Antoine Griezmann (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃.twan ɡʁezmɑ̃]; born 21 March 1991) is a French footballer who currently plays for Spanish club Real Sociedad in La Liga. He plays mainly as a left winger, but can also be utilized as a striker. Griezmann is known for his technical skill, quick acceleration, and dribbling and is a French youth international, having represented his country at under-19, under-20, and under-21 level. In 2010, he was part of the team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil.\nGriezmann was born in the commune of Mâcon in the département of Saône-et-Loire and began his career playing for hometown club UF Mâcon. While there, he embarked on several trials with professional clubs in order to earn a spot in one of their youth academies, but was constantly rejected due to his size and lightweight frame, which clubs questioned.\nIn 2005, while on trial with Montpellier, Griezmann played in a friendly match against the youth academy of Paris Saint-Germain in Paris, and impressed several clubs, notably Spanish club Real Sociedad, whose scouts were attending the event. Following the match, the club's officials offered Griezmann a
Juan Manuel Iturbe Arévalos (born June 4, 1993) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Porto. Son of Paraguayan parents and born in Argentina, Iturbe was eligible to represent either Paraguay or Argentina, having played at youth levels for both. He has recently declared his will to play for Argentina by stating that Paraguay is a closed chapter in his life. He mainly plays as a forward.\nIturbe started playing first team football with Cerro Porteño on June 28, 2009, at age 16, on a game against Libertad, valid for the 21st week of the Paraguayan Primera División.\nBeing 17 years of age, Iturbe was not under professional contract with Cerro Porteño. Therefore, he signed for Quilmes of the Argentine Primera División on a free transfer in August 2010. In January 2011, Iturbe confirmed he was signing with Portuguese club FC Porto. He will join the team when he turns 18. After agreeing on said move to FC Porto, he returned to Cerro Porteño in February, where he remained until his 18th birthday in June. He scored a brace on his first Copa Libertadores game shortly after that.\nIn May 2012, after limited opportunities in Porto, Iturbe has been linked with a move to Serie A
Marcelo Leite Pereira (born 22 June 1987) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Skoda Xanthi F.C. in the Greek Super League.
Saúl Berjón Pérez, simply Saúl (born 24 May 1986 in Oviedo, Asturias), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for AD Alcorcón as a forward.\nHis cousin, Adrián Colunga, is also a footballer. A striker, he played in several clubs during his career, representing Recreativo de Huelva, Real Zaragoza and Getafe CF in La Liga.
Delfino Pescara 1936 (simply known as Pescara or Pescara Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.\nThe club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie A. Pescara has competed in 6 seasons in Serie A (1977–1978, 1979–1980, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1992–1993, 2012–13). The team's official colors are white and light blue.\nAside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno Nobili in the midfield, they managed to win their first promotion to Serie A in 1977 after winning the promotion play-off, but ultimately finished their first season in Serie A in last place. A second promotion after a play-off followed, but once more they would be relegated from the top flight and then descended to Serie C1 within two years.\nNonetheless after returning to Serie B after a year, Pescara would enjoy a revival after the appointment of Giovanni Galeone as coach in 1986. His philosophy of attacking football saw the Biancazzurri promoted to Serie A as champions in 1987, where they lasted two years with players such as Júnior and Blaž Slišković among the
Ezequiel Matias Schelotto (Italian pronunciation: [skeˈlɔtto]; born 23 May 1989) is an Argentine-born Italian footballer who currently plays for Atalanta B.C. in Italy also known as El Galgo or El Mosquetero.\nEzequiel Schelotto joined Italian Serie C1 side A.C. Cesena in July 2008. Then in April 2009, his transfer was finally cleared by FIFA. During that season, following his approved transfer, Schelotto played 6 matches (out of possible 7) for Cesena scoring one goal, and helping Cesena to promotion back up to the Italian Serie B. In June 2009, he was signed by Serie A side Atalanta B.C. on a co-ownership deal and in July 2009, he was instantly loaned back to his previous club, A.C. Cesena. During the 2009-10 Serie B campaign, Schelotto made 40 league appearances for the side, scoring 6 goals. Of his 40 matches, 33 of them were from the starting eleven. On June 24, 2010, he was signed outright by Atalanta, who were just relegated to the Serie B following and 18th place finish during the 2009-10 Serie A, whilst Cesena earned their second consecutive promotion. as the club earned promotion to the top flight following a top 3 Serie B finish. Following his purchase the player was
Jonathan "Johnny" Rossini (born 5 April 1989) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Italian club U.C. Sampdoria.\nRossini started his career at AC Bellinzona near his birth place. In summer 2005, aged 16, a minimum age for an international transfer within European Economic Area (Switzerland signed a special agreement with EU), he moved to Italian side U.C. Sampdoria. He moved on loan to Italy Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Legnano. In January 2009 he was transferred on loan to Cittadella in Italy's Serie B. In summer 2009, he was acquired by Udinese Calcio in co-ownership from Sampdoria for €500,000, as part of Fernando Tissone's deal (€3 million) and subsequently loaned to Sassuolo for the 2009–2010 season, along with Sampdoria team-mate, Gianluigi Bianco.\nIn June 2010, along with Tissone, the co-ownership deal with Udinese were extended, and Rossini was loaned back to Sampdoria, however, he has still to make his first appearance for them.\nOn 3 January 2011, he was loaned back to Sassuolo for the rest of the 2010–11 season.\nRossini debuted for the Switzerland U21 football team on 19 November 2008, against Greece U21. The match ended in 1–1 draw. He made his competitive U21 debut in a
Federico Casarini (born 7 September 1989 in Carpi, Italy) is an Italian footballer. He currently plays for Bologna in Serie A. He made his Serie A debut in a 2–1 victory away to Catania, on 18 January 2009.\nOn 1 September 2010 Casarini signed a new 5-year contract worth €250,000 a season (€447,258 in gross)
Lorenzo Crisetig (born 20 January 1993) is an Italian footballer of South Slavic minority who plays for Serie A club Internazionale.\nCrisetig made his competitive debut on 27 September 2011, in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.\nBorn in Cividale del Friuli, the Province of Udine (but from Škrutovega, Scrutto frazione of San Leonardo), Crisetig started his career with local club Audace San Leonardo. In the next season he left for Donatello, located in the city of Udine. At age of 14 he was signed by Internazionale. Crisetig played for Giovanissimi Nazionali under-15 team In 2007–08 and Allievi Nazionali under-17 team in 2008–09 season. He was picked by Italy U-17 team in 2009 as one of the youngest players, which the team mainly consist of born 1992.\nIn August 2009 he played for the first team in a friendly match. Soon after, he received his first Italy U-21 team. That season he also promoted to the Primavera under-20 team. He also picked by José Mourinho in another friendly, mid of international break. In January 2010 he received his first competitive call-up, but did not play. Mourinho also made several call-up after that match. In May 2010 he also returned to Allievi Nazionali
Rafael Tolói (born 10 October 1990) is a Brazilian football defender who plays for Goiás in the Brazilian Série B. He represents Brazil at under-20 level. He was born in Glória d'Oeste.\nHe is part of Goiás squad since 2008, and helped his club win the Campeonato Goiano in 2009. As of November 21, 2009, Rafael Tolói played 17 Série B games for Goiás, and scored two goals.\nCampeonato Goiano: 2009, 2012
Fabrizio Cacciatore (born 8 October 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays for A.S. Varese 1910 on loan from U.C. Sampdoria.\nBorn in Turin, Piedmont, Cacciatore started his career at Pro Vercelli, located in Vercelli, Piedmont. In 2003 he joined Sampdoria youth team. After he spent 4 seasons on loan at lower division, he played his first match for Sampdoria on 16 August 2009, 6–2 won to Lecce in Coppa Italia.\nHe capped for Italy U18 twice. Italy U18 is the feeder team of Italy U19.
Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino, simply Pedro (born 1 March 1987 in Aspe, Alicante), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Murcia as a forward.
Daniele Mori (born 28 June 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for Italian Serie B club Empoli.\nBorn in Livorno, Tuscany, Mori started his professional career at Tuscany team Empoli F.C.. Mori made his Serie B debut on 23 March 2010, replacing Andrea Cupi in the second half. Since the departure of Gabriele Angella to Serie A club Udinese, Mori became one of the starting centre-back to partner with Lorenzo Stovini. Mori played 20 starts in 2010–11 Serie B, shared the role with Lorenzo Tonelli. On 31 August 2011 he followed the footsteps of Angella to join Udinese in co-ownership deal. That day the Udine club also bought the remain 50% registration rights of playmaker Diego Fabbrini. Mori also returned to Empoli in temporary deal for 2011–12 Serie B as Udinese had plenty of defenders. Mori shared the starting role with Daniele Ficagna (while Tonelli sometimes as right-back).\nHe wore no.25 shirt since the end of 2008–09 Serie B.\nMori played every level for Italy except the senior team. He received his first call-up to 2005 Torneo Giovanile di Natale In December. He finished as a runner-up in a youth tournament held in Montaigu, Vendée, France. He played 2 out of possible 4
Naldo (August 28, 1988 in Santo André) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Grêmio.
Javier 'Javi' Varas Herrera (born 10 September 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a goalkeeper.\nBorn in Seville, Andalusia, Varas arrived at Sevilla FC aged 23, after having only played amateur football in Andalusia (although he had been bought by the club two years earlier). He spent his first three seasons with the B team, contributing with 13 games in 2006–07 as it was promoted to Segunda División for the first time ever, and occasionally training with the main squad.\nAfter David Cobeño moved to Rayo Vallecano, Varas became Andrés Palop's backup, making his La Liga debut on 17 January 2009 in a 1–0 home win against CD Numancia. During a full month (October–November 2009), following an injury to Palop, he was again called on for starting duties, only conceding once in four games, in the 3–1 win at VfB Stuttgart for the season's UEFA Champions League.\nMidway through 2010–11, Varas became Sevilla's first-choice goalkeeper, over 37-year old Palop. He contributed with 21 games as the side finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Europa League.\nUnder new manager Marcelino García Toral, Varas continued as a regular starter. On 22 October 2011, he
Gastón Alexis Silva Perdomo (born March 5, 1994 in Salto), commonly known as Gastón Silva, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a centre back for Defensor Sporting.\nSilva started his career playing with Defensor Sporting in 2011. He made his debut on 8 November 2011 against Montevideo Wanderers F.C..\nDuring 2011, Silva played with the Uruguayan national under-17 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Previously, he played the 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Ecuador.\nIn 2012, Silva played with the Uruguayan national under-20 football team.\nIn 2011, he was named to participate in the Uruguay national football team under-22 squad for the 2011 Pan American Games.
Antonio Meola (born 8 May 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Livorno, as a right back.\nBorn in Naples, Meola made his professional debut for Livorno during the 2011–12 season. He previously played for Lucca and Avellino.
Víctor Pérez Alonso (born 12 January 1988 in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid as a midfielder.
Federico Bonazzoli is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale, on loan from Sampdoria.
Mamadou Tounkara is a Spanish footballer of Senegalese descent, who plays as a forward for Serie A club Lazio.
Borja Viguera Manzanares (born 26 March 1987 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Albacete Balompié on loan from Real Sociedad, as a striker.
Roberto Gagliardini is an Italian footballer who plays for Spezia on loan from Atalanta, as a midfielder.
Mohammed Fatau is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Spanish side Rayo Vallecano, on loan from Granada CF, as a defensive midfielder.
Vasilios Karagounis, is a Greek footballer who plays for Lega Pro club Reggina, on loan from Greek club Olympiacos, as a right back.
Rubén Rochina Naixes (born 23 March 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Football League Championship, as a striker.\nBorn in Sagunto, Valencian Community, Rochina arrived at FC Barcelona's youth system at the age of 13, after starting his formation with local team Valencia CF. Whilst still a junior, he appeared 13 times for the Catalans' reserves, in Segunda División B, playing three times (117 minutes) in the 2009–10 season as the Luis Enrique-led side returned to the second division after an 11-year absence.\nOn 31 January 2011, without having appeared for Barcelona's first team, Rochina joined Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, on a four year deal. On 11 February, he scored twice for the reserves against Newcastle United's reserves, in a 4–4 draw.\nOn 16 April 2011, Rochina made his league debut for Blackburn, starting in a 0–2 away loss against Everton. On 24 August, he scored his first official goal for the Rovers, just five minutes into the League Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday, and added a second in an eventual 3–1 home win.\nRochina scored his first league goal for Blackburn on 11 September 2011, in a 1–1 away draw against Fulham. In
Francisco 'Paco' Montañés Claverías (born 8 October 1986 in Castellón de la Plana, Valencia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for AD Alcorcón as a midfielder.\nHaving arrived at FC Barcelona's youth system, Montañés made his debut for the first team on 13 May 2006, playing in the second half of a 2–3 loss at Sevilla FC. He then moved to the lower leagues, with Villarreal CF B and Ontinyent CF.\nIn August 2010, Montañés joined AD Alcorcón, promoted for the first time to division two.
Maicon da Silva Moreira, simply known as Maicon, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Livorno as a right midfielder or right defender.
Mohamed Salim Fares is an Algerian footballer who currently plays for Italian side Hellas Verona as a striker.
Lorenzo Ferrari is an Italian football player.
Pierluigi Cappelluzzo is an Italian football player.
Philippe Sylvain Senderos - (born 14 February 1985 in Geneva) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Fulham and the Switzerland national football team. Previously he has played for Servette, Arsenal, A.C. Milan and Everton.\nBorn to a Spanish father, Julián Senderos, and a Serbian mother, Zorica Novaković, Philippe came up through the youth team set up at Swiss club Servette.\nSenderos signed for Arsenal in December 2002, though he remained working at Servette until the following summer. During the 2005–06 season Senderos scored his first Arsenal goal in a 2–1 loss to West Bromwich Albion, and again in a 7–0 win over Middlesbrough. He produced some fantastic performances in Arsenal's run to the final of the Champions League in 2005-06, but towards the end of his career at the club his performances became more and more erratic. He was often seen by fans and media to be the blame of Arsenal's defensive woes.\nSenderos fell out of favour with Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger. In August 2008 Senderos joined Italian club Milan on a season-long loan. He quickly picked up an injury and struggled to make the first team ahead of Paolo Maldini and Kakha Kaladze, but
Simone Aresti is an Italian footballer who plays for Savona.\nThe goalkeeper Aresti during the season 2011-12 in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione with the shirt of Savona has scored 2 goals.\nFor see the video of 2 goals and exclusive interview click here.
Estadio Mestalla is a football stadium in Valencia, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Valencia Club de Fútbol. With a capacity of 55,000 seats, it ranks as the fifth-largest stadium in Spain. It is also renowned for its steep terracing and being one of the most intimidating atmospheres in all of Europe in which to play.\nOn 20 May 1923, the Estadio Mestalla was inaugurated with a friendly match that brought Valencia CF and Levante UD face to face. It was the beginning of a new era a farewell to the Algirós, which will always remain in the memories of Valencians as the club's first home. A long and rich history has taken played out on the field of the Mestalla since its very beginning, and before Valencia CF was in Primera División. Back then, the stadium could hold up to 17,000 spectators, and the club started to show its potential in regional championships which led to a decision by management to carry out the first renovations of the Mestalla in 1927. As a result the stadium's seating capacity was increased to 25,000. Unfortunately the stadium was severely damaged during the Spanish Civil War.\nDuring the Civil War the Mestalla was used as a concentration camp and storage
Óscar Díaz González (born 24 August 1984 in Madrid) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC as a midfielder.
Francisco Ochoa is a soccer player.
Alfreð Finnbogason (born (1989-02-01)1 February 1989) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish champions Helsingborgs IF, on loan from Belgian club KSC Lokeren. He made his debut for the Icelandic national team against the Faroe Islands in 2009. As of 2012, Alfreð has had interest from Celtic F.C., Rangers F.C., Reading F.C., Southampton and Swansea City F.C. all being priced at £400k-£850k.\nBorn in Reykjavík, Alfreð played for Fjölnir's youth teams while also spending a part of his childhood in the Scottish capital Edinburgh while his father studied in the city. Alfreð played for the reputed boys football club Hutchison Vale and became a fan of Hibernian.\nAlfreð joined Breiðablik in 2005, playing for the youth teams until making his senior debut in 2008. In the 2009 Úrvalsdeild season he scored 13 goals in 18 league games for Breiðablik. At the end of the season he was voted Young player of the year by fellow players. Breiðablik also won their first title ever, the Icelandic Cup (Visa bikarinn).\nAfter the 2009 season he had a trial with Tippeligaen side Viking, English Championship side Blackpool and Belgian club Genk.\nIn 2010, Alfreð was joint league top
Josef Alexander Martínez (born 19 May 1993 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan footballer. He currently plays for BSC Young Boys, as a striker in the Swiss Super League.\nMartinez made his debut on the 21st August 2010 for Caracas against Estudiantes de Merida in the 70th minute, his team won 1-0. He scored his first goal in a 2-2 draw against Deportivo Petare on the 21 November 2010.\nMartinez made his international debut on the 7th August 2011 against El Salvador, coming on as a 76th minute sub.
Antonino Ragusa (born 27 March 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Reggina.\nBorn in Messina, Sicily, Ragusa started his professional career at Veneto club Treviso, where he played for Allievi Nazionali under-17 team in 2006–07 season. In 2008–09 season, despite remained as a member of the under-20 team, Ragusa made his Serie B debut on 7 February 2009 against Rimini. The club bankrupted at the end of season.\nIn July 2009 Ragusa was signed by Serie A club Genoa along with youngster Thomas Bonotto and Marco Bincoletto. Ragusa was a member of Genoa's under-20 team, the Primavera (literally: spring).\nIn August 2010 he was loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Italian third division) club Salernitana. The club reached the promotion playoffs but losing to Verona in the finals. Ragusa himself was in the starting eleven in the playoffs as wing forward/winger in the 4–3–3/4–2–3–1 formation, to support Dino Fava along with Fabinho. At the end of season the club bankrupted again.\nOn 27 June 2011 he was transferred to second division club Reggina, initially in co-ownership deal to compensate the signing of Francesco Acerbi. However the deal documented to Lega Serie B on 31
Lorenzo Remedi (born 7 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Livorno, as a midfielder.\nRemedi made his professional debut for Livorno during the 2011–12 season.
Javier Ignacio Aquino Carmona (born on February 11, 1990 in San Francisco Ixhuatán, Oaxaca) is a Mexican football midfielder who currently plays for Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México. He was formed in Cruz Azul lower division teams. He played with the Mexico national football team on the 2011 Copa America and in the 2011 Pan American Games.\nJavier lived his childhood in San Francisco Ixhuatán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, he was always a humble and working person that loved football until scouts from Cruz Azul went to Lagunas, Oaxaca. Javier had great technical qualities so he stayed in Cruz Azul lower divisions. Javier played for the Cruz Azul Lagunas in Tercera Division Mexicana, and after having outstanding performances he traveled to Mexico City to join in the Cruz Azul Reserves. He was waiting for an opportunity a few years until the Apertura 2010 he was taken into account together with other youth players to join the Primera División. Aquino was one of the revelations of the tournament, his main virtues are great dribbling, speed and accuracy of passes.\nHe scored his first goal in Primera División on October 24, 2010 during week 13 of the Torneo Apertura 2010
Leonardo Spinazzola is an Italian footballer who plays for Vicenza, on loan from Juventus, as a right midfielder.
Hörður Björgvin Magnússon (born 11 February 1993, Reykjavik) is an Icelandic footballer, a central defender or midielder who plays for Juventus' Primavera team. Hörður's older brother, Hlynur Atli Magnússon, plays for Fram Reykjavik in Iceland's top league.\nHörður started with Fram 's youth team where he has always been a very promising player, by many regarded as one of Icelandic football's most promising players. He made his breakthrough for Fram's senior team in 2009 where he played 3 games. He also played 3 games in the 2010 season. Hörður has been chased by a number of European clubs for the past two years after impressing for Iceland U17 and U19 in tournaments, teams such as Stabæk from Norway, English clubs Everton and Sunderland, Lyon from France and Dutch side AZ Alkmaar. Hörður decided to join Serie A giants Juventus in January 2011 on loan with a view to a permanent move.\nHörður has been a regular player for Iceland's younger teams. In 2009 he played for the U17's in the Nordic Cup and the group qualifiers for Euro 2010 and he captained the teams in both competitions. In the same year he also played with Iceland U19 in the Sweden Cup. In 2010 Hörður has played in every
Fabrizio Grillo (born 2 February 1987 in Rome) is an Italian footballer playing for Varese. He is a defender.
Emiliano Daniel Velázquez Maldonado (born 30 April 1994) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Danubio and the Uruguay U20 national team.\nHe has been capped by the Uruguay national under-17 football team for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup as the captain. On June 6, 2012 he has been capped by the Uruguay national under-20 football team as the captain.
Leandro Paredes is an Argentine footballer.
Daniel 'Dani' Nieto Vela (born 4 May 1991 in Palma Nova, Calvià, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC as a winger.
Grega Sorcan is a Slovenian football player.
Pedro Pablo Hernández (born October 24, 1986 in Tucumán) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Argentinos Juniors.\nOn July 1, 2010, D.C. United officially announced the loan signing of Hernández from Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting, after he trialed with the club.
Franco Zuculini (born 5 September 1990 in La Rioja) is an Argentine football midfielder. At the moment, he is free agent.\nZuculini made his professional debut on 13 April 2008 for Racing. He has established himself as a starting central midfielder for the team in the Apertura 2008 and is a strong charging force on the field. He played the relegation against Belgrano de Cordoba in June 2008.\nOn 20 June 2009 left Racing Club and signed a contract with 1899 Hoffenheim.\nZuculini joined Genoa on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim for the entire season. Genoa paid €700,000 up front for the loan, with an option to buy him at any point. In January 2011, however, Zuculini went back to his home town club, Racing Club.\nOn 12 August Zaragoza announced the signing of Zuculini on a season-long loan, with a view to a permanent transfer later in the year.\nIn January 2009 Zuculini was selected to join the Argentina under-20 squad for the 2009 South American Youth Championship in Venezuela.\nZuculini's was named by Argentina manager Diego Maradona in a squad of 14 local players called into a training camp for the Argentina National Team. He made his senior international debut against Panama, on 20 May 2009.
Alejandro Pozuelo Melero (born 20 September 1991 in Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis as an attacking midfielder.
Ettore Gliozzi is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre forward for Sassuolo.
Samuele Massolo is an Italian football player.
Raffaele Pucino (born 3 May 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Varese.
Adam Masina is a Moroccan football player.
Matteo Malagoli is an Italian football player.
Masahudu Alhassan (born 1 December 1992) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays professionally for Italian club Genoa, as a left back.\nAlhassan spent his early career with the youth team of Ghanaian club Prampram Mighty Royals, before joining the youth team of Italian club Rimini, before later signing for Genoa, where he made his professional debut.\nAlhassan was part of the Ghana national under-20 football team at the 2011 African Youth Championship.\nOn 7 November 2011, Alhassan was called up to the Ghana senior squad to face Sierra Leone and Gabon.\nIn December 2011, Alhassan was named to the Ghana's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.
Edoardo Tognazzi is an Italian football player.
Manuel Gullotta is an Italian football player.
Óscar Alexandre Whalley Guardado is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a goalkeeper.
Lorenzo Filippini  is an Italian football player.
Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are nicknamed amaranto (amaranth) after their official colour.\nThe club was founded in 11 January 1914 as Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria, and changed name many times (Società Calcistica Reggio, Reggio Foot Ball Club, Associazione Sportiva Reggina, Società Sportiva La Dominante), finally assuming their current denomination in 1986. In recent years, Reggina have been alternating between the top two levels of the Italian league. They reached the Italian top division Serie A for the first time in 1999. Two years later, they lost a relegation playoff against Verona, being consequently relegated to Serie B. Reggina finished third in Serie B in 2002, earning a return to Serie A. In 2003, Reggina survived a relegation playoff against Atalanta.\nThey were indicted in 2006 for sporting fraud as part of the second wave of Serie A scandal investigations. Originally punished with a 15-point deduction for the Serie A 2006-07, then reduced to 11 points
Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 12 September 1907, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín.\nAmong other titles, the club - who holds the distinction of being the first from the region to compete in La Liga - won the top division league in 1935, adding two Copa del Rey trophies.\nBoth the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and his son Prince Felipe de Borbon are honorary members of the club. Maintaining an historic city rivalry with Sevilla FC, its motto is Viva er Betis manque pierda! ("Long live Betis even when they lose!").\nThe name is derived from Baetis, the Roman name for the Guadalquivir river. Betis initially attracted support from the working classes although a large number of aristocrats, including the King of Spain also supported the team. Real was added in 1914 after the club received patronage from King Alfonso XIII. Some fans argue the Betis is the true Real as it was the first to receive royal patronage.\nGreat rivals Sevilla Football Club were officially created in October 1905. This was followed two years later (September 1907) by the city's
Málaga Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. The team currently plays in Spain's La Liga.\nMálaga CF is generally seen as the successor to CD Málaga, one of the most historical Andalusian football clubs, by being a near-identical looking football club that even shares the same fan base and traditions, although in legal terms it's a different entity with a separate register and another founding date, that of its former reserve team, Atlético Malagueño. As such, after the 20 seasons in La Liga, 29 in Segunda División, and nine in Tercera División played by the now defunct CD Málaga, the current Málaga CF has played nine seasons in La Liga three in Segunda División, three in Segunda División B and one in Tercera División. They also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 and qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup, reaching the quarter-final stages.\nIn 2006 Lorenzo Sanz, a former Real Madrid president, purchased a 97% holding in the club and then appointed his son Fernando Sanz, the former captain of the team, as club president. The club was again sold in June 2010, as Qatari investor, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani, bought the club
Associazione Sportiva Roma (BIT: ASR, LSE: 0DMN), commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger arranged by the Fascist regime in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s (1951–52). For their 60th season in a row (79th overall), Roma competed in Serie A for the 2011–12 season.\nRoma have won Serie A three times, first in 1941–42 then in 1982–83 and again in 2000–01, as well as winning nine Coppa Italia titles and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. On the European stage Roma won an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960–61, coming close to European Cup victory in 1983–84 (lost the one-legged final played at home against Liverpool after a penalty shootout), and finishing as runners-up in the UEFA Cup for 1990–91 (two-legged aggregate defeat against Internazionale).\nHome games are currently played at the Stadio Olimpico, a venue they share with city rivals Lazio. With a capacity of over 72,000, it is the second largest of its kind in Italy, with only San Siro able to seat more. In September 2009 the club unveiled plans to build a new 55,000-capacity
Luca Belingheri (born 6 April 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for Livorno.\nBelingheri started at Alzano in Serie C1 in the 2001–02 season where he made 26 appearances and scored 1 goal. He then moved to Siena of Serie B but he moved again in January 2003 to Como Calcio of Serie A after making just 3 appearances. He made his Serie A debut on 3 May 2003, against A.C. Milan. He stayed at Como Calcio for a year and made 18 scoring a single goal. In 2004 he started his first spell at Ascoli and made 20 appearances. In summer 2005, Ascoli bought him outright from Genoa but sent him to AlbinoLeffe in joint-ownership bid. With AlbinoLeffe Belingheri played 25 games in 2006–07 Serie B. In June 2007 Belingheri returned to Ascoli but again only made 15 starts in 2009–10 Serie B.\nHe joined Torino in July 2009, as part of the deal, Marco Moro moved to Ascoli. He then moved to Livorno in January 2011.
Giuseppe Palma is an Italian footballer who plays for Spyris Kaunas, on loan from Napoli.
Davide Zappacosta (born 23 June 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays for Atalanta.\nZappacosta started his professional career at Isola Liri, which he also played in Berretti under-20 team of Isola Liri. Before joining the Isola del Liri team, he played for another Lazio team Sora in Giovanissimi under-15 level. In January 2011 he joined Atalanta in co-ownership deal and played in its Primavera under-20 team. At the start of season he played in pre-season friendlies for Atalanta first team but was deemed to be surplus to its Serie A plan. On 31 August 2011 he left for Avellino.
Federico Mattiello is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chievo on loan from Juventus.
Alfred N'Diaye (born 6 March 1990 in Paris) is a French football player who currently plays for Turkish club Bursaspor in the Süper Lig. He is equally adept at playing as either a defender or a midfielder.\nAlfred began his career with US Vandœuvre in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy. At the age of 14, he moved across the arrondissement to join the biggest club in the region, AS Nancy. Upon arrival, Alfred endured early struggles, but quickly gained noticed following his second season at the academy. In 2006, he signed his first professional contract.\nN'Diaye made his debut in the squad during the 2007–08 season in the Coupe de la Ligue, at the age of 17, coming on as a halftime substitute for Frédéric Biancalani in a 0–3 loss to Lens. That was his only appearance that season as he would be relegated back to the reserves helping a young Nancy reserve squad barely avoid relegation.\nFollowing the season, N'Diaye earned promotion to the senior squad for the 2008–09 season. He was assigned the number 29 shirt and made his league debut in the opening match of the season against Lille appearing as a substitute in a 0–0 draw. Two months later, he earned his first league start in a 1–1 draw against
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (Valencian: Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at El Madrigal, with a capacity for 24,890 spectators.\nThe club is nicknamed El Submarino Amarillo (Yellow Submarine) due to its yellow home kit, and due to being a low-profile team compared to Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Valencia CF, whom they have challenged for trophies over the last decade. Villarreal has often been touted as an example of small but successful club.\nVillarreal CF was founded as Villarreal CD on 10 March 1923 "to promote all sports especially football." The stadium was rented for 60 pesetas a month and ticket prices were set at half a peseta for men and a quarter of a peseta for children. Women were granted free admission. On 17 June 1923, CD Castellón, a modern rival of the club, played the first match against a club named after Cervantes. On 21 October of that year, Villarreal played their first game ever, playing against Castellón. Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D., often abbreviated to Rayo, is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Founded on 29 May 1924, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home matches at the 15,500-seater Campo de fútbol de Vallecas.\nOne of the perennial yo-yo clubs of Spanish football, Rayo Vallecano spent many years during the 1980s and 1990s moving back and forth between the first and second divisions. They appeared to have consolidated their top flight status after promotion in 1998–99, and the team's most successful season came in 2000–01, when they reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals, going out only to eventual runners-up Deportivo Alavés (Rayo finished ninth in the previous season, but entered the competition via the fair play draw).\nHowever, the club shortly thereafter fell on hard times, enduring successive relegations from the first (in 2002–03) and second divisions (2003–04). In 2005–06, the club hired Míchel, a legend for Real Madrid in the 1980s and 90s, as team manager.\nThe club finished the 2006–07 season in second place in third-tier, winning the promotion play-off semifinal, but losing in the final to SD Eibar (1–2 aggregate). The next
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.\nIn the top level since 2004–05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.\nOn April 25, 2011 the club was bought by the Dubai-based Royal Emirates Group for between €70 and €90 million euros.\nThe first season of play for Getafe Club de Fútbol was in 1945, when five Getafe locals, Enrique Condes García, Aurelio Miranda Olavaria, Antonio Corridor Lozano, Manuel Serrano Vergara and Miguel Cubero Francés, decided to form a team of the area while meeting at the "La Marquesina" bar. Officially founded on February 24, 1946, the club was named Club Getafe Deportivo.\nThe club originally played in Campo del Regimiento de Artillería, which lacked goal posts. Shortly after, the club moved to San Isidro, housed in the current Municipal Sports Center of San Isidro. Here, Club Getafe was promoted to the third division following their victory against CP Villarrobledo in the 1956/57 season. Getafe was nearly promoted to the Segunda during 1957/58, but was defeated by C.D. Almería.\nOn September 2, 1970, the club inaugurated its own stadium
Club Atlético Osasuna, known as Osasuna, is a Spanish football team based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre.\nFounded in 1920, it currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at the 19,553-capacity Estadio Reyno de Navarra (formerly El Sadar). The team's home kit is red shirt, navy blue shorts, black socks with red back, whereas the away one is navy blue shirt, orange shorts and navy blue socks.\nThe word Osasuna means "health" in Basque (used in a sense of "strength", "vigour").\nFounded in 1920, Osasuna first reached Segunda División in 1932. They made it to La Liga three seasons later.\nThe club achieved their first ever UEFA Cup qualification in 1985–86 after finishing sixth, eventually reaching the third round in the 1990–91 edition. Finishing last in 1993–94, the side spent six years in the second level.\nAfter a stellar 2005–06 domestic campaign, Osasuna made history by finishing in fourth place - tied for best ever - synonymous with the chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League in the following season through play-off matches. This achievement was made even more dramatic by the suspense that was maintained until the last day of the
The Stadio delle Alpi was a football and athletics stadium in Turin, Italy and was the home of both Juventus Football Club and Torino Football Club between 1990 and 2006. In English, the name meant "Stadium of the Alps," a reference to the nearby Alps mountain range. The stadium has been demolished, and both football clubs played their home fixtures at the rebuilt Stadio Olimpico. A new stadium called Juventus Stadium was constructed on the site of the former delle Alpi and opened in 2011.\nDesigned by architect Studio Hutter, the delle Alpi was originally built in 1990 to host matches for the 1990 World Cup as a replacement for the aging Stadio Comunale, the then name of today's Stadio Olimpico. The stadium's original capacity was 69,041 fans; however, due to FIFA rules regarding the segregation of home and away supporters, the actual capacity was reduced to 67,229.\nConstruction on the stadium began in June 1988, and due to the use of prefabricated concrete, was complete within two years. The delle Alpi was built by the council of Turin, with both of the city's football clubs using it as their home ground following the closure of the Stadio Olimpico. It was originally intended to
Giacomo Bonaventura (born 22 August 1989 in San Severino Marche) is an Italian football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Atalanta.\nBonaventura has made three senior appearances for Atalanta so far in his career including a 4-0 loss in April 2008 to Juventus in a Serie A match.\nOn January 13, 2009, Atalanta announced he had joined Pergocrema on loan for the remainder of the 2008-09 season.\nIn June 2010, Padova decided not to buy him outright.
Edenilson Andrade dos Santos, commonly known as Edenilson, (born 18 December 1989 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian football player, currently playing as a midfielder for Corinthians .\nVoted as the best second wheel of the Gaucho Football Championship 2011, the young Edenilson stands for quality in marking, optimum output and finishing the game. The player began his sports career in Guarani-RS, the city of Venancio Aires in 2008.\nWith the maroon shirt, played 82 matches between Edenilson Championship, Brazil Cup, and Copa Gauchão FGF. His professional debut came in 2009 Gaucho, when he entered the second stage of the match against Veranópolis, on January 22. In the second semester of that year, winning by 3-1 in the classic Ca-Ju valid for FGF Cup, scored his first goal Edenilson.\nIn 2010, the athlete took the title once and was noted for being one of the regular players of the team and a squad of references garnet. Of these 82 games, mostly as a starter, Edenilson won 36 and drawn 22. The athlete still shook the opposing networks in six opportunities.\nThe award for the second wheel of the Gaucho, 2011, in the selection of the tournament came to ratify this performance.
Salvatore Andrea Molina (born January 1, 1992 in Garbagnate Milanese) is an Italian professional football player. Currently, he plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione U.S. Foggia on loan from Atalanta B.C.\nMolina made his debut for Foggia on 14 August 2011, in a Coppa Italia match against Nocerina, acting as a starter.\nHe represented Italy at the under-20 level in two friendlies: against Switzerland and Poland.\nOn July 2011, he was loaned to U.S. Foggia, alongside Alessandro De Leidi.
Emanuele Suagher (born November 26, 1992) is an Italian professional football player. Currently, he plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione S.S. Tritium 1908 on loan from Atalanta B.C.\nSuagher made his debut for Tritium on 12 September 2011, against Ternana, after came off the bench to replace Daniele Casiraghi.\nIn July 2011, he was loaned to S.S. Tritium 1908, alongside Marcello Possenti, Jurgen Pandiani and Christian Monacizzo.\nHe represented Italy at the under-19 level in two friendlies: against Romania and Turkey. He played 4 matches in 2011–12 Four Nations Tournament and 3 friendlies against Ghana, Macedonia and Denmark.
Rubén Daniel Bentancourt Morales is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Atalanta, as a striker.
Pierluigi Gollini is an Italian football player.
Jozabed Sánchez Ruiz, simply known as Jozabed, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as a central midfielder.
Matteo Cipriani is an Italian football player.
Giacomo Ricci is an Italian football player.
Federico Cirelli is an Italian football player.
Luciano Vietto (born in Balnearia) is a soccer player who plays for Racing Club de Avellaneda in the Argentine First Division.\nHe was discovered by Claudio Vivas and took him to Estudiantes de La Plata to play for the lower divisions. Without the chance of making it to the first team he moves to Racing Club de Avellaneda. He made his professional debut on October 27 when Diego Simeone put him on the field for the las 3 minutes of the game against Lanús.
Petar Golubović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Serie B club Novara on loan from A.S. Roma.
Eddy Silvestre Pascual Israfilov, commonly known as Eddy or Eddy Pascual, is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays for Granada CF, on loan from Real Murcia, as an attacking midfielder.
Andrea Mancini is an Italian footballer who plays for Vicenza, on loan from Pescara.\nHe is the son of Felice Mancini, former footballer and currently a football coach. Felice coached Andrea in 2010–11 season.
Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga (born 2 August 1982) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza in Spain, as a striker.\nAfter starting professionally at Porto, Postiga went on to have spells in England (one season with Tottenham), France and Greece (five months apiece), before returning to his country with Sporting.\nA Portuguese international on more than 50 occasions, Postiga has represented the country in one World Cup and three European Championships, helping the national team reach the final at Euro 2004.\nBorn in Vila do Conde, Postiga started his career at northern side Varzim SC. In 1998, at 16, he joined F.C. Porto's youth teams, and continued to progress until he reached the reserve squad. At the time, coach Octávio Machado picked him for the first team on some occasions and Postiga performed well.\nAfter José Mourinho assumed command of the team, Postiga exploded. He scored 13 goals in 2002–03 (before his 21st birthday) and soon became a star in Porto's frontline, alongside Derlei. Postiga had also earned a permanent selection for the Portuguese under-21 team by this time.\nAfter winning the 2003 Primeira Liga, Postiga moved to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur
Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. Primarily a left back, Cole has been described by his former manager Arsène Wenger as a "defender who simply loves to attack" and is considered by critics and fellow professional players as one of the best defenders of his generation.\nBorn in Stepney, London, Cole began his youth career at Arsenal and made his full debut for the club in November 1999, going on to make a further 227 appearances, scoring nine goals. With Arsenal he won two Premier League titles, three FA Cups, and was an integral member of "The Invincibles" team of the 2003–04 season, who went the entire league season undefeated. Cole also made an appearance in Arsenal's first UEFA Champions League final in 2006; the club lost 2–1 to FC Barcelona.\nIn August 2006, after a protracted transfer saga, Cole completed a move to rival club Chelsea, with whom he won further honours, including the Premier League in the 2009–10 season, four FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one UEFA Champions League. With seven winners' medals, Cole has won the FA Cup more times than any other player in history, and is one of two
Nabil Jaadi is a Moroccan football player.
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at the Iberostar Stadium.\nTeam colours are red shirts with black shorts and black socks.\nThe oldest club in the Balearic Islands, Mallorca was originally founded in 1916 by Adolfo Vázquez, a republican engineer, who named the club Junta Directiva del Alfonso XIII FBC after the then Spanish king. The first stadium, called Buenos Aires, was inaugurated on 25 March of that year, with a 0–8 loss against FC Barcelona. A year later, the club changed its name to Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII, a denomination which remained until 1931 when, for political reasons, the team was named Club Deportivo Mallorca. In 1949 it was granted royal patronage, thus adding the Real prefix.\nIn 1931, Mallorca started competing in the national categories. On 22 September 1945, Es Fortí, the club's new ground, was inaugurated, and the team first reached Segunda División in 1959, and La Liga just one season later, going on to appear in the top flight a further four times unti 1975.\nIn the 1980s/90s, Mallorca
Nicolò Cherubin (born December 2, 1986 in Vicenza) is an Italian football Defender who currently plays for Bologna.\nHe joined Bologna in July 2010 for €1.5 million.\nSerie A : 20 apps\nSerie B : 84 apps, 1 goal\nSerie C1 : 49 apps, 2 goals\nTotal : 139 apps, 3 goals
Jasmin Kurtić (born 10 January 1989) is a Slovenian football midfielder player currently playing for Varese in the Italian Serie B, on loan from Palermo.\nA right-footed midfielder, Kurtić joined 1. SNL club ND Gorica in July 2010 from 2. SNL club Bela Krajina.\nHis stint at Gorica lasted only six months, as he was noted by scouts of Serie A club Palermo; on 18 December 2010 it was announced Kurtić had agreed a four-and-a-half year contract with the Sicilians, effective from January 2011, thus making him the fourth Slovenian to join the rosanero during the 2010–11 season.\nOn 12 January 2011, Kurtić made his debut in a Palermo jersey, playing 63 minutes in the Coppa Italia round of 16 game against Chievo; the match ended in a 1–0 win for the Sicilians. On 13 February 2011, Kurtić made his debut in Serie A, playing the whole 90 minutes against Fiorentina; the match ended in a 2–4 win for the Tuscans. On April 10, 2011, Kurtić scored his first goal in Serie A with Palermo against Cesena.\nOn 1 August 2011 he moved on loan to Varese in the Italian Serie B, with an option for his new club to acquire 50% of his transfer rights by the end of the season. He debuted in Serie B with the
Erik Friberg, (born February 10, 1986 in Lindome) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.\nFriberg began his career with Västra Frölunda IF before moving to BK Häcken on January 2007. He made his UEFA Europa League debut on August 2, 2007 against KR Reykjavíkur. The game ended 0–1 for Häcken. He played 20 minutes in two games against Spartak Moscow during the first round of the UEFA Cup.\nOn December 16, 2010, it was announced that Friberg had signed a deal with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer. He made his debut for the Sounders in their opening game of the 2011 MLS season against Los Angeles Galaxy.\nOn 12 December 2011, Seattle Sounders confirmed that Friberg would move to Malmö FF for the 2012 season. Malmö FF announced the day after that Friberg had signed a contract until the end of the 2014 season. He joined Malmö FF when the transfer window opened on 1 January 2012.\nFriberg was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012 after Malmö team-mates Mathias Ranégie and Ivo Pękalski had to withdraw from the squad. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in
José Ángel Gómez Campaña (born 31 May 1993 in Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a left midfielder.\nCampaña made his senior debuts at only 16, playing in two Segunda División B seasons with hometown club Sevilla FC's reserves. He was promoted to the main squad by newly-appointed coach Marcelino García Toral for the 2011 pre-season.\nOn 25 August 2011, Campaña his debut for the Andalusians' first team, playing 10 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Hannover 96 for the season's UEFA Europa League (2–3 aggregate loss), in the place of German Piotr Trochowski. He made his first La Liga appearance three days later, replacing Manu del Moral in a 2–1 home win against Málaga CF.
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (born 5 March 1988) is an Algerian footballer who plays for Real Sociedad in Spain and the Algeria national team, as a defender.\nCadamuro was born in Toulouse, France, to an Italian father and an Algerian mother, originally from Bou Ismaïl.\nAt the age of 15, Cadamuro joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard's youth system, going on to represent the reserve team during three seasons. In the 2008 summer, he moved to Spain and signed for Real Sociedad.\nWith the Basque, Cadamuro played another three years with the B team, two in the third division and one in the fourth. He was promoted to the main squad for the 2011–12 season, following the arrival of countryman Philippe Montanier as team manager. On 10 September 2011, he made his La Liga debut, replacing Xabier Prieto in the 70th minute of a 2–2 home draw against FC Barcelona.\nOn 7 January 2012, Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodžić was in the stands to supervise Cadamuro in a league match against CA Osasuna. The following day, in an interview with French website FootMercato.net, the player stated that his intentions have always been to represent Algeria in international competition, despite also having the option to play
Bernardo José Espinosa Zúñiga (born 11 July 1989 in Cali), simply Bernardo, is a Colombian footballer who plays for Racing de Santander on loan from Sevilla FC, as a central defender.\nBernardo finished his football formation in Spain with Sevilla FC. After appearing in one game for the B team in the 2007–08 season (five minutes), he proceeded to play a further three full campaigns with the B's, one in the second division and two in the third, only starting regularly in his last.\nBernardo made his first-team - and La Liga - debut on 11 May 2011, playing 90 minutes in a 2–3 away loss against CA Osasuna. In the ensuing summer, he was loaned to fellow top divisioner Racing de Santander, in a season-long move.\nBernardo scored his first top flight goal on 7 January 2012, heading home the game's only in a home win against Real Zaragoza.
