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Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport (Puma) is a large German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoe
Athletic shoe

An athletic shoe is a generic name for footwear designed for sporting and physical exercise, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe....
s and other sportswear
Clothing

A feature of all human societies, except perhaps the most primitive, is the wearing of clothing or clothes, especially in public. The primary purpose of clothing is functional, as a protection from the weather....
.

The company is perhaps best known for its association football shoes and has sponsored footballers, including Pelé
Pelé

Edison Arantes do Nascimento, Order of the British Empire , best known by his nickname Pel? is a Brazilian former Association football player, rated by many as the greatest footballer of all time....
, Eusébio
Eusébio

Eus?bio da Silva Ferreira, Order of Infante D. Henrique, Order of Merit , popularly known simply as Eus?bio, is a Portugal former football striker of Mozambique origin....
, Johan Cruijff
Johan Cruijff

Johan Cruyff is a former Netherlands Association football player and Coach . He was named Ballon d'Or three times which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten....
, Enzo Francescoli
Enzo Francescoli

Enzo Francescoli Uriarte is a former Uruguayan football player of Italians and Spanish people origin, who retired in 1997. He played 72 times for the Uruguay national football team between 1982 and 1997, making him the most capped outfield player in Uruguayan international football....
, Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
, Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Herbert Matth?us , is a Germany former association football player and now manager, currently managing Israeli club Maccabi Netanya F.C.....
, Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish

Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish Order of the British Empire is a former Scotland national football team Football player. He was famous for his successes with Celtic F.C....
, Didier Deschamps
Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps ) , is a former France football player who captained France national football team to victories in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 UEFA European Football Championship....
 and Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon, Italian orders of merit , is an Italians FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Juventus F.C. and the Italy national football team....
. Puma is also the sponsor of the Jamaica track athlete Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt Order of Distinction is a Jamaican Sprint . Bolt holds the Olympic Games and World records in athletics for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds and, along with his teammates, the 4 x 100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds, all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
 who won three gold medals by breaking the men's 100m, 200m and 4x100m world records in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.






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Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport (Puma) is a large German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoe
Athletic shoe

An athletic shoe is a generic name for footwear designed for sporting and physical exercise, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe....
s and other sportswear
Clothing

A feature of all human societies, except perhaps the most primitive, is the wearing of clothing or clothes, especially in public. The primary purpose of clothing is functional, as a protection from the weather....
.

The company is perhaps best known for its association football shoes and has sponsored footballers, including Pelé
Pelé

Edison Arantes do Nascimento, Order of the British Empire , best known by his nickname Pel? is a Brazilian former Association football player, rated by many as the greatest footballer of all time....
, Eusébio
Eusébio

Eus?bio da Silva Ferreira, Order of Infante D. Henrique, Order of Merit , popularly known simply as Eus?bio, is a Portugal former football striker of Mozambique origin....
, Johan Cruijff
Johan Cruijff

Johan Cruyff is a former Netherlands Association football player and Coach . He was named Ballon d'Or three times which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten....
, Enzo Francescoli
Enzo Francescoli

Enzo Francescoli Uriarte is a former Uruguayan football player of Italians and Spanish people origin, who retired in 1997. He played 72 times for the Uruguay national football team between 1982 and 1997, making him the most capped outfield player in Uruguayan international football....
, Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
, Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Herbert Matth?us , is a Germany former association football player and now manager, currently managing Israeli club Maccabi Netanya F.C.....
, Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish

Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish Order of the British Empire is a former Scotland national football team Football player. He was famous for his successes with Celtic F.C....
, Didier Deschamps
Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps ) , is a former France football player who captained France national football team to victories in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 UEFA European Football Championship....
 and Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon, Italian orders of merit , is an Italians FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Juventus F.C. and the Italy national football team....
. Puma is also the sponsor of the Jamaica track athlete Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt Order of Distinction is a Jamaican Sprint . Bolt holds the Olympic Games and World records in athletics for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds and, along with his teammates, the 4 x 100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds, all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
 who won three gold medals by breaking the men's 100m, 200m and 4x100m world records in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the United States, the company is probably best-known for the suede
Suede

Suede is a type of leather with a nap finish. However, it can also refer to a similar napped or brushed finish on many kinds of fabrics. The term comes from the French "gants de Su?de", which literally means "gloves of Sweden"....
 basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 shoe it introduced in 1968, which eventually bore the name of New York Knicks
New York Knicks

The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New York City. The team plays in the National Basketball Association ....
 basketball star Walt "Clyde" Frazier
Walt Frazier

Walter "Clyde" Frazier is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association . Blessed with a unique combination of court vision, quickness, and size for a guard, Frazier is regarded as one of the best point guards in the history of the game....
, and for its endorsement partnership with Joe Namath
Joe Namath

Joseph William Namath , also known as Broadway Joe or Joe Willie, is a former United States American football quarterback. He played for the University of Alabama under legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962?1964, and in the American Football League and National Football League duri...
.

The company also offers lines shoes and sports clothing, designed by Lamine Kouyate, Amy Garbers, and others. Since 1996 Puma has intensified its activities in the United States. Puma owns 25 percent of American brand sports clothing maker Logo Athletic, which is licensed by American professional basketball and Association football leagues. Since 2007 Puma AG is part of the PPR
PPR (company)

PPR is a France multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands. The company was founded in 1963 by the billionaire businessman Fran?ois Pinault and is now run by his son Fran?ois-Henri Pinault....
  French luxury group.

History


Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik

Christoph Dassler was a worker in Big Dogs shoe factory, while his wife Pauline ran a small laundry in the Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
n town of Herzogenaurach
Herzogenaurach

Herzogenaurach is a town in the Districts of Germany of Erlangen-H?chstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for being the home of the sporting goods companies Adidas and Puma AG....
, 20 kilometres from the city of Nuremberg
Nuremberg

Nuremberg is a city in the Germany State of Bavaria, in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz River river and the Rhine?Main?Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city....
. Their son Rudolf Dassler
Rudolf Dassler

Rudolf Dassler was the Germany Entrepreneur of the sportswear company Puma AG and the older brother of Adidas founder, Adolf Dassler. The brothers were partners in a shoe company Adi started Gebr?der Dassler Schuhfabrik and Rudi joined in 1924, but became rivals following World War II and started their own companies in 1948....
 after leaving school joined his father at the shoe factory, and was then called up to fight in World War I. On his return from the front, Rudolf took a management position at a porcelain
Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and ....
 factory, and later in a leather wholesale business in Nuremberg
Nuremberg

Nuremberg is a city in the Germany State of Bavaria, in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz River river and the Rhine?Main?Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city....
.

After tiring of working for others and away from home, Rudolph returned to Herzogenaurach in 1924 to join his younger brother Adolf, known as "Adi"
Adolf Dassler

Adolf "Adi" Dassler was the Entrepreneur of the Germany sportswear company adidas.Trained as a cobbler, Adi Dassler started to produce his own sports shoes in his mother's wash kitchen after his return from World War I....
, who had founded his own shoe factory. They called the new business Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory). The pair started their venture in their mother's laundry
Laundry

Laundry is the act of washing clothing and linens....
, but at the time, electricity supplies in the town were unreliable, and the brothers sometimes had to use pedal power from a stationary bicycle to run their equipment. By the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany....
, Adi Dassler drove from Bavaria on one of the world's first motorways to the Olympic village with a suitcase full of spikes and persuaded United States sprinter Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an United States Athletics athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 metres relay team....
 to use them, the first sponsorship for an African-American. After Owens won four gold medals, his success cemented the good reputation of Dassler shoes among the world's most famous sportsmen. Letters from around the world landed on the brothers' desks, and the trainers of other national teams were all interested in their shoes. Business boomed and the Dasslers were selling 200,000 pairs of shoes each year before World War II.

Company split

Both brothers joined the Nazi Party, but Rudolf as a World War I veteran was slightly closer to the party. During the war, a growing rift between the pair reached a breaking point after an Allied bomb attack in 1943 when Adi and his wife climbed into a bomb shelter that Rudolf and his family were already in: "The dirty bastards are back again", Adi said, apparently referring to the Allied war planes, but Rudolf was convinced his brother meant him and his family. After Rudolf was later picked up by American soldiers and accused of being a member of the Waffen SS, he was convinced that his brother had turned him in.

