After an "independent" career, Fran told reporters about his experience of joining an independent club in Europe: "In order to be independent, I want to test my ability. My goal, whether it is economy or competitiveness, is only Europe. It went well. I've only been in the first team for one season from the youth team. In addition, I have established two good friends, Milito (Zaragoza) and Cambiaso. Our friendship has not been interrupted until we moved to Europe. " 200 1 is Fran's first brilliant season, and his eye-catching performance of scoring 20 goals in Argentina's Spring and Autumn League has attracted great attention from Manchester United coach Ferguson. But what Genvrain himself didn't expect was that after he moved from independence to Manchester United for 1 month in the second year for120,000 dollars, he ushered in the most difficult period of his career. On October 22nd, 2002/kloc-0, Fran finally said "yes" to the coach and became a member of Manchester United with a value of120,000 USD. In Manchester United, Fran's situation is not good. Even at the end of the 200 1-02 season, his goal count was zero, and Fran did not receive any goals in the first six months of Manchester United. And his first goal was also due to Beckham. On August 8, 2002, Beckham created a penalty when Manchester United played Maccabi in Haifa in the Champions League. According to the arrangement before the game, Beckham is the starting player of the team. But Beckham generously gave Fran the chance. After three seasons, Fran scored only 10, which is far from meeting the expectations of the club and fans. The media constantly criticized him and even ridiculed him as a "loser". After communicating with his agent and Ferguson, he decided to leave Old Trafford and seek a transfer. For this bad time, even after becoming the top scorer in La Liga and the winner of the European Golden Boot Award, Fran has no complaints: "It is a great step to go from an independent club to Manchester United, because it (Manchester United) seems to be far away from me. Off the court, the atmosphere of the team is very good and everyone has a harmonious relationship. Whether you are a world star or a substitute, you are equal. There are the best memories in my life, and I hope I can go back in the future. " Uruguayans have no scruples about their optimism, saying that it is influenced by their sisters. When Fran 12 years old, her sister Alejandra, who is five years older than Fran, ended her dream of catwalk early because of a car accident and had to accept that she would never leave the wheelchair. "Sister's courage infected me. Since then, I have seen everything different from before. " Fran said that his sister's courage to live gave him endless strength and was his role model. Villarreal was born again. No one would have thought that Diego Forlan's football flower would be so dazzling in Spain. No wonder he himself lamented the generosity of fate. Before he joined Villarreal, Betis, Spaniard, Mallorca, La Coruna and levante contacted Manchester United successively. Levante, in particular, reached a framework contract with Manchester United for the transfer of Fran in the summer of 2004. However, the successive injuries of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Louis Saha made Ferguson temporarily decide to postpone the transfer and wait for the injured players to recover. "I personally reached an agreement with levante on salary, but I didn't expect Ferguson to tell me that he didn't agree." Three weeks later, when Manchester United decided to sell Fran again, the buyer was Villarreal. The transfer fee of 3 million euros is not a small sum for a small club like Villarreal. It was the firm support of the team coach pellegrini of Chile that gave the club confidence: "I have observed him for many years, yes, he is just what we need." In this way, Fran first set foot on the country where her grandmother was born and came to Villarreal, a small town with a population of only 47,000. "Although I was a striker, I insisted on choosing the No.5 jersey at that time, because that was the number that my father recited in Penarol. I hope this will bring me good luck. The result represented that the yellow submarine played 38 games and really got the dream result. " Fran hoped that his father's good fortune would befall him. Sure enough, in the regional derby between La Liga and Valencia, he scored a goal for the team and made a good start for himself. After a complete season, Fran broke the club's top scorer record in the first division over the years, became the top scorer in La Liga with 25 goals, and shared the European Golden Boot Award with Henry. In the final round of the league, he scored twice, surpassing Barcelona striker Eto 'o and becoming the top scorer. Although the Barcelona people were dissatisfied, the Catalan media also used Eto 'o's "injury for two rounds" as an excuse. However, the fact that Fran didn't take 1 penalty in 25 goals hit back at the skeptics: If Fran was the first player in the team instead of Riquelme, Fran, who had eight penalty opportunities, might have won the League Golden Boot without waiting for the final round. "I know all Uruguayans want me to succeed." As the first Uruguayan to win the top scorer in La Liga, Fran is willing to share his happiness with all China people. In the motherland, his identity is not as simple as that of a player. Since 2005, he has been hired as a tourism image ambassador by the Ministry of Tourism of Uruguay. Then, UNICEF gave him the status of "Ambassador of Uruguay". Previously, this position belonged to Fran's idol and Uruguayan greatest star Enzo Francescoli. Zhan Sen, president of the Uruguayan Association of the Foundation, said: "Diego Forlan has a strong sense of social responsibility. He can convey the