www z law com
One of the largest and most famous soccer player, the Great Britain ever produced, Denis Law, aka" the King ".

Denis Law was a genius before the goal, during the 1960s - the Beatles era - was the darling of Manchester United. There, his fans christened him lovable "" The King ".

He had all the attributes that a truly great striker, great acceleration, great vision, spatial awareness, two feet - and he could shoot with either amazing jump position and the ability, courage and, although he was a slim man, he could after himself!

During his career, he represented not only Scotland (55 caps), but the Italian League XI, while the rest of Europe and a World XI XI. He was also voted European Footballer of 1964.

Law, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1940, where he is a fine school football player. Unfortunately, his hometown team Aberdeen not recognize his talent early enough, because he was to kidnap Huddersfield Town, when he was barely 15 years old. He played his first professional game for them at the tender age of 16 in 1956, was that he talented.

By the time he was 19, he was already a young goal scorer of immense talent was called to the Scottish national team at the age of 18. Big clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea, Glasgow Rangers, West Bromwich Albion, Everton and Manchester City were all that a great deal of interest. After much deliberation it to Manchester City in 1960 for a recording then transfer fee of 55,000 British pounds. He only stayed in town for a year or so, but succeeded Score 19 objectives in 37 league appearances, an excellent result considering sentence descent struggling city for most of his time there.

The scoring rate is not less than impressed with Torino in Italy, which the law entered into force in 1961, but in reality things are not, as he had expected. He obviously did not speak Italian and Italian soccer was defensive and cynical, not to say, really brutal and violent. During this time, but he played well enough that he is representative of the Italian League to choose a fantastic prize for a foreign player. He was also voted best foreign player in Italy by the Italian press. However, he was not very happy there and was glad when the legendary Manchester United manager Matt Busby came to his rescue in the summer of 1962.

Law signed for Manchester United for another fee, this time of 115,000 British pounds. Meanwhile, he was really one of the most famous footballer in the world. And it was the beginning of a golden era for law and Manchester United. During his time at United, playing alongside such as George Best, Bobby Charlton and Paddy Crerrand, he recorded 160 goals in 222 games. In 1973, after 11 years at United Law signed for Manchester City again. Although his best games were behind him at the age of 33, he was still more than good enough to play for a top English team. Not only did he play well enough to choose for Scotland in the World Cup 1974!

However, after what his beloved country in the 1974 World Cup Finals, Denis Law from the football, turning down offers to play in countries around the world.

For those who are too young to have heard of Denis Law, ask your father or grandfather. He was an absolute goal scoring genius who lit up every game he played in. And the million-dollar question: Would he be in today's game? You bet it is. Genius is genius, no matter what the time. Denis Law richly deserves the title of "one of the most famous soccer player" in the history of the game.

Long live the king!

John Salter is the Editor of ClanFootball.com - a new site, the football fans their opinion on a football fans forum and blog, football news, results, club information, leagues, and the laws of soccer to keep fans fully informed .