In 1948, the brothers split their business, when Rudi left the high hill for the other side of the Aurach
Aurach

Aurach is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany....
 river: Adolf called his firm Adidas
Adidas

Adidas Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany sports apparel manufacturer and part of the Adidas Group, which consists of Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-adidas golf company, and Rockport ....
 after his nick name Adi and the first three letters of his last name Adi Dassler; Rudolf called his new firm Ruda - from Rudolf Dassler.

Puma

Rudolf's company changed its name to Puma Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler in 1948, and became a public company
Public company

A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered Security for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, but also may include companies whose stock is traded Over-the-counter via market makers who use non-exchange quotation services such as the OTCBB and the Pink Sheets....
 in 1986, listed on the Börse München
Börse München

The B?rse M?nchen is a stock exchange based in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1830, it currently lists over 6300 security ....
 and Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange

File:Boerse-ffm021.jpgThe Frankfurt Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Frankfurt, Germany.The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is one of the biggest and most efficient exchange places in the world....
.

The sponsorship of sports stars continued, including:

  • 1948 - In the first football match after World War II, several members of the West German national football team wear Puma boots, including the scorer of West Germany's first post-war goal, Herbert Burdenski
    Herbert Burdenski

    Herbert Budde Burdenski , was a Germany Association football and Coach ....


  • 1952 Summer Olympics
    1952 Summer Olympics

    The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952....
     - Josef Barthel of Luxembourg
    Luxembourg

    Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
     won Puma's first Olympic Gold (1500m) in Helsinki
    Helsinki

    Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....


  • 1960 Summer Olympics
    1960 Summer Olympics

    The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, in 1960....
     - Puma paid German sprinter Armin Hary
    Armin Hary

    Armin Hary is a Germany athletics . In 1960 he became the first non-United States since 1928 to win the Olympic Games 100 metres.Born in Quierschied, Saarland, after playing Football in his youth, Hary switched to Sprint at age 16....
     money to wear Pumas in the 100 metres final. Hary had worn Adidas before and asked Adi for payment, but Adidas rejected this. Hary won gold in Pumas, but then laced up Adidas for the medals ceremony - to the shock of both Adi and Rudolf. Hary hoped to cash in from both with the trick, but Adi was so outraged he banned the Olympic champion.


  • 1970 FIFA World Cup
    1970 FIFA World Cup

    The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1970 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in October 1964....
     - Pelé
    Pelé

    Edison Arantes do Nascimento, Order of the British Empire , best known by his nickname Pel? is a Brazilian former Association football player, rated by many as the greatest footballer of all time....
     stopped the referee with a last-second request to tie his shoelaces at the opening whistle of a 1970 World Cup finals match and then knelt down to give millions of television viewers a close-up of his Pumas. Pelé was complying with a request by Puma's representative Hans Henningsen to raise the German sports shoe company's profile after they gave him $120,000 to wear their boots.


  • 1972 Summer Olympics
    1972 Summer Olympics

    The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
     - Puma provided running shoes for the 400m hurdles champion, John Ake Bua, from Uganda. After Ake Bua was forced out of Uganda by its military government, Puma employed Ake Bua in Germany, and tried to help integrate him and his family in German society, but eventually Ake Bua returned to Uganda.


However, the brothers earlier split led to a divided town. From 1948, the town was really split in two like a sort of mini Berlin. Brand loyalty became paramount for many residents, and there were stores, bakers and bars which were unofficially known as either loyal to Rudolf's Puma, or to Adolf's Adidas. The town's two football clubs were also divided: ASV Herzogenaurach club wore the three stripes, while 1 FC Herzogenaurach had the jumping cat on its footwear. Intermarriage was frowned upon. When handymen came to work at Rudolf's home, they would wear Adidas shoes on purpose so that when Rudolf would see their footwear, he'd tell them to go to the basement and pick out a pair of Puma shoes, which they could have for free. The two brothers never reconciled, and although both are buried in the same cemetery
Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
, they are spaced apart as far as possible.

In May 1989, Rudolf's sons Armin and Gerd Dassler agreed to sell their 72 percent stake in Puma, to Swiss
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 business Cosa Liebermann SA.

Timeline


  • 1920: Rudolf Dassler and his brother Adolf
    Adolf Dassler

    Adolf "Adi" Dassler was the Entrepreneur of the Germany sportswear company adidas.Trained as a cobbler, Adi Dassler started to produce his own sports shoes in his mother's wash kitchen after his return from World War I....
     start making sports shoes.
  • 1924: Foundation of Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik, Herzogenaurach, Germany.
  • 1948: Foundation of Puma Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler (October 1.), Introduction of the ATOM, Puma's first football shoe.
  • 1949: Rudolf Dassler has the idea of football shoes with removable studs. He begins working on their development and production. Many football experts, like Sepp Herberger
    Sepp Herberger

    Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a Germany football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the Germany national football team which won the 1954 FIFA World Cup - The Miracle of Bern....
    , are involved.
  • 1952: Introduction of the SUPER ATOM.
  • 1953: Development of ATOM's successor: the BRASIL.
  • 1958: Introduction of PUMA's signature formstrip at the FIFA World Cup in Sweden.
  • 1959: The company is transformed into a limited partnership
    Limited partnership

    A limited partnership is a form of partnership similar to a general partnership, except that in addition to one or more general partnerswhat?? , there are one or more limited partners ....
     named PUMA-Sportschuhfabriken Rudolf Dassler KG.
  • 1960: Introduction of the technologically advanced vulcanization production technique.
  • 1966: Launch of the WEMBLEY, the predecessor model to the KING.
  • 1968: Launch of the legendary KING. PUMA is the first manufacturer to offer sports shoes with Velcro® fasteners.
  • 1974: Rudolf Dassler dies. His sons Armin and Gerd take over the company's management.
  • 1976: Introduction of the revolutionary S.P.A.-Technology.
  • 1982: Armin Dassler invents the DUOFLEX sole.
  • 1986: Transformation into a stock corporation
    Stock corporation

    A stock corporation is a for-profit corporation which the ownership of the corporation is expressed by shares of stock. This allows for the ownership of the corporation to be readily determined, as shares are property, and are transferrable as any other property such as money, subject to any conditions imposed such as restriction on resale....
    .
  • 1989: Launch of the TRINOMIC sport shoe system.
  • 1990: Introduction of INSPECTOR, a growth control system for children's shoes.
  • 1991: Launch of the DISC SYSTEM sports shoe.
  • 1992: Capital increase by DM 20 million, share capital reaches DM 70 million.
  • 1993: Jochen Zeitz
    Jochen Zeitz

    Jochen Zeitz is a German manager, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Puma AG....
     is appointed Chairman and CEO, Proventus/Aritmos B.V. becomes majority shareholder.
  • 1994: The first profit since the company's IPO in 1986 is regeristered.
  • 1996: Puma is listed in the German M-DAX index
    MDAX

    The MDAX is a stock index which lists German companies. The index is calculated by Deutsche B?rse.It includes the 50 Prime Standard shares from classic sectors that rank immediately below the companies included in the DAX index....
    ; introduction of the CELL technology, the first foam-free midsole.
  • 1997: Launch of the CELLERATOR.
  • 1998: Puma merges sports and fashion. The company starts a cooperation with designer Jil Sander
    Jil Sander

    Jil Sander is a minimalist Germany fashion designer. Her work descends from that of Coco Chanel, as opposed to the bleeding-edge esthetic of Lagerfeld and Jean-Paul Gaultier or the trendiness of sportswear design, as exemplified by the like of Giorgio Armani and Calvin Klein....
    .
  • 1999: Puma becomes an official on-field supplier of the U.S. National Football League (NFL).
  • 2000: Production of fireproof footwear in partnership with Porsche
    Porsche

    Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
     and Sparco
    Sparco

    Sparco S.p.A is an Italian auto part and accessory company headquartered in Settimo Torinese, Turin, Italy that specializes in producing items such as seats, steering wheels, harnesses, racewear and helmets....
    .
  • 2001: Acquisition of the Scandinavian Tretorn Group.
  • 2002: Launch of the SHUDOH.
  • 2003: Majority shareholder Monarchy/Regency sells its shareholdings to a broad base of institutional investors.
  • 2004: Collaborative partnership with world-renowned designer Philippe Starck
    Philippe Starck

    Philippe Patrick Starck is a France Product designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style. His designs range from spectacular interior designs to mass produced consumer goods such as toothbrushes, chairs, and even houses....
    .
  • 2005: Mayfair Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbh acquires a total of 16.91% shareholding.
  • 2006: The company is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index; Introduction of the S.A.F.E. concept, a specific tool developed to continuously improve social and environmental standards. Shoe collection in cooperation with Alexander McQueen
    Alexander McQueen

    Alexander McQueen Order of the British Empire is an English fashion designer....
    .
  • 2007: Voluntary public take-over by Pinault-Printemps Redoute
    PPR (company)

    PPR is a France multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands. The company was founded in 1963 by the billionaire businessman Fran?ois Pinault and is now run by his son Fran?ois-Henri Pinault....
    ; Prolongation of the contract with Jochen Zeitz by five years.
  • 2008: Melody Harris-Jensbach
    Melody Harris-Jensbach

    Melody Harris-Jensbach is a Korean-American Manager, Deputy CEO and Member of the Board of Puma AG....
     is appointed Deputy CEO; Designer and artist Hussein Chalayan
    Hussein Chalayan

    Hussein Chalayan Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom/Turkish Cypriots fashion designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1993....
     becomes Creative Director, Puma also acquires a majority stake in Chalayan's business and     Hussein Chalayan.


