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an zone of qualification
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament...

for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

 saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, after UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of Montenegro
Montenegro national football team
The Montenegro national football team represents Montenegro in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro...

.

Format

Teams were drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. The nine group-winners qualified directly, while the eight best second-placed teams contested home and away play-off matches for the remaining four places. In determining the best eight second-placed teams, the results against teams finishing last in the six-team groups were not counted for consistency between the five- and six-team groups.

Seeding

After initially proposing to use a similar system to recent World Cup and European Championship qualification (based on results across the previous two European qualification cycles), the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 27 September 2007 at its meeting in Istanbul that seeding for the qualifiers would be based on FIFA World Rankings
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Spain. The teams of the member nations of FIFA , football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest...

, in accordance with the FIFA World Cup regulations (which note that where teams are ranked on "performance" criteria, the FIFA World Rankings must be used).

The FIFA World Ranking used for seeding was the most recent at the time of the preliminary draw, namely the November 2007 edition. Initially scheduled for 21 November, the release date of the ranking was moved to 23 November to include the final match days of Euro 2008 qualification.

The countries which eventually qualified for the final tournament are emboldened in the table below.
Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Pot E Pot F





































































































Draw

The draw for the group stage took place in Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 on 25 November 2007. During the draw, teams were drawn from the 6 pots A-F (see above) into the nine groups below, starting with pot F, which filled position 6 in the groups, then continued with pot E filling position 5, pot D in position 4 and so on.
Legend
Countries that directly qualified for the 2010 World Cup
Countries that advanced to the play-offs

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Ranking of second-placed teams

Because one group has one team fewer than the others, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team will count for the purposes of the second-placed table.

Second round

The UEFA second round (often referred to as the play-off stage) was contested by the best eight runners-up from the nine first round groups. The winners of each of four home and away ties joined the group winners in the World Cup finals in South Africa. Norway, with 10 points, was ranked 9th so failed to qualify for the second round.

Seeding and draw

The eight teams were seeded according to the FIFA World Rankings
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Spain. The teams of the member nations of FIFA , football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest...

 released on 16 October (shown in parentheses in the table below). The draw for the ties was held in Zürich on 19 October, with the top four teams seeded into one pot and the bottom four teams seeded into a second. A separate draw decided the host of the first leg.
Pot 1 Pot 2

(9)

(10)

(12)

(16)

(22)

(34)

(42)

(49)

Matches

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Goalscorers

There were 725 goals scored over 268 games by 399 different players, for an average of 2.71 goals per game. England were the highest scorers in the European section with 34 goals. Malta did not score any goals, but did score two own goals. The top scorer was Theofanis Gekas
Theofanis Gekas
Theofanis Gekas is a Greek football striker who currently plays for the German club Eintracht Frankfurt. He has been the top goalscorer of the Greek League and the Bundesliga in previous seasons...

 of Greece
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...

, who scored 10 goals.

Note: Goals scored in the play-offs are included.

10 goals Theofanis Gekas
Theofanis Gekas
Theofanis Gekas is a Greek football striker who currently plays for the German club Eintracht Frankfurt. He has been the top goalscorer of the Greek League and the Bundesliga in previous seasons...



9 goals Edin Džeko
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 Wayne Rooney
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7 goals Miroslav Klose
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 David Villa
David Villa
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6 goals

Marc Janko
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 Wesley Sonck
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 Lukas Podolski
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Robbie Keane
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 Elyaniv Barda
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 Euzebiusz Smolarek
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Stanislav Šesták
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 Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko
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5 goals

Timofei Kalachev
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 Zvjezdan Misimović
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 Dimitar Berbatov
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 Milan Baroš
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Søren Larsen
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 Jonatan Johansson
Jonatan Johansson (footballer)
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 Roman Pavlyuchenko
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 Milan Jovanović
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Milivoje Novakovič
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 Alexander Frei Blaise Nkufo Serhiy Nazarenko
Serhiy Nazarenko
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4 goals

Zlatan Muslimović
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 Michalis Konstantinou
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 Peter Crouch
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 Frank Lampard
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André-Pierre Gignac
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 Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry
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 Michael Ballack
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 Angelos Charisteas
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Omer Golan
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 Alberto Gilardino
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 Tomas Danilevičius
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 Simão Sabrosa
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3 goals

Erjon Bogdani
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 Eduardo
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 Luka Modrić
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 Ivica Olić
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 Ivan Rakitić
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 Tomáš Necid
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 Nicklas Bendtner
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 Jermain Defoe
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 Steven Gerrard
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 Theo Walcott
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 Konstantin Vassiljev
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 Nicolas Anelka
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Abdul-Salam Bilal on 14 March 1979) is a French international footballer, who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Chelsea. Anelka was also a regular starter for the French national team...

 Franck Ribéry
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Levan Kobiashvili
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 Bastian Schweinsteiger
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 Sándor Torghelle
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 Eiður Guðjohnsen
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 Yossi Benayoun
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 Ben Sahar
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 Sergei Khizhnichenko
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 Sergei Ostapenko
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 Māris Verpakovskis
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 Marius Stankevičius
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 Mirko Vučinić
Mirko Vucinic
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 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Kuyt
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John Arne Riise
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 Nani
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 Andrei Arshavin Konstantin Zyryanov
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 Branislav Ivanović
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 Nikola Žigić
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 Zlatko Dedič
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 Juan Manuel Mata
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 Gerard Piqué
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 David Silva
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 Olof Mellberg
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 Tuncay Şanlı
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2 goals

Erwin Hoffer
Erwin Hoffer
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 Vagif Javadov Elvin Mammadov
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 Gennadi Bliznyuk
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 Sergei Kornilenko
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 Vitali Rodionov
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 Dmitry Verkhovtsov
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 Émile Mpenza
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 Senijad Ibričić
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 Martin Petrov
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 Dimitar Telkiyski
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 Mladen Petrić
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 Efstathios Aloneftis
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 Constantinos Charalambidis
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 Chrysis Michael
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 Václav Svěrkoš
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 Christian Poulsen
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 Joe Cole
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 Sergei Zenjov
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 Mikael Forssell
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 Karim Benzema
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 William Gallas
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 Vladimir Dvalishvili
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 Dimitris Salpigidis
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 Georgios Samaras
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 Vasilis Torosidis
Vasilis Torosidis
Vasilios Torosidis is a Greek international footballer. He currently plays for the Greek Super League club Olympiacos F.C. and the Greek national football team.-Skoda Xanthi:...

 Roland Juhász
Roland Juhász
Roland Juhász is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a defender for Anderlecht.-Career:By his current club Anderlecht where he signed from MTK Hungária FC on 29 August 2005. He made his debut for Anderlecht against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League....

 Kevin Doyle
Kevin Doyle
Kevin Edward Doyle is an Irish international footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....


Richard Dunne
Richard Dunne
Richard Patrick Dunne is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he was a member of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad and helped his team qualify for UEFA Euro 2012.Dunne began his professional career at Everton...

 Glenn Whelan
Glenn Whelan
Glenn David Whelan is an Irish footballer who plays as a centre midfielder from Premier League club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national team....

 Alberto Aquilani
Alberto Aquilani
Alberto Aquilani is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan on loan from Liverpool. He is also part of the Italian national team. Aquilani is a central midfielder, who can operate in a holding position or an attacking position in the hole behind the strikers...

 Daniele De Rossi
Daniele De Rossi
Daniele De Rossi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. He is the current Roma's vice-captain and nicknamed as Capitan Futuro due to his high probabality as heir-apparent to Francesco Totti's captain armband.With Roma he has won the Coppa Italia...

