EK MAG
ELEVEN KINGS MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2021
GLOBAL & LOCAL RANKINGS: • • • • • • • • • • •
TOP 10 GLOBAL Brazil Azerbaijan Indonesia Turkey Egypt Spain Nigeria Italy USA Iraq
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YOUTH ACADEMY New Feature
pages: 14-15
pages: 42-63
2021 For Eleven Kings pages: 12-31
RONALDINHO
Player Career Award
pages: 33
Promocode pages: 24-25
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CONTENT WHAT IS ELEVEN KINGS? 4-9
Private League 12-13
Youth Academy - New Feature 14-15
Ronaldinho and Eleven Kings Partnership Posts on pages of Ronaldinho
“My heart is not an obstacle” Eriksen targets 2022 World Cup spot with Denmark 32
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RONALDINHO - Player Career Award, Globe Soccer Awards 2021
Azerbaijan Startup Eleven Kings on Signing with Ronaldinho and Plans to Become Global Game Platform
Sergio Agüero retires and a brilliant career ends too soon
22-23 (cbw.ge - News for Eleven Kings)
Azerbaijan Startup Eleven Kings Sings Long-term Agreement with Ronaldinho, Legendary Football Player 24 (cbw.ge - News for Eleven Kings)
Year in Review with Football Manager Game - Eleven Kings 25 (cbw.ge - News for Eleven Kings)
Orkhan Rzayev Believes That the Digital World Has Opened Doors to New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs 26-27 (disruptmagazine.com - News for Eleven Kings)
Azerbaijan footballer E. Mahmudov to become the face of popular football video game Eleven Kings 28-29 (disruptmagazine.com - News for Eleven Kings)
Orkhan Rzayev and Elshad Pirimov of Eleven Kings: “Invest in your business, do homework, stay learning” 30 (thriveglobal.com - News for Eleven Kings)
The 37 Hottest Gaming Startups in Europe 31 (cledara.com - News for Eleven Kings)
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ELEVEN KINGS GAME DOWNLOAD PAGE 36-37
Promocode 38-39
GLOBAL & LOCAL RANKINGS 42-63 • • • • • • • • • • •
TOP 10 GLOBAL BRAZIL AZERBAIJAN INDONESIA TURKEY EGYPT SPAIN NIGERIA ITALY USA IRAQ
Eleven Kings
is an online football manager game. It's strategy game, so you choose your strategy and play games to win trophies. After user registers on Eleven Kings, he/she becomes the virtual football coach as well as the club president. Every user is given 23 players, stadium, budget and user starts to manage the team. There're many options to choose in order to create a strong team and win trophies, collect manager points and rank higher on the Local and Global Ranking.
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What is Eleven Kings?
SQUAD You have 23 players on your squad. It’s the maximum size of the squad. If you want to buy a player to have to sell from your squad first. The minimum vmount of squad size is 15. Also there are minimal limits for each position:
goalkeepers - 2, defenders - 2, midfielders - 5, forwards - 3.
When you click to any player’s name, you’ll see a popup with the player’s info & stats. Players’ age is one of the important elements in the game. Try to keep your players’ age less than 25. In this case your players will develop quickly, will lose
energy during the matches and trainings less. Players’ ability shows their power. Your team’s power is equal the average ability of your squad’s starting 11. Players’ ability increases match by match. Also you can increase their ability more quickly by using “Daily Training” and “Training Camp” features.
SQUAD IS EVERYTHING.
So keep your player energetic, trained and motivated!
TRANSFER Transfer is most common and important feature for both real football and online football games. Eleven Kings offers you to sell your players as well as to buy new, rising stars. There're 3 tabs on "Transfer" Page. 1. BUY - on this page you can find the players available for transfer. Be careful when choosing player. Check their age and ability. Try to buy young players. Because they have big potential to increase their ability. Also young players lose lower energy while playing the games and increase more ability points while training.
2. SELL - on this page you can sell your players. There're limits on every position. Minimum 2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders and 3 forwards have to be in your squad. Try to sell older players. 3. HISTORY - on this page you can find the transfer history you made. Transfer is one of the important and critical feature on Eleven Kings. Try to make more transfers in order to keep your squad young & powerful.
