Club Quote by Robin Van Persie

I was a very average player and became a trainer in Germany with a special club.

— Jurgen Klopp

My first club was FT Gern. I joined through my parents and friends. My father played for them and a friend from nursery school…

— Philipp Lahm

When I was six, I joined an amateur club called VK Tielrode in Belgium where I lived.

— Jan Vertonghen

When I was 6 years old, I played on a coed indoor team. We were called the Cosmos. And then, after that, when I…

— Ali Krieger

When I was a kid in Dronten, I played my first games when I was five-years-old and within one season a bigger club approached…

— Hakim Ziyech

I had my own youth. I had fun playing in the amateurs, going out with my friends on the weekend, drinking a beer, that…

— Jaap Stam

Growing up as a kid, I played for Wallsend Boys Club, a famous boys club. I had such a good childhood and upbringing there.

— Michael Carrick

When I was six, I joined FC Schifflange 95, a first-division team in Luxembourg. They knew I had talent, but I knew only hard…

— Miralem Pjanic

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

— Jim Evans

I have played at Liverpool, a special club, grown as a player and won titles.

— Xabi Alonso

I played club football with a traveling team since I was 8 years old. I also played basketball and baseball, so I was competing…

— Jesse Palmer

I started promoting clubs when I was 15. 1 was doing what is considered the normal collegiate stuff when I was a lot younger.…

— Brian Austin Green