 Antonio Di Natale
Antonio di Natale
Antonio Di Natale is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Udinese.A versatile striker with a lethal eye for goal, Di Natale can play anywhere in the front line, as a lone striker or out wide in an attacking trident. He is notable for his dribbling skills, pace and for his ability to...

 Vincenzo Iaquinta
Vincenzo Iaquinta
Vincenzo Iaquinta, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is a strong striker who can also play on the wing.-Reggiolo:...

 Vitālijs Astafjevs
Vitalijs Astafjevs
Vitālijs Astafjevs is a former football midfielder from Latvia, currently the assistant manager for Skonto Rīga.- Club career :...

 Aleksandrs Cauņa
Aleksandrs Cauna
Aleksandrs Cauņa is a Latvian football player, currently playing for PFC CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League.-Club career:...

 Ģirts Karlsons
Girts Karlsons
Ģirts Karlsons is Latvian football striker currently playing for Azerbaijani club FC Inter Baku.-Club career:Karlsons started his career at FK Liepājas Metalurgs in 1998. He spent the next six season with the club...

 Andrejs Rubins
Andrejs Rubins
Andrejs Rubins is a football midfielder from Latvia. He currently plays for FK Simurq Zaqatala in Azerbaijan. He also plays for the Latvia national team.-Club career:...

 Mindaugas Kalonas
Mindaugas Kalonas
Mindaugas Kalonas is a Lithuanian football midfielder. His current club is FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.- Football career :...

 Dejan Damjanović
Dejan Damjanovic
Dejan Damjanović is an international Montenegrin football forward, who plays for FC Seoul in the South Korean K-League.- Early life :Damjanović was born in the town of Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia on 27 July 1981....

 Stevan Jovetić
Stevan Jovetic
Stevan Jovetić is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Serie A club ACF Fiorentina...

 Mark van Bommel
Mark van Bommel
Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Milan and captains the Netherlands national team as a midfielder....

 Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...

 Warren Feeney
Warren Feeney
Warren Feeney is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Plymouth Argyle as a forward. He is the third generation of his family to have been capped at international level by Northern Ireland, after his father Warren and his grandfather Jim.-Early career:Feeney, who comes from a particularly...

 Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Lafferty is an Northern Irishassociation footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team...

 Grant McCann
Grant McCann
Grant Samuel McCann is a Northern Irish international footballer who currently plays for Peterborough United who play in The Championship in England where he is the captain.-Club career:...

 Steffen Iversen
Steffen Iversen
Steffen Iversen is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Crystal Palace. He has earned four Norwegian league championships with Rosenborg and one with Vålerenga....

 Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Norway national football team.-Tromsø IL:...

 Rafał Boguski Ireneusz Jeleń
Ireneusz Jelen
Ireneusz Jeleń is a Polish footballer who plays as a right-winger or striker for Ligue 1 side Lille and the Polish national football team.-Club career:...

 Mariusz Lewandowski
Mariusz Lewandowski
Mariusz Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for PFC Sevastopol and the Polish national football team. He also plays in defensive midfield where his stamina, strength and aerial ability come to good use.- Career :...

 Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund as a striker, having previously played for Delta Warszawa, Legia Warsaw, Znicz Pruszków and Lech Poznań...

 Marek Saganowski
Marek Saganowski
Marek Mirosław Saganowski is a Polish football player who plays as a striker for ŁKS Łódź.-Poland:Saganowski was born in Łódź, Poland and began his career in 1994 with his local club ŁKS Łódź, playing there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and at Hamburg in early 1997...

 Hugo Almeida
Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, as a centre forward.After failing to establish himself at F.C...

 Bruno Alves
Bruno Alves
Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in Russia and the Portuguese national team, as a central defender....

 Liédson
Liédson
Liédson da Silva Muniz , simply Liédson, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista as a striker....


Gheorghe Bucur
Gheorghe Bucur
Gheorghe "Gigel" Bucur is a Romanian football player, currently playing at Kuban Krasnodar. He is a speedy and short striker....

 Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Andrei Marica is a Romanian footballer currently playing for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Romanian national team.-Dinamo Bucharest:...

 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov -Lokomotiv Moscow:A native of Moscow, Bilyaletdinov began his career in the Lokomotiv Moscow youth teams. After making his debut in 2004, he became a first team regular. In his first season the club won the Russian Premier League and was named the league's Young...

 Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov is a Russian international association football striker currently playing for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg.-Zenit:...

 James McFadden
James McFadden
James McFadden is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Everton.McFadden started his career with Scottish Premier League club Motherwell. He came to prominence in the 2002–03 season by scoring 19 goals and winning the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year award....

 Miloš Krasić
Miloš Krasic
Miloš Krasić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Juventus and the Serbian national team.-Playing style:...

 Nenad Milijaš
Nenad Milijaš
Nenad Milijaš is a Serbian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 Marek Čech Marek Hamšík
Marek Hamšík
Marek Hamšík is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli and captains the Slovakia national team.-Early career:...

 Martin Jakubko
Martin Jakubko
Martin Jakubko is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for the Slovak Superliga club Dukla Banská Bystrica. He played for the Slovakia national football team 25 games and scored 4 goals.-International career:...

 Ján Kozák Valter Birsa
Valter Birsa
Valter Birsa is an Slovenian footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie A side Genoa and the Slovenian national team.-Club career:...

 Robert Koren
Robert Koren
Robert Koren is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hull City and as the captain for the Slovenian national team.-Early career:...

 Zlatan Ljubijankič
Zlatan Ljubijankic
Zlatan Ljubijankič is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Belgian First Division club K.A.A...

 Nejc Pečnik
Nejc Pecnik
Nejc Pečnik is a Slovenian footballer who plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan from C.D. Nacional and the Slovenian national team.-Club career:...

 Cesc Fàbregas
Cesc Fàbregas
Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas i Soler is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona.Fàbregas started his career as a trainee with Barcelona but was signed by Premier League side Arsenal in September 2003 at the age of 16...

 Álvaro Negredo
Álvaro Negredo
Álvaro Negredo Sánchez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a striker.Nicknamed La fiera de Vallecas , his career was associated with Real Madrid, although he could never become a part of its first-team setup, going on to represent other teams in his country.-Real Madrid:Born in...

 Marcus Berg
Marcus Berg
Marcus Berg is a Swedish football striker who currently plays for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He is nicknamed Svarte-Marcus due to scoring a lot of goals in the junior teams, in reference to Filip "Svarte-Filip" Johansson....

 Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan and the Swedish national team for which he is captain....

 Kim Källström
Kim Källström
Kim Källström is a left-footed Swedish midfielder playing for the Swedish national team and Olympique Lyonnais.-Early career:Källström's first professional club in Sweden was BK Häcken from Gothenburg but his big breakthrough in Sweden came when he moved to Djurgårdens IF in 2002, where he won the...

 Philippe Senderos
Philippe Senderos
Philippe Sylvain Senderos - is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Fulham and the Switzerland national football team. Previously he has played for Servette, Arsenal, A.C...

 Arda Turan
Arda Turan
Arda Turan is a Turkish footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid and the Turkish national team, as a left winger. At the age of 22, prior to the 2009–10 season he was made the captain of Galatasaray....

 Emre Belözoğlu
Emre Belözoglu
Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...

 Semih Şentürk
Semih Sentürk
Semih Şentürk is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Turkish Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe as a striker, and also the Turkish national team.-Fenerbahçe:...

 Artem Milevskiy
Artem Milevskiy
Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy is a Belarusian-Ukrainian professional football second striker who currently plays for FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premiere League. He is also a Ukrainian international.- Club career :...

 Yevhen Seleznyov Andriy Yarmolenko
Andriy Yarmolenko
Andriy Mykolaiovich Yarmolenko is a Ukrainian football forward for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukraine national football team.-Early life and career:...