Nicolás Martín Gorobsov (Russian: Николас Мартин Горобцов; born 25 November 1989) is an Argentine-Italian footballer of Russian origin. He plays for Politehnica Timişoara, on loan from co-owners Torino and Vicenza.\nGorobsov, who has a Russian grandfather, lived in San Pedro, north of Buenos Aires, up until 14, when his family moved from Argentina due to crisis, and settled in Italy. He is a dual citizen of both Argentina and Italy.\nGorobsov, who used to be a trequartista in Argentina, switched to a position in the center of the field in Italy. In 2007–2008 season he made 22 appearances for Vicenza Primavera team, scoring two goals in process, as well playing once for the seniors in Serie B. After being promoted to the first team before the 2008–2009 season, he came to prominence, earning himself 15 caps and a reputation of hot prospect for the future.\nIn June 2009, Torino acquired half of player's rights for €800,000 (cash plus Saša Bjelanović). On 31 August 2010 he was loaned out to Cesena.\nOn 5 September 2011 he was loaned out again, this time to Romanian Liga II club Politehnica Timişoara.
Simone Scuffet is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Udinese in the Italian Serie A.
Joaquín 'Ximo' Navarro Jiménez (born 23 January 1990 in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Córdoba CF as a right defender.\nNavarro graduated from local RCD Mallorca's youth system in 2009. He made his senior debuts with the reserve team in Segunda División B, starting in all games but one over the course of two seasons, and being relegated in his second.\nIn the 2011 summer, Navarro was loaned to Recreativo de Huelva in Segunda División. He made his official debut for the Andalusians on 27 August, in a 0–1 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.
João Pedro Geraldino dos Santos Galvão (born 9 March 1992), commonly known as simply João Pedro, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He currently plays for Peñarol, on loan from Serie A club Palermo.\nJoão Pedro joined the youth ranks of Atlético Mineiro in April 2006, and made his competitive first team debut on 23 May 2010 in a game against Atlético Paranaense. His successive good performances then led head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo to regularly select him for the Brazilian league games held between May and August 2010, also switching him from his original position of second striker to an attacking midfielder role.\nOn 28 August 2010 it was revealed Serie A club Palermo was interested in signing João Pedro, a rumor that was later confirmed by rosanero chairman Maurizio Zamparini and director of football Walter Sabatini. Two days later, Palermo announced through their website to have signed João Pedro on a five-year contract with the Sicilian club. He made his debut with a Palermo shirt as a substitute in the final minutes of a 2010–11 UEFA Europa League game against Sparta Prague. His Serie A debut came on 17 January 2011, as a second-half substitute for Josip Iličić in a 1–3
Samuel Llorca Ripoll (born 26 April 1985 in Alicante, Valencian Community), simply Samuel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Hércules CF as a central defender.\nSamuel started his senior career at Hércules CF, with its reserves. In 2005, he moved to amateur neighbours CD Alone de Guardamar, being an important unit as it eventually retained its fourth division status.\nSamuel stayed in the region for the following season, as he signed with Elche CF Ilicitano, also in that category. On 9 June 2007, courtesy of manager David Vidal, he made his debut with the first team, Elche CF, starting in a 1–0 home win against CD Castellón. He consolidated his position in 2007–08, with the club also in the second level, and received abroad offers from England's Sheffield United and Fulham, which eventually died down.
Abdoulaye Ba (born 1 January 1991 in Saint-Louis) is a Senegalese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra on loan from F.C. Porto, as central defender.
Álvaro González Soberón (born 8 January 1990 in Santander, Cantabria), simply Álvaro, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander as a central defender.\nA product of hometown side Racing de Santander's youth ranks, Álvaro made his professional debuts in 2009–10, appearing in 23 games for the reserves in the third division, and suffering relegation. He made his first-team - and La Liga debut on 1 May 2011, started and playing 82 minutes in a 2–0 home win against RCD Mallorca.\nDue to injuries to teammates, Álvaro started 2011–12 campaign in Racing's starting XI. Shortly before, he had signed his first professional contract for the Cantabrians.
Mauro Javier dos Santos, simply known as Mauro, is an Argentine footballer who plays for UD Almería in Spain, as a central defender.
Borja López Menéndez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña on loan from AS Monaco FC as a central defender.
Nicolás Federico López Alonso (born 1 October 1993 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for club Roma.\nNicknamed "El Conejo", López started his football career as part of the Montevideo Wanderers, but was originally rejected after he was deemed not to be physically strong enough to play professionally. He successively joined the Nacional youth academy, where he turned into a very prolific striker and, more occasionally, left winger.\nOn 24 April 2011, after being promoted as part of the first team under head coach Juan Ramón Carrasco, López made his debut at the age of 17 in a league game against Central Español, promptly scoring also his first senior goal.\nIn August 2011, López was involved in a feud with Nacional, after his father revealed the player was in Italy in order to hold talks with a number of unspecified Serie A sides, leading his Uruguayan club and the national federation to consider potential actions to the FIFA against the player.
Leonardo Pavoletti is an Italian footballer playing for as striker for Serie A side Sassuolo, after a successful loan spell at Varese in Serie B during the 2013–14 season.
Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez (born May 5, 1991) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Club América in the Primera División de Mexico.\nToday he is one of the promising young players with América who debuted under Alfredo Tena in the Torneo Apertura 2011. He made his senior team debut on October 9, 2011 as a starter in a match against Monarcas Morelia in a 1 - 1 draw at the Estadio Azteca.\nMexico
Andrea Bovo (born 14 May 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays for Calcio Padova at Serie B.\nBorn in Mestre, the mainland part of Venice (Italian: Venezia) municipality, Bovo started his career at Serie B side A.C. Venezia. After he made his first team debut in 2nd half of 2003-04 season, he was signed by Serie A side Palermo in co-ownership deal but loaned back to Venice. Palermo got the remain registration rights after the bankrupt of AC Venezia and loaned him to Serie C1 side Salernitana.\nIn the next season, he left for Serie B side Bari on loan. But he just played once in the league on 19 February 2006, replaced Ivan Rajčić against Rimini, which the match ended in 2-2 draw.\nIn January 2007 he left for Serie C1 side Padova in another loan deal, there he started to play as a regular starter.\nIn summer 2007, Padova signed Bovo's 50% registration rights after the co-ownership deal was accepted, for €250,000. In June 2008, Padova bought the rights from Palermo after won the auction, for €426,000. He won promotion playoffs to Serie B in 2009.\nBovo was capped for Italy U17 team at 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He also played at Italy U19 team at 2005 UEFA
Stadio Moretti was a multi-use stadium in Udine, Italy. It was initially used as the stadium of Udinese Calcio matches. It was replaced by Stadio Friuli in 1976. The capacity of the stadium was 25,000 spectators. It also hosted speedway events.
Salvador "Salva" Sevilla López (born 18 March 1984 in Berja, Almería) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis as a central midfielder.
Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson (born February 13, 1991 in Arlöv) is a Swedish footballer. He is currently playing for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan.\nJansson started his career at local club Arlövs BI. In 2006 at age 15 he transferred to Malmö FF. He played in youth teams until he made his first debut in 2009. Jansson played in a variety of positions in the early stages of his career until deciding on centre back in the start of the 2010 season, he had made his first team debut as forward the year before. When teammate Jasmin Sudić was long term injured in the beginning of the year the manager decided that Jansson would take Sudićs place in the starting eleven. Jansson played in 18 games in the 2010 league winning season for Malmö. He missed the latter part of the season due to injury problems. Starting out the 2011 season on the bench, Jansson gained new manager Rikard Norlings trust and once again took a spot in the starting eleven. Jansson finished the season with 15 played league matches and nine matches in Europe. Many considered Jansson to be the clubs best player of 2011 even though he only played for half of the season. Jansson was also mentioned as a potential candidate for becoming
Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily, which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently the top-ranked football club from the island of Sicily. During its history, Palermo played in all the professional ranks of Italy, and took part in several Serie A seasons during the 1960s and early 1970s, also ending twice as Coppa Italia runners-up during that period.\nFollowing its return to Serie A in 2004, the club has become one of the most prominent in Italy, also providing four players to the Italian team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It has gained a UEFA Cup place in each of the past three seasons, narrowly missing UEFA Champions League qualification in 2007 and 2010, and losing its third Coppa Italia final in 2011.\nThe official team colours are pink and black, giving rise to the nickname rosanero; another less common nickname is aquile, referring to the eagle on both the official club logo and the city of Palermo's coat of arms.\nPalermo plays its home games at Stadio Renzo
Matteo Bachini is an Italian football player.
Simone Benedetti (born 3 April 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays for Internazionale, co-owned with Torino.\nBorn in Turin, Piedmont, Benedetti started his career at hometown club Torino F.C. and made his professional debut in the last round of 2009–10 Serie B. His father, Silvano Benedetti, was a manager of Torino FC youth sector (Italian: Responsabile Tecnico Scuola Calcio).\nOn 22 July 2010 he was sold to F.C. Internazionale Milano in co-ownership deal for €2 million, co-currently Alen Stevanović joined the opposite direction also in co-ownership deal for €2M. Due to the injury crisis, he also selected to 2010 FIFA Club World Cup but did not play. With Inter's Primavera under-20 team, he won 2011 Torneo di Viareggio.\nOn 13 July 2011 he left for Serie B newcomer Gubbio on loan. He was one of the starting centre-back of the team, in either 3–5–2 or 4–4–2 formation.\nBenedetti started his youth international career in a born 1992/1993 training camp., he then received first call-up for 2007 under-16 international Val-de-Marne tournament. He played the first two match of 2009 U-17 Euro qualifying, which Italy was the group runner-up. In the elite round he played all 3 games and
Fernando José Torres Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [ferˈnando ˈtores]; born 20 March 1984), nicknamed El Niño (The Kid in Spanish), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker.\nTorres started his career with Atlético Madrid, progressing through their youth system to the first team squad. He made his first team debut in 2001 and finished his time at the club having scored 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances. Prior to his La Liga debut, Torres played two seasons in the Segunda División for Atlético Madrid, making 40 appearances and scoring seven goals. He joined Premier League club Liverpool in 2007 after signing for a club record transfer fee. He marked his first season at Anfield by being Liverpool's first player since Robbie Fowler in the 1995–96 season to score more than 20 league goals in a season. Torres became the fastest player in Liverpool history to score 50 league goals after scoring against Aston Villa in December 2009. He left the club in January 2011 to join Chelsea for a record British transfer fee of £50 million, which also made him the most expensive Spanish player in history.\nTorres is a Spanish international and made his
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie B. After being relegated from Serie A in the 2011-12 season.\nThe club was formed in 1908 and has spent a large part of their recent history bouncing between Italy's second division and Serie A, where the team gained its first promotion in 1985.\nThe team plays in red and yellow stripes. Lecce's home games are played in the 36,285-seater Stadio Via del Mare. Lecce players and fans are referred to as salentini.\nLecce was founded as Sporting Club Lecce on 15 March 1908, initially the club comprise of football, track-and-field and cycling sports. The first club president was Francesco Marangi. The first colours worn by Lecce during this time were black and white stripes, known in Italy as bianconeri.\nIn its formative years, Lecce played in mostly regional leagues and competitions. During the 1923/24 season the club broke up, before coming back on 16 September 1927 as Unione Sportiva Lecce. The club were still wearing black and white stripes (similar to Juventus) at this point, and the first president under the name Unione Sportiva Lecce was Luigi Lopez y
Cagliari Calcio (Italian: [ˈkaʎʎari] ( listen); Sardinian: Casteddu) is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B.\nThey won their only scudetto in 1970, when they were led by Italian national team all-time leading scorer, Gigi Riva. The team's colors are blue and red. The club's stadium is the 23,486 seater Stadio Sant'Elia.\nCagliari became the first ever out-right champions of Serie C during the 1951–52 season, prior to that in the league the championship was shared amongst more than one team. They spent the 1950s from then on in Serie B, losing a promotion play-off in 1954. After descending to Serie C in the early 1960s, Cagliari's rise would be meteoric- eventually achieving promotion to Serie A in 1964.\nThe squad for the Rossoblu's debut season in Serie A featured players like defender Mario Martiradonna, midfielders Pierluigi Cera, Nené and Ricciotti Greatti, and forward Luigi Riva. A poor first half of the season saw Cagliari in last place with 9 points at the halfway mark. An astonishing second half of the season saw Cagliari
Brescia Calcio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbreʃʃa ˈkaltʃo]) is an Italian football club in Brescia, Lombardy, currently playing in the Serie B.\nIn the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home (after a goalless first leg), returning to Serie A football after a five-year absence. In the 2010-11 season, however, they were relegated back to Serie B.\nFounded in 1911, the club holds the record for total number of seasons (53) and consecutive seasons (18, from 1947–48 to 1964–65) in Serie B, which they have won three times. Also included in their honours is an Anglo-Italian Cup, won in 1994 against Notts County (1-0). Their best finish in Serie A came in the 2000–01 season in seventh place, when, led by the 1993 Ballon d'Or winner Roberto Baggio, the club qualified for the Intertoto Cup. In the latter competition, Brescia reached the final but were defeated on the away goals rule by Paris Saint-Germain after two draws.\nPreviously, in the 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale, the team finished joint-second, along with Juventus, eight points behind first-placed Bologna.\nThe team's colours are blue and white. Its stadium is the 27,547 seater
Alessandro Rosina (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro roˈzina]; born 31 January 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg.\nBorn in Belvedere Marittimo, Rosina started his career at Cittadella del Capo youth team at the age of five, where he caught the eye of Juventus, Roma and Milan scouts. His father, however, decided to let him join Parma. He was subsequently brought up in the club's youth system.\nRosina spent 2001–2002 playing for Parma Primavera team. He was promoted to the first team next season, making his professional debut on 16 February 2003 against Juventus as a substitute for Hidetoshi Nakata. In two and a half years at the club, he made 25 league appearances. Rosina was a member of B squad in 2003–04 UEFA Cup.\nWith a change of team's formation, Rosina found first-team opportunities hard to come by. In January 2005 he was loaned to Hellas Verona, where he had a hugely successful spell. After the end of the loan he was bought by Torino, then in Serie B.\nRosina was regarded as a revelation since his arrival to the club. He became the driving force behind Torino's 2005–2006 promotion
Tommaso Berni (born 6 March 1983) is an Italian football goalkeeper currently playing for S.C. Braga.\nBerni started his career at F.C. Internazionale Milano and played for Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team) at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio.\nIn summer 2003, he joined Ternana of Serie B.\nBerni left for Lazio in summer 2006 as Ternana relegated to Serie C1. Right before the January transfer window closed, Lazio bought his full ownership for €1.5 million from Ternana, as Lazio seek for first and second goalkeeper due to Angelo Peruzzi set to leave and old age of Marco Ballotta. He signed a contract with Lazio which last until June 2011.\nHe made his Serie A debut on 20 May 2007 against Parma, the 37th match day of the season. It is because Lazio already qualified for Champions League 2007–08 Third qualifying round or above. But in 2007–08 season, he played as third-choice, behind Marco Ballotta and new signing Fernando Muslera. Since Juan Pablo Carrizo was signed by Lazio in June 2008, Berni was loaned to Salernitana of Serie B to seek first team experience in February 2009. Since arrived at Salernitana, he put Salvatore Pinna to the bench.\nIn June 29, SC Braga contracted Berni on a free
Yann M'Vila (born 29 June 1990) is a French international footballer who plays for French club Rennes in Ligue 1. He operates as a defensive midfielder and is described by his club as a player who possesses "excellent defensive abilities" and "impressive physical strength". He is the younger brother of Yohan M'Vila, who plays for Ligue 1 club Dijon.\nM'Vila began his football career playing for clubs in the Picardy and Île-de-France regions, such as Amiens SC and Mantes. In 2004, he signed with professional club Stade Rennais. While in the club's youth academy, he achieved several club honours. In 2008, M'Vila turned professional and, in the following season, made his professional debut in a league match against Nice. M'Vila has since become an integral part of the club under manager Frédéric Antonetti.\nM'Vila is a French international having played at all levels for which he was eligible. He has captained several of his age groups including the under-19 team that reached the semi-finals of the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. M'Vila also played on France teams that participated in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and the 2007 FIFA U-17 World
Iriney Santos da Silva (born 23 April 1981 in Humaitá, Amazonas), simply Iriney, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Real Betis in Spain, as a central midfielder.\nHe also holds a Spanish passport, having spent more than one decade playing in the country.\nIriney made his professional debuts with Associação Desportiva São Caetano in 2000, and moved to Spain with Rayo Vallecano two years later. Eventually moving into the Madrid side's starting lineups, he did saw it drop two consecutive divisions.\nIn the summer of 2005, Iriney joined Celta de Vigo, being one of the Galicians most consistent players during his two-season spell in La Liga. Following the 2006–07 relegation he decided to leave the club, but was unable to find a club until the 2008 January transfer window, when he signed with UD Almería.\nSubsequently, after gaining match practice, he was relatively used during his stay in Andalusia, with Almería consecutively maintaining its top division status. In late June 2009, his contract expired and he moved to neighbours Real Betis, freshly relegated to the second level.
Associazione Calcio Siena (often referred to as 'Robur' or simply 'Siena') is an Italian football club based in Siena.\nThe club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season.\nThe club plays its home games at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. The ground's capacity is only 15,725 and is located in Siena itself, whereas its more famous namesake is located in Florence. In March 2011, A.C. Siena announced plans to move to a new stadium at Isola d’Arbia, at the southern end of the city. The 20,000 seat stadium features a unique below-ground design and was awarded an MIPIM AR Future Projects Award for 2011.\nFormed in 1904 as Società Studio e Divertimento (Society for Study and Entertainment), a sports club characterized by a black and white check jersey (derived from the city of Siena coat of arms), it opened its football section, named Società Sportiva Robur, in 1908. Today the name "Robur" is widely used by the local supporters to distinguish the football team from the two basket ones, "Mens Sana" and "Virtus".\nThe team finally became known as Associazione Calcio Siena in 1933/1934. In 1934/1935 Siena were promoted for the first time to
Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon (amaranto in Italian, from which the team nickname derives). The best placement in Italian Serie A was second place in 1942–43 season, during which the amaranto gave life to a head-to-head competition with Torino. The team play their home matches at the 18,200 seater Stadio Armando Picchi.\nFounded in 1915 as U.S. Livorno, the club ended the Italian Football Championship 1919–20 in second place, losing the final to Internazionale. One year later, they were defeated in the semi-final by arch-rivals Pisa. In 1933, the club moved to the current stadium, originally named after Edda Ciano Mussolini, daughter of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Successively, Livorno ended as Serie A runners-up in the 1942–43 season. Livorno left Serie A in 1949 after seven consecutive seasons. They relegated to Serie C soon after, making a return to Serie B in 1955 for a single season and again from 1964 to 1972. The club was then cancelled in 1991, being forced to start from Eccellenza; two consecutive
Rene Krhin (born 21 May 1990) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Serie A club Bologna.\nSigning for Internazionale alongside fellow rising star Vid Belec from hometown club NK Maribor at age of 16 as an European Union player, he started to play for Internazionale at Allievi Nazionali (U-17) team.\nIn July 2009, he was called up by manager Jose Mourinho to the Inter first team for the pre-season tour of the United States, and subsequently played in several friendlies. For the 2009–10 competitive season, he was called up to the match squads, but did not make the starting eleven or the bench for the first three games, against Lazio in the Supercoppa Italiana, Bari, and Milan. He subsequently made his official debut for Inter against Parma in the week three Serie A fixture, coming on as a substitute for Wesley Sneijder. He next came on in the 84th minute against Catania on 24 October for Sulley Muntari. On 1 November 2009, he made his first league start in a 2–0 win over Livorno.\nIn November 2009, he signed a reported 5-year contract.\nOn 27 July 2010 he was farmed to fellow Serie A side Bologna in co-ownership deal for €2 million, and would be paid in 3 instalments until 2013. On 11
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.\nThe club has spent most of the last decade bouncing between Serie A and Serie B. Most recently, Empoli was relegated to Serie B in 2004, but secured promotion back to Serie A in the next season, finishing first in Serie B and qualified for European football for the first time in their history with a respectable 7th place finish. 2007–08 was the seventh Serie A season for Empoli, particularly impressive for a team in a city of only 45,000 inhabitants. Empoli relies on extremely successful youth divisions which are among the most renowned in Italy. However, as of 2012-2013, Empoli currently competes in Serie B.\nEmpoli's history was relatively obscure before the 1980s when they attained Serie B status. In 1986, this small-town club managed the remarkable feat of promotion to Serie A. Playing their first few home games in Florence, Empoli's Serie A debut resulted in a 1–0 win over Inter. Helped by a 9-point deduction from Udinese, they only just avoided relegation with only 23 points and 13 goals in 30 games. Empoli themselves received a
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B.\nDuring 1927, the original football club representing the city was merged with a team named Liberty Bari, a year following this the new club was merged too, this time with US Ideale; hence the sometimes given foundation date of 1928.\nStatistically Bari are the most successful club from the Apulia region, in terms of the all-time Serie A records. They are amongst the elite in Southern Italian football and are ranked 17th in the all-time Serie A records for all of Italy. Notably they won the Mitropa Cup in 1990. Bari also held the British football transfer record, when it paid £ 5,500,000 for David Platt in 1991. It was the most expensive fee paid by a foreign club for a British player for four years.\nOne of the most notable achievements in the club's history was in the 1996 season, when their forward Igor Protti became the top scorer in the Serie A with 24 goals. The club are known in the wider footballing world for producing Antonio Cassano who was
Associazione Calcio Cesena (Italian pronunciation: [tʃɛˈzeːna]) is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna.\nThe club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th position in Serie A and a short run in the UEFA Cup. The other three promotions in serie A have been achieved in 1981, 1987 and 2010, the last one after two consecutive promotion from the third league (Lega Pro) in 2009, and from Serie B in 2010, both won in the final game of the season. The club has played 11 seasons in Serie A championship.\nFounded in 1940, Cesena reached Serie B in 1968 and were promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1973. With players such as Pierluigi Cera and Gianluigi Savoldi, the club held its own and finished a respectable 11th place in their debut season, repeating that finish the following year. In 1975–76, Cesena surprised everybody by finishing 6th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The glory was short-lived and they would be relegated the next year.\nA second promotion to Serie A followed in 1981 and finished a
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times. They currently compete in Serie A after climbing back up the football pyramid.\nThe club has achieved moderate success in the top league, the highest position ever reached by the club is 8th in Serie A twice, both during the early 1960s. The farthest Catania have progressed in cup competitions is the final of the Coppa delle Alpi.\nThe origins of football being played by representatives of the Province of Catania can be traced back to English cargo ships, thanks to the workers who brought the game to Sicily. Specifically the earliest Catania team can be traced to match which took place on 2 May 1901 at San Raineri di Messina against Messina, the team was named Royal Yacht Catania; an English ship with a local Catanian crew.\nThe ship workers team was just a pastime however, Catania's first professional and most stable football club was founded on 19 June 1908, by Italian film director Gaetano Ventimiglia and Francesco Sturzo d'Aldobrando, who founded the club under the name A.S.
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A. Ascoli played in Serie A between periods of 1974–1976, 1978–1985, 1986–1990, 1991–1992, and 2005–2007.\nThe team's colours are black and white.\nFounded in 1898 as "Candido Augusto Vecchi", the team changed his denomination to Ascoli Vigor in 1905, U.S. Ascolana in 1921, and A.S. Ascoli in 1945. In 1955, the team was acquired and saved from bankruptcy by publishing magnate, Cino Del Duca, who merged it with his own team to make the "Del Duca Ascoli". The stadium still bears his and his brother's name. In 1959 the team finally returned in Serie C for the first time since before the beginning of World War II. In 1971, under the chairmanship of Costantino Rozzi, who had acquired the team three years before, the team changed his denomination to the current one, finally being known as "Ascoli Calcio 1898". From that same year, the team, led by Carlo Mazzone as coach, gained two consecutive promotions, being promoted in Serie B, and then Serie A, for its first time. The team stayed in
Ahmed Apimah Barusso (born 26 December 1984) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie B club A.S.G. Nocerina on loan from Serie A club Roma as a defensive midfielder.\nBarusso started off his European footballing career at Manfredonia, where he moved after recommendations by Ghanaian football legend Abedi Pele, from Nania F.C. of Accra. He helped Manfredonia to three successive promotions from the Italian amateur leagues (Serie D) to Serie C1.\nAt the start of the 2006–07 season Barusso was signed by Serie B club Rimini in a co-ownership deal that was later turned permanent after his immediate impact at his new club, including man of the match performances against Juventus and Bologna. Barusso's success was nearly halted, however, after a fractured tibia after a tackle by Alfredo Cardinale in the week 9 game at Crotone, forcing him to miss several games due to surgery.\nOn 15 June 2007, it was reported in the Italian media that A.S. Roma have secured the co-ownership signing of Barusso from Serie B side Rimini. The move was made official on 9 July 2007. It cost €1.7M for sign him in co-ownership deal. He was awarded no.29 shirt., which was taken by Nicolás
Rafael Márquez Álvarez (born 13 February 1979 in Zamora, Michoacán) is a Mexican footballer who plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer and the Mexico national team. He plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder.\nHe spent over a decade playing in France and Spain and is considered one of the best Mexican defenders of all time. He won numerous titles with Monaco and FC Barcelona. After winning the 2006 UEFA Champions League with Barcelona, he became the first Mexican to win the honour, something Mexican legend Hugo Sánchez was not able to do while playing for Real Madrid.\nMárquez began his career at Mexican club Atlas, for whom he débuted in 1996 at only 17 years old. Márquez rose to prominence while with Atlas, making 77 appearances for the team and being runner-up in the league losing the final against Deportivo Toluca in penalties.\nIn 1996, Monaco purchased him for €7 million. Monaco scouts had gone to see Pablo Contreras during the Copa América tournament. After seeing Márquez play, they signed both players. In his first season, he helped lead Monaco to become Ligue 1 champions, in which he played a vital part in defence. In 2003, Márquez was signed by La Liga
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926  (refounded in 2004). The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season. Napoli has won Serie A twice, in 1986–87 and 1989–90. They have also won the Italian Cup four times and the Italian Super Cup, and on the European stage have won the UEFA Cup in 1988–89. Napoli is also the most successful club in Southern Italy and the fourth most supported football club in Italy.\nThe club has had several name changes since first appearing in 1926; the most important of these was in 1964, when it was changed from Associazione Calcio Napoli to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli. The most recent change was in 2004, when the club went bankrupt but was refounded by film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis as Napoli Soccer; he restored the name to Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli in early 2006.\nThe first club was founded as Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club in 1904 by English sailor William Poths and his associate Hector M. Bayon. Neapolitans such as Conforti, Catterina and Amedeo Salsi were also involved, the latter of which was
Marco D'Alessandro (born 17 February 1991 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger for Serie B club Verona, on loan from Roma.\nD'Alessandro moved his first footsteps into Lazio youth system. In 2005 he joined Roma youth teams. On March 21, 2009 he made his senior debut in Serie A as an injury time substitute against Juventus, which Roma lost 4–1.\nIn July 2009 he was sent to Serie B side Grosseto on a season-long loan to gain first-team experience.\nIn July 2010 he was sent to Serie A side Bari. Then in January 2011 he was sent to Serie B side Livorno.\nIn August 2011 he was sent to Serie B club Verona.\nOn January 10, 2012 he scored a goal against Lazio in the Coppa Italia.\nWith the Italy U-19 he took part at the 2010 Euro U-19 Championship. On 17 November 2010 he made his debut with the Italy U-21 team in a friendly match against Turkey.
Héctor Yuste Cantón (born 12 January 1988 in Cartagena), simply Héctor, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cádiz CF on loan from Granada CF, as a midfielder.\nStarting off at Fuente Álamo, then with Real Murcia, Héctor finished his football grooming at neighbours FC Cartagena. In 2006, he made his first appearances for the main squad, in Segunda División B.\nAfter one year loaned at lowly AD Las Palas, Héctor returned to Cartagena, helping it return to the second level in 2008–09, finishing the season in the starting XI after a coaching move. In the following campaign, as the Region of Murcia side nearly promoted again, he contributed with 18 matches.
Alejandro Arribas Garrido (born 1 May 1989 in Madrid) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as a central defender.\nArribas began his career in the youth ranks of CF Rayo Majadahonda, being signed by Madrid neighbours Rayo Vallecano in 2008. He spent almost two full seasons with the reserves, making his professional debuts with CDA Navalcarnero in the second half of the 2008–09 season, being regularly used in a relegation-ending campaign, in Segunda División B.\nIn 2009–10, Arribas helped the Rayo B-team promote to the third level, moving to the main squad shortly after - in Segunda División - and being an automatic first-choice (38 games out of 42) as the club returned to La Liga after eight years.
Michael Rabušic (born 17 September 1989) is a Czech football player who currently plays for Gambrinus liga club FC Slovan Liberec.\nMichael Rabušic began his football career at the age of six in a local club FC Náměšť nad Oslavou. At the age of thirteen Rabušic moved to Vysočina Jihlava, where he played in Vysočina youth teams until 2006. In the 2006/07 season, the talented striker moved into the professional team, but was also an aid to the reserve squad. In July 2007 Rabušic transferred to 1. FC Brno. Both clubs made an agreement about the transfer, but in the end the player decided to stay in Jihlava. In January 2009, Rabušic finally went to Brno.\nIn June 2011, Rabušic together with his Zbrojovka Brno teammate Josef Šural signed a three-year contract with Gambrinus liga side Slovan Liberec.He is member of the Czech under-21 team. He represented the team at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Dídac Vilà Rosselló (born 9 June 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for A.C. Milan in Serie A, as a left defender.\nBorn in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Vilà joined local RCD Espanyol's youth system at the age of 10, making his senior debuts in 2008–09 and helping the reserves promote from the fourth division, as champions.\nHe was promoted to the first team by manager Mauricio Pochettino, making his La Liga debut on 30 January 2010 in a 1–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao and finishing his first professional season with 11 league matches (starting and playing all the minutes in every match), as the Pericos finished in mid-table.\nAfter missing the first months of 2010–11 due to physical problems, Vilà once again gained first-choice status at Espanyol, taking over longtime incumbent – and also a youth graduate at the club – David García. On 28 January 2011, he was bought by A.C. Milan in Serie A.\nAfter only one official appearance for Milan, Vilà returned to Espanyol in early June 2011, in a season-long loan. He only missed one match during the league campaign, scoring twice but in as many away losses.\nIn 2011, Vilà received his first callup for the Spanish under-21s. That
Matteo Bianchetti is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Empoli, on loan from Hellas Verona.
Iván Rodrigo Piris (born 10 March 1989) is a Paraguayan football right defender who currently plays for São Paulo.\nPiris spent 3 years at the Paraguayan giants, playing a particularly large role in Cerro Porteno's run to the semi-finals of the 2011 Copa Libertadores. However, his impressive performance in the competition alerted clubs around the world of his ability and it looked unlikely that he would stay with Cerro Porteno. Sure enough, Piris was tracked by both Manchester United of England and Boca Juniors of Argentina  as well as Tottenham Hotspur, S.L. Benfica, F.C. Porto, Bologna FC and Udinese. However, Piris eventually signed for Brazilian club São Paulo FC for a fee of 2 million euros.\nPiris joined up with his new team-mates after the 2011 Copa America after São Paulo announced his signing on Thursday 15 July  São Paulo's vice-president spoke of his delight at signing Piris: "For months we have been working quietly on this player and to see it succeed makes us very happy", he told the club's official website. "Piris is a young athlete who has lots of potential. He will definitely add great quality to our group."\nPiris was part of Paraguay's 2011 Copa America runners-up
Víctor Ruiz Torre (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiktor ˈrwiθ ˈtore]; born 25 January 1989 in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a central defender.\nRuiz arrived in RCD Espanyol's youth system in 2006 at the age of 17, from Catalonia neighbours FC Barcelona. In 2008–09 he made his senior debuts, helping the reserve side win its Tercera División group, and subsequently promote in the playoffs.\nOn 6 December 2009, Ruiz made his debut with Espanyol's first team, starting and being booked in a 0–4 home loss against Racing de Santander. Coach Mauricio Pochettino, however, fielded him in a further 21 La Liga games that season, with the team finally ranking in 11th position; he added two goals, against Málaga CF (1–2 away defeat) and Atlético Madrid (3–0, home).\nIn 2010–11, Ruiz played all the minutes for Espanyol in the first 15 rounds. On 31 January 2011, he was sold to S.S.C. Napoli for €6 million in a four 1/2-year contract, with the Italians also ceding the sporting rights to Jesús Dátolo, who was playing with the Spaniards on loan.\nOn 30 August 2011, Ruiz returned to his country, penning a five-year deal with Valencia CF. He
Adryan Oliveira Tavares, or simply Adryan (born October 8, 1994 in Rio de Janeiro), is a Brazilian football Attacking midfielder. He was formed in the Flamengo youth academy and has been training with the first team. He is also a member of Brazil U-17 team.\nAdryan is a well known young footballer member of Flamengo's youth team. The player, given its remarkable ability has always been treated as a real potential player to the next years.\nIn his still short career, Adryan collect caps for many different categories of the Brazilian national teams such as U-15, U-16 and U-17. Champion for Flamengo at youth level in 2010, the midfielder was selected, at that time with 16 years of age, to play in the 2011 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (which allowed players under 18 years of age), being one of the top players in the tournament and finishing as champion.\nAfter the good campaign in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo gave him a chance to train in the pre-season preparation with the professional team. He also debuted in a friendly match against Londrina at Estádio do Café on February 9, 2011. But he didn't spent much time training with the professional team
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria. Sampdoria currently compete in the Italian Serie A.\nBoth the team name and jersey do reflect this, the first being a combination of the former names, the second incorporating the former teams' colours (blue-white and red-black) in a single design. The team's colours are blue with white, red and black hoops , hence the nickname blucerchiati. Sampdoria play at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, capacity 36,536, which it shares with Genoa's other club, Genoa Cricket and Football Club. The derby between the two teams is commonly known as the Derby della Lanterna.\nSampdoria have won the scudetto only once in their history, in the 1991 season. The club has also won the Coppa Italia four times (1985, 1988, 1989, and 1994) and one Italian Super Cup. Their biggest European success came when they won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. They also reached the European Cup final in 1992 only to lose against the Spanish side FC Barcelona with an 1–0 score after extra time.\nThe
Ishak Belfodil (born 12 January 1992 in Mostaganem) is a Franco-Algerian football player who currently plays for Italian club Bologna in the Serie A on loan from French club Lyon. He is a France youth international having earned caps at under-17, under-18, and under-19 level.\nBelfodil began his football career at OSC Élancourt, a club located in the western suburbs of Paris, and spent his formative years at the club. He later joined nearby club Trappes FC. While at Trappes, Belfodil passed the entrance tests required to attend the Clairefontaine academy, but was not selected following failure of the final test. As a result, he moved to Paris Saint-Germain spending only a year at the Camp des Loges, the club's training center. Belfodil attributed only one year there primarily due to not focusing on his studies and not receiving enough playing time with his youth section. In 2004, he joined AC Boulogne Billencourt, a sports club that also trained international players Hatem Ben Arfa and Issiar Dia. In 2007, Belfodil secured a move to Ligue 2 club Clermont Foot.\nBelfodil spent only a year at Clermont and, while playing with the club under-16 team, scored nine of the team's first 15
Alessio Cragno is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Italian side Cagliari Calcio as a goalkeeper.
Godfred Donsah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Cagliari Calcio, as a midfielder.
Maks Barisic is a Slovenian football player.
Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 8 September 1988 in Lamelas, Castro Daire Municipality), aka Licá, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia as a forward.\nLicá joined Académica de Coimbra from the lower leagues in 2007, aged 19. He appeared rarely for the team over the course of two top division seasons, also being loaned to another modest side, G.D. Tourizense, during his contract; on 22 February 2009, he scored his first goal in the main division, helping to a 3–1 home win against C.S. Marítimo.\nIn the 2010 January transfer window, Licá signed for C.D. Trofense in the second level, on loan, scoring five goals in 27 games in his first full season, as the Trofa club narrowly missed on promotion.
Dragan Lovric is a Croatian football player.
Gustavo Campanharo known as Campanharo is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Serie A side Verona on loan from CA Bragantino.
Alexandre Coeff (born 20 February 1992 in Brest) is a French football player who currently plays for RC Lens. He is a France youth international having earned caps at all levels for which he is currently eligible. Coeff plays as a central midfielder. On 10 October 2008, at the age of 16, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with Lens. A rupture of both the medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees delayed his professional career and, after successfully undergoing rehabilitation, Coeff spent two years playing on the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. On 29 May 2011, Coeff made his professional debut appearing as a substitute in a 4–0 away defeat to Nancy.
Gonzalo Escalante is an Argentinian football player.
Gonzalo Piermateri is an Argentinian football player.
Rúben Miguel Nunes Vezo is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF as a central defender.
Thomas Teye Partey, simply known as Thomas, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for UD Almería, on loan from Atlético Madrid, as a defensive midfielder.
Anaitz Arbilla Zabala (born 15 May 1987 in Pamplona, Navarre) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Hércules CF as a right defender.\nArbilla began his senior career in 2004 with CD Baskonia, Athletic Bilbao's farm team. Two years later, he progressed to the reserves in the third division and, after two seasons, signed with another club in the Basque Country and the category, Barakaldo CF.\nArbilla signed for Polideportivo Ejido (also in the third level) for the 2009–10 season. The following year, he had his first experience in division two, joining UD Salamanca, and starting in 29 league games as the Castile and León outfit eventually suffered relegation.\nIn late August 2011, Arbilla moved to another club in the second division, Hércules CF, for a €200,000 fee.
Jorge García Morcillo (born 11 March 1986 in Valencia, Valencian Community) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Alcoyano as a central defender.
Ángel Martín Correa is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish club Atlético Madrid as a forward.
Raúl Rodríguez Navas is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Eibar on loan from Real Sociedad as a central defender.
Fredy Hinestroza Arias is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Getafe CF as a left winger.
James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991 in Cúcuta) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Portuguese team F.C. Porto. Talented and considered to be the successor of Carlos Valderrama, he's been nicknamed 'el nuevo pibe' (the new kid in reference to being the successor of Carlos who was nicked named 'El Pibe') and a 'South American' Cristiano Ronaldo.\nRodriguez is considered to be one of the best youth players in the world and is known for his wide range of skills known for his selfless style of play with well timed passes leading towards the forms of assists to that of his predecessor Carlos Valderrama.\nRodriguez started his professional football career in 2006 at the time of his Colombian second division club Envigado FC, ​​with whom he made the 2007 ascent.\nIn 2008 he was signed by Argentine team Club Atlético Banfield, where he made his first team debut on 7 February 2009, he scored his first goal for the club on 27 February with a long range strike in a 3-1 victory over Rosario Central.\nIn 2009 he became a regular first team player featuring in every game of the Apertura 2009. His second goal for Banfield came on 26 September when he scored with a strike into the top
Davide Cinaglia is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Lega Pro club Ascoli Picchio as a centre-back.
Luca Rizzo is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Sampdoria.
Riccardo Pasi (born 27 August 1990 ) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bologna.\nBorn in Bologna, Emilia–Romagna, Pasi started his professional career at Bologna F.C. 1909. He was the member of the reserve from 2006–07 season to the first half of 2009–10 season.\nIn January 2010 Bologna swapped him with Alessandro Elia in co-ownership deal. Both players' 50% registration rights were "valued" €1 million  It made both club had a selling paper profit of about €2 million for both players, but in terms of the contract value of new signing (Elia for Bologna, Pasi for Parma). The profit would compensate by the future amortization and VAT, which Elia and Pasi had both costed Bologna about €650,000 in 1½ years as amortization (around €2 million over 4 years and 5 months times 1 year and 5 months) Both players made a handful appearances for their new clubs.\nPasi made his Serie A debut for Parma F.C. on 18 April 2010 in a game against Genoa C.F.C. when he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute for Luca Antonelli, which is his only appearance for Parma first team. He also played a few games for Parma's reserve, such as the return leg of the round 16 match of the playoffs round. Pasi
Nicholas Lentini is an Italian football player.
Alex Meret is an Italian football player.
Abraham Minero Fernández (born 22 February 1986 in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia), simply Abraham, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a left defender.
Jami Rafati is an Italian footballer of Iranian-descent who currently plays for AS Livorno Calcio in Serie B on loan from Genoa.
Zouhar Feddal is a Moroccan soccer player.
Daniele Sommariva is an Italian football player.
Giuseppe Panico is an Italian football player.
Sevilla Football Club is a Spanish football team organized as a Sporting Limited Association, according to the Spanish law known as "LSAD". It has its headquarters in Seville, the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is currently one of the teams that play in the First Division. Its articles of association were approved on October 14, 1905, being its first president the Jerez-born José Luis Gallegos Arnosa.\nThe Stadium "Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán", property of the club, is the scenario that uses the team to play their local official games. It is located in the neighborhood of Nervión and owes its name to who was its President for 17 years. It has a capacity for 45,500 spectators.\nThe team has in its Honours numerous trophies and qualifications that make it the Andalusian team with most regional, national and international titles. It has been champion of the Spanish League one season, won five Spain Cups (one Republic Cup, two Generalisimo Cups and two King's Cups), two UEFA Cups, a Spain Super Cup and a UEFA Super Cup. The most prestigious honours were obtained in the first decade of the 21st century. It has been campaigning 67 seasons in the First Division and 13 in
Luca Giannone (born July 2, 1989 in Casalnuovo di Napoli) is an Italian professional football player, currently playing for Pro Patria.
Mirko Eramo (born July 12, 1989 in Acquaviva delle Fonti) is an Italian professional football player currently playing for Crotone in a co-ownership agreement wit Sampdoria.
Rolando Mandragora is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a center midfielder for Italian Serie A club Genoa.
The Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo sanˈtjaɣo βernaˈβeu]) is an all-seater football stadium in Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 and is owned by Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. It has a current capacity of 85,454 spectators.\nEl Bernabéu, renamed in honour of their former chairman Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, is one of the world's most famous and prestigious football venues. It has hosted the European Cup final on four occasions: in 1957, 1969, 1980, and the UEFA Champions League Final in 2010. The finals for the 1964 European Nations' Cup and the 1982 World Cup have also been held at the Bernabéu.\nThe Santiago Bernabéu is located on the Paseo de la Castellana, in the district of Chamartín. It occupies the block bounded by the Paseo de la Castellana and the streets of Concha Espina, Padre Damián, and Rafael Salgado.\nOn 22 June 1944, the Banco Mercantil e Industrial bank granted a credit to Santiago Bernabéu and Rafael Salgado for the purchase of the land adjacent to the old Estadio Chamartín. On 5 September 1944, architects Manuel Muñoz Monasterio and Luis Alemany Soler were hired and the structure on the site began to give way to the new
Giacomo Sciacca is an Italian football player.
Andrea Palazzi is an Italian footballer who plays for Inter Milan as a midfielder. He has been at Internazionale since he was 10, and is rated by Inter fans as a promising holding midfielder.\nHe made his professional debut on 6 November 2014, replacing Zdravko Kuzmanović for the last 7 minutes of a 1–1 draw at AS Saint-Étienne in the group stages of the UEFA Europa League.
Davide Costa is an Italian football player.
Giovanni Tortora is an Italian football player.
Michele Somma is an Italian football player.
Mirko Esposito is an Italian football player.
Luca Pipoli is an Italian football player.
Lorenzo Capezzani is an Italian football player.
Adrian Marius Stoian (born 11 February 1991 in Craiova) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for Serie B side A.S. Bari on loan from A.S. Roma.\nHe made his Serie A debut on 21 March 2009 against Juventus F.C. as a substitute for Mirko Vučinić in the last minutes of the game.\nOn 5 August 2011 he joined A.S. Bari on a long season loan deal that bring teammates Alessandro Crescenzi and Simone Sini to the team too.
Alberto Grassi is an Italian footballer who plays for Atalanta as a defensive midfielder.
Rosseti Valerio Lorenzo is an Italian football player.
Davide Mordini is an Italian football player.
Andrea Gemignani is an Italian football player.
Matteo Biggeri is an Italian football player.
Luzayadio Andy Bangu is a Congolese football player.
Nicolò Gigli is an Italian football player.
Jacopo Petriccione is an Italian football player.
Luca Anania (born 21 June 1980 in Milan) is an Italian goalkeeper who plays for Serie B side Delfino Pescara 1936.\nAnania started his career at hometown giant Internazionale. He was loaned to Serie C1 side Lecco then sold to Serie C2 side Pro Sesto along with Marco D'Adda in co-ownership. In June 2001, Pro Sesto acquired D'Adda outright and renewed the co-ownership deal of Anania. Anania remained in Sesto San Giovanni for first half of the season, joined along with Alonso Piola who loaned to the club from Inter in September. But after nil league appearance, he left for Pro Vercelli on loan, which is his first club outside Lombardy region. In June 2002, Anania was bought back by Inter and sold to Avellino in another co-ownership deal, and sent other players to Pro Sesto. He worked as the backup of Domenico Cecere. In June 2003, he was signed outright by Serie C1 Group B champion. After played 9 league matches for Avellino at Serie B, he was signed by Serie A side Lecce in July 2004 where he worked as the understudy of Vincenzo Sicignano and made his Serie A debut on the opening match against Atalanta, replaced Sicignano in the 61st minutes. The match ended in 2–2 draw after Valeri
Federico Melchiorri (born January 6, 1987 in Treia) is an Italian professional football player .\nMelchiorri joined A.C. Siena in January 2006, at first on loan. After 5 months in the youth team, Siena boght him from the Serie D club. He made his Serie A debut on 20 December 2006 in a game against Empoli F.C. when he came on as a last-minute substitute for Cristian Molinaro.\nMelchiorri was sold to Sambenedettese in co-ownership deal in 2007. In 2009 Siena sold the remain 50% rights to Sambenedettese.
