Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo

Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal, nicknamed King Arthur and Piranha, is famous for his tenacious and aggressive style of play, demonstrated at Juventus, Bayern and Barcelona. Having started his career in the South American team Colo-Colo, the footballer won 3 Primera top division titles, and after a series of gold medals in Europe, he was named one of the best midfielders in the world and repeatedly participated in the America's Cup, as well as in the UEFA Champions League final.

Arturo Vidal, whose full name is Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo, was born in the Chilean capital of Santiago on May 22, 1987 and, together with three brothers, was raised by the owner of a vegetable shop Erasmo and his wife, housewife Jacqueline.

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The father was not a good family man and once, in a state of alcoholic intoxication, he almost burned down a small room where a mother slept with four children. This incident led to the divorce of his parents and forced 9-year-old Arturo to work in the stable, and in his free time he was on the street and played football with other boys.

At some point, when the situation became very difficult, the teenager decided to use his talent and physical abilities and save his family from a miserable existence, becoming a highly paid professional gambler.

His mother allowed him to go to trainings every day, and Arturo disappeared all day at a playground located not far from his house, and from the age of 11 he began to study at the Rodelino Roman amateur club.

Then, under the patronage of his uncle, who worked as a mechanic, Vidal got a job in the Colo-Colo team, where he began to seriously play sports and receive a salary of $ 50 a month. These funds were enough to pay utility bills, and the young man honestly worked them off, instead of going to the stadium 2 times a week every day.

The zeal did not go unnoticed by coach Hugo Gonzalez, who was responsible for preparing the youth squad, and Arturo, appointed as a midfielder, began to engage in an individual program, which included a strict regimen, exercise equipment, running and protein.

In 2006, Vidal, as part of the Colo-Colo team, took part in professional competitions for the first time and became the champion of Chile three times. A good performance for the national team at the South American Cup and bronze medals of the 2007 World Junior Championships helped the young midfielder move to Europe and take the first steps towards success and recognition.

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The beginning of the triumphant march through the renowned and eminent clubs was the signing of a contract with Rudi Völler and the transition to the main team of Bayer 04, based in the German city of Leverkusen. The size of the transfer, amounting to $ 11 million, became a record for the Chilean team and exceeded the amount that the Spanish club Villarreal had previously paid for his pupil Matias Fernandez.

In 2007, the rookie of the former Bundesliga silver medalist started the season with an injury, but recovered, made his debut in the game with Hamburg, and after 3 matches opened the scoring. The following year, Vidal became a permanent member of the main squad and played an important role in the breakthrough to the Cup semi-final.

In 2010-2011, Arturo continued to show results and became the best member of the team for the number of accurate passes and assists. As a result, Bayer 04 took 2nd place in the German championship, and the Chilean midfielder interested his competitors and for some time negotiated with Bayern Munich. However, the management of one of the most titled German clubs did not get the player's consent.

He signed a 5-year contract with the Italians and was enlisted in the ranks of the legendary Juventus. In a match with an equally titled team from Parma, Vidal first appeared on the field, replacing Alessandro Del Piero, and after 6 minutes of breakthroughs and pressing, he opened the scoring. Looking at this, the coach, who initially thought that the midfielder would fight for a spot in the base with the club's alumnus Claudio Marchisio, revised the tactical scheme and found work for both players.

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In the years that followed, the Chilean became one of the key members of the team, with dozens of assists and spectacular goals to his credit. But the biggest achievement of that time, he considers a hat-trick in the Champions League match against Copenhagen and 4 titles of the winner of the Italian championship, supplemented by the personal title of Player of the Year with the inclusion of the symbolic Serie A.

At the end of the contract, Vidal, who retained his original citizenship, was summoned to the location of the Chilean national team, and the possession of the America's Cup in 2015 and 2016 was added to his achievements. And then the athlete's biography was again connected with Germany, he played for 2 seasons for Bayern Munich, which had long been interested in him.

There, the 23rd midfielder continued to maintain his image as one of Europe's best strikers and reached the Champions League semi-finals, winning the German Cup and 2 Bundesliga gold medals.

This result did not escape the attention of the Spanish scouts, and after long negotiations with the leadership of the German club in 2018, Barcelona announced the signing of an agreement with Bayern Munich. At the request of the parties, the amount of Vidal's annual fee in the new club remained undisclosed, but the press learned that Josep Bartomeu had to pay about € 20 million for the transition.

In August, Arturo made his debut in La Liga in a game against Sevilla, and in October he scored against Real Madrid the first and, as it turned out, not the only goal.

Having passed the difficult path from poverty to popularity, Arturo could not resist the temptations that lay in wait for budding stars in Europe. The footballer made a hairstyle, for which he would have been kicked out of the team as a child, and covered a figure 180 cm tall and weighing 75 kg with tattoos that were not understandable to fellow citizens and initially annoyed his brothers and mother.

However, the family came to terms with Arturo's image, especially after he arranged a personal life, married the blonde beauty Maria Teresa Matus and became the father of sons Alonso and Emiliano and daughter Elizabeth.

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True, his behavior outside the family left much to be desired and resulted in a manifestation of aggression not only on the field, but also in everyday life. So, during the America's Cup, the midfielder of the national team had an accident and crashed an expensive Ferrari car on one of the streets of Santiago, not far from the capital's casino. The police, who arrived at the scene, recorded the fact of drinking alcohol, and as a result, Vidal received a 2-year ban on driving in exchange for permission to continue playing.

However, this did not temper the ardor of the hot Chilean guy, and he continued to look for trouble, one of which in 2017 was a fight in a nightclub, which was left without fines and punishments due to the lack of recordings from surveillance cameras.

On 6 July 2019, Vidal again played for Chile in the America's Cup and scored the team's only goal against the Argentine goalkeeper from the penalty spot.

Now he is taking a break from games and preparing for the start of a new season in Spain in the company of a girl, who recently became known to fans who actively use the social network Instagram. In May, a photo of Arturo in the arms of a hot beauty appeared on the page of fitness model Sonya Isaza and raised questions about marital fidelity and a search for data on whether there was a divorce.

2006 - Champion of Chile (Clausura) 2006 - Champion of Chile (Apertura) 2007 - Champion of Chile 2007 - Bronze medalist of the FIFA World Cup (boys under 20) 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 - Champion of Italy 2012, 2013, 2015 - Winner of the Super Cup Italy 2014 - Winner of the Italian Cup 2016, 2017, 2018 - Champion of Germany 2016 - Winner of the German Cup 2016, 2017 - Winner of the German Super Cup 2018 - Winner of the Spanish Super Cup 2019 - Champion of Spain

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