1. Carlos Tevez was most recently the head coach of Primera Division club Independiente.
77 Facts About Carlos Tevez
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Carlos Tevez began his career with Boca Juniors, winning the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 2003 before moving to Brazilian club Corinthians, where he won the league title.
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Carlos Tevez returned to Boca Juniors in June 2015, before joining Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua the following years in a deal which made him one of the highest-paid footballers in the world.
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Carlos Tevez made his international debut for Argentina in 2004, earning 76 caps and scoring 13 times for the side.
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Carlos Tevez has been awarded the South American Footballer of the Year three times, the Footballer of the Year of Argentina twice, and the Argentine Sportsperson of the Year once.
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Carlos Tevez has been named in the South American Team of the Year three times.
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Carlos Tevez announced his retirement from professional football in June 2022.
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Carlos Tevez was adopted by his maternal aunt Adriana Noemi Martinez and her husband Segundo Raimundo Tevez.
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Carlos Tevez's adopted parents changed his surname to his adopted father's during a conflict between his junior club All Boys and Boca Juniors.
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Carlos Tevez has a distinctive burn scar that runs down his neck from his right ear to his chest.
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Carlos Tevez was accidentally scalded with boiling water as a child, which caused third-degree burns and kept him hospitalised in intensive care for nearly two months.
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Boca were crowned champions of the Torneo Apertura, where Carlos Tevez finished as the Apertura's seventh top goalscorer with eight goals.
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Carlos Tevez scored in both games of Boca's round of 16 wins against Peru's Club Sporting Cristal.
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Carlos Tevez was sent off for imitating a chicken when celebrating a goal against River Plate, clearly mocking the opposition crowd, with River called 'Gallinas' by other fans for their habit choking late on.
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Carlos Tevez ended the Campeonato Paulista with seven goals in 13 games.
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Carlos Tevez had the third most votes, only behind Ronaldo Nazario and Marcelinho.
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Nonetheless, Carlos Tevez was cleared to play for West Ham by the Premier League after changes were planned to be made to a third-party agreement related to him.
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That same month, Carlos Tevez was named the club's Hammer of the Year.
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In June 2007, Carlos Tevez rejected a move to Inter Milan, and his representative, Kia Joorabchian, stated that he was in discussions to stay with West Ham, as the player had settled into the Premier League and wanted to remain in England.
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The next day, West Ham released a statement saying Carlos Tevez was under contract until June 2010, in addition to denying having held negotiations with any other club.
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Manchester United put forward a proposed two-year loan deal for Carlos Tevez, which was approved on 10 August 2007.
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On 10 May 2009, Carlos Tevez was reported as saying that he believed his time at Manchester United would come to an end that summer and he expressed his dissatisfaction at not having been offered a permanent contract with the club and having been dropped from the team despite, in his opinion, not having played badly.
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Carlos Tevez did not start the match, but came off the bench on 58 minutes and scored the equaliser three minutes later with a flamboyant back-heeled finish.
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Carlos Tevez started the next match against Arsenal, but was substituted by Park Ji-sung in the 66th minute.
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Nevertheless, reports emerged that Carlos Tevez had ruled out signing for Liverpool, given the implications of a Manchester United player moving to join their north-west rivals.
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Carlos Tevez was given the number 32 shirt, just as he was at Manchester United and West Ham.
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In signing for Manchester City, Carlos Tevez became the first player to move between the two Manchester clubs since Terry Cooke moved from United to City in 1999.
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In September 2009, Carlos Tevez suffered a knee injury while on international duty with Argentina, which would keep him out for two to three weeks, forcing him to miss the match against Arsenal.
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On 19 January 2010, Carlos Tevez spearheaded City's attack as the club defeated Manchester United in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final at the City of Manchester Stadium.
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On 18 August 2010, Carlos Tevez was made club captain by manager Roberto Mancini, replacing defender Kolo Toure.
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In December 2010, despite his agent recently asking the club to renegotiate and improve his contract, Carlos Tevez handed the club a written transfer request, citing family reasons and a breakdown in "relationship with certain executives and individuals at the club".
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On 20 December 2010, Carlos Tevez withdrew his transfer request and expressed his "absolute commitment" to Manchester City following "clear-the-air" talks.
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Carlos Tevez made his first appearance of the season in City's second match of the season against Bolton Wanderers, coming on in the 68th minute for fellow Argentine Sergio Aguero.
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On 27 September 2011, Carlos Tevez was named as a substitute for City's game at Bayern Munich.
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Carlos Tevez's actions received widespread condemnation from various pundits and commentators, with Mancini claiming he wanted Carlos Tevez "out of Manchester City", and that he would never play for the club again.
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Carlos Tevez was suspended by Manchester City for a maximum period of two weeks as the club began an investigation into whether he refused to come on as a substitute.
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Carlos Tevez celebrated his third strike with a golf swing, in response to the pundits who questioned his desire during his leave of absence in which he was pictured on the golf course.