Camp Nou (Catalan pronunciation: [kamˈnɔw], New Field) is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain which has been the home of Futbol Club Barcelona since 1957.\nThe Camp Nou seats 98,787, reduced to 96,336 in matches organised by UEFA, making it the largest stadium in Europe and the 11th largest in the world in terms of capacity. It has hosted numerous international matches at a senior level, including two UEFA Champions League finals and the football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics.\nThe construction of Camp Nou started on 28 March 1954 as Barcelona's previous stadium, Camp de Les Corts, had no room for expansion. Although originally planned to be called Estadi del FC Barcelona, the more popular name Camp Nou was used. The June 1950 signing of László Kubala, regarded as one of Barcelona's greatest players, provided further impetus to the construction of a larger stadium.\nConstruction of Camp Nou began on 28 March 1954 before a crowd of 60,000 Barça fans. The civil governor of Barcelona, Felipe Acedo Colunga, presided at the laying in place of the first stone, with a blessing from the Archbishop of Barcelona, Gregorio Modrego. Construction took three years, going
Eugenio Lamanna (born August 7, 1989 in Como) is an Italian professional football player currently playing for Serie B team AS Bari on loan from Genoa C.F.C.\nIn 2010-11 season he suffered a serious injury.
Agustín Sebastián Cousillas is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as a goalkeeper.
Daniele Bartolini is an Italian football player.
Andrea Molinelli is an Italian soccer player.
Elia Bruzzi is an Italian football player.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.\nThey are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici. Atalanta play in blue-and-black vertically striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.\nThe club stadium is the 26,638 seater Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. In Italy, Atalanta is sometimes called Regina delle provinciali (queen of the provincial clubs) to mark the fact that the club is historically one of the best among non-metropolitan ones.\nIn 2010-11, the club gained promotion from Serie B to Serie A.Captain Doni is involved with a match-fixing scandal. and in August 2011, Atalanta was punished with 6 points of penalty in the 2011-2012 season, Doni has given a three-and-a-half-ban. Atalanta surprisinly reached the Cup Winners' Cup Semifinal in 1988, when it was still competing in Serie B. This is still the best ever performance by a non-first division club in a major UEFA competition (together with Cardiff City).\nThe club was founded in 1907. A football club had existed in Bergamo since 1904. Founded by wealthy Swiss immigrants, it was known as FC Bergamo. The rival
Arnaldo Antonio Sanabria Ayala, also known as Tonny Sanabria, is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for A.S. Roma in Italy, as a striker.
Miguel Alfonso Herrero Javaloyas, aka Míchel (born 29 July 1988 in Burjassot, Valencian Community), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF, as an attacking midfielder.\nAfter finishing his football grooming at local outfit Burjassot CF, Míchel started playing professionally with Valencia CF's B side; after a string of midfield injuries to the main squad (Rubén Baraja, Edu and Manuel Fernandes), he was called-up by coach Unai Emery, making his La Liga debut against FC Barcelona, playing 20 minutes in a 0–4 away loss on 6 December 2008 (previous to that, he had already appeared in a domestic cup outing against Club Portugalete, where he also scored).\nMíchel's first start occurred on 3 March 2009, in a 1–2 loss at CD Numancia, as he began to be regularly summoned to the league's squad of 18 each week. He was delighted with his first year at Valencia, never having imagined he would be playing for the main team in Valencia having not much earlier being in the fourth division, with lowly Burjassot CF.\nIn early June 2010, deemed surplus to requirements by coach Emery - for instance, in the 2009–10 campaign, he only collected 28 minutes in the league, all as a late substitute -
Michael Agazzi (born 3 July 1984 in Ponte San Pietro) is an Italian footballer who plays for Cagliari Calcio.\nSince 2008–09 season, Agazzi has been the first choice goalkeeper, after the departure of Generoso Rossi.\nOn 9 July 2009 Cagliari Calcio signed the goalkeeper from Serie B club Triestina in a joint ownership deal. However, he would continue to play for Triestina until June 2010.\nHowever, on 1 February 2010 he returned to Cagliari, 5 months earlier. Co-currently, Triestina signed Alex Calderoni as replacement. On 21 June 2010, Cagliari signed the keeper from the relegated side for undisclosed fee (later Triestina re-admitted to Serie B)\nHe became the first choice goalkeeper for Cagliari in 2010-11 season after the original one, Federico Marchetti, was frozen by the club as punishment. Ivan Pelizzoli, former internationals, also hinted he is the backup of Agazzi instead of Marchetti at the start of season.
Diego Fabbrini (born July 31, 1990 in San Giuliano Terme) is an Italian footballer who plays as a second striker for Serie A club Udinese.\nHe made his first team debut against Piacenza on 21 August 2009. On his first season as a professional player, at 19 years old, he became a regular and obtained 30 appearances and 1 goal in the Serie B league.\nOn 31 August 2010, Udinese signed Gabriele Angella along with Fabbrini in co-ownership deal for undisclosed fees. As part of the deal, Ricardo Chará and Flavio Lazzari joined Empoli, also in co-ownership deal. While Fabbrini would spent in 2010-11 season with Empoli.\nFabbrini returned to Udine in 2011–12 season and made his competitive debut on 24 August 2011, the second leg against Arsenal at home, replacing attacking midfielder Giampiero Pinzi and got yellow card at 88min in the same game.\nOn 31 August Udinese bought the remain 50% registration rights from Empoli and Daniele Mori in co-ownership deal, also from Empoli. On 25 September 2011 he made his Serie A debut, in the away match against Cagliari. On 2 May 2012 he scored his first Serie A goal in a match won 1-0 against Cesena.\nHe made his debut with the Italy U-21 on 3 September
Luca Ceppitelli (born 11 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bari.\nBorn in Castiglione del Lago, the Province of Perugia, Umbria, Ceppitelli started his career at hometown club Perugia. He played once in 2006–07 Serie C1 season for the central Italy team, the last round of the season.\nIn January 2009 he left for southern Italy side A.S. Andria BAT in co–ownership deal, which the team represented the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia. Perugia also re-signed Giampaolo Giuliacci from Andria. In June 2009, Andria purchased him outright.\nIn 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, he made 15 starts with Andria, plus 1 start in the relegation tie-breaker. That season he also received 3 call-up from Italy national under-20 football team, one for training camp, Four Nations Tournament, one for unofficial friendly against Serie D Best XI. He did not played the both matches. He also received a call-up to represent Prima Divisione Group B for a trophy against Group A's under-21 representative team. As the starting defender of the team in 433 formation he lost the match with the team.\nOn 30 August 2010, Serie A team Bari signed Ceppitelli (also located in Apulia) along
Nicola Bellomo (born 18 February 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bari.\nBorn in Bari, Bellomo started his career at hometown club A.S. Bari. He made his debut on the third last match of 2008–09 Serie B season, a 4–1 won against Modena. He replaced Daniele De Vezze in the 86th minute, just after Bari scored the 4th goal. He wore no.91 shirt in 2009–10 season, but never made his debut in Serie A.\nIn July 2010, he was loaned to Lucchese along with Alessandro Marotta, but in August moved to Barletta. He played the league first match as substitute, replaced defender Alessio Lanotte (that match used 433 formation) and started as the attacking midfielder in the next round (4312 formation). He was the playmaker in 4312 formation or one of the supporting striker in 4321 formation.\nOn 1 July 2011 he signed a new 3-year contract with Bari.\nBellomo received his first U19 call-up in April 2009 against Ukraine and made his debut. After he played the match against Denmark in September 2009, he never received a call-up again.\nHe returned to the national team system in 2011, which he was selected to replace injured Fabrizio Paghera for a Italy U-21 Serie B match against Russian First
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌde̞po̞rˈtiβ̞o̞ la ko̞ˈɾuɲa], English: Royal Sporting Club of A Coruña) is a Spanish professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1904. They will play the 2012-2013 season in La Liga.\nDepor has won the league title once in the 1999–2000 season and finished as runner-up on five occasions. The club has also won the Spanish Cup twice (1995 and 2002) and has also won three Spanish Super Cups. The Blues and Whites have been a regular in top positions in La Liga in the last 20 years, finishing in the top half of the table in 16 out of 19 seasons. As a result, the club has been a regular participant in European competitions, playing in the UEFA Champions League five seasons in a row, and reaching the semi-finals in 2004.\nDeportivo have played their home games at the 34,600 capacity Riazor since 1944 when the stadium was built. Their traditional home kit consists of blue and white shirts (striped) with blue shorts and socks. The club has a long-standing rivalry with national opponents Celta de Vigo, and matches between the two sides are known as the Galician derby.\nIn 1902 Jose María Abalo, a
Emanuele Rovini is an Italian football player.
Tomislav Gomelt is a Croatian football player.
Joel Chukwuma Obi (born 22 May 1991 in Lagos), or simply known as Joel Obi, is a Nigerian midfielder who currently plays for Internazionale in the Italian Serie A.\nObi made his debut for Inter on September 29, 2010 in a UEFA Champions League group stage game against Werder Bremen. He played the final 10 minutes of the match after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for fellow midfielder Dejan Stanković. Inter went on to defeat Werder Bremen in a 4-0 shutout.\nObi made his Serie A debut on October 17, 2010 against Cagliari when he replaced Philippe Coutinho in the 66th minute. Inter won the match 1-0 thanks to a goal from Samuel Eto'o.\nObi started the Milan Derby on 14 November but had to be substituted after only 35 minutes because of injury, he was replaced by Coutinho. In January 2011 he was sold to Parma F.C. along with Nwankwo Obiora. Obi was loaned back to Inter for ½+½ season. In January 2012 Inter acquired the other half of Obi from Parma with a reported fee of about 3.5 euros.\nObi made his international debut for Nigeria on February 9, 2011 in a friendly game with Sierra Leone in Lagos.
Guilherme dos Santos Torres, simply known as Guilherme, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Udinese in Italy, as a central midfielder.
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived.\nFounded on 20 June 1928, the club plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla, which seats 26,512 spectators. It currently ranks 14th on the All-Time La Liga table.\nFounded from the amalgamation of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español (eventually Real Unión), Valladolid first reached the top level in the 1947–48 season, as champions of Segunda División. In the following year, the team pushed on from this success and reached the finals of the domestic cup in the Chamartín Stadium against Athletic Bilbao, eventually losing 4–1.\nThe next ten years were spent in the first division, but relegation was short-lived and Valladolid gained promotion in 1958–59 with a 5–0 win over Terrassa FC under manager José Luis Saso, a legendary figure in the history of the team. He had originally been a goalkeeper for the club, and subsequently went on to perform many roles, ending up as president of the team.\nValladolid vacillated between the first and second divisions
Mateus Ribeiro Dos Santoa is a Brazilian football player.
Marco Benassi is a Italian professional footballer who plays for Torino as a midfielder.
Gabriele Morelli is an Italian football player.
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (Llevant Unió Esportiva in Valencian) is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community.\nFounded on 9 September 1909, it plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadi Ciutat de València.\nLevante UD was originally founded in 1909 as Levante Fútbol Club, taking their name from the "Levante" beach in La Malvarrosa, and was one of the pioneering football clubs in Valencia. Local rivals Valencia CF were not formed until 1919. However, another club, Cabanyal FC, had been playing in the city since 1903.\nThe team's earliest games were played at La Platjeta, near the docks on a plot of land owned by a perfume entrepreneur. Its next ground was also near the port area, and the club gradually began to become associated with the working class. In 1919, the side played Valencia for the first time, losing 0–1. The game marked the inauguration of the recently formed new ground at Algirós. In 1928, Levante FC won their first trophy, the Valencian Championship.\n1909 also saw the birth of Gimnástico Fútbol Club, who originally played at Patronato de la Juventud Obrera, being then named Universitario Fútbol Club. By 1920, the team had become Real
Lorenzo Simonetti is an Italian football player.
Marco Stoppini is an Italian football player.
Tommaso Borselli is an Italian football player.
Caio Rangel da Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Cagliari in Italy as a forward.
Marijan Coric is a Croatian football player.
Isaac Cofie (born September 20, 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who is currently playing for Serie B club Sassuolo in Italy (on loan from Genoa of Serie A) also in Italy.\nHe made his Serie A debut for Genoa C.F.C. on May 2, 2010 when he came on as a substitute in the 64th minute for Alberto Zapater in a game against A.S. Bari.\nOn 4 January 2011 his loan was pre-matured.
Giuseppe Scalera is an Italian football player.
Gaetano Castrovilli is an Italian football player.
Ángel Luis Rodríguez Díaz (born 26 April 1987 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife), simply Ángel, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Elche CF as a forward.\nÁngel emerged through the youth ranks of local CD Tenerife, netting seven second division goals in his first full professional season. He split 2007–08 on loan with two third level teams, including Real Madrid Castilla.\nReturning to the Canary Islands in 2008–09, Ángel was an important offensive element as the club returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence. He made his debut in the competition on 29 August 2009 in a 0–1 away loss against Real Zaragoza (ten minutes played), and contributed with one goal in 24 games – all as a substitute – during the season, but the team was eventually immediately relegated back.
Marco Capuano (born 14 October 1991 in Pescara) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Serie A club Pescara.\nA local-born product of Pescara's youth system, Capuano made his debut with the senior team in the away draw for 1–1 against Frosinone. He obtained 10 appearances in the 2010–11 Serie B season. He also signed a new 3-year contract in December 2010.\nDuring the 2011-12 season, Capuano became a more regular starter under new manager Zdeněk Zeman. His run in the starting eleven was soured by a controversial straight red card which led to a penalty in the 20 November match against Gubbio.\nOn 1 June 2011 he made his debut with the Italy U-21 team, in the game against Côte d'Ivoire.\nAs of 5 May 2012
Michele Camporese (born 19 May 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina.\nBorn in Pisa, Tuscany, Camporese is a product of Fiorentina's youth system. He made his debut for the Viola in the Coppa Italia tie against Empoli on 26 October 2010, replacing Alessandro Gamberini in the 66th minute and played the whole extra time. Fiorentina won the match 1–0 assuring qualification to the successive round; Camporese was cautioned in the added time of second half. On 20 November 2010, he made his Serie A debut, replacing the injured Cesare Natali at half time in the match against Milan in San Siro. In the next match he replaced suspended Per Krøldrup as starting centre back, partnered with Alessandro Gamberini against Juventus. On 13 February 2011 he scored his first goal in Serie A in a match won 4–2 against Palermo.\nIn November 2011 he signed a new 5-year contract with La Viola.\nCamporese has played for every Italy's youth team level, except for the U-20. With the Italy U-17 team he capped twice at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualifying round and another two times in the elite round. In the final tournament, his only
Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev is a Russian footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF on loan from Real Madrid as a left winger.
Douglas Pereira dos Santos, better known as Douglas (Monte Alegre de Goiás, August 6, 1990) is a Brazilian footballer who acts as right defender. Currently plays for São Paulo.\nPlays in the Goiás. It was convened to dispute the South American Championship Sub-20, the Brazil squad in 2009.
Borja Gómez Pérez (born 14 May 1988 in Madrid) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Granada CF on loan from FC Karpaty Lviv in Ukraine, as a central defender.\nAn unsuccessful graduate from Real Madrid's youth system, Gómez made his professional debuts with another team in the community, AD Alcorcón, going on to play three full seasons in Segunda División B.\nIn 2010–11, he had his first Segunda División experience, with another outfit from the Spanish capital, Rayo Vallecano. On 2 March 2011, after having played all the minutes in his 11 league appearances, Pérez signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League team FC Karpaty Lviv.
Konstantinos "Kostas" Manolas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μανωλάς, born 14 June 1991) is a Greek professional footballer currently playing for AEK Athens as a central defender. Kostas Manolas is a nephew of Greek football and AEK legend Stelios Manolas. Manolas also wears the number 4, previously worn by his uncle. He originates from Naxos although he has spent his entire life in Athens.\nStelios Manolas himself stated, "Kostas is my "successor" although Stelios Manolas is regarded to be the best Greek defender of all time.\nKostas Manolas started his youth career at Thrasyvoulos F.C. in 2005 to 2007. In 2009, Stelios Manolas, who was the AEK Technical Director was scouting his nephew at a youth match with AEK manager Dusan Bajevic and was impressed with his performance.\nOn 16 June 2009, Manolas signed a three year deal with AEK Athens.\nAfter signing for AEK, Manolas stated: I am very happy signing for the team I support, hopefully I can be a legend at the club like my uncle and end my career at AEK.\nManolas made his debut against AO Kavala and was rewarded the MVP award. After the match he stated, "It's a dream to play for the club I love". Manolas was also rewarded the MVP the
Jaime Romero Gómez (born 31 July 1990 in Valdeganga, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Granada CF on loan from Udinese Calcio, as a left midfielder.\nRomero made his professional debuts with hometown's Albacete Balompié in 2008–09, aged only 18, only missing six Segunda División games (out of 42, 26 starts) and totalling almost 2,400 minutes as the Castile-La Mancha side retained its league status.\nIn the 2009 summer, he signed for Udinese Calcio in Italy. In his first season in Serie A, he made four league appearances, and mainly played with the club's under-20 team in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera.\nIn late June 2010, Udinese agreed a double loan deal with A.S. Bari, subject to Romero and Andrea Coda's decision. After appearing for the club during the pre-season, the former eventually moved to the Apulia club on 2 August.\nAfter appearing in less than one fourth of the league games, and also suffering top division relegation, Romero was loaned again, returning to his country and signing for Granada CF. He made his La Liga debut on 27 August 2011, starting and being substituted in the second half of a 0–1 home loss against Real Betis.
Cristiano Biraghi (born 1 September 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Internazionale\nBorn in Cernusco sul Naviglio, the Province of Milan, Biraghi has played for Internazionale's youth teams since 2005. He also spent 2007–08 season at Pro Sesto along with other youth products. He started his career as a midfielder but later turned to became a left back. He played a few friendlies for the club and participated in 2010 summer tour, which he scored a goal in Pirelli Cup, winning Manchester City 3–0.\nBiraghi made his first team debut in competitive game on 24 November 2010, against Twente in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, replacing Goran Pandev in the last minutes. Before that match Inter had lost numbers of first team players due to injury.\nHe made first start in the next European match, on 7 December, against Werder Bremen. That match the competitor in left back., Davide Santon moved to wing forward and Cristian Chivu injured.\nIn July 2011, he was loaned to Serie B club Juve Stabia. On 27 August he made his debut in the first league match lost 2–1 against Empoli.\nBefore Serie B last round on 26 May, Biraghi returned to Inter for Indonesia friendly tour.\nUnder
Vincenzo Fiorillo (born 13 January 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for U.C. Sampdoria.\nFiorillo once a rising star of Italy, which he was compare to Italian legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. However Fiorillo spent most of his recent career as a backup keeper of Sampdoria.\nBorn in Genoa, Fiorillo started playing football in Nuova Oregina Calcio from the Oregina neighborhood of Genoa. On April 10, 2008 he was part of the first ever Sampdoria Primavera squad to win the Primavera Cup. In the final he saved two of four penalties in the shootout against Atalanta, thus securing victory for Blucerchiati. He also won the first ever Campionato Nazionale Primavera for Sampdoria. He finished as the runner-up in 2007 edition.\nHe made his Serie A debut on 13 April 2008, against Reggina. On 13 January 2010, he was sent on loan to Reggina, in an exchange deal for goalkeeper Mario Cassano.\nIn January 2011 he left Genoa again for a 6 months loan to another Liguria club Spezia.\nFiorillo was a regular member of the national youth teams until his 20th birthday, after Fiorillo failed to play for a professional team regularly.\nFiorillo played twice in 2007 UEFA European
José Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña on loan from Real Madrid as a central midfielder.
Rodrigo Javier De Paul is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF as a left winger.
Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.\nCurrently it plays in Serie B.\nThe club was founded in 1922.\nA team with a long history into lower league football, Sassuolo reached Serie C1 in 2006, after winning the promotion playoffs beating Sansovino in the finals. In the following years, Sassuolo proved to be a serious contender for promotion to Serie B, barely missing it in 2007, with Gian Marco Remondina as head coach, as they lost immediately promotion to Grosseto in the final season days, and were defeated by fifth-placed Monza in the playoff semifinals. Remondina then left Sassuolo to join Serie B's Piacenza, and former Serie A player Massimiliano Allegri was then chosen as new head coach.\nUnder coach Allegri, Sassuolo quickly revived their hopes to finally obtain promotion to Serie B; this ultimately became true on 27 April 2008, when Sassuolo won the Serie C1/A title, thus ensuring a historical promotion to Serie B, the first in the club's history.\nFollowing the neroverdi's promotion to the Italian second tier, Allegri left Sassuolo to fill the head coaching position at Serie A team Cagliari. On July 2008 the
Fayçal Fajr (born 1 August 1988) is a French football player who plays for French club Caen in Ligue 1. He plays as an attacking midfielder and is of Moroccan origin.\nFajr was born in the city of Rouen and began his career with local amateur club Sottevillais Cheminots. In 2000, he joined the youth academy of professional club Le Havre. After three years, Fajr was released after being told he lacked the physical requirements to remain. He, subsequently, returned home to join hometown club Rouen. Fajr spent two years at the club and, in 2005, signed a contract with CMS Oissel. With Oissel, he played in the Championnat de France amateur 2, the fifth division of French football.\nAfter two seasons playing on the senior team of Oissel, in 2008, Fajr moved up one division to sign with Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, then known as ES Fréjus. In his first season with the club, he appeared in 29 matches scoring four goals. Fréjus finished second in its group, however, due to the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (English: National Directorate of Management Control) (DNCG) imposing sanctions on several clubs in the Championnat National, the club was given a spot in the third division.
Diego Farias da Silva, known as Diego Farias (born May 10, 1990 in Sorocaba) is a Brazilian professional football player currently playing for A.S.G. Nocerina on loan from A.C. ChievoVerona.
Molla Wague (born 21 February 1991 in Verdon) is a French football player who plays for French club Caen in Ligue 1. He plays as a central defender and is a France youth international having represented his nation at under-19 level. Wague made his professional debut on 6 November 2011 in a 3–0 league victory against Dijon. Two weeks later, in his first professional start, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw with Ajaccio.
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is a stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla Fútbol Club. It was the venue for the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua Bucureşti and Barcelona and the 1982 World Cup semi-final game between Germany and France.\nThis stadium contains a singular legend: the Spanish national team has never lost a game against an international team in this stadium. In European competition, Sevilla has lost only twice at home, once to AZ in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup Group Stage, and once to CSKA Moskva in the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League.\nThe stadium holds 45,500 and was built in 1957. It replaced Estadio Nervion.\nThe stadium is nicknamed "La Bombonera" (more commonly used to refer to Estadio Alberto J. Armando, the home stadium of Boca Juniors) or "La Bombonera de Nervión" due to the Nervión neighbourhood where the stadium is situated.
Saphir Sliti Taïder (born 29 February 1992 in Castres) is a French football player who currently plays for Serie A club Bologna on loan from Juventus.\nSliti Taïder was born in France to a Tunisian father and an Algerian mother of Kabyle descent. He frequently visits Algeria and has both Algerian and Tunisian passports.\nHe is the younger brother of Tunisian international Nabil Taïder who currently plays for Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel.\nTaïder made his professional debut with Grenoble on 15 May 2010 in a league match against Marseille. On 5 July 2010, Taïder signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with Grenoble.\nFollowing Grenoble's fall to the Championnat de France amateur 2, the fifth division of French football, due to financial problems in 2011, Taïder joined Italian club Bologna. On 16 January 2012, he made his first start in Serie A in the 1–1 draw against Napoli. A day later, it was announced that Taïder was signed by Juventus on a co-ownership deal in which the Dane Frederik Sorensen headed the other way.\nSliti Taïder is a France youth international and is currently playing on the under-20 team.
Nemanja Radoja is a Serbian footballer who plays for Spanish club Celta de Vigo as a defensive midfielder or right back.
Rubén Salvador Pérez del Mármol (born 26 April 1989 in Écija, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis on loan from Atlético Madrid, as a central midfielder.\nHaving arrived at Atlético Madrid's youth system at age 13, Pérez made his debut for the first team on 15 May 2010, in a 0–3 home loss against Getafe CF, replacing another youth product, injured Borja.\nOn 25 July 2010, as part of the transfer of Filipe Luís to the Colchoneros, he was loaned to fellow La Liga team Deportivo de La Coruña for two seasons, making his debut for the Galicians on 12 September, playing 80 minutes in the 0–0 draw at Sevilla FC.\nIn August 2011, after Depor's relegation, Pérez returned to the top division and joined Getafe CF, with Borja Fernández heading in the opposite direction.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒeːnoa]), is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria. Although the athletics and cricket club was founded in 1893 by Englishmen as a British sporting club abroad, whose membership was allowed to British citizens exclusively till 10 April 1897 when membership was opened to Italian Citizens ; the footballing section of the club was opened in 1897 by James Richardson Spensley making it the oldest existing club of its kind in Italy.\nDuring their long history, Genoa have won the Serie A nine times. Genoa's first title came at the inaugural championship in 1898 and their last was in 1923–24. They also won the Coppa Italia once. Historically, Genoa is the fourth most successful Italian club in terms of championships won.\nThis slew of early successes may lie at the origin of the love professed for the team by the godfather of Italian sports journalists Gianni Brera (1919–1992), who, despite having been born nowhere near Genoa, always declared himself a supporter of the team. Brera went as far as creating the nickname Vecchio Balordo (Old Fool or Cranky Old One)
Souleymane Coulibaly (born 26 December 1994) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Côte d'Ivoire national under-17 football team.\nAs a 13-year-old Coulibaly emigrated to Italy to avoid conflict in Côte d'Ivoire. He joined his father who had married an Italian woman.\nSoon after arriving in Italy he signed for A.C. Siena. In 2010-11 he played 10 games for the Siena under-19s, scoring once.\nOn 18 July 2011 Tottenham Hotspur confirmed they had signed Coulibaly following his golden boot-winning performance at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. 'Soli' scored for the Tottenham Hotspur XI on his debut against Brighton and Hove Albion in Algarve.\nCoulibaly then scored twice in a 7-1 win for Spurs youth over Inter Milan in their second group game of the NextGen Tournament on 31 August 2011. He also opened the scoring in their third group game away at PSV, where they won 2-1. On 22 December 2011, Coulibaly scored an injury time winner against Stevenage in the FA Youth Cup, followed by a goal in a 2-1 victory over Cardiff City in the fourth round of the FAYC on 11 January 2012.\nSouleymane Coulibaly began his international
Rafał Wolski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrafaw ˈvɔlskʲi]; born 10 November 1992 in Kozienice) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Legia Warsaw in the Ekstraklasa.\nOn 2 May 2012, Wolski was named by Franciszek Smuda in the provisional squad of 26 players for the Euro 2012 tournament, being the only uncapped footballer (at the time) to make the list. On 22 May 2012, he made his debut for the senior side of his country in the 1–0 win over Latvia in a friendly match.
Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (born 13 September 1987) is a Canadian-born footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and is currently playing for Villarreal CF.\nDe Guzman was born in Canada, but made himself available for the Netherlands after he gained Dutch citizenship in 2008. He has been capped four times for the Netherlands U21, scoring three goals and was active on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. De Guzman progressed through the Feyenoord Academy, making his first team debut in 2005 and has played over 100 matches for the club from Rotterdam. In the summer of 2010 de Guzmán signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca following a free transfer. The following summer he was purchased by Villarreal.\nDe Guzman was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada and is of Jamaican and Filipino descent. His father Bobby, from the Philippines, and mother Pauline, from Jamaica, came to Canada when they were ten years old and have three children; a daughter Jenelle and the two sons Jonathan and Julian. De Guzman's older brother, Julian De Guzman, is also a professional football player, currently playing for Toronto FC.\nDe Guzman's childhood was completely focused on football. His
Nemanja Vidić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Видић, Serbian pronunciation: [ně̞maɲa v̞ǐːditɕ]) (born 21 October 1981) is a Serbian footballer who captains English Premier League club Manchester United. He was part of the Serbia national football team from 2002 to 2011.\nAfter establishing himself at Red Star Belgrade during the early 2000s, Vidić moved to Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2004. He further increased his reputation when he was part of the "Famous Four" Serbian national team defence that conceded just one goal during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. He would later sign for Man United for around £7m in January 2006 before establishing a prominent defensive partnership with Rio Ferdinand the following season and earning a reputation for his no-nonsense defending.\nHe has collected a host of honours in his United career including 3 consecutive Premier League titles (4 titles in total), the UEFA Champions League, the FIFA World Club Cup, three League Cup medals, as well as being included in three consecutive (4 in total including 2010–11 season) PFA Team of the Year sides from 2007 to 2009. In the 2008–09 season, he helped United to a record-breaking run of 14
Racine Coly is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Brescia as a defender.
André Filipe Tavares Gomes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF, as a central midfielder.
Matija Širok is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Gorica on loan from Parma.
Luka Đorđević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as forward for U.C. Sampdoria on loan from the Russian Premier League club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. He made his debut for Montenegro's national team in 2012 at the age of 18.
Bernardo Víctor Cruz Torres, simply Bernardo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander, on loan from Córdoba CF, as a defender.
Ransford Selasi is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Delfino Pescara 1936, as a midfielder.
Stefan Šćepović (Serbian Cyrillic: Cтeфaн Шћeпoвић; born January 10, 1990 in Belgrade) is a Serbian striker who is playing for FK Partizan.\nŠćepović has been at OFK Beograd since 2007. Having played with them in the SuperLiga the season 2007–08 and the first half of 2009–10, in the 2008–09 season he was loaned to FK Mladi Radnik and FK Sopot. Since January 2010 he was loaned out again, this time to play at with Italian club Sampdoria. As part of the agreement, Sampdoria have an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.\nIn July 2010 he signed a contract with Belgian club Club Brugge. In January 2011 he joined Kortrijk on 6 month loan. On June 8, Stefan signed a two year contract with FK Partizan.\nHe is the older brother of Marko Šćepović and the son of former Partizan striker and now one of the youth coaches, Slađan Šćepović.
Rubén Alejandro Botta Montero (born 31 January 1990) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Tigre in the Argentine Primera División.\nBotta made his league debut for Tigre in a 0–0 draw with Boca Juniors on 23 March 2009, at the age of 19. he only played one further game in the 2009 Clausura before being loaned to Latvian side FK Ventspils.\nIn 2010, he returned to Tigre and begun to make more regular appearances as first team player for the club. On 13 November, he came to widespread attention in a 2–1 win against league leaders Estudiantes de la Plata, in which he assisted for Tigre's second goal and nearly scored a third after a display of individual skill.
Patrice Latyr Evra (French pronunciation: [pa.tʁis e.vʁa]; born 15 May 1981) is a French international footballer who plays for English club Manchester United in the Premier League and the France national team. Originally an attacker, he primarily plays as a left back and is described as "the classic example of a modern full-back" who is renowned for his "pace, athleticism, and determination". Evra "offers a genuine attacking outlet down the left" and is also "strong in the air" despite his noticeably small frame. Evra, whom Sir Alex Ferguson praised for his leadership, has served as captain for both Manchester United and France.\nThe son of a diplomat, Evra was born in Senegal and arrived in Europe when he was a year old. He was raised in France and began his football career playing for various clubs in the Île-de-France region such as hometown club CO Les Ulis and CSF Brétigny. In 1997, he had a stint at professional club Paris Saint-Germain. A year later, Evra seized his first footballing opportunity in neighboring Italy when he signed his first professional contract with Marsala in Sicily. He made his professional debut with the club and, in the ensuing season, joined Monza.
Francisco Manuel Vélez Jiménez (born June 23, 1991 in Tarragona, Catalunya) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Logroñés on loan from Gimnàstic de Tarragona, as a centre back or right back.\nVélez played 4 matches in the 2009-2010 season, all as a starter and with the 50 jersey. His debut was in the match against Albacete Balompié.\nOn August 2011, he was loaned to UD Logroñés, for one season.
Estadi de Sarrià (Catalan pronunciation: [əsˈtaði ðə səriˈa]) was a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The stadium was the home of RCD Espanyol from 1923 to 1997. The stadium was located in the Barcelona district of Sarrià and has become a legendary place for the Catalan club.\nThe stadium was named after the road in which it was constructed, which linked the ancient cities Barcelona and Sarria. Construction began on December 31, 1922 under the supervision of architect Matías Colmenares, and the cost was 170,000 pesetas. The initial forecast capacity was for 40,000 spectators, but due to the bankruptcy of the construction company the initial capacity was only for 10,000 spectators.\nThe opening game was played on February 18, 1923 with RCD Espanyol beating UE Sants 4-1, the first goal scored by Vicenç Tonijuan. In 1929 the club won its first Cup in Spain. On 10 February, at the Sarria stadium, 'Pitus' Prats scored the first goal of the first Spanish league title. The team currently stood above everyone "The Divine", Ricardo Zamora. However, although the club won several Catalan Championships they had to wait until 1940 before winning their second cup in Spain.\nIn 1948,
Paweł Bochniewicz is a Polish footballer who plays as a Defender for Serie A club Udinese Calcio.
Lucas Pérez Martínez (born September 10, 1988 in A Coruña) is a Spanish footballer who plays in Ukraine for FC Karpaty Lviv.\nA graduate of Atlético Madrid's system, Pérez started his professional career with Rayo Vallecano in Segunda División B and Segunda División in just two seasons.\nOn January 17, 2011, Pérez as free agent signed a 3-years contract with Ukrainian Premier League's club FC Karpaty Lviv.\nHe scored his first goal for FC Karpaty Lviv on July 17, 2011, in match against FC Chornomorets Odesa in the first half. The match ended 1-1.
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy. It is the home of both Chievo Verona of Serie A and Hellas Verona of Serie B.\nInaugurated as a state-of-the-art facility and as one of Italy's finest venues in 1963, the stadium appeared excessive for a team (Hellas) that had spent the best part of the previous 35 years in Serie B. For the 1990 FIFA World Cup renovations included an extra tier and a roof to cover all sections, improved visibility, public transport connections, an urban motorway connecting the city centre with the stadium and the Verona Nord motorway exit and services.\nA building-integrated PV system has been installed on the rooftop during a major renovation. The PV system has a rating of 999.5 kW. 13,321 "FS 275" thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar modules by First Solar Inc. have been mounted on the aluminum mounting system Riverclack by ISCOM SpA. The solar modules are connected to 141 Sunny Mini Central SMC 7000HV inverters by SMA Solar Technology AG. The system was commissioned at the end of November 2009.\nThe emergence of Chievo on the Serie A stage in recent years has split the city into two smaller groups of archrival fans, both very loyal to
Stadio Olimpico di Torino (originally Stadio Benito Mussolini and formally Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo) is a stadium located in the Santa Rita district in the south of Turin, Italy that is the home of Serie B club Torino. It was the site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the XX Winter Olympics, held on 10 and 26 February 2006, and the opening ceremonies of the IX Winter Paralympics, held on 10 and 19 March 2006. After the Olympics, the stadium was converted to a football ground for the home games of the city's football teams, Torino and Juventus.\nOriginally named after Benito Mussolini, the stadium was built at the direction of Il Duce himself, in order to host the Games of the year Littoriali XI, held in 1933 and the World Student Games in the same year.\nThe Municipal Administration, to shorten the construction time, announced a contest, then divided the work among three companies: the stadium (stands, bleachers and local affairs) was entrusted to Company Saverio Parisi Rome (designed by the architect. Fagnoni and Eng. Bianchini and Ortensi), the athletic field, the Tower of Marathon and the ticket to 'Ing. Vannacci and Lucherini (project architect. Del Giudice,
Joseph Marie Minala is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lazio.
Shkodran Mustafi (born 17 April 1992) is a German footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Italian club Sampdoria as a defender.\nMustafi started his career in the youth system of Hamburg before joining Everton in mid-2009. He made his competitive debut versus BATE Borisov in December 2009 in the UEFA Europa League coming on as a substitute for Tony Hibbert. He made no further first team appearances and in January 2012 moved to U.C. Sampdoria, joining the Serie B club on a free transfer.\nMustafi has played for Germany's Under-17 team, winning the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship with them.
Marco Parolo (born 25 January 1985 in Gallarate) is an Italian professional football player currently playing for the Serie A team A.C. Cesena.\nParolo started his career at Como. After the bankruptcy of Como in 2005, he joined Chievo on 30 August 2005 and left for Pistoiese in co-ownership deal. In June 2007 Chievo bought back Parolo and re-sold to Foligno. On 4 July 2008 he returned to Chievo again and sold to "city rival" Verona in co-ownership deal, along with Leonardo Moracci and Domenico Girardi (loan).\nHe joined Cesena in the next season, rejoining coach Pierpaolo Bisoli.\nIn June 2010, Cesena excised the rights to sign him in co-ownership deal, for €300,000, and Parolo signed a contract until 2013. After a good season which Parolo earned a national team call-up, Cesena bought the remain 50% rights from Chievo for €3 million and extended his contract to 2015.\nHe received his first national team call-up on 20 March 2011, for a friendly match and UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying. The technical director of Cesena, Lorenzo Minotti, hinted Parolo would receive a call-up on 15 March in an interview by il Resto del Carlino.
Mattia Valoti (born 6 September 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Milan.\nValoti was born in Vicenza on 6 September 1993, the son of former footballer Aladino Valoti, who played for several Serie A and Serie B teams during the late 1980s and 1990s and is currently the director of football at Albinoleffe. Mattia started playing football at the age of 5 in the youth team of Lucchese, the club where his father was playing at the time. Over the next eight years, Mattia played for several clubs, namely Cosenza, Palermo, Crotone, Martina Franca and Dalmine Futura, as a result of his father's transfers.\nIn 2006, Valoti settled at Albinoleffe, spending five seasons in the club's youth system. There, he went on to make his professional debut, aged 17, coming on as a substitute in a Coppa Italia game against Crotone, on 27 October 2010. Three days later, he also made his Serie B debut, again coming off the bench in a match against Novara. During the January 2011 transfer window, Serie A club Milan signed Valoti to a co-ownership deal, though allowing him to stay at Albinoleffe for the remainder of the season.\nAt the beginning of the 2011–12
Seydou Keita (born 16 January 1980) is a Malian footballer who plays for FC Barcelona in Spain and the Malian national team. He also holds a French passport.\nA versatile midfielder, he can operate as both a central or defensive midfielder.\nBorn in Bamako, Mali, Keita finished his football formation in France with Olympique de Marseille, joining the club at the age of 17. He played mainly for the reserve squad during his three-year spell.\nKeita made his Ligue 1 debut for L'OM on 19 September 1999 in a 1–0 home win against Troyes AC, adding three games in the season's UEFA Champions League. In the summer of 2000, he left the club.\nKeita signed for FC Lorient in Ligue 2, being instrumental (37 games, one goal) as the club promoted to the top level in 2001. He appeared slightly less due to injury in the following season, which ended in immediate relegation back, but brought the conquest of the Coupe de France, the club's first-ever (he played the full 90 minutes in the final against SC Bastia).\nIn 2002, Keita joined fellow league side RC Lens, eventually becoming team captain, and scoring a career-best 11 goals in the 2006–07 season - his fifth and last - helping Les Sang et Or to the
Maximiliano Gastón López (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan, on loan from Catania.\nLópez also holds both an Argentine passport and an Italian passport.\nLópez started his career in 1997 with River Plate. On 19 August 2001, at the mere age of 17, he made his senior debut against Talleres de Córdoba. That same season, the player was officially promoted to the senior squad, following 5 years with the youth program. With River Plate, he was a standout striker and the club won the Torneo Clausura in 2002, 2003, and 2004. López remained with the club until his transfer to Spanish giants FC Barcelona in January 2005. With River Plate, Lopez made over 60 appearances, scoring nearly 20 goals.\nIn January 2005, FC Barcelona signed the Argentine striker for €6.2 million following an injury to striker Henrik Larsson. López failed to break into the club's first team. In his first season with the Catalan giants, López made just 13 league appearances. He transferred to RCD Mallorca on loan for the 2006–07 season, where he failed to live up to the expectations, scoring only three goals in 25 matches, and hence returned
Estadio de La Romareda is the home stadium of Real Zaragoza, in Zaragoza. It was inaugurated on September 8, 1957, with a game between Real Zaragoza and CA Osasuna (4–3). The official capacity is 34,596, with an average attendance of around 30,000 for Real Zaragoza matches.\nThe stadium has gone through various upgrades, in 1977 and in 1982, when it was a 1982 FIFA World Cup venue. The stadium was also used for football group matches and a quarterfinal during the 1992 Summer Olympics. It became an all-seater stadium in 1994.\nPlans to build a new stadium in Zaragoza have been abandoned.\nLa Romareda was proposed as the Olympic Stadium in Jaca's failed bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.\nWorks for the enlargement of La Romareda into a 43,000-seat stadium were due to begin on April 17, 2006 and end in time for the Zaragoza Expo of 2008. However, a lawsuit was filed by a political party (PAR), claiming that the enlargement of the stadium would be to the detriment of the population, in order to suspend the planned works. A judge ordered the suspension and the works were put on hold.\nThe construction of La Romareda was due to the efforts of the mayor, Luis Gómez Laguna, and his successor
Ilyos Zeytulayev (Uzbek: Илёс Зейтулаев, born 13 August 1984) is an Uzbek footballer who plays for Lanciano in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione.\nZeytulayev has spent most of his career in Serie B and Lega Pro Prima Divisione (formerly Serie C1). His first name is sometimes spelled Illyos, or Ilyas (Cyrillic: Ильяс), the latter of which is the Russian equivalent. Moreover, Zeytulayev is also romanized as Zeytulaev.\nZeytulayev started his professional career in the Juventus youth teams along with Serhiy Kovalenko and Viktor Budyanskiy. He signed a 5–year contract on 10 August 2001. He joined Juve permanently in February 2002 along with Kovalenko after a loan from Sportakademklub Moscow, the team he played since he was 13. The Turin club paid US$400,000 (about €454K) to buy the duo's image and registration rights. He also played both legs against Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia 2001–02.\nAfter graduating from the U20 team in June, along with Viktor Budyanskiy, they were unable to register as a Juve players. At first, FIGC declared that their remaining 2-year contracts did not fulfill the regulations and voided them. The FIGC declared that they had been on youth contracts which could only run
Joan Isaac Cuenca López (born 27 April 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona as a forward or winger.\nBorn in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Cuenca joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2003, aged just 12. Halfway through his third youth year, however, he returned home and joined local CF Reus Deportiu.\nCuenca finished his formation with CF Damm and Barcelona, rejoining the latter in 2009. He made his senior debuts in the 2010–11 season, being loaned to another Catalonia club, CE Sabadell FC in the third division. He made an immediate impact, starting in 24 of his appearances and totalling 2,288 minutes as the Arlequinats returned to the second division after an 18-year absence.\nIn June 2011, Cuenca returned to Barcelona and joined its B team, alongside Martí Riverola. Shortly after, he was called by first-team manager Josep Guardiola to the pre-season, and made his debut on 23 July against HNK Hajduk Split.\nCuenca made his official debut for Barça B on 4 September 2011, playing the last 29 minutes in a 4–0 away win against FC Cartagena, and scoring the last goal of the match. On 19 October, he made his first official appearance for the main squad, replacing
Louis Noé Pamarot (born 14 April 1979), more commonly known as Noé Pamarot, is a French footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish side Granada. Before moving to Spain, Pamarot played for Portsmouth in the Premier League. He is a right-footed defender who is also known for his great strength and excellent pace. Pamarot has previously played for Martigues, Nice and Tottenham Hotspur and also had a brief loan spell at Portsmouth in the 1999–2000 season.\nIn the 2004–05 season he played 23 times for Tottenham Hotspur before seriously injuring his right knee at the start of April in a match against Birmingham City at St Andrew's. Before that he headed the winning goal away at Everton, one of his two goals for the club, the other coming in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest.\nPamarot was transferred from Tottenham to Portsmouth in January 2006 in a £7.5 million deal that also took Sean Davis and Pedro Mendes to Portsmouth. He scored his first Portsmouth goal away against Arsenal in December 2006. Matthew Taylor's free kick was headed on by David Thompson and rebounded off the post into the path of Pamarot. He scored again in the next game, with another header, in a 3–1 home
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906 (refounded in 2005). The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football. Torino, who play in claret (Italian : granata) shirts with white shorts, have won Serie A seven times, first in 1927–28 and most recently in 1975–76. They have also won the Coppa Italia five times. On the European stage, the nearest Torino came to success was when they finished as runners-up in the UEFA Cup; this was achieved in 1991–92. Historically, Torino are the joint fifth most successful club in Italian football in terms of championships won. The club was known as Associazione Calcio Torino until 1970, and as Torino Calcio from 1970 to 2005.\nIn the season 2012-13 it will play in Serie A after the promotion from Serie B.\nFoot-Ball Club Torino was founded on 3 December 1906 after a meeting at the Voigt brewery in Via Pietro Micca near the center of Turin. Its foundation involved some Juventus dissidents led by Alfredo Dick, who had left the bianconeri after some at the club wanted to move Juventus out of Turin. As well as Alfredo
Rubén Ariel Olivera da Rosa (born 4 May 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Serie A side Fiorentina.\nHe began his career in Danubio and signed by Juventus F.C., and made his Serie A debut in 2–1 win to A.S. Roma, 19 April 2003.\nHe was on loan to Atlético Madrid in the second-half of the 03–04 season, after he did not make any appearance, also not playing any match in 2005–06 season.\nIn 2007, while playing for Sampdoria, he was banned for 5 matches for giving away a punch in the ribs and a kick in the groin on an opponent player.\nFor the 2009–10 season, he went back to Uruguay for Peñarol, On 1 July 2010, he returned to Italy for Lecce, signed a 3-year contract.
