Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Arsenal's best legend midfielder captain

Patrick Vieira born in June 23, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal is a French international football midfielder who currently plays for Internazionale. He is 1.92m (6 ft 3 and a half in) tall. His playing position will be centre midfielder. His first apperance was at 1993-1995 in AS Cannes, 1995-1996 in A.C. Milan, 1996-2005 in Arsenal, 2005-2006 in Juventus and currently in Internazionale. He came to prominence during his time at Arsenal between 1006 and 2005, where he won three FA Premier League titles and four FA Cups, and eventually became club captain. He spent a single season at Juventus before joining Inter in 2006, after Juventus were relegated due to their part in a match-fixing scandal. He has 105 caps for France, and was part of their 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winning sides and is now the team captain. In september 1996, the incoming Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asked for him to be bought from A.C. Milan before he took up his position. Vieira was signed for 3.5 million pounds, while his composure and the quality of his passing meant he became an integral part of Wenger's stylish attacking side. Forming a powerful midfield partnership with compatriot Emmanuel Petit, Vieira won the Premiership and FA Cup Double in 1998, his first full season at the club. That summer, he was called up to France's 1998 World Cup squad. Vieira would go on to win Euro 2000 with France, as well as a second Double with Arsenal in 2002. After Tony Adams's retirement in 2002, Vieira (already vice-captain) became club captain, since which his disciplinary problems cooled significantly. Though he missed Arsenal's 2003 FA Cup final win with injury, Vieira lifted the trophy jointly with captain for the day David Seaman.

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