UEFA Euro Portugal 2004. Pocket Collection
UEFA Euro Portugal 2004. Pocket Collection
International
2004
250
Album Description
Stickers
News from the world of collecting
The Panini Family Story Becomes a TV Series: L'avventura delle figurine Is Coming Soon
There is a piece of Italian history that has brought generations together and continues to inspire millions of collectors around the world: Panini stickers. They are now at the center of the new TV series "La famiglia Panini – L'avventura delle figurine".
A Chilean Fan Turns His Car into a Giant World Cup Sticker Album
The passion for World Cup stickers can take some truly unexpected forms. A football fan from Chile has proven exactly that by transforming his car into a spectacular tribute to the beautiful game, covering it with thousands of World Cup stickers. The entire vehicle has been wrapped in football stickers, creating the impression of a giant Panini-style sticker album on wheels. Every section of the car tells its own story,
Printing Errors in Stickers and Trading Cards: When a Flaw Can Make All the Difference
In the world of sticker and sports trading card collecting, printing errors are among the most fascinating aspects of the hobby. However, it's important to dispel a common myth: not every rare sticker owes its value to a production mistake. In many cases, rarity is the result of limited print runs, uneven distribution, or specific production circumstances. Over the years, publishers?Panini above all?have had to correct numerous mistakes before or during the distribution of their collections. The most common examples include:
From Homeless to Millionaire Thanks to a Trading Card: The Incredible Story of Damian Olivera-Bergallo
The world of sports card collecting is full of remarkable stories, but few are as extraordinary as that of Damian Olivera-Bergallo. After emigrating to the United States and facing extreme financial hardship, he managed to build a fortune through football trading cards—especially those featuring Lionel Messi. While living in his car and working odd jobs as a dishwasher and Uber driver, Damian came across a bag containing a collection of vintage football trading cards. He decided to spend his last €200 to buy it, unaware that the purchase would completely change his life.
INTERVIEW DAVIDE CRANCHI : M.F.A. MAGAZINE
My name is Davide Cranchi, and throughout my life I have always believed in one very simple principle: that true projects are not created merely to occupy a space, but to leave a mark. I am an Italian entrepreneur living in Taiwan, but before that, I am a person who loves to build bridges where others see only distance. Bridges between cultures, between people, between worlds that may appear far apart, yet which, once they find the right language, discover that they are able to move in the same direction. Over the course of my journey, I have brought to life different ventures, all united by the same vision: to create value, create connections, and create the future. On one side
INTERVIEW SOCCERCARDMX
TOMÁS PARRA /VERACRUZ,MEXICO. INSTAGRAM USER: SOCCERCARDSMX I´M COLLECTING MEXICAN SOCCER PLAYERS ONLY. IN FACT I´M FOCUS ON RAFAEL MARQUEZ, CUAUHTEMOC BLANCO AND GUILLERMO OCHOA BUT I GET SOME CARDS TOO DEPENDS ON THE DESIGN OR COLLECTION. I LIKE MORE COLLECTIONS THAN OTHERS .MY FAVORITE´S ARE : EMMINCE 1 ST EDITION ONLY " THE BEST FOREVER" FLAWLESS NATIONAL TREASURES IMMACULATE IN MEXICO THE MOST IMPORTANT BRAND TO COLLECT IS PANINI,TOPPS ITS NOT COMMON HERE. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT COLLECTIONS NOT SELLING
Dr. M.-Oliver Zomer - Sticker-Shop International
My name is Oliver, I am 58 years old and one of the "old school guys" in the hobby. I was born in Germany, in Dortmund and my father was Italian, so enough roots to become addicted to football. In the internet you can find me in eBay with my eBay shop sticker_shop_international and in Instagram @sticker_shop_international. I am a lifelong football fan and a ? more or less ? lifelong collector of football memorabilia. My eBay shop was opened in 2009 already, making it one of the oldest eBay shops focusing on football stickers and cards (and sealed boxes!)