Enis Nadarević (born 19 July 1987) is a Bosnian footballer who plays professionally for Varese as a striker.\nBorn in Bihać in the former Yugoslavia, Nadarević moved to Italy as a youth in 2005. He signed a contract to play professional football with A.S. Varese 1910, but was initially unable to play for the club due to restrictions on non-EU players in the Serie B. He spent the 2009–10 season on loan at Serie D side A.S.D. Sanvitese.\nShortly after an Italian court ruled that he could play in Serie B, Nadarević made his league debut in a match against Siena on 18 December 2010.
Javier Espinosa González (born in 19 September 1992 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a central midfielder.
Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca is a multi-purpose stadium in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Ascoli Calcio 1898. The stadium was built in 1962 and holds 20,000.
Stadio Mario Rigamonti is a football ground in Brescia, Italy, home of Brescia Calcio. It was built in 1928 and holds 27,547 (now 16,308 after reconstruction).\nIt is dedicated to Mario Rigamonti, a defender of the Grande Torino who died in the Superga air disaster in May 1949.
Stadio Carlo Castellani is a multi-purpose stadium in Empoli, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Empoli F.C.. The stadium holds 19,847.\nBuilt in 1923, the Stadio Carlo Castellani is currently the home of Empoli F.C..\nThe stadium is located in the sporting district of Empoli on the viale delle Olimpiadi.\nInaugurated on September 12, 1965 the ground was dedicated to Carlo Castellani, former football player born in nearby Montelupo Fiorentino, who died prematurely after being deported to the concentration camp of Mauthausen. He still holds the record of the most goals for Empoli until this day.\nIt is formed by two tribune, or grandstands, and two curve with a total capacity of 19,795 spectators. The Curva Sud was recently renovated, with older structures being replaced. The Municipality of Empoli and the Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Cambiano have financed the renovations. The stadium is also equipped with an athletics track for long jump and a running track.
Stadio Angelo Massimino (previously known as Stadio Cibali) is a multi-use stadium in Catania, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Calcio Catania. The stadium was built in 1937 and holds 23,420. It was named on 2002 after former Catania chairman Angelo Massimino.\nCatania was banned from playing any Serie A matches inside the stadium from 14 February 2007 until 30 June 2007. This was due to the violence that occurred on 2 February 2007 outside the stadium in the clash against Palermo which resulted in the death of a Police Officer.
Stadio Artemio Franchi is a football stadium in Florence, Italy. It is currently the home of ACF Fiorentina. The stadium was temporarily noticed as the host of Italy's Six Nations matches from 2012. The old nickname of the stadium was "Comunale."\nThe stadium was built in 1931 and holds 47,290. The architect is Pier Luigi Nervi (known for the Nervi Hall in the Vatican) and it is one of the most relevant examples of 20th century architecture in the city.\nThe stadium is built entirely of reinforced concrete with a 70 meter (230 ft) tower that bears the stadium's flagstaff. The tower is called the "Tower of Marathon". Around the base of the tower, spiral ramps lead from the ground floor to the upper edge of the grandstand.\nIt hosted some of the football preliminaries for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.\nThe stadium was originally called the "Comunale" but was renamed after the former FIGC president, Artemio Franchi in 1991.\nThe stadium itself underwent renovations for the 1990 FIFA World Cup which included removing the running track and increasing the seating capacity.\nThe official record attendance is 58,271 from 1984-11-25, at a Serie A match between Fiorentina and
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologna, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Bologna F.C. 1909. The stadium was built in 1927 and holds 38,279. It has also been named Stadio Littoriale.\nThe England-Belgium match (1–0, goal scored by David Platt in the 119th minute) of 26 June 1990, in the Round of 16 of the World Cup, was the last of four matches in the tournament played in Bologna. The stadium was also witness to the World Cup competition's quickest goal ever scored, by Davide Gualtieri of San Marino, taking 8.3 seconds to put his team ahead against England. The 17 November 1993 qualifier finished with England winning 7–1.\nThe stadium also hosted an international rugby union test match in 1995, Italy vs. All Blacks (the All Blacks won the game 70–6).
Stadio Friuli is a multi-purpose stadium in Udine, Italy. The stadium was built in 1976 and now holds 30,642 people. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Udinese Calcio.\nThe Friuli is located in Rizzi, 4 km from the city centre of Udine.\nOpened in 1976, as a replacement for Stadio Moretti, Friuli has a maximum capacity of 41,652 seats, partly covered, currently limited to a capacity 30,642. Like most of Italian stadia, it's owned by the local council, the municipality of Udine.\nThe stadium also features facilities for fencing, gymnastics, martial arts and athletics, including an indoor gym, located in the grandstand.\nFriuli hosted three matches at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, all of which were Group E matches.\nIn 2005, the stadium was approved by UEFA to host matches involving the UEFA Champions League, which Udinese participated in, during the 2005–06 season.\nOn September 10, 2008, the stadium hosted the second match of the Italian national team's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Georgia.\nOn November 21, 2009, Italy rugby team played Rugby World Cup Champions South Africa on this ground. On May 13, 2012, Metallica was there for the Black Album tour.
Stadio Ennio Tardini, commonly referred to as just Il Tardini, is a football stadium in Parma, Italy, located near the centre of Parma, between the town centre and the city walls. It is the home of Parma F.C.. The stadium was built in 1923 and was named after one of Parma's former presidents, Ennio Tardini. The stadium is the nineteenth largest football stadium in Italy and the second largest in Emilia–Romagna with a capacity of 27,906 spectators, although Il Tardini is presently only authorised to admit 23,045. The stadium is the sixth oldest Italian football ground still in use.\nThe ground underwent significant expansion under Parmalat's ownership of the resident football club in the 1990s, as the ground's seating capacity was increased from around 13,500 to 29,050. In 2006, the capacity was reduced to 27,906 although only 23,045 are authorised to enter for all-seater events and even those seats are very seldom all sold. The expansion has allowed meant a number of Italy matches have been played at the Tardini. Future expansion plans were made public in Italy's eventually unsuccessfully bid for Euro 2016 and would have made the permanent capacity of the stadium 31,397.\nThe Tardini
Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, also known as the Marassi from the name of the ward where the Marassi is located, is a multi-use stadium in Genoa, Italy. It opened in 1911 and is one of the first and oldest stadiums still in use for football and other sports in Italy.\nHosts since its birth the inside of Genoa, the manufacturer and already owns the stadium. In a later period became the property of the Municipality of Genoa and, since 1946, is also home to Sampdoria.\nAside from football, the stadium has hosted meetings of rugby in the Italian national team and, more rarely, some concerts.\nIt was originally a private property of and built by Genoa C.F.C. in 1909. In 1933, the stadium got its name thanks to the former Genoa captain, Luigi Ferraris. During World War II it was passed under city public administration and property. It is currently used for football matches for Genoa and (since 1946) Sampdoria. It also plays host to rugby union matches. It holds 36,703 spectators.\nThe stadium was inaugurated on January 22, 1911 with a football match between Genoa and Internazionale, and had a capacity of 20,000. It has also hosted the 1934 World Cup match between Spain and Brazil, and by
The Stadio Oreste Granillo is a football stadium in Reggio Calabria, Italy. It is the home of Reggina Calcio. The stadium was built in 1999 on the foundations of Comunale and holds 27,763. It is named after former Reggina president Oreste Granillo who led the club to Serie B for the first time and became mayor of the city.\nThe stadium was first built in 1932, then known as the Stadio Michele Bianchi. Then-Reggina president Giuseppe Vilardi was behind its construction. For years it was the only stadium in the city and changed names many times, mainly known as the Comunale.\nMany renovations have been made on the structure, with the cover over the grandstand being built in the 60's and the Curva Nord, where Reggina fans stand today being built in the 80s'. The curva was not part of the original structure.\nIn order to accommodate a growing number of fans, coinciding with the success achieved by Reggina, the stadium was substantially renovated. In 1997, the old structure was demolished and two years later the new Stadio Oreste Granillo was completed, completely rebuilt on the same surface where the Michele Bianchi was first constructed, almost 70 years earlier.\nThe stadium is located in
Stadio Artemio Franchi is a multi-purpose stadium in Siena, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of A.C. Siena. The stadium was built in 1923 and holds 15,373.\nIt is named after former Italian Football Federation president Artemio Franchi.\nIn summer 2007, A.C. Siena agreed to rename the stadium into Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena, to include the name of their main sponsor, Monte dei Paschi di Siena.\nDuring March 2011, A.C. Siena announced plans to build a new stadium on the southern outskirts of the city at Isola d’Arbia. The new stadium, with a capacity of 20,000, features a revolutionary below ground design which was honored with an MIPIM AR Future Projects Award.
Stadio Adriatico - Giovanni Cornacchia is a stadium in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy, which opened in 1955 and designed by Italian architect Luigi Piccinato. For the 1960 Summer Olympics, it hosted some of the football preliminaries. It originated as a multipurpose athletic facility and a center for the Italian National Olympic Committee. Today, the stadium is intended primarily for football and athletics and is the home stadium of Serie A club Delfino Pescara 1936.\nThe stadium, which completed its renovation works in 2009, was the main stadium of the 2009 Mediterranean Games. In the past, it has hosted several Italy national football team matches and was selected as a reserve stadium for the 1990 World Cup.\nThe oval-style stadium was designed by Luigi Piccinato along the lines of the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. From an architectural perspective, it is of interest for its use of arches to support the bleachers. Originally, the stadium had one-level stands and could only accommodate 10,000 spectators. After Pescara Calcio's first promotion to the Serie A in 1977, the stadium was subject to the widening of the Curve and also to the stands with the addition of a second level. It resulted in
Stadio Dino Manuzzi is a football stadium in Cesena, Italy. It is currently the home of A.C. Cesena. The stadium holds 23,860 and at the beginning of the 2011/12 season it was converted to an artificial playing surface.
Stadio Renzo Barbera (previously and still commonly known as Stadio La Favorita) is a football stadium in Palermo, Italy. It is currently home of U.S. Città di Palermo football team. The stadium was inaugurated on January 24, 1932 and was named Stadio Littorio in homage to the Fascism. The opening match was Palermo vs Atalanta, with Palermo winning 5–1. A track surrounded the pitch and there were no stands behind either goal. In 1936, the stadium was renamed Stadio Michele Marrone, in memory of a soldier killed during the Spanish Civil War. The name was changed again at the end of World War II to Stadio La Favorita, from the name of the nearby ancient game preserve of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in the 13th century.\nIn 1948, the track was removed and stands behind each goal were built. In 1984, the second main redevelopment took place, involving the addition of a second tier to the stadium which increased capacity to 50,000 spectators. This higher capacity was however completely covered in only twice, respectively in a Serie C1 league match against Messina and a friendly match against Juventus. A third redevelopment ended in 1990, the last main one to which the venue was
Stadio Armando Picchi is a multi-purpose stadium in Livorno, Italy. The stadium was built in 1933 and holds 19,238 people.\nFor the 1960 Summer Olympics, it hosted some of the football preliminaries. In the 1960s, it acquired its name, in reference to the Inter great Armando Picchi.\nIt is currently one of the smallest stadiums in the Serie A.\nIt is currently used, mostly, for football matches and the home of A.S. Livorno Calcio.
Stadio Via del Mare is a multi-purpose stadium in Lecce, Italy. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home of U.S. Lecce. The stadium was built in 1966 and holds 33,876. It takes its name from the street leading to the sea.\nBuilt by Costantino Rozzi, the Via del Mare was inaugurated on September 11, 1966 during a friendly between U.S. Lecce and Spartak Moscow. The stadium replaced the old Stadio Carlo Pranzo, which was named after a young fatality of World War I from Lecce. On October 2 of that year, the first match between teams from Italy was played with Lecce beating local rivals Taranto 1-0. In 1967 Lecce played a friendly match against famous Pelé's Santos here.\nThe initial capacity was 16,000 spectators. In 1976, the capacity was increased to 20,500 seats. With the historic first promotion of Lecce to Serie A in 1985 the stadium was almost completely rebuilt and capacity greatly increased to 55,000. Both the Curva Nord, now the terrace of the organized fan groups led by the Ultrà Lecce, and Curva Sud, where Gioventù are based were rebuilt. The tribuna and Distini were also upgraded and then, to ensure that all seats were numbered, capacity was reduced to the
Micah Lincoln Richards (born 24 June 1988) is an English footballer who plays and is vice-captain of Manchester City. A powerful right back, On making his full England debut in November 2006, he was the youngest defender ever to be called up to the England squad. Richards has also won 13 England caps.\nThough his parents lived in Leeds, Richards was born in Birmingham as his parents were visiting relatives in the area at the time. Richards grew up in the Chapeltown district of Leeds, where he attended Archbishop Cranmer CofE Primary School and later Wetherby High School. He was an Arsenal supporter growing up.\nRichards played for the Leeds United youth system as a striker, but he was released when he was around eight years old. He also represented Leeds Schools FA (Leeds City Boys) at a young age. He later played for the Oldham Athletic youth system, moving to Manchester City as a 14-year old, with Oldham reputedly having a 20% sell on clause. In July 2001 Manchester City reportedly tried to buy out the clause, but Oldham refused. He also attended the Brazilian Soccer Schools scheme and retains strong links with the programme, with his father Lincoln actually running a Brazilian
Nana Addo Welbeck Maseko is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Krka.
Piotr Zielinski (born 20 May 1994 in Zabkowice Slaskie) is a Polish footballer who plays as attacking midfielder for Serie A club Udinese.\nHe came to Udinese from Zaglebie Lubin in July 2011 to play with youth team under the Coach Johan Walem on 4 February 2012 the coach of the first team Francesco Guidolin called him up for Serie A competition, against Fiorentina in Florence after the club lost Kwadwo Asamoah and Badu when they left for the Africa Cup of Nations to play with Ghana national, while Barreto and Giampiero Pinzi are injured \nHe called up and play for Poland national u15,u16,u17,u18,u19
The Stadio San Nicola is a multi-use all-seater stadium designed by Renzo Piano in Bari, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Associazione Sportiva Bari. It hosted the 1991 European Cup Final, won by Red Star Belgrade. The stadium itself resembles a 'flower'. To create this particular design, the stadium consists of 26 'petals' and upper tiers of the higher ring which are separated by 8-metre empty spaces, sufficient to guarantee satisfactory security conditions.\nThe stadium holds 58,248 people, but has never been filled to capacity for a match; the attendance at the 1991 European Cup final was roughly 51,000.\nThe stadium was built in 1990 for the 1990 World Cup, during which it hosted five matches: Soviet Union vs. Romania, Cameroon vs. Romania, and Cameroon vs. Soviet Union in group B action; in the round of 16 matches, Czechoslovakia vs. Costa Rica; and the third place match between Italy and England.\nThe stadium hosted the European Championship Qualifier between Italy and Scotland in March 2007, which Italy won 2–0, and was also a deciding match for the Unofficial World Football Championships.\nThe Stadio San Nicola hosted Italy's
Anoeta is a multi-purpose stadium in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Real Sociedad. In recent years, it has also been used for occasional Heineken Cup rugby union fixtures by nearby French club Biarritz Olympique. Since the 2009–10 Top 14 season, both Biarritz Olympique and fellow Basque club Aviron Bayonnais took home matches to the Anoeta. The stadium, which holds 32,076, was inaugurated in 1993.\nIn 2004, José Luis Astiazarán, then the president of Real Sociedad, launched a project called Gipuzkoarena. Planned to be finished in 2007, it was intended to increase the stadium's capacity to 42,000, which would include the removal of the athletics track. The project also intended to construct a hotel and shops, among other items. This proposal was soon rejected by the city council and left behind.\nIn the end of 2007, Badiola, as candidate for president of Real Sociedad, proposed that the club buy the stadium. This was also soon rejected by the city council. In 2008, Badiola, already as president, made another two proposals for the stadium, one of them similar to Gipuzkoarena. They were going to be studied by
Francesco Dettori (born 2 March 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for A.C. ChievoVerona.\nHe made his Serie B debut on 7 September 2008, whilst playing for Avellino, in a 3-1 defeat away to Triestina.\nHe joined Chievo on 28 August 2010 in a co-ownership deal for €50,000. On the same day Roberto Inglese also joined Chievo for undisclosed fee and Luca Ariatti moved to Pescara for €650,000.
Rômulo Souza Orestes Caldeira (Pelotas, 22 May 1987), commonly known as Rômulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as right-back. He plays for Serie A club Fiorentina.\nOn 10 July 2010, Rômulo was presented as a reinforcement of the Cross. The debut for mining took place on 22, against Fluminense.\nOn 13 April 2011, Rômulo joined Atlético Paranaense on loan from Cruzeiro.\nOn 29 June 2011, Rômulo joined Fiorentina after his return form Atlético Paranaense to Cruzerio.
Cristian Pasquato (born 20 July 1989 in Padua) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Serie B club Torino F.C. on loan from Juventus.\nBorn in 1989, he joined Juventus in 2003. In 2006 he reached the Primavera team after winning the Allievi title. A free kick specialist, he scored the winner against Internazionale in the Supercoppa Primavera final. After 6 years in the Juventus youth sector, Pasquato began to earn senior call-ups during the 2007-2008 Serie A season, and made his first team debut on the final matchday of the 2007–08 Serie A, as a second half substitute. Following the Primavera final, Pasquato was promoted to the first team.\nHe continued with the Juventus first team during the 2008–2009 pre-season, and impressed throughout the summer. He also competed with the team in the UEFA Champions League. On August 24, 2008 it was confirmed that the striker had signed for Empoli F.C. on a one-year loan. On July 1, 2009, Pasquato returned to Juventus, but his loan was extended for one more season soon after. During the first half of the 2009-10 Serie B season, Pasquato managed 12 Serie B appearances with one goal.\nDuring the winter market, however, Pasquato returned to
Ismael 'Isma' López Blanco is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a forward.
Jean-Sylvain Claude Babin (born 14 October 1986 in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne) is a French footballer who plays for AD Alcorcón in Spain, as a central defender.
Lucas Vázquez Iglesias (born 1 July 1991 in Curtis, Galicia, Province of A Coruña), simply Lucas, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a right midfielder.\nLucas joined Real Madrid's youth system in 2007, aged 16. He made his professional debut with the B team on 21 August 2011, in a Segunda División B game against Sporting de Gijón B (1–0 home win).
Marco Davide Faraoni (born 25 October 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a full back for Serie A club Internazionale.\nBorn in Bracciano, the Province of Rome, Lazio, Faraoni started his career at S.S. Lazio, which he could play right or centre-back. He missed a few month in 2009–10 season due to right leg anterior cruciate ligament injury. Faraoni had played for Lazio's Giovanissimi regionali team to Primavera team.\nOn 1 July 2010 he was signed by Internazionale in 4-year contract. on reported free transfer. He was a member of Inter's Primavera under-20 team in 2010–11 season (de facto U-19 team as the team had a handful players born 1991: Faraoni, Alibec and Carlsen). With the team, he also won Torneo di Viareggio (Carnival Cup) which held during carnival 2011 (days before Lent). He played various positions for the team, from right-back, left-back to right wing-forward. Under new coach Leonardo, he was named in the first team squad several times but never made his first team debut in 2010–11 season.\nFaraoni did not play in the reserve league playoff round, as coach Fulvio Pea and the technical team chose to rest Faraoni and Alibec, two of the three senior players of the
Luis Alberto Romero Alconchel (born 28 September 1992 in San José del Valle, Cádiz), known as Luis Alberto, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a forward.\nA product of Sevilla FC's youth ranks, Luis Alberto spent his first two seasons as a senior with the B team, in the third division, scoring 15 goals in his second. On 16 April 2011, he made his first team - and La Liga - debut for the Andalusians, replacing another club youth graduate, Rodri, in the second half of a 0–1 away loss against Getafe CF.
Vinícius Vasconcelos Araújo is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Belgian side Standard Liège, on loan from Spanish side Valencia CF, as a striker.
Filip Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Јанковић; born 17 January 1995 in Belgrade) is a Serbian football player, currently playing for Red Star Belgrade.\nHe debuted in first team on 4 August 2011 in UEFA Europa League qualification match versus Latvian team Ventspils. On that day he had 16 years, 6 months and 18 days, making him the youngest Red Star player who played in European competitions, and second youngest in all club history.
Alberto Gómez Fernández, aka Nagore (born 27 December 1980 in Madrid), is a Spanish footballer who plays for AD Alcorcón as a central defender.
Gianluca Caprari (born 30 July 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Pescara on loan from Serie A club Roma.\nBorn in Rome, Italian capital, Caprari started his career at Atletico 2000. He then joined Esordienti team of A.S. Roma in 2003. He played for Roma's Allievi Nazionali team at 2010 Torneo Città di Arco, which beat Fiorentina in the final.\nCaprari made his first team debut on March 8, 2011, in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League round of 16. He replaced Simone Perrotta in the last minute; his team lost to Shakhtar Donetsk with a 0–3 score.\nIn the next season he played both legs of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round, losing to Slovan Bratislava. He played only one match in Serie A in 2011-12 season, substituting Totti in a 2-0 win over Chievo.\nOn January 2012, Caprari was sent on loan to Serie B club Pescara in order to allow him to play more first-team football. He scored three goals in 15 matches in 2011-12 season.
David López Silva (born 9 October 1989 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Leganés on loan from RCD Espanyol, as a midfielder.
Marco van Ginkel (born 1 December 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer, who currently plays for Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Papa Babacar 'Baba' Diawara (born 5 January 1988) is a Senegalese footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in Spain, as a striker.\nBorn in Dakar, Diawara started his career with Senegal Premier League club ASC Jeanne d'Arc, moving to Europe aged just 19 to sign for C.S. Marítimo, in Madeira, Portugal. Having risen to prominence in the club's B team, he made his first team debut in late 2007–08, appearing in the second half of a 1–1 home draw against C.F. Estrela da Amadora.\nPromoted to the main squad the following summer, Diawara scored 10 goals in the 2008–09 season, in 25 top flight games. His form attracted the attention of several clubs, including fellow league side Sporting Clube de Portugal, Greek team Olympiacos F.C. and Scotland's Heart of Midlothian, with the latter however being put off by Marítimo's £2.5 million (€2.75 million) valuation of the player.\nDiawara bettered his individual totals to 11 goals in 2010–11, with Marítimo finishing in 9th position. Scottish Premier League club Celtic came close to signing him in August 2011, but the deal collapsed on the last day of the transfer window due to visa issues.\nDiawara scored 10 goals in only 15 games in the first half of the
Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández (born 13 January 1988 in San Cristobal, Táchira) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right back for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He currently captains the Venezuela national football team.\nRincón began his career at UA Maracaibo. Then he joined Zamora FC in January 2007, playing 33 games and scoring one goal, up to July 2008. In July 2008, he joined Deportivo Táchira and signed a contract up to 2010.\nThe 22 year old midfielder played on loan at Hamburger SV. On 30 January 2009, he signed a contract until 31 December 2009. He played his first match for Hamburg on 4 March 2009 against SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the DFB-Pokal. He debuted in the Bundesliga on 4 April 2009 as a substitute in the 87th minute in a 1–0 win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. On 10 December 2009, Hamburger SV purchased him from his former club Deportivo Táchira. On the same day, he signed a contract until 30 June 2014.\nAccurate as of 4 December 2011\nHe played his first game in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier for Venezuela. Rincón played with U 20 at Sudamericana sub-20 in Paraguay. On 22 July 2011, Rincón was voted Adidas' Best Player at the 2011
Víctor Rodríguez Romero is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Elche CF as a left winger.
Stefano Chuka Okaka (born 9 August 1989 in Castiglione del Lago, Perugia, Italy) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Italian Serie A club Parma on loan from Roma.\nBorn in Castiglione del Lago, Umbria, Italy to Nigerian parents who later obtained Italian citizenship, Okaka joined the Roma youth system in 2004. He was part of the team that won the U-20 national title in 2005 and scored goals against Juventus in the semi-final and Atalanta in the final.\nOn 29 September 2005, he made his debut with the first team in the UEFA Cup, playing against Aris. He thus became the youngest footballer to debut in an international competition for an Italian team. Okaka scored with a powerful run from midfield and a precise shot to the left of the goalkeeper his first official goal for Roma in a Coppa Italia match against Napoli on 8 December 2005. He has since appeared a number of times for the senior squad, scoring his first Serie A goal on 17 September 2006, the last of three Roma goals in a 3–1 win over Siena.\nHe was subsequently loaned to Serie B side Modena for the 2007–08 season in order to gain some first team experience. After returning to Roma, he signed a new
Julián Cuesta Díaz, simply known as Julián, is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Almería as a goalkeeper.
Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1989 as Almería Club de Fútbol, it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, with a 22,000-seat capacity.\nAD Almería was a team that played in La Liga between 1979–81, but disappeared in 1982, and was arguably UD Almería's predecessor. In 1989, a club named Almería Club de Fútbol was born, but in 2001 was renamed Unión Deportiva Almería. After playing one season in the second division, it was relegated to the third and the fourth divisions.\nAfter spending several seasons in the second level, Almería side was first promoted to the top flight after finishing runner-up in the 2006–07 season. After some outstanding performances, the team achieved a final 8th league place in 2007–08. At the club's helm was coach Unai Emery, as striker Álvaro Negredo finished team topscorer with 13 goals.\nAfter Emery left for Valencia CF, Gonzalo Arconada stepped in, but was sacked on 21 December 2008, after a string of poor results, albeit without ever reaching the last three. Mexican Hugo Sánchez took the job, and fared
Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Elche, Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in the Spanish second division, holding home matches at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, with a capacity of 38,750 seats.\nAs of 2 February 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.\nsee also Category:Elche CF players\nsee also Category:Elche CF managers
Stefan Mitrović is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for German club SC Freiburg as a centre-back.
Antonio Adán Garrido (born 13 May 1987 in Madrid) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid as a goalkeeper.\nA Real Madrid youth graduate, Adán was the first-choice goalkeeper for its C side in the 2005–06 season, playing 36 games and conceding 29 goals. He also started three games for the Juvenil team, which won the Champions Cup of the category, keeping a clean sheet in the tournament.\nThe following season, he was selected as a member of Real Madrid's U.S. tour in August 2006. He served as backup to captain Jordi Codina in Real Madrid Castilla, until Codina's promotion to the first squad.\nAdán made his debut in 2006–07's second division on 27 August 2006, in an 1–1 draw at CD Castellón. He contributed with six leagues matches, as Real Madrid's reserves were eventuall relegated.\nAfter the sale of Codina to neighbours Getafe CF, Adán was promoted to the senior squad for pre-season training, in the 2009–10 campaign. While still appearing mostly for the B's, he was third-choice in the first team, behind Iker Casillas and Jerzy Dudek.\nOn 8 December 2010, Adán made his official Real Madrid debut, replacing injured Dudek in the 44th minute of the 4–0 home win against AJ Auxerre,
Mohamed Lamine Sissoko Gillan (born 22 January 1985) is a French-born Malian footballer who is currently playing for the French Ligue 1 team Paris Saint-Germain and the Malian national team. Although he could have elected to play for France internationally, he chose to play for the country of his descent, Mali. Sissoko is a tough tackling defensive midfielder .\nSissoko appeared in the youth system of French club AJ Auxerre, although he never managed to appear with the club's first team before moved to the Spanish La Liga club, Valencia CF managed by Rafael Benítez in 2003, on free transfer. Up until this move, Sissoko had always played as a striker for AJ Auxerre, but began adapting to his new role under his new manager.\nFollowing his transfer to La Liga, Sissoko remained with Valencia between 2003 and 2005. At the time, the manager of Valencia was Rafael Benítez, who eyed the Malian player as a talented youngster with obvious potential to turn into a top-notch defensive midfielder. The 2003–2004 season was a very successful year for Valencia and moderately so for the Malian player. Los Che were crowned La Liga and UEFA Cup champions, while Sissoko totaled nine matches and one goal
Guilherme Madalena Siqueira (born 28 April 1986) is a Brazilian footballer with Italian citizenship. He is a left back playing for Granada CF. He is a penalty kicking specialist and known for his delicate L1+ㅁs. \nAt age 18, Siqueira was signed by Internazionale from Ipatinga in August 2004. He also played for hometown clubs Figueirense (his first club) and Avaí before joining Inter.\nIn January 2006, as part of César's transfer, he went on loan to Lazio, which included an option to co-own the players rights at the end of season.\nOn 11 August 2006, he joined Udinese in a co-ownership deal, for €750,000. Siqueira never became a regular for Udinese and made 3 starts and 13 substitute appearances in the 2006–07 season. He made his Serie A debut on September 10, 2006 in a 1-0 loss to Messina. During the 2007–08 season Siqueira remains at Udinese but is seldom used. As Udinese did not buy full ownership from Internazionale, the out of favor Siqueira was loaned to Ancona to join another Inter owned player, Rincón. During the 2008-09 season with Ancona Siqueira featured regularly for the newly promted club making 24 league appearances and scoring his first professional goal.\nIn June 2009,
Diego Mariño Villar (born 9 May 1990 in Vigo, Galicia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF B in Segunda División, as a goalkeeper.
Giuseppe Biava (born 8 May 1977) is an Italian footballer, who currently plays as a centre back for Serie A side Lazio.\nA centre back, Biava started his career with the Leffe youth team, before moving to newly-promoted Serie D team Albinese in 1995. During his time with Albinese before the 1998 merger with the Leffe to found AlbinoLeffe, Biava achieved a promotion to Serie C2 in 1997. In 1998–99, Biava helped AlbinoLeffe to ensure promotion to Serie C1. After a one-year loan at Serie C2 side Biellese, Biava returned to AlbinoLeffe in 2001, and was part of the team that won the promotion playoffs in 2003, thus ensuring them a Serie B place.\nIn 2003–04, Biava marked his Serie B debut, and scored the goal which ensured the first AlbinoLeffe victory in the league, a 1–0 win to Fiorentina.\nHis impressive performances in the league provoked interest from ambitious Serie B club Palermo, which signed him during the January 2004 transfer window. Biava immediately gained a stable place in the regular lineup, forming a tough defensive line together with Pietro Accardi and leading the rosanero back to Serie A after over 30 years.\nBiava was confirmed by head coach Francesco Guidolin as a key
Steve Leo Beleck A'Beka (born February 21, 1993 in Yaoundé, Cameroon), the son of former Cameroon international footballer Thomas Libiih, is a footballer who plays for AEK Athens on loan from Serie A club Udinese.\nHis career began in July 2009 at the age of 16 when signed professional contract with Panthrakikos. During the first half of the 2009–10 season he was member of U-21 squad with a remarkable performance. In the second half of the 2009–10 season he was promoted to the first squad. While still 16, Beleck made his debut on 17, December, starting in a loss to Panathinaikos. He achieved five goals in thirteen matches in Super League Greece.\nIn July 2010 he transferred to Italian team Udinese for €1.5m. However, he did not make his debut on season 2010-2011.\nIn July 2011 Steve signed on loan to AEK Athens until the end of the 2011-2012 season. He has already played for Greek Superleague as he was a member of Panthrakikos. At first, he disappointed AEK fans due to his poor performances, but later he managed to cement his place in the AEK first team.\nLast update: 24 December 2011\nHe participated to U-17 Cameroon National Team.
Tiago Abiola Delfim Almeida Ilori (born 26 February 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central defender.\nBorn in London, England, Ilori joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth ranks in the 2006 summer, signing from Imortal Desportivo Clube. For 2007–08, the 14-year old was loaned to Lisbon neighbours G.D. Estoril Praia, returning for three more seasons.\nOn 6 November 2011, Ilori made his official debut for the Lions' first team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 league home win against U.D. Leiria, and committing an error which led to the visitors equalizing in the 20th minute. On 14 December, he played his first game in the UEFA Europa League, starting in a 0–2 group stage loss to S.S. Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico, as his team had already secured the first place in its group.\nCorrect as of 16 December 2011
Paolo Parente is an Italian football player.
Giorgi Chanturia (Georgian: გიორგი ჭანტურია) (born 11 April 1993) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse.\nChanturia made his competitive debut for Vitesse on the opening day of the 2011–12 Eredivisie season, as a starter in their 0–0 away draw against ADO Den Haag on 7 August. He scored his first goal for the Arnhem side in his second official match, against VVV-Venlo in a 4-0 win.
Matteo Rubin (born 9 July 1987 in Italy) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a Defender and is currently playing for Italian Serie A team Parma on loan from Torino F.C.. Matteo is a strong running left-back who is as keen to get forward as he is tenacious in his defending. He has a strong left foot which is put to good use at free kicks and corners.\nMatteo Rubin signed his first professional footballing contract for Serie C1 team Cittadella before signing for Torino in Serie A. When becoming a first team regular Matteo suffered a ligament injury to his left knee which kept him out of the season for 6 months, sustained while playing for Italy U21 team against Greece.\nIn August 2010 he was loaned to Bologna, in exchange with Marco Bernacci.\nThe following August, having returned to Torino, he moved on loan to Parma, who were without a recognised left-back after the departure of Luca Antonelli seven months earlier and Marco Pisano earlier that summer. Midfielders Massimo Gobbi and Francesco Modesto had previous filled in in that position.\nOn 3 January 2012, Bologna announced that Rubin returned to the club on loan for the remainder of the season. On 11 March, he scored a calamitous
Marcel Büchel (born 18 March 1991) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian side Gubbio, on loan from Siena.\nBüchel moved from Swiss side St. Gallen to Italian team Siena in 2009; he signed on loan for Juventus for the 2010-11 season. He made his professional debut for Juventus in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, in a match against Austrian team Red Bull Salzburg on 4 November 2010. Büchel made his second first team appearance for Juventus, also in the UEFA Europe League, against Manchester City on 16 December 2010. After the return to Siena, he signed on loan again, this time for Serie B team Gubbio.
Danilo D'Ambrosio (born 9 September 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Torino.\nBorn in Naples, Campania, Danilo along with his twin brother Dario joined Fiorentina Primavera team in 2005 after the bankrupt of Campania side Salernitana. He started to play as a midfielder.\nIn January 2008, Danilo graduated from the U20 youth team and joined Serie C1 side Potenza in co-ownership deal. In June 2008 he was bought back by La Viola and joined Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Juve Stabia in another co-ownership deal (at first a loan and turned to co-own deal in January). At Juve Stabia, he also played as midfielder. In June 2009, he was bought outright by Juve Stabia.\nIn January 2010, he joined Torino of Serie B in co-ownership deal to reinforce the squad which some of Toro players had made a transfer request after they were attacked by ultra.\nOn 11 August 2010, D'Ambrosio made his debut with the Italy U-21 team in a friendly match against Denmark.
José Holebas, also known as Iosif Cholevas (Greek: Ιωσήφ Χολέβας) (born 27 June 1984 in Aschaffenburg) is a Greek footballer who plays for Olympiacos F.C. and the Greek national football team. Holebas was born in Germany to a Greek father from Trikala and a Uruguayan mother.\nHolebas played for 1860 Munich since 2006. He used to play as a striker or as a left winger. In 2009, the new coach of 1860 Munich Ewald Lienen selected Holebas to play as a left back. He played 74 matches in 2. Bundesliga scoring 7 goals and 7 times for DFB-Pokal.\nEwald Lienen, the newly appointed coach at that time, selected Cholevas to be one option for the left side of Olympiacos. Cholevas joined Olympiacos for a fee of around 500,000 € plus 200,000 € future incentives, signing a 3-year contract on a 200,000 € annual salary, with a 20% annual increase clause. He stated that he is pleased to play in his ancestral country.\nHe made his debut with Olympiacos F.C. in a 5–0 victory against Besa for the Europa League. After the team's short-lived European experience, though, Lienen was sacked and replaced with Ernesto Valverde, which at first meant minimal appearances and game time for Cholevas, especially since
Wellington Alves da Silva (born 6 January 1993) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Segunda División club Alcoyano on loan from Arsenal, as a winger or striker.\nOn 31 January 2010, he signed for Arsenal. Wellington Silva featured in Arsenal Reserves' match against Manchester United Reserves, in the Platinum One Challenge on 19 August 2010. He played the whole 90 minutes and scored, cutting in from the right to hit the back of the net.\nWellington played in a closed-doors friendly for Arsenal in January 2010 against Dagenham and Redbridge. He scored two goals and set up a third. He was substituted after playing 70 minutes.\nOn Thursday 9 December 2010 it was announced that the FA had backtracked on its initial decision to award Wellington Silva his "Special Talent Visa". The next day, it was announced on Arsenal's official website that the club planned to send him out on loan due to the fact he couldn't get a work permit.\nOn January 12, Arsenal confirmed that Wellington Silva would move to Levante on a loan deal for the rest of the season. He made his debut against Getafe on the 29th of January coming on as substitute in the 88th minute.\nOn the 10th of July 2011,
Juan Antonio (born 5 January 1988 in Trelew, Chubut) is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Italian club Sampdoria.
Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Ταχτσίδης) (born 15 February 1991) is a Greek football player currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Hellas Verona, on loan from Genoa.\nTachtsidis was promoted from AEK's youth ranks and signed his first professional contract with AEK on 1 November 2007. Shortly after signing his first professional contract, Tachtsidis made his debut for AEK in the Greek Cup against Fostiras. On 27 January 2008, he became the youngest player to have ever played for AEK Athens in the Greek league when he played against Thrasyvoulos being 16 years and 348 days old. Tachtsidis scored the winning goal in the 92nd minute to give his team the three points.\nOn 21 April 2010 he completed a move to Genoa C.F.C., that had already been agreed upon in January 2010. On 7 August 2010 it was announced that he will spend one year on loan at A.C. Cesena.
Henrique Adriano Buss (born 14 October 1986), more commonly known as Henrique, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras as a defender. He has played for the Brazil national team, having been capped once during early 2008.\nAjax were said to have tabled a bid for Henrique in June 2008, which was soon followed by a report saying he had agreed terms with FC Barcelona. Barcelona agreed to sign Henrique from Palmeiras for €8 million, with an extra €2 million in bonuses, on a five-year deal, and that he would be loaned out to Bayer Leverkusen. The transfer was completed a day later. Henrique made 27 league appearances in his season with Leverkusen and reached the final of the German Cup. He returned to Barcelona in June 2009, being given the number 23 shirt upon his return. On 31 August 2009, Henrique was loaned out to Racing Santander. On 15 July 2011, he returned to Brazil. On 2 June 2012 Barcelona cancelled Henrique's contract so he was released. Henrique was reunited with Palmeiras on a free transfer after a successful loan in the 2011–12 season.\nOn 21 March 2008, Henrique received his first call up to the Brazilian national team, after centre back Juan was cut from the squad
Antonio Rukavina (Serbian Cyrillic: Антонио Рукавина, born 26 January 1984 in Belgrade) is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for TSV 1860 München.\nRukavina joined FK Partizan in January 2007 after an impressive spell with FK Bežanija, and eventually became team captain. On the 5 January 2008, Rukavina was transferred to German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund for a fee of €2.5m. After one year Rukavina left Dortmund on 2 February 2009; he was loaned to TSV 1860 München until the end of the season. In July 2009, he transferred permanently to 1860 Munich, with Sven Bender making the opposite move to Borussia Dortmund in lieu of a transfer fee.\nRukavina is a member of the Serbian national team after being called up from the U21 team.\nHe made his international debut for Serbian national team on 6 June 2007, in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match in Helsinki against Finland.\nHe was part of the Serbian 23-man squad at the FIFA World Cup 2010.
Diego Ribas da Cunha (born 28 February 1985), commonly known as just Diego, is an international Brazilian footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid on loan from VfL Wolfsburg, as an attacking midfielder. He is a playmaker known for his pinpoint passes, back-heelers, overhead kicks and a whole box of other tricks as well as his scoring abilities.\nAt age six, Diego started to show his talent when training with Comercial FC, in Ribeirao Preto. After joining another team, São Carlos, when he was 9, Diego decided to take trials in the hope of impressing a bigger club. Diego was first signed by the São Paulo team Santos at the age of 12. Diego developed whilst in the Santos youth system, making his first team debut at the age of 16 in the Rio-São Paulo Championship in 2002 and in the same year he won the domestic Campeonato Brasileiro championship. He, Robinho, Elano and Alex were known as a famous group when they played for Santos.\nDiego was then signed by Portuguese club FC Porto in July 2004 as a replacement for the FC Barcelona-bound Deco and was seen as the successor to Deco but could not produce the same caliber of performances he did at Santos. Diego made his debut for Porto in a
Daniel Sartori Bessa is an Italian Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bologna, on loan from Internazionale.
Yohan Benalouane (Arabic: يوهان بن علوان‎) (born March 28, 1987 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) is a Tunisian–French football defender. He currently plays in Italy for A.C. Cesena.\nBenalouane was included in the Tunisian squad for the first time in August 2010 to face Chad in an African Cup of Nations qualifier, but missed the game because he failed vaccination prior the travel to Chad. He took the chance to refuse to rejoin the Tunisian squad. FIFA made it clear the he can not join France anymore and that he has to rally Tunisia against Togo in October 2010 which he did not so now he lost privilege to join either national team.\nAfter a particularly poor performance in a 2-0 loss against Bologna in December 2010, Benalouane was substituted. On leaving the pitch, and being jeered by Cesena supporters, he stormed past the bench and headed straight down the tunnel. He later publicly apologised for his behaviour.
David Cortés Caballero (born 29 August 1979 in Llerena, Badajoz) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Granada CF as a right defender.\nCortés made his professional debuts with local CF Extremadura, then in the second level. He then moved to RCD Mallorca in La Liga (alongside teammate Poli), where he was first-choice during three full seasons, helping the Balearic Islands outfit to the 2003 Spanish Cup.\nIn the summer of 2006, Cortés moved to Madrid's Getafe CF. After splitting duties with Romanian Cosmin Contra in 2006–07, he was the undisputed starter in the following season, as Getafe reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals.\nIn the 2009–10 season, with Contra already gone, Cortés was greatly overshadowed by new signing Miguel Torres, but still contributed with 20 league games as Getafe qualified for the second time in the club's history to the Europa League. In July 2010, at almost 31, he signed a one-year contract with Hércules CF, returned to the top flight after a 13-year absence.\nCortés was the undisputed first-choice right-back during his only season with the Valencian, who finished 19th and were immediately relegated back. In mid-July 2011, he signed with another top-divisioner,
Manuel del Moral Fernández, aka Manu (born 25 February 1984 in Jaén, Andalusia), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as either a forward or winger.\nAfter starting his formation with local Real Jaén, del Moral finished it with Atlético de Madrid, where he played alongside Braulio, and served a one 1/2-season loan in the second division at Recreativo de Huelva, only appearing in five matches with one goal during his first campaign.\nWhile mainly registered with the capital side's B team, he did appear in five La Liga matches in 2005–06, mainly as a late substitute.\nIn 2006–07, Manu joined Madrid neighbours Getafe CF, scoring his first top flight goal on 22 October 2006, in a 2–1 success at precisely Recre, finishing the season with eight (squad's second-best, behind Daniel Güiza). The following season he teamed up again with Braulio, and scored seven during the league campaign (joint-top scorer alongside Uruguayan Juan Albín), while also helping the Madrid outskirts team to the UEFA Cup quarterfinals.\nThe arrival of Roberto Soldado relegated del Moral to a more secondary role in 2008–09, but he still appeared in 29 league contests, operating mostly on the wings. On 24
Kingsley Coman is a French professional footballer who plays for Juventus as a forward or attacking midfielder.
