Carlos Alberto Tévez (born February 5, 1984 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker who made his name
with Argentine giant Boca Juniors and currently plays for Brazil's Corinthians. He is currently regarded as one of the most
promising prospects in the world.
He was born and raised in the humble neighbourhood of Ejército de Los Andes, known as "Fuerte Apache", from where
he got the nickname of Apache. Carlitos has a scar from the right ear to his chest, product of a burn with boiling
water when he was a young boy. Carlos declined plastic surgery since he would have to be out of the playground for four months.
He joined Boca at the age of thirteen and played his first professional match with Boca on October 21, 2001 against Talleres
de Córdoba. He played for the team until the end of 2004. With Boca Juniors he won an Argentine Championship (2003), a Copa Libertadores (2003), an Intercontinental Cup (2003), and a Copa Sudamericana (2004).
Tévez was a key part of Boca's victory in the 2003 Copa Libertadores, but his greatest achievement was during the 2004
Olympic Games, where he won the gold medal with his team, and scored eight goals in six matches to be the top scorer of the
competition. He also participated in the 2004 Copa América, helping Argentina to the runner-up spot.
The Argentine Football Writers chose him as Footballer of the Year in 2003 and 2004, and also Sportsman of the Year 2004.
He was named Futbolista latinoamericano más destacado ("Most notable Latin American footballer") in 2003 by Latin American
Fox Sports, and in the same years was the world's second Top Goal Scorer 2004 in international competitions (International
Federation of Football History and Statistics) with 16 goals, one less than Ali Daei from Iran.
In December 2004, he transferred to Sport Club Corinthians Paulista for 20 million US Dollars with a five year contract
worth 10 million US Dollars, following the Brazilian club's deal with Media Sports Investment. The deal was the biggest transfer
ever in South American football. Initially Tévez was not well received by the Corinthians fans - including Brazilian president
Lula. However, Tévez has since become the captain and star of the team that won the 2005 Brazilian league, and the fans' favourite
player and has been recently linked to Chelsea FC; a result of Roman Abramovich's link to MSI. Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho
has seen Carlos Tevez in action against Rive Plate and has played down the transfer speculation linking Carlos Tevez with
Chelsea. However Chelsea would offer Corinthians a sum of Ł12mill-60mill, but his minimum release clause is Ł68mill-Ł83mill.Corinthians
investor Kia Joorabchian has said tevez is very happy at the club and he would be sold in 4-5 years time.
