icons.COM Icons is the world’s leading retailer of signed football memorabilia. We have over eighteen years’ experience of working with the biggest names in football – from current superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Eden Hazard to all-time legends such as Ronaldo, Eric Cantona and Diego Maradona. Travelling the world to conduct our private signing sessions in person allows us to bring the highest quality signed shirts, photographs, boots and balls to the football-loving public. Via our online store, Icons has supplied customers in more than 90 countries and works closely with corporate clients ranging from small businesses through to multinational companies.
Icons congratulates Cristiano Ronaldo on winning his second consecutive The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award. An icon we have worked with for over a decade, Ronaldo won his fourth UEFA Champions League title in May, the highlight of another superb year.
Being football fans ourselves, we understand the passion that makes the sport special. So, if you’re looking for a unique gift or precious memento, we’re sure to have an item you’ll treasure.
Exclusive SIGNINGS & CONTRACTS Having carried out more than 200 signing sessions over the past eighteen years, Icons brings you closer to the world’s greatest footballers than ever before. We regularly travel across the UK and around the world to conduct our private sessions in person, further strengthening our special relationships with these global superstars. Our exclusive contracts and long-term
relationships with the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Neymar Jr and Diego Maradona mean we are the only home of signed memorabilia for world football’s biggest names. We have been working with several of these legends for a decade and Icons.com is the only place you can buy officially licensed Messi signed memorabilia. So, why go anywhere else?
OUR RANGE For each and every signing with our superstar footballers, we endeavour to source authentic shirts, boots, balls and other replica items as worn or used by the players throughout their careers. Along with a number of photos that represent their most iconic and famous achievements, we compile a superb range of signed memorabilia that we believe reflect our
Icons’ careers in a way befitting their standing in world football. With nearly 100 legendary players representing over 40 of the biggest clubs and countries, the following pages contain but a mere taste of the full Icons line-up. So, make sure you visit Icons.com today to view the full range of items signed by the very best of the best from the history of world football.
OFFICIAL LICENSED PRODUCTS When we announced a brand new licence with The Football Association to provide both the England Store and Icons.com with Official England Licensed Memorabilia in August 2016, it further expanded our range of official licences with the world’s biggest organisations and events. Having already owned exclusive licences to sell official FIFA World Cup, UEFA
Champions League and UEFA Europa League signed items, we were understandably delighted to offer another new and exciting selection of outstanding products for the football-loving public. Icons are the only memorabilia company in the world that can deliver the biggest names and officially licensed products, so you can be sure our products are authentic.
WHY BUY FROM US? Icons Shop Ltd is the world’s leading football memorabilia company and Icons.com is the most trusted brand in the game. Authenticity is everything to us – as it’s everything to our customers – and as such we are constantly looking for new ways to prove to potential buyers that our items are 100% genuine. It’s why we only ever sell items we know were signed
during private sessions and not outside a training ground or at an airport; it’s why we endeavour to provide as much detail as to when and where our products were signed; it’s why we’ve developed a unique style of authentication video which showcase our products and connections to the players; and lastly, it’s why we only work with the most trusted names in our industry.
OFFICIAL FIFA WORLD CUP RANGE Every four years, the world comes together for a party like no other. The FIFA World Cup is a month-long festival of fascinating football that captures the imagination of even the most casual observer. For this, and many other reasons, Icons are proud to have been the sole producer of official FIFA World Cup
signed memorabilia since we were first awarded the licence way back in 2010. The licence was the first of its kind to be awarded to a memorabilia company and we are honoured to be the only brand in our industry to produce and sell signed products that chronicle this legendary competition’s most iconic moments.
2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA™ The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ has all the ingredients to be one of the greatest tournaments of all time. With legendary names set for one last shot at the biggest prize in football, while a raft of exciting young talents vie for global superstardom on the grandest of stages, we football fans are set for a special
summer of unmissable action in Russia. As the sole producer of official FIFA World Cup signed memorabilia – and the home of the world’s biggest names – Icons is excited to bring to supporters around the world a stunning range of official, authentic and exclusive signed memorabilia from the best in the game.
LIONEL MESSI
Cristiano ronaldo
What is it that makes Messi one of the greatest players of all time? Radiply approaching 600 career goals for club and country, Barcelona and Argentina’s all-time leading scorer has been setting the world alight ever since his debut in 2004. The four-time UEFA Champions League winner has been signing with Icons for over a decade and we are proud to hold the exclusive licence for Official Messi Signed Merchandise.
One of Icons’ most popular players, Ronaldo enjoyed a quite remarkable 2017. Winning the UEFA Champions League for the fourth time, as Real Madrid were crowned kings of the continent in Cardiff, the Portuguese forward capped a year of incredible success, having also captured his fourth Ballon d’Or and the Spanish title. Beloved in Madrid, Manchester and all over the world, Ronaldo has signed with Icons for twelve years.
diego maradona
pelé
Colourful and controversial, yet outrageously skilled and sublimely talented, Maradona is quite simply one of the most iconic players to have graced the game. In his native Argentina, ‘El Diego’ has achieved almost mythical status as the captain of the legendary 1986 FIFA World Cup-winning team. Icons special relationship with Maradona means we regularly travel to his home to meet the man himself.