 David Edwards
David Edwards (footballer)
David Alexander Edwards is an English-born Welsh international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is known for his energetic runs and work rate.-Early life:...


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Armend Dallku
Armend Dallku
Armend Dallku is an Albanian footballer, playing as a defender for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Albanian national team.-Club career:...

 Klodian Duro
Klodian Duro
Klodian Duro is an Albanian footballer who plays for KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga as well as the Albania national team since making his debut in 1999.He is a versatile midfielder who usually plays in an attacking role....

 Hamdi Salihi
Hamdi Salihi
Hamdi Salihi nicknamed The Bomber is an Albanian football player. He plays as a striker for Albania national football team and for Rapid Wien of Austria at club level. He first started his football career at his hometown club Vllaznia, where he shone as the number one goalscorer for the Albanian...

 Ildefons Lima Marc Pujol
Marc Pujol
Marc Pujol Pons is an Andorran footballer. He currently plays for Balaguer in Spain's Tercera Division and the Andorran national team...

 Óscar Sonejee
Óscar Sonejee
Óscar Sonejee Masand is an Andorran football midfielder, currently playing for Santa Coloma and the Andorran national team. He is the most capped player for the Andorra national football team with 85 caps...

 Robert Arzumanyan
Robert Arzumanyan
Robert Arzumanyan is an Armenian football defender. He currently plays for the Ekstraklasa side Jagiellonia Białystok.-Pyunik:Arzumanyan grew up playing for the youth team of Pyunik Yerevan. He has been a regular for the senior side since he has turned 18....

 Gevorg Ghazaryan
Gevorg Ghazaryan
Gevorg Ghazaryan is an Armenian footballer. He is currently playing for the Ukrainian Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk. He plays as an attacking midfielder but can play up front as well...

 Hovhannes Goharyan
Hovhannes Goharyan
Hovhannes Goharyan is an Armenian footballer. He currently plays for Armenian Premier League side Impuls Dilijan.Goharyan made his debut for Armenia against Moldova on 12 August 2009, and scored his first international goal against Belgium on 9 September 2009.-Honours: BATE Borisov*Belarusian...

 Sargis Hovsepyan Vahagn Minasyan
Vahagn Minasyan
Vahagn Minasyan , is an Armenian football defender, who plays for Armenian Premier League club Mika Yerevan. Vahagn participated in 12 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Armenia national team since his debut in a Euro-2008 qualifying match against Kazakhstan on 2 June 2007.-External...

 Henrik Mkhitaryan
Henrik Mkhitaryan
Henrikh Mkhitaryan , is an Armenian football midfielder, who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. Mkhitaryan is also a member of the Armenian national team, participated in 27 international matches and scored 8 goals since his debut in an away friendly match against...

 René Aufhauser
René Aufhauser
René Aufhauser is an Austrian football player who currently plays for LASK Linz.- Career :In the early part of his career he had stints at ASK Köflach, ASK Voitsberg and Red Bull Salzburg...

 Andreas Ivanschitz
Andreas Ivanschitz
Andreas Ivanschitz is an Austrian footballer of Croatian origin who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Mainz.-Club career:...

 Stefan Maierhofer
Stefan Maierhofer
Stefan Maierhofer is an Austrian international football striker who plays for Red Bull Salzburg.Maierhofer failed to make the grade with German giants Bayern Munich, making just two first team appearances. After spells with second division teams TuS Koblenz and Greuther Fürth he returned to his...

 Franz Schiemer
Franz Schiemer
Franz Schiemer is an Austrian footballer who plays as a defender for FC Red Bull Salzburg of the T-Mobile Bundesliga in Austria.-Club career:...

 Martin Stranzl
Martin Stranzl
Martin Stranzl is an Austrian footballer currently playing as a defender with Borussia Mönchengladbach.-Club career:...

 Roman Wallner
Roman Wallner
Roman Wallner is an Austrian footballer currently playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg.-Domestic:Wallner began his career with hometown Sturm Graz in 1998. In the following year he moved to Rapid Wien, where he would have his most successful years, appearing in over 100 matches and scoring 42 goals...

 Maksim Bardachov
Maksim Bardachov
Maksim Bordachev ; ; born 18 June 1986 in Kustovichi, Belarussian SSR) is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for BATE Borisov....

 Alexander Hleb Vyacheslav Hleb
Vyacheslav Hleb
Vyacheslav Paŭlavich Hleb is a Belarusian footballer who currently plays for FSV Frankfurt.-Career:Hleb has had unsuccessful trials with Scottish Premier League sides Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2005 and Hearts...

 Leonid Kovel
Leonid Kovel
Leanid Leanidovich Kovel is a Belarussian footballer who plays as a forward for FC Dinamo Minsk.Before coming to Saturn Moscow Oblast in 2008, he played for Karpaty Lviv for 2 years....

 Pavel Sitko
Pavel Sitko
Pavel Sitko is a Belarusian footballer who plays as a midfielder at club level for FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk and also for the Belarus national team. Sitko scored his first goal for the national team against England in Minsk on October 15, 2008, in a World Cup qualifier...

 Ihar Stasevich Steven Defour
Steven Defour
Steven Arnold Defour is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Porto.-Racing Genk:Defour had been with KV Mechelen since 2002....

 Moussa Dembélé
Moussa Dembélé
Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembélé is a Belgian footballer who currently plays as an Attacking Midfielder for Fulham in the English Premier League. He has a Malian father and a Belgian mother.-Early career:...

 Marouane Fellaini
Marouane Fellaini
Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui is a Belgian footballer who plays for Everton and the Belgium national football team. Fellaini is of Moroccan descent.-Early career:...

 Gill Swerts
Gill Swerts
Gill Swerts is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Feyenoord.-Career:Swerts is a defender who was born in Brasschaat and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Excelsior Rotterdam squad in the 2001–2002 season...

 Daniel Van Buyten Zlatan Bajramović
Zlatan Bajramovic
Zlatan Bajramović is a German-born Bosnian footballer. He last played for Eintracht Frankfurt....

 Vedad Ibišević
Vedad Ibiševic
Vedad Ibišević is a Bosnian footballer playing as striker for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga and the Bosnian national team. He has also played in Switzerland, the USA and France...

 Sanel Jahić
Sanel Jahic
Sanel Jahić is a Bosnian football player, currently playing for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.He is famous for being a utility player, capable of playing a wide number of positions...

 Sejad Salihović
Sejad Salihovic
Sejad Salihović is a Bosnian footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim primarily as a left midfielder but can also play as a left winger, centre midfield and occasionally as a left back...

 Emir Spahić
Emir Spahic
Emir Spahić is a Bosnian football central defender playing for Sevilla FC in the Spanish La Liga and captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team...

 Stanislav Angelov
Stanislav Angelov
Stanislav Angelov , a.k.a The Pelé , is a Bulgarian football player, who currently plays for Cypriot First Division side Anorthosis Famagusta. Angelov plays as a defensive midfielder, sometimes as a fullback or centre back....

 Valeri Domovchiyski
Valeri Domovchiyski
Valeri Domovchiyski is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for MSV Duisburg in the 2. Bundesliga.- Youth career :Born in Plovdiv, Domovchiyski grew up in Rakovski and played for Sekirovo Rakovski and Maritsa Plovdiv before moving to Levski Sofia....

 Blagoy Georgiev
Blagoy Georgiev
Blagoy Georgiev is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Terek Grozny as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Sofia, he played for Slavia Sofia and featured in 172 A PFG matches while scoring 46 goals....