INTERVIEW: AYMERICLAPORTE14_COLLECTOR
Hi, my name is Nico, I come from Mainz in Germany. I go by the name of @aymericlaporte14_collector on Instagram. I collect mainly cards and also other stuffs that specifically related to my football idol Aymeric Laporte. So my project is that I am posting an Aymeric Laporte card/ sticker from my personal collection each 2 days and tell the story within the card/ sticker. Also once in a while I have some small short projects like currently before Laporte transfer to Athletic Club, I am posting only Athletic Bilbao cards until the transfer happens.
INTERVIEW WITH MKFUTBOLCOLLECTION
Mike , The Netherlands , mkfutbolcollecion, a soccer collection account. I started collecting in 2004 when the euros came out 2004 in Portugal. and then Panini Netherlands also released series of the Dutch competition which is no longer the case..and in 2007 I became an avid collector when I was 10 years old with my father, when we were on holiday in Spain in the summer and there we collected the famous Megacracks collection and Liga Este
INTERVIEW : BRONGOBALLING
Hello. My name is Alex, I am from Hertfordshire in England. I go by Brongoballing on Instagram and Whatnot. What I am doing is posting an Antoine Griezmann card every single day until I run out of cards to post. I have been going on for nearly 500 days now and I am hoping that I am able to get too 1000 days of posting Griezmann.I started collecting again in 2020/21 time where I was originally collecting Pokémon cards. I really did enjoy the collecting aspect of it but Pokemon was not the same for me after some time. I found out that premium sports cards (not just Match Attax) was
Interview: 112233CARDS !
HOLA, MI NOMBRE ES SENTO, CONOCIDO EN REDES SOCIALES COMO 112233CARDS SOY DE VALENCIA, EN ESPAÑA SOY COLECCIONISTA DE CROMOS VINTAGE Y PREMODERN, DESDE LOS AÑOS 20 HASTA FINALES DE LOS 90. ADEMÁS, COLECCIONO TAMBIÉN MEMORABILIA DE LOS GRANDES JUGADORES Y EQUIPOS. HELLO, MY NAME IS SENTO, KNOWN IN SOCIAL NETWORKS AS 112233CARDS I'M FROM VALENCIA, IN SPAIN I'M A COLLECTOR OF VINTAGE AND PREMODERN STICKERS, FROM THE 20'S TO THE LATE 90'S. I ALSO COLLECT MEMORABILIA OF THE GREAT PLAYERS AND TEAMS. I ALSO COLLECT MEMORABILIA OF THE GREAT PLAYERS AND TEAMS.
NEW INTERVIEW: ROSEGOL COLECCIONES
My name is Mathías Roselló, a.k.a Rosegol Colecciones, I'm 28 years old and I'm from Montevideo, Uruguay. My principal social media is Instagram, but I would like to start new challenges in YouTube and, maybe, TikTok. Anyway if you want to start following my proyect, the first step is on Instagram @rosegol_colecciones. The principal subject of my content is find good stories through sports collections (mainly football, soccer), stickers, etc. I think that it was at school, Germany 2006 Panini Album Sticker, but I remember that one of my first albums, that unfortunately
NEW INTERVIEW: Footballpedia05
Hello, my name is Duarte Xavier and I am originally from Loulé, Portugal. In this world of social media I am known as Footballpedia05, a project that began in 2019 with the creation of our Instagram page, so that I could share my passion for collecting stickers and cards and football. You can now also find us on YouTube, Tiktok, Facebook and X. I started collecting in 2014 when a friend gave me the album of the Brazil World Cup, which at the time was given with the newspaper "Correio da Manhã". It was from there that my passion for stickers began
INTERVIEW MASSIMO DE VITO