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What is Eleven Kings?
LINEUP & TACTICS The "Lineup and Tactics" feature is the most important part of the game which directly affects the result of matches. You can find "Substitutions", "Formation" and "Tactics" sections on the Lineup & Tactics page. On this page, you can set your lineup manually or auto-select also, you can Refill Energy of players. From the Formation section, you can choose a suitable form of the lineup. The tactics section consists of "Game style", "Passing style" and "Pressing style" that play a crucial role in the matches. Set your lineup and tactics cleverly and win tournaments!
DAILY TRAINING Daily Training is the training feature that users can use unlimited to increase their players’ ability (power). You can choose special player(s) or the whole team to train them. You have to spend EK coins in order to train your players. There are 3 training styles: 1. Soft training; 2. Normal training; 3. Hard training. The harder you train your players, the higher ability change you’ll see. Also they will lose higher energy and you’ll spend more coins as well. It’s the best option to improve your special one or few players in a short time.
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What is Eleven Kings?
TRAINING CAMP Training Camp - gives you opportunity to improve your players, increase their ability. You can take your squad to the Training Camp only twice in a season. So be careful, create a strategy when to take the players to the Training Camp. There’re 3 cities active in Training Camp right now: Antalya, Turkey Paris, France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
You can see Duration of the Camp, expected ability change of the players and the cost of the Camp. Camp results may vary depending on the age of the players. The younger the players,
the higher the result!
STADIUM Stadium is one of the best option on Eleven Kings Game to increase your budget. The bigger is your stadium, the more tickets will be sold. More tickets means more money. You start with the 7 500 capacity stadium. But you can upgrade your stadium and let your fans make your matches more excited.
you’re in the 1st place in your League, the average attendance will be 85%100% of your stadium capacity. If you’re in the 10th place, the attendance will be around 30%-50% of your stadium capacity. So try to stay in the TOP of the League, so you can see higher attendance in your home matches.
The ticket prices is constant and depends on the League level you play: ($ - per ticket) League 5 - $30 League 4 - $40 League 3 - $50 League 2 - $60 League 1 - $70 Also your League standing affects your stadium attendance. For example, if
You can sell tickets and earn money only when you play in Home. You also earn money from Shop sales in your stadium, as well as from sponsors in your Home matches.
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What is Eleven Kings?
RANKING The managers’ performance ranked on Global and Local form on the Ranking page. The Global Ranking shows TOP 50 users in the world who play Eleven Kings. In terms of the Local Ranking, you can find TOP 50 users in your country. Both types of ranking evaluate performance according to manager points. You can earn the manager points by winning the matches, scoring a goal, transferring players, training players and being champion in championships. Also, both ranking types divided into sections like All Time Ranking and Current Ranking. All Time Ranking shows the general results from the creation of the game, but Current Ranking shows the last 1 month’s results.
FAN SHOP Fan Shop is a new feature that is added to the Eleven Kings Pro. Find the section on the menu. You can build your fan shops in different cities and sell your goods to fans of your club. There are 10 levels of Fan Shop. Unlock new levels and increase your earnings. Build your shops, earn the Budget, and be a strong manager!
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What is Eleven Kings?
EK COIN EK coins are an important treasure type to develop your football club on Eleven Kings Game. The crucial point of EK coins is about cleverly managing of them. It’s easy to earn EK coins but difficult to expense them effectively. Managers earn EK coins by winning the matches, from Daily Gifts and additionally from Promotions. Exchange of EK Coins with the Budget is possible on the game. Also, you can buy EK coins through an online payment. Managers spend EK coins to Daily Training and Refill the energy of Squad.
On EK Coins sections of the menu, you can see EK coins’ income and expenditure of your club for the season. That section will help to regulate your coins effectively and efficiently. Manage your budget cleverly, be the rich manager and
LET THE WORLD KNOW YOU.
STATISTICS On the Statistics page of the menu, you can find stats about your club players. Statistics page consists of 4 sections.
Statistics are a motivating and easily accessible part of the game to effectively manage your club.
