Carlos Tevez

Position: Striker
Height (ft): 5' 8"
Date of birth: 05 February 1984
Weight (st) :
Place of birth: Cuidadela, Argentina
International caps / goals: 51 / 8

Carlos Tevez is a history maker in South America having been named that continent’s player of the season for three years in succession.

When he joined the Blues on July 14 2009 he became Mark Hughes’ fourth new signing of the summer following the arrival of Gareth Barry, Stuart Taylor and Roque Santa Cruz.

He arrived garlanded with medals having won the Copa Scudamerocana, the Intercontinental Cup, the Primera Division and the Copa Libertadores with Boca Juniors and Serie A in Brazil with Corinthians before moving to England, where he won two Premier League titles, the Champions League and the Carling Cup.

To add to that little lot, he won a gold medal in 2004 at the Athens Olympics, where he also picked up the Golden Boot.

Tevez signed a five-year deal after an extended loan spell at Old Trafford, where he clocked up 99 league and cup starts and bagged 34 goals. He has previously spent a season with West Ham, where his winner at Old Trafford on the last day of the season prevented relegation

Carlos’ scoring ratio with Boca was better than one in three games, and he improved that to better than one in two at his second club Corinthians. So it was no surprise when he scored 29 goals in all competitions in 2009-10, his best-ever haul, and won both the fans' and the players' Player of the Year award.