Photo: 2010 World Cup - Shine 2010 from Johannesburg, South Africa / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Matthew Booth

マシュー・ブース　/　ましゅー・ぶーす

Association football player from South Africa

March 14, 1977 (age 49)　・　Fish Hoek, Western Cape, South Africa

Western Cape
association football player

My Take

At 198 cm, Matthew Booth must have looked like a fortress at centre-back, and that image makes me smile. But what genuinely earns my respect is the journey of the man from Fish Hoek. He could have stayed comfortable in South Africa, yet he spent six years in Russia and a stint in England, swapping familiar warmth for foreign cold and foreign languages. That takes a stubborn, adventurous spirit I find admirable. Defenders rarely get the headlines strikers do, but the ones who plant themselves abroad and simply hold the line season after season are, to me, quietly heroic figures worth remembering.

Overview

Matthew Paul Booth (born 14 March 1977) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Booth spent the majority of his career in his home country, but also played in Russia for six years and briefly played in England for three months.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Matthew Booth
Name (Japanese): マシュー・ブース
Reading: ましゅー・ぶーす
Born: March 14, 1977 (age 49)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Snake
Origin: Fish Hoek, Western Cape, South Africa
Blood type: Private
Height: 198 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://matthewbooth.co.za/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9

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