In the first section, you will see the 5 most valuable players in your club. On the second, 5 topscorers of your club are illustrated. The third section shows 5 most played players in your club. The last section consists of the best abilities of the squad.
Follow your players’ statistics,
develop your squad and be a strong manager.
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You can engage young players in your academy, train them in 5 styles and 10 sessions and transfer skillful ones to your main squad.
Partnership with
RONALDINHO face of Eleven Kings
Ronaldinho and Eleven Kings Partnership Posts on pages of Ronadinho
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Azerbaijan Startup Eleven Kings on Signing with Ronaldinho and Plans to Become Global Game Platform CBW had a conversation with Orkhan Rzayev, the Founder of Eleven Kings, an online football manager game based in Azerbaijan. Orkhan has founded several startupsMediamark Digital Agency in 2015 which helps global brands to improve their digital activities. In 2017 he decided to start a gaming company in order to change the football gaming world. We decided to learn more about their innovation:
For those not familiar with Eleven Kings Game, can you share a brief history? Eleven Kings is an online football manager strategy game. Users install the App for free and start their career as a football club coach/owner. Transfers, Stadium upgrades, Game tactics & Strategies, Fan Shops, Tournaments, and other features make Eleven Kings exciting and challenging. Global and Local Ranking show the successful users in realtime.
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What is the concept behind your brand? Eleven Kings aims to become a global game & fan engagement platform. The mobile game app, Engagement platform, eMagazine, Shop, Events are part of this concept where football lovers from all over the world can engage & have fun together. What got you into the game industry? I’m a fan of football as well as football management games. I’ve played almost
Orkhan Rzayev Believes That the Digital World Has Opened Doors to New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs on every football manager platform in the world in the last 17 years. Also, I research this business itself for more than 5 years. So I know the business as a user and as an entrepreneur. Tell us about your team and run us through your working day. The powerful side of Eleven Kings is the team. Elshad Pirimov, co-founder and CTO creates amazing things with coding. I know Elshad for 8 years and we have worked together on several projects since 2013. Elshad also had a rich experience in Netherlands and Latvia before joining Eleven Kings. Muzaffar, Shirvan, Elshan, Rufat, Zeybullah, Elvin, Gulnar, Gulshan, Shahla, Nijat, Sarkhan are other key people who have huge beliefs and motivation to change the world for a better place. Starting the Pandemic, we work remotely. Whatsapp, MeisterTask, and Google Meet are our daily communication platforms where we discuss, set, manage and produce crazy ideas.
Picasso, that I love very much. Says that “everything you can imagine is real”. So powerful! Today’s technology, today’s digital opportunities give us more power to change the world than ever. So every day I wake up with this passion. What’s your biggest success so far? Getting an agreement with the football icon Ronaldinho to join our startup is one of the most exciting things in my career. You know, sitting in the 15 m2 office in Baku, Azerbaijan, and dreaming to get Ronaldinho to your startup’s board was craziness. And not letting it stay as a dream and working on it. After two years when I met with Ronaldinho and with his team and got an official agreement letter from the CEO of Ronaldinho’s Holding Company to join the Founders’ team of Eleven Kings Game, it was an amazing result for us. We have a huge belief and we’re passionate to become the next global brand.
We wish you a big success!
What was one of the challenges of starting your company? To start a mobile gaming company in Azerbaijan itself is a huge risk and challenge. Because there are no global mobile games from Azerbaijan yet, it’s very risky to start this kind of startup in Baku. You face difficulty finding an experienced team, mentors, investment, legal solutions, almost everything becomes challenging when you start a gaming company. What are you most passionate about when it comes to your startup? Dream to change the world to a better place. There is one saying from Pablo ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 23
Azerbaijani Startup Eleven Kings Signs Long-term Agreement with Ronaldinho, Legendary Football Player Eleven Kings, an online football game startup, just signed an official agreement with Ronaldinho, the legendary “Barcelona FC” player. The agreement contains a long-term partnership as Ronaldinho will promote Eleven Kings Game through his social media channels which have a cumulative 130M followers. Also, Ronaldinho will participate in the events Eleven Kings will organize. Azerbaijani side got an advantage to use Ronaldinho’s face and image for promotion activities as well. Orkhan Rzayev, Founder & CEO of Eleven Kings says it’s one of the exciting moments in his life: “Working with one of the iconic faces of the football history is exciting of course. Ronaldinho’s influencer power will help us to reach a huge audience worldwide and grow faster”.
