During such period of time, he was the band's front figure, conducting most of the interviews and promotions. According to Teló's former producer Wagner, he left without creating any enmity or hard feelings, as Teló made clear that he wanted to pursue a solo career. He was replaced by Guilherme Bertoldo, but the band had lost most of its appeal due to his departure and soon members began to quit the band, not having enough trust in the viability of the band without Teló.

During this time, he met and married a fan, a dentist named Ana Carolina Lago. After three years dating and another three married, the two legally divorced due to the stress of Teló's incessant touring schedule. Despite his public protestations that all was fine, Lago went public and revealed their official divorce on February 10, 2012. ^[3] he also plays magic cards

Solo career (2008–present)[link]

Michel Teló live

The album Balada Sertaneja was released in 2009 by Brazilian record label Som Livre. It was produced by Ivan Myazato and resulted in two singles: "Ei, psiu! Beijo me liga," a great commercial success, and "Amanhã sei lá". The release of the live album Michel Teló – Ao Vivo was an even bigger success and awarded Teló a gold disc. This culminated in a huge concert on September 16, 2011, attended by reportedly 50,000 people in a double ticket, which included Teló and João Bosco & Vinícius at Terraço Daslu. Throughout 2011, Teló played over 240 shows. According to Forbes magazine,^[4] Teló's Fugidinha Tour was attended by more than 17 million people and Teló has reportedly made $18 million dollars alone in 2011. Teló has also released two DVDs, one containing songs from the 1980s and 1990s, in collaboration with Milionário & José Rico, Bruno e Marrone, and João Bosco & Vinícius, and the other, entitled Michel Na Balada, including new songs.

International fame[link]

Teló in a 2011 sertanejo festival

Many football players have used the signature dance to "Ai Se Eu Te Pego," during goal celebrations, spreading the song's popularity. Brazilian football star Neymar appears on a video dancing the song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego". In the Spanish professional league, Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid danced to the song when Ronaldo scored the first goal against Málaga CF on October 22, 2011. Rafael Nadal has also danced to this song. On October 29, 2011, Brazilian left-back André Santos danced to this song after scoring the 2-2 equalizer in Arsenal's 5–3 defeat of London rivals Chelsea. Recently, in the Super League Greece, Simão, Cleyton, Sebastián Leto and other Panathinaikos' players danced to this song when Cleyton scored the first goal against PAOK on October 30, 2011.

Polish football player Adrian Mierzejewski danced to this song when Paweł Brożek scored goal during the friendly match between Poland and Hungary on 15 November 2011. In the German Bundesliga, Marco Reus performed it with his teammates after each of his three goals for Borussia Mönchengladbach against Werder Bremen on 19 November 2011 when Gladbach outclassed Bremen, winning 5–0. Lewis Holtby]] celebrated his goal in Schalke 04's 4–0 win against Nuremberg with the dance on the same day. Alexander Pato, Kevin-Prince Boateng, and Robinho of Milan were also seen dancing to this song at a training session on 16 November 2011. Lucas, Maxi Rodríguez, and Sebastián Coates of Liverpool danced to this song when Rodríguez scored the first goal against Chelsea on November 28, 2011.

On 10 December 2011, Marquinhos and Ricardo Laborde of Anorthosis danced this song after Marquinhos scored the first goal against Apollon Limassol in Anorthosis's 2–0 victory. On 16 December 2011, in a Turkish Super League match between Orduspor and Galatasaray, Galatasaray players Felipe Melo and Emmanuel Eboué^[5] danced to the song. Falkirk striker Farid El Alagui also danced to this song after scoring against Queen of the South in the Scottish Premier League.

The song serves as the walk-up music for Miguel Montero of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball when he comes up to bat.

Teló announced he was embarking on a tour in the United States to promote the song in an English version entitled "Oh, If I Catch You!". He is already well known amongst the American Hispanic communities.

Michel Teló is an avid supporter of Brazilian football team Grêmio.

Awards and nominations[link]

At the beginning of his solo career, he released his first album titled Balada Sertaneja which was not a big commercial success, but was still nominated in the category for "Musical Revelation of the Year".

His live album Michel Teló – Ao Vivo, however, was hugely successful and brought him nomination for a Latin Grammy "Best Sertanejo Album".

In 2011, Michel was nominated at the 2011 "Melhores do Movimento Country" for four categories: "Best Singer Solo" "Hit of the Year" for "Ai se eu te pego!", "Best CD" for album Michel Teló – Ao Vivo and "Best Show".

Michel was also nominated for four categories in Premio Multishow de Música Brasileira for "Best Singer", "Musical Revelation," "Best Sertanejo Artist" and "Best Music" for "Ai se eu te pego!"

At Prêmio Vagalume, Michel was nominated for "Site of the Year" and "Social Network" awards.

Charities[link]

In August 2011, Teló took part in the 26th edition of Criança Esperança charity programme alongside Braziliam musicians Leonardo, Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, Chitãozinho & Xororó and Adair Cardoso. The event was held at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

In December 2011, he took part in the 13th edition of Futebol contra a Fome (Portuguese for "Football Against Hunger") charity event at Parque do Sabiá in Uberlândia together with Brazilian celebrities Daniel Alves, Neymar, Gusttavo Lima and Marrone. The event is promoted by brothers Fernando and Alexandre Pires and aims to collecting food donations for poor families. Teló was the top scorer of the match along with professional football player Vágner Love, having scored two goals each.^[6]

Discography[link]

• 2009: Balada Sertaneja (studio album)
• 2010: Michel Teló – Ao Vivo (live album)
• 2011: Michel na Balada (live album)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Michel Teló on Twitter

Eden Hazard

Personal information
Full name	Eden Hazard
Date of birth	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 21)
Place of birth	La Louvière, Belgium
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Attacking midfielder Winger
Club information
Current club	Lille
Number	10
Youth career
1995–2003	Royal Stade Brainois
2003–2005	Tubize
2005–2007	Lille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Lille	147	(36)
National team‡
2006	Belgium U15	5	(1)
2006	Belgium U16	4	(2)
2006–2008	Belgium U17	17	(2)
2007–2009	Belgium U19	11	(6)
2008–	Belgium	27	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:38, 31 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:20, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Eden Hazard (born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian international footballer who currently plays for French club Lille in Ligue 1 and the Belgium national team. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger. Hazard is known for his creativity, speed, and technical ability and is described as a "fearless, explosive attacking midfielder who can change the game with a turn of pace or a dribble".^[2][3][4] He has also been described as "a defender's nightmare" and has earned critical acclaim for his playing style, which has led to the media, coaches, and players drawing comparisons to FIFA World Player of the Year winners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.^{[2][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Hazard is the son of former Belgian footballers and began his football career in Belgium playing for local clubs Royal Stade Brainois and Tubize. In 2005, he moved to France joining first division club Lille. Hazard spent two years in the club's academy and, at the age of 16, made his professional debut in November 2007. In his first full season as a starter, he won the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Young Player of the Year award becoming the first non-French player to win the award.^[11] In the 2009–10 season, Hazard captured the award again becoming the first player to win the award twice.^[12] He was also named to the league's Team of the Year. Since making his debut in 2007, Hazard has become an integral part of the club under manager Rudi Garcia racking up over 190 appearances. In the 2010–11 season, he was a part of the Lille team that won the league and cup double and, as a result of his performances, was named the UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year becoming the youngest player to win the award.^[13] Hazard was also given the Bravo Award by Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo for his performances during the 2010–11 season.^[14]