Omar Sturm Franck Ribery Boulogne-sur-Mer I have played on many of the greatest football clubs that are around today. Clubs pay millions of Euros just to have me play for them. I am Franck Ribery the all star midfielder. If there is a goal on the field you know it was I that set it up. 7/April/1993 Date de Mort Still living Sexe: Male Croyances Politiques: Franck Ribery stayes out of politics because a footballer that comes with drama is not a very valuable player Croyances Religieuses: Was originally baptized and was a Christian but after falling in love with a Muslim Algerian converted to Islam. Situation de Famille: I Come from a poor family who always had trouble paying for me to be in leagues so I had to fight as hard as I could do get ahead. Enfants: I am an only child En Cherchant: I have always been poor and my family has always struggled so all throughout life I have always dreamed of making enough moneyu to be financially safe and to be able to support my family. Metier: I am a football player Interets/Loisirs: I have always been a family man I like to stay at home and relax in the times that im not practicing football as hard as I can. To be honest the thing that I do mostly after the games are done is to play with my kids and to work out so I am always fit enough to rule the court. Accomplissements: My biggest accomplishment was that I was accepted into my favorite childhood team, the team of Marseille. I also won the Fortis cup in my years on Galitasery SK, the Intertoto cup on my Marseille years. I also won the ligapoko, the bundsliga, and the German cups during my years on Bayren Munich which are still going on. I also won the French and German player of the year in those two leagues. Education: I was not is school long but when I was I went to a public school in my home town in Northern France. Romans Favoris: I do not know a lot about Romans because I never took a decent history class. Films Preferes: I don’t watch a lot of films but I have to say my favorite are sports or action films. Musique Preferee: I like Arabic music and I always have because it is religious and it just always has a good beat. Personnage que je voudrais rencontrer et pourquoi: I would love to meet pele because he is the best of the best of footballers. Even though he is not French he is an amazing player and will always be my roll model of how to play the midfield position. If I would meet him I would ask him what it took to be at the stage that he was at and how he possibly did it. I hope to aspire even close to his level. Amis: My best friends are my family of course but I have a strong relationship with Zinedine Zidane because we both follow similar paths being Islamic and French and when he retired it is said that mvp of French football was passed on to me until I retire. Sports: Hard core footballer until the day that I die. Citation Memorable: A nightmare for any defender-Theirry Henry The jewel of French football-Zenedine Zidane Mon Influence sur la Culture Francaise Some people influence culture by politics, some people influence culture by fashion, some people influence culture by the way they speak. The way that Franck Ribery influenced culture is a way that not many people have influenced culture before. He has been a role model for French youth over the past 8 years. Having kids and being with them has taught him how to treat all of the kids that adore him and have posters of him all over their room and dream of being him every day. Franck Ribery influenced the culture of French children and footballers in many ways. The first reason that Franck Ribery made a difference in the culture of kids is that he is a great footballer and has worked his hardest over the many years that he has been practicing. He was never this wealthy or this well off. Like many of the French minorities and poorer people, Ribery came from nothing. The heart wrenching story of Franck’s parents getting in a near fatal car crash when he was but 2 years old would change his life forever. He flew through the windshield leaving scars all over his face to give him the title today of “scarface” to his friends. This and the poverty that Franck and his family lived in made Franck accelerate towards his dreams. He had never accelerated in school but when it came to football he was always number 1. His parents could not afford to send him to football camps that would have greatly improved his skills but what they could do was to give him the push that he needed to do good in football. French kids that are in minorities or that just live in poverty all dream of being rich and having it all as a soccer player. Franck had nothing going for him but in the end he prevailed at doing whatever his heart desired and that is why he is so popular today. Franck changed the French kids cultures by giving them a dream to play football. Another way that Franck influenced the French culture greatly is that he is a Muslim playing on the French national team in the captain slots. Zenedine Zedane and Franck Ribery being great friends tag teamed to help the helpless French minority of Arab Muslims. Many French minorities get discriminated against and Franck and Zinedine try their best to speak against discrimination. Not only is Franck a role model to the poorer kids but he also is a hero to the Islamic minorities in France. There are many Turkish, Algerians, and other Arabs in France and many of them are living in poverty. The people all have role models to show how minorities can succeed in France even with all the problems with they face. Franck changed the culture of all minorities in France. In conclusion Franck Ribery has been an inspiration for all French people that are in poverty and or are a minority. Franck has not changed France by material things but the way of his actions. The way he grew up and how he is so successful now is how he affected French culture in the long run. Resources: http://www.footbo.com/Players/Franck_Ribery http://www.oleole.co http://armchairgm.wikia.com/Franck_Riberym/franck-ribery/biography/phiabk.html Omar Sturm