Zeybullah Balamedov, the graphic designer at Eleven Kings says one year ago it was a dream to create social media posts for Eleven Kings with Ronaldinho’s image, today our design team is already working on it. That’s amazing feelings for us. The technical side of the startup has to be stronger and secure now as Elshad Pirimov, CTO of Eleven Kings, says they are ready to welcome new users from all over the world: “Ronaldinho will play a very important role in the user acquisition process, so we added extra security details and increased the power of servers to welcome new users”. Eleven Kings is created by Azerbaijani entrepreneurs in 2017, incorporated in Lausanne, Switzerland in March 2020. The main objective of the game is to become a global football fans’ engagement platform.
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Year in Review with Football Manager Game- Eleven Kings Orkhan Rzayev, the Founder of Eleven Kings, an online football manager game based in Azerbaijan, shared about the company’s year with CBW: ‘’2021 was the greatest year for Eleven Kings as we signed a long-term contract with Ronaldinho, the football legend. We were featured in many global media platforms, seen on Times Square, NYC, Silicon Valley, California, US, and other places in the US. We released the latest and most promising version of the Game. We can’t imagine better results than these. But these are only a few starting steps for us. We aim to create a global value for football fans around the world and next year will be more excited and challenging for us. We are ready for 2022!’’said Orkhan Rzayev, Founder and CEO of Eleven Kings.
Times Square
Atlanta, Georgia
For reference, Orkhan has founded several startups- Mediamark Digital Agency in 2015 which helps global brands to improve their digital activities. In 2017 he decided to start a gaming company ‘’Eleven Kings’’ in order to change the football gaming world.
Silicon Valley
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Orkhan Rzayev Believes That the Digital World Has Opened Doors to New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs Eleven Kings may be a free soccer manager game launched in Gregorian calendar month 2017 by Azerbaijani enterpriser Orkhan Rzayev in support of his partner Elshad Pirimov. Legendary football game star Ronaldinho became the face of the complete in August 2021. This man of affairs and digital selling professional has been a district of varied startups for the last twelve years. The success has light-emitting diode the founders of the corporate to announce another spherical of seed investment which might facilitate them scale globally faster.
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Rzayev feels glad to declare the feats that Eleven Kings has been ready to bring home the bacon in such a brief amount of your time. He attributes his success to the facility of the digital world. He believes that he’s lucky to be living in 2021, wherever any plan or business will gain traction once reaching bent on the proper audience. He himself has encounter many opportunities because of the facility of social media. several of those possibilities of collaboration, sharing one thing, or increasing the business worldwide have helped him grow exponentially.
Orkhan Rzayev Believes That the Digital World Has Opened Doors to New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs
Rzayev says that with the ample range of opportunities offered on the web, folks shouldn’t have any excuse for not having the ability to accomplish their dreams. He says that one has to simply get out of their temperature and begin doing things rather than worrying concerning the results. If you’re persistent enough to realize what you be after for, nothing will are available in your approach. With opportunities return hardships similarly. What’s vital throughout these times is for you to ne’er consider forgoing. In 2017 once he set to form a mobile game, he knew it might take plenty of motivation, passion and risk from his finish so as to understand his dreams. whereas dreaming of launching a start-up in itself was a awfully huge challenge, Rzayev ne’er compromised on commitment on his journey. it’s what
he believes permits you to remain sturdy within the toughest of times and reach your finish goal. In addition to it, Rzayev, having understood the facility of the digital world and social media, is active on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. He shares content concerning his experiences in startups, digital businesses, and family together with his followers. He likes to place out everything that life has educated out there into the planet so folks will get pleasure from it. He conjointly incorporates a personal blog, where people looking for success can find motivating content. You can also reach them through Instagram, Facebookand Twitter.
