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Goleo and Pille

{{Short description|Mascots of the 2006 World Cup}}

{{Infobox character

| name = Goleo and Pille

| image = Goleo and Pille.png

| caption = Official image

| first_major = 2006 FIFA World Cup

| designer = The Jim Henson Company

| species = {{ubl|Lion (Goleo)|Football (Pille)}}

| nationality = German

}}

Goleo VI, commonly known as Goleo, and Pille, were the official mascots for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Goleo takes the form of a lion, and is never found far from his sidekick, Pille, a talking football.

Goleo is clad in a white football shirt with black collar and sleeve rims, similar to those worn by the Germany national team between the 1950s and 1970s, and is trouserless. He wears a uniform with the number 06 (short for 2006, the World Cup year he was the mascot), and has his name written above it on the back of his shirt. The Goleo costume was manufactured by The Jim Henson Company, at a cost of around €250,000. The word Pille, meaning "pill" in standard German, is otherwise a common German sports jargon for a football.{{cn|date=October 2019}} Goleo was unveiled as the World Cup mascot on November 13, 2004, during the German television program Wetten, dass..?, presented by Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer.

On May 16, 2006, the German licence holder to produce Goleo, Bavarian toy company NICI, filed for bankruptcy. One apparent reason could be very high licence fees of around €28 million.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4989726.stm BBC NEWS | Business | World Cup mascot firm goes bust] Other sources, however, quote much lower licence fees of €3.5 million.[http://www.br-online.de/bayern3/fussball-wm-2006/wm-vor-ort/artikel/060519-razzia/ Nici-Chef: Verdacht des schweren Betrugs | Fußball WM 2006 | Bayern 3 | BR]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Reception

The choice of a lion was criticized for not being a German animal, but rather the emblem of historical rivals England and the Netherlands. Designer Erik Spiekermann suggested that the mascot should have been an eagle (which appears on Germany's coat of arms) or even a squirrel as a symbol of the nation of frugality in his opinion.[http://www.c6-magazin.de/news/wm_2006/000900.php Star-Designer hält WM-Maskottchen "Goleo VI." für "absolute Katastrophe" - C6] Criticism has also been raised of the fact that Goleo does not wear any trousers.[http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,416510,00.html Plüschtier-Flaute: Hersteller von WM-Löwe Goleo ist pleite - Wirtschaft - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten]

Music appearances

;"Love Generation"

He was also featured in the European version of music video for Bob Sinclar's song "Love Generation", which was released in Germany on December 9, 2005, the day of the draw of the World Cup.

;"Dance!"

A animated Goleo also appeared in music videos for Lumidee's "Dance!" released in Spring 2006, just in time for the opening ceremonies for the World Cup.

;"All Together Now"

Goleo VI also appears in Atomic Kitten's "All Together Now (Strong Together)", also released in the spring of 2006. The song was a remake of a song of 1990 by The Farm, called "All Together Now".

=Goleo VI Discography=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| AUS
{{cite Ryan|page=116}}

! width="35"| AUT

! width="35"| DEN

! width="35"| FIN

! width="35"| FRA
{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Goleo+VI+pres%2E+Lumidee+vs%2E+Fatman+Scoop&titel=Dance%21&cat=s |title=GOLEO VI PRES. LUMIDEE VS. FATMAN SCOOP - DANCE! |publisher=lescharts.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-07}}

! width="35"| GER

! width="35"| ITA

! width="35"| NED

! width="35"| SUI

! width="35"| UK

rowspan=2|2006

| align="left"| "Dance!"
(Goleo VI presents Lumidee VS. Fatman Scoop)

| 60

| 5

| 17

| 5

| 30

| 5

| 18

| 70

| 32

|

| align="left"| FIFA World Cup 2006 Soundtrack

align="left"| "All Together Now (Strong Together)"[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Goleo+VI+%26+Atomic+Kitten&titel=All+Together+Now+%28Strong+Together%29&cat=s LesCharts.com Goleo VI & Atomic Kitten - "All Together Now (Strong Together) page]
(Goleo VI & Atomic Kitten)

| {{spaced ndash}}

| 35

| {{spaced ndash}}

| {{spaced ndash}}

| {{spaced ndash}}

| 16

| {{spaced ndash}}

| {{spaced ndash}}

| 42

| {{spaced ndash}}

| align="left"|

;Featured in

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| AUS

! width="35"| BEL
(Vl)
[http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=Bob%20Sinclar&cat=s Flanders peak]

! width="35"| FRA
{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://lescharts.com/showperson.asp?name=Bob+Sinclar |title=Christophe Le Friant |publisher=lescharts.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-29}}

! width="35"| GER
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141208163718/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Bob+Sinclar&x=0&y=0&country=de&kategorie=single German peaks]

! width="35"| ITA
[http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Bob+Sinclar&cat=s Italian peaks]

! width="35"| NED
[http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Bob+Sinclar&cat=s Dutch peaks]

! width="35"| SPA
[http://spanishcharts.com/search.asp?search=bob+sinclar&cat=s Spanish peaks]

! width="35"| SUI
[http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Bob%20Sinclar&cat=s Swiss peaks]

! width="35"| UK
{{cite book |first = David |last = Roberts |year = 2006 |title = British Hit Singles & Albums |edition = 19th |publisher = Guinness World Records Limited |location = London |isbn = 1-904994-10-5 |page = 503 }}

! width="35"| US
Dance
[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-sinclar-mn0000075329/awards# Allmusic peaks]

2005

| align="left"| "Love Generation"
(Bob Sinclar presents Goleo IV featuring Gary "Nesta" Pine)

| 1

| 1

| 3

| 1

| 9

| 2

| 6

| 2

| 12

| 1

| align="left"|Western Dream

See also

References

External links

{{commonscat}}

  • [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/e/mascot/goleo.html FIFA's homepage]
  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4989726.stm Financial problems with the manufacturer NICI]

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