Mario Balotelli is the name of a famous Italian footballer who, despite his young age, had a rather eventful career. However, in the past tense it is inappropriate to talk about him, as the Italian striker continues to play for FC Milan.
Life difficulties
Future footballer Mario Balotelli was born in Palermo. However, soon after his birth, the family decided to move to a city called Bagnolo Mella. Unfortunately, there the child fell ill and stayed in the hospital for about a year. The fact is that he was already born sick. Doctors had to do little Mario several operations on the stomach. It is regrettable, but his family was not so wealthy as to provide his son with a decent life and treatment. And so they had to ask for help from social services.
When little Balotelli was two years old, his parents passed the boy to an Italian family from the city of Concezio. They already had three children - one girl and two boys. Soon, the new Mario family officially took custody of him. Many years later, his biological parents repented that they had left their baby because of poverty. And the guardians, who became relatives for Mario, brought the boy several times to his home, but no one opened the door. To this, Balotelli, as an adult, said: “Where were they at the time when I was nobody? There was not a single attempt to bring me back or to meet. But now I play in Series A, and they glow on TV screens with a mournful expression on their faces "
Club career
The Italian football player has changed several clubs. Mario Balotelli's teams are famous all over the world. Of course, he spent most of his career in Serie A, but there were times when the English clubs decided to outbid the Italian striker. Mario began his career at Lumezzan as a youth. There, the striker played from 2001 to 2006, and after that he spent a year at Inter Milan. Then he returned to his native club. However, there he stayed for a year, having spent only two matches, after which he again moved to “Inter”, for which he worked 59 games. Then he was bought by Manchester City for three years, followed by AC Milan. But the football player was not given rest, so in 2014, Mario Balotelli ended up in Liverpool, which a year later leased him to Milan.
Another striker is a player in the Italian national team, for which he began to play in 2008 (team under 21 years old). From 2010 to the present, Mario Balotelli draws goals for the national team as part of the World and European Championships. He has 33 games and 13 goals scored.
Careers in Italy
As part of his first two clubs (which are Inter and Lumezzane), Mario Balotelli three times became the champion of Italy, the owner of the Super Cup and the Cup of the country and the winner of the Champions League in 2010. And all this in a couple of years! A significant period in the life of a football player is the time he spent in Milan. The Italian was bought for 22 million euros, and in his debut match he lived up to his expectations by scoring a double into the Udinese goal.
After a short period of time at the match with “Palermo” Mario repeated his success, again scoring two goals to opponents. At the end of spring, May 8, he became the author of the third double as part of the “red-black”, having issued it at the gates of FC “Pescara”. And finally, as part of the final match of the Italian Championship, the footballer scored a penalty against FC Siena. Then the “Rossoneri" won with an exciting score of 2: 1.
Achievements in England
Mario Balotelli spent some time in England. For example, Manchester City bought it for £ 24,000,000. And then, as in the case of “Milan”, he in the first match in the 72nd minute scored a goal, which was victorious (and also the only one) for his new club. A double into the gates of “West Bromwich Albion”, a hat-trick for the “Aston Villa” team, two goals to the archenemy rival “Manchester United” - this football player was amazed at how violently he behaves on the field, how he knows how to score.
True, in the “Liverpool” striker such achievements did not have time to achieve. Perhaps because soon he was again given to “Milan”.
Interesting about a football player
Mario Balotelli is the top scorer of the Italian Cup in 2008, winner of the Golden Boy 2010 award, he also joined the symbolic team in 2012 (after the European Championship). And of course, this promising striker is the record holder of the Italian team for the number of goals scored in European championships.
Moreover, in addition to his beautiful goals, Mario is also known for very sharp, straightforward, but worthy of respect quotes. The most famous phrase among football fans is the following phrase: “To play for Barcelona? I don’t play with girls.” In general, there are many expressions that belong to this football player. Each of them has a specific character. Probably, Mario's difficult childhood left his mark here. But if he seems harsh and even aggressive, as he himself said, when fans sing songs about him, he becomes warm in his soul. And even if there is no smile on the face - it is in the soul.