Franck Ribery is an outstanding French footballer playing for the German top club Bayern Munich. Has an impressive collection of trophies and personal achievements. He also played for the French national team, but he can only boast of second place at the 2006 World Cup.
Biography
The famous football player was born into a poor family on the outskirts of the provincial town of Boulogne-sur-Mer on April 7, 1983. From early childhood, fate did not spoil Ribery. When he was 2 years old, his family was involved in a terrible car accident in which Frank injured his face on the windshield and received two terrible scars as a keepsake. Since the family was poor, one could not count on a dizzying career as a football player. Nevertheless, little Ribery loved football, he constantly played on the court near the house.
At the age of 6, he began to study at the academy of the semi-amateur club. But besides this occupation, he had many other concerns and obligations. Since he was the eldest child in the family, he often had to keep an eye on the younger ones, do the cleaning and even cook food. Education for the guy was something unattainable, but the real love in his life was one - football.
The usual gray life would have continued, but Frank was lucky, at the age of 12 he became interested in the coach of the Lille club from the top division of France, he invited the boy to his school. Despite this, there was no leap or breakthrough. Ribery was a difficult teenager, he regularly harassed club staff and was a bully. That is why, after graduating from the academy, he did not receive a single job offer.
Career
Frank could not give up his dream of becoming a football player, so he continued to play, but in the amateur club Boulogne, along the way mastering the skills of a plumber in one of the budget companies. This development of events did not suit the young man in any way, and he tried to find himself on the football field, replacing several amateur clubs. He came to the attention of the coach of one of the professional clubs in France. Having received an offer from a team from the top division, Ribery agreed without hesitation, and already in 2004 he began to act as a professional footballer.
But even here, before establishing himself, Frank had to look for himself, both on the field and in the club. A year later he ended up in Turkish Galatasaray, a year later he returned to France, but to another top division club - Olympic Marseille. In this club, the aspiring star played 60 matches in which 18 goals were scored.
Only in 2007 an event happened that turned the whole life of Franck Ribery. Several giants from all over Europe watched the progress of the talented football player, but thanks to a generous offer from Bayern, the rest of the clubs withdrew from the race. So Ribery moved to the German championship, where he still plays. On account of Frank 362 matches for the German top club, in which he scored 112 goals.
Also, during his time at Bayern, he became the champion 8 times, won the national cup 5 times, and won the German Super Cup the same number of times. In 2013, 3 elite trophies were added to his collection at once: the Champions League Cup, the Uefa Super Cup and the World Club Championship Cup.
Personal life
Franck Ribery, having become an accomplished football player, did not give up hooliganism. He loves to play pranks on his friends, gets involved in not always harmless adventures. He has repeatedly found himself in the spotlight of the press in connection with various scandals and fights.
But the loudest was the case, closed only in 2014, when Ribery and Benzema visited brothels in Paris in 2010 and paid for sex to prostitute Zahia Daar, who was only 16 years old.
This scandal almost cost the athlete his career and family, but the girl made a good career against the background of her newfound popularity, becoming one of the highest paid workers in the field of escort services.
In 2006, Ribery married a French woman of Algerian descent Wahiba, and for this he had to convert to Islam and a Muslim name - Bilal Yusuf Mohammed. There are persistent rumors about Wahiba's close relationship with Karim Benzema. Despite all the adventures of a poor husband, his wife forgives and loves him, because she knows that for the sake of his family he is ready for anything.
The Ribery family has four children: two daughters and two sons. Frank enjoys spending time with his family, water sports and racing cars.
