Despite His Background, He Never Gave Up On His Dream To Be A Successful Footballer An Inspiration To Nigerian youths, let your background be defined by your level of success, read more of this story.
Tevez was born Carlos Alberto Martínez in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires Province, and raised in the neighbourhood of Ejército de Los Andes, better known as “Fuerte Apache“. It was from there that he got the nickname of “El Apache”.
His names ‘Carlos Alberto Martinez’ was changed to what the world knows today as ‘Carlos Tevez’ due to a name conflict issue with his boyhood football clubs ‘All boys’ and ‘Boca Junior’.
The name ‘Tevez’ is a name acquired from his mother side. This was his mother’s maiden name.
Growing up in the ghetto with a football-focused mind defines Carlos Tevez Childhood. Giving football an early start was what his parents wanted for him.
Carlos Tevez grew up in a hometown which wasn’t the most pleasant area to live in. It was a town where violence and drugs, as well as a high crime rate, all in some way connected to poverty.
This made Fuerte Apache one of the most dangerous places to live in Argentina. For Tevez, it was all about focusing on the dream.
“There were tough times, growing up in Fuerte Apache,” Tevez said. “When it was dark and you looked out of the window, what you saw would scare anyone. After a certain hour, you couldn’t go into the street. It was incredible.”
The large third-degree burn visible at his neck is perhaps the most talked about feature about Carlos Tevez’s facial looks. This deep scar extends from his face, neck and down to his chest. It represents a third-degree burn.
The striker suffered third-degree burns down his face, neck and chest due to an accident with boiling water. This happened when he was only 10 months old. The scar was so bad it left Tevez in intensive care for about two months.
Today, this scar has become a huge part of his success story. Since his youth, Carlos Tevez made his decision to keep his scars and failed to heed advice on surgery which would have had it removed long ago. He had rejected several full expenses paid surgery for all clubs he has played for.
“My Scars are my Tattoos. You either take me as I am or you don’t. I won’t change the way I look. My Scar tells a story that says ‘I SURVIVED’ ”
Carlos Tevez never neglects his family for his business ‘Football’.
For him, it is not about ‘having time’ but ‘making time’. His family time is not a matter of convenience but priority. Carlos Tevez during holidays never fails to visit Lake Atitlan, Iguazu Falls, Easter Island, and the lovely Island of Capurganá (All located in South America).
His teeth, broken and crooked, is the result of a street fight during his much-blighted childhood. Tevez suffered this as he was having a row over money.
Carlos Tevez is a proud man: he says he could have easily chosen the wrong path — and perhaps, as he looks back rosily at his growing up, something an outsider would view as harsh, he is adamant that it was good for him.
“I could have started doing drugs and ended at the bottom, but instead I made it to the place where I am now. My childhood was nice. I learned that all the values that grace me now: respect, humility, sacrifice.”
Apart from Terry Cooke in 1999 who was a midfielder, Carlos Tevez is the first football Striker to have moved from two giant rival clubs ‘Manchester United and Manchester City’.
This has given him the title as the ‘Manchester United Fans most hated footballer’. Rivalry Matches between Manchester United and Manchester City often end up in brawls courtesy of Carlos Tevez’s unprecedented transfer to a rivalry club often referred to as the ‘Noisy Neighbors’.
Continuous hatred for the striker made him feel unsafe in the city and thus initiating a transfer to Juventus FC.
Asides football, Carlos Tevez is also a musician. He was one of the leading figures of the popular ‘cumbia villera’ musical group of South America. This musical group which originated from the slums of Argentina has made headways in the South America continent.
His younger brother ‘Deigo’ is also a member of this musical group. The group is best known for their most successful hit song ‘Lose Your Control’.
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