Biography
Dutch footballer Fernando Rixen managed to play many clubs in many clubs, including the Russian Zenit, and also performed as part of the Netherlands national team. In 2013, a man left the sport and since that time struggled with a deadly disease.The biography of Rixen began in the Dutch city of Herlen, where he was born in the summer of 1976. Since childhood, Fernando was very active, and therefore at the age of 5, parents decide to burn her son to the local Exc Club Academy. Until 1993, he managed to play for the "family", "Fortune Sittard" and RCON.
Football
Fernando came out to the professional level of football in 1993, then he was transferred from the youth team "Fortune" to adult players. There he advocates until 1998, during the 94 official matches during the 94 official matches, marked five scored goals. Good speeches of a young athlete were noticed by other clubs.
In 1998, a transfer was held, and Rixen was in Alkmar Zanstkk. The sum of the transaction was not announced, but probably she arranged everyone, since the next 2 years Career Fernando spent there. Playing with a new composition athlete managed not worse than in the old team. The coach regularly released a player on the field, no longer causing the replacement on the bench back. And the Netherlands acquitted the expectation of the mentor, scoring for 92 games 12 goals.
Further, the top football qualities of Rixen showed in the Scottish club "Rangers", where he got on a value of $ 4.6 million at $ 4.6 million. The team was based in Glasgow, Fernando moved there in 2000 and the next 6 years showed excellent results on the field. The athlete quickly won the location of the coach and colleagues.
Over the years, the team received 2 Cup of Scotland Championship, 2 Scotland Cup and 3 Scottish League Cup. In the total number of the Netherlands, he spent 182 matches as part of the "light blue" and marked 13 goals. In different seasons, he was recognized by the player of the year, and the coach even trusted the guy's captain's dressing.
"Zenith"
Despite the well-folding career and the results brought by Rangers, the club management takes an offer to rent a player by Petersburg "Zenith". Dutch team coach Dick lawyer notes a great game athlete, and therefore it takes a chance to get such a football player under the wing. Rixen agrees to appear for Zenit, the first year he plays under the rental agreement, and then the Russian club redeems it.While leased, Rixen managed to play 14 matches and score 2 goals in the gate of rivals, which became an excellent result for the newcomer team. However, after the final transition to the St. Petersburg club, the results worsened. This did not prevent Zenit in the 2006/2007 season to become a champion of Russia in football.
For the years spent in the St. Petersburg team, Rixen marked with numerous fights with other football players. For the first time, his behavior on the field of fans sprout during the meeting "Rangers" with Zenit, in which Fernando injured the former comrade in the team of Chris Berk. And if the Netherlands was separated only by public censure, then Berk was forced to take a break for a month.
His next conflict on the field occurred after 2 weeks after the first. This time the athlete arranged a "fist fight" with the captain of Zenit. However, a fight with Vladislav Radimov and numerous comments directed towards Rixen, did not cooled the dust of the Netherlands. In 2007, the conflict was repeated. The lawyer was angry at him for such behavior, but the leaders decided to lean this case (although the video with disrupting teams was sheltered the whole world) and give a guy another chance. The next 2 years pass for Rixen without incident.
Later, the club's leadership becomes aware of the fiction of a football player to alcohol and drugs. Due to numerous disciplinary disorders, it is first reduced to reservists, and then suspend the contract.
2.5 years in St. Petersburg "Zenith" ended for Fernando return to the native "Fortune". In 2010, the contract concluded with him only for 1 year, but in the subsequent twice prolong the cooperation.
In 2013, Rixen announced the end of the football career, but after that another season later played in the amateur team of Minor. Her brother athlete coached at that time.
Personal life
The restless moral rixen was distinguished not only in football. The personal life of the football player was also not all smoothly. With the first wife, a man could not build relationships, a couple waited for an inevitable divorce. It was not possible to part with the world: after the relationship was dissolved officially, they began litigation, the former family could not share the shared property for a long time. They did not have common children.
Happiness Rixen brought the second spouse, Russian. Acquaintance took place, probably when a man played in Zenit. Veronica Veselova became a reliable support and support for Fernando, and in 2011 presented his wife Isabella. Football player's family did not accept his elected, but it did not affect the relationship of the couple. Happy photos of spouses often appeared in "Instagram" of Veronica.
There were a lot of tattoos on the body athlete, some of them are nothing significant patterns, there are also inscriptions with meaning. The latter on the left shoulder of Rixen appeared owl, personifying the wisdom, which was so lacking Fernando in his career.
Speaking for Zenit and other clubs, Rixen had an income of € 1.2 million per year, recently he did not work and lived on a football retirement.
In 2013, Rixen presented his autobiographical book "Fighting", in which he told all about the sport career with numerous details about life in Russia and about colleagues. In particular, this concerns Andrei Arshavin's behavior - stories about the famous football player caused a resonance in the Russian press.
Disease
The news of the deadly disease became for fans of Rixen Thunder among the clear sky. To tell about her to all-dry a football player decided after the case at the presentation of the book in 2013.The autobiographical work of Fernando has become a real bestseller. On the case of success athlete, together with the editor of Vincent De Vris, appeared in the Netherlands TV Studio to give an interview. Fernando with Eustice answered all questions, but at one moment it was not able to pronounce the sound, after which he handed over Winsent.
In the eyes of the former football player, horror was read, and the audience did not understand what was happening. Then VRISA told about the incurable disease of the comrade. He suffered from lateral amyotrophic sclerosis (bass), against which medicine is powerless. The disease is constantly progressing, hitting the CNS, the upper and lower motor neurons, muscles are atrophy and paralyzed. Doctors took the athlete for no more than a year and a half, but he did not stop fighting.
The football community expressed support for the athlete, clubs satisfied charity games, and all the proceeds were sent to the treatment of Rixen. Zenit also did not remain indifferent and organized treatment for Fernando in St. Petersburg. In January 2018, Fortuna Football Club established the former colleague a lifetime monument.
Death
In May 2018, the state of health Fernando deteriorated sharply, in the press it was reported that Rixen stopped talking. In another six months, the athlete was in the hospital because of his chest pain, and after 2 months he was transferred to the hospice.
In early June 2019, Rixen announced a farewell evening, which took place in one of Glasgow's hotels.
Then journalists wrote about euthanasia, on which an athlete allegedly decided. However, Veronica denied rumors, stating that they would fight to the end.
Unfortunately, the disease turned out to be stronger. On the morning of September 18, 2019, Fernando Rixen died at the age of 43.
Awards and achievements
- 2000/01 - 2nd place in Scotland Championship, Winner of the Scottish League Cup
- 2001/02 - 2nd place in Scotland Championship, Scotland Cup winner
- 2002/03 - Champion of Scotland, Winner of Scotland Cup, Winner of the Scottish League Cup
- 2003/04 - 2nd place in Scotland Championship
- 2004/05 - Champion of Scotland, Winner of the Scottish League Cup
- 2005/06 - 3rd place in Scotland Championship
- 2007 - Champion of Russia
- 2007/08 - Winner of the UEFA Cup
- 2008 - owner of the Super Cup of Russia, the owner of the UEFA Super Cup