Hassan Yebda (born 14 May 1984) is an Algerian footballer who plays for Granada CF in Spain and the Algeria national team, as a central midfielder.\nDuring his professional career, he played in France, Portugal, England, Italy and Spain, representing a host of clubs.\nYebda is a former French youth international and was part of the team that won the 2001 U-17 World Championship. He opted to play for Algeria at senior level in August 2009, taking advantage of FIFA’s new ruling which allowed him to change his national allegiance despite being older than 21 years of age, and represented the latter national team at the 2010 World Cup and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.\nBorn in Saint-Maurice, Yebda emerged through AJ Auxerre's youth system, but made no appearances for the first team during his stint, playing regularly for the reserves in the Championnat de France amateur.\nIn January 2006, he was loaned to second division's Stade Lavallois. In the same month of the following year, Yebda was definitely released and moved to Le Mans UC72, making his top level debut on 17 February 2007 in a 0–2 away loss against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: brought on in the 70th minute, he scored an own goal ten
Kepa Arrizabalaga Revuelta is a Spanish football player.
Íñigo Ruiz de Galarreta is a Spanish football player currently playing for Athletic Bilbao.
Alberto Lopo García (born 5 May 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a central defender.\nHis physical style of play results in him being one of the most booked players every season in Spanish football. He spent 16 years of his career - youth years accounted for - at Espanyol.\nBorn in Barcelona, Catalonia, Lopo spent the bulk of his professional career at local RCD Espanyol, where he started to play when he was ten. Soon the coaches noticed his defensive skills and, in April 1999 (aged eighteen), he made his debut in La Liga against Real Zaragoza, thus becoming the first player to have represented the club in all categories. His breakthrough came during 2001–02, when he only missed five league matches and scored his first goal (in the first league round and against Zaragoza) but also received his first red card, during a 0–2 loss at city rivals FC Barcelona.\nHe would remain a starter at Espanyol under several coaches (Juande Ramos, Javier Clemente, Luis Fernández and Miguel Ángel Lotina) until his departure in May 2006, gaining in the process a reputation as a superb but excessively rough defender. In 2002–03, he was given 14 yellow cards in
Franco Brienza (born 19 March 1979) is an Italian footballer who plays for Palermo in Serie A and also represented Italy at international level.\nBorn in Cantù but grown in Ischia, he began his footballing career for local club Campagnano, before moving in Florence at the age of 15 to play for Isolotto. In 1997-98 he joined with Serie B club Foggia. He followed the team relegated in 1998 to Serie C1 and again in 1999 to Serie C2.\nIn 2000 he was signed by A.S. Roma along with team-mate Attilio Nicodemo and Giuseppe Di Masi, which cost Roma 100 million Italian lire (for Brienza). Roma farmed Brienza and Nicodemo along with Roma youth products Daniele De Vezze and Luca Ferri to sister club Palermo, which Franco Sensi (the President of Roma) acquired the club in March 2000. Di Masi also joined the Sicily side in January 2001. He helped his club to win the league and achieve promotion to Serie B in 2001.\nOn 30 June 2002, he joined Palermo permanently, for €10.9million, in exchange with Davide Bombardini, priced €11 million.\nAfter Sensi sold the club to Maurizio Zamparini in July 2002, he was out-favored by Palermo, as Zamparini also bought players from his another club Venezia. His
Iago Falque Silva (born 4th January 1990) is a Spanish forward currently playing for FC Barcelona B
Antonio Manuel Luna Rodríguez (born 17 March 1991 in Son Servera, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a left defender.
Edson René Braafheid (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛtsɔn ˈbraːfɦɛi̯t]; born 8 April 1983) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a left back for German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim.\nBraafheid started his career with Eredivisie side Utrecht in 2003, before moving on to FC Twente in 2007 on a free transfer. He was signed by German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in 2009 for €2 million. After failing to break into the team during the first half of the season Braafheid moved on loan to Scottish Premier League club Celtic, in order to increase his chances of playing in the 2010 FIFA World Cup with Holland. After a few appearances at the start of the 2011-12 season for Bayern, Braafheid moved to fellow Bundesliga club Hoffenheim\nBraafheid has played for the U-21 and full Netherlands team. Braafheid was called up to the Netherlands squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, however, due to Twente's European matches early in the season he couldn't go. He was also called up to the squad for the 2010 World Cup and made a substitute appearance in the final.\nBraafheid began his professional career at FC Utrecht in 2003 and made 81 appearances for the side.\nOn 10 February 2007, Braafheid played his
Kris Jogan is an Slovenian footballer .
Sergi Gómez Solà (born 28 March 1992 in Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a central defender.\nGómez arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy at the age of 14. Even though he appeared in only three league games for the B team in the 2009–10 season, he would later play an essential role in the Catalonia side's Segunda División successful promotion play-offs, after injury to another youth graduate, Andreu Fontàs.\nOn 13 August 2010, as first-team manager Josep Guardiola provided Barça's Spanish internationals with needed rest, Gómez was included in the nineteen-man squad to face Sevilla FC in the first leg of the 2010 season's Spanish Supercup. He made his official competitive debut in that game, a 1–3 away loss, playing the full ninety minutes.
Martí Riverola Bataller (born 26 January 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Bologna FC in Italian Serie A, as a central midfielder.\nBorn in Barcelona, Catalonia, Riverola joined FC Barcelona's youth academy in 1997, aged just 6, and started his career as a forward, being reconverted into a midfielder for the 2004–05 season. In spite of this change, he retained his goalscoring touch, being the under-19's second top scorer in 2010, with 13 goals.\nIn late 2009, still registered with the junior team, Riverola made his début for Barcelona's B team, in a 2–0 win at Catalonia neighbours RCD Espanyol B. The reserves eventually returned to the second division after 11 years, but the player only appeared once more in the league.\nIn January 2011, Riverola joined Eredivisie side Vitesse on a six-month long loan, as the Dutch were managed by countryman Albert Ferrer, himself a former Barcelona player.\nIn June 2011, Riverola returned to Barcelona and joined its B team, alongside Isaac Cuenca.. Throughout the season, he playing 37 games and scoring 5 goals.\nOn 7 December, Riverola made his first official appearance for the main squad, replacing Sergi Roberto in the dying minutes of a 4–0
Álvaro Borja Morata Martín (born 23 October 1992 in Madrid) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a striker.\nMorata signed for local and national giants Real Madrid in 2008 from neighbouring Getafe CF, finishing his formation two years later, but starting appearing for Real Madrid C still as a junior. In July 2010, after a successful season with the Juvenil A where he won two youth titles and scored 34 goals, he was promoted to the B team. Later that month, first team coach José Mourinho took the player alongside four teammates to a preseason tour in United States.\nOn 15 August 2010, Morata made his debut with Castilla in a friendly match with AD Alcorcón, scoring the only goal of the game. His third division debut came on the 29th in a 3–2 win against Coruxo FC, and he scored his first official goal in a 1–1 draw against RSD Alcalá, on 31 October.\nOn 12 December 2010, Morata made his debut for the Real Madrid first team, when he was brought on as a substitute for Ángel di María in the 88th minute of a 3–1 win at Real Zaragoza. Ten days later, he made his debut in the Spanish Cup, also coming from the bench in the last minutes. In January 2011, after Gonzalo
Enrique "Quique" de Lucas Martínez (born 17 August 1978) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo mainly as an attacking midfielder.\nBorn in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, de Lucas emerged through the ranks of RCD Espanyol, making his first team debut on May 15, 1998, at Real Valladolid, in his sole appearance of the season, being immediately promoted to the main squad.\nSubsequently, he became an important offensive element for the Catalonians, appearing in 30 La Liga matches with four goals in 1999–2000, while helping the club to the season's Copa del Rey.\nAfter his contract expired in 2002, and after an unassuming loan spell at Paris Saint-Germain the previous year, de Lucas joined Chelsea FC, being relatively used in a sole season. His only Chelsea goal was a well executed chip in the UEFA Cup against Viking FK in a 2–1 win (5–4 loss on aggregate).\nHe then returned to Spain, having a huge impact at Deportivo Alavés, although most of his stint was spent in the second level. He scored six goals in 40 contests, as the Basque returned to the topflight after two years, being immediately relegated the following season.\nAfter another level two
Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈerkules]) is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1922, it currently plays in the Spanish second division, and holds home games at the Estadio José Rico Pérez, which seats 30,000 spectators.\nAfter first appearing in La Liga in 1935–36, Hércules would play sporadically in the category for the next forty years, playing mainly in the second division but going as low as Tercera División. From 1961–69, neighbours Alicante CF acted as its feeder club.\nAfter a ten-year spell in the topflight, encompassing 12 seasons in the 1970s/80s, the club only returned again in 1996–97; though finally relegated, it managed two remarkable comeback wins over FC Barcelona, which ultimately handed over the league title to Real Madrid.\nIn 2004–05, after five years in the third division, Hércules finished second, being subsequently promoted to the second level. After posting three consecutive solid seasons, the club would narrowly miss on a return to the top division in 2008–09, finishing fourth, three points behind last-promotee CD Tenerife.\n2009–10 saw Hércules promoted back into the top
Éver Maximiliano David Banega (born 29 June 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Valencia CF in Spain, mainly as a central midfielder.\nBorn in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Banega came through the youth ranks at Boca Juniors, reaching the first team at 18, and winning immediate recognition thanks to his passing average and his performances in the first division. After teammate midfielder Fernando Gago moved to Real Madrid in January 2007, he was named as his successor, despite his young age.\nBanega made his professional debut in the 4–0 victory against Club Atlético Banfield on 10 February 2007. On 2 April, just a few matches afterwards, he was given an ovation when he left the field.\nOn 5 January 2008, Banega signed with Spanish side Valencia CF on a five and-a-half year deal, for a fee of around €18 million. He made his debut coming on as a halftime substitute in a final 0–1 loss at Atlético de Madrid in January 2008.\nBanega was loaned to Atlético Madrid for 2008–09. He made his official debut as a substitute during the Colchoneros's 3–0 win at PSV Eindhoven, in the first group stage match of the season's UEFA Champions League. However, he failed to settle in
Matías Daniel Campos Toro (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈtias ˈkampos ˈtoro], born 22 June 1989) is a Chilean football player that currently plays for Spanish La Liga club Granada in the left band as a full back or midfielder.
Jaime Gavilán Martínez (born 12 May 1985 in Valencia) - Gavilán meaning sparrowhawk in Spanish - is a Spanish footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a left midfielder.\nAt Valencia CF, youth product Gavilán made his first team - and La Liga - debut one month shy of his 18th birthday, playing 12 minutes in a 0–1 defeat at Real Valladolid, on 19 April 2003. He also played two years with the B side, then in the third division.\nHe was gradually breaking into the first team after two loans (CD Tenerife - second level - and Getafe CF), even though he had to battle for that position with the gifted (although tremendously injury-prone) Vicente. However, after the arrival of new boss Ronald Koeman in November 2007, Gavilán was deemed surplus to requirements and was loaned again to Getafe, until the end of the season. The previous campaign, he suffered a serious knee ligament injury which kept him out of action for a period of six months.\nIn his second spell with the Madrid outskirts side, Gavilán appeared prominently during half-a-season, netting in a 2–1 home win over Racing de Santander, on 16 March 2008. He was also part of the club's quarterfinal run in the UEFA Cup, playing in three
Kevin Mathieu Vinetot (born 14 June 1988) is a French footballer who plays for Serie B team Crotone, on loan from Genoa.\nBorn in Villiers-le-Bel, suburb of Paris, Vinetot started in the reserve side of Guingamp. In mid-2008 he moved to Italian side Giulianova, winning the promotion playoffs. In 2009–10 season, he played all 34 league matches and both legs of relegation play-outs. In July 2010 he was transferred to Serie B team Crotone along with Francesco Migliore and Fabio Gubinelli.\nIn June 2011 he was sold to Serie A team Genoa in co-ownership deal, for €1 million (undisclosed cash plus half of Leonardo Terigi). But on 17 July 2011 he returned to Crotone.
Frederik Hillesborg Sørensen (born 14 April 1992) is a Danish footballer who plays for Serie A club Bologna F.C, on loan from Juventus.\nSørensen began playing football at hometown clubs Roskilde KFUM and FC Roskilde before joining Lyngby in 2007. After breaking into the first team, he was awarded with a contract until 2013.\nSørensen left for Turin on 27 August 2010 after a trial with Juventus in July. He was a member of Juventus's Primavera team in the 2010–11 season. After injuries to Leandro Rinaudo and Zdeněk Grygera that would rule them out for several months, Sørensen was called up to the first team for the first time against Bologna and then against Milan. In the next league match, on 7 November 2010, due to the unavailability of center backs Giorgio Chiellini and Nicola Legrottaglie, Sørensen made his first start alongside Leonardo Bonucci in the centre of defense. In that match, The Old Lady beat Cesena 3–1. In the next match, right back Marco Motta was suspended and Sørensen replaced him against A.S. Roma. From that match onwards Sørensen has continued to impress and has continued to make regular appearances for Juventus as a right back. On the long awaited Derby D'Italia
Simone Salviato (born July 12, 1987 in Padua) is an Italian professional football player. Currently, he plays in Serie B for Livorno.\nHe made his Serie B debut on October 25, 2008, whilst playing for Mantova, in a 3-1 defeat at home to Parma.\nFollowing Mantova's bankruptcy and subsequent demotion to Serie D, Salviato joined Livorno on July 11, 2010.
Emanuele Calaiò (born 8 January 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side Siena.\nCalaiò started his football career at Torino making his league debut against Reggina on 6 January 2000, he scored a goal for Torino three minutes into his debut. He made 20 league appearances in total for Torino.\nIn January 2002 Calaiò was exchanged with Alessandro Cibocchi of Ternana with inflated price tag to create paper profit on both clubs (which Ternana was fined in 2010, 8 years later) and then a short spell with Messina followed. In January 2003, was loaned by Pescara and turned permanently in June 2004. He also returned to Torino Calcio in 2003 in exchange with Cibocchi again.\nWith Pescara, Calaiò solidified himself as an impressive striker, the club won promotion back into Serie B in 2003, with Calaiò scoring 20 times in his second season. In the third at Serie B, he scored 6 in the first half of the season.\nIn January 2005, Napoli Soccer at Serie C1 signed him for €2.85 million, he scored just 6 in the first season, but in the second he scored 18, won the champion and promotion back to Serie B with club. He scored 14 in his third season with Napoli, won promotion back to
The Estadio Municipal de Balaídos (Spanish pronunciation: [balaˈiðos], "Balaídos Municipal Stadium") is an all-seater football stadium in Vigo, Spain. It is the home of Segunda División club Celta Vigo.\nBalaídos is located on the Avenida Balaídos, in the district of Coia. It occupies the block bounded by Avenida Balaídos, Rua Val Minor, Avenida Alcalde Portanet and Rua dos Olimpicos Galegos.\nThe stadium comprises four stands: Tribuna, Río, Gol and Marcador, giving a total capacity of 31,800. The record attendance at the stadium is 45,000 which was set in a match between Celta and Getafe in 1982.\nThe Tribuna is a two-tiered stand. The upper-tier is known as Tribuna and lower-tier is Preferencia.\nThe Río stand is two-tiered and is the newest of the stands (built in 1981). The upper-tier is known as Río Alto and lower-tier is Río Bajo. The stand is named Río (River) as it was built over the original course of the Lagares river.\nIn September 1924 a group of local businessmen took the first steps towards the construction of the stadium by buying the 75,000 m on which the stadium would be built. The first job they faced was diverting the river Lagares. Two years later these businessmen
Estadio Municipal de Riazor is a multi-purpose stadium in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Deportivo de La Coruña, and accommodates a total of 34,000 spectators.\nAlthough the stadium hosted home games for Deportivo since its establishment in 1904, it wasn't until 1944 that essential facilities (e.g. bleachers, locker rooms...) were constructed. That year, the stadium was officially known as Deportivo's ground. The opening game was against Valencia CF in 28 October 1944, which saw Depor lose 2-3.\nThe enormous total area of 60,000 led Riazor to be one of the chosen stadia to host the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals, the first of which was Spain against Portugal which ended 4-2 in favor of the hosts. Also, this asset made Riazor favorable for a Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and RCD Espanyol in 1947, which saw the capital's side claim their ninth cup title.\nIf there is anything that seems to be written in the world of football, it would be the failure of Real Madrid to secure a win in Riazor. For an astonishing record of 16 consecutive seasons, the capital's representatives have failed to snap a win from their visits to the Galicians. The phenomenon
The Estadio Benito Villamarín is a football stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Real Betis.\nSevilla Balompié, Real Betis Balompié precursor during the years 1907-1914, initially played in the Prado de San Sebastian. In 1920, they began to play in the field of Real Patronato Obrero, in the old El Porvenir neighbourhood. From March 17 of 1929, they started playing at the Stadium of Heliopolis. This was subsequently remodeled into the current stadium. The most important changes were: The construction of the North and South goal-stands in the year 1958. Subsequently, these North and South stands were rebuilt between 1971 and 1973. Tribune Building overhang from 1975 and founded in 1979. The Tribune of Preference was started in 1981 and construction of the 1st amphitheater tier was finished 1982 for the World Cup held at Spain on that same year. It was by then a stadium with a capacity of 45,000 spectators, 27,000 of them sitting. It hosted two matches of the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and the famous 12-1 by Spain on Malta that qualified the Spanish team for the final phase of the Euro 1984.\nAfter UEFA regulations to bind all stages of the continent (which in European
Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez is a football stadium in Getafe, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Getafe CF.\nThe name of stadium is in honour of the footballer Alfonso Pérez, born in Getafe.
Estadio San Mamés, AKA La Catedral (The Cathedral), is a football stadium in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The stadium is the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as "Los leones de San Mamés-Bilboko lehoiak" (The lions of San Mamés). They are known as Los leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans.\nThe club's new stadium, San Mamés Barria, is currently under construction at a cost of 160 million euro, and will open in 2013.\nOpened in 1913, it is Spain's oldest built stadium (the oldest playing field being El Molinón), a distinction that together with its religious heritage has granted it the nickname, la Catedral (the Cathedral). San Mamés can seat almost forty thousand people and is renowned for the unique and boisterous atmosphere its crowds of devoted and loyal fans create on match-days.\nThe current stadium was almost entirely rebuilt to host matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In March 2006, a project was approved to replace the stadium with a new and larger version, thereby increasing the stadium capacity to 53,000. The New San Mamés Stadium will be built on the former site of
Estadio La Rosaleda (literally The Rose Garden) is a football stadium in the city of Málaga, in Andalusia, southern Spain. It is the home stadium of Málaga CF in Primera División and was previously the Club Deportivo Málaga, Málaga CF which is heir. The subsidiary Malagua also used it as a habitual pitch during his time in the second division. The Costa del Sol Trophy Cup, organized annually by the Málaga Football Club together with the Municipality of Málaga, is held in this stadium. Its capacity is 28,963 spectators, making it the fourth largest stadium in Andalusia.\nThis replaced the football field Málaga historic arena of Baños del Carmen. When it flooded, the rose garden had to be used for the first time on 13 April 1941 with a fixture between the CD Málaga and AD Ferroviaria. However, the official inauguration took place on 14 September 1941, with a friendly match between the CD Málaga and Sevilla FC. In this game, the CD Málaga also premiered name since its previous name was CD Malacitano.\nThe Rosaleda Stadium was one of the seventeen host stadiums of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, hosting three matches. Throughout its history, it has also hosted seven matches of the Spanish
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981 in Locri, Calabria) is an Italian footballer who plays for Genoa, on loan from Lazio.\nSculli made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2002 for Modena against A.C. Milan.\nSculli half of registration rights was sold to Chievo in 2003 for a lump sum of €450K along with Paro and Gastaldello as part of the deal of Nicola Legrottaglie transfer.\nJuventus bought back all three in 2005 for a lump sum €1.05M, which Sculli signed a contract until summer 2008, and loaned him to Messina.\nIn 2006, Juventus were relegated to Serie B, at which point Sculli made a return to the first team. He made a few appearances in friendly matches, but was loaned to newly promoted Serie B team Genoa on 24 August. In November 2006, he was suspended 8 months for accused of match-fixing when he played for F.C. Crotone against his current club F.C. Messina at the last match-day of the 2001–02 Serie B. He was sold for €300,000.\nSculli was sold to Lazio on January 19, 2011 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be in the region of 3 million euros. He will be carrying number 7 for his new club, becoming Lazio's first signing of the 2011 calendar year. He finished his first and second
Jonathan López Pérez, known as simply Jonathan, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a goalkeeper.
Sociedad Deportiva Eibar, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B.\nEibar plays in azulgrana – claret and blue, with blue shorts, holding home games at Estadio Municipal de Ipurua.\nFormed by the merger of Deportivo Gallo and Unión Deportiva Eibarresa, the club was originally known as Eibar Fútbol Club, before changing to Sociedad Deportiva Eibar. Originally an irregular team, it wasn't until the 1943–44 season that it were reorganised into a more full-time unit.\nPromoted to the third division in 1950, Eibar achieved promotion to the upper level three seasons later, being relegated again after a five-season stint, and competing in division three for 25 of the following 28 years (in 1977, Tercera División became the fourth level, after the creation of Segunda División B). In 1988, the team returned to the "silver category".\nEibar club was relegated to the third divisio at the end of 2005–06. However, it won Segunda B (group IV) in the immediate season and, during the promotion play-offs, won the semi-final tie against CE L'Hospitalet 2–0, beating Rayo
Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born 3 June 1980), better known as Amauri, is a footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina. His previous clubs include Bellinzona, Parma, Napoli, Piacenza, Empoli, Messina, Chievo, Palermo and Juventus. Born in Carapicuíba, a city in Brazil, he represented Italy at international level after acquiring Italian citizenship.\nAmauri was trialed at Palmeiras, the club of his place of birth, São Paulo state, but failed to impress. At the age of 19, he went to Santa Catarina state to work and played for a local club at Santa Catarina State League 2nd Division. Santa Catarina Clube was invited to Torneo di Viareggio in Italy, at which he showed his talent to scouts; he was signed by a club from the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, AC Bellinzona. He scored once in 5 appearances.\nAfter half-season in the Swiss Nationalliga B and Nationalliga A/B playoffs, he played for Napoli in 2000–01, due to the abolish of non-EU quota in the mid season. Amauri until 2010 heard he was actually signed by Parma and on loan to Napoli, instead of signed by Napoli directly at the hearing of Caso Parmalat.\nAmauri made his Italian Serie A debut on 14 April
Roberto Insigne is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Lega Pro team Reggina on loan from Napoli.\nHe made his professional debut for Napoli in the Europa League on 6 December 2012 against PSV Eindhoven, and his first appearance in Serie A on 13 January 2013 as a very late substitute against Palermo.\nHe is the younger brother of Lorenzo Insigne, who also plays for Napoli.
Cyril Théréau,  pronunciation (help·info), (born April 24, 1983 in Privas, France), is a French footballer, who plays for the Italian Serie A club Chievo Verona, as a striker.\nBefore joining R.S.C. Anderlecht, Théréau played for US Orléans, Angers SCO in France, R. Charleroi S.C. in Belgium and Steaua Bucureşti in Romania. Théréau made a huge step in his career in the summer of 2006. In June, the same year, he was still playing in the France's third division, while in September 2006 he was used as a substitute in a UEFA Champions League match.\nHe was brought at Steaua Bucureşti by the team's coach, who saw him play against Standard Liège and thought he might be a good replacement for the injured Victoraş Iacob. He managed to score his first hat-trick for Steaua in the game Steaua won against FC Naţional in the Romanian First League, on the 12th of November 2006. Théréau was considered, along with Valentin Badea, the best transfer from 2006-07 season, and he became instantly an idol at Ghencea. On the 26th of June he signed a four year contract with the Belgian champions, R.S.C. Anderlecht with a transfer fee worth about 3 million euro.\nThéréau is a very skillful striker, who can
Tomas Švedkauskas is a football player currently playing for Delfino Pescara,on loan from A.S. Roma.
Leonardo Carrilho Baptistão is a Brazilian footballer.
Estadio El Molinón is an association football stadium in Gijón, Asturias-Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Real Sporting de Gijón.\nThe stadium's address is Parque de Isabel la Católica, 33390 Gijón.\nEl Molinón is the oldest professional football field in Spain. It has been in use since at least 1908, and is located on the site of an old watermill, hence the stadium's name, the Spanish word for "big mill".\nReal Sporting started to use El Molinón as official ground in 1915. The first official match was held on April 22, 1917 between Real Sporting and Arenas Club de Getxo as part of the 1917 Copa del Rey. Arenas won 0-1. On May 2, 1920, El Molinón held the 1920 Copa del Rey Final, where FC Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao by 2–0.\nOn 1924, Real Sporting bought El Molinón and became the owner of the stadium. On 1931, the main stand was destroyed because of fire, but it was later re-built. In 1944, Gijón City Hall re-bought El Molinón due to Sporting's financial situation.\nOn 1968, four floodlights were installed in El Molinón, and the stadium started to hold matches at night. The first one was against Valencia CF. On November 30, 1969, El Molinón became the first all-covered
The Vicente Calderón Stadium is the home stadium of La Liga football club Atlético Madrid and is located in the Arganzuela district of Spanish capital Madrid. The stadium was originally called the Manzanares Stadium, but this was later changed to the Vicente Calderón Stadium, after the famous Atlético club president. The seats are laid out in red and white stripes, the colours of Atlético's shirts. The stadium is located in the heart of Madrid, on the banks of the Manzanares.\nVicente Calderón regularly hosts international matches of the Spanish national team. Since 2003, the Vicente Calderón stadium has been classified as a 5 Star UEFA Elite stadium, and was the first Spanish stadium to attain this classification.\nOn March 17, 1961, Javier Barroso bought land for the construction of a new stadium, replacing the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, which had begun to reduce in capacity. Thus, in the same year, work began on the new stadium.\nTo finance the new stadium, Atlético Madrid had to make a debt issue three years previously, in 1958, in the form of mortgage bonds that were underwritten mostly by club shareholders and members, thus contributing their savings to build the stadium.
José Cañas Ruiz-Herrera (born 27 May 1987 in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis in La Liga, as a defensive midfielder.\nA product of Real Betis' youth ranks, Cañas made his first team - and La Liga - debut on 3 May 2009, playing four minutes in a 0–2 home loss against Atlético de Madrid. The Andalusians were ultimately relegated at the season's end.\nCañas' uncle, Juan José, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He too spent most of his professional career with Betis.
Andrea Petagna is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Vicenza Calcio on loan from Milan. He is a Italy U19 international.
Karim Laribi (born 21 April 1991) is an Italian football midfielder of Tunisian ancestry. He currently plays for Sassuolo, on loan from Palermo.\nA youth product of Inter, Laribi left Italy in 2007 to accept a lucrative offer from Fulham, where he spent two season as part of the club's own academy in England. He returned to Italy in 2009 to become part of the Palermo squad that won the Campionato Primavera in 2010.\nOn July 2010 he was sent on loan to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foggia in order to get some first team experience; he played a total 28 games under the tenure of famous football master Zdeněk Zeman, scoring four goals in the season. On July 2011, Palermo accepted a loan offer for Laribi from ambitious Serie B club Sassuolo, with an option for his new club to turn the move into a co-ownership by the end of the season.\nLaribi is part of the Italian youth national teams, and made his debut with the under-20 team in 2011.
Boukary Dramé (born July 22, 1985 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French-born Senegalese footballer playing in Italy for A.C. ChievoVerona, as a left defender. He is a Senegal international.\nHe began playing football at CSL Aulnay-sous-Bois before joining the center of pre-training of PSG at Verneuil . He entered the first team in 2005 and plays its first game in Ligue 1 on 11 September 2005 against the RC Strasbourg .Dramé came through the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. youth ranks, going on to spend two years in the first team, with different outcomes: four matches in 2005–06, 20 in the following, with the capital outfit barely avoiding relegation in the latter. Drame impressed early on in his career for PSG and was part of the side that helped reach the last 16 in the UEFA Cup. After a strong season with PSG Drame was regarding as one of the form left backs in the league along with Eric Abidal, Drame set his sights on a move to The English Premier League.\nIn July 2007, after refusing the extension of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain in August 2007, Dramé signed a four-year deal at fellow first divisioner FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, also appearing scarcely throughout his first
Ledian Memushaj (born 7 December 1986) is an Albanian footballer who plays for Italian Serie B side Portogruaro, on loan from Chievo. He has also been selected for the Albanian National Football team.\nMemushaj started his senior career in Italy for Sarzanese. The club won Eccellenza Liguria runner–up in 2006 and promoted to Serie D. In summer 2008, he moved to fellow Serie D side Valle d'Aosta and on 10 September 2009 signed by Paganese of Prima Divisione after a trail and solved the bureaucratic issue.\nOn 21 June 2010, he was signed by Serie A side Chievo on free transfer. He was loaned out to Portogruaro on 29 January 2011.
Maurizio Pugliesi is an Italian football player.
Matías Nahuel Leiva Esquivel, known as Nahuel, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF B as an attacking midfielder.
Atleti Azzurri d'Italia is a stadium in Bergamo, Italy, used by the Atalanta and Albinoleffe football teams. The field is 120 m long, and 70 m wide. The stadium has officially 24,642 recognized seats.\nThe stadium is seen by many to be outdated and not up to standard for Serie A due to poor facilities, poor views from a number of stands and because most of the stadium has no roof cover.\nIn the last decade some projects for a new stadium have been proposed but as of February 2010 no project has been carried out.
Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, usually referred to as Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team currently plays in Segunda División B.\nThe club was founded in 1886, as a result being listed as one of the oldest football clubs in Spain. It has teams competing in athletics, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, table tennis and futsal, but did not actually form a football team until 1914, with the side enjoying a three-year La Liga spell in its beginnings (1947–50).\nSince 1972, the team plays home games at Nou Estadi, which seats 16,600 spectators.\nThe club was founded on 1 March 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at the Cafè del Centre on Rambla Nova. The majority of the club's early members belonged to the upper middle classes and, as the club name suggests, it was initially founded to promote gymnastics. Later the club members also began to organise fencing, hiking, boxing and cycling. In 1914, the club absorbed a local football club called Club Olímpic de Tarragona and consequently formed its own football team, using the former colours of Olímpic: red, white and black. In those days, it played home matches in
Nicolás Andrés Burdisso (born 12 April 1981) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central or right defender for A.S. Roma. He also holds European Union nationality.\nBurdisso is the product of Argentine club Boca Juniors's youth system. He began his professional career with them in 1999 at age 18. With Boca Juniors, he won two Argentine Championships (2000 Apertura and 2003 Apertura), three Copa Libertadores (2000, 2001, 2003), and two Intercontinental Cups (2000, 2003).\nIn 2004, he moved to Internazionale, signing a four-year contract. However, he missed almost all of the 2004–05 season with Inter helping his daughter to fight leukemia. Returning to the squad in mid-2005, he won the 2006 Coppa Italia. On 31 August 2006, he extended his contract until 2009. During 2006, when Giacinto Facchetti died, Burdisso was given the number 16 jersey for the retirement of Facchetti's beloved number 3 jersey. In spite of being a defender, he has scored a number of goals, including two goals scored with headers on 29 November 2006 in the 4–0 victory against Messina. He again scored twice on 24 January 2007, in the 3–0 victory against Sampdoria. He has scored many goals from
Daniel 'Dani' Abalo Paulos (born 29 September 1987 in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gimnàstic de Tarragona on loan from Celta de Vigo, as a right midfielder.
Filip Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Ђорђевић) (born 28 September 1987 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, today Serbia) is a Serbian football player, currently playing as a striker for French club FC Nantes in Ligue 2.\nFilip began his career at his hometown club Red Star Belgrade, where he spent 8 years of his life. He also spent time on loan at Rad Belgrade. After being loaned to Ligue 2 side FC Nantes and helping them achieve promotion to France's top division, Nantes agreed to sign him permanently to a four-year contract.\nHe has been called up in the Serbia national team for the 24 November 2007 Euro 2008 Group A qualifier at home against Kazakhstan, but didn't get a chance to play.
Lucas Alfonso Orban (born 3 February, 1989 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender. He plays for Tigre.\nDebuted professionally in May 2009 with River Plate.\nFrom River he moved to Tigre in mid 2011.
Alen Stevanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ален Стевановић; born 7 January 1991 in Zürich) is a Swiss-born Serbian footballer who plays for Torino (co-owned with Internazionale).\nBorn to a Serbian single mother in Zürich, Alen was only 3 months old when his mother brought him to Bečmen, Belgrade, SR Serbia to live with his grandmother and uncle. Having never met his biological father, Stevanović was mostly raised by his extended family in Serbia as his mother kept living in Switzerland.\nStevanović started his professional career in Serbia at FK Radnički Obrenovac. He also played 8 seasons for Radnički Novi Beograd.\nIn early 2009, a trial was arranged for him at Italian champions Internazionale, and after arriving in Milan on 9 January, Stevanović was signed by the club in February.\nIn November 2009, Stevanović, along with youngster Giulio Donati, was named to the match-day squad against Livorno in Coppa Italia, but remained an unused sub.\nHe then traveled with the first team to Abu Dhabi, UAE and Saudi Arabia for winter training camp. He played the friendly match against Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal as starter.\nDue to the injuries incurred by Esteban Cambiasso, Sulley Muntari and Rene
Roberto Maximiliano Pereyra (born 7 January 1991) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for the Italian club Udinese.\nDespite being right-footed, he plays mostly as a left winger.\nPereyra debuted in the Argentine Primera División playing for River Plate on a 0–4 defeat to Huracán, on the 14th fixture of the 2009 Clausura.\nPereyra signed a five-year contract with the Serie A outfit Udinese Calcio before the transfer window closed on 31 August 2011.\nPereyra was selected to represent the Argentine under-20 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played all three group games at the tournament, helping Argentina defeat Mexico and North Korea and draw with England. He missed Argentina's 2-1 Round of 16 victory over Egypt through suspension, but returned to the starting line-up in the Quarterfinal clash against Portugal, which Argentina lost on penalty kicks after neither team could score during 120 minutes.
Enej Jelenič (born December 11, 1992) is an Slovene football forward, currently playing for Italian club Calcio Padova.
Dejan Lekić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Лекић; born 7 June 1985 in Kraljevo) is a Serbian football striker who plays for CA Osasuna in the Spanish La Liga. He has been a member of the Serbian national team since 2009.\nLekic's career highlight so far was scoring a hat-trick on 6 August 2009 while playing for Red Star Belgrade in a second leg match of the third qualifying round for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League against Georgian side Dinamo Tbilisi at Red Star's home ground. After losing 2-0 away in the first leg, Red Star were down 2-1 in Belgrade at one point, thanks to Lekić's own goal and a defensive mistake, while the goal for Red Star was scored by Slavko Perović. Lekić managed to equalise the score and give a 3-2 lead to his club just before half-time. Red Star needed a two goal margin in the second half to progress. Cadú converted a penalty to give Red Star a 4-2 lead, which was followed by Lekić's stoppage time header and a 5-2 victory for Red Star, progression to the play-off round and a hat-trick for Lekić. This match was written down as one of the greatest comebacks the Marakana stadium has ever witnessed.\nOn 12 January 2012, Lekić scored a first-half goal against FC
Leonardo Capezzi is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B side Varese as a center midfielder.
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF, on loan from S.L. Benfica, as a right back.
Ante Vukušić (born 4 June 1991 in Sinj) is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.\nVukušić started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Junak Sinj. He joined powerhouse Hajduk Split in 2007, and during his time at the their youth academy was regarded as one of the most promising players.\nIn January 2009, he signed a professional five-and-a-half year contract with Hajduk keeping him at the club until summer 2014. He made his debut for the first team in a 5–0 win against Croatia Sesvete on 22 April 2009. In the last round of 2008–09 season, he scored his first goal in Prva HNL, a late equalizer against rivals Dinamo Zagreb.\nIn the 2009–10 season, Ante established himself as the first choice striker at the club. In 22 league appearances, he scored 6 goals and a further 2 goals in 5 cup appearances. His stature at the club at such a young age impressed many of Europe's top clubs and he was set to make a move away from the Croatian club but the management and he mutually chose for him to remain at the club for the following season.\nThe 2010–11 season a very successful one for the player. He managed 14 league goals in 29
Vid Belec (born 6 June 1990) is a Slovenian footballer who under contract with Internazionale.\nSigned by Internazionale along with Rene Krhin at age of 16, Belec spent 3½ seasons with F.C. Internazionale Milano Primavera team. In the first season he was a backup for Paolo Tornaghi and won the Primavera Scudetto that season. He also played for Allievi Nazionali under-17 youth team in 2006–07 season. In 2007–08 season, at first he had to compete with Enrico Alfonso for the starting place in Primavera team until Alfonso left the club in January 2008. He then became the fourth keeper of Inter first team (except in UEFA Champions League, which eligible to B list since January 2009) and as the first choice in Primavera, which won 2008 Torneo di Viareggio with team and finished as the league runner-up. Under José Mourinho, Belec received several first team call-up since 2008–09 season and made his first team debut on 17 July 2009, a pre-season friendly. He also played at World Football Challenge.\nIn November 2009, he signed a reported 5-year contract.\nOn 6 July 2010, Belec completed a loan to Serie B club Crotone. He made his debut on 5 September 2010 after Emanuele Concetti was not
Jordi Masip López (born 3 January 1989 in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a goalkeeper.\nMasip moved to FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2004, at the age of 15. He made his senior debuts in the 2008–09 season, playing with UE Vilajuïga - also in Catalonia - in the fourth division, on loan.\nSubsequently, Masip returned to FC Barcelona B, serving as backup or third-choice during his first seasons.
Ivaylo Chochev is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A side Palermo.
Aleix Vidal Parreu (born 21 August 1989 in Valls, Tarragona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Almería as a forward.\nIn 2008, Vidal signed for RCD Espanyol, but never appeared for its first team, finishing his only season with the club on loan, with Greek outfit Panthrakikos FC.\nOn 31 August 2009, he signed for second division club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, but spent the vast majority of the season with Pobla de Mafumet CF, the farm team.\nVidal joined RCD Mallorca in the 2010 summer, being assigned to the Balearic Islands team's reserves in the third level. In mid-June 2011, after his team's relegation, he joined another team in the category, UD Almería B.\nVidal made his debut for the Andalusians' first team on 27 August 2011, against Córdoba CF. Shortly after, he was promoted to the main squad and received the #8 jersey, following the departure of Albert Crusat to Wigan Athletic.
Jan Oblak (born 7 January 1993) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. on loan from S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a goalkeeper.\nBorn in the Upper Carniolan town of Škofja Loka, Oblak started his career in his hometown playing for NK Ločan. At the age of 10, he moved to NK Olimpija Ljubljana, rejecting a contract from Empoli F.C. in favour of a trial at Fulham in 2009, but eventually did not leave, committing his future with a contract extension until 2011.\nOblak made his professional debuts in the 2009–10 season aged only 16, only missing three league games for Olimpija as it ranked in fourth position. On 14 June 2010, he signed a contract with S.L. Benfica, being immediately loaned to fellow top level outfit S.C. Beira-Mar; he finished 2010–11 with S.C. Olhanense, totalling ten bench appearances combined.\nStill owned by Benfica, Oblak moved to another Portuguese team, U.D. Leiria, for the 2011–12 season. He made his league debut on 15 January 2012 in a 2–2 away draw against C.D. Nacional.\nOblak was first called by the Slovenia under-21 team in August 2009, replacing injured Jan Koprivec. He made his debut 9 September of that year against France.
Matías Vecino Falero (born 24 August 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Nacional and the Uruguay U-20 national team.\nHe has been capped by the Uruguay national under-20 football team for the 2011 South American Youth Championship and for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored the goal to qualify Uruguay for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Matteo Brighi (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛo ˈbriɡi]; born February 14, 1981 in Rimini) is an Italian football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta. Brighi was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2002. Brighi is noted for his stamina, tackling, and aerial abilities.\nBrighi started his career at Rimini. In 2000, he was purchased by Juventus.\nIn 2002, 50% of the registration rights to Matteo Brighi were sold to A.C. Parma by Juventus F.C. as part of the deal which saw Marco Di Vaio to Juventus. The transfer was worth €5 million at the time.\nIn 2004, Juventus bought back Brighi's rights for a €11.5 million and sold them to Roma as part of the deal for Emerson worth €16 million. He signed a 5-year contract worth €0.93 million in gross annually.\nHowever Brighi was then immediately sent on loan to Chievo for three seasons. That season Roma also signed central midfielder Simone Perrotta from the Verona side. Chievo would received prize money from Roma per appearances of Brighi, which each 5 appearances worth €80,000. He played for Chievo at the UEFA Champions League 2006–07 third qualifying round and twice at UEFA Cup 2006–07 first round. In his
Diego López Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈlopeθ]; born 3 November 1981) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a goalkeeper.\nLópez was born in Paradela, Lugo, Galicia. A youth graduate from hometown's CD Lugo, he moved to Real Madrid at almost 19 and, after a loan at another side from the capital, AD Alcorcón, he eventually moved up to Real's B team, starting in his second season, which ended in Segunda División promotion.\nLópez served as first-team backup to Iker Casillas in the following two La Liga seasons. In the closing stages of 2005–06, he appeared in two back-to-back away wins, against CA Osasuna (as Casillas was sent off) and Racing de Santander, adding a UEFA Champions League group stage game at Olympiakos FC, a 1–2 defeat.\nIn late June 2007, López signed for Villarreal CF for a reported fee of €6 million, and started the season as second-choice to Uruguayan Sebastián Viera but, after a string of fine performances (he played in the domestic and UEFA Cups), he was awarded first-team action, finishing the season with 20 appearances.\nIn 2008–09, López was everpresent, helping Villarreal finish fifth in the league, as he did not miss one minute of
The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. An asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the structure is intended primarily for football. It is the home stadium of Serie A clubs Lazio and Roma, the venue of the final Coppa Italia, the home venue of the Italian national rugby union team and Italy's national athletics stadium. It also occasionally hosts concerts of pop music and events of various kinds.\nThroughout its history, the Stadio Olimpico has undergone several substantial restructurings and a complete restyling:\nIn its first stages, the Stadio Olimpico was called the Stadio dei Cipressi. It was designed and constructed within the larger project of the Foro Mussolini (Mussolini Forum), which was renamed Foro Italico after the war.\nConstruction work began in 1927, under the direction of Turinese engineer Angelo Frisa and architect Enrico Del Debbio, and was finished, after few variations, in 1932. The construction of masonry stands wasn't foreseen, the original stands consisted of grassy terraces.\nIn 1937 the construction of a second tier of stairs was started,
Franco Mussis is an Argentinian football player.
Gennaro Troianiello (or spells as Troianello) (born 21 March 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for Italian Serie B club Sassuolo on loan from Siena.\nTroianiello started his career at regional league Eccellenza, he then followed Calangianus promoted to Serie D. After helping the finished 7th, he was signed by Ischia of Eccellenza.\nIn summer 2004, he was signed by Nuorese, where he bought the club from Eccellenza to Serie C2 in two years. in 2006–07 season, Nuorese finished as losing side of promotion playoffs.\nIn June 2007, he was signed by Serie A side Chievo, but farmed to Frosinone in co-ownership deal along with Alfredo Cariello. Chievo also swapped Vincenzo Sicignano for Massimo Zappino. He just made 5 appearances in his first Serie B season, and loaned to Ternana of Serie C1 in January 2008. In 2008–09 season, he was loaned to Foggia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex-Serie C1), which Frosinone also swapped Zappino for Nunzio Di Roberto of Foggia. In June 2009, Frosinone bought Troianiello outright, and Angelo Antonazzo was bought back by Chievo.\nTroianiello scored 11 league goals and started 39 Serie B matches for Frosinone in 2009–10 season.\nOn 24 June 2010, Frosinone
Damjan Đoković (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch footballer of Yugoslavs descent and currently plays as a midfielder for Cesena.\nĐoković was signed by HNK Gorica in 2010. Đoković joined Monza in January 2011. On 31 August 2011 he was signed by A.C. Cesena.
Denis Suárez Fernández (born 6 January 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester City.\nBefore signing for Manchester City in May 2011, Suárez played youth football in his home country for Celta Vigo.He has been considered as bright and upcoming talent and a possible future replacement for David Silva  \nDenis Suárez signed for Manchester City on 23 May 2011. Manchester City beat off interest from Barcelona, Chelsea and rivals Manchester United signing him for an initial fee of £850,000 that could rise by £2.75 million depending on appearances and performances. Suárez replaced Edin Dzeko, in the 88th minute, in the pre-season friendly match against Los Angeles Galaxy. He also converted a penalty in the penalty shootout in the same game.\nHe was an unused substitute in the League Cup game against Birmingham City. In the next round of the League Cup he replaced Samir Nasri in the 67th minute in the 5–2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.\nAt the end of the 2011-12 Premier League season, after the success of John Guidetti there, it was reported that Feyenoord of Rotterdam were seeking to sign Suarez on a loan deal. These reports were unconfirmed by Feyenoord
Antonio Balzano (born 13 June 1986 in Bitonto) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Pescara in Serie B.