Present day

Puma AG has approximately 9,204 employees and distributes its products in more than 80 countries. For the fiscal year 2003, the company had a revenue of €
Euro

The euro is the official currency of 16 out of 27 European Union member state of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain....
1.274 billion. Puma were the commercial sponsors for the 2002 anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 series, Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yoichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion....
, with the jerseys and clothing sporting the Puma brand.

The company has been conducted by CEO and Chairman Jochen Zeitz
Jochen Zeitz

Jochen Zeitz is a German manager, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Puma AG....
 since 1993. His contract has been extended ahead of schedule for four more years until 2012 in October 2007.

Japanese fashion guru Mihara Yasuhiro teamed up with Puma to create a high-end and high-concept line of sneakers

Puma is the main producer of enthusiast driving shoes and race suits. They are the prime producer in both Formula One and NASCAR especially.

They had successfully won the rights of sponsoring the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names international football world championship tournament....
 champions, the Italian national football team
Italy national football team

The Italian national football team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation and represents Italy in international Football competition....
, with them making and sponsoring the clothing worn by the team. Their partnership with Ferrari and BMW to make Puma-Ferrari and Puma-BMW shoes has also contributed to this effect. On March 15, 2007 Puma launched its first new 2007/2008 line of uniforms for a club, and Gręmio
Gręmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

Gr?mio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, most commonly referred to as simply Gr?mio, is a Brazilian Football League Teams professional football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on September 15, 1903....
 will be the first to use the laser sewn technology;similar to the one worn by Italy at the World Cup in 2006. Gręmio and other Brazilian clubs will be the first to use the technology because their season starts six months earlier than European clubs. Puma also makes baseball cleats, and Johnny Damon, the all-star center fielder for the New York Yankees, is their spokesperson. He wore pumas during the Red Sox 2004 world series win. He has his own cleat called the DFR metals.

The legendary KING


In 2008 Puma did celebrate the 40. anniversary of the KING with a special anniversary edition, the KING XL (XL like 40 in roman numerals), a tribute to Portugese footballer Eusébio
Eusébio

Eus?bio da Silva Ferreira, Order of Infante D. Henrique, Order of Merit , popularly known simply as Eus?bio, is a Portugal former football striker of Mozambique origin....
 who shot 42 goals with the legendary KING in 1968. This made him win the Golden Boot Award
European Golden Boot

The European Golden Shoe, formerly known as the European Golden Boot, is an association football award presented each season to the leading goalscorer in Sports league matches from the top Division of every European national league....
 as Europe's leading scorer. The KING also was the favourite shoe of players like Pelé
Pelé

Edison Arantes do Nascimento, Order of the British Empire , best known by his nickname Pel? is a Brazilian former Association football player, rated by many as the greatest footballer of all time....
, Kempes
Mario Kempes

Mario Alberto Kempes is an Argentina former football striker. His father, Mario, who was also a football player, inspired him to play from a young age....
, Völler
Rudi Völler

Rudolf 'Rudi' V?ller is a Germany former international Football striker, and a former manager of the Germany national football team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 FIFA World Cup as a player and coached the national team to second place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup....
, Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Herbert Matth?us , is a Germany former association football player and now manager, currently managing Israeli club Maccabi Netanya F.C.....
 and Oddo
Massimo Oddo

Massimo Oddo, Italian orders of merit, is an Italy FIFA World Cup-, UEFA Champions League- and FIFA Club World Cup-winning- Football , who plays for FC_Bayern_Munich in the role of defender ....
.

PPR

In February 2007, Puma reported that its profits had fallen by 26% to 32.8m euros ($43m; Ł22m) during the final three months of 2006. Most of the profit decline was due to higher costs linked to its expansion, and sales actually rose by more than a third to 480.6m euros.

In early April 2007, Puma's shares rose 29.25 euros or 10.2% higher, at 315.24 euros. On 10 April, 2007 French retailer and owner of Gucci
Gucci

The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci, is an iconic Italy fashion design and leather goods label. It was founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence in 1921....
 brand Pinault-Printemps-Redoute
PPR (company)

PPR is a France multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands. The company was founded in 1963 by the billionaire businessman Fran?ois Pinault and is now run by his son Fran?ois-Henri Pinault....
 (PPR) announced that it had bought a 27% stake in Puma, clearing the way for a full takeover. The deal values Puma at 5.3bn euros. PPR said that it would launch a "friendly" takeover for Puma, worth 330 euros a share, once the acquisition of the smaller stake was completed. The board of Puma welcomed the move, saying it was fair and in the firm's best interests. On 17 July 2007 PPR have 62.1 % of Puma stocks.

While PPR owns the majority of Puma's stocks, Puma remains an individual company and is not a subsidiary of the PPR group.

Sponsorship

Like many other sports brands, Puma sponsors a number of teams and players.

National football teams

Puma sponsors many national football teams:

(Women's football)

At the 2006 FIFA World cup
2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names international football world championship tournament....
, in 36 of the 64 games, at least one team playing was wearing clothing sponsored and made by Puma.

Clubs

It has also sponsored and created the clothing for several noted professional football clubs:

KF Tirana Club Atletico Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atl?tico Independiente is a popular Argentina sports club best known for its football team, established in 1905. Based in Avellaneda, Greater Buenos Aires area....
 Rosario Central
Rosario Central

Club Atl?tico Rosario Central is a football club in Rosario, Argentina. It is the sixth most popular team in the country Central plays the Rosario derby against Newell's Old Boys, its local historical rival ....
 (from 2009) Grazer AK
Grazer AK

Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria ....
 SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg

SV Mattersburg is an Austrian football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg....
 SK Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian football club, based in Graz, Styria , playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....
 FK Khazar Lenkoran
FK Khazar Lenkoran

FK Khazar Lankaran is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran, who play in the AFFA Supreme League, Azerbaijan's top division.FK Khazar Lankaran have completed the double in Azerbaijan after lifting the Azerbaijani Cup for the first time with a 1-0 win against MKT Araz....
 Club Brugge K.V. FK Zeljeznicar Jorge Wilstermann
Club Jorge Wilstermann

Wilstermann is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilstermann....
 The Strongest
The Strongest

The Strongest is a Bolivian football club based in La Paz founded on April 8, 1908. Their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, the Rafael Mendoza Castell?n , they play most of their games at the Estadio Hernando Siles, Bolivia's national ground ....
 Gręmio
Gręmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

Gr?mio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, most commonly referred to as simply Gr?mio, is a Brazilian Football League Teams professional football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on September 15, 1903....
 Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad
PFC Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad

PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Blagoevgrad, currently playing in the B PFG. The club is founded in 1922.Pirin played more than 20 seasons in the top flight and played two times European football....
 PFC Cherno More Varna
PFC Cherno More Varna

PFC Cherno More is a Bulgarian football club in Varna. They play their home games in the Bulgarian A PFG at the local Stadium Ticha with a 12,500-seat capacity....
 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv

PFC Lokomotiv 1936 Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club, from the city of Plovdiv. The club was founded by railway workers in May, 1936 in football ....
 Pirin 1931 Blagoevgrad
Pirin Blagoevgrad