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Azerbaijani footballer E. Mahmudov to become the face of popular football video game Eleven Kings
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Azerbaijani footballer Emin Mahmudov to become the face of popular football video game Eleven Kings
Eleven Kings is a successful gaming startup born out of the unquenchable passion that Orkhan Rzayev harbored within himself for gaming and entrepreneurship. It was founded in 2017 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and incorporated in March 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. As the platform continues to get recognition worldwide, professional footballer Ronaldinho has signed up to represent the brand. The founders have also appointed Emin Mahmudov, a football midfielder from their home country, to become the brand ambassador of Eleven Kings in Azerbaijan. The initial launch of Eleven Kings as a mobile game was not an easy road. Coming from a country like Azerbaijan where startups are rare, giving one’s life savings in order to realize one’s passion for a virtual gaming business is a huge move. However, despite the risks involved, it all paid off when the game became a global success. While working for Eleven Kings, Mr. Rzayev says how it took all his fearlessness and determination to reach to the top. “The digital world has been a huge asset in helping me grow as a small upcoming business,” says he. Rzayev hopes to leverage the benefits that social media can offer in order to achieve his milestones.
management have been a cherry on top of Mr. Rzayev’s efforts. The founder of Eleven Kings says, “with the ample range of opportunities offered on the web, folks shouldn’t have any excuse for not having the ability to accomplish their dreams.” He believes that success comes to you easily when you stop worrying about the results and rather focus on working towards your goal. In 2017, when he decided to launch a mobile game, he knew it would take a lot of sleepless nights and tirelessly working to make things happen. Mr. Rzayev says that he never compromised on the efforts that his dreams demanded of him and it is what allowed him to finally achieve what he aspired for. With relentless perseverance and motivation as Mr. Rzayev continues to give his best to Eleven Kings, the gaming platform is gaining the attention it deserves and is already on its way to becoming one of the top games that will be known in the gaming world.
The power of internet combined with collaborations with amazing social media influencers have helped the founder of Eleven Kings expand his horizons, increase brand awareness and widen the scope of the possibilities of his game for the future. In addition to that social media marketing and online brand reputation disruptmagazine.com
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Orkhan Rzayev and Elshad Pirimov of Eleven Kings: “Invest in your business, do homework, stay learning” They are preparing to organize a seed investment round for Eleven King Eleven Kings, almost risky startup from Azerbaijan is changing the face of the gaming industry Orkhan Rzayev and Elshad Pirimov, the founders of Eleven Kings, took to the path of following their passion involved with a lot of risks. Mr. Rzyayev believes that there is no getting intimidated by the problems that try to pull you down on the road to success. One needs to be fearless and determined to achieve their goals, no matter what. In a country where $400 is the average salary and startups are rare, Orkhan Rzayev’s bravery is commendable. Giving up the savings of your life amounting to $30 grand is not an easy task. However, Mr. Rzayev took the risk of launching a mobile game startup in 2017, and it has all proven to be worth it so much that he is proud to announce that the famous influencer Ronaldinho is the face of Eleven Kings. Orkhan Rzayev believes that being crazy enough about your dreams is good. The attitude helped him achieve incredible feats in life. It is nothing less than a motivation that drives you to get to work each day you wake up. To all those looking for success, Mr. Rzayev advises them never to stop believing in themselves. Despite it being a risky move, Orkhan Rzayev and partner Elshad Pirimov never stopped believing in themselves. Orkhan Rzayev says that the digital world has done a lot to help them grow as a startup. In his opinion, other small 30 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
businesses can achieve remarkable milestones, too, if they leverage the power of the internet in the right way. He is thankful for all the opportunities and collaborations that he has harness through digital platforms. The perseverance and willpower of the two Azerbaijani entrepreneurs got them where they deserve to be. Now that their company has reached a level where they can safely call it a success, they are preparing to organize a seed investment round for Eleven Kings. Mr. Rzayev has big plans for his company and hopes to scale it globally in the near future. He believes that consistency will take him to whatever heights he aims for in his life. You can also reach them through the following social platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter thriveglobal.com
The 37 Hottest Gaming Startups in Europe Europe boasts an abundance of gaming innovators. But as the sector continues to boom, which companies on the continent are capable of shaping the future of gaming? The European gaming industry is home to some of the global scene’s biggest movers and shakers, like Ubisoft, Rockstar North, and Rovio Entertainment.
our list, we also included emerging companies at the earliest growth phase, with a particular focus on companies developing multi-genre games.
