Some players can only be described as one dimensional. Take Rory Delap for example. He takes throw-ins. He’s really good at throw-ins. He’s not very good at anything else. Other one dimensional players include: Matt Taylor – Just scores screamers, John Obi Mikel – Just fouls people, Joey Barton - Just a thug, and Andy Reid - Just fat.
All of these players are insignificant when you compare them to the ultimate dimension bending footballer. The one, and only, Rio Gavin Ferdinand. First off he is captain of the current English, European and World club champions Manchester United. He is a fantastic defender but he has other traits on the football field that make him a complete player. His ability to play as an attacking midfielder – just because he wants to – makes him a threat. His ability to rocket in volleys makes him a threat. He is everything Anton isn’t. He is a great footballer.
It’s not only his exploits on the football field that have taken the lad from Peckham to the dizzy heights of international stardom.
He owns and manages a record label, White Chalk Music along with a childhood friend. Melody Johnston and Nia Jai are currently signed to the label with Ferdinand himself rapping on the latter’s debut album.
Ferdinand also has his fingers in the sweet bramley apple pie of the film industry where he recently financed Alex de Rakoff’s film Dead Man Running. The gangster film features seminal British gangster actor and narrator Danny Dyer and rap superstar 50 Cent. Rio is an executive producer of the project and shares production credits with the international W****R that is Ashley Cole.
Despite his impressive ventures into music and film, television is where Rio really shines outside of the footballing world.
On Saturday 10th June 2006, football fans across the world were tuned in to watch the opening games of the World Cup, including England v Paraguay. England went on to win the game 1 v 0 but that wasn’t to be the last appearance Rio would make on TV that day.
Hosting Rio Ferdinand’s World Cup Wind-Ups, the England defender purported himself in an Ashton Kutcher, Punk’d style, playing tricks on some of his fellow England squad members including Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Gary Neville. Particular hilarity can be found in the skit where Wayne Rooney or "Wazza" as he is known is framed for the death of a small boy’s pet dog. In place of Kutcher’s “you’ve been Punk’d”, Rio implemented a phrase that will forever be used by fans of his work; “unlucky son, you got Merk’d”.
For all these reasons and more – RIO IS A LEGEND.
Rio Links:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7bFE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC%7d§ion=playerProfile&teamid=458&bioid=91957
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=59096822
You can see some of Rio Ferdinand’s World Cup Wind-Ups here:
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