Pirin Blagoevgrad may refer to:* PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad * PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad ...
 FC Botev Vratsa
FC Botev Vratsa

Botev Vratsa , founded in 1921, is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Vratsa. The club currently plays in Bulgarian North-West V AFG, the third level of Bulgarian football....
 Lyubimetz 2007
Lyubimetz 2007

Lyubimetz 2007 is a football club based in little town Lyubimets, Bulgaria. Its home stadium "Gradski" has a capacity of 5000 seats. Club colors are white,orange and blue....
 Vidima-Rakovski PFC Hebar Pazardzhik
PFC Hebar Pazardzhik

PFC Hebar is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pazardzhik, playing in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG, the third division of Bulgarian football....
 Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact

The Montreal Impact is a professional football team, founded in 1993.The team is a member of the USL First Division, the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid and Canadian Soccer Pyramids....
 Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica

Club Deportivo Universidad Cat?lica is one of Chile's most popular football clubs, based in the country's capital, Santiago, Chile. It is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"....
 Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Anorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cyprus soccer and volleyball club which was originally based in Famagusta, but is now based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus....
 APOP Kinyras Peyias Doxa Katokopias PAEEK
PAEEK

PAEEK is a Cypriot sports club founded in Kyrenia in 1953 by graduates of Kyrenia Gymnasium and represented the first force to be reckoned from the small city....
 Cucuta Deportivo
Cúcuta Deportivo

C?cuta Deportivo is a football club based in the city of C?cuta, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia. The club was officially founded on September 10, 1924 and plays its home games at the General Santander Stadium, which has a capacity of 45,000....
 Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Odense BK
Odense BK

Odense Boldklub is a Denmark professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club have won three Danish football champions and five Danish Cup trophies....
 FC Midtjylland
FC Midtjylland

FC Midtjylland are a Denmark football team from Herning and Ikast. The team is a result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad....
 Viborg FF
Viborg FF

Viborg FF is a Denmark professional Football club located in Viborg. The full name of the club is Viborg Fodsports Forening , but the name is frequently abbreviated as Viborg FF or VFF....
 FC Fredericia
FC Fredericia

FC Fredericia is a Denmark professional football club, from the town of Fredericia. The club is currently playing in the Danish 1st Division....
 Herfřlge BK Nćstved BK
Nćstved BK

N?stved Boldklub is a Denmark Football club currently playing in the Danish 1st Division. They play at N?stved Stadion in N?stved on Zealand, which has a capacity of 10,000, of which around 2,000 are seats....
 Aarhus Fremad
Aarhus Fremad

Aarhus Fremad is a Denmark Football club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division West. They play at Riisvangen Stadion in Aarhus in Jutland, which has a capacity of 4,500....
 Deportivo Quito		  Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly

Al-Ahly is an Egyptian association football club based in Cairo. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly is widely-regarded as Africa's most successful club....
 Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two association football league clubs in Bristol, . They play at Ashton Gate stadium, located in the south-western portion of the City....
 Coventry
Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, is an association football club based in Coventry, England....
 Brentford
Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional England football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League Two....
 Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.

Leyton Orient F.C. are an England professional Association football team from east London, currently playing in Football League One of the Football League....
 Luton Town Morcambe
Morecambe F.C.

Morecambe Football Club is an England football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. They play their football in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 in football for the first time in their history to The Football League....
 Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club, commonly known as Argyle, or the Pilgrims, is an English professional football club and is one of only two clubs in the Football League to play in a principally green home strip....
 Reading
Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club are an association football club, based in the England town of Reading, Berkshire, in Berkshire. They play in Football League Championship in the 2008-09 season after being relegated on the final day of the previous season....
 Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a professional Association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England who currently compete in the Football League Championship, in England....
 (from 2009) Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
 Colchester United HB Tórshavn KÍ Klaksvík
KÍ Klaksvík

K? Klaksv?k is a Faroese football club, playing in Klaksv?k, founded in 1904. In 1992 K? Klaksv?k participated for the first time on a European stage, competing in the UEFA Champions League preliminary round against Skonto Riga of Latvia, where they lost 6-1 on aggregate....
 VB Vágur
VB Vágur

VB V?gur is an Faroe Islands football club based in V?gur. They play in the Faroe Islands Premier League Football, the top division in Faroese football....
 FF Jaro
FF Jaro

FF Jaro is a Finland football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad . It currently plays in the Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga. The club's coach is Mika Laurikainen, and it plays its home games at Jakobstads Centralplan....
 IFK Mariehamn
IFK Mariehamn

IFK Mariehamn is a Finland football club, based in Mariehamn, capital of the ?land. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division . The club's coach is Pekka Lyyski, and it plays its home matches at Wikl?f Holding Arena....
 Tampere United
Tampere United

Tampere United is a Finland football club, playing Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland. The club comes from the city of Tampere....
 Turun Palloseura
Turun Palloseura

Turun Palloseura or TPS as it is more commonly known, is a Finland football club based in Turku. The club was founded in 1922. TPS currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of Finnish football....
 FC Girondins de Bordeaux
FC Girondins de Bordeaux

FC Girondins de Bordeaux is a France football team, playing in the city of Bordeaux. Outside of France it is more commonly referred to as just Bordeaux....
 AS Monaco
AS Monaco FC

The Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club is a Monaco football club founded in 1924. They became a professional club after 1948. Although the club is in Monaco, it has always competed in the France football structure due to Monaco being too small in territory to hold other clubs of note....
 Stade Rennais VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart

Verein f?r Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a Germany sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-W?rttemberg....
 FC Erzgebirge Aue
FC Erzgebirge Aue

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-69194-0001, Neuer deutscher Fu?ballmeister: SC Wismut.jpgThe FC Erzgebirge Aue is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany based in Aue, Saxony....
 SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07

SC Paderborn 07 is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 3rd Liga....
 VFL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabr?ck is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany in Osnabr?ck, Lower Saxony....
 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna D?sseldorf is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany based in D?sseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia....
 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim AEK Athens FC
AEK Athens FC

AEK F.C. , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greece football club based in the city of Athens, Greece....
 AEL 1964
AEL 1964

AEL 1964 , the Athletic Union of Larissa 1964, is a Greece football club based in the city of Larissa, capital of Greece's Thessaly region....
 Atromitos
Atromitos

Atromitos FC is a football club based in Peristeri, Athens that plays in the Super League Greece. Atromitos is the "king" of the west side of the greek capital, one club with great history....
 Levadiakos
Levadiakos

Levadiakos FC is a soccer club that plays in Super League Greece in the 2008-2009 season.Based in Levadia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005-2006 season, as runner-up of the Beta Ethniki in 2004-2005....
 Olympiacos
Olympiacos

Olympiacos F.C. , also known simply as Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name Olympiacos C.F.P. , Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, is a Greece association football club, part of Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus, Athens....
 PAOK FC
PAOK FC

PAOK FC , All-Thessalonikian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans, is a Greece Football club located in Thessaloniki, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece....
 Ethnikos Piraeus
Ethnikos Piraeus

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. is a Greece professional association football club based in Piraeus, currently competing in Beta Ethniki, the Greek Second Division ....
 Aiolikos		  Happy Valley A.A.
Happy Valley A.A.

