What you should know about Atletico Madrid's new signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 – La Liga Special
Atletico Madrid have broken their transfer records with the capture of Radamel Falcao from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186, for a titanic sum of 40 million Euros. Coming from the obscure surroundings of Columbia, he has come through the ranks of football leagues across the world
and will now play in arguably the most technical one of all. Playing for Atletico will give him the chance to rub his shoulders with the best in the world after mesmerizing crowds wherever he has gone.
Falcao started his footballing education in Columbia where he was enrolled in the youth setup of Fair Play. He was spotted by Bogota's http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Millonarios-c39919 club where he continued his education as a youth player. Here young Falcao impressed in the juvenile ranks
and earned a call up to the Columbian U17 team. He was highly regarded in the club’s setup and impressed for U17 team, winning admiring glances from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/River-Plate-c40368.
When asked to join the Argentine side’s legendary youth side, which has a rich history of producing footballing superstars from the peninsula, there was little the youngster could have said. He made his debut for the first team at the age of nineteen under
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Reinaldo-c30775 Merlo, taking the league by storm. Breaching the opposition defences seven times in eleven appearances, Falcao was a star in the making.
The youngster has not looked back since then as he established himself as a first team starter and an integral part of River Plate attacks. He scored regularly in the competition for the Buenos Aires club, scoring 49 goals in 109 appearances – not a bad
return from any stretch of imagination.
Portugal’s Primeira Liga was the next step for Falcao, who left South http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 to replace Lyon-bound Lisandro Lopez. He started brightly in Porto, scoring important goals for his new employers.
In his first season, he managed to wow the supporters who did not like the transfer in his early days. However, a season later in which he held the attacking line together in the absence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436, he was a crowd favourite. Beating the opposition goalkeepers
on thirty-four occasions also went a long way in establishing him as the rightful heir to Lopez’s throne.
Falcao started his next season with the same rich vein of form that he left it with. Goals came easily for him in this campaign as he partnered Hulk in attack. The Brazilian laid goals for him, while pouncing on every opportunity that he could get himself.
As Hulk eased himself to 36 goals, he also supplied his strike partner with important goalscoring opportunities.
The 2010/11 season was a revelation for the striker, who scored 38 goals in 42 matches. His goal-haul makes him belong in the same league as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, who have taken it among them to break goalscoring records. He was exceptional
in the UEFA Europa League where he broke Jürgen Klinsmann longstanding record, beating the 15 goal-mark and bettering it by two goals. His efforts brought the Europa League trophy to Estádio do Dragão.
With his mega-money move to the Spanish capital, Falcao has the chance to rub shoulders with the best in the business and test his abilities in the fiercest competition. Atletico Madrid fans will be delighted to acquire such a goalscorer, who has improved
with the level of competition he has been put in.
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