There are few more recognisable athletes in the world than Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known to the world as Pelé. While the three-time FIFA World Cup winner is frequently hailed as the greatest player of all time, it’s the combination of his mesmerising on-the-pitch skills and dignified demeanour off it that have made the Brazilian among the most popular Icons since our first signing in 2005.
Neymar Jr.
Gareth BALE
Blessed with incredible skill, daring flair and a deadly eye for goal, Neymar Jr. is one of the most exciting players in the world. Now in his mid-twenties, the Brazilian forward has accomplished so much in a career that promised great things from the off. Having first signed with Icons during his Santos days, we have been with Neymar Jr. as he has developed into the world-class, UEFA Champions League winner he is today.
When he made his name in the UEFA Champions League with a stunning performance at San Siro in 2010, Bale went from hot prospect to global superstar almost overnight. Becoming the world’s most expensive player in 2013, the Welshman propelled Real Madrid to “La Decima” and added a third UEFA Champions League winners’ medal in 2017. Bale is one of a number of stars who have been exclusively contracted to Icons.
STEVEN GERRARD
ERIC CANTONA
Over seventeen years of faithful service, Gerrard inspired Liverpool fans the world over with a number of epic performances on the grandest of stages. In the 2005 UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul, “Stevie G” led an astonishing comeback against AC Milan to claim the club’s fifth European title. Proving popular with fans even to this day, Icons signings with Gerrard date back as far as 2010.
If Sir Alex Ferguson was the architect of Manchester United’s twenty year dominance of English football, the cornerstone was Cantona. Before the mercurial Frenchman’s time, the title had eluded United for over a quarter of a century. But it was to sit in the Old Trafford trophy cabinet four of five seasons after his arrival. As well as organising several private signings with ‘The King’, Icons helped bring Cantona to the UK for an exclusive speaker tour in 2017.
DELE
EDEN HAZARD
A seemingly unstoppable talent who exudes confidence and is bursting with raw skill and sheer determination, Dele has fast become England’s hottest young star since joining Tottenham in February 2015. With the 2018 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, Dele signed an exclusive deal with Icons last year and has completed several private signings while partnering with us for giveaways, promotions and exciting new products.
Having swept four trophies in five seasons since joining Chelsea in the summer of 2012, Hazard has developed into one of the Premier League’s most exciting talents. Collecting numerous individual awards along the way, the Belgian’s explosive style has attracted praise from fellow professionals, coaches and pundits alike. Signing an exclusive deal with Icons in 2017, the Belgian partnered with our social media team for a giveaway that amassed over 50,000 entries.
ICONS OF SPORT Icons also offers a vast selection of signed memorabilia from some of the biggest names ever to have graced world sport. So, whether it’s Anthony Joshua or Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan or Stephen Curry, Sir Ian Botham or Tom Brady, Icons are proud to stock products personally signed by some of the greatest athletes of all time. You could be a basketball junkie, golf nut,
PACKAGING & FRAMING cricket lover, rugby addict or athletics fanatic – whichever sport you follow, we’ll have a piece of signed memorabilia you’re bound to love. As we’re constantly adding to our collection of sporting heroes with products signed by the world’s best, it’s always worth keeping an eye on our website for the latest signed items. Just visit Icons.com/Icons-of-Sport.html.
For many Icons customers around the world, one of the most important aspects in buying signed memorabilia is having the option to have it presented in distinctive style. That’s exactly why we take great pride in offering an array of luxury yet affordable packaging and framing. Be it our standard shirt packaging, which showcases our most popular products, or our
master frames that hold two signed items in one grand piece, the most crucial thing for us is to provide our customers with a range of choices. Additionally, our official FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and England framing and packaging present and preserve our officially licensed products in a home befitting their superb quality.
Corporate Rewards, incentives & gifts
Partners At Icons we only work with partners who share our love for football. If your company would like to work with us, please get in touch with Ben Soley via ben@icons.com.
If you’re looking to reward loyal customers, incentivise employees or simply provide memorable gifts for important clients, our professional team can tailor corporate packages to meet your needs. For more information or to order products from our official ranges, please visit www.icons.com, email ben@icons.com or call Icons Shop Ltd on +44 (0) 207 267 3934.
Here are just a few examples of how Icons’ products have been used in the past: • Gifts: Corporate presents that wow • Branded products: Signed items can be framed with your logo • Promotions: Competitions that drive engagement and customer data acquisition • Incentives: Motivate staff with our items • Sales: Add new revenue streams
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