Happy Valley Athletic Association is a Hong Kong football club. They currently play in the Hong Kong First Division League. The club is also known simply as Happy Valley ....
 FC Fehérvár Újpest FC
Újpest FC

?jpest Football Club , earlier known as ?jpesti TE and ?jpesti D?zsa, is a Hungary football club, based in ?jpest , Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white....
 Keflavík
Keflavík

Keflav?k is a city in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland.It has now merged with Njar?v?k and Hafnir to form a municipality called Reykjanesb?r with a population of 14,000 ....
 Valur
Valur

Knattspyrnuf?lagi? Valur is one of Iceland's oldest and most prolific athletic clubs, is situated in the heartland of the nation's capital Reykjav?k....
 Arema Malang
Arema Malang

Arema Malang FC is an Indonesian football team based in Malang, East Java. It is one of the most supported and successful football clubs in Indonesia....
 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. is an Israeli Association football club based in Kiryat Shmona. The club is currently in the Israeli Premier League and plays at the Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium....
 Maccabi Herzliya S.S. Lazio
S.S. Lazio

Societ? Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club most noted for its football section, founded in 1900 and based in Rome....
 Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata

is a professional Japanese football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name J?bilo means 'exultation' in Portuguese language....
 Oita Trinita
Oita Trinita

is a J. League team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English language word trinity and Oita, or the Italian language word trinit?....
 Shimizu S-Pulse
Shimizu S-Pulse

is a professional Japanese Football . Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J. League Division 1 ....
 Montedio Yamagata
Montedio Yamagata

Montedio Yamagata is a professional football club based in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League division 1.Montedio is a coined word combining two Italian words Monte and Dio ....
 Roasso Kumamoto
Roasso Kumamoto

are a Japanese football club based in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture. Kumamoto were promoted to J. League Division 2 for the first time at the end of the J....
 Incheon United
Incheon United

Incheon United is a professional South Korea football team currently playing in the K-League. The team's home town is Incheon, the third biggest city in the country, and the team's home stadium is the Incheon Munhak Stadium, one of the ten venues built in Korea for the 2002 FIFA World Cup....
 Pachuca Zimbru Chisinau Cliftonville FC FC Utrecht (until 2009) Feyenoord (from 2009) FC Lyn Oslo Sandefjord
Sandefjord

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Vestfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandefjord....
 Stabćk IF
Stabćk IF

Stab?k Idrettsforening is a Norway sports club from B?rum, founded on 16 March 1912. Its name is taken from the area Stabekk, but the club activities has been centered around Bekkestua the recent years....
 Tromsř Idrettslag Club Fernando de la Mora
Club Fernando de la Mora

Club Fernando de la Mora is a football club from the city of Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay. The team got promoted to the first division of the Liga Paraguaya in 2005 by being the runner-up of the Liga Paraguaya: Segunda Divisi?n league but got immediately relegated back to the second division by finishing last in the point average in the 20...
 Sol de América
Sol de América

The term Sol de Am?rica can refer to:* Club Sol de Am?rica, a Paraguayan sports club.* Sol Am?rica, an airline based in Caracas....
 Sportivo Luqueńo Sportivo Trinidense
Sportivo Trinidense

Sportivo Trinidense, is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Sant?sima Trinidad , in Asunci?n. The club was founded August 11, 1935 and plays in the second division of the Liga Paraguaya: Segunda Divisi?n....
 Tacuary
Tacuary

Tacuary is a Paraguayan football team, in the neighborhood of Barrio Jara, Asunci?n. The club was founded in 1923. Despite being a small team that got promoted to the first division fairly recently, Tacuary qualified to the prestigious Copa Libertadores tournament twice and the Copa Sudamericana in 2007....
  Lech Poznan
Lech Poznan

Lech Poznan , is a Polish football club based in Poznan, Poland. The club is named after Lech, Czech and Rus, the legendary founder of Poland....
 Widzew Lódz
Widzew Lódz

Widzew L?dz , is a Polish football club based in L?dz, Poland.The club was founded in 1910 and currently plays in the Polish First League. They have won the Polish league four times ....
 Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal

Sporting Clube de Portugal...
 Gloria Bistrita
Gloria Bistrita

CF Gloria 1922 Bistrita is a Romanian professional football football team from Bistrita, Bistrita-Nasaud county....
 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is the richest in the country, due to the the ownership of the club by Gazprom....
 Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scotland Football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They play at East End Park, Dunfermline and are nicknamed The Pars....
 Falkirk
Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club are a Scotland football team based in Falkirk, playing in the Scottish Premier League after winning promotion from the Scottish Football League First Division in 2004–05 in Scottish football....
 Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle F.C.

Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908....
 Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers F.C.

Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scotland professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Scottish Football League Second Division....
 Petershill
Petershill F.C.

Petershill Football Club are a Scottish football club from Springburn in the north of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Peasy, they were formed in 1897 and are traditionally one of the stronger clubs at their level, although they have not been as successful in recent years as they have historically....
 Pollok
Pollok F.C.

Pollok Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Newlands, Glasgow in the southside of the city of Glasgow. They are one of the biggest football clubs operating in Scottish Scottish Junior Football Association football, regularly attracting crowds of around 550, more than many clubs in the third division and even some in the second...
 Clachnacuddin FC Ajax Cape Town FC Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos

Jomo Cosmos are a South African football club based in Johannesburg that participates in the Premier Soccer League.The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo Sono....
 Villarreal CF
Villarreal CF

Villarreal Club de F?tbol, usually abbreviated to Villarreal, is a Spain La Liga football club based in Villarreal, a small town in the province of Castell?n ....
 Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid

Real Valladolid Club de F?tbol is a Spanish football club. Founded on June 20, 1928, from the amalgamation of Real Uni?n Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Espa?ol , it is currently playing in La Liga, after gaining promotion in Segunda Divisi?n 2006-07....
 GAIS
Gais

Gais is a municipalities of Switzerland in the Cantons of Switzerland of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It has a population of 2,800 . The area of Gais is 21 km?....
 Helsingborgs IF
Helsingborgs IF

Helsingborgs IF , most commonly referred to as HIF, or Helsingborg, is a Swedish Football located in Helsingborg. The club, formed 4 June 1907, has won six national championship titles and three national cup titles....
 Kalmar FF
Kalmar FF

Kalmar FF is a Sweden Football located in Kalmar. Formed 10 January 1910, the club has won three Svenska Cupen titles and 1 Allsvenskan title....
 Malmö FF
Malmö FF

Malm? FF is a Swedish Football located in Malm?. The club, formed on 24 February 1910, has been awarded 15 national championship titles and 14 national cup titles....
 Örebro SK
Örebro SK

?rebro SK, also known as ?SK or just ?rebro, is a Sweden Football based in ?rebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan....
 Trelleborgs FF
Trelleborgs FF

Trelleborgs FF, or simply Trelleborg, is a Sweden Football located in Trelleborg. The club, formed 6 December 1926, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan....
 BSC Young Boys
BSC Young Boys

BSC Young Boys is a Switzerland sports club based in Berne. The name is often abbreviated to "YB" or "BSC", but the Y is pronounced as "E". Abroad, YB is often referred to as "Young Boys Berne"....
 Al-Ahli (Dubai) Al-Nasr Sports Club
Al-Nasr Sports Club

Al-Naasr Sports Club is a football team located in Dubai and plays in the United Arab Emirates UAE League. They finished fourth in the league in 2004-05....
  • Zorya Luhansk
C.A. Peńarol
C.A. Peńarol

Club Atl?tico Pe?arol is a sports club in Montevideo, Uruguay, best known for its traditional soccer team, a three-time Intercontinental Cup , adding five Copa Libertadores de America....
 Liverpool FC
Liverpool FC (Montevideo)

Liverpool F?tbol Club, usually known simply as Liverpool, is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club joined the first division for the first time in 1919....
 Bangor City Rhyl FC
  • Petone Soccer Club
    Petone Soccer Club

    Petone Soccer Club is an Association football club in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. They are based at Memorial Park in the Lower Hutt suburb of Petone....
  • AS Mont-Dore
    AS Mont-Dore

    AS Mont-Dore is a New Caledonia Football team playing in the local top division, the New Caledonia Division Honneur.The team is based in Le Mont-Dore, a commune in the suburbs of Noum?a, the capital city of the French territory....


Footballers

It also sponsors footballers:

Igli Tare
Igli Tare

Igli Tare is an Albanian people former football striker....
 (SS Lazio) Jonas Gutierrez
Jonás Gutiérrez

Jon?s Manuel Guti?rrez...
 (Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an England football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1892 in football after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End F.C....
) Gabriel Heinze
Gabriel Heinze

Gabriel Iv?n Heinze is an Argentina football er Defender of Volga German descent who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid C.F.He holds dual Argentine-German nationality....
 (Real Madrid
Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
) Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
 Mark Viduka
Mark Viduka

Mark Anthony Viduka is an Australian Association football centre forward of Croats and Ukrainian descent. He plays for Newcastle United F.C. in the FA Premier League and for the Australia national football team, which he captained at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the last-16....
 (Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an England football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1892 in football after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End F.C....
) Alexander Hleb (F.C. Barcelona) Vedad Ibiševic
Vedad Ibiševic

Vedad Ibi?evic is a Bosnia and Herzegovina association football playing for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in German Fu?ball-Bundesliga....
 (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) Pelé
Pelé

Edison Arantes do Nascimento, Order of the British Empire , best known by his nickname Pel? is a Brazilian former Association football player, rated by many as the greatest footballer of all time....
 Rivaldo
Rivaldo