 Radostin Kishishev
Radostin Kishishev
Radostin Prodanov Kishishev is a Bulgarian footballer, who is currently playing for Chernomorets Burgas in the A PFG.-Career:Kishishev, born in the Bulgarian city of Burgas, began his career with local sides Chernomorets Burgas and Neftochimic Burgas...

 Dimitar Makriev
Dimitar Ivanov Makriev
Dimitar Ivanov Makriev is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for the Russian side Krylia Sovetov.-Youth career:Makriev was raised in Levski Sofia's youth teams. In 2002 he signed a contract with Levski's rival CSKA Sofia....

 Stiliyan Petrov
Stiliyan Petrov
Stiliyan Alyoshev Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer who captains Aston Villa in the Premier League and the Bulgarian national team. He won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year award in 2003 when he was playing for Celtic...

 Ivelin Popov
Ivelin Popov
Ivelin Popov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Gaziantepspor as an all-round attacking midfielder.-Youth career:...

 Ivan Klasnić
Ivan Klasnic
Ivan Klasnić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League. He is a Croatian international. In 2007, Klasnić underwent a kidney transplant, and became the first player to participate in a major tournament after a transplant.-St. Pauli:Klasnić started his...

 Niko Kovač
Niko Kovac
Niko Kovač is a former Croatian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg. He was the long-standing captain of Croatia before retiring from international football in January 2009...

 Niko Kranjčar
Niko Kranjcar
Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team.He represented two of the biggest clubs in his homeland, playing for Dinamo Zagreb before sparking controversy by making a move to their fierce rivals Hajduk Split in 2005...

 Mario Mandžukić
Mario Mandžukic
Mario Mandžukić is a Croatian professional footballer playing for VfL Wolfsburg and Croatian national team.-Club career:Mandžukić was born in Slavonski Brod, at the time in SFR Yugoslavia....

 Ognjen Vukojević
Ognjen Vukojevic
Ognjen Vukojević is a Croatian international footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv.-Early career:...

 Demetris Christofi
Demetris Christofi
Demetris Christofi is a Cypriot footballer. He is an attacking midfielder who tends to play as a winger or behind the striker. He is highly regarded for his strong shoot.. He is considered one of the most promising young players in Cyprus at the moment...

 Marios Elia
Marios Elia
Marios Elia is a Cypriot defender who currently plays for APOEL. He is also an important member of Cyprus national football team. With , Marios won 5 Championships, 3 Cups and 5 Super Cups...

 Konstantinos Makrides Ioannis Okkas Martin Fenin
Martin Fenin
Martin Fenin is a Czech football striker currently playing for the German club FC Energie Cottbus and the Czech Republic national football team. Fenin also played for the youth teams of the Czech Republic from the under-16 level.-Club career:...

 Marek Jankulovski
Marek Jankulovski
Marek Jankulovski is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Czech club Baník Ostrava. His former club was Milan. He was voted the 2007 Czech Player of the Year....

 Radoslav Kováč
Radoslav Kovác
Radoslav Kováč is a Czech footballer who plays for FC Basel. He plays midfield and defence. He previously played for Sigma Olomouc Sparta Prague and Spartak Moscow...

 Jaroslav Plašil
Jaroslav Plašil
Jaroslav Plašil is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Bordeaux and the Czech Republic national football team.-Early career:...

 Zdeněk Pospěch
Zdenek Pospech
Zdeněk Pospěch is a Czech footballer who plays for Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga. He normally plays as a defender in a right back position, but can also play on the right side of midfield....

 Daniel Pudil
Daniel Pudil
Daniel Pudil is a Czech football player who currently plays for Racing Genk.On 1 July 2008 Pudil signed for Belgian club Racing Genk.-External links:* at National-football-teams.com* at www.krcgenk.be* at www.jupilerleague.be...

 Libor Sionko
Libor Sionko
Libor Sionko is a Czech footballer currently playing for Sparta Prague.- Early career :He previously played for Austria Vienna, Grazer AK, Sparta Prague, Banik Ostrava and Rangers. Playing successfully for Sparta in the Czech League and UEFA Champions League, where Sparta in two occasions , got...

 Daniel Agger
Daniel Agger
Daniel Munthe Agger is a Danish footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Denmark national football team. He started his senior career at Danish club Brøndby IF in July 2004, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. The Liverpool fans have created a song for him to the tune of...

 Leon Andreasen
Leon Andreasen
Leon Hougaard Andreasen is a Danish professional football player, who plays centre midfield. He has played fifteen caps and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team. He currently plays for Hannover 96....

 Daniel Jensen
Daniel Jensen
Daniel Monberg Jensen is a Danish professional football player who is currently a free agent. He most recently played as a midfielder for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He has played more than 40 matches and scored three goals for the Danish national team, and represented his country at...

 Thomas Kahlenberg
Thomas Kahlenberg
Thomas Kahlenberg is a Danish footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for German team Wolfsburg. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club AJ Auxerre...

 Morten Nordstrand
Morten Nordstrand
Morten Nordstrand Nielsen is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.-Biography:...

 Jakob Poulsen
Jakob Poulsen
Jakob Bendix Uhd Poulsen is a Danish professional football player in the midfielder position, playing for FC Midtjylland. Poulsen started his senior career with Esbjerg fB, before moving to Dutch side SC Heerenveen in 2006. He joined AGF Aarhus in the summer of 2008...

 Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry is an English footballer who plays for Manchester City and the England national football team.Barry moved to Aston Villa from Brighton & Hove Albion as a youngster, and spent 12 years at the club. He captained Aston Villa, and, at the end of his career with the club, lay eighth in...

 Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and for the England national football team...

 Emile Heskey
Emile Heskey
Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa as a striker.Born in Leicester, Heskey started his career with hometown club Leicester City after progressing through their youth system, making his first team debut in 1995...

 John Terry
John Terry
John George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...

 Shaun Wright-Phillips
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers and the England national team. He is the adopted son of former England international, Ian Wright and the half-brother of fellow professional football player Bradley Wright-Phillips...

 Andres Oper
Andres Oper
Andres Oper is an Estonian footballer who plays as a striker. He played in AEK Larnaca. He has set the goalscoring record for the Estonian national team, by scoring 36 goals in 117 matches.-Early career:...

 Raio Piiroja
Raio Piiroja
Raio Piiroja is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Eredivisie for Vitesse. He plays the position of centre back and is also the captain of the Estonian national football team.-Club career:...

 Sander Puri
Sander Puri
Sander Puri is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays for Lombard-Pápa. He plays the position of midfielder and is a member of Estonia national football team.-FC Levadia:...

 Vladimir Voskoboinikov
Vladimir Voskoboinikov
Vladimir Voskoboinikov is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Russian First Division, for FC Khimki. He plays the position of centre forward and is 1.88 m tall and weighs 78 kg...

 Egil á Bø
Egil á Bø
Egil á Bø is a Faroese football defender who plays for EB/Streymur and the Faroe Islands national football team. Bø scored his first goal for the national team in a 3-1 defeat in Piatra Neamţ to Romania...

 Arnbjørn Hansen
Arnbjørn Hansen
Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen is a Faroese football forward who plays for EB/Streymur in the Faroe Islands Premier League. He also plays for the Faroe Islands national team...

 Bogi Løkin
Bogi Løkin
Bogi Løkin is a Faroese footballer, who played for NSÍ Runavík in the Faroe Islands Premier League Football in 2010. In 2011 he will play for ÍF Fuglafjørður, where his brother Karl Løkin also plays...

 Andreas Lava Olsen
Súni Olsen
Súni Olsen
Súni Olsen is a Faroese professional football defender who currently plays at Faroese club B36.-Club career:He started his career at Faroese club GÍ Gøta, after a successful season in 2000, in which he scored 13 league goals, moved to Dutch side FC Zwolle in 2001, becoming the second Faroese...

