- Gregory Sica
Gregory Sica (born
March 11 ,1983 inPerth, Western Australia ) is a sports writer, who currently writes forSports Illustrated andGoal.com . He works as the South American correspondent for both, providing interesting analysis on South American soccer, since moving to Uruguay in February 2005.He is well known at
SI.com for his exclusive interviews, after having interviewed some of South America's top soccer players, most notably those fromArgentina ,Brazil , andUruguay . These have includedDiego Forlán ,Hernán Crespo ,Álvaro Recoba ,Gabriel Heinze ,Gonzalo Higuaín ,Daniel Alves ,Diego Lugano ,Rodrigo Palacio , andGuillermo Barros Schelotto .One of his most controversial pieces for
Sports Illustrated was about the serious and unpleasant effects of [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gregory_sica/08/29/argentina.hooliganism/index.html Hooliganism] ,on Argentine soccer.He also provides commentary on several important international competitions, such as the
FIFA World Cup , theCopa América , TheFIFA Club World Cup , TheCopa Libertadores , and theCopa Sudamericana . He often includes his predictions for these tournaments.At Goal.com he is the senior editor of the South American section, where he provides all the latest news and happenings in the game. He also writes about Spain's
La Liga on a daily basis.Sica graduated from
Edith Cowan University in 2004, where he majored in both journalism and advertising.He decided to take up a career in journalism, after a serious leg injury put his soccer career to an end at the age of 19. He was an attacking midfielder for the youth team of
Perth Glory , anA-League Australian soccer team.External links
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/gregory_sica/archive/ Gregory Sica Sports Illustrated Archive]
* [http://www.goal.com/en/sezione.aspx?IdSezione=60 Goal.com South American Section]
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