Experts estimated the European gaming industry to be worth $32 billion in 2020. These companies and their peers have transformed gaming into a booming sector with memorable titles that have become household names.
One of these is Eleven Kings
Last year’s lockdowns prompted a spike in gaming, with platforms like Twitch and Facebook Gaming providing a social platform for gamers to share their experiences with a global audience. So, as gaming grows in popularity for people of all ages, which companies will shape its evolution? Europe’s growing gaming startup scene isn’t short on contenders – here’s our shortlist of the ones to watch.
Eleven Kings Eleven Kings is a free online football manager game that allows players to oversee their clubs, manage game tactics and compete in tournaments. The startup raised an undisclosed seed round in 2020 to further develop the game and has a partnership with legendary football star Ronaldihno. Founders: Orkhan Rzayev Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
How we created the shortlist There’s an abundance of great gaming startups cropping up across the continent, so to whittle down the list, we prioritised startups that had gained traction with gamers through their releases and fanbase. We also looked at startups that had ambitions to scale, using funding as a proxy to identify possible candidates. While investment was one aspect of cledara.com
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My heart is not an obstacle Eriksen targets 2022 World Cup spot with Denmark The midfielder has been out of action since collapsing at Euro 2020, but he insists he is back to full fitness Christian Eriksen has made it clear that it is his intention to return to playing football and wants to represent Denmark at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Eriksen has been sidelined since suffering a cardiac arrest during a match at Euro 2020 and subsequently having to be fitted with a defibrillator. Now a free agent, the midfielder says he is back to full fitness and wants to prove to his national team boss that he still has what it takes to line up for his country.
Eriksen’s plans “My goal is to play in the World Cup in Qatar. I want to play,” Eriksen said in an interview with Danish TV. “That’s been my mindset all along. It’s a goal, a dream. “Whether I’ll be picked is another thing, but it’s my dream to come back. I’m sure I can come back because I don’t feel any different. Physically, I’m back in top shape. That’s been my goal and it’s still some time away. Until then, I’m just going to play football and prove that I’m back at the same level. “[The national team is] very important. I want to play on the national team in the World Cup. My dream is to rejoin the national team, play at Parken again and prove that it was a one-timer and that it won’t happen again. “I want to prove I’ve moved on and that I can play on the national team again. Again, it’s up to the manager to assess my level, but my heart is not an obstacle.” 32 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
Eriksen offers thanks Eriksen went on to thank all of those that supported him, both during his incident and in the months since. “It was amazing that so many people felt the need to write or send flowers,” he said. “It had an impact on so many people and they felt a need to let me and my family know. That makes me very happy. “And people still write to me. I’ve thanked people I’ve met in person. I’ve thanked the doctors, my team-mates and their families in person. But all the fans who’ve sent thousands of letters and emails and flowers – or who’ve come up to me on the street in both Italy and Denmark – I thank them all for the support I got from all over the world that helped me through this.” source: goal.com
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RONALDINHO
PLAYER CAREER AWARD Globe Soccer Awards 2021 AWARDED BY: HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MANSOOR BIN MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM, CHAIRMAN OF THE DUBAI SPORTS COUNCIL AND HIS EXCELLENCY MATTAR MOHAMMED AL TAYER, VICE PRESIDENT OF DUBAI SPORTS COUNCIL. Famed as one of the greatest footballers in history, in a career in which he won 853 games with 328 goals, this year Ronaldinho’s trophy shelf is embellished with an additional prize as he wins the Globe Soccer Career Award.
source: globesoccer.com
Ronaldinho amassed several national and international trophies between Europe and America: he won 2 Spanish Championships, 2 Spanish Super Cups and 1 Champions League with Barcelona, while in America he won a Copa Libertadores and a Recopa Sudamericana with Atletico Mineiro. At the individual level, Ronaldinho is also the holder of a Ballon d’Or, won in 2005, and 2 consecutive FIFA World Player of the Year awards, in 2004 and 2005, which equalled Ronaldo’s record.