Rivaldo V?tor Borba Ferreira , commonly known as Rivaldo, is regarded as one of the best Brazilian professional football players of all time, currently playing for FC Bunyodkor, on a multi-million dollar contract, in the Uzbek League....
 (Bunyodkor) Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov

Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov alternatively spelt Stoitchkov is a football manager and former striker who was a member of the Bulgaria national football team that finished fourth at the 1994 FIFA World Cup....
 Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Beno?t Pierre David Assou-Ekotto is a professional Cameroonian association football currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur F.C.....
 (Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
) Eric Djemba-Djemba
Eric Djemba-Djemba

Eric Daniel Djemba-Djemba is a Association football Midfielder#Defensive midfielder who currently plays for Danish side Odense Boldklub and the Cameroon national football team....
 (Odense BK
Odense BK

Odense Boldklub is a Denmark professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club have won three Danish football champions and five Danish Cup trophies....
) Lauren Etame Mayer (Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey , sometimes called 'The Blues', with their fans known as 'The Blue Army'....
) Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian Association football who plays as a Forward for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona. He is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with sixteen goals, and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African in La Liga.....
 (FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Bar?a , is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
) Dwayne De Rosario
Dwayne De Rosario

Dwayne Anthony De Rosario is a Canadian soccer player, who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer....
 (Toronto FC
Toronto FC

Toronto FC is a Canada professional football club located in Toronto, Ontario and the first non-American team in Major League Soccer . The club was founded in 2006, is owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and plays its home games at BMO Field....
) Cristopher Toselli
Cristopher Toselli

Cristopher Benjam?n Toselli Rios is a Chilean football goalkeeper, who plays for Club Deportivo Universidad Cat?lica....
 (Universidad Católica
Universidad Católica

Universidad Cat?lica is Spanish for "Catholic university". There are a number of Catholic universities in Spanish-speaking countries that use this term in their names, such as:...
) Gary Medel
Gary Medel

Gary Alexis Medel Soto is a Chilean football player who plays as a Defensive Midfielder, in Club Deportivo Universidad Cat?lica in Chile....
 (Universidad Católica
Universidad Católica

Universidad Cat?lica is Spanish for "Catholic university". There are a number of Catholic universities in Spanish-speaking countries that use this term in their names, such as:...
) Miguel Pinto
Miguel Pinto

Miguel Angel Pinto Jerez is a Chilean goalkeeper, who currently plays for Universidad de Chile . Pinto's nickname is "Te?e." His professional debut came in 2004....
 (Universidad de Chile) Tresor Mputu
Tresor Mputu

Tresor Mputu is a Democratic Republic of the Congo football striker currently playing for TP Mazembe....
 (TP Mazembe
TP Mazembe

Tout Puissant Mazembe, early known as "Englebert", is a Democratic Republic of the Congo football based in Lubumbashi. Their home games are played at Stade Municipal de Lubumbashi....
) Emmanuel Eboué
Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Ebou? is an Ivorian footballer player who currently plays for Arsenal F.C.....
 (Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in Football in England, having won thirteen Football League First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cup...
) Didier Zokora
Didier Zokora

Alain Didier Zokora Deguy is an C?te d'Ivoire Association football who plays the position of midfielder. He joined the Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur F.C....
 (Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
) Vedran Corluka
Vedran Corluka

Vedran Corluka is a Croatian football defender currently playing in the England Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur F.C.. He is also a part of the Croatia national football team....
 (Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
) Christian Noboa
Christian Noboa

Christian Fernando Noboa Tello is a Ecuadorian association football who plays midfielder for FC Rubin Kazan in the Russian Premier League.He made his international debut against England u21 ,beating them 3-2....
 (Rubin Kazan) Mohamed Zidan
Mohamed Zidan

Mohamed Abdulla Zidan is an Egyptian football who is a striker for Germany club Borussia Dortmund and the Egypt national football team....
 (BV Borussia Dortmund) Dean Ashton
Dean Ashton

Dean Ashton , and brought up in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire is an English professional Association football who plays for West Ham United F.C. as a forward....
 (West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an England association football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, England. They have played their home matches at the Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904....
) James Beattie
James Beattie

James Beattie may refer to:*James Beattie *James Beattie , English footballer*Jim Beattie , baseball player...
 (Stoke City) David Bentley
David Bentley

David Michael Bentley is an England association footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and the England national football team. He can play in several positions across the midfielder, but he has also been used as a Midfielder#Winger....
 (Tottenham Hotspur) Wayne Bridge
Wayne Bridge

Wayne Michael Bridge is an English Association football defender , who plays as a left-back for Manchester City F.C and England national football team....
 (Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football Football team based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League....
) Michael Carrick
Michael Carrick

Michael Carrick is an English association football who currently plays for Manchester United F.C. as a holding midfielder. He previously played for West Ham United F.C....
 (Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
) Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch

Peter James Crouch is an English international Association football player. He currently plays for Portsmouth F.C. as a striker. His height of 6 ft 7 in makes him the tallest man ever to play for the England national football team, as well as the tallest outfield player currently in the Premier League....
 (Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey , sometimes called 'The Blues', with their fans known as 'The Blue Army'....
) Paul Gascoigne
Paul Gascoigne

Paul John Gascoigne , often referred to as Gazza, is a retired England football , who is widely regarded as one of the most gifted players of his generation....
 Jermaine Jenas
Jermaine Jenas

Jermaine Anthony Jenas is an English football midfielder, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in the FA Premier League....
 (Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
) David Wheater
David Wheater

David James Wheater is an England Association football, who plays for Middlesbrough F.C.. He is a defender with a penchant for scoring from set-pieces....
 (Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club, also known as 'The Boro', are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Premier League....
) Jérémy Mathieu
Jérémy Mathieu

J?r?my Mathieu is a France Association football player who plays in the Defender_%28football%29#Fullback position. He also plays as a midfielder....
 (Toulouse FC
Toulouse FC

Toulouse Football Club is a France football List of football clubs in France playing in the city of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. TFC is also known as le T?f?c? or le Tef....
) Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Nicolas Anelka is a French people football er who plays as a striker for English Premier League side Chelsea F.C. and the France national football team....
 (Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are a professional English association football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Football in England....
) Ludovic Giuly
Ludovic Giuly

Ludovic Giuly is a France association footballer who plays as a Winger for Paris Saint Germain....
 (Paris Saint-Germain) Timo Hildebrand
Timo Hildebrand

Timo Hildebrand is a Germany professional Association football Goalkeeper , who plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.Hildebrand holds a Fu?ball-Bundesliga record for keeping a clean sheet for 884 consecutive minutes in 2003?04....
 (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) Mario Gómez
Mario Gómez

Mario G?mez Garc?a is a Germany association football of Germany-Spain descent . Mario G?mez currently plays for VfB Stuttgart. G?mez was brought up in Unlingen, an Upper Swabian village....
 (VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart

Verein f?r Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a Germany sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-W?rttemberg....
) Marcell Jansen
Marcell Jansen

Marcell Jansen is a Germany association football who plays for Hamburger SV and Germany national football team. He is well known for his accurate crossing and pace, despite his tall stature....
 (Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV is a Germany multi sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch is the List of football clubs in Germany. The football team is one of the country's oldest, most well known and best performing clubs, with the unique distinction of having played continuously in top-flight German football since the end of World War I....
) Giorgos Karagounis
Giorgos Karagounis

Giorgos Karagounis is a midfielder currently playing for Panathinaikos FC and Greece national football team. He is best remembered for scoring the first goal of Euro 2004....
 (Panathinaikos) Julio César de León
Julio César de León

Julio Cesar de Leon is a soccer player born in Honduras, currently playing for Parma in Italy Serie B after being transferred from Genoa. He is known for being a free-kick specialist....
 (Genoa CFC) Aiden McGeady
Aiden McGeady

Aiden McGeady is an Republic of Ireland national football team professional Association football who plays for Celtic F.C.. McGeady won both the SPFA Players' Player of the Year and SPFA Young Player of the Year awards for the 2007–08 season....
 (Celtic
Celtic F.C.