Stadio San Paolo is a multi-purpose stadium in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta in Naples, Italy, and is the third largest football stadium in Italy after the San Siro and Stadio Olimpico. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, it hosted the football preliminaries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Napoli. The stadium was built in 1959 and underwent extensive renovations in 1989 for the 1990 World Cup. The present capacity of the San Paolo is 60,240.\nThe stadium is probably most famous for hosting the 1990 World Cup semi-final between Italy and Argentina. Considered to be the most intriguing match of that World Cup, Diego Maradona asked for the Napoli fans to cheer for Argentina. The Napoli tifosi responded by hanging a flag in their "curva" of the stadium saying "Maradona, Naples loves you, but Italy is our homeland". It was touching for Maradona as Napoli was the only stadium during that World Cup that the Argentinian national anthem was not jeered. The match finished 1–1 after extra time. A penalty shoot out ensued with Maradona fittingly scoring the winning penalty for Argentina.\nEven with Napoli in Serie C1 during the 2005–06 season, Napoli
Michael Kojo Essien (also known as Mickaël Essien; born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Ghanaian national team. He is a midfielder who has often been touted as a box-to-box midfielder for his ability to exert boundless energy in supporting offensive and defensive play. Essien can also play in the defending position, as a right back or centre back.\nEssien began his career playing for Liberty Professionals in his home country. In 2000, he moved to France joining SC Bastia. Essien spent three seasons at the club appearing in over 60 matches before joining league champions Olympique Lyonnais in 2003. At Lyon, Essien won back-to-back league titles in 2003–04 and 2004–05 and also played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time. During his five-year stint in France, he acquired French citizenship. In 2005, Essien signed with Chelsea for a fee of £24.4 million and, at the time of his signing, was the most expensive African footballer in history. At Chelsea, Essien helped the club win the Premier League in 2006 and 2010, as well as three FA Cups and one Football League Cup. In 2008, he appeared in the UEFA Champions League Final. He has won the
Gianvito Plasmati (born 28 January 1983 in Matera) is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for A.S. Varese 1910 on loan from A.S.G. Nocerina.\nPlasmati started his career at Ferrandina Calcio in 1999, before moving to fellow Serie D club F.C. Matera in 2000. He then played for Virtus Locorotondo of Serie D from September 2000, until June 2001, when he signed for Calcio Chieti.\nIn June 2001, Plasmati left for Calcio Chieti of the Italian Serie C1, following several impressive displays in his early years for his prior clubs. The striker made just 5 appearances for the club between 2001 and 2003. His lack of playing time left the player frustrated and in the summer of 2003, he would switch clubs yet again.\nIn July 2003, Plasmati officially signed for Brindisi, a club then competing in the Italian Serie C2. He remained at the club for just one season, after yet another disappointing campaign. The young striker failed to score in just 4 appearances. He was transfer listed in January, but failed to secure a transfer, before eventually signing for Sicilian club Ragusa in July 2004.\nPlasmati joined the Serie C2 club, and finally secured regular playing time. He spent the season
Ciro Polito (born 12 April 1979) is an Italian footballer currently contracted to Atalanta, in the Italian Serie A.\nCiro Polito began his footballing career with the youth system of Salerno based club, Salernitana Sport, in the mid 1990s, and began to earn senior call-ups in 1997. Despite often being called-up during the 1997-98 season, Polito was loaned out to Rimini for the 1998-99 season, and managed to earn a starting position for much of the season. With the club, Polito made 29 league appearances and returned to Salerno in 1999, but the young goalkeeper never earned a senior debut for his near-hometown club. In July 1999 he was involved in a swap deal with Lucchese. The deal saw Lorenzo Squizzi move in the opposite direction, with both players joining their new clubs in co-ownership deal.\nPolito made just 5 appearances with his new club and was hence, loaned out in January 2000, to A.C. Mantova. The loan spell proved to be successful, as Polito earned starting gloves for the remainder of the campaign, making 12 starts. In June 2000, he returned to Lucchese, but their share of his contract was sold back to Salernitnana, but Polito did not remain in Salerno either and he was
Johan Andrés Mojica Palacio is a Colombian footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Valladolid, on loan from Rayo Vallecano, as a left back.
Tiberio Guarente (born 1 November 1985 in Pisa) is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for La Liga side Sevilla FC.\nHe signed a new 5-year contract with Atalanta in summer 2009. After Atalanta relegated, he was sold to Sevilla FC on 17 June 2010. The midfielder has signed a five-year-deal with a €30 million buy-out-clause.\nHe was also part of the Italy team which won the 2008 Toulon Tournament.
Nico Pulzetti (born 13 February 1984 in Rimini) is an Italian football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Bologna.\n\nOn 29 June 2011 Pulzetti was signed by Bologna F.C. 1909 for €3.3 million. (With half of the fee paid via Riccardo Regno). He signed a 4-year contract worth about €320,000 in net annually (€573,237 gross), plus bonuses.
Pablo Javier Pérez (born 10 August 1985 in Rosario) is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Newell's Old Boys.\nPérez made his professional debut in a 2-2 draw with Godoy Cruz on 2 December 2006. On 26 May 2007, Pérez scored his first three goals for Newell's with a hat trick in the 4-4 draw with Estudiantes.\nIn 2009 he left Newell's to join Ecuadorian side Emelec. He was signed by Ecuadorian giants as an attacking option for the midfield and the Ecuadorian pressed even dubbed him the "fantastic" Perez.
André Filipe Ribeiro Leão (born 20 May 1985 in Freamunde) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Paços de Ferreira as a central midfielder.\nAfter a brief spell with F.C. Porto's reserves, Leão made his professional debuts at Aveiro's S.C. Beira-Mar, his first division debut coming on 17 September 2006 in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Estrela da Amadora. He was used regularly during that season, but only won one of the matches in which he appeared, and his club was relegated.\nLeão then moved to Romania with CFR Cluj, joining a host of compatriots, and winning the national championship in his debut season, appearing in 15 games; however, he would be rarely used during his two 1/2-year spell, and returned to his country in the late hours of the January 2010 transfer window, joining F.C. Paços de Ferreira.\nIn the 2010 off-season, Swansea City of the Football League Championship made an offer to sign Leão.
Toni Kroos (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːni ˈkʁoːs]) (born 4 January 1990) is a German international footballer who plays for Bayern Munich as a central midfielder. He is the older brother of Werder Bremen forward Felix Kroos.\nKroos was born in Greifswald and first played for local club Greifswalder SC, later transferring to the youth team of Hansa Rostock. Kroos – who plays as a midfielder – changed to Bayern Munich's youth setup in 2006. For the 2007–08 season and on, Kroos was named to the senior team, at the young age of 17. Bayern's manager Uli Hoeneß has stated that in the future Toni will play with the number 10 shirt in the Bayern Munich first team when he has more experience.\nKroos has made an astounding start to his Bayern career, making his Bayern Munich debut on 26 September 2007 in the 5–0 mauling of Energie Cottbus and instantly providing two assists for the two goals scored by Miroslav Klose within 18 minutes of his appearance. Kroos also earned Bayern an extremely valuable victory on his UEFA Cup debut away to Red Star Belgrade, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute and providing an assist for Miroslav Klose and then scoring the winning goal with practically
Federico Peluso (born January 20, 1984 in Rome) is an Italian football player currently playing for Atalanta in Italy's Serie A.\nHe joined Atalanta in January 2009.
Enric Saborit Teixidor is a Spanish footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca on loan from Athletic Bilbao as a left back.
Antonio Donnarumma (born 7 July 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Gubbio, on loan from Milan.\nA native of Castellammare di Stabia, Donnarumma started his football career with local team Juve Stabia, before joining Milan at the age of 15. He spent five seasons in the club's youth system and he was a member of the under-16 squad who won the Campionato Nazionale Allievi in 2007, as well as a member of the under-20 side who claimed the Coppa Italia Primavera in 2010, 25 years after the team's last success in the competition — though he missed the second leg of the final through suspension.\nDonnarumma was also selected five times for first-team games since 2008, but eventually he was never fielded nor named on the bench. In spite of that, Milan Youth Department Manager Filippo Galli hinted that the young goalkeeper might have been ready to join the first team permanently.\nIn the end, however, Donnarumma was loaned out to Serie B club Piacenza for the 2010–11 season, in order to gain some first team experience. He made his official debut for the club on 14 August 2010, in the second preliminary round of the Coppa Italia against Virtus
Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Andrade Lima (born 29 May 1985), commonly known as Hernanes is a Brazilian midfielder who currently plays for Lazio.\nHernanes can be used as a playmaker in the centre attacking midfield role. He is notable for his ambidexterity, as well as being neat and tidy in possession, with the ability to spray the ball out wide in order to stretch play. He is also an accurate and powerful striker of the ball.\nBorn in Recife, Hernanes is a product of the São Paulo academy and has played for them since 2001. He was loaned out to Santo André for the 2006 season. In 2008, as a São Paulo player, Hernanes won the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão's best player award.\nIn January 2009, Hernanes was listed as the most promising football player in the world by the British newspaper, The Times.\nOn 6 August 2010, São Paulo agreed to sell Hernanes to Lazio. Hernanes signed a five-year contract. Lazio also paid €11.1 million to São Paulo and third-parties owner Traffic Group. He scored on his debut, putting away a penalty in a practice match against Deportivo La Coruña, having previously been brought down in the box. He also assisted Sergio Floccari for Lazio's third goal. His
Gary Alexis Medel Soto (born 3 August 1987 in Conchalí, Santiago), known as Gary Medel, is a Chilean football player who plays as defensive midfielder for La Liga club Sevilla FC.\nHis nickname is "Pitbull" or also "The Chilean Gattuso", because of his similarities with the Italian star Gennaro Ivan Gattuso. Medel was named Chilean Footballer of the Year in 2008, ahead of the Paraguayan striker Lucas Barrios.\nMedel was member of the Chile U-20 that achieved the third place in the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007.\nMedel joined the Universidad Católica youth ranks at a very early age. In 2006, he was promoted to the first team and he made his debut in the University derby against Universidad de Chile, where he received his first yellow card.\nAfter a successful participation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 in Canada, he became a popular player and was nicknamed "Pitbull and "Chilean Gattuso" by the media, because of his strong performance and short temper. On 28 July 2007, Medel scored his first goal for Católica against Deportes La Serena in a 3−1 victory. On 26 August 2007, at Estadio Nacional, Medel scored two goals for Católica against his classic rival Universidad de Chile, in a 2−1
Aniello Cutolo (born 19 May 1983 in Naples) is an Italian football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Calcio Padova.
Victor Matheus da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian club Brescia on loan from Chievo, as an attacking midfielder.
Fabio Salvatore Aveni is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Italian Serie A club Catania.
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Greek: Λάζαρος Χριστοδουλόπουλος; born 19 December 1986 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek footballer playing for Panathinaikos and the Greek national team.\nChristodoulopoulos is considered one of the most promising young players in Greece. His main strengths are his technique, pace and acceleration with the ball.\nHis nickname is "The Builder", because during his fall-out in relations with PAOK, he stated that he would be better off being a construction worker than playing for PAOK again.\nChristodoulopoulos started his career when he was picked up by Omonoia Sindos (in Thessaloniki) at a young age,and then Neapoli. His impressive performances caught the eye of a PAOK scout, and joined PAOK in the summer of 2004. He has been a mainstay in the PAOK first team proving to be a vital team player.\nAs of 2008 many European clubs were interested in signing him. He was contracted to PAOK FC until 2008 with minimum fee release clause of €6 million.\nIn the summer of 2006 he was given a trial by English giants Liverpool F.C. but PAOK was reluctant to sell him at the point. This started a dispute that prevented him from playing for more than half of the 2006–07 season.\nOn
Alessandro Bastrini (born 3 April 1987 in Domodossola) is an Italian footballer, a defender, currently playing for Vicenza.\nHe joined Sampdoria from Como on January 2006, and made his Serie A debut against A.S. Livorno Calcio on 7 May 2006. He was successively sent out on loan to Serie B side Modena on January 2008. On July 2008 he accepted a loan move to Sassuolo, another Serie B team.\nIn August 2009, he was loaned to Salernitana.
Cristian Darío Álvarez (born 13 November 1985 in General Lagos, Santa Fe) is an Argentine footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol in Spain, as a goalkeeper.\nÁlvarez came through the youth ranks at hometown side Rosario Central making his first team debuts in a Libertadores Cup game against Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño on 23 February 2006, a 0–2 home loss. He went on to fully establish himself as the club's first-choice, playing two seasons in the first division.\nIn late May 2008, Álvarez joined Spanish team RCD Espanyol, signing a five-year contract. He spent most of his spell with the Catalans restricted to cup matches, being barred in La Liga by Cameroonian Carlos Kameni: his longest run in the latter competition came during the 2009–10 season, as the starter had been selected to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, and he played four matches, conceding as many goals in two wins, one draw and one loss.\nÁlvarez was promoted to first-choice for the start of the 2011–12 season by manager Mauricio Pochettino, with Kameni also still in Espanyol's roster.
Javier "Javi" Márquez Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjer ˈmarkeθ]; born 11 May 1986 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol as a defensive midfielder.\nA product of hometown RCD Espanyol's youth system, Márquez was promoted to the first team for the 2009–10 season, making his top level debut on September 19 - playing 30 minutes at Deportivo de La Coruña for a 3–2 win, having replaced Israeli Ben Sahar. He quickly established himself in the first team, and on 20 December 2009, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win against UD Almería. However, his season ended prematurely in March 2010, after he broke his leg in a match against Sevilla FC.\nMárquez recovered fully for 2010–11, being an undisputed starter for the Mauricio Pochettino-led side, partnering another Espanyol youth graduate, Raúl Baena, in central midfield.
Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges) is a French football player who currently plays for French club Metz in Ligue 2. He plays as a defensive midfielder and is also capable of playing in the center of defense. Koulibaly began his career playing for hometown club SR Saint-Dié and spent two seasons playing on the club's senior team in the Championnat de France amateur 2 before joining the academy of his current club on 1 July 2009. While at Metz, Koulibaly helped the club's under-19 team win the 2009–10 Coupe Gambardella after the team defeated Sochaux 5–4 on penalties in the final. He also played on the club's amateur team in the Championnat de France amateur appearing in 15 matches as Metz were crowned champions of the league finishing with 107 points.\nPrior to the start of the 2010–11 season, Koulibaly signed his first professional contract agreeing to a one-year deal. He was, subsequently, promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 25 shirt by new manager Dominique Bijotat. Koulibaly made his professional debut on 20 August 2010 in a league match against Vannes. He appeared as a substitute in a 1–0 victory.
Davide Brivio (born 17 March 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce.\nBrivio started his professional career at Atalanta.\nOn 30 August 2005, Brivio left Atalanta, who had just been relegated to Serie B, to join Fiorentina, who purchased half of the player's license, for €1 million.\nBrivio made his Serie A debut on 15 April 2006 at home to Treviso. He played another match on 7 April 2007 against Ascoli.\nAtalanta bought back all Brivio's ownership rights from Fiorentina during the summer of 2007 by blind auction for €516,000.\nOn 7 August 2007, he was sold to Vicenza in another joint-ownership arrangement, as part of a deal that brought Simone Padoin back to Atalanta.\nIn summer 2008, Brivio played once in Serie B before loaned to Genoa C.F.C.. But after just played once in Serie A in December, he was back to Vicenza. In July 2010, he was signed by Serie A side Lecce in a co-ownership deal, for €750,000. As part of the deal, half of the registration rights of Alain Baclet was sold to Vicenza for €400,000, as well as the loan of Raffaele Schiavi, made Brivio's deal only involved €350,000 cash.\nAfter helping Lecce survived from relegation in 2010–11
Carles Planas Antolínez (born 4 March 1991 in Sant Celoni, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a left defender.\nPlanas started playing football for his hometown club, moving to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, at age 10. After progressing through its ranks, he was promoted to the B team in 2009.
Gonzalo Rubén Bergessio (born 20 July 1984 in Córdoba, Córdoba Province) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Calcio Catania in Serie A, as a striker.\nBergessio started his career in the lower leagues with Club Atlético Platense. In 2005, he was signed by Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba of the top level, but at the end of the 2005–06 season Instituto were relegated, and the player was sold to Racing Club de Avellaneda.\nDuring the Apertura 2006, Bergessio contributed with six goals, and in the following year's Clausura, continued to score on a regular basis. His fast pace earned him a big following at the Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, and he became a fan favourite after scoring the game winner against giants Boca Juniors, adding another against Club Atlético River Plate.\nOn 26 June 2007, Bergessio signed a five-year €2.5m deal with Portuguese league powerhouse Sport Lisboa e Benfica. However, he only appeared in three league contests, one less than his UEFA Champions League opportunities and, in January of the following year, he returned to his country.\nIn January 2008, Bergessio returned to Argentina, to play with Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro. On 8 May, he was involved
Iván Alexis Pillud (born 24 April 1986 in Capitán Bermúdez, Santa Fe) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Racing Club de Avellaneda in the Argentine Primera División on loan from RCD Espanyol, as a right defender.\nPillud began his playing career in 2005 in the Argentine second division with Tiro Federal. In 2008, loaned, he made his top level debut, with Newell's Old Boys.\nIn July 2009, Pillud joined Spanish side RCD Espanyol, appearing scarcely during his debut season, his debut coming on 30 August, in a 0–1 loss at Athletic Bilbao.\nFor the 2010–11 season, Pillud was loaned back to his country, joining Racing Club de Avellaneda.
Raphael Martinho Alves de Lima, commonly referred to as Raphael Martinho (born 22 January 1988), is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for A.C. Cesena on loan from Calcio Catania, in the Italian Serie A.\nMartinho started his career within the youth ranks of Brazilian club Paulista. Since 2007 his registration rights were owned by a "football club" from Monte Alegre do Sul, and were originally loaned to Paulista. After a youth career with the São Paulo based club, the player was sent on loan in 2009 to Campeonato Paulista Série A3 side Votoraty from Monte Alegre. Following his loan spell with the club, he returned to Paulista in June 2009. Following his return to Paulista FC, still on loan from Monte Alegre FC, along with team-mate, Rafael Serrano, Martinho finally made his debut for the club, and during the 2010 season, he made 6 first team appearances 2010 Campeonato Paulista. On 21 May 2010, the Brazilian midfielder would move to Sicilian giants, Calcio Catania of Italian Serie A was confirmed by Paulista. Martinho completed the deal in August after his European Union citizenship was confirmed.\nOn 21 May 2010, Raphael Martinho was officially announced to have joined
Guido Marilungo (born August 9, 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Atalanta. He is known for his lightning pace and powerful right foot and eye for goal. He is also known for following the career of goalkeeper Alessandro "Gigi" Pirolini of whom he has always admired.\nBorn in Montegranaro, Province of Fermo, Marche, he moved his first footsteps with his hometown club until the age of 14, when he was noted by FIFA agent Silvio Pagliari who proposed him to Sampdoria, which successively chose to sign the player and include him in their Giovanissimi Nazionali (under-15) squad for the 2003–04 season. He was pivotal in the 2007–08 Sampdoria under-19 double (Campionato Primavera and Coppa Italia Primavera).\nOn January 11, 2009, he made his first team debut in a Serie A home league game as a second-half substitute against Palermo, a 2–0 loss for the Genoese club. Three months later, exactly on April 26, 2009, he made his first start in a 3–3 draw with Cagliari, with Marilungo scoring two goals, the first ones in his senior career.\nOn August 27, 2009, Marilungo joined Serie B outfit Lecce on a one-year loan spell. On 12 September 2010, he signed a 5-year contract to
Javier 'Javi' Lara Grande (born 4 December 1985 in Montoro, Córdoba) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Lucena CF as a central midfielder.
Emerson Palmieri dos Santos (born March 13, 1994 in Santos, (SP), commonly known as Emerson Palmieri) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos FC as a left defender since 2012, when he was promoted from Youth Team.\nHe made his debut in 21 January 2012 against XV de Piracicaba and he played half time.\nIn February, he returned to youth team, but in March he won a new chance and was related to the match against Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube
Riccardo Cazzola is an Italian football midfielder who played for Sambenedettese, Perugia Calcio, Pro Vastese, Arezzo Calcio, Olbia Calcio, Pergocrema and Juve Stabia. Now playing for Atalanta B.C. on Serie A.
Juan Manuel Sanchez Miño (born 1 January 1990) is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Boca Juniors of the Argentine Primera División.\nSanchez Miño started his career with Boca Juniors and made his official debut in 2010 against Quilmes. He scored his first goal against San Lorenzo in 2012. He scored his second goal against Arsenal de Sarandí in the 2012 Copa Libertadores, before following this up with another in the same competition against Fluminense on April 11.
Antonio García Aranda, aka Toño (born 7 November 1989 in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF B as a left defender.
Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Cagliari Calcio in Italy, as a midfielder.\nNainggolan was born in Antwerp to an Indonesian father of Batak ancestry — Radja (or Raja) meaning "king" in Indonesian language. His mother was Belgian, and he also had a half brother and two half sister, as well as a twin sister.\nNainggolan arrived at Piacenza Calcio in late 2005 at the age of 17, from local K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. Still a junior, he managed to appear in two Serie B games for the club, in two separate seasons.\nNainggolan played in 38 matches in 2008–09 for the Emilia-Romagna outfit, scoring three goals for an eventual 10th-place finish. On 27 January 2010, he was loaned to Cagliari Calcio in Serie A, with the Sardinians having an option to buy the player permanently at the end of the season. He made his league debut on 7 February, playing seven minutes in a 0–3 away loss against F.C. Internazionale Milano.\nOn 21 June 2010, Cagliari acquired Nainggolan on a permanent basis.\nNainggolan earned his first cap for Belgium on 29 May 2009, against Chile in the Kirin Cup.
Bartosz Salamon (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbartɔʂ saˈlamɔn], born 1 May 1991) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brescia Calcio in Serie B.\nSalamon made his Serie B debut on 3 May 2008 just two days after his 17th birthday, coming off the bench in the 77th minute of the win against Modena. On 17 January 2009 he appeared in Brescia's starting eleven for the first time, playing the full 90 minutes of the 4-0 win versus Pisa. On 9 August, he scored his first goal for Brescia in a 1-0 win over Ravenna in Coppa Italia. In July 2010, it was announced he would play on loan at U.S. Foggia in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, the third tier of Italian football. He returned to Brescia, in Serie B, for the 2011–12 season.\nSalamon has represented Poland at U16, U17, U18, U19, and U20 level. In September 2010, he received his first callup to the senior Poland national football team, for the matches against the United States and Ecuador.
Jaime Jiménez Merlo, simply Jaime (born 10 December 1980 in Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Valladolid as a goalkeeper.
José Eduardo de Araújo or simply Zé Eduardo (born 16 August 1991 in Uberaba, Brazil), is a Brazilian footballer defensive midfielder, currently playing for Empoli F.C. on loan from Parma. He can also play at full-back or on either wing, but sees central midfield as his strongest position.\nZe Eduardo began his career in 2003 with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Zé Eduardo made his debut on the last match of 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, replaced Henrique in the last minutes.\nZé Eduardo joined in August 2009 to Associação Maga Esporte Clube (which de facto an investing company) for €500,000 and signed a 5-year contract. Maga holds 75% of the transfer rights on him and Cruzeiro holds another 25% On 31 August 2009 he was loaned to AFC Ajax. On 9 June 2010 Ajax pulled not the sold option and he moved back to Associação Maga Esporte Clube.\nIn July 2010, he joined Italian Serie A side Parma on loan from Maga for €500,000  and called-up to pre-season camp. He was a member of its youth team, in although awarded no.22 of the first team. He played in 2011 Torneo di Viareggio.\nZe Eduardo is also former Brazil U-19 member and played currently for the Brazil national under-20 football team. Dudu
Daniele Cacia (born 23 August 1983) is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Padova, on loan from U.S. Lecce.\nCacia was team leading goalscorer for Piacenza in 2005-06 and 2006-07 season, after the loan spell at Pistoiese of Serie C1.\nIn summer 2007 half of his contractual rights was sold to Fiorentina for €4.5 million, due to injury, he played for Piacenza until winter transfer period, when he moved to Florence. In June 2008 he was bought back by Piacenza for €2.8 million and signed for U.S. Lecce, who acquired half of his registration rights from Piacenza for €3 million.\nAfter not played at the first 3 games of the season, he was loaned to Reggina on 28 August 2009.
Júlio César Jacobi (born 2 September 1986), known as Júlio César, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in the Portuguese first division, as a goalkeeper.\nBorn in Guaramirim, Santa Catarina, Júlio César started his professional career at Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, signing a 5-year contract in August 2005. He made his first division debut in a 0–0 home draw against Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, on 26 November 2006.\nIn January 2008, Júlio César moved to Portugal, signing with C.F. Os Belenenses. He first played in the league on 23 February, against C.S. Marítimo, replacing striker Weldon in the 29th minute after veteran goalkeeper Paulo Costinha had been sent off, in an eventual 1–3 home loss.\nAfter having played all the matches and minutes in his first full season – Belenenses was relegated, but later reinstated – he signed with Lisbon neighbours Sport Lisboa e Benfica, thus reuniting with former manager Jorge Jesus. In his debut season, he backed up Quim, demoting José Moreira to third-choice, and starting in the club's UEFA Europa League campaign.\nOn 8 April 2010, in the dying minutes of Benfica's 1–4 loss at Liverpool for the Europa League quarterfinals (and
Sergio Canales Madrazo (born 16 February 1991 in Santander, Cantabria) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid, as an attacking midfielder.\nA product of hometown Racing de Santander's youth ranks, Canales was bought by Deportivo de La Coruña – 50% of the player's rights – in 2006, as part of the deal which saw Pedro Munitis return to Cantabria. Dudu Aouate and Antonio Tomás were also involved, in the opposite direction.\nOn 18 September 2008, he made his first team debut with Racing, playing in a UEFA Cup home tie against FC Honka of Finland (1–0 win). Roughly two weeks later, he first appeared in La Liga, at CA Osasuna (same result).\nHaving gradually received more playing time with the main squad, Canales scored twice against RCD Espanyol on 6 December 2009 (4–0 away win), and repeated the feat at Sevilla FC on 9 January 2010 (2–1 at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán), receiving Man of the match accolades in the latter game. The following week, as Racing drew at home to Real Valladolid 1–1, he also found the net, and eventually finished his first full season with six goals and four assists, helping Racing narrowly avoid relegation.\nOn 12 February 2010, Real Madrid
San Mames Barria (Spanish: Nuevo San Mamés, English: New San Mames) is the name of the Athletic Bilbao's new football stadium, which is under construction. The stadium will replace the old San Mamés as the home of Athletic Bilbao.\nThe project was approved in March 2006. Construction is due to start in june 2010. The stadium will have an all-seater capacity of 55,500. The new stadium will be built next to the existing San Mamés on land that was occupied until 2003 by the Bilbao International Trade Fair. Three quarters of the new stadium will be built and then matches will take place in the new stadium, and the old one will be demolished and a new residential development (yet to be named) will be built on the land.\nOn 26 May 2010 at 12:00pm the ground-breaking ceremony took place at San Mamés. The event was attended by: the Lehendakari of the Basque Country, Patxi López; the Deputy-General of Biscay, José Luis Bilbao; the mayor of Bilbao, Iñaki Azkuna; the Chairman of Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Mario Fernández; the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Ángel María Villar and the President of Athletic Club, Fernando García Macua.
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it plays in Segunda División. Known as Los Rojiblancos because of their red and white striped jerseys, their home ground is El Molinón stadium, the oldest professional football ground in Spain, in use since at least 1908. Sporting have a fierce and long term rivalry with their Asturias opponents Real Oviedo.\nThe club was established in 1905 with the name Sporting Gijonés, Anselmo López being the first president. King Alfonso XIII accepted the Royal patronage of the club for the Spanish crown in 1912, introducing the term "Real" (Spanish for "Royal") to its name, becoming Real Sporting Club Gijonés. In 1916 a new change took place to adopt today's denomination, Real Sporting de Gijón. From 1941 until the 1970s, due to a temporary law forbidding the use of foreign words in football club names, the team's official denomination was Real Gijón.\nIn 1944 the club was promoted into First Division for the first time, and played thereafter in both the first and second divisions, achieving greatest success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, competing for league and national cup titles and
Cristian Bustos Costa (born 29 May 1983 in Alicante, Valencia) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo as a defensive midfielder.
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (born 15 May 1989) is a French footballer who plays for French club Montpellier in Ligue 1. He primarily plays as a central defender, though he can play along the entire back line. He is the current captain of Montpellier.\nYanga-Mbiwa was born in Bangui, Central African Republic but moved to France as a toddler growing up in the commune of Port-de-Bouc, not far from the city of Marseille, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône. He joined Montpellier as a youth player in 2005 and made his professional football debut on 23 February 2007 in a 0–1 defeat to Bastia starting the match and playing the entire 90 minutes, picking up a yellow card. Following the season, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal until 2010. He was officially promoted to the senior squad and was assigned the number 3 shirt.\nInitially, Yanga-Mbiwa was utitlized as a substitute earlier on during the 2007–08 season, but by September 2007, despite being only 18 years old, Montpellier manager Rolland Courbis named Yanga-Mbiwa a starter for the rest of the 2007–08 season. Yanga-Mbiwa didn't disappoint appearing in 41 total matches scoring one goal. Beginning with the
Simon Makienok Christoffersen (born 21 November 1990) is a Danish professional association football whos plays a Centre Foward for Danish Superliga side Brøndby IF. He has played six games for the Denmark national under-21 football team.\nMakienok joined Brøndby on 28 January 2012 for fee of £ 470,000, signing a 4 year contract and was given the number 9 shirt. He made his debut on 4 March 2012, in a 1–0 win against SønderjyskE. Makienok scored his first goal for Brøndby IF in a 2–1 win, against FC Nordsjælland. On 3 May 2012, in a 3–2 win against Silkeborg IF, Makienok scored 2 goals, before Mike Jensen made it 3–2, and Brøndby won.
Sidnei Rechel da Silva Junior, simply Sidnei (born 23 June 1989 in Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, as a central defender.\nSidnei started playing professionally with Sport Club Internacional, being part of the side that conquered the 2007 South American Supercup. On 24 July 2008, he signed a five-year contract with S.L. Benfica, who paid €5 million for 50% of his sports rights.\nDuring his first season in Portugal, he was used intermittently, but still managed to appear in 24 league matches and net three times on important occasions, including the 2–0 derby home win against Sporting Clube de Portugal, on 27 September 2008.\nIn November, Benfica bought another 50% of Sidnei's sports rights, for €2 million, and GestiFute acquired the rights to receive 30% of the profit. He played in only five league matches during the following season - eight overall appearances - as the Reds won the national championship after a five-year wait.\nAfter spending the first half of 2010–11 on the bench, Sidnei was propelled to Benfica's starting XI after David Luiz moved to Chelsea in the winter transfer window. On 21 February 2011, he was sent
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1909 (reformed in 1993). The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.\nDuring its history, the club has won the Italian League Championship seven times. They are the sixth most successful team in the league ever. Bologna F.C. was promoted to Serie A for the 2008–09 season, having last played in the top division in 2004–05.\nBologna Football Club's formation was orchestrated by Emilio Arnstein, an Austrian who became interested in football at university in Vienna and Prague. He and his brother had previously founded another football club, Black Star, in Austria.\nThe club was founded on 3 October 1909, in the Northern Italian city of Bologna. Upon its formation, Carlo Sandoni was the clubs sponsor and general manager, Swissman Louis Rauch became president, nobleman Guido Della Valle was the vice-president, Enrico Penaglia secretary, Sergio Lampronti cashier, while Emilio Arnstein and Leone Vincenzi were appointed councilmen.\nOn 20 March 1910, Bologna played
Athletic Club, also commonly known as Athletic Bilbao, is a professional football club, based in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1929. They have won the Liga on eight occasions. In the historical classification of La Liga, Athletic are in fourth place and one of only three clubs which have never been relegated from the Liga, the others being Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The club also has a women's team, which has won four championships in the Spanish Superliga.\nThey are known as the Los Leones (The Lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. The lions refused to eat Mammes and he was later made a saint. The San Mamés Stadium is hence nicknamed "the football cathedral".\nThe club is known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting top Basque players from other clubs (like Joseba Etxeberria or Javi Martínez). Athletic official policy is signing professional players native to the greater Basque Country, including Biscay, Guipúzcoa, Álava, Navarre and La
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 18 March 1932, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at La Romareda, which seats 34,596 spectators.\nThe club spent the majority of its in La Liga, winning the Copa del Rey six times and the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, amongst other trophies. Traditionally, team colours are white shirts and socks with royal blue shorts.\nReal Zaragoza was originally formed from two rival teams: Iberia SC and Real Zaragoza CD. In 1939, after three years without football due to the Spanish Civil War, the team made its first appearance in La Liga.\nOn 8 September 1957, the team left its original stadium, El Torrero, for La Romareda.\nBeginning in the 1960–61 season, Zaragoza entered a period of great prosperity, showcasing some of the greatest players playing in Spain during that decade, which earned for themselves the designation of Los Magníficos. While the team failed to capture the league title, it did succeed in finishing in the top five every year until 1968–69, with two third-place finishes, and also won its first two Copa del Rey titles and the 1963–64 Inter-Cities
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D., commonly known as Atlético de Madrid, is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who play in La Liga. Atlético have won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey on nine occasions, including a double in 1996; in Europe, they won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962, were European Cup runners-up in 1974, won the Intercontinental Cup in 1975, won the Europa League in 2010  and in 2012, and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2010.\nLos Colchoneros play their home games at the Vicente Calderón, which currently holds up to 54,960 spectators. In 2015, Atletico are due to move to their new home of Estadio La Peineta, which will have a capacity of 70,000.\nAtleti's home kit is red and white vertical striped shirts, with blue shorts, accompanied by blue and red socks, this combination has been used since 1911. Nike are the kit manufacturers, the only sponsor is Kyocera.\nDuring their history, the club have been known by a number of nicknames, including Los Colchoneros ("The Mattress Makers" in English), due to their first team stripes being the same colors as old-fashioned mattresses. During the 1970s, they became known as Los Indios, allegedly due to the club signing several
Raúl Fernández-Cavada Mateos (born 13 March 1988 in Bilbao, Biscay), simply Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a goalkeeper.\nRául joined Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system, Lezama, at the age of only 10. He made his senior debuts with the reserve side in the third division, then went on to spend two seasons on loan in the same category, first with UB Conquense then Granada CF: with the Andalusians, he was the most utilized player in his position as the club returned to the second level after an absence of more than two decades.\nRaúl was definitely promoted to Athletic's first team for 2010–11, following the retirement of veteran Armando. On 23 April 2011, as longtime starter Gorka Iraizoz was suspended following his fifth booking of the season, he made his La Liga debut, performing well in a 2–1 home win against Basque neighbours Real Sociedad.
Futbol Club Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔɫ ˈkɫub bərsəˈɫonə] ( listen)), also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.\nFounded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça" written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the world's second-richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €398 million. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid; matches between the two teams are referred to as "El Clásico".\nThey are the current Copa del Rey champions and have won 21 La Liga, 26 Copa del Rey, 10 Supercopa de España, 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football Barcelona have won four UEFA Champions League, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, four UEFA Super Cup, a record three
Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione Calcio), commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A in the 2012–13 season, having finished in eighth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its name in December of the same year. Parma has played its home matches in the 27,906-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini, often referred to as simply Il Tardini, since 1923.\nAlthough Parma has never won a domestic league title and never competed for major trophies until the 1990s, it has won three Italian Cups, one Supercoppa Italiana, two UEFA Cups, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Bankrolled by Calisto Tanzi, the club won these eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish – as runners-up in the 1996–97 season – and threatened the dominance of the league's established powers: Juventus, Milan and Internazionale, the only Italian sides to have had more success in European competition than Parma.\nMore recently, Parma's financial troubles have limited the club's ambitions. These were brought about
Mario Angel Paglialunga (born 29 October 1988 in Rosario) is an Argentine football defender who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.\nPaglialunga began his professional career with Argentine club, Rosario Central, making his professional debut in 2006. Paglialunga scored his first goal in Argentine football in a 2-1 defeat by Velez Sarsfield on May 10, 2008. In his first full season with the club, the young midfielder made 19 league appearances scoring two goals. He eventually went on to make 35 additional appearances before attracting the interest of Calcio Catania in the summer of 2011.\nMario officially transferred to the Sicilian outfit July 28, 2011, for an undisclosed transfer fee. He was one of 12 new players arriving at the Stadio Angelo Massimino ahead of the 2011-12 Serie A campaign.
Borja Ekiza Imaz (born 6 March 1988 in Pamplona, Navarre) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a central defender.\nEkiza arrived at Athletic Bilbao's youth system at the age of 14, being eligible to represent the Basque through his Navarrese roots. He spent his first two senior years with CD Baskonia, the club's third team.\nSubsequently, Ekiza played with the reserves in Segunda División B, being sparingly used in two seasons. On 8 January 2011, after a string of injuries to the defensive sector in the first team awarded him with promotion to the main squad, he made his La Liga debut in a 1–1 away draw against Málaga CF, playing the full 90 minutes; he finished his first top flight season established in the side's starting XI, beating competition from seasoned veterans Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio and Ustaritz, and being booked only once throughout the entire campaign.
Iago Aspas Juncal (born 1 August 1987 in Moaña, Pontevedra, Galicia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo as a forward.\nBrought through the youth ranks of local team Celta de Vigo, Aspas made his first team debut in 2007–08, with the club in the second division (it would be his only of the campaign).\nHe was definitely promoted from the reserves for the 2009–10 season, going on to appear in several more campaigns in the second level with the Galicians. In 2011–12 he scored a career-best 23 league goals (14 more than his first two full seasons combined), second-best in the competition behind UD Almería's Leonardo Ulloa, as his team returned to La Liga after a five-year absence.\nAspas' older brother, Jonathan, is also a footballer. Both were groomed at Celta.
Dany Achille Nounkeu Tchounkeu (born 11 April 1986 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Galatasaray and the Cameroon national football team.\nNounkeu began his career at Collège Vogt Atletic in his hometown Yaoundé and joined in July 2005 to the youth from FC Metz. After a successful year Nounkeu left FC Metz and signed in 2006 with CSO Amnéville. He played two years for CSO Amnéville and joined than in July 2008 to Pau FC and played 24 matches in the 2008/2009 Championnat de France amateur season. b\nOn 5 June 2009 Toulouse FC have signed the Cameroonian centre-back from French amateur club Pau FC until June 2011. At 1 September 2010 he signed with the Turkish outfit Gaziantepspor for 3 years. The amount of the transfer has not been disclosed. On 7 June 2012, he completed a €3.3 million move to Galatasaray. He signed Galatasaray for €4.4 million to be valid for the 4-year time period with a $10K per match.\nOn 8 June 2012 Galatasaray announced his transfer.\nNounkeu presented his homeland international at 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. His first call-up for the senior side the Lions Indomptables was in November 2004 under Winfried Schäfer.
Stadio Filadelfia was a multi-use stadium in Turin, Italy. It was initially used as the stadium of Torino F.C. matches. It was replaced by Stadio Olimpico di Torino in 1963. The capacity of the stadium was 30,000 spectators.
Javier 'Javi' Hervás Salmoral (born 9 June 1989 in Córdoba, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Córdoba CF on loan from Sevilla FC, as a midfielder.
Giancarlo González (born February 8, 1988) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays for L.D. Alajuelense. He will join the Norwegian football team Vålerenga Fotball when his contract expires 30. June 2012.
Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi (born 12 February 1988) is an Argentine football centre back who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese Liga.\nOtamendi made his debut for Vélez Sársfield on May 10, 2008 on a 2-1 home victory against Rosario Central for the 2008 Clausura tournament, under the guidance of head coach Hugo Tocalli. During Tocalli's time, Otamendi was the fifth choice as central defender, behind Mariano Uglessich, Waldo Ponce, Fernando Tobio and Marco Torsiglieri. However, his role in the first team changed during Ricardo Gareca's first season as the club's head coach, the 2009 Clausura. Otamendi replaced Waldo Ponce as the team's centre back for the third game of the tournament, after the Chilean footballer was injured while playing for his national team. Otamendi won a place as a regular starter along Sebastián Domínguez in the defense. He ended up playing 17 of the 19 games in Vélez' 2009 Clausura winning campaign.\nThe defender scored his first professional goal during the 2009 Apertura, in Vélez' 3-1 victory over Arsenal de Sarandí. During that season, he also debuted on an international club competition, playing the Copa Sudamericana. In recognition of his
Ciprian Tătăruşanu is a Romanian footballer who plays for the Steaua Bucureşti.
Società Sportiva Lazio, (BIT: SSL) commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football. Lazio have been Italian champions twice, and have won the Coppa Italia five times, the Supercoppa Italiana three times, and both the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion.\nThe club had their first major success in 1958, winning the domestic cup. In 1974 they won their first Serie A title. The past fifteen years have been the most successful period in Lazio’s history, seeing them win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999, the Serie A title in 2000, several domestic cups and reaching their first UEFA Cup final in 1998.\nLazio's traditional kit colours are sky blue shirts and shorts with white socks. Their home is the 72,689 capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome, which they share with A.S. Roma. Lazio have a long-standing rivalry with Roma, with whom they have contested the Derby della Capitale (in English "Derby of the capital" or Rome derby) since 1929.\nLazio is also a sports club that participate in forty sports
Javier 'Javi' Ros Añón is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca as a midfielder.
Valencia Club de Fútbol (Spanish: [baˈlenθja kluβ ðe ˈfuðβol], Valencian: València Club de Futbol, pronounced: [vaˈlensia ˈklub de fubˈbɔɫ]; also known as Valencia CF, Valencia or Los Che) is a Spanish football club based in Valencia. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish football and European football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups (which was the predecessor to the UEFA Cup), one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and two UEFA Super Cups. They have also reached two UEFA Champions League finals in a row, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and then to German club Bayern Munich on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 2001. Valencia were also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs. In total, Valencia have reached seven major European finals, winning four of them.\nIn the all-time La Liga table, Valencia is in third position behind FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. In terms of continental titles, Valencia is again the third-most successful behind the two, with these three being the only Spanish clubs to have won five or more continental trophies.\nValencia were
Real Madrid C.F., also known simply as Real Madrid and familiarly as Real, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club first participated in a European competition in 1955. The first international cup they took part in was the Latin Cup in which they participated as champions of Spain. The competition lasted from 1949 to 1957 and Real Madrid won two out of eight editions. Since entering the European Cup, in 1955, the club has competed in every UEFA-organized competition, excepting Intertoto Cup.\nReal Madrid had the most success in the European Cup, winning the trophy for a record nine times. Real was the winner of the inaugural edition of the European Cup and the only club to win the trophy five times in a row (the first five editions). The club has also won the UEFA Cup twice, in 1985 and 1986, the Super Cup once, in 2002, and the Intercontinental Cup three times, in 1960, 1998 and 2002.\nIn the tables (H) denotes home ground, (A) denotes away ground and (N) symbolises neutral ground. The first score is always Real Madrid's.\nIn 1949, the football federations of Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal, came together and launched their own club competition. European
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (BIT: JUVE) (from Latin iuventus: youth, pronounced [juˈvɛntus]), commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve (pronounced [ˈjuːve]), are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont. The club is the third oldest of its kind in the country and has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, in the top flight First Division (known as Serie A since 1929).\nFounded in 1897 as Sport Club Juventus by a group of young Torinese students, among them, who was their first president, Eugenio Canfari, and his brother Enrico, author of the company's historical memory; they are managed by the industrial Agnelli family since 1923, which constitutes the oldest sporting partnership in Italy, thus making Juventus the first professional club in the country. Over time, the club has become a symbol of the nation's culture and italianità (Italianity), due to their tradition of success, some of which have had a significant impact in Italian society, especially in the 1930s and the first postwar decade; and the ideological politics and socio-economic origin of the club's sympathisers. This is reflected, among
Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández (born 11 December 1981) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker.\nKnown for his speed, he represented both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid during his career (amongst others), and was named, as the youngest player, to Pelé's FIFA 100 list of the 125 greatest living footballers. Due to his Spanish ancestors, he also holds Spanish nationality since 2004.\nAn Argentine international in the 2000s, Saviola represented the country at the 2006 World Cup and the 2004 Copa América.\nNicknamed El Conejo (The Rabbit), Buenos Aires-born Saviola made his debut for Club Atlético River Plate at the age of 16, and went on to be a prolific goalscorer for the club.\nHe helped River to the 1999 Apertura and 2000 Clausura championships, and earned the 1999 South American Footballer of the Year award. Still only 18, he gained a reputation as a phenomenal prospect.\nIn 2001, aged 19, Saviola moved abroad to play for FC Barcelona in a £15 million transfer. He obtained Spanish citizenship shortly after, thereby not being restricted by the Spanish league maximum on the number of non-European Union citizens allowed in each club.
