Gio Key to Success: Discipline and Desire

Posted on | Thursday, June 23, 2011 | No Comments

Jakarta - Giovanni van Bronckhorst had tasted the highest level of football both at club or with the Dutch national team. Gio unlock the key to success, ie, discipline and desire.

As a player, Van Bronckhorst began his career with RKC Waalwijk before moving to the big Dutch club, Feyenoord. Later, Gio action with Glasgow Rangers, Arsenal, Barcelona and then returned to Feyenoord and ended his career there.

In the national team level, Gio defend Netherlands at Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010. In the event the latter, who was born in 1975, was ushered into the final despite Oranje finally conquered Spain 0-1.

Since Tuesday (21/06/2011), Gio is in Indonesia to conduct a number of activities. While appearing at the Metro on Thursday (23 / 6) morning, Gio was asked by a boy from an SSB about the key to success.

"Discipline," says Gio. "Every practice, give it 100 percent. Give everything for so professional players. The key is discipline and desire."

Evidence of a desire Gio he told when he was a kid and he was nowhere to bring a soccer ball. From there, the willingness to become a professional footballer.

"When I was six years old, I love playing football all day. I carry the ball everywhere," recalled the player bleeding from the mother's Maluku.

"I do watching television, I saw (Diego) Maradona played. I want to be like him. I kept practicing and practicing, trying to be like Maradona," added the player who had won the 2006 Champions League with Barcelona.

"I may not approach the quality of Maradona. But I'm proud to be like this now," said Van Bronckhorst.