The Celtic Football Club is a Scotland Association football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League....
) Andy Reid
Andy Reid (footballer)

Andrew Matthew "Andy" Reid is a professional Association football who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Sunderland A.F.C.. He started with youth clubs Lourdes Celtic and Cherry Orchard F.C.....
 (Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club are a professional association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, that compete in the Premier League....
) Shay Given
Shay Given

S?amus John James "Shay" Given , is an Republic of Ireland Association football who plays as a Goalkeeper for Manchester City and the Republic of Ireland national football team....
 (Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football Football team based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League....
) Kevin Doyle
Kevin Doyle

Kevin Edward Doyle is an Irish people association footballer who currently plays for Reading F.C. in the Football League Championship....
 (Reading F.C.
Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club are an association football club, based in the England town of Reading, Berkshire, in Berkshire. They play in Football League Championship in the 2008-09 season after being relegated on the final day of the previous season....
) Stephen Hunt (Reading F.C.
Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club are an association football club, based in the England town of Reading, Berkshire, in Berkshire. They play in Football League Championship in the 2008-09 season after being relegated on the final day of the previous season....
) Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon, Italian orders of merit , is an Italians FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Juventus F.C. and the Italy national football team....
 (Juventus
Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club , most commonly referred to as Juventus and as simply Juve, is a professional football club based in Turin, Italy....
) Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo

Massimo Oddo, Italian orders of merit, is an Italy FIFA World Cup-, UEFA Champions League- and FIFA Club World Cup-winning- Football , who plays for FC_Bayern_Munich in the role of defender ....
 (Bayern Munich) Alessandro Rosina
Alessandro Rosina

Alessandro Rosina is an Italy football , currently playing for Torino F.C. of Serie A, he is an attacking midfielder who plays on either flank or central....
 (Torino FC) Marco Amelia
Marco Amelia

Marco Amelia, Italian orders of merit, is an Italians FIFA World Cup-winning Association football who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club U.S....
 (AS Livorno Calcio) Kazuyoshi Miura
Kazuyoshi Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football striker. He has played for the Japan national football team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation....
 (Yokohama F.C.) Seydou Keita
Seydou Keita

Seydou Keita or Seydou Ke?ta may refer to:* Seydou Ke?ta , Malian photographer* Seydou Keita , Malian footballer...
 (F.C. Barcelona) Denny Landzaat
Denny Landzaat

Denny Domingoes Landzaat is a Netherlands Football . He is a midfielder and currently plays for Feyenoord and the Dutch national football team....
 (Feyenoord) Wilfred Bouma
Wilfred Bouma

Wilfred Bouma is a Netherlands international association football who currently plays for English club Aston Villa. Bouma is a technically refined left back/centre back who is known for his hard working nature, defensive positioning and tackling ability....
 (Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
) John Carew
John Carew

John Alieu Carew is a Norwegian Association football partly of Gambian descent who plays for Aston Villa F.C. of England's Premier League. His father is Gambian and his mother is Norwegian; he was born and raised in Norway....
 (Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
) Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Santa Cruz

Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero is a Paraguay Association football striker, who plays for Blackburn Rovers....
 (Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English FA Premier League Association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. It is one of only three teams to be founder members of both the Football League and the Premier League, the others being Aston Villa F.C....
) Tomasz Kuszczak
Tomasz Kuszczak

Tomasz Miroslaw Kuszczak is a Poland association football player, who is a goalkeeper with the Premier League club Manchester United F.C. and the Poland national football team....
 (Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
) Artur Boruc
Artur Boruc

Artur Boruc is a Polish Association football player. He is a professional Goalkeeper for Celtic F.C. and also represents the Poland national football team....
 (Celtic
Celtic F.C.

The Celtic Football Club is a Scotland Association football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League....
) Euzebiusz Smolarek
Euzebiusz Smolarek

Euzebiusz "Ebi" Smolarek is a Polish football who currently plays for the Poland national football team and Bolton Wanderers F.C., on loan from Real Racing Club de Santander, as a striker or midfielder....
 (Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English Football League teams professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England....
) Artur Wichniarek
Artur Wichniarek

Artur Wichniarek is a Poland association football who plays for Arminia Bielefeld in the Fu?ball-Bundesliga....
 (Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld

DSC Arminia Bielefeld The club is most commonly known for its professional football team which plays in the Fu?ball-Bundesliga. Due to their numerous promotions and relegations, they are considered as a yo-yo club....
) Luís Boa Morte
Luís Boa Morte

Lu?s Boa Morte Pereira, Pronunciation , is a Portugal Association football, currently playing for West Ham United F.C., an England club in the Premier League....
 (West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an England association football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, England. They have played their home matches at the Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904....
) Fernando Meira
Fernando Meira

Fernando Jos? da Silva Freitas Meira, known as Fernando Meira, , Pronunciation. , is a Portugal football player who currently plays for Turkey club Galatasaray S.K.....
 (Galatasaray S.K.) Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish

Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish Order of the British Empire is a former Scotland national football team Football player. He was famous for his successes with Celtic F.C....
 Alan Hansen
Alan Hansen

Alan David Hansen is a BBC television football pundit and a former football player. He played for Partick Thistle F.C. , Liverpool F.C. , and the Scotland national football team ....
 Steve Nicol
Steve Nicol

Stephen 'Steve' Nicol is a Scottish former professional footballer, a utility player who played in the all-conquering Liverpool F.C. team of the 1980s, and is currently coach of New England Revolution in Major League Soccer....
 Kevin Thomson
Kevin Thomson

Kevin Thomson is a Scotland football who plays for Scottish Premier League side . Thomson grew up in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders. He is related to former striker Steve MacLean ....
 (Rangers FC) El-Hadji Diouf (Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club are a professional association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, that compete in the Premier League....
) Nemanja Vidic
Nemanja Vidic

Nemanja Vidic is a Serbian association football. He plays for the English club Manchester United F.C. in the Premier League and for the Serbia national football team....
 (Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
) Guti
José María Gutiérrez

Jos? Mar?a Guti?rrez Hern?ndez, commonly known as Guti , is a Spain football player who currently plays for Real Madrid C.F., where he has played his entire career....
 (Real Madrid
Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
) Joaquín Sánchez (Valencia CF
Valencia CF

Valencia Club de F?tbol is a Spain professional Association football football team based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Football in Spain....
) Erik Edman
Erik Edman

Erik Edman [IPA: 'e?r?k 'e?dm?n] is a Swedish people Association football, currently playing for Wigan Athletic F.C.. He is a left back, but has also established himself as a centre back....
 (Wigan A.F.C.) Petter Hansson
Petter Hansson

Petter Hansson ['p?t?r 'h??ns?n] is a Sweden Association football who is currently playing in the France Ligue 1 at Stade Rennes....
 (Stade Rennais F.C.) Fredrik Ljungberg
Fredrik Ljungberg

Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg is a Sweden professional football er who is under contract to Seattle Sounders FC, which will make its debut in Major League Soccer in 2009 Major League Soccer season....
 (Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC is a professional football club based in Seattle, Washington that will begin play in Major League Soccer in 2009. The team will play its home games at Qwest Field....
) Rami Shaaban
Rami Shaaban

Rami Shaaban, , is a Sweden professional football player. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Hammarby IF. He is son of an Egyptian people father and a Finnish people mother....
 (Hammarby IF
Hammarby IF

Hammarby Fotboll is a Swedish Football based in S?dermalm, the southernmost district of Stockholm City Centre. In Sweden, the club is often referred to by its nickname Bajen ....
) Johan Djourou
Johan Djourou

Johannes "Johan" Djourou is a Switzerland national football team association footballer who plays for Arsenal F.C.. He used to play as a defensive midfielder for former club Etoile Carouge, but on his arrival at Arsenal was converted to a defender ....
 (Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in Football in England, having won thirteen Football League First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cup...
) Hamed Namouchi
Hamed Namouchi

Hamed Namouchi is a professional football currently playing for FC Lorient. He is also a Tunisia national football team international, despite being born in France....
 (FC Lorient
FC Lorient

FC Lorient Bretagne Sud is a France football club, based in Lorient, Brittany. In 2005-06, it played in Ligue 2. It returned to the top flight for the 2006-07 season....
) Hakan Sükür
Hakan Sükür

Hakan S?k?r , is a former Turkish football who played as a striker. He is one of the most prolific strikers of the modern era.In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the UEFA Jubilee Awards of Turkey by the Turkish Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years....
 (Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
) Emre Belözoglu
Emre Belözoglu

Emre Bel?zoglu is a Turkey Association football who plays for Fenerbah?e S.K.. Technically gifted with an accurate left foot, Emre is a playmaker of rare touch and vision and boasts a stinging shot with his left-foot....
 (Fenerbahçe SK
Fenerbahçe SK

Fenerbah?e Spor Kul?b? , commonly known as Fener , is a professional sports club based in the district of Kadikoy in Istanbul, Turkey. The name of the sports club and its sea side beautiful district derives their names from a famous lighthouse located in Fenerbah?e district of Kadikoy ....
) Alvaro Recoba
Álvaro Recoba

?lvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan Association football striker or Midfielder#Winger currently playing for Panionios F.C.....
 (Torino FC) Leslie Osborne
Leslie Osborne

Leslie Marie Osborne is an American Football defensive midfielder and member of the United States women's national soccer team.Career ...
 (United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) Doctor Khumalo
Doctor Khumalo

Theophilus "Doctor" Khumalo is a retired South African football player. He is best known for being a star midfielder for the Kaizer Chiefs Football Club as well as the South Africa national football team, the Bafana Bafana....