 Shefki Kuqi
Shefki Kuqi
Shefki Kuqi is a Kosovar-born Finnish professional footballer who is currently playing for League One side Oldham Athletic. Kuqi plays predominately as a striker. He has spent most of his career in the English league, and has played for clubs including Stockport County, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich...

 Jari Litmanen
Jari Litmanen
Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish footballer, currently playing for HJK. He is the current vice-captain of Finland national football team, where he served as a first choice captain between 1996–2008...

 Niklas Moisander
Niklas Moisander
Niklas Moisander, is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays as a captain for Dutch team AZ and the national team of Finland. He is a centre back, but can also play as leftback...

 Roni Porokara
Roni Porokara
Roni Porokara is a Finnish international football player, who currently plays for Beerschot AC in the Belgium Jupiler Pro League. Porokara is the first Jewish player on the Finnish national team since 1949.- FC Hämeenlinna :...

 Daniel Sjölund
Daniel Sjölund
Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan....

 Hannu Tihinen
Hannu Tihinen
Hannu Tihinen is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a defender.He has played for clubs in Finland, Norway, England, Belgium and Switzerland.-Club career:...

 Mika Väyrynen
Mika Väyrynen
Mika Väyrynen is a Finnish footballer who plays for English Championship side Leeds United. He is a Finland international.-Club career:...

 Yoann Gourcuff
Yoann Gourcuff
Yoann Miguel Gourcuff is a French international footballer who currently plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He operates mainly as an attacking midfielder, but can also be utilized as a withdrawn striker and is described as a "playmaker of real quality" who "is an accomplished...

 Sidney Govou
Sidney Govou
Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou is a French international footballer of Beninese descent who currently plays for Évian Thonon Gaillard FC. Govou is a naturally attacking player but rarely plays as a striker, he is more commonly deployed as a winger. His main attribute is his pace...

 Alexander Iashvili
Alexander Iashvili
Alexander Iashvili is a Georgian football striker. He currently plays for German club Karlsruher SC.He started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi, where he was a great goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games and 26 goals in 25 games he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and decided to join VfB...

 Levan Kenia
Levan Kenia
Levan Kenia is a Georgian footballer who plays for Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga and the Georgian national team.-Club career:He joined Schalke 04 from Lokomotivi Tbilisi in January 2008, signing a contract with the club that runs until June 2012 Kenia made his debut for Schalke 04 against...

 Thomas Hitzlsperger
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Thomas Hitzlsperger is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder. He plays for Bundesliga club Wolfsburg after signing a three-year deal on 17 August 2011. Hitzlsperger spent the early part of his career playing for Aston Villa in England , before returning to Germany to play for Stuttgart...

 Marcell Jansen
Marcell Jansen
Marcell Jansen is a German footballer who plays as a left winger or left wingback for Hamburger SV and the German national team. He is well known for his accurate crossing and pace, despite his tall stature. Jansen has represented his country on 35 occasions so far, scoring three times showing up...

 Simon Rolfes
Simon Rolfes
Simon Rolfes is a German footballer who currently plays for Bayer Leverkusen.-Club career:...

 Piotr Trochowski
Piotr Trochowski
Piotr Artur Trochowski is a Polish-born German footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga side Sevilla FC and the German national team.-Early life:Trochowski was born in Tczew in Poland...

 Heiko Westermann
Heiko Westermann
Heiko Westermann is a German footballer who plays as defender for Hamburger SV and the German national team. Westermann is known for his good all-round abilities and goal scoring...

 Kostas Katsouranis
Kostas Katsouranis
Konstantinos "Kostas" Katsouranis is a Greek footballer who currently plays for Panathinaikos FC and the Greek national team as a defensive midfielder.-Panachaiki:...

 Ákos Buzsáky
Ákos Buzsáky
Ákos Buzsáky is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Premier League club Queens Park Rangers as a midfielder, having previously played for MTK Hungária, FC Porto, Academica de Coimbra and Plymouth Argyle. He has been capped by Hungary at international level....

 Zoltán Gera
Zoltán Gera
Zoltán Gera is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion. He usually plays as an attacking midfielder, though he has also played on both the right and left wings throughout his career...

 Tamás Hajnal
Tamás Hajnal
Tamás Hajnal is a Hungarian football midfielder currently playing for German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart.-Ferencvárosi TC and Dunakanyar Vác FC :...

 Szabolcs Huszti
Szabolcs Huszti
Szabolcs Huszti is a Hungarian footballer who plays for FC Zenit St. Petersburg.-Career:Huszti began his professional career at the Hungarian club Ferencváros. Following a solitary first team appearance, he was loaned out to fellow top flight team FC Sopron in December 2003...

 Gergely Rudolf
Gergely Rudolf
Gergely Rudolf is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Greek club Panathinaikos on loan from Genoa.-Debrecen:Gergely Rudolf signed a contract with the Hungarian champion Debrecen in 2007....

 Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson
Veigar Páll Gunnarsson is an Icelandic football striker who plays for the Norwegian club Vålerenga.The Gunnarsson transfer in 2011, was a football transfer that led to football clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga to be nominated for fines of Norwegian kroner 500,000 and 350,000 respectively, by a committee...

 Heiðar Helguson
Heiðar Helguson
Heiðar Helguson is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for Queens Park Rangers....

 Indriði Sigurðsson
Indriði Sigurðsson
Indriði Sigurðsson is an Icelandic football defender. He plays for the Norwegian club Viking.-Club career:...

 Kristján Örn Sigurðsson
Kristján Örn Sigurðsson
Kristján Örn Sigurðsson is an Icelandic footballer. He is currently plays for Hønefoss.-Club career:...

 Sean St Ledger
Sean St Ledger
Sean Patrick St Ledger-Hall is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a central defender for Leicester City and the Republic of Ireland national football team...

 Aviram Baruchyan David Ben Dayan
David Ben Dayan
David "Dedi" Ben Dayan is an Israeli football defender, who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel. He is known for his good tackling, and also speed and his ability to join the attack.- Playing career :...

 Klemi Saban
Klemi Saban
Rahamim Saban, , commonly known as Klemi Saban, is an Israeli football defender who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv.-Club career:...

 Salim Tuama
Salim Tuama
Salim Tuama is an Arab Israeli soccer player. He is a midfielder playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv who has in the past played for Standard Liège, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Kayserispor, Larissa and the youth club Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda...

 Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Camoranesi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian Argentine World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División. He is a midfielder, usually on the right wing...

 Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. Grosso is primarily a left wingback, but can also play as left back. He is also a free kick, penalty kick and corner kick specialist...

 Giampaolo Pazzini Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...

 Rinat Abdulin
Rinat Abdulin
Rinat Abdulin is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays for FC Vostok.-International career:He scored his first goal for Kazakhstan on 1 April 2009 in a 5–1 defeat to Belarus in a World Cup qualifying match. In his next appearance, he fouled England striker Emile Heskey to concede a penalty in a 4-0...

 Ruslan Baltiev
Ruslan Baltiev
Ruslan Tahirovich Baltiev is a Kazakh football midfielder who currently plays for Kazakhstani club FC Kairat. He is a former Kazakh international whom is the most capped player and the top goalscorer of all-time for.-Club career:...

 Zhambyl Kukeyev Tanat Nusserbayev
Tanat Nusserbayev
Tanat Nusserbayev is a Kazakh football striker and attacking midfielder who was born on January 1, 1988 in Shymkent.He plays his club football for FC Ordabasy and represents the Kazakhstan national football team internationally. Tanat made his U-21 debut on August 19, 2008 against the Poland...