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On 19 January 2013, it was reported Carlos Tevez had revealed he nearly retired from professional football in 2012 in the midst of his Manchester City and Argentina crisis.
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Carlos Tevez was assigned the number 10 shirt, which had last been worn by the club's all-time top goalscorer and appearance holder Alessandro Del Piero in 2012.
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Carlos Tevez ended the season as the team's top goalscorer with 21 goals in all competitions, and was named as Juve's "Player of the Season".
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Carlos Tevez was the third-highest goalscorer in Serie A with 19 goals, as the Bianconeri won a 30th Scudetto.
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Carlos Tevez scored another brace in the 2014 Supercoppa Italiana against Napoli in Doha on 22 December, but hit the post with the first attempt as Juventus lost in a penalty shoot-out.
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Carlos Tevez ended the Serie A season with 20 goals, helping Juventus to a fourth consecutive Scudetto.
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Carlos Tevez was involved in Alvaro Morata's temporary equaliser, as he scored from a rebound after Barcelona's goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen had parried the Argentine's initial shot.
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On 26 June 2015, while representing Argentina at the 2015 Copa America, Carlos Tevez returned to his first club Boca Juniors to pursue his dream of winning the Argentine Primera Division.
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On 15 July 2015, Carlos Tevez was named to the ten-man shortlist for the 2015 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, where it was announced on 12 August he placed ninth.
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Carlos Tevez had a large impact, scoring 9 goals in 15 matches as he finished the 2015 season by achieving his goal of winning the Argentine Primera Division and Copa Argentina double with Boca Juniors, becoming the first footballer to win two domestic league and cup doubles in one calendar year.
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Carlos Tevez assisted his club's first and fourth goals, both scored by Giovanni Moreno.
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Carlos Tevez was criticised by manager, Wu Jingui during his time in Shanghai for being overweight and unfit to play.
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On 5 January 2018, Boca Juniors announced on their social media that Carlos Tevez had rejoined the club.
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On 4 June 2021, Carlos Tevez announced that he would be leaving Boca Juniors.
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Carlos Tevez thanked the club and left the option open for an offer to continue playing elsewhere.
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In June 2022, Carlos Tevez announced his retirement from professional football.
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Carlos Tevez attributed his decision to retire to the loss of his father, Segundo, whom he called his "number one fan", to COVID-19 in February 2021.
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Carlos Tevez first came into prominence with Argentina while playing in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
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Carlos Tevez represented Argentina's senior team in the 2004 Copa America, where the team reached the final, only to lose out to rivals Brazil on penalties; he scored a goal in both of the preceding rounds.
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Carlos Tevez was the world's second-highest goalscorer of 2004 in overall international competition with 16 goals, one fewer than Iran forward Ali Daei.
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Carlos Tevez was a member of Argentina's 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squad that lost again to Brazil in the final.
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Carlos Tevez was a member of the Argentina squad which reached the 2007 Copa America Final.
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Carlos Tevez was again selected in the Argentina squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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Carlos Tevez scored twice in the tournament, both goals coming in the round of 16 match against Mexico.
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Carlos Tevez's first goal was a header scored in controversial style as he was in an offside position as Lionel Messi passed to him.
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Carlos Tevez scored his second goal of the game with a powerful shot from outside the box.
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At the 2011 Copa America, Carlos Tevez was the only player from either side to miss in the quarter-final penalty shoot-out against Uruguay, resulting in Argentina's elimination.
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In May 2015, Carlos Tevez was selected in Argentina's squad for the 2015 Copa America in Chile.
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Argentina reached the final, only to be defeated by hosts Chile on penalties, as Carlos Tevez won his third runners-up medal in the tournament.
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In May 2016, Carlos Tevez was omitted from Argentina's 23-man squad for the Copa America Centenario.
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Carlos Tevez was a quick, tenacious, powerful, hard-working, dynamic and versatile forward, with a sturdy physique.
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Carlos Tevez was occasionally deployed as a false 9 throughout his career.
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Carlos Tevez was a skillful dribbler, and he possessed an accurate and powerful shot from distance; he was an accurate penalty kick and free-kick taker.
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Carlos Tevez was known for his dancing goal celebrations ever since playing for Boca Juniors, as well with Corinthians of Brazil.
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On 21 June 2022, shortly after announcing his retirement as a player, Carlos Tevez was appointed as head coach of Argentine Primera Division side Rosario Central.
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On 17 May 2024, Carlos Tevez announced that he would leave Independiente after the subsequent match against Platense.
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Carlos Tevez once performed as the front-man for his cumbia villera musical group Piola Vago alongside his brother Diego.
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On 6 February 2009, Carlos Tevez was stopped by Greater Manchester Police near junction 7 of the M60 motorway.
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Carlos Tevez's car was then impounded by the police since he could not arrange for it to be removed himself.
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On 22 December 2016, Carlos Tevez married 32-year-old Vanesa Mansilla in his homeland Argentina.