purpose of our association: to fight for the rights of children and minors." Being able to become the image ambassador of UNICEF together with Beckham, Figo and zamorano, Fran also knows his responsibility: "I know there are many followers in Uruguay. When I was a child, I also admired many Uruguayan players who played in Europe, such as Francescoli, Ruben Sosa and Poyet. I hope that through my efforts, I will set a correct example for young people. " In July 2007, Fran, an outstanding Atletico Madrid player, transferred from Villarreal to Atletico Madrid to replace Fernando Torres, the outgoing Atletico Madrid captain, with a transfer fee of 2 1 10,000 euros. In the 2008-2009 season, Fran once again became a Spanish marksman with 32 goals, and won the European Golden Boot Award again, which made Atletico fans completely forget Torres who went to the Premier League. What moved everyone was that Uruguayans remained humble despite becoming the hottest striker in Europe. The reason, Fran explained, "I had a very depressed time. At that time, no one asked me for an interview and no fans asked me for an autograph. What's it like? Now I have made some achievements, journalists and fans have come to me, and I feel that I have been recognized. I enjoy this process every time I am interviewed and sign my fans. " In the Europa League final of 2009-20 10 season, Flamel scored twice to help Atletico Madrid beat Fulham 2- 1 and win the Europa League for the first time. According to the teacher's evaluation, in football, I first met Fran when he represented Uruguay's under-20 youth team in the South American Championship held in Argentina on 1999. As a result, Uruguay won the second place and qualified to represent South America in the World Youth Championship in Nigeria that year. In that cup, Fran played very well and helped Uruguay win the fourth place. Then pay attention to him, that is, the Korea-Japan World Cup. As the best stage for players to show their abilities, he only got 45 minutes of performance time, but he still scored 1, which made people admire his scoring ability. I really know him and talked to him. It was the Copa America in Peru in 2004. At that time, as a striker, his skills were very mature and he could play the position of left and right wingers. What is commendable is that as a striker, he is willing to retreat to the midfield to help defend, which also strengthened my determination to buy him. After coming to Villarreal, he told me that it was like coming home. He was lucky to meet such a great player as Riquelme, which created many opportunities for him to compete with the goalkeeper 1. The media also said: "He is so lucky to get so many shooting opportunities as a striker. I don't quite agree with this statement. Is it not luck for Riquelme to meet someone who can read his own ball? Isn't it a kind of luck for teammates to be able to appear in the most suitable position? Fran has also encountered problems, such as his personal problems with national team coach Fossati. He once complained to me: As an excellent shooter in the first league in the world, he felt wronged and puzzled that the head coach only gave him a few minutes to play every time he trudged tens of thousands of kilometers with great expectation to return to the national team. And also decided to "bid farewell to the national team. "As a colleague, I believe that the head coach has the right to decide every decision, so I can't help Fran solve the problem. I'm glad he took the initiative to reach an understanding with Fossati. After the team qualified for the Champions League, he said that his biggest dream was to participate in the 2006 World Cup. Now, he has a chance to interpret his dreams by himself. What could be more gratifying than this? -Fran's mentor in Villarreal, pellegrini, commented on Fran's transfer record (note: the transfer fee unit is 10000 euros). Start date, contract expires, transfer fee, inter-team transfer 2007-07-012013-06-30, transfer 2 100 Atletico Madrid Villa. 2007-07-0654488-2 1 Transfer 750 Independent Manchester United signed the contract on 2000-08-012002-0/-22.
On March 27th, 2002, Fran made his first appearance for Uruguay. In the final round of the 2002 World Cup, Fran's Uruguayan team drew 3-3 with Senagal. He scored the key goal of 1 and was named as one of the top ten goals in the 2002 World Cup. In the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in Germany, Fran scored 6 goals to become Uruguay's top scorer, and the team entered the play-offs in the final round. However, in the play-offs, Uruguay faced Australia in two rounds with a score of 1 1, and lost 2-4 in a penalty shootout, and missed the 2006 World Cup. In 2007 America's Cup, Fran scored three goals to help Uruguay enter the semi-final, but Fran missed one goal in the penalty shootout with Brazil in the semi-final, and Uruguay lost 4-5. Since this America's Cup, Fran has become Uruguay's absolute main force. On June 17, 2008, Uruguay beat Peru 6-0 in the World Cup qualifier, and Fran scored a hat trick. Fran played for Uruguay in this preliminaries 13 times and scored 7 goals, making him the team's top scorer. In the end, Uruguay entered the play-offs again with the fifth place. In the two rounds of play-offs with Costa Rica, Uruguay eliminated Costa Rica with a total score of 3-/kloc-0, thus entering the World Cup in South Africa. 20 10 In July, Fran represented Uruguay in the World Cup in South Africa, and scored five goals in seven appearances, four of which were world-class and helped the motherland win the World Cup. At the same time, he was awarded the Golden Globe Award by the tournament, becoming the first athlete in the history of the World Cup who was not the top three national teams to win the Golden Globe Award, and his personal honor reached a new high!