 Roman Uzdenov
Roman Uzdenov
Roman Uzdenov is a Kazakh football coach and a former forward. He is currently an assistant coach with FC Shakhter Karagandy.He also has caps in the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:*...

 Kaspars Gorkšs
Kaspars Gorkšs
Kaspars Gorkšs is a Latvian footballer who plays for Reading as a defender. He is also a regular with the Latvia national team.-Club career:...

 Kristaps Grebis
Kristaps Grebis
Kristaps Grebis is a Latvian footballer, currently playing for FK Simurq Zaqatala in Azerbaijan Premier League.- Club career :...

 Deniss Ivanovs
Deniss Ivanovs
Deniss Ivanovs is a football defender from Latvia who currently plays for FK Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League.-Club career:Ivanovs has played all his career at Metalurgs where he made his debut in 2001...

 Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
Vladimirs Kolesnicenko
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko is a retired footballer from Latvia, currently the commercial director of Skonto Riga.- Career :...

 Andrejs Perepļotkins
Andrejs Pereplotkins
Andrejs Perepļotkins , is a Ukrainian born - Latvian footballer, who plays primarily as a right winger for Nasaf Qarshi in the Uzbek League.Although born in Ukraine, he plays internationally for Latvia...

 Aleksejs Višņakovs
Aleksejs Višnakovs
Aleksejs Višņakovs is a Latvian football midfielder, who currently plays for Cracovia in the Ekstraklasa in Poland.-Latvia:...

 Jurijs Žigajevs
Jurijs Žigajevs
Jurijs Žigajevs is a Latvian football player, currently playing for the Ekstraklasa club Widzew Łódź in Poland.- Club career:...

 Mario Frick
Mario Frick (footballer)
Mario Frick is a Swiss-born Liechtensteiner football striker, who plays for Liechtenstein side FC Balzers in the Swiss 1st League.-Liechtenstein:...

 Michele Polverino
Michele Polverino
Michele Polverino is a naturalized Liechtenstein football midfielder, who plays for Steel Azin in the Azadegan League.-International goals:-External links:* * *...

 Saulius Mikoliūnas
Saulius Mikoliunas
Saulius Mikoliūnas is a Lithuanian professional footballer playing for FC Arsenal Kyiv. He is a Lithuanian international and has played for Scottish Premier League club Hearts and FBK Kaunas...

 Alphonse Leweck
Alphonse Leweck
Alphonse "Fons" Leweck is a Luxembourgian footballer, currently playing for Etzella Ettelbruck and the Luxembourg national team. He is the elder brother of Charles Leweck and Jim Leweck.-Club career:...

 René Peters
René Peters
René Peters is a Luxembourgian football player who currently plays for Jeunesse Esch. He is currently the captain of the national team.-Club career:...

 Jeff Strasser
Jeff Strasser
Jeff Strasser is a Luxembourgian footballer, who currently manages CS Fola Esch. - Club career :As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions...

 Boban Grnčarov
Boban Grncarov
Boban Grnčarov is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a central defender for Belgian club Lierse.- Club career :...

 Filip Ivanovski
Filip Ivanovski
Filip Ivanovski is a footballer from Macedonia last playing for FK Vardar.He made his name in Poland with Polonia Warsaw and on 11 March 2008, he scored one goal in the match between Foreign Stars of Orange Ekstraklasa and Poland national football team. His debut for Polonia was vs. Wisla Krakow ...

 Ilčo Naumoski
Ilco Naumoski
Ilčo Naumoski is a Macedonian football player who currently plays as a striker for SV Mattersburg in Austria...

 Goran Pandev
Goran Pandev
Goran Pandev , is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Napoli on loan from Internazionale. He is also considered a key player for the Macedonian national team.-Early career:...

 Aco Stojkov
Aco Stojkov
Aco Stojkov is a Macedonian international football player, who is currently contracted with FC Aarau.- Career :...

 Serghei Alexeev
Serghei Alexeev
Serghei Alexeev is a Moldovan footballer. He is a forward who is currently playing for Kaposvári Rákóczi FC in OTP Bank Liga.-Career:...

 Valeriu Andronic
Valeriu Andronic
Valeriu Andronic is a Moldovan footballer, who currently plays for FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk.-Career:Andronic started his career at capital club before cross border to join FC Dinamo Bucureşti. In summer 2002, he joined MTK Hungária FC on two year contract...

 Denis Calincov
Denis Calincov
Denis Calincov is a Moldovan football striker who is currently playing for CSCA–Rapid Chişinău. Previously he played for Moldovan club Zimbru and R.S.C. Anderlecht. He has played international matches for Moldova....

 Gheorghe Ovseannicov
Gheorghe Ovseannicov
Gheorghe Ovseannicov is a Moldovan professional football player who plays for FC Olimpia Bălţi.-External links:...

 Igor Picuşceac
Igor Picusceac
Igor Picuşceac is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a striker for FC Krasnodar. He is also a Moldova national team player. Picuşceac scored his first goal for his country in a 2-1 defeat to Israel in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. This is the fastest goal ever scored for Moldova in official game...

 Veaceslav Sofroni
Veaceslav Sofroni
Veaceslav Sofroni is a Moldovan professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays for FC Zimbru Chişinău.-External links:...

 Radoslav Batak
Radoslav Batak
Radoslav Batak is a football defender who represents Montenegro internationally, and is playing for FK Mogren Budva....

 Andrija Delibašić
Andrija Delibašic
Andrija Delibašić is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, as a striker.-Club career:...

 Eljero Elia
Eljero Elia
Eljero George Rinaldo Elia is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Juventus and the Dutch national team. He scored on his debut for the Dutch national team in September 2009 and participated at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.-ADO Den Haag:Before excelling in the...

 John Heitinga
John Heitinga
John Gijsbert Alan "Johnny" Heitinga is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defender for English Premier League club Everton and the Dutch national team. A product of Jong Ajax, he previously played for AFC Ajax and Atlético Madrid, before signing for Everton in 2009. Heitinga previously represented...

 Nigel de Jong
Nigel de Jong
Nigel de Jong is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team....

 Joris Mathijsen André Ooijer
André Ooijer
André Antonius Maria Ooijer is a Dutch football player who currently playing for AFC Ajax as of August 2010.-Early career:Ooijer was talented even as a child, joining his first amateur football team when he was just five years old and started playing for other amateur clubs SDW and SDZ when he was...

 Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011...

 Arjen Robben
Arjen Robben
Arjen Robben is a Dutch footballer who plays for the German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Though often classified as a forward, he usually plays behind the forwards as a winger, and he is also known for his dribbling skills...

 Chris Brunt
Chris Brunt
Christopher Brunt is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger and more recently an attacking midfield position. He is also the Albion captain....

 Steven Davis
Steven Davis
Steven Davis is a Northern Irish association footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team...


Jonny Evans
Jonny Evans
Jonathan Grant "Jonny" Evans is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Manchester United and Northern Ireland. Evans was born in Belfast and started his career at Greenisland FC, where he was spotted by Manchester United scouts. He progressed through Manchester United's football...

 David Healy
David Healy (footballer)
David Jonathan Healy, MBE is a Northern Ireland international footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League champions Rangers...

 Gareth McAuley
Gareth McAuley
Gareth Gerald McAuley is a Northern Ireland footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a defender.-Early career:...

 Thorstein Helstad
Thorstein Helstad
Thorstein Helstad is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 2 club Monaco and the Norwegian national team.- Career :...

 Erik Huseklepp
Erik Huseklepp
Erik André Huseklepp is a Norwegian footballer forward who plays for Portsmouth and the Norwegian national team.-Early career:At the age of 18 he played youth football for Fyllingen...

