- Sonny Pike
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playername = Sonny Pike
fullname = Sonny Pike
dateofbirth = 1983/1984 [cite web|url=http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/first_person_plural.html|publisher=radiolistings.co.uk|title=First Person Plural|accessdate=2008-02-05|quote=Twelve year old Sonny Pike is a footballing genius.....Recorded on 1996-01-14]
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countryofbirth =England
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youthclubs = Ajax
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clubs = Waltham Forest
Dryburgh Saints
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ntupdate =Sonny Pike was an English footballer who became famous at a young age for his tremendous talent which saw him being compared to other famous stars such as
Diego Maradona andGeorge Best .cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/376548.stm |title=Too much too young? |accessdate=2007-12-05 |publisher=BBC News ] It also led to his signature for Ajax in theNetherlands at the age of only seven.cite web |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,,1708685,00.html |title=Whatever happened to Sonny Pike? |accessdate=2007-12-05 |publisher=The Guardian ]However, the pressure on Pike led to both his personal mental breakdown in
2000 and the collapse of his parents' marriage. Pike's collapse has been used as a warning to other young athletes, such asCherno Samba and Rhain Davis.cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/skills/6927568.stm |title=Man Utd video star faces tough task |accessdate=2007-12-05 |publisher=BBC Sport ]Pike is the nephew of former Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers striker
Mark Falco .After football
After retiring from the professional game in 2003, he attended the
University of Dundee . He has played for a number of clubs, including Dryburgh Saints and Waltham Forest, now going by the name Luke Pike. [cite journal |title=When Saturday Comes |issue=July 2004 ]References
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