Hellas Verona Football Club (commonly known simply as Verona, or Hellas within the city of Verona itself) is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu (literally, "yellow-blue" in Italian) is the team's most widely used nickname. The colours represent the city itself and Verona's emblem (a yellow cross on a blue shield) appears on most team apparel. Two more team nicknames are Mastini (the mastiffs) and Scaligeri, both references to Mastino I della Scala of the Della Scala princes that ruled the city during the 13th and 14th centuries.\nThe Scala family coat of arms is depicted on the team's jersey and on its trademark logo as a stylized image of two large, powerful mastiffs facing opposite directions. In essence, the term "scaligeri" is synonymous with Veronese, and therefore can describe anything or anyone from Verona (e.g., Chievo Verona, a different team that also links itself to the Scala family – specifically to Cangrande della Scala).\nHellas Verona have won one Italian Championship, in 1984–85. Since 1963 the club have played at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, which has a capacity of
Football Club Internazionale Milano S.p.A., commonly referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club is commonly known as Inter Milan outside of Italy. They have spent their entire history in the top flight First Division (known as Serie A since 1929). Internazionale have won 30 domestic trophies, including the league eighteen times, the Coppa Italia seven and the Supercoppa Italiana five. From 2006 to 2010 the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record. They have won the Champions League three times; two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010. The last completed an unprecedented Italian treble with the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto. The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.\nInter's home games are played at San Siro, also known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The stadium, which is shared with A.C. Milan, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 80,018. Milan are considered one of their biggest rivals, and matches between the two teams are called Derby della Madonnina, which is one of the most
Gerard Deulofeu Lázaro (born 13 March 1994 in Riudarenes, Girona, Catalonia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a forward or left winger.\nDeulofeu joined FC Barcelona's youth academy in 2003, aged just nine. On 2 March 2011, still registered with the junior team, he made his senior debut, appearing for the B team in a 4–1 win at Córdoba CF in the second division, replacing Eduard Oriol in the 75th minute.\nIn late April 2011, Deulofeu was called-up to the senior squad for the first time, for a La Liga match against Real Sociedad on the 29th, but eventually did not leave the bench in a 1–2 away loss.\nOn 3 August 2011, Deulofeu made his Barcelona first-team debut, in a 1–4 friendly loss against C.D. Guadalajara. Three days later, against Club América, he assisted Seydou Keita in the 90th minute, in a 2–0 win.\nOn 16 September, Deulofeu scored his first goal as a senior, in a 1–2 loss at Hércules CF. On 29 October, he made his first official appearance with the main squad, replacing David Villa in the 63rd minute of a 5–0 league home success against RCD Mallorca.
Alessandro Micai is an Italian football player.
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona (more commonly called Chievo Verona or simply Chievo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkieːvo])) is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo. The club is nicknamed alternatively Gialloblu, Mussi volanti or Ceo, and shares the 38,402 seater Marc'Antonio Bentegodi stadium with its cross-town rivals Hellas Verona.\nStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy. It is the home of Chievo Verona also city rival Hellas Verona.\nInaugurated as a state-of-the-art facility and as one of Italy's finest venues in 1963, the stadium appeared excessive for a team (Hellas) that had spent the best part of the previous 35 years in Serie B. For the 1990 FIFA World Cup renovations included an extra tier and a roof to cover all sections, improved visibility, public transport connections, an urban motorway connecting the city centre with the stadium and the Verona Nord motorway exit and services.\nThe team was founded in 1929 by a small number of football fans from the small borough of Chievo, a
Luigi Carillo is an Italian football player.
Francesco Bardi (born 18 January 1992 in Livorno) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Livorno, on loan from Internazionale.\nBardi is a product of Livorno youth system. He made his professional and Serie A debut on 16 May 2010, aged 18 years old, starting the home game lost 1–4 against Parma, when Livorno was already relegated.\nIn January 2011 he was signed by Internazionale, on loan with option to purchase half of the registration rights and he played for Inter U-20 youth team until the end of the 2010–11 season. He replaced injured Raffaele Di Gennaro as first chocie, winning 2011 Torneo di Viareggio.\nInter excised the rights for €1.35 million (with part of transfer credit turned to the purchase of Simone Dell'Agnello and Luca Siligardi) but on 3 August 2011 returned Bardi on loan to Livorno for the 2011–12 season, in order to gain first team experience. On 27 August 2011 he made his Serie B debut playing as the first choice goalkeeper in the away match won 2–1 against Crotone.\nWith the Italy U-17 team he took part, as the backup goalkeeper, at both the 2009 European U-17 Championship and the 2009 U-17 World Cup.\nOn 24 March 2011 he made his debut
Diego Perotti (born 26 July 1988 in Moreno, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in La Liga. Mainly a left winger who can play with both feet, he can also appear as an attacking midfielder.\nPerotti joined Spain's Sevilla FC in the summer of 2007, from Club Deportivo Morón. At first, he was assigned to the Andalusians B side, which had just gained promotion to the second division. He proved instrumental as the side retained its league status.\nIn 2008–09, Perotti also started with the B's, receiving his first team debut on February 15, 2009, as he appeared 15 minutes in a 2–0 win at RCD Espanyol. Often competing for a first-team berth with another graduate, Diego Capel, his first goal for Sevilla came against Deportivo de La Coruña on 23 May 2009, as he scored in the 90th minute of the game to guarantee a third place finish in the season, with a subsequent UEFA Champions League return.\nFor 2009–10, Perotti won the battle with Capel, and became Sevilla's first-choice in his position, starting the season on a high note. On March 16, 2010, he netted against PFC CSKA Moscow for the Champions League round of 16, but the Russian team won 2–1 away, and 3–2 on
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926 (refounded in 2002), Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons.\nFiorentina have won two Italian Championships, in 1955–56 and again in 1968–69, as well as winning six Coppa Italia trophies and one Italian Super Cup. On the European stage, Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1960–61 and lost the final one year later. They finished runners-up in the 1956–57 European Cup, losing against Real Madrid, and also came close to winning the UEFA Cup, finishing as runners-up in the 1989–90 season.\nSince 1931, the club have played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, which currently has a capacity of 47,282. The stadium has used several names over the years and has undergone several renovations. Fiorentina are known widely by the nickname Viola, a reference to their distinctive purple colours.\nAssociazione Calcio Fiorentina was founded in the autumn of 1926 by local noble and National Fascist Party member Luigi Ridolfi, who initiated the
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmiːlan]), is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982-83 seasons, in the top flight of Italian football, known as Serie A since 1929-30.\nThey are the most successful club in world football in terms of international trophies along with Boca Juniors, with 18 officially recognized UEFA and FIFA titles. Milan has won four world titles, more than any other club in the world, having won the Intercontinental Cup three times and the FIFA Club World Cup once. Milan also won the European Cup/Champions League on seven occasions, second only to Real Madrid. They also won the UEFA Super Cup a record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice. Milan won every major competition in which it has competed, with the exception of the Europa League (in this competition they have lost two semifinals in 1972 and in 2002). Domestically, with 18 league titles Milan is the
Gabriele Moncini is an Italian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Cesena.
Mario Mandžukić (pronounced [mârio mǎndʒukitɕ]; born 21 May 1986) is a Croatian professional footballer, plays for VfL Wolfsburg and the Croatian national team.\nMandžukić was born in Chair in Croatia. He made his first footballing steps at the German club Ditzingen, based near Stuttgart. Upon his return to his home city he spent the period between 1997 and 2003 at Marsonia, before spending a season at the city minnows NK Željezničar. The next season he returned to Marsonia and in the summer of 2005 he made a move to NK Zagreb. He thrived under the tuition of Miroslav Blažević and earned a lot interest from other clubs. In the summer of 2007 he was bought by the Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb for €1.3 million as a replacement for their star striker Eduardo da Silva. He finished his first season at Dinamo with 12 goals and 11 assists throughout 29 matches, but also had a bad discipline record, collecting 8 yellow cards. In the 2008–09 Prva HNL Mandžukić was league's top goalscorer, bagging 16 goals in 28 appearances. After the 2008–09 season had finished he was linked with German side Werder Bremen, but the €12m offer was rejected by Dinamo Zagreb board who were of opinion that
Alan Arario is an Argentinian football player.
Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez Pérez (born 21 March 1984 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer. He is a central defender who currently plays in Italy for A.C. Cesena.\nRodríguez began his playing career in 2004 with Danubio. After loan spells to Atlas of Mexico and Lens of France he joined Argentine side Independiente in 2006.\nIn 2009 he returned to Uruguay to join Peñarol.
Dario Del Fabro is an Italian footballer.
Carlos Mario Carbonero Mancilla is an Colombian football striker. He was born on July 25, 1990, in the city of Bogotá Colombia. He currently plays for Arsenal de Sarandí on loan from Estudiantes de La Plata, in Argentina.\nIn 2011 he got his first cap for the Colombia national football team, thanks to his good performances at Copa Libertadores and Copa Postobon.
Achille Coser (born 14 July 1982) is an Italian football goalkeeper who plays for Novara Calcio.\nCoser was signed by U.C. AlbinoLeffe in 1999. He worked as Paolo Acerbis backup except 2005-06 season which Acerbis left the club on loan in exchange with Paolo Ginestra. In summer 2006 the club signed Federico Marchetti, which saw Coser became 3rd goalkeeper. In January 2008, Acerbis left for Triestina and Coser became Marchetti's backup. In summer 2008, Marchetti left for Cagliari, and Coser became new signing Antonio Narciso's backup.\nHe was released for free on June 2009, and signed for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione outfit Pro Belvedere on January 2010.
Antonio Amaya Carazo (born 31 May 1983) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis as a central defender.\nBorn in the Spanish capital of Madrid, Amaya began his football career at local San Cristóbal de los Ángeles. He joined another team in the community, Rayo Vallecano, in 2002, also serving a six-month loan spell at lowly UD San Sebastián de los Reyes, in Segunda División B.\nEventually, Amaya returned to Rayo, becoming an important defensive unit for the side, which returned to Segunda División in 2007–08, and comfortably maintained its league status, with the player appearing in less than half of the games (18 out of 42).\nAmaya signed for Premier League team Wigan Athletic on a three-year contract, on 14 August 2009, being joined at the club by Rayo teammate Mohamed Diamé a week later. He made his debut in a 1–4 defeat at Blackpool in the League Cup on the 26th, scoring Wigan's goal with a header in stoppage time.\nAfter failing to make a single league appearance in the 2009–10 season, Amaya returned to former club Rayo, in a season-long loan. He was regularly used as the club returned to La Liga after an eight-year absence.\nOn 18 July 2011, Wigan announced the departure
Gabriele Perico (born 11 March 1984 in Bergamo, Italy) is an Italian footballer. He currently plays for Cagliari.\nPerico started his career at hometown club Atalanta. In 2003-04 season he left for Prato. In summer 2004, he was signed by Serie B side AlbinoLeffe from Prato along with Mauro Belotti and Alessandro Diamanti. The Province of Bergamo based club, also signed Primavera team-mate Joelson (in co-ownership deal) and Mauro Minelli (on loan) from Atalanta.\nHe made his Serie B debut for AlbinoLeffe in a 2-0 victory against Venezia, on 11 September 2004.\nOn 9 August 2010 Perico joined Cagliari along with Simon Laner on loan with option to co-own the players. As part of the deal, Andrea Cocco moved to opposite direction.\nOn 21 June Cagliari excised the rights to sign the player in co-ownership deal.
Stefano Lucchini (born 2 October 1980 in Codogno) is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Atalanta Bergamo.\nLucchini started his professional career at Cremonese. He played 3 games in Serie B in the 1998-1999 season, and 31 games in Serie C1 in the 1999–2000 season.\nAfter the 1999–2000 season, he was signed by Ternana of Serie B, where he made 43 appearances.\nHe was signed by Empoli of Serie A in the summer of 2002, where he made his Serie A debut on November 3, 2002 against S.S. Lazio.\nHe played with Empoli for five seasons, following the club down to Serie B in the 2004–2005 season, and subsequently helping the club win promotion back to Serie A in the summer of 2005. In the Serie A, he helped the club reach a surprising 7th position in the 2005-2006 season, which gave Empoli a place in the UEFA Cup first round.\nLucchini signed a pre-contract agreement with U.C. Sampdoria in March 2007. He moved to the Genoa based club in the summer after his contract with Empoli had expired. Partnered with Daniele Gastaldello, they finished as the 4th in 2009–10 Serie A. In 2010-11 season, he had to rotated with Massimo Volta, which Volta started 5 out of 6 2010-11 UEFA Europa
Hugo Fraile Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a forward.
Alessio Romagnoli is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Sampdoria, on loan from Roma.
Bruno Zuculini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish side Córdoba CF on loan from Manchester City as a central midfielder.
Luis Fariña is a football player.
Gerónimo Rulli is a football player for Estudicantes de La Plata
Marc-André ter Stegen (born 30 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Borussia Mönchengladbach.\nIn the first half of the 2010–11 Season, ter Stegen established himself as the star of Borussia Mönchengladbach's reserve team and was frequently seen on the first-team bench. Whilst he was enjoying a relatively successful season, the same could not be said for his first-team colleagues. Mönchengladbach's senior side were seemingly failing in their efforts to avoid relegation, and on February 14, 2011 then manager Michael Frontzeck was replaced by Lucien Favre, with the team rooted to the bottom of the Bundesliga having accumulated only 16 points after 22 match days.\nResults soon improved, but the erratic form of first-choice goalkeeper Logan Bailly held the team back. Whilst he was able to produce match-winning performances such as the one against Werder Bremen, these were few and far between, and were frequently cancelled out by uninspiring games. The fans of Die Fohlen were quick to discredit the Belgian international, with some accusing him of putting more effort into his modelling career than his football. ter Stegen's progress for the reserve
Roger Martí Salvador (born 3 January 1991), simply Roger, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Levante UD as a forward.\nBorn in Torrent, Valencia, Roger graduated from local Valencia CF's youth system. In January 2011, after a handful of games with the reserves, he was loaned to neighbouring amateurs Burjassot CF.\nIn July 2011, Roger signed with another team in the community, Levante UD, being assigned to the B team in the fourth division. On 21 December, he made his debut with the main squad, replacing injured Juanlu in a 4–1 home win against Deportivo de La Coruña for the season's Copa del Rey (5–4 aggregate win).\nOn 15 January 2012, Roger made his La Liga debut, taking the place of Xavi Torres for the last ten minutes of a 0–3 away defeat against Athletic Bilbao. Four days earlier, he scored his first goal with Levante's first team, netting the second in a 4–0 home win against AD Alcorcón for the domestic cup (5–2 on aggregate).
José Ángel Alonso Martín, simply known as José Ángel, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Elche CF as a central defender.
Lorenzo Saporetti is an Italian football player.
Jorge Luiz Frello known as Jorginho (born 20 December 1991) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Hellas Verona. He made his Serie B debut with Hellas Verona in the 2011/2012 season.
Álvaro Negredo Sánchez (born 20 August 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a striker.\nNicknamed La fiera de Vallecas (The beast of 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.\nBorn in Madrid, Negredo started his career at local Rayo Vallecano, making his professional debuts in early 2005, with the team by then in the third level. He switched during that summer to another side in the country's capital, as he ended his formation in Real Madrid affiliate Real Madrid Castilla, from 2005–07.\nIn his last season, Negredo developed as a striker, scoring 18 league goals, although he could not prevent Castilla's drop from the second division. He impressed the first team's coach Fabio Capello, and was called for a few Real matches in the Spanish Cup, but stayed unused on the bench. Finally, he made his debut for the first team in a friendly against Atlético Madrid.\nIn July 2007, Negredo was sold to La Liga newcomers UD Almería, with Real Madrid having an option to rebuy. He made his topflight debut on 26 August, in a 3–0 shock win at Deportivo de La
Pedro Mosquera Parada (born 21 April 1988 in A Coruña, Galicia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla on loan from Getafe CF in La Liga, as a midfielder.\nMosquera played roller hockey for his high school team in Santa María del Mar, A Coruña. In 2000, at the age of 12, he arrived in Real Madrid's youth system. Six years later, he played his first matches as a professional, in 2006–07's second division - four games, 84 minutes, team relegation.\nOn 24 January 2010, Mosquera was called to the first team for a match against Málaga CF, but did not leave the bench. Two months and one day later, he made his La Liga debut, playing one minute in a 4–2 away win against Getafe CF, after replacing Xabi Alonso.\nOn 12 July 2010, Mosquera joined precisely Getafe, penning a five-year contract and reuniting with former Real Madrid Castilla coach Míchel. On the 28th, he made his debut for the club, scoring against German team VFL Osnabrück.\nOn 20 January 2012, after not playing one single minute under new manager Luis García in the season, Mosquera agreed to return to Castilla, with the team in the third level.
Estadi Cornellà-El Prat (Catalan pronunciation: [əsˈtaði kurnəˈʎa əɫ ˈpɾat]) is an all-seater football stadium on the outskirts of Cornellà and El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). It took three years to build and cost approximately 60 million euros. Completed in the summer of 2009, it is the new home of RCD Espanyol and was awarded as Venue of the Year getting the Stadium Business Awards on 18 June 2010 in Dublin. The stadium has a capacity of 40,500 and replaced their previous stadium, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. It is the eighth stadium in the club's history.\nThe stadium is known as the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat because it is located on the borders of the municipalities Cornellà and El Prat. The club hopes to find a buyer for the naming rights for the stadium. After the death of club captain Daniel Jarque, many have proposed that the stadium should be renamed in his honour. However, the club has not taken a definite stance on the subject.\nEspanyol defeated Liverpool 3–0 in the stadium's inaugural match on 2 August 2009.\nOn July 3, 2010, the stadium received a live concert of American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, during The E.N.D World Tour, in
Adrián González Morales, simply Adrián (born 25 May 1988 in Madrid), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander mainly as a left midfielder.\nA product of Real Madrid's youth system, Adrián spent 2006–07 with the B-team of Real Madrid Castilla (where he was trained by his father, former club legend Míchel). He then served two second division loans in the following season, with Celta de Vigo and Gimnàstic de Tarragona, being irregularly used in both sides.\nIn May 2008, Adrián was bought by another Madrid side, Getafe CF, with Real Madrid having the option to re-buy the player. He made his official club debut on October 5, playing 15 minutes in a 2–2 home draw with UD Almería; midway through 2008–09, he would be again coached by his father, after the sacking of Víctor Muñoz.\nAdrián started in many games of the 2009–10 season, which brought heavy criticism on coach Míchel, who was accused of nepotism. He would lose his starting position midway through the campaign, but eventually returned, scoring his first goal in La Liga on 25 April 2010, as Getafe downed Sevilla FC 4–3 at home – he also provided an assist in the match– and started the last four games, as the club
Alessandro Gamberini (born 27 August 1981 in Bologna) is an Italian footballer who plays for ACF Fiorentina in Serie A, as a central defender.\nGamberini made his first team – and Serie A – debut with Bologna F.C. 1909 in 1999–2000 – in a 1–3 away defeat against S.S. Lazio on 9 January 2000 – and remained there for six seasons, a one-year loan to Hellas Verona notwithstanding. In the 2000 off-season, he was acquired by Juventus F.C. alongside Alex Pederzoli and Giacomo Cipriani in a pack deal for 10 (short) billion Lire (€5.16 million), in exchange for the remaining 50% of Jonatan Binotto's registration rights also for 10 billion Lire (€5.16 million), with 50% of Gamberini's rights being priced at €2.324 million. His co-ownership deal was terminated in the favour of Bologna in June 2002, for a peppercorn fee, making the Turin side register a loss of €1.502 million (the residual unamortised transfer fee of €4.648M in three years), but with a financial income of €2.324 million as Juve did not have to pay the remaining 50% registration rights.\nFollowing Bologna's relegation in 2004–05, Gamberini moved to ACF Fiorentina for €3.2 million, carving a starting XI niche in his second year,
Michał Chrapek (born 3 April 1992 in Jaworzno) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kolejarz Stróże.\nUntil 2011 Chrapek played in Młoda Ekstraklasa team of Wisła Kraków. In August 2011, he signed a one-year loan deal with Kolejarz Stróże.\nChrapek played for Poland U-17, U-18 and U-19 national teams.
Marios Oikonomou is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Bologna, in the Serie B, as a central defender.
Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas previously known as Estadio Teresa Rivero is a multi-use stadium in Madrid, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Rayo Vallecano. The stadium holds 15,500 spectators and was opened in 1976.
Ivan Ricardo Neves Abreu Cavaleiro is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña, on loan from Benfica. Mainly a winger, he can also play as a forward.
Alfred Duncan is a football player.
Antonio Rozzi (born May 28, 1994 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Lazio.\nBorn in Rome, Rozzi began his career with local side Casal Monastero, before moving to A.S. Lodigiani. At Lodigiani, he was identified by Lazio, where he became a successful youth player.\nRozzi was first promoted to the Lazio first team during the 2011-12 season, making his Serie A debut in Lazio's first league win over Milan for 14 years. He came on as an injury time substitute for captain Tommaso Rocchi.
Carlos Javier Acuña Caballero (born 23 June 1988 in Encarnación) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Girona FC as a striker.\nIn 2004, Acuña helped Paraguay win the U16 South American Championship, also topping the goal charts. He was immediately bought by Cádiz CF of Spain, for a then club record of around 100 million pesetas. He had to wait one year in the sidelines, however, to make his first team debut, as the Andalusians already had its foreign-players quota full.\nFrom 2006–08, Acuña represented Cádiz and UD Salamanca, both in the second division (the latter on loan). On 17 December 2008, Real Madrid's official website confirmed an agreement for the transfer of the player, for five years. He was immediately sent into the B squad.
Ânderson Miguel da Silva (born 28 July 1983), aka Nenê, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Cagliari Calcio in Italy, as a striker.\nBorn in São Paulo, Nenê began his career with modest Brazilian outfits, also having a spell at Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, then moved abroad to Portuguese League's C.D. Nacional in July 2008.\nIn his debut season in Portugal, he turned in stellar performances, topping the goalscoring charts with 20 goals (22 overall), notably netting in home fixtures against Sporting Clube de Portugal (1–1) and Sport Lisboa e Benfica (3–1 win), while also helping the Madeira team reach the semifinals of the Portuguese Cup and qualify for the UEFA Europa League.\nIn June 2009, Nenê joined Italy's Cagliari Calcio on a four-year contract for about €4.5 million, with the player reported to be earning approximately €450,000 per season.\nNenê spent his first season in the Serie A alternating between the starting XI and the substitutes bench, but still scored eight goals - second-best in the squad - as the Sardinia club narrowly avoided relegation. On 12 December 2010, he netted a hat-trick in a 3–0 home win against Calcio Catania.
David Ferreiro Quiroga is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Lugo mainly as a midfielder.
Enrique González Casín is a Spanish soccer player.
Ibrahima Mbaye is a Senegalese footballer who plays for Serie B club Bologna, on loan from Internazionale.
Adel Taarabt (Arabic: عادل تعرابت‎) (born 24 May 1989) is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers (QPR) as an Attacking midfielder and can also be used as a winger.\nHe began his playing career in France at Lens before moving to English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. He was unable to break into the first team at Spurs under either Juande Ramos or Harry Redknapp and moved to QPR, initially on loan, in July 2009 and then permanently in August 2010. He quickly established himself at Loftus Road and was made captain by manager Neil Warnock at the start of the 2010–11 season. He represented France at youth levels but opted to play for his native Morocco at senior level making his debut in February 2009.\nTaarabt was born in fes, Morocco. At a young age, his family moved to a small town called Berre-l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He began his career at Lens in 2004, and played 14 games for RC Lens B in the Championnat de France amateur. He made one first team appearance for Lens during the 2006–07 season.\nTaarabt signed for Tottenham Hotspur on a long-term loan on 2 January 2007 after the club offered to integrate him quickly into the first team to offer
Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Яковенко; born 23 July 1987 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian football striker, who plays for Belgian Jupiler Pro League club Oud-Heverlee Leuven on loan from R.S.C. Anderlecht.\nHe has also played for FC Metalist Kharkiv, and SK Lierse in the past. His name is sometimes transliterated as Alexander Yakovenko or Oleksandr Iakovenko. In the January Transfer window for the 2007-2008 season, he was loaned out to Anderlecht and made an immediate impact constantly being selected as a starter as well as scoring goals in the domestic league and the UEFA Cup. The following summer Anderlecht signed him on a four year full-time contract.\nAfter being loaned out for two seasons to Westerlo, Iakovenko chose to be loaned out to Oud-Heverlee Leuven in 2012. \nHe is the older son of the former Ukrainian footballer and current coach Pavlo Yakovenko. His younger brother Yuriy Yakovenko is also footballer
Šime Vrsaljko (Croatian pronunciation: [ʃiːmê ʋrːsaːʎko]; born 10 January 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Dinamo Zagreb, the Croatia national under-21 and Croatia football teams. His preferred position is right back, but he can easily play as a left one too, making him a very versatile player.\nVrsaljko is considered as one of the most talented Croatian footballers, with some rating him to have greater potential than Luka Modrić who, like Vrsaljko, grew up in Zadar and came through Dinamo Zagreb's youth ranks.\nVrsaljko started his senior career at Dinamo Zagreb feeder team Lokomotiva, where he went on loan for the 2009–10 season. He debuted for Lokomotiva in Croatian league match against HNK Rijeka on 26 July 2009 at the age of 17. Vrsaljko started in every of the seventeen Lokomotiva's league matches in 2009, being substituted only on one occasion before the end of the ninety minutes. He returned to Dinamo Zagreb on 22 December 2009 before the squad went on winter break. Vrsaljko played his first match for Dinamo Zagreb on 27 February 2010 against Croatia Sesvete in Prva HNL. He made nine more appearances by the end of the season for Dinamo Zagreb, making
Juan Surraco (born on August 14, 1987) is a Uruguayan football midfielder currently playing for Italian club Torino F.C. on loan from Udinese Calcio.\nSurraco was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and at an early age decided to dedicate himself to sports. He was scouted at fifteen by Central Español, where he began his professional career in 2006.\nIn 2006, he was signed by Italian club Udinese.\nIn August 2007 he went on loan to Italian Serie B team F.C. Messina.\nHis talent caught the attention of the team coach and he was soon a regular starter for the team in the Uruguayan football league. At the same time he also impressed scouts for the Uruguayan National Football Team, though he would have to wait a few years and join the U-20 team after he turned eighteen.\nOn June 23, 2007, he suffered a knee trauma and his participation in the upcoming FIFA 2007 U-20 World Cup tournament was at one point in doubt, but eventually he played with the U-20 Uruguayan National Football Team which drew 2-2 against Spain, beat Jordan 1–0, lost 2-0 against Zambia, and was eliminated in the second round losing 2–1 against the United States of America. Like his team mates Cavani and Suarez, Surraco played in
Andrea Pisanu (born 7 January 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bologna F.C. 1909.\nPisanu joined Hellas Verona F.C. from hometown club Cagliari Calcio in mid-2001. He was the member of the reserve in 2001–02 season. In June 2002 Verona acquired Pisanu outright from Cagliari.\nIn January 2004 Pisanu left for Varese.\nIn mid-2004 Pisanu joined Serie A club Parma F.C. along with Alessandro Elia and Marco Fanna. During his 5½ years stay he made an average of 15 games per seasons. He failed to play any game in 2009–10 Serie A after winning promotion for the club in 2009 as the runner-up of 2008–09 Serie B.\nIn January 2010 he joined Bologna in co-ownership deal, in a directly swap with Francesco Valiani. Both player valued €2.5 million for half of the registration rights. It made both club had a selling profit, notably about €3.5 million for Valiani and nearly €5 million for Pisanu. In the same window both clubs also swapped Alessandro Elia and Riccardo Pasi.\nIn June 2011 Parma acquired Valiani outright and co-currently Pisanu jointed Bologna outright. Co-currently Elia and Pasi returned to their mother club.\nElia was valued an aggressive price of €1.5 million aand Pasi's 50%
Luigi Sepe (born 8 May 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Pisa in the role of a goalkeeper on loan from Napoli.\nBorn in Torre del Greco, the Province of Naples, Sepe made his debut for his hometown club in Serie A on 28 January 2009, at age of 17, during the match against Fiorentina, lost 2–1. He replaced Gianello in the 32 minute. He wore no.44 in 2008–09 season. He was the fourth keeper behind Gennaro Iezzo, Nicolás Navarro and Matteo Gianello.\nIn 2010–11 season, he was named in 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as list B member (U21 youth product), which he was the fourth keeper behind Morgan De Sanctis, Iezzo and Gianello as no.92.\nSepe made a successive appearances with Italy U19 (born 1991 team) from March to September, all replaced Simone Colombi at second half, including verse Ukraine (born 1990 team). He was the reserve keeper for Colombi at 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification but also played once. After Italy qulified to the next round, he did not received any call-up again.\nHe also started 3 out of 4 matches for Italy U18 team (de facto the same team with U19 born 1991 team, but verse U18 born 1991 team) at U18
Adama Touré (born 28 August 1991 ) is a Malian professional footballer born in Bamako , Mali.He currently playing in Paris Saint-Germain and in Mali Under 20y.
Marco Motta (born 14 May 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Calcio Catania, on loan from Juventus.\nMotta is a former youth international and participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.\nBorn in Merate, Lombardy, Motta began his professional career with Lombardy side Atalanta B.C. in 2005, following his promotion from the club's youth setup. He was a member of the 2004–05 Primavera Under-20 squad, and made his Serie A debut on 9 January 2005, replacing Riccardo Montolivo in the 65th minute. On 13 January he was a starter in the Cup, ahead Damiano Zenoni, a match in which Juventus was eliminated in a 5–3 aggregate. Motta made 22 appearances (3 in Cup) in the remainder of the season to replace the left of Zenoni who left on 1 February, but due to the club's relegation, he moved to Udinese Calcio in a co-ownership deal, prior to the start of the 2005–06 Serie A season. Udinese also signed several players from Bergamo, namely Cesare Natali and young players Massimo Gotti, Piermario Morosini, Fausto Rossini, and Michele Rinaldi; it sent Thomas Manfredini and Antonino D'Agostino to Bergamo as part of the deal.\nUdinese Calcio officially signed the wing
Davide Astori (born 7 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Cagliari and the Italian national football team.\nHe started his career with Milan twice going on loan to Pizzighettone in 2006 and Cremonese in 2007. In 2008 Cagliari signed him in a co-ownership deal, before signing him fully from Milan, for whom he never made a first team appearance, in 2011.\nBorn and raised in the province of Bergamo, Astori started playing football with local team Pontisola before joining Milan in 2001. He spent five years in the club's youth system, after which time he was sent on two consecutive loan spells to Serie C1 clubs Pizzighettone and Cremonese for the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons respectively.\nAt the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Astori was signed by Serie A club Cagliari in a co-ownership deal with Milan,  for €1 million. He made his official debut in the top-flight during an away game against Siena on 14 September 2008, coming on as a substitute in the second half.\nOn 22 June 2011 the club bought the residual 50% registration rights from Milan.\nAstori played 4 games for Italy U-18, being first capped in 2004. However, he did not receive any
Marco Marchionni (born 22 July 1980) is an Italian footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie A club Fiorentina.\nHe began his professional career with Empoli F.C. in 1998, joined form CND team Monterotondo, only to leave the team for Parma in 2001. He played little for two years, and was loaned to Italian club Piacenza for half a season in 2002–2003, in order to get more playing time and increase his skills. His performances were convincing that he was recalled back to Parma and placed in the first team for season 2003–2004.\nIn 2003–2004, under Cesare Prandelli, who was renowned for his affinity for young players, Marchionni blossomed under his guidance. That season has become a revelation in Marchionni's career with 35 games played and 6 goals scored in Serie A and UEFA Cup. He also make his debut for Italian national team on 12 November 2003 in a friendly against Poland.\nThe following season was also a positive one, with 32 games played and 6 goals scored. The 2005–2006 season was by far Marchionni's best, he gave great contributions to the team's gameplay, including many assists and many instances of "play-making". He finished the season with 31 appearances and 4 goals.
Marco Silvestri (born 2 March 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Chievo.\nBorn in Castelnovo ne' Monti, the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia–Romagna, Silvestri started his career at Emilia club Modena. He was the third keeper behind Enrico Alfonso and Antonio Narciso in 2009–10 season.\nIn August 2010 Silvestri was signed by Serie A club Chievo. He was the third keeper of the team, behind Stefano Sorrentino and Lorenzo Squizzi. Silvestri also became the first choice keeper at the "spring" under-20 team. In June 2011 Chievo excised the option to sign Silvestri in co-ownership deal, for €300,000.\nSilvestri returned to Reggio Emilia for Reggiana in July to replace the left of Niccolò Manfredini. However Silvestri became the backup of Niccolò Bellucci since round 12. After the winter break Silvestri re-affirmed as first choice.\nSilvestri started his national career in 2008 goalkeeper training camp\nSilvestri received his first cap in December 2009 from Francesco Rocca for Italy U20 team, a feeder team of U21. He played that match, the round 3 of 2009–10 Four Nations Tournament, replacing Antonio Piccolo in the second half. He also played the last round (round 6) in that
Cristiano Piccini (born 26 September 1992) is an Italian footballer who under contract with Fiorentina.\nHe made his senior debut for Fiorentina on 5 December 2010, coming on as a substitute for Manuel Pasqual against Cagliari.\nOn 30 August 2011 he moved to Carrarese on loan
Alessandro Ligi is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Bari in the Serie B.
Víctor Camarasa Ferrando is a Spanish footballer who plays for Levante UD as a midfielder.
Roberto Guana (born 21 January 1981) is an Italian footballer, who plays for Cesena. Guana plays primarily in as holding midfielder.\nRoberto started his career at Brescia Calcio. He played his first Serie A match on 4 February 2001 against A.S. Bari. In March 2005 Guana and Daniele Adani announced they will left the club after receiving threats by Brescia fans. Both players successively joined newly-promoted Serie A side Ascoli, with whom Guana appeared in a total 30 games.\nHis good appearances with Ascoli led Palermo to acquire the player on May 2006, for €3.5 million, as one of the first signings of the new season for the Sicilians along with Francesco Parravicini and Alberto Fontana. He was regularly featured in the starting lineup in his first two season, then being featured much less regularly under new head coach Davide Ballardini.\nIn July 2009, he was loaned to Bologna. along with team-mate Andrea Raggi. He returned to Palermo at the end of the season, only to leave the Sicilians on August in order to join Chievo on another loan deal. On July 2011 he agreed a permanent move to fellow Serie A club Cesena.\nGuana played his only game for Italy U21 on 20 August 2002. He was also
Stadio Comunale "Is Arenas" is a sports stadium in Quartu Sant'Elena, Sardinia, Italy. It is mostly used for football games and it will be the home venue of Serie A club Cagliari Calcio for the 2012–13 season.\nThe stadium is currently under renovation after Cagliari relocated out of its former home venue, Stadio Sant'Elia, in order to make it comply with Serie A league standards in time for the new season.
Mariano Julio Izco (born March 13, 1983, in Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina), is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A. He also holds an Italian passport and is currently the club's vice-captain.\nIzco began his career in the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football with Club Atlético San Telmo, in 2000. The player went on to make 93 appearances, scoring 4 goals for his club, in 4 full seasons. In 2004 he was signed by Club Almagro, of the Argentine Primera Division.\nIn July 2004, Izco signed for Club Almagro, where he would play during the 2004/2005 season. Izco made just 6 appearances, and could not help Almagro avoid relegation at the end of the season. With the relegation of Almagro, Izco was transferred to 2nd Division team Club Atlético Tigre.\nAfter a season in the top flight, Izco spent one season with Club Atlético Tigre, where he would make 27 appearances, scoring a single goal. After one season with Tigre, Izco was scouted by newly promoted Serie A club, Calcio Catania and made his transfer to the Italian club in August 2006.\nIzco officially transferred to the Sicilian club in August 2006, as the club
Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (born 12 January 1986) is an Argentine-born Italian footballer, who plays as a striker for Serie A club for Roma.\nOsvaldo made his competitive football debut in the Argentine 2nd Division for Club Atlético Huracán in 2005. After less than a year he was signed by Italian side Atalanta, where he played only three matches with a single goal in the Serie B 2005–06. In 2006 Atalanta agreed to a co-ownership deal which sent the player to Lecce, another Serie B team, where Osvaldo had the opportunity to play regularly, scoring eight goals in 31 appearances with the giallorossi. Following such a fairly impressive season, Atalanta regained the full player's property and sold him to Fiorentina for €4.6 million. He played his first Serie A match on September 29, 2007, scoring two goals in a 3–0 away win to Livorno.\nOn March 2, 2008 he headed in a cross from team mate Papa Waigo to give Fiorentina a 3–2 win in stoppage time over their fiercest rivals, Juventus. He was then sent off for his goal celebration, after having been booked earlier in the match, when he removed his team jersey and pretended to machine gun his own fans in a similar fashion to Fiorentina legend
Juan Carlos Paredes Reasco (born July 8, 1987 in Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for Deportivo Quito.\nParedes is a skillfull player who started playing professionally for Deportivo Cuenca. He was sought by Barcelona a year later and he signed a contract with them. He then moved on to Rocafuerte FC of Ecuador's third division. He helped the team get promoted to the second division for the 2008-2009 season. He then came back to where he started as the new reinforcement for Cuenca's copa libertadores campaign.\nParedes was summoned to defend the national football team, on friendly games against, Mexico and Venezuela. Which was seen as an overdue merit, by followers of his previous club Cuenca.
Javier Hernández Balcázar (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjer erˈnandes]; born 1 June 1988) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a forward for English Premier League club Manchester United and the Mexican national team. Hernández plays with his nickname, Chicharito (Spanish: little pea), on his shirt. He previously played for the Mexican club Guadalajara, before becoming the first Mexican player to join Manchester United.\nHernández made his debut for Mexico in September 2009 in a match against Colombia. He has also represented them at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was the Gold Cup's top scorer with 7 goals and was named the most valuable player of the tournament.\nHernández was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco and first played in a recreation league when he was seven years old. His father, Javier Hernández Gutiérrez, himself a previous Mexican international striker, said he never thought his son would actually make it as a professional. Hernández joined C.D. Guadalajara at the age of nine and signed his first professional contract when he was 15. He was set to play in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, but an injury sidelined him from the team that
Haris Medunjanin (born 8 March 1985) is a Bosnian footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in Israel. Mainly a attacking midfielder, he can also appear as an left midfielder.\nHe has dual citizenship, Bosnian and Dutch.\nMedunjanin was born in Sarajevo. Due to the Bosnian War in 1992, he moved to the Netherlands at the age of seven, with his mother and sister. \nMedunjanin made his Eredivisie debut on February 20, 2005, with AZ Alkmaar, but opportunities were scarce during his three-year spell at the club. In 2006–07, he was loaned to Sparta Rotterdam, being essential as the modest outfit finished 13th in the season, with seven league goals.\nAfter another unassuming season with AZ, Medunjanin was snapped by Spain's Real Valladolid in August 2008, being relatively used in his debut season (mainly from the bench).\nIn June 2010, after Valladolid's relegation – during the season, he scored all of his five La Liga goals as a late substitute – Medunjanin signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. of Israel for €1.800.000, penning a four-year contract. On July 15, he made his official debut for the club, in a UEFA Europa League second qualifying round against FK Mogren, and scored in a 2–0 home
Romano Perticone (born 13 August 1986 in Melzo) is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Modena F.C. on loan from A.S. Livorno Calcio.\nIn 2004–05 season, he was awarded no.47 shirt of the Milan first team. After 3 seasons on loan, Perticone left for Livorno along with Marcus Diniz for a total fee of €900,000 in co-ownership deal. Which Perticone's half was valued for €600,000. In June 2009 Livorno acquired Perticone outright for €2.5M, but also sold Diniz back to Milan for €2.5 million.
Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera (born 4 February 1984) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Cagliari Calcio on loan from U.S. Città di Palermo in Italy, as a striker.\nAfter beginning his career at Universidad de Chile, he signed for Inter Milan at the age of 19, but never appeared for the club in four years. He went on to play in five countries, without really settling anywhere.\nBorn in Santiago, Pinilla started his career with Universidad de Chile, leaving for European football and Italian giants F.C. Internazionale Milano in 2003, signing a five-year contract.\nHowever, he was immediately sold to fellow Serie A side A.C. ChievoVerona (which acquired 50% of the player's rights), and finished 2003–04 loaned again, to La Liga outfit Real Club Celta de Vigo, not managing to score in 11 league appearances combined.\nIn July 2004, Sporting Clube de Portugal bought 50% of his playing rights and Pinilla, having spent much of the season on a low note, finished with five goals in 2004–05, notably a hat-trick in a 3–0 win at Sporting Clube de Braga, on 1 May 2005.\nHowever, Pinilla was also unable to settle at Sporting and, on January 2006, would move on loan, finishing 2005–06 at Racing de
Souleymane "Sol" Bamba (born 13 January 1985) is a French-born Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a as a centre back for Championship club Leicester City and the Ivory Coast national team.\nBamba started his career in his native France with Paris Saint-Germain, but failed to establish himself in their first team and moved to Scotland to join Dunfermline Athletic in 2006. Two years later he was transferred to Hibernian, before joining current club Leicester City in 2011.\nBorn in France to Ivorian parents, Bamba represented the Ivory Coast in the 2008 Olympic Games and has since become a regular for the full national side.\nBamba began his career with Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 14. Despite impressing for PSG's youth and B teams, he only appeared in two first team games, in his final year at the club. A dispute with the PSG manager, Vahid Halilhodžić, caused Bamba to leave the club.\nAfter an initial trial period, Bamba signed for Scottish Premier League side Dunfermline Athletic in July 2006. Jim Leishman later revealed that he had been intending to bring over another player from France on trial, but this deal fell through and Bamba's agent sent him
Lucas Evangelista Santana de Oliveira is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Udinese as a central midfielder.
Cristian Molinaro (born 30 July 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a left-back for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.\nCristian Molinaro was born in Vallo della Lucania, on 30 July 1983 to Emilio, who is a high school P.E. teacher, and Franca, who is an elementary school teacher and raised in Moio della Civitella, near Salerno. Cristian has two brothers, both of them older than he is: Bartolomeo, a chartered accountant, and Angelo, a humanities teacher. Cristian has a surveyor diploma and naturally his favourite subjects at school were humanities. Molinaro began playing football at age five in the Gelbison team. He always played as a left winger in those days. When he joined Salernitana's youth academy he was moved to left-back.\nMolinaro started his career at Salernitana of Serie B.\nWhen Salernitana went bankrupt and started again in Serie C1 in 2005, he was signed by Juventus F.C. on free transfer, who immediately loaned him to A.C. Siena, along with half of the player's rights, for a nominal transfer fees of €500.\nIn June 2007, Juventus which won the Serie B championship bought him back for €2.5M and he signed a contract until 2012, as the team lacked a left-back in the
Salih Uçan (born 6 January 1994 in Marmaris) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig.\nBucaspor football infrastructure in Marmaris in 2004, and then transferred to FC infrastructure was started. Increased professionalism in the transition team in 2010 as signing a contract. Salih played two years for the team, Bucaspor, and was recognized by many top football clubs such as Besiktas and Fenerbahce.\nFenerbahçe signed Uçan for €1.550.000 on 6 June 2012, on a five year contract worth €220.000 per season.
Pedro Henrique de Castro Silva (born 5 February 1993 in Volta Redonda, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos since 2012, when he was promoted to first team.\nHe was promoted to first team after participation in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, where he played very well and won a chance to play as professional.
Alessio Sestu (born 29 September 1983 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Siena.\nSestu started his professional career at Serie C2 club Südtirol-Alto Adige, which he joined the club in co-ownership deal. He then played for clubs in Serie B and Serie C1. He joined Treviso in January 2003. He became a regular for Avellino in Serie B 2007–08, made him signed by Reggina on 28 August 2008. That summer Avellino signed him from Treviso in co-ownership deal and Reggina bought the remain half of Treviso.\nHe made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2008 against Torino F.C.. He also played twice at 2008–09 Coppa Italia. In June 2009 Avellino bought Reggina's half but the club then went bankrupt, made Sestu became free agent.\nOn 1 September 2009, Sestu was moved to Vicenza on free transfer. On 1 February 2010, he signed a loan by Bari for the rest of the season.\nHis parent were from Sardinia.\nIn August 2010 Sestu left for A.C. Siena in co-ownership deal for €525,000, made Vicenza had a profit of €1.05 million (half of them received as special financial asset). In June 2011 Siena acquired outright for another pre-agreed €525,000, and Vicenza got half of the registration
Domenico Maietta (born 3 August 1982) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Hellas Verona. Although included on Serie A rosters for Juventus and Perugia in the early 2000s, he currently has still not made a Serie A debut. He made his Serie B debut with Triestina in the 2002/2003 season.
Ervin Zukanović (born 11 February 1987) is a Bosnian football player who plays as a defender for Kortrijk in Belgium.\nZukanović previously played for FK Željezničar in Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and FCV Dender in Belgian First Division.