 Jakub Błaszczykowski Paweł Brożek Michał Żewłakow Deco
Deco
Anderson Luís de Souza, OIH , commonly known as Deco, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese professional footballer who currently plays for Fluminense....

 Edinho
Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva
Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva , aka Edinho, is a Portuguese footballer of Guinea-Bissauan descent who plays for Málaga CF in Spain.Mainly a striker, he can operate occasionally as a right winger.-Club career:...

 Raul Meireles Pepe Miguel Veloso
Miguel Veloso
Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Genoa C.F.C. and the Portuguese national team.Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as an offensive left back.-Sporting:...

 Iulian Apostol
Iulian Apostol
Iulian Cătălin Apostol is a Romanian footballer who plays for Rapid Bucureşti.-Club career:On 31 August 2010 he signed a contract with Steaua Bucureşti alongside team mates from Unirea Urziceni: Galamaz, Ricardo, Marinescu, Bilaşco, Onofraş and next week Brandán.After only three months, Apostol...

 Răzvan Cociş
Razvan Cocis
Răzvan Vasile Cociş is a Romanian footballer. He currently plays for FC Rostov. In February 2010 he was close to signing for Portsmouth in the Premier League, but had problems securing a work permit. He is usually an attacking midfielder, but can play in a variety of other midfield positions as...

 Dorin Goian
Dorin Goian
Dorin Goian is a Romanian footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers. A physical centre back, he is also a member of the Romanian national team.-Foresta Fălticeni:...

 Ionuţ Mazilu
Ionut Mazilu
Ionuţ Costinel Mazilu is a Romanian footballer, who plays as a striker for FC Arsenal Kyiv. He is known in Romania for his sharp finishing, pace and technique.- Club :...

 Florentin Petre
Florentin Petre
Florentin Petre "Piticul" is a retired Romanian footballer.-Career:Petre debuted in Divizia A with Dinamo Bucureşti in 1994, scoring in his first match. Except for a spell in UTA Arad in the second half of that season, he has stayed with Dinamo since. He helped win The Double in 2000 before...

 Dorel Stoica
Dorel Stoica
Dorel Stoica is a Romanian football player, currently under contract with Dinamo Bucureşti.-Career:On 5 January 2010, his move to Al-Ettifaq was made official by both clubs...

 Cristian Tănase
Cristian Tanase
Cristian Tănase is a Romanian football player, who plays for Steaua Bucureşti. He is a versatile midfielder that has played as a left winger, a right winger and as a central attacking midfield...

 Vasili Berezutski Sergei Ignashevich Pavel Pogrebnyak
Pavel Pogrebnyak
Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is an association footballer currently plays as a striker with German side VfB Stuttgart and the Russian national team...

 Igor Semshov
Igor Semshov
Igor Petrovich Semshov is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Dynamo Moscow and Russia.- Career :Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 after only two seasons. He played well, and became one of the...

 Andy Selva
Andy Selva
Andy Selva is an Italian-born Sanmarinese professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Fidene and the San Marino national team.-Club career:...

 Kirk Broadfoot
Kirk Broadfoot
Kirk Broadfoot is a Scottish professional association football player who plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers. He has played mainly as a centre back during his career but has been playing regularly as a right back and sometimes as a left back...

 Scott Brown Steven Fletcher
Steven Fletcher (footballer)
Steven Kenneth Fletcher is a Scottish international footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently signed to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 Ross McCormack
Ross McCormack
Ross McCormack is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for English football club Leeds United and the Scotland national team. His main position is as a Striker but he can also play as a Winger....

 Zdravko Kuzmanović
Zdravko Kuzmanovic
Zdravko Kuzmanović is a Swiss-born Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for VfB Stuttgart in the Germanic Bundesliga.-Early life:...

 Ivan Obradović Marko Pantelić
Marko Pantelic
Marko Pantelić is a Serbian footballer, who plays for Olympiacos.-Early years:...

 Neven Subotić
Neven Subotic
Neven Subotić is a Serbian football defender, who plays for Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga. He made his first-team debut in the 2006–07 season for 1. FSV Mainz 05. In 2008, he signed with Dortmund...

 Zoran Tošić
Zoran Tošic
Zoran Tošić is a Serbian footballer who plays as a left winger for CSKA Moscow. Born in Zrenjanin, Tošić began his career with his local side Proleter Zrenjanin. He then joined Budućnost Banatski Dvor, who then merged with Proleter to form Banat Zrenjanin...

 Ľuboš Hanzel
Ľuboš Hanzel
Ľuboš Hanzel is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for FC Spartak Trnava.- Club career :Hanzel began his career in FC Spartak Trnava. In January 2008, he was loaned to FC Senec where he played eleven games, before returning to FC Spartak Trnava in July 2008. In 2009, there were rumors...

 Filip Hološko
Filip Hološko
Filip Hološko is a Slovak football striker who currently plays for the Süper Lig team Beşiktaş and the Slovakia national football team.-International career:...

 Erik Jendrišek
Erik Jendrišek
Erik Jendrišek is a Slovak footballer who currently plays for the Fußball-Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Slovakia national football team.-Ružomberok:...

 Miroslav Karhan
Miroslav Karhan
Miroslav Karhan is a Slovak football midfielder who currently captains FC Spartak Trnava.Karhan made 107 appearances for Slovakia and is the most capped Slovak footballer of all time...

 Peter Pekarík
Peter Pekarík
Peter Pekarík is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for the Süper Lig club Kayserispor and the Slovakia national football team.-Žilina:...

 Martin Škrtel
Martin Škrtel
Martin Škrtel is a Slovak footballer who plays in defence for Liverpool and the Slovakia national football team.-Biography:Škrtel was born in Handlová and raised in Ráztočno and began playing football at the age of six...

 Miroslav Stoch
Miroslav Stoch
Miroslav Stoch is a Slovak international footballer who currently plays as an Winger for the Turkish football club Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig.-Early life and career:...

 Andraž Kirm
Andraž Kirm
Andraž Kirm is a Slovenian football player, currently playing as a midfielder for Wisła Kraków.-Club career:...

 Aleksandar Radosavljević
Aleksandar Radosavljevic (midfielder)
Aleksandar Radosavljević, is a Slovenian footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag. Radosavljević also plays for the Slovenian national team....

 Dalibor Stevanovič
Dalibor Stevanovic
Dalibor Stevanović Dalibor Stevanović Dalibor Stevanović ( (born 27 September 1984 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian football midfielder player, who is currently playing for FC Volyn Lutsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Career :...

 Marko Šuler
Marko Šuler
Marko Šuler is a Slovenian footballer who plays with KAA Gent and the Slovenian national team.Šuler usually plays as a central defender. He is known for his speed, good heading skills and his leadership on the pitch....

 Xabi Alonso
Xabi Alonso
Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano is a Spanish World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Real Madrid as a midfielder.Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his home region Gipuzkoa. After a brief loan period at Eibar he returned to Sociedad where then manager John Toshack appointed...

 Joan Capdevila
Joan Capdevila
Joan Capdevila i Méndez is a Spanish footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, and the Spanish national team.His usual position is left defender, but he is also capable of operating as a winger and, from a defensive position, often contributes with goals...

 Santi Cazorla
Santi Cazorla
Santiago "Santi" Cazorla González is a Spanish footballer who plays for Málaga CF in La Liga.A versatile winger, he can play on either flank, being ambidextrous...

 Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta Luján is a Spanish football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team....

 Juanito
Juan Gutiérrez Moreno
Juan Gutiérrez Moreno, aka Juanito , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid as a central defender.A player of physical display, he is also noted for his excellent aerial ability...