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Sergio Agüero retires and a brilliant career ends too soon Sergio Agüero has made the incredibly sad and painful decision to call time on his playing career at the age of 33 due to a heart problem. For a man who became a legend with that late goal, having to bow out of football prematurely is a particularly cruel twist of fate. And Wednesday’s announcement puts a brutal full-stop at the end of what has been a very difficult period in Agüero’s life. After being sidelined for much of last season due to injury, Manchester City opted to release him at the end of his contract, and his final appearance for the club literally ended in tears as they were beaten by Chelsea in the Champions League final. His summer switch to Barcelona promised an overdue rendezvous with long-time friend Lionel Messi, only for the rug to be swept from under him when Messi left for Paris Saint-Germain. Agüero made just five appearances for Barça totalling 165 minutes, before
breathing difficulties experienced during a game against Alavés on 30 October led to him being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat. It has been a terrifying ordeal and though he will know that hanging up his boots is the safest decision for him and his family, it will take him a long time to recover from the devastation he will be feeling right now. But wherever Agüero’s life takes him in the future, he deserves to be remembered as a boy who made history in his native Argentina when he debuted for Independiente aged just 15 years and 35 days. He deserves to be remembered at Atlético as a player who arrived a wonderkid and left a superman, helping the Rojiblancos
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Sergio Agüero retires and a brilliant career ends too soon
lift the Europa League and netting them a handsome profit before saying adiós. He deserves to be remembered as Manchester City’s all-time leading goalscorer and one of English football’s greatest ever foreign imports, having broken the record for most Premier League goals for a single club in his final Premier League appearance. He deserves to be remembered for that iconic goal. Agüero scored 427 goals in 786 games for club and country but he never scored a bigger one than that. I swear you’ll never see anything like it ever again. And he deserves to be remembered for his charming, effervescent personality which made him a footballers’ footballer and a fans’ favourite.
In his younger days his playing style was eerily reminiscent of Brazilian great Romario and later in his career, he adapted to the demands of Pep Guardiola, added pressing to his game and somehow became an even better footballer than he’d ever been. He had plenty more to give as a player and that’s what makes his early retirement so heartbreaking, but his family needs him far more than football does, and he’s already given the game more than enough. Above all else, Agüero deserves a healthy and happy retirement and if one day he decides to go into coaching, the younger generation will be blessed by his wisdom. Retired but never forgotten. Gracias Sergio, it was an absolute pleasure.
He was one of the finest strikers of the 21st century who often played like he’d jumped out of a computer game into the real world. He was a goalkeeper’s nightmare who could find the bottom corner like a heat-seeking missile. Goalscoring came as naturally to him as blinking comes to you or I. source: onefootball.com
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Arsenal Azerbaijan
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Hind FC India ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 43
BRAZIL TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Brazil, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 Chitais Chitais
2
3
Union Rennes FC
Israel Bastos
Union Rennes FC
44 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
Bastos FC
Top 10 users from Brazil | December 2021
4
Chrystian Dias
5
Carlos Henrique Moraes Ca
6
Bahia
7
Rᴏʙɪɴ S2
8
Ricardo Ferreira
9
capivari
10
manchester
gary FC
Bahia
TIMÃO
Méier FC
capivari
Sociedade Esportiva CARIOCA Sociedade Esportiva CARIOCA ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 45
AZERBAIJAN TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Azerbaijan, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 Alim Haciyev Goynuk FC
2
3
Ülvi Tağızadə
Şahin EM
