Chris Spears
From Tekken City
| Chris Spears | |
|---|---|
| File:Steinsky.jpg With a nice cup of tea, a Billy Bragg album and a Francis Wheen book. | |
| Birthplace | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
| Squad Number | 9 |
| Birth Date | April 9, 1980 (27) |
| Position | Striker |
| Previous Clubs | FC Utrecht Ajax Amsterdam FC Barcelona S.S. Lazio |
| ICQ | 118517489 |
| MSN | ircdotcotchdotnet@hotmail.com |
| Yahoo | steinsky3@yahoo.com |
| AIM | cotchdotnet |
| (I don't check the msn or yahoo email addresses, only messengers). | |
Christian Mijkaael van Nooijkaar-Spears (born April 9, 1980 in Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch football player who plays as a striker. He is currently playing for Tekken City in the FA Barclays Premiership and is also the captain for the Dutch National team.
Biography
Spears was born and raised with both his grandparents who both originated from Germany, Frederich, who worked as a farmer and part-time windmill worker, and Beatrix (grandmother), and and his mother, Martha in a small town in Utrecht known as "Driebergen-Rijsenberg". The house was situated in the rural-heritage areas of Driebergen, a typical countryside cottage. Before Spears was born, his Grandparents lived in Leipzig for 24 years before they decided to move across to the Netherlands. Martha was born and raised in the town. Spears because of this is a third of German descent, but has full Dutch citizenship. He is able to speak and understand both Dutch and German fluently as well as Spanish, Italian and English.
He has an older brother called Sebastian, who is employed as a coach for a kids soccer camp. Sebastian did train along with Chris with the FC Utrecht team but physical shape and lack of staminal abilities cost him a place for a contract. He played as a defender.
International Career
For the Netherlands national team, he has won over 75 caps, scoring over 30 goals, meaning has scored a goal every other game. For Tekken City, he has been highly impressive, in 8 serving years for The Buzzards he has scored 229 goals in 327 appearances. During the 2004-2005 season, he managed to strike a perfect 50 goals in just the FA Barclays Premiership alone.
On September 2, 2006, Spears was given the captain armband by coach, Marco van Basten after leading the team superbly in a 1-0 Euro 2008 win over Luxembourg. Spears then captained his country for the first time on Dutch home soil against Belarus. Netherlands won 3-0. Manchester United keeper, Edwin Van der Sar stepped down as captain before the Luxembourg match. A majority of Dutch supporters have labelled Spears as "Der Kaptein".
Advertising Career
Spears currently sponsors the the famous sunglasses brands, Oakley and Police. He is also a famous underwear model for Calvin Klein alongside Swedish football players, Frederik Ljungberg and Olof Mellberg. He is also a common freestyle footballer, and has featured in a host of nike commercials, most adverts currently involve Eric Cantona's commercials, Joga Bonito. His most recent, which aired on British TV in mid-August, was of a freestyle stunt which also starrs RnB singer, Rihanna. Spears is also a fashion icon for a number of fragrances and designer clothes manufactured by the famous brand, Georgio Armani.
