Typhoon

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Current revision as of 16:27, 30 August 2009

Mikel ''Typhoon'' Alvarez Lanux is the young captain of Nature Strike. He has little experience though time has told he has the potential of a born leader.

[edit] Biography

Born on February 4th, 1988 in Luxor, Egypt and brother of Tornado, Typhoon was always interested in playing Worms. He soon got into the game and played it frequently. At age 11, he was admitted into Nature Strike's under-12 Worm Squad, the Sharkbiters. He proved to be very smart in the arena. He was named captain of the team at age 12, and then he was passed into the Under-14 Squad, which he captained to the Under-14 Worm Cup trophy until his big break came when he and his brother Tornado was bought by Nature Strike, a small team who was Egyptain. He had many successes with this team and soon became their top player. Nature Strike have since risen in rankings and eventually were bought by owners of France and more recently, Spain.

[edit] Club Career

Typhoon has seen many leagues in this area. Starting out with Cairo, he took a loan to Cadiz and shined there. This put him in the Cairo first team in which he excelled and picked up Young Egyptian Player of the Season in 2001 and then Egyptian Player of the Season twice, in 2002 and 2003. He then was bought by Manchester City for 2.5 million in 2003 an played very well there, setting up many kills for the team. Speculation about whether he would stay soon were made true and Typhoon signed for Athletico Madrid in 2006 for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around 5 million. He was awarded Spanish Player of the Season in 2007. He then captained Athletico to victory against rivals Real Madrid in the abscence of Rézor. Later in the season, he set up two kills to win them the UEFA Cup for the first time in 14 years. In 2008, Typhoon helped Athletico to a 4 - 2 win in the Final of the Spanish Cup. They also retained their UEFA Cup title that year. In 2009, Typhoon was injured in pre-season and missed the first 5 games with a torn hamstring. He wento n to help the club to 5th place in the division and qualification for the UEFA Cup once more. However, Athletico were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by eventual winners Fiorentina in the Semi-Finals.

[edit] International Career

Typhoon played in the Egypt Under-21 for quite a while bfore he was picked for the official squad, where he excelled and soon became a very important asset to the squad. He has won 12 Under-21 Caps and 43 Official Caps for Egypt. He also qualifies to play for Spain via his Spanish parents.

[edit] Nature Strike Career

Typhoon has played in the Nature Strike team for 5 years, having joined them in 2003. He became captain of the then struggling team in 2004 and helped them in their qualification for the Worm Cup for the first time in 4 years. He has since been tutoring many young and promising Nature Strike players, including Tsunami and Breeze. He is currently tutoring Whirlwind and has been in lethal form this season. He has recently hit out of Nature Strike's former French owners, who canceled Nature Strike's deal with Spain, but later approved it after his comments. Typhoon is still playing for Nature Strike, despite many interests in buying him.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Cairo (Before Loan Spell)

None

[edit] Cadiz (Loan Spell)

• 1999 Spanish Second Tier Title
• 1999 Spanish Second Tier Young Player of the Season

[edit] Cairo (After Loan Spell)

• 2001 Egyptian Young Player of the Season
• 2002 Egyptian League Title
• 2002 Egyptian Player of the Season
• 2003 Egyptian Player of the Season

[edit] Manchester City

• 2004 FA Cup

[edit] Athletico Madrid

• 2007 Spanish Player of the Season
• 2007 UEFA Cup
• 2008 Spanish Cup
• 2008 UEFA Cup

[edit] Trivia

• Typhoon was one of the voters of the 2009 Worm Cup host.
• Typhoon was voted Young Worm Player of the Year for 2006.
• Typhoon is ranked 28th on the Critic's List of all players and 19th in the Critic's Middle Line List