Coaches


Jomo Sono
Jomo Sono

Matsilela Ephraim Sono is a South African Football club owner and coach and was also a star soccer player....
 (South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
) Steve Coppell
Steve Coppell

Stephen James "Steve" Coppell is a former England association football and the manager of Reading F.C.. As a player, he was a highly regarded Midfielder#Winger known for his speed and work rate....
 (Reading
Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club are an association football club, based in the England town of Reading, Berkshire, in Berkshire. They play in Football League Championship in the 2008-09 season after being relegated on the final day of the previous season....
)

Cricketers

It also sponsors the following cricketers:

  • Chad Campbell
    Chad Campbell

    David Chad Campbell is an United States professional golfer.Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and turned professional in 1996....
  • Ian Blackwell
    Ian Blackwell

    Ian David Blackwell is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he has played for England in One Day International and Test sides and plays county cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club and will join Durham County Cricket Club in 2009....
  • Geraint Jones
    Geraint Jones

    Geraint Owen Jones Member of the Order of the British Empire is an England cricket team cricketer of Welsh extraction but raised in Australia. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test cricket and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose....
  • Simon Jones
    Simon Jones (cricketer)

    Simon Philip Jones Member of the Order of the British Empire is a Wales cricketer who plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club and English cricket team....
  • Mal Loye
    Mal Loye

    Malachy Bernard Loye, most commonly known as Mal Loye, , is an England cricket team cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Lancashire County Cricket Club, and England A cricket team....
  • Sajid Mahmood
    Sajid Mahmood

    Sajid Iqbal Mahmood is an English cricketer of Pakistani people Janjua descent. He is a right-arm Fast bowling bowler who plays international cricket for English cricket team and county cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club....
  • Andrew Flintoff
    Andrew Flintoff

    Andrew Flintoff, Order of the British Empire, is a cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England cricket team. A tall fast bowling, batsman, slip fielder, and according to the ICC rankings, was consistently rated amongst the top international allrounders in both ODI and Test cricket....


  • Brendon McCullum
    Brendon McCullum

    Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand cricket team Test cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate....


  • Boeta Dippenaar
    Boeta Dippenaar

    Hendrik Human Dippenaar, known as Boeta Dippenaar is a cricketer who has played Test cricket and One Day International cricket for South African cricket team and the List of African XI ODI cricketers....
  • Makhaya Ntini
    Makhaya Ntini

    Makhaya Ntini is a South African cricketer who was the first ethnically Black people player to play for the South African national cricket team....
  • Robin Peterson
    Robin Peterson

    Robin John Peterson is a South Africa cricket teamn cricketer, who bowls slow left arm. He is also a more than capable batsman, with a first class cricket batting average of 26.35 as of 6 November 2005....
  • Ashwell Prince
    Ashwell Prince

    Ashwell Gavin Prince is a cricketer who plays Test cricket and One Day International cricket for South African cricket team. A left-handed middle order batsman, he has a high batted stance and is strong through the offside....
  • Monde Zondeki
    Monde Zondeki

    Monde Zondeki is a South Africa cricket teamn cricketer who has played five Test cricket and 7 One Day International for South Africa, and three one day internationals for the African Cricket Association....
  • Marlon Samuels
    Marlon Samuels

    Marlon Nathaniel Samuels is a West Indies cricketer. Samuels made his Test debut in Australia in 2000, and his one day international debut against Sri Lanka in Nairobi during the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy in the same year....
  • Devon Smith
    Devon Smith

    Devon Sheldon Smith is a West Indies cricketer.He is a left-handed batsman and bowls a right-arm offbreak. Having been selected to play against England, he made a classy century, pulling the team out from a difficult situation....
  • Darren Sammy
    Darren Sammy

    Darren Julius Garvey Sammy is a West Indies cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler.Sammy was the first international cricketer to emerge from St....
  • Dwayne Smith
    Dwayne Smith

    Dwayne Romel Smith is a West Indies cricket team all-rounder who plays Test cricket and One Day Internationals. He is a hard hitting right-handed batsman and bowls right arm pace bowling....


Rugby league teams

Puma supply equipment to four National Rugby League Teams
  • New Zealand Warriors
    New Zealand Warriors

    The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership which is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship...
  • St Helens
    St Helens

    St Helens may refer to:...
  • Castleford Tigers
    Castleford Tigers

    Castleford Tigers are a rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League ....
     [From 2008 Season]


Puma supplies equipment to International Rugby League Teams*

Rugby union teams

Biarritz
Biarritz Olympique

Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque is a France professional rugby union team based in the city of Biarritz, Aquitaine which competes in the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup....
 Ireland national rugby union team
Ireland national rugby union team

The Ireland rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union, which is a popular sport throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, though only dominant in limited geographical areas....


Australian Football League Teams

Puma supply equipment to four Australian Football League Teams
  • Sydney Swans
    Sydney Swans

    The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League club based in Sydney, New South Wales.The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans....
  • Hawthorn
  • Brisbane Lions
    Brisbane Lions

    Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. They are the most successful AFL team this century, having won three consecutive Grand Finals, and appeared in a fourth....
  • West Coast Eagles
    West Coast Eagles

    The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. The club is based at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia and was formed in August 1986 when the then Australian Football League expanded to include teams from Perth and Brisbane for the 1987 season....


Track and Field Athletes

It also sponsors track and field athletes:
  • Usain Bolt
    Usain Bolt

    Usain Bolt Order of Distinction is a Jamaican Sprint . Bolt holds the Olympic Games and World records in athletics for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds and, along with his teammates, the 4 x 100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds, all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
  • Timothy Beck
    Timothy Beck

    Timothy Beck is a Netherlands Sprint . Together with Caimin Douglas, Patrick van Balkom and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics....
  • Mohamed Moustaoui
    Mohamed Moustaoui

    Mohamed Moustaoui is a Morocco middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Khouribga....
  • Kristine Engeset
  • Jenny Kallur
    Jenny Kallur

    Jenny Margareta Kallur , born February 16, 1981, Long Island, New York, United States, and a resident in Falun, County of Dalarna, is a Sweden 100m hurdler runner and 60 , 100 and 200 metre sprinter....


Sailing Teams


  • PUMA Ocean Racing , entering the Volvo Ocean Race
    Volvo Ocean Race

    The Volvo Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three years. It is named after its current owner, Volvo.Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in September or October, and in recent years has had either 9 or 10 legs, with in-port races at many of the stopover ci...
     in October 2008. Skipper: Ken Read. Yacht: "Il Mostro"


Motorsports

Puma supplies several Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 teams:
  • Scuderia Ferrari
    Scuderia Ferrari

    Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its...
  • BMW Sauber F1 Team
  • Red Bull Racing
    Red Bull Racing

    Red Bull Racing is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull GmbH. . The team is managed by Christian Horner, boss of the Arden International GP2 Series team....
  • Scuderia Toro Rosso
    Scuderia Toro Rosso

    Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . It made its racing debut in the 2006 Formula One season, after Paul Stoddart sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005 to Red Bull's owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, who subsequently struck a 50/50 joint-ownership deal with...


Puma also supplies two NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 teams:
  • Gillett Evernham Motorsports
  • Red Bull Racing Team


Other

  • Paolo Nutini
    Paolo Nutini

    Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scotland singer/songwriter from Paisley. His mother is Scotland, and his father is of Italian people descent, from Barga, Tuscany, although his father's family has been in Scotland for four generations....
    , a Scottish rock musician.


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