 Carles Puyol
Carles Puyol
Carles Puyol i Saforcada is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.Mainly a central defender, he can also play on either flank, especially as a right back...

 Albert Riera
Albert Riera
Albert Riera Ortega is a Spanish footballer who plays for Galatasaray SK in Turkey, as a left winger.He made a name for himself at Espanyol , and also played professionally in France, England and Greece.Riera gained 16 caps for Spain, representing...

 Marcos Senna
Marcos Senna
Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva , known as Senna, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a central midfielder.He is known for his passing range and long shooting and is also a penalty specialist.-Club career:...

 Samuel Holmén
Samuel Holmén
Samuel Holmén is a Swedish professional football midfielder, currently playing for the Turkish League side İstanbul BB.-Elfsborg:...

 Daniel Majstorović
Daniel Majstorovic
Daniel Majstorović is a Swedish footballer of Serbian origin who plays as a centre back for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Swedish national team....

 Anders Svensson Eren Derdiyok
Eren Derdiyok
Eren Derdiyok is a Swiss footballer of Kurdish descent. He plays as a striker.-Club career:BSC Old Boys:At Derdiyok is a powerful striker who can also fill in a centre-back if needed. He started his career with Swiss minnows BSC Old Boys at the beginning of the 2005–06 season in which scored 10...

 Gelson Fernandes
Gelson Fernandes
Gelson Tavares Fernandes is a Swiss footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Leicester City on loan from AS Saint Etienne...

 Stéphane Grichting
Stéphane Grichting
Stéphane Grichting is a Swiss football defender who plays for Auxerre.He currently has 36 caps for the Swiss national team, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup squads...

 Benjamin Huggel
Benjamin Huggel
Benjamin "Beni" Huggel is a Swiss international footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He is known to be a tall, strong and a fearless fighter in the centre of the pitch.-Early life:...

 Marco Padalino
Marco Padalino
Marco Padalino is a Swiss football player. He plays for U.C. Sampdoria.-References:...

 Hakan Yakin
Hakan Yakin
Hakan Yakin is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern. He was member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.-Personal life:...

 Halil Altıntop
Halil Altintop
Halil Altıntop is a German-born Turkish national footballer. He currently plays for Trabzonspor. He is the identical twin brother of Hamit Altıntop who plays for Real Madrid.-Career:...

 Mevlüt Erdinç
Mevlüt Erdinç
Mevlüt Erdinç is a French-Turkish footballer. He currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a striker. He is both a Turkish and a French citizen. His surname is commonly spelt Erding by the European media...

 Sercan Yıldırım
Sercan Yildirim
Sercan Yıldırım is a Turkish footballer playing for Galatasaray as a striker and also for the Turkish national team. In 2011 he was placed 20th in the FIFA ranking of Europe's Most Promising Young Players.-Bursaspor:2007–08 season...

 Servet Çetin
Servet Çetin
Servet Çetin , is a Turkish footballer who is playing for Galatasaray in the centre back position. He received the nickname Ayıboğan which literally means; a man who could choke a bear, due to his height and strength....

 Oleksiy Gai Oleh Husyev
Oleh Husyev
Oleh Anatoliyovych Husyev is a Ukrainian football midfielder for FC Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national football team. He is a winger who can also play right full-back.- Club career :Husyev started his career for FC Arsenal Kyiv....

 Yaroslav Rakytskiy
Yaroslav Rakytskiy
Yaroslav Rakitskiy is a Ukrainian footballer currently playing as a defender for Shakhtar Donetsk. He is also a member of the Ukraine national football team, he made his first team appearance for Ukraine national football team on 10 October 2009 and scored his first goal on October 14 of the same...

 Craig Bellamy
Craig Bellamy
Craig Douglas Bellamy is a Welsh footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool and the Welsh national team. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy was the captain of the Welsh national side for four years after taking over from Ryan Giggs in 2007, but stood down in January 2011 due to constant injuries...

 James Collins
James Collins (footballer)
James Michael Collins is a Welsh footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Wales national football team.-Cardiff City:...

 Joe Ledley
Joe Ledley
Joseph Christopher Ledley is a Welsh footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Welsh national team as a central or left midfielder....

 Aaron Ramsey
Aaron Ramsey
Aaron James Ramsey is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for the premier league club Arsenal and is the captain of the Wales national football team...

 David Vaughan
David Vaughan (footballer)
David Owen Vaughan is a Welsh footballer who plays for Sunderland. He plays as a midfielder.Vaughan previously played for Crewe Alexandra, where he spent seven years between 2000 and 2007...

 Sam Vokes
Sam Vokes
Samuel Michael "Sam" Vokes is an English-born Welsh International footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently on loan at Championship side Burnley from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers....


2 own goals

Kakha Kaladze (both for Italy)
1 own goal

Ildefons Lima (for Ukraine) Jón Rói Jacobsen
Jón Rói Jacobsen
Jón Rói Jacobsen is a Faroese football defender currently playing for BK Frem.-Club career:Jacobsen started his career as a striker for HB Torshavn, scoring 12 goals in the 2002 league season to end up 3rd in that seasons' goalscorers chart...

 (for Serbia) Veli Lampi
Veli Lampi
Veli Lampi is a Finnish football player, currently playing for Ukrainian club FC Arsenal Kyiv. After a great success with Willem II Lampi moved to Ukraine....

 (for Russia) Petri Pasanen (for Russia) Julien Escudé
Julien Escudé
Julien Escudé is a French footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in Spain, as a central defender.-France / Ajax:Escudé began his professional career at AS Cannes, playing one season in the second division...

 (for Romania) Avraam Papadopoulos
Avraam Papadopoulos
Avraam Papadopoulos is a Greek footballer, currently playing for Olympiacos F.C. and the Greek national football team as a central defender.-Aris Thessaloniki:...

 (for Luxembourg)
Kevin Kilbane
Kevin Kilbane
Kevin Daniel Kilbane is an English-born Irish association footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Derby County, on loan from Hull City....

 (for Bulgaria) Aleksandr Kuchma
Aleksandr Kuchma
Alexander Kuchma is a Kazakh football defender. He currently plays for Kazakhstani side FC Irtysh.-External links:**...

 (for England) Mario Frick
Mario Frick (footballer)
Mario Frick is a Swiss-born Liechtensteiner football striker, who plays for Liechtenstein side FC Balzers in the Swiss 1st League.-Liechtenstein:...

 (for Wales) Ian Azzopardi
Ian Azzopardi
Ian Azzopardi is a Maltese footballer who currently plays for Maltese Premier League side Valletta, where he plays as a defender.-Floriana:...

 (for Sweden) Brian Said
Brian Said
Brian Said is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese First Division side St. Andrews, where he plays as a defender....

 (for Portugal)
Seweryn Gancarczyk
Seweryn Gancarczyk
Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk is a professional Polish football player for Lech Poznań who plays as a left sided defender.- Career :Gancarczyk started to play football in his early teens, in junior teams of Podkarpacie Pustynia...

 (for Slovakia) Michał Żewłakow (for Northern Ireland) Dorel Stoica
Dorel Stoica
Dorel Stoica is a Romanian football player, currently under contract with Dinamo Bucureşti.-Career:On 5 January 2010, his move to Al-Ettifaq was made official by both clubs...

 (for Serbia) Ján Ďurica
Ján Durica
Ján Ďurica is a Slovakian footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Slovakia national football team.-Career:...

 (for Northern Ireland) Ashley Williams
Ashley Williams (footballer)
Ashley Errol Williams is a Wales international footballer who plays for Swansea City as a defender.-Stockport County:He began his career at West Bromwich Albion as a youth player but was released by the club at 16 and went on to join Hednesford Town...

(for Germany)

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