ulvi_tagizade
46 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
Kameralar.az
Top 10 users from Azerbaijan | December 2021
4
Ульви Мирзоев
5
Arsenal Azerbaijan
6
Aliakber Huseynov
7
Zaqatala
8
007
9
Fuad Aliyev
10
alpengold
Arsenal Azerbaijan
Galatasaray S.K
Zaqatala
Xezer_Lenkeran
Black Eagles
Elçin Heydarov Fenerbahce SK ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 47
INDONESIA TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Indonesia, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 lutong propinsi jawatimur
2
3
Welly Kurniawan
Aydan Rabbani A.H
Clause
48 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
Bolabola
Top 10 users from Indonesia | December 2021
4
Ardrak
5
Risa Miftahul
6
Samsul Arifin
7
Porenjer Kuning
8
Jun La
9
Agus Nur Pramudya
10
Ardrak
Persijap Jepara
Syarief 08
Bolt Fc
Semeru FC
FC TRAIN
Sandy Syah Sandy Syah ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 49
TURKEY TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Turkey, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 TURAN turan fenerbahçe
2
3
Evren Çam
Maro Mrt
Fenerbahçe
50 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
Fc BurKendal
Top 10 users from Turkey | December 2021
4
Byc
5
Munzurspor
6
Burak Yakışır
7
trabzonspor61
8
Yiğit Özen
9
Oğuzhan Öcek
10
Bycanavar
Munzurspor
galatasaray
trabzonspor61
Fenerbahçe
galatasaray
Ege Yiğit Coşkun Beşiktaş JK ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 51
EGYPT TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Egypt, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 FCdarshlona FCdarshlona
2
3
abdala
mahmoud
abdala
52 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
mahmoud
Top 10 users from Egypt | December 2021
4
نورمدملا
5
نورمدملا
6
نورمدملا
نورمدملا
Al-Ahly team Al-Ahly team
7
nour nazmy
8
Kimo Kimo
9
Baraa Abdelrhman
10
يلهالا
يلهالا
ءاربوبا
kamal yaser kamal yaser ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 53
SPAIN TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Spain, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 Bernande Andalucia Libre
2
3
cornella f.c
As Pontes CD
cornella f.c
54 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
As Pontes CD
Top 10 users from Spain | December 2021
4
G4bi_ork
5
simate 75
6
josep colomines paga
7
Aday González
8
Moises Estévez
9
LOS VILLARES FC
10
ORCASITAS FC
simate
JOSUACOPA
Tarajalejo CD
Tenerifee
LOS VILLARES FC
EL K LOS K ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 55
NIGERIA TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Nigeria, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 olam OLAM FC
2
3
Skiya FC
Richmond Omomama
Skiya FC
Mama Fc
56 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
Top 10 users from Nigeria | December 2021
4
Gilbert Herbert
5
07061891372
6
Dion
7
MUNACHIMSO NWANKWO
8
ETINI ISONGUYO
9
mehmet akif
10
Dolapo Pizzy
golden arrows
07061891372
Dion
MUNACHIMSO NWANKWO
ebenzs
mehmet akif
Dolapo Pizzy ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 57
ITALY TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Italy, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 Mc Degâo Oficial Cruzeiro
2
3
SC Pescara Delfino
Psychomp
Marco Merco
58 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
MP Team
Top 10 users from Italy | December 2021
4
Valerione
5
Dennis Stenner
6
urbeboys
7
devisok
8
udinese
9
Dinosamp
10
Juventus
Real Meraviglia
FC Stenner
urbeboys
devisok
udinese
Dino Boys
Juventus ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 59
USA TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from USA, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1 Papa Sloth Waynesboro FC
2
3
Fc Chealse
Edgar Olivo
Fc Chealse
60 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
fobos fc
Top 10 users from USA | December 2021
4
Drug Addicts
5
mexico
6
Shad Kariuki
7
Atlanta Legends
8
Miami City
9
Brigade
10
Drug Addicts
mexico
cityzens
Atlanta Legends
Miami City
Brigade
GIOFLOW. FC GIOFLOW. FC ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 61
IRAQ TOP 10 users of Eleven Kings from Iraq, Current Local Rank, December 2021
1
غابدلا ريشب دمحم ALRafden
2
3
Karar
قارعلا
Karar
62 | EK MAG | ISSUE 23, January 2022
قارعلا
Top 10 users from Iraq | December 2021
4
Ali
5
Barcelona
6
FCzain
IRAQ
Barcelona
FCzain
لضاف نسح
7
لضاف نسح
8
Ali
9
lraq
10
park
Ali
lraq
park ISSUE 23, January 2022 | EK MAG | 63
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