Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Arsenal's legend player

Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp, born in year 1969, May 10 in Amsterdam, Netherlands is a retired Dutch professional footballer. At club levelhe played for Ajax, Internazionale, Arsenal and also represented the Netherlands at international level. Bergkamp is 1.83m (6 ft 0 in) tall and his playing position is supporting striker but he is officially retired now. He is currently coaching Ajax as the assistant coach. Back in year 1986-1993, he played for Ajax, 1993-1995 was at Internazionale and 1995-2006 was at Arsenal. Bergkamp played most of his best games as a support striker, where his tactical awareness and deft passes made him a great exponent of the game from the "hole". He was selected by Pele as one of the FIFA 125 greatest living players and is widely regarded as one of the English Premier League's all-time greatest players. In 2007he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, the first ever Dutch player to receive the honour. He has also finished third in the FIFA Player of the Year award twice. Bergkamp was signed by Arsenal boss Bruce Rioch in June 1995 for 7.5 million pounds. Bergkamp made his debut against Middlesbrough on 19 August 1995 but had to adapt to the English style of play because he was previously from Internazionale and Internazionale plays different style of football. It took him seven games before he finally managed to score his first goal, against Southampton. Slowly but surely, Bergkamp's stature grew, playing as a forward behind the main striker, Ian Wright. They soon formed a strong partnership which was one of the finest in the Premier League. Bergkamp has been regarded by many football pundits such as Alan Hansen as being the greatest foreign player to grace the English game.

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