Ronaldinho

Ronaldo

Beckham

Owen

Zidane

Henry

Bio: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira -- or Ronaldinho Gaucho to nickname-happy Brazilians -- was born on March 21, 1980 in the southern city of Porto Alegre. Like most Brazilian soccer prodigies, he came from a poor family and was raised in the heart of the dirt road-laced settlements known as favelas.
 

Bio:  Soccer greatness should have been expected from Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima. After all, while growing up, each sports milestone came in fours.

It was four years after his September 22, 1976 birthdate that the Rio de Janeiro native first discovered the game, watching his father play the sport and becoming enthralled by the way his old man, Nelio Nazario de Lima, worked a soccer ball.

 

Bio :David Robert Joseph Beckham was born May 2, 1975, in Leytonstone, England. As a student in Essex, Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills Award at the age of 11, making his football talent evident at an early age.

 

Bio :Michael James Owen was born in Chester, England, on December 14, 1979. Michael's father Terry had played professional soccer for local club Chester, as well as Everton. Introduced to the sport at the (relatively) late age of 7, Michael first played for Mold Alexandra's under-10 squad at the age of 8. Being the youngest of the bunch didn't hamper his success, as the speedster scored 34 goals in 24 matches (with nine goals coming in one single match). The following season, Michael joined two under-11 squads: Hawarden Rangers and St. David's Park.
 

Bio:Zinedine Zidane (a.k.a. Zizou) was born June 23, 1972, in Marseille, France. Zidane got his start in football at an early age, when he joined the US Saint-Henri club.
 

Bio: Born on August 17, 1977 in Paris, Thierry Henry spent his childhood with a soccer ball by his side. As a teenager, he excelled for the national junior teams of France, traveling the world and gaining valuable match experience. At the age of thirteen, his professional rights were secured by First Division Monaco.