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Garry Cook (executive)
Garry Cook is a British sports executive. He worked for Manchester City between 2008 and 2011, Nike between 1996 and 2008, and for UFC between 2012 and 2016. In January 2023, Cook was appointed the executive president and CEO of the Saudi Professional League. He was CEO of Birmingham City F.C. from July 2023 to January 2025. Biography Cook was born in Birmingham. He moved to the United States in 1985. Nike Cook started working for sports wear brand Nike in 1996. Cook worked his way up to head of the Nike project "Brand Jordan", working very closely with basketball star Michael Jordan while working at Nike. Manchester City On becoming the new owner of Manchester City, Thaksin Shinawatra contacted Cook about becoming CEO of the club after the departure of Alistair Mackintosh. Cook accepted the offer and was appointed CEO of the club in May 2008. His salary was £1,500,000 in 2009. One of Cook's first tasks with his new club was to find a new manager after Sven-Göran Eriksson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the List of English districts by population, largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of million people in the city proper in . Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.65million. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Zabaleta
Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod (; born 16 January 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ .... Zabaleta could operate on both sides of the pitch as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back and was known for his tenacious style of play, and has Captain (association football), captained his club on numerous occasions. With Manchester City F.C., Manchester City, Zabaleta won all of English football's major honours: the FA Cup (2010–11 FA Cup, 2011), the Premier League (2011–12 Premier League, 2012 and 2013–14 Premier League, 2014), the EFL Cup, League Cup (2013–14 Football League Cup, 2014 and 2015–16 Football League Cup, 2016) and the FA Community Shield, Community Shield (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mid Sussex League Championship side Hurstpierpoint. He made 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, the highest number of Premier League appearances in history. He also represented England at international level. Barry moved to Aston Villa from Brighton & Hove Albion as a youngster, and spent 12 years at the club. He captained Aston Villa and is eighth in their all-time list of appearances, with 441 across all competitions, including 365 in the Premier League. He joined Manchester City for a fee of £12 million in June 2009, where he won the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League title the following season. After a season on loan, he joined Everton on a three-year contract in July 2014, and on its expiration he signed for West Bromwich Albion, where he played until his retirement in 2020. Barry is a former Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and boxing trainer, trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships in the light-welterweight division, and one at welterweight. In 2005 he was named Fighter of the Year by ''The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year, The Ring'' magazine, the Sugar Ray Robinson Award, Boxing Writers Association of America, and ESPN. In 2000, Hatton won the British Boxing Board of Control, British light-welterweight title, followed by the World Boxing Union (WBU) title the following year; he made a record fifteen successful defences of the latter from 2001 to 2004. He reached the pinnacle of his career in 2005 by defeating Kostya Tszyu for the International Boxing Federation (IBF), ''Ring'' and lineal championship, lineal titles. This was followed up later that year with a victory over Carlos Maussa to claim the World B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (; born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká () or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional Association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In his prime at A.C. Milan, AC Milan, where he was known for his passing, goalscoring, and Dribbling#Association football, dribbling, Kaká was widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. He is also regarded as one of the greatest midfielders in the history of the sport. With success for both club and country, he is one of the nine players to win the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the Ballon d'Or. In 2001, at age 18, Kaká made his professional debut at Brazilian club São Paulo FC, São Paulo. He later joined Serie A, Italian club A.C. Milan, AC Milan in 2003. Kaká helped Milan win the Serie A title in his first season. Milan finished runner-up in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League with Kaká being the top assist provider of the tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel De Jong
Nigel de Jong (born 30 November 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the technical director of the KNVB, the national Dutch football federation. He has also worked as an English language pundit for beIN Sports covering Premier League and Champions League football as well as for ITV for Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup. De Jong joined the Ajax youth academy and made the first team at age 17. He moved in 2006 to join Hamburg and then joined Manchester City in January 2009 for an estimated £18 million, where he became an important part of their holding midfield. A tireless grafter, he garnered a reputation of being a combative and feisty player in his performances, a reputation that earned him nicknames such as ''"The Destroyer"'' and ''"Lawnmower"''. He moved to Italian side AC Milan in August 2012, before joining MLS side LA Galaxy in February 2016. He subsequently had spells with Galatasaray in Turkey, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shay Given
Séamus John James Given (born 20 April 1976) is an Irish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish goalkeepers of all time and – in his prime – one of the best Premier League goalkeepers, he is the second-most capped Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland player, with 134 caps (a tally exceeded only by Robbie Keane). Given began his career at Celtic F.C., Celtic; however, he never made a first-team appearance. Released by Celtic, he was signed by Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer in 1994. Whilst on loan from Blackburn, he was part of both the Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland team who won the Football League First Division title in 1995–96 in English football, 1995–96 and the Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town team who won the Football League Second Division title that same season. He was signed by Newcastle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Bellamy
Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh football coach and former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is the current Football coach (association football), head coach of Wales national football team, Wales. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy made his professional debut with Norwich City F.C., Norwich City in 1996. He signed for Premier League side Coventry City F.C., Coventry City in 2000, breaking the club's record transfer fee, but suffered Promotion and relegation, relegation in his only season. He joined Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United the following year where he helped the club achieve two top-four finishes during a four year spell. Bellamy fell out with manager Graeme Souness in 2005 and spent the latter part of the 2004–05 in Scottish football, 2004–05 season on loan at Celtic F.C., Celtic, where he won the Scottish Cup. Bellamy returned to the Premier League later that year, playing on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Bridge
Wayne Michael Bridge (born 5 August 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back. A graduate of the Southampton academy, he made his debut in 1998 and would go on to make over 150 league appearances in Premier League before going on to have an extensive career with Chelsea where he won all three domestic competitions over the course of his six-year stay at Stamford Bridge. He also spent time on loan with Fulham before later in 2009 joining Manchester City, where he remained for four seasons, although his final two were spent on loan with West Ham and Sunderland as well as a spell in the EFL Championship with Brighton & Hove Albion. He retired in 2014 following a season with Reading. Bridge made 36 appearances for the England national team between 2002 and 2009, being selected for two FIFA World Cup squads and UEFA Euro 2004. Club career Southampton Bridge was born in Southampton, but moved to Stanmore, Winchester at an early age. He attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak (; born 1 December 1975) is an Emirati government official and business leader. Al Mubarak holds senior positions within the Government of Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, including as a member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Executive Council since 2006, a member of the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs, and as the founding Chairperson, chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority. He fulfills responsibilities for the UAE Federal government and has served as Presidential Special Envoy to the China, People's Republic of China since 2018. Al Mubarak is chief executive officer and managing director of Mubadala Investment Company. He is chairman of the football clubs Manchester City F.C., Manchester City, Melbourne City FC, Melbourne City and Mumbai City FC, Mumbai City. Al Mubarak is on the Board of directors, board of the UAE business Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC and serves as the Chairman of the Boards of the Emirates Nucle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football league system, Spanish football. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since its inception. The Title of honour, honorific title 'Real' is Spanish for "Royal" and was bestowed to the club by Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII in 1920 along with the crown in the club crest. Real Madrid have played their home matches in the 78,297-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European sporting clubs, Real Madrid's members (''socios'') have owned and operated the club throughout its history. The official Madrid anthem is the "Hala Madrid y nada más", written by RedOne and Manuel Jabois. The club is one of the most widel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