Massimo de Vito, nato a Salerno (purtroppo) il 11/11/1978. Fin da bambino collezionista di figurine (ricordo vagamente la raccolta 1985/86, mentre ricordo benissimo la raccolta 1986/87 allorchè abitavo ad Andria e durante quel periodo ottenni i miei primi 4 autografi in assoluto (di Landucci, Ferrara, Bergomi e Gianluca Vialli), durante una amichevole in preparazione di Euro 88.. Sono anche molto conosciuto per i miei incontri di persona con gli ex calciatori di un tempo, ai quali faccio sempre autografare le loro figurine (l' ultimo autografo di prestigio che ho ottenuto è quello di Alessandro Del Piero un paio di settimane fa....);L' elenco complessivo dei nomi è importante, ci vorrebbe molto spazio, diciamo che quando ho iniziato ad incontrare con una certa continuità gli ex calciatori, creandomi una mia rete di conoscenze importante (correva l' anno 2015...), il mio sogno era di incontrare 4 o 5 big della nostra Nazionale, ossia, pensavo a Gigi Riva, Gianni Rivera, Roberto Boninsegna, Dino Zoff, Ricky Albertosi, Angelo Domenghini.....ecco, mi sarei accontentato di incontrare ''solo'' questi personaggi, invece mi sono
Interview : The Cromos Collections
My name is Santiago Izaguirre. I'm from Rosario, Argentina?just like Lionel Messi. Five years ago, I decided to create The Cromos Collections, an Instagram account where I could share my passion for collecting. The idea was to connect with fellow collectors from around the world, show them my collection, and learn more about this amazing hobby. It all started in 1997 when I got my first Argentine football sticker album. It was published by Upper Deck and featured legends like Enzo Francescoli and Juan Román Riquelme. My parents and grandparents would often buy me a pack of stickers after school or when I was well-behaved
INTERVIEW - COLLECT IT DUO
Collectibles CardsGuru (Alberto & Arnaldo), Pavia, @collectibles.cardsguru. Alberto: ho sempre giocato a Magic grazie a un fratello maggiore, e collezionato Pokémon da piccolo. Mi è sempre piaciuto collezionare, anche non card, ma durante il Covid, vuoi il tempo libero e la chiusura in casa, han portato a un nuovo interesse nelle card, soprattutto One Piece. È bello, la ricerca è una super sensazione e quando trovi ciò che mancava o completi l'album (secondo il tuo ordine) è SUPER!
NEW INTERVIEW : GOAL GRAIL GALLERY
My nickname is @goalgrailgallery on Instagram. I'm an Italian living abroad, deeply passionate about football. My collecting goal is to act like an archaeologist, unearthing early and rare cards of the greatest football players throughout history. I have also published my personal list of the key players of each decade, from the 1950s onward, and I try to collect all these greats. I started collecting many years ago. My love affair with football began in 1994, when I watched my first match ? it was love at first sight. Since then, I have spent 30 years following football: watching, writing about it, and, recently, collecting memorabilia. In the 1990s, I built a solid collection of Panini Calciatori albums with my father; we even ordered some earlier editions together. My collecting journey kicked off around 1994?95, then it restarted a couple of years ago.
INTERVIEW INACIO COLLECTION
Rick Inacio from Canada @inacio_collection on IG Im a HUGE collecter when it comes to portuguese history, from cards, newspapers to magazines and tickets. Most of the collection started in 2016 after the euro 2016 win from Portugal, from there I been hunting and collection anything euro16 along with cards starting with #1/ of portuguese players
INTERVIEW : AL JUGELA
Al Jugela, South Carolina, USA. I collect more than 500 players whom I believe were among the best of their eras and/or countries from the inception of the game through modern days. I started collecting soccer stickers and cards around 2008 as I have always love the sport (and played it as well). My other collecting interests were nearing and "end" (nearly complete), so it was a natural progression for my collecting.
INTERVIEW : GIANNI BELLINI
Gianni Bellini,su Facebook ho due pagine Bellini's Museum e Azzurri in figurine, mentre su Instagram BelliniMuseum. Ho iniziato a collezionare nei primi anni 70,ma in modo importante a metà degli anni 80, ho iniziato a raccogliere le figurine perché era bello associare un volto ascoltato alla radio, in particolare alla trasmissione "tutto il calcio minuto per minuto". Se dovessi iniziare adesso a collezionare forse non lo farei,nel calcio,ma nello sport in generale, manca il romanticismo di una volta.