Emiliano Adrián Insúa Zapata (born 7 January 1989) is an Argentine football defender who plays for Sporting CP and for the Argentina national team.\nInsúa is a European Union citizen due to one of his grandparents being a Spanish citizen.\nInsúa began his football career with youth team Pinocho in Argentina, later moving to, Buenos Aires-based team, Boca Juniors. The left-back did not break into the first-team at La Bombonera when he caught the attention of scouts Frank Mc Parland and Paddy Murphy from Liverpool. After some solid performances for the Argentinian U17s, many clubs were desperate to sign him, a player who rarely had appearances for his then club, and Boca were also very keen to get a profit from this young prodigy which led to negotiations between Liverpool and Boca. The defender agreed to an 18 month loan deal with the Merseyside club on 28 November 2006, beginning his loan period in January.\nInsúa made his first-team debut against Portsmouth on 28 April 2007, but made only one more league appearance that season. His loan deal was made permanent in August 2007 in the deal which saw Gabriel Paletta moved to Boca Juniors.\nThe following season Insúa made only three more
Fernando Pacheco Flores (born 18 May 1992 in Badajoz, Extremadura) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid C as a goalkeeper.\nPacheco arrived at Real Madrid in 2006, at the age of 14. Five years later, he made his senior debuts, playing with the C team in Tercera División.\nPacheco made his first-team debut on 20 December 2011, replacing Antonio Adán in a 5–1 home win against SD Ponferradina for the season's Copa del Rey (7–1 on aggregate).
Enzo Pablo Andía Roco (born 16 August 1992), is a Chilean footballer who plays as Defender for Universidad Católica in Chile's Primera División.
Daniele Vantaggiato (born October 10, 1984 in Brindisi) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bologna, on loan from Padova.\nVantaggiato started his career at A.S. Bari. He was sold to Crotone in joint-ownership bid, where he won Serie B promotion. Vantaggiato returned to Bari in summer 2005. He was the regular of the squad before left for Pescara, who was then struggling to keep from relegation to Serie C1. In summer 2007, he left for Rimini for another joint-ownership bid, replacing Davide Moscardelli, after not appeared on the pre-season medical test for Bari. After Jeda left for Cagliari in January 2008, Vantaggiato became the team leading scorer. At the end of season Rimini won the blind bidding to have the full ownership.\nBut in January 2009, his 13 goals scored in mid-season made Parma F.C. signed him along with team-mate Francesco Lunardini, in exchange for Davide Matteini (50% for €1M) and Daniele Paponi on loan. Parma won promotion back to Serie A as 2008–09 Serie B runner-up.\nVantaggiato was not featured in Parma's first three matches of 2009–10 Serie A, as the club signed new players. On August 31, 2009 he was loaned to Torino in exchange for Blerim Džemaili.\nIn January
Albano Benjamín Bizzarri (born 9 November 1977 in Villa María, Córdoba) is an Argentine footballer who plays for S.S. Lazio in Serie A, as a goalkeeper. He also holds an Italian passport.\nBizzarri began his career Racing Club de Avellaneda in the Argentine League, where his good performances drew attention from La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, which signed him in 1999. Unsettled and blocked by the emergence of 18-year-old Iker Casillas, he battled for second-choice status with former West German international Bodo Illgner, being a used player in the victorious UEFA Champions League campaign.\nDuring the summer of 2000 Bizzarri was transferred to Real Valladolid, eventually becoming first-choice (from 2002–04 he did not miss one single league game, but his team would be relegated in the latter).\nIn 2006–07 he played for Gimnàstic de Tarragona, in another season that ended in top flight demotion. In June 2007, Bizzarri signed a one-year deal with Italy's Calcio Catania, a link that would be renewed at the season's end, for an equal period.\nDuring 2008–09, Bizzarri became Catania's first-choice under new coach Walter Zenga, after spending most of his first season in on the bench, behind
Alessandro Iacobucci (born 3 June 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Siena.\nBorn in Pescara, Abruzzo, Iacobucci started his career at hometown club Renato Curi Angolana (located at Città Sant'Angelo). He joined Serie B club Mantova in 2007, rejoining former Curi Angolana team-mate Alberto Creati.\nAfter the bankrupt of Mantova, he was automatically released. In July 2010 he was signed by Serie B club Siena. He was one of the backup of Ferdinando Coppola in the first team and as the first choice in the "spring" under-20 team, ahead Richard Marcone. Iacobucci made his debut in round 42 (last round), after the team certainly promoted back to Serie A. He replaced Simone Farelli in the second half.\nIn July 2011 he left for Italian third division club South Tyrol, ahead Michał Miśkiewicz as first choice. With the arrival of Iacobucci, South Tyrol also sold its first choice of 2010–11 season, Davide Zomer to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.\nIacobucci received his first U-19 call-up in August 2009, from Massimo Piscedda. However he did not entered the squad to the friendly match in September. In November he received a call-up to a goalkeeper training camp from Antonio Rocca. In
Roberto Canella Suárez (born 7 February 1988 in Laviana, Asturias) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a left defender.\nA product of Sporting de Gijón's cantera system, Canella first appeared with the main side during 2006–07, and established himself as first-choice in the following year, as the Asturias side returned to La Liga after a 10-year hiatus.\nHe scored his first top flight goal on 5 October 2008, in a 2–0 win at RCD Mallorca, being first-choice throughout the campaign. According to COPE Radio, Real Madrid was likely to acquire his services for 2009–10. Eventually, nothing came of it, and the player again occupied the left-back position for the vast majority of the season, with Sporting again maintaining its top division status.\nIn the following seasons, Canella continued battling for position with another club youth graduate, José Ángel, with both players appearing in roughly the same number of matches. In 2011–12, following Ángel's departure to A.S. Roma, he became the undisputed starter for the Manolo Preciado-led side.\nInternationally, Canella helped Spain win the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, played at the 2007 FIFA U-20
Cristian Daniel Ansaldi (born 20 September 1986) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. Ansaldi is two footed and can play at either left or right full back and also as a wingback. He is noted for his tough tackling and bursting runs down the flank.\nBorn in Rosario, Ansaldi started his professional career in 2005 and quickly progressed to become a regular player in the Newell's Old Boys first team. In January 2008, he was sold to Rubin Kazan for €3.6 million, with whom he won the Russian Premier League 2008 and 2009. He has made well over 50 appearances for the Europa League hopefuls.\nThe Argentinian international impressed during Rubin's Champions League campaign, where he directly faced compatriot Lionel Messi.
Adrián Daniel Calello (born 14 May 1987) is an Argentine football midfielder, currently a member of Dinamo Zagreb. He signed for the club on 15 December 2008 and since then has made a total of 52 appearances in all competitions.\nHe started his professional career at Independiente, debuting for the first team on 24 February 2007. In the winter transfer window of the 2008–09 season he joined reigning Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb. With the Croatian club, Calello has won two domestic league titles, one Croatian Cup and one Croatian Supercup.\nCalello debuted for the senior squad of Independiente on 24 February 2007 in club's home defeat against Boca Juniors 3–1. He entered the match as a 16th minute substitute for Gastón Machín. During the 2006–07 season, Calello made 14 appearances in the closing tournament of Primera División. The following season he made a total of 15 appearances in the opening and 9 appearances in the closing tournament. The 2008–09 season saw Calello make 13 appearances in the opening tournament before he was transferred to Croatian reigning champions Dinamo Zagreb. Calello made a total of 51 league appearances for Independiente, also featuring in one Copa
Riccardo Meggiorini (born 4 September 1985) is an Italian footballer who plays for Torino.\nHe is nicknamed Meggio by his teammates.\nMeggiorini started his career at Bovolone, a team from his native Verona Province.\nIn the summer of 2003, Meggiorini moved, on loan, to Internazionale, making the move permanent the following summer.\nHe made his Serie A debut on 14 November 2004, against Cagliari Calcio.\nIn January 2005, he left on loan to Spezia of Serie C1, along with Hernán Paolo Dellafiore. In the summer of the same year, he moved to Pavia, also in Serie C1. In January 2006, he moved to Cittadella, another Serie C1 team. He loan was extended in July 2006 and he was bought by Cittadella in co-ownership deal in summer 2007, for €40,000, and won promotion to Serie B in June 2008.\nIn June 2009, Meggiorini was bought back by Inter,, for €2.5 million but transferred to Genoa C.F.C. as part of the Diego Milito and Thiago Motta deal, transferred to Genoa along with Robert Acquafresca (€9.5M), Leonardo Bonucci (valued €3 million) and Francesco Bolzoni (valued €3 million). Additionally, half of the registration rights of Ivan Fatic was also transferred to Genoa from Inter and another half
Keisuke Honda (本田 圭佑, Honda Keisuke, born 13 June 1986) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for CSKA Moscow and the Japan national football team. His current position is as a deep-lying playmaker, but he can equally play as an attacking midfielder or second striker. He is also a very skilled free kick taker, scoring one in the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa.\nHonda was born in Settsu, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He started playing football for the local club; Settsu FC, he started there when he was in second grade at primary school. He entered Seiryo High School in Ishikawa Prefecture and chose to play for the school. He was one of the best players in the team and the school team advanced to the semi-finals of the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament. This was the first time a school from Ishikawa Prefecture had reached the semi-finals of the competition.\nIn 2004 he was selected as a Designated Player for Development by the J-League and JFA.\nBecause of this status, Honda was able to register as a Nagoya Grampus player while he was still eligible to play for his high school. He played one J. League Cup match for Nagoya while he was still a boy student.\nAfter his
Aritz López Garai (born 6 November 1980 in Barakaldo, Biscay) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Córdoba CF as a central midfielder.\nAn unsuccessful youth graduate of Athletic Bilbao, López Garai spent the vast majority of his professional career in second and third divisions.\nHe represented CD Baskonia (Bilbao's farm team), Gernika Club, UB Conquense, UD Salamanca, CD Castellón and Celta de Vigo, rarely settling with a team.
Stefan de Vrij (born 5 February 1992 in Ouderkerk aan den IJssel) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defender for Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Netherlands U-21.\nDe Vrij grew up in Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, South Holland, Netherlands. He's the youngest son of Jan de Vrij, who played for local club vv Spirit, where Stefan de Vrij started his career. Besides his father, De Vrij is the only football player in the family. His older brothers Niels and Eric did play football in their youth, but weren't as talented as their youngest brother.\nDe Vrij played for local Ouderkerk aan den IJssel club vv Spirit for 5 seasons. At the age of 10, he attended a Feyenoord talent day. After various training sessions and a friendly match against ARC, De Vrij was officially asked to join Feyenoord's youth division. At VV Spirit, De Vrij often played as a central midfielder, but at Feyenoord he got turned into a defender. The youngster developed himself rapidly. After playing for Feyenoord U15, De Vrij was one of the players to skip the U16 team to play in U17 immediately.\nOn July 17, 2009, De Vrij signed his first professional contract with Feyenoord until summer 2012. De Vrij
Maxime Lestienne (born 17 June 1992 in Mouscron) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian club Club Brugge.\nAs a youth product of R.E. Mouscron Lestienne made his debut at the highest level of Belgian football on 20 December 2008, in a 5–1 home victory against Club Brugge, as a 80th minute replacement for Asanda Sishuba.\nAfter the bankruptcy of Mouscron Lestienne was able to make a free transfer. The English side Everton F.C and Dutch side PSV Eindhoven were very interested to sign Lestienne. Lestienne eventually signed a contract with Club Brugge on 6 January 2010.
Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 7 March 1983 in Luanda), better known as Manucho, is an Angolan footballer who currently plays for Real Valladolid.\nHe moved from Petro Atletico to Manchester United in January 2008. Before playing a game for United, however, he was loaned out to Greek side Panathinaikos for the remainder of the 2007–08 season, due to issues with obtaining a UK work permit. Manucho received a work permit soon after returning to Manchester United for pre-season training in July 2008, and made his debut for the club in the League Cup against Middlesbrough on 23 September 2008. Short of first team opportunities at Old Trafford, however, on 16 January 2009 he joined Hull City on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season. Having failed to break into the Manchester United first team, Manucho joined Real Valladolid in July 2009. He is also a member of the Angolan national team.\nManucho began his football career at Flamenguinhos, a small youth football club from Terra Nova, Luanda, where he lived. Under the guidance of his coach and father, Alberto Gonçalves, Manucho plied his trade as a left winger, becoming one of the club's top stars.\nUpon turning professional,
Sergio Floccari (born 12 November 1981 in Vibo Valentia) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Parma.\nFloccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth system of Catanzaro. He began senior career with Avezzano and Promozione team Montebelluna before moving up to Serie C2 with Mestre and Faenza. It was at Faenza, under coach Carlo Regno, assistant to 2009–10 Lazio coach Davide Ballardini, that Floccari first bloomed, scoring many goals.\nFollowing his successful period at Faenza, he joined Genoa in 2002, but did not establish himself as a regular, playing just nine league games and scoring one goal in his first season of Serie B.\nFloccari took a step back into Serie C2, joining Rimini in co-ownership deal where he played and scored regularly. His goals contributed to successful promotions as Rimini went from playing in C2 to Serie B during his time there. The club also bought him outright in June 2003.\nIn January 2006, Floccari's form was rewarded when Serie A strugglers Messina signed him (jointly-signed with Atalanta from Rimini) as they looked to avoid relegation. Floccari scored three
Welliton Soares de Morais, or simply Welliton, (born 22 October 1986 in Conceição do Araguaia) is a Brazilian football striker who plays for Spartak Moscow.\nWelliton started his career playing for the Brazilian side Goiás. In July 2007 he moved to Russian club Spartak Moscow, signing a five year contract. He has been a very prolific scorer and won the top scorer title in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.\nTo begin the 2008 season, Welliton scored six times in his first nine matches. Former Russia midfielder Aleksandr Mostovoi heaped praise on the young striker after his performance in a 3–0 away win at Rubin, stating "He has overcome all problems with passage into a new country. He is young, fast, technical, an ideal artist who acts along the entire front line of attack, not just along the flanks as this past season." Unfortunately, his stellar start was cut short due to a muscle tear that forced him out of action for 10 months.\nAfter a successful return in 2009, Welliton helped Spartak early to a prime position to qualify for the UEFA Champions League after finishing a dismal 8th place in 2008. He scored his first career hat-trick on 8 August 2009 at Spartak Nalchik. He scored six goals
Antonio Mazzotta (born 2 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Crotone, on loan from Lecce and Palermo.\nMazzotta started his career at Eccellenza Sicily amateurs Kamarat, then joining hometown club Palermo in 2006. In August 2009, he was loaned to Lecce who had recently relegated to Serie B. Mazzotta made his debut 6 days later on a 2–6 lost to Sampdoria at Coppa Italia. After winning the 2009–10 Serie B title and therefore ensuring a place in the 2010–11 Serie A, Lecce used its option to buy half of Mazzotta's transfer rights from Palermo and sent the player out on loan to Serie B club Pescara.\nIn January 2011 he left Pescara due to lack of first team opportunities in order to join fellow Serie B club Crotone, again on loan from Lecce and Palermo. The loan is extended for another year.\nMazzotta represented Italy at youth U-20 level, and was part of the Italian squad at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt, playing a total four games during the competition, also scoring a goal in the quarter finals against Hungary.\nOn 11 August 2010 he made his debut with the Italy U-21 team in a friendly match against Denmark.
Manuel Pamić (born 20 August 1986) is a Croatian footballer, currently playing for AC Sparta Prague.\nPamić started his career in the youth ranks of local club NK Žminj, before moving to NK Istra 1961 at 18 years of age. He impressed at the club and became a regular in the Pula squad. His talent was noticed and in 2006 he made a move to one of Croatia's best teams NK Rijeka. In December 2007 he was transferred to FC Red Bull Salzburg. In January 2009 he was loaned to Sparta Prague, year later Sparta purchased him.\nHe was also a very active member of the Croatian national under-21 team.
Teerasil Dangda (Thai: ธีรศิลป์ แดงดา) is a Thai footballer, currently playing as a forward or a striker for a Thai Premier League club, Muangthong United. He is also a regular member of Thailand national football team. His style of play or role on the field could be described as a second striker or deep-lying forward, as he often comes deep down to help the team maintain possession.\nTeerasil Dangda was born in July 6, 1988, in Bangkok. Teerasil spent his youth career with Assumption Thonburi College from 2003 to 2005. The young forward made a debut in Thailand's top division in 2005 after he signed a professional contract with Royal Thai Air Force F.C. Teerasil spent only one season with RTAF club, mainly as substitution and made 6 appearances, scored 3 goals. He moved to Raj Pracha in the next year, he was given more chances than when he was with his former club and made totally 18 appearances with 9 goals. After a full season with Raj Pracha, he joined a division 1 club, Muangthong United. He made 15 appearances and scored 7 goals in the first season, 2007–2008, for Muangthong United.\nThe name of Teerasil became nationwide in the next year when he and fellow international
Davide De Mitri is an Italian football player.
Nicola Leali (born 17 February 1993) is an Italian professional goalkeeper who currently plays for Juventus FC.\nLeali made his debut during 2011–12 Serie B after the departure of Matteo Sereni. He had impressive performance at age 18, ahead older youth product of Bresica, Andrea Caroppo. In second half of season Michele Arcari became the first choice after Leali was heavily linked with other Italy teams. Leali had played for Brescia reserve since 2009–10 season, which born 1993 players usually played one level below in Allievi U17 team, while Sergio Viotti trained with first team instead and did not played for the reserve. In 2010–11 season, Leali also promoted to the first team, with Michal Hrivnak was the first choice of the reserve (12 games). Leali only played 9 games for the reserve in 2010–11 season.\nIn June 2012 Leali he traveled to Turin to have a medical in Clinica Fornaca di Sessant and Istituto di Medicina dello Sport in order to formalize a possible transfer to Juventus F.C..
Rodrigo Sebastián Aguirre Soto (born October 1, 1994 in Montevideo), commonly known as Rodrigo Aguirre, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool.\nDuring 2011, Cubero played with the Uruguayan national under-17 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Previously, he played the 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Ecuador.
Milan Badelj (Croatian pronunciation: [baːdêʎ]; born 25 February 1989 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian football midfielder, currently a member of Dinamo Zagreb. His preferred position is a deep-lying playmaker.\nMilan Badelj signed for Dinamo Zagreb as a 17 year old in 2007, just after he was snapped up from the youth system of Dinamo Zagreb's city rival, NK Zagreb. For the season 2007–08 he was sent on loan to Dinamo Zagreb's affiliate Lokomotiva to gain first–team experience at the senior level. He played in 28 matches and scored seven goals in Lokomotiva's Treća HNL East title–winning campaign. At an early age he was already spotted as possible replacement for Luka Modrić, a key figure in the club's first–team squad that was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur in 2008.\nFollowing his return to Dinamo he featured in 48 matches throughout the 2008–09 and scored six goals. He continued to impress at his young age, establishing himself as a first–team regular for the 2009–10 season. Badelj continued with impressive performances in the 2010-2011 season as well, wearing the captain's armband in some matches as well. His amazing run of form and young age proved to be
Thomas Mangani (born 29 April 1987 in Carpentras, Vaucluse.) is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Nancy.
Jesús Gámez Duarte (born 10 April 1985 in Fuengirola, Málaga, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Málaga CF mainly as a right defender.\nGámez first appeared professionally with Málaga CF's B side during 2003–04's second division, and helped it retain its status during three seasons. However, midway through the 2005–06 campaign, he was promoted to the first team, making his La Liga debut on 27 November 2005 (five minutes played in a 2–3 away loss against Getafe CF), as both the first and the second teams from the city would drop down a level in June.\nIn two second level seasons, Gámez was an undisputed starter, replacing Gerardo as first-choice right-back, and contributing with 35 matches in 2007–08 as the Andalusians returned to the top flight after a two-year absence. He maintained the position throughout the following season, appearing in roughly the same matches and minutes.\nGámez was made Málaga's captain in the 2011 summer, after the retirement of veteran goalkeeper Francesc Arnau. On 29 January 2012, he made his 200th league appearance for Málaga, playing one minute in a local derby against Sevilla FC (2–1 home win). On 15 May 2012 he signed a new two-year
Abdoulwahid Sissoko (born 20 March 1990 in Troyes) is a French-Malian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Brest on loan from Italian club Udinese in Ligue 2. He is the younger brother of Paris St-Germain midfielder Mohamed Sissoko.\nSissoko began his career with Troyes AC and played his debut on 15 August 2008 against Stade Brest in the Ligue 2.\nOn 1 July 2011, Sissoko signed for Udinese on a five-year deal.
Alessandro Carrozza (born 1 February 1982 in Gallipoli, Apulia) is an Italian footballer currently playing for Atalanta in Italy's Serie A.\nCarrozza's footballing career began later on than usual. He had aspirations of becoming a footballer when he was 18 years old, but instead he became a carpenter. When watching a Serie C game on television one day, he didn't think his abilities were any inferior to what he was watching. He joined his local team; the now defunct Gallipoli Calcio, playing in Italian football's eighth tier, working his way up through the leagues with various clubs. His dream of becoming a Serie A player came true in January 2012 when he joined Atalanta on loan, aged 30.
Giuseppe De Luca (born 22 June 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B team Varese.\nDe Luca was the joint-top-scorer in 2011 Viareggio Youth Cup, along with Internazionale's Simone Dell'Agnello. He made his first team debut in a friendly match. Since then he played 4 Serie B matches and scored 1 goal.\nDe Luca played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in 2010–11 season, scored a goal. He also played twice for Italy national under-20 football team in 2010–11 season.\nIn 2011–12 season De Luca played once for Italy U21 Serie B team in October. On November 9, 2011, he scored one goal for Italy U20 in a 3-0 victory over Ghana. He also started the next match, the fifth game of Four Nations Tournament against Switzerland; the unofficial friendly against "U21 Serie B team" in December 2011; against Macedonia in January 2012; 6th match of Four Nations, against Germany in February 2012 and in April 2012 against Denmark.\nIn April 2012 De Luca received his first formal U21 call-up, De Luca already received a call-up to training camp in March (which he played the practice match against Frosinone.). Ciro Ferrara made a experimental squad without U21 regular. After 2
Pau López Sabata, simply known as Pau, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol as a goalkeeper.
Ali Sowe is a Gambian footballer who plays for Gamtel FC.
Timothée Kolodziejczak (born 1 October 1991) is a French football player who currently plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He plays on the left side and can alternate between the left back and winger positions. Kolodziejczak is a French youth international and has competed at levels. He played on the under-19 team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. Due to the difficulty of pronouncing his surname, he is a commonly referred to as Kolo.\nKolodziejczak was born on 1 October 1991 in Avion, Pas-de-Calais. He is of partial Polish descent.\nKolodziejczak began his career at the age of seven playing for local club US Saint-Maurice Loos. In July 1999, he moved to hometown club CS Avion where he spent a year. In June 2000, Kolodziejczak joined professional club RC Lens. While in the club's youth academy, he trained alongside youth and international teammate Gaël Kakuta at the Centre de Préformation de Football in nearby Liévin, a training center exclusively for players brought up in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. He spent two years at the center training there during the weekdays and playing with Lens on the weekends. One of his trainers at the
Andrea Consigli (born January 27, 1987 in Milan) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Atalanta.\nTo gain some first team experience, the young goalkeeper was loaned out to Serie C1 side Sambenedettese in the 2006–07 season. The following season, he was loaned to Serie B side Rimini. After a successful loan spell there, he returned to Atalanta and acquired the number 1 shirt.\nConsigli made his debut with the Italy U21 squad on 15 August 2006, in a friendly match against Croatia. Then he was selected by head coach Pierluigi Casiraghi in the squad for the 2007 U-21 Championship as the third choice goalkeeper. After that competition he became the first choice in the goal for Italy U-21 team until the 2009 U-21 Championship.\nIn 2008 he took part at the 2008 Summer Olympics with the Italian Olympic team, as the back up of Emiliano Viviano.
Derek Owusu Boateng ( /ˈboʊtɛŋ/ BOH-teng) (born 2 May 1983) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays as a Central Defender or defensive midfielder for Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.\nBoateng was born in Accra, Greater Accra, where he played for the local side Liberty Professionals.\nHe signed for Kalamata F.C. in Greece when he was 16. In 2001, Boateng joined antother Greek Super League club Panathinaikos. In 2002, Boateng was unable to keep his place in the Panathinaikos squad and was sent on loan to OFI Crete.\nHe signed for AIK in August 2003. In the 2004 season, AIK was relegated from Allsvenskan for the third time in the history of the club.In the following season, AIK gained promotion after winning the Superettan, distancing runners-up Östers IF by nine points. Boateng extended his contract with AIK for one more year until the end of 2007. When he left for Beitar Jerusalem, Boateng stated in an interview that he loves Sweden and AIK, and that he one day will come back to Allsvenskan and AIK the team he supports.\nIn July 2006, he signed with Beitar Jerusalem until January 2009. Boateng helped Beitar Jerusalem to win the
Thievy Guivane Bifouma Koulossa (born 13 May 1992 in Saint-Denis), simply Thievy, is a French footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol in Spain, as a forward.\nThievy joined RCD Espanyol in Spain in early 2010, not yet aged 18, signing from RC Strasbourg. On 13 March 2011, he made his debut with the Catalans' first team replacing Joan Verdú in the dying minutes of a 2–0 La Liga home win against Deportivo de La Coruña.\nOn 10 August 2011, in the Copa Catalunya final, Thievy scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 win against a FC Barcelona team that was filled with reserve and youth players. On 17 December, he netted his first goal with the main squad, scoring the opener in an eventual 2–1 success at Sporting de Gijón.
Albert Riera Ortega (born 15 April 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Galatasaray SK in Turkey, as a left winger.\nHe made a name for himself at Espanyol (where he won one Copa del Rey and reached one UEFA Cup final, also making his debuts for the Spanish national team), and also played professionally in France, England and Greece.\nRiera gained 16 caps for Spain, representing the nation at the 2009 Confederations Cup.\nBorn in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Riera started his professional career with hometown RCD Mallorca, but could only amass 10 La Liga appearances in his first two seasons combined.\nIn 2002–03, already an undisputed starter, he helped the Balearic Islands outfit to the Copa del Rey conquest, and scored four goals in the league, from 35 contests.\nIn the summer of 2003, Riera moved to FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he was a first team regular for two seasons. He made more than fifty Ligue 1 appearances for the French club, and scored four goals.\nRiera returned to Spain in 2005, when he signed for RCD Espanyol. In his first season, he played only eight league matches, prompting a January 2006 loan move to Manchester City, where he was also unable to establish
Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo (born 5 September 1988 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian association footballer who plays as a striker for Lokomotiv Moscow.\nCaicedo was signed by Swiss Super League side FC Basel from Rocafuerte in his native Ecuador during the Swiss 2005–06 season for an undisclosed fee while he was just 17 years old. Due to his youth, he was trained in the minor divisions. He went on to play 20 games for Basel in the following 2006–07 season, accompanied by three Swiss League goals. Clubs from La Liga, Premier League, and Serie A were monitoring his progress, with Milan said to have made an inquiry in the winter of 2007.\nOn 31 January 2008, it was announced that Manchester City had secured Caicedo's services on a four-and-a-half year deal through a £5.2 million transfer fee (€7 million), which would make his sale one of the highest transfers in the history of the Swiss League. His transfer to Manchester City was completed after Caicedo was granted a work permit. Caicedo was described by his manager as "one of the great South American talents" and was also compared to the Brazilian Adriano. He made his debut on 10 February 2008, in a 2–1 away win against rivals
Alejandro Darío Gómez (born 15 February 1988 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football second striker who currently plays for Catania in the Italian Serie A.\nGómez began his career with the youth squad of Argentine side Arsenal de Sarandí, made his professional debut for the club in 2003. He was officially called-up to the prima squadra in 2005, but had to wait until the Apertura 2006 tournament to establish himself as a first team regular. He made 15 appearances and scored 2 goals in the tournament, helping Arsenal to claim a 5th place finish. Gómez is a dynamic attacking midfielder who is renowned for his skill, high work-rate and powerful long range goals. Gómez scored two important goals of his career on November 30, 2007 in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana 2007 final against América to give Arsenal a valuable 3-2 lead going into the second leg. Between 2005 and 2009, the young midfielder made 77 total appearances in the league alone, also scoring 16 goals, at the mere age of 21. In 2009, the player was sold to fellow Argentine side San Lorenzo de Almagro.\nIn 2009 he was signed by San Lorenzo for the Cluasura 2009 tournament, San Lorenzo paid 2 million dollars for half of
Gastón Sauro is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Italian club Catania, on loan from Swiss club FC Basel, as a defender.
Hachim Mastour is a football player.
Ibrahim Sissoko (born 29 November 1991) is an Ivorian professional football player who plays for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga.\nSissoko joined the German side from Académica de Coimbra of the Portuguese Primeira Liga in January 2012 for a transfer fee of €1.5 million, after Wolfsburg activated his release clause.
Campos de Sport de El Sardinero ("El Sardinero Sport Fields"), is a multi-purpose stadium in Santander, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches, holding 22,400 people.\nBuilt in 1988, it is the home ground for La Liga club Racing de Santander. It replaced the old Estadio El Sardinero.
Estadio José Rico Pérez is a multi-purpose stadium in Alicante, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches, being home to Hércules CF. It also held World Cup matches when Spain organized the event in 1982. The stadium can hold up to 30,000 people. It was built in 1974, and is situated 2 miles outside Alicante city centre.\nHércules CF is growing very fast and the need of a new stadium is becoming more important among Hércules' fans. From the club board were launched some models for the future new stadium.
Estadio José Zorrilla is a football stadium in Valladolid, Spain. The stadium holds 26,512 people.\nThe stadium was built in 1982 and is named after poet José Zorrilla y Moral. Prior to this, they played in the old Estadio José Zorrilla.\nThe first match to be played at the stadium was a Spanish Liga match on February 20, 1982 between Real Valladolid and Athletic Bilbao which ended in a 1-0 victory for Valladolid, the only goal being scored in the 84th minute by Jorge Alonso. The Spanish cup final was played at the stadium in April 1982.\nDuring the 1982 World Cup, three Group D matches (Czechoslovakia-Kuwait, France-Kuwait and France-Czechoslovakia) were played at the Estadio Zorilla.\nPlans are currently under way to expand the stadium to 40,000 spectators. The project is known as Valladolid Arena.
Estadio El Madrigal is a multi-purpose stadium in Vila-real, Spain, used since 1923. It is currently mostly used for football matches, as the home of Villarreal CF of La Liga, the highest football league in Spain.\nThe stadium has 25,000 seats, a figure which is half the population of the city of Vila-real.\nThe stadium was inaugurated on June 17 of 1923 with the match between CD Castellón and Cervantes, and named Campo del Villarreal, but it was renamed to its current denomination only 2 years later, in honour to the rural lands on which it was erected. Nicknamed the Feudo Amarillo ("Yellow Feud"), it is located at Plaza Labrador, 5 kilometres away from the Mediterranean Sea, and at an altitude of 50 metres.\nThe first remodelling works took place on the summer break of 1952. The size of the pitch was taken from 95 x 65 m to 105 x 65 m, matching that of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium of the 1952 Summer Olympics, a reference to copy during those years.\nDuring the 1960s the club erected a small covered stand, and during the 1971/72 season the southern stands were finished. In 1988 it was demolished to make room for a new stand opened on March 8, 1989 with a friendly match against
The Iberostar Stadium is a football stadium located in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain. Previously known as the Son Moix and the ONO Estadi, the Iberostar Stadium was built for the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma. It is the stadium where RCD Mallorca has played its football matches since 1999, when the club obtained an agreement with the city council to use it for the next 50 years. It replaced the Estadio Lluís Sitjar. The stadium, located in the north-west of the city can be seen from Palma's main motorway and is situated in the industrial zone Can Valero in Palma, 3 km from the center of the city, 13 km to Palma de Mallorca Airport.\nThe stadium can hold 23,142 spectators making it the biggest stadium situated in the Balearic Islands. The stadium was designed as a bowl shape with two stands having two tiers with the option of increasing both ends of the stadium to a fully two tiered stadium, this would increase capacity to over 40,000. Due to financial problems at the club this has never been pursued.\nThe expansion of the stadium now looks highly unlikely due to the club proposing to build a new 40,000 all-seater stadium for the club and its spectators. The project will be called
David Emilio Mainz Navarro is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Huesca as a forward.
The Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero is located in the city Spanish in Elche in Alicante, Spain. It is a sports arena that houses matches of Elche CF, a team that is currently playing in the Liga Adelante (Spanish Second Division). Its name pays tribute to the late president of the club Elche, Manuel Martinez Valero. It hosted the largest rout in the finals of a World Cup and hosted the final of the Copa del Rey in 2003. The Spanish football team has played several friendly matches and competitive qualifiers there.\nThe Martinez Valero Stadium was inaugurated on September 8, 1976, replacing the former Campo de Altabix, which was constructed in 1923. It was designed by the architect Juan Boix Matarredona, and is currently the largest sports arena in the province of Alicante. The inaugural match was Elche CF v. the Mexican National Team, which ended in a 3-3 tie. Elche CF's goals were scored by Finarolli, Orellana and Gomez Voglino. It was one of 17 stadiums where matches took place in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. On June 15, 1982, it was the venue as Hungary achieved a record winning margin in World Cup history, beating El Salvador 10-1 before a crowd of 23,000. In addition, the Martinez
Jorge Sammir Cruz Campos (born 23 April 1987) commonly known simply as Sammir, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb, wearing the number 10 shirt. He previously played for Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense. He joined Dinamo Zagreb on 6 November 2006 and has since then made 219 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring 50 goals. Sammir also holds a Croatian passport and has expressed his desire to play for the Croatia national football team.\nSammir started his senior football career at Brazilian team Atlético Paranaense. He failed to make any appearances for the Brazilian club and was loaned out to various other teams from around his native country before moving to Europe to join Croatian reigning champions Dinamo Zagreb. He moved to his new club on 6 November 2006 on a loan which would last until the end of the 2006–07 season. Sammir made his first official appearance for Dinamo Zagreb on 17 March 2007 in a league match against Rijeka. By the end of the season, Sammir had made eleven league appearances for the club and scored against Slaven Belupo. He also made four appearances in the 2006–07 Croatian Cup. In his first season with
Jhon Córdoba is a Colombian footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF as a striker.\nHe is well known for his strength and his powerful shots. His skills and talents have led many to consider him to be a 'Colombian' version of Didier Drogba due to their similar traits.
Filipe Augusto Carvalho Souza is a football player.
Gabriel Appelt Pires, commonly known as Gabriel, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie B club Livorno, on loan from three-time defending Serie A champions Juventus.
Bruno da Silva Peres commonly known as Bruno Peres, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Torino as a right-back.
Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson (born 16 June 1986 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent, who plays for Serie A club Milan and for the Dutch National Team. He plays as either a left midfielder or left back. He spent most of his career at Ajax playing as a left back, before being played more as a left midfielder by manager Martin Jol, but used by Massimiliano Allegri as an attacking midfielder. Despite playing as a defender, he is best known for attacking attributes such as pace and dribbling.\nEmanuelson is a product of Ajax's youth system, joining them from Voorland SC. He made his debut during the 2004–05 season on April 10, 2005 in a 4–2 home win over AZ. As of the 2005–06 season he became first-choice left back and he won his first career trophies, starting with the 2005 Johan Cruijff-schaal and the 2006 KNVB Cup. As a result for his efforts he was named "Amsterdam talent of the year 2006". Both the Johan Cruijff-schaal and the KNVB Cup were successfully defended in the 2006–07 season and the Johan Cruijff-schaal was won for the third consecutive time at the start of the 2007–08 season.\nDuring the transfer period in the summer of 2007, Ajax issued
Gai Yigaal Assulin (Hebrew: גיא יגאל אסולין‎; born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who is currently a Free Agent Following his release from Manchester City.\nAssulin has been capped 19 times by the Israel national under-21 football team and once by the Israel national football team where he currently holds the record as the youngest player to ever represent Israel in an international match at senior level. Assulin plays mainly as a winger or attacking midfielder.\nBorn in Nahariya, Assulin started his career in the football school of Hapoel Haifa. In 1999 at the age of seven, Assulin moved to the Beitar Tubruk youth ranks. In 2003, when he was just 12, Shlomo Scharf, his team coach, proposed to Assulin's parents to consider taking their young prospect to try out for FC Barcelona, where he was accepted in to the youth ranks.\nIn August 2007, Assulin graduated to the FC Barcelona B team, and was offered a new contract, a senior contract (a contract granted only after the player turns 16) for another three years and a €20M buy-out clause. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Barcelona B won the league title with 83 points, just one ahead of Sant Andreu. The manager,
Răzvan Dincă Raţ (born 26 May 1981 in Piatra-Olt) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a left defender for Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukrainian Premier League. He is also a Romania international and is currently the first-choice left-back for both club and country. He also serves as the first-choice captain of the national team.\nHis honours include eight league titles (two with Rapid and six with Shakhtar), one Romanian Cup, four Ukrainian Cups, one UEFA Cup, one Romanian Super Cup and three Ukrainian Super Cups. In 2009, Raţ came second in voting for the Romanian Footballer of the Year.\nRaţ made his international debut in 2002 and has represented Romania at the Euro 2008. Raţ first captained his country in 2005, in the friendly match against Nigeria in the absence of regular captain Cristian Chivu. On 2 September 2011, Raţ has been appointed captain for Romania. Up to now, he managed 81 caps for Romania, and he is tenth most capped Romanian player of all time.\nBorn in Piatra-Olt, Raţ started out his football career when he joined the local team Rapid Piatra-Olt at the age of seven, team trained by his father. In the summer of 1994, Raţ went on a trial with Universitatea
Vlada Avramov (Serbian Cyrillic: Влада Аврамов; born 5 April 1979 in Novi Sad, Serbia, SFRY) is a Serbian football goalkeeper. He is currently plays for Cagliari.\nAvramov started his career at First League of FR Yugoslavia. After played six seasons in Serie B, he finally made his Serie A debut on 17 February 2008, a match 2–1 won Calcio Catania.\nHe earned his first call-up to national team against Azerbaijan, September 2, 2006, but he made his debut on 21 October 2007 versus Poland, due to injury of long term regular Vladimir Stojković.
Nicola Belmonte is an Italian footballer currently playing for A.C. Siena. He prefers to play as a right back, but can also play as a centre back.\nIn summer 2008, he was signed by A.C. Siena in co-ownership deal, for €1.2 million, but after just played one league match, Belmonte returned to A.S. Bari on loan. In the first season he played a few games, as the team had Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Ranocchia as centre-backs.\nOn September 2010, he extended his contract with Bari from 2013 to 2015. He was the centre-back of the team along with Marco Rossi, but sometimes moved to right back when Andrea Masiello was unavailable. The coach also tested Andrea Raggi as starting rightback at the start of season, made Belmonte as sub and A.Masiello moved to centre-back. Despite the arrival of Kamil Glik in mid-season, Glik injury made Belmonte's role unaffected. He also missed a few games since 24 January due to injury. He was replaced in the first half on 6 March, his first match since injury.\nOn 23 June 2011, he returned to Siena for a second spell at the club. Bari and Siena made a pure player swap, which Belmonte, Pedro Kamata and Filippo Carobbio moved to Siena outright, and Abdelkader
Kevin Mercado is an Ecuadorian footballer.
Marco Antonio de Mattos Filho or simply Marquinho (born July 3, 1986 in Passo Fundo), is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Italian Serie A club Roma, on loan from Fluminense.\nMarquinho started in football at Gaúcho, playing for other Rio Grande do Sul-based youth clubs until he was transferred to Vasco da Gama and later to Palmeiras. During his time at Palmeiras, he was promoted to the first team in 2007 after his manager threatened not to renew Marquinho's contract since he acted only in Palmeiras B without first team opportunities.\nHis first game in the first team was on January 18, 2007 in a 4-2 win at Campeonato Paulista. He also played at Brasileirão against Goiás in August 2007 before moving to Botafogo. In 2008, after being discharged from the Rio de Janeiro club, he was signed by Figueirense, being a member of the starting eleven and moving to Fluminense the following year. At the end of 2009, after a long battle against relegation, Marquinho scored in the 1-1 away draw against Coritiba in the last league match, a result that kept Fluminense at Série A and relegated Coritiba to Série B. In 2010, he was part of the team that led Fluminense to win the
Roberto José Rosales Altuve ((pronounced: [roˈβeɾto xoˈse roˈsales alˈtuβe]) born 20 November 1988) is a Venezuelan footballer playing for FC Twente. He normally plays as a defender in a right back position, but can also play on the right side of midfield.\nRosales previously played for Caracas FC and AA Gent. He was the first Venezuelan footballer to score in the UEFA Champions League.\nGent\nTwente
Jefferson Andrade Siqueira or simply Jefferson (born 6 January 1988 in Guarulhos), is a Brazilian striker who plays for Latina.\nJefferson started his career at A.D. Guarulhos – SP playing for the Juniores – U 20 team. He was considered a top talent and impressed many scouts with his exceptional football brain and skills. After scoring 8 goals in 15 games at a major tournament Jefferson moved to Paraná Clube – PR in 2004. From 2004–2008 Jefferson played 48 games and scored 27 goals for Paraná, catching the attention of numerous European teams. Fiorentina signed the player for the 2008/ 2009 season. In August 2009 Jefferson was loaned to Frosinone in order to play a season of first team football. Fiorentina wanted the player to get a full season of football so that for the 2010/ 2011 season Jefferson could start playing for the Fiorentina first team. Frosinone caused a lot of off field problems, which meant the player moved to Cassino in January 2010 for the remainder of the 2009/2010 season as the team is only 30 minutes away from Frosinone. Jefferson played 13 games and scored 7 goals for Cassino.\nJefferson is a technical player often used as a target man with a goal scoring
Joaquín Oscar Larrivey (born 20 August 1984) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Italian club Cagliari Calcio.\nHe is nicknamed el Bati, for his physical resemblance to former footballer Gabriel Batistuta. Larrivey also holds European Union passport as second nationality.\nLarrivey was signed by Italian Serie A side Cagliari in June 2007 in 4-year contract.\nOn 12 February 2009 Vélez Sársfield of Argentine Primera División signed him on loan until the end of the season. He started successfully at Vélez scoring in his debut game against Tigre. He also scored against Godoy Cruz and Rosario Central. However, after this last one (which was in the 7th game of the Clausura tournament) he couldn't score again.\nOn 1 July 2009, Larrivey returned to Cagliari.\nOn 5 August 2010, he was loaned to Club Atlético Colón.\nIn 2011, Joaquin Larrivey returned to Cagliari again, this time to take a first team place. After the departure of Alessandro Matri who was sold to Juventus F.C. and Robert Acquafresca who returned to Genoa after his 1 year loan, Larrivey and Nenê have become the first chocies as strikers. He was assigned the number 9 shirt before the beginning of the season.\nOn 21 August 2011,
Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège. \nBirkir started playing football on the school team at Sandved Elementary school in the year 2000, where his teacher Sigbjørn was a great inspiration to him. He joined Viking in summer of 2005 from Figgjo. In the 2006 season he scored his first goal for Viking against Hamarkameratene. Since then, he has been a constant starter for Viking, helping them avoid relegation and even manage a third place finish in 2007. In 2008, he had a successful loan spell at newly promoted Tippeligaen side Bodø/Glimt, playing a big part in them finishing fourth in the league. His impressive performances brought the attention of bigger clubs such as Serie A club Reggina in January 2008, but the Icelander stayed at Viking until 2012.\nOn 12 January 2012, it was announced that Birkir would sign for Belgian side Standard Liège on a five year deal.  \nCurrent as of February 24, 2012.
Miguel Ángel Moyà Rumbo (born 2 April 1984 in Binissalem, Majorca, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a goalkeeper.\nMoyà made his professional debuts with hometown RCD Mallorca on 29 August 2004, a 0–1 home loss against Real Madrid, appearing in 32 league games for a team that barely avoided relegation (17th). After backing up another youth system product, veteran Toni Prats, for two years, he became the undisputed starter.\nFrom 2007–09, however, Moyà struggled mightily with injuries, only appearing in thirteen matches in the latter season.\nIn late June 2009, Moyà agreed on a move to fellow La Liga outfit Valencia CF, for about €5 million. On 5 August, in the club's preseason 0–2 defeat at Manchester United, he featured more than 30 minutes as central midfielder, after all the replacements had been made by Unai Emery and an injury occurred; the score was then at 0–1. He made his official debut against Sevilla FC in the league's opener, a 2–0 home win, but quickly lost his job to veteran César Sánchez, after some costly mistakes.\nOn 15 June 2011, Moyà joined Getafe CF on loan, as part of the deal involving Daniel Parejo.\nA Spanish under-21
Granada Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 14 April 1931, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home matches at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes.\nGranada was the third Andalusian football team after Sevilla and Betis to compete in La Liga, in 1941–42.\nGranada Club de Fútbol was founded on 14 April 1931, originally as Recreativo de Granada; the first president was Julio López Fernández.\nThe first football match was played against Deportivo Jaén, which resulted in a 2–1 victory. The first goal in the match, and in the club's history, was scored by Antonio Bombillar. In the 1931–32 season, the club won the Tercera Regional - Región Sur championship.\nAfter several promotions, in 1941–42 the club made its La Liga debut. From here until the '80s, it alternated between that category and Segunda División, with its golden age coming during the '70s, with eight top flight seasons, which included a career-best two sixth league places (1971–72, 1973–74).\nIn 1959 Granada achieved its greatest sports landmark, being runner-up of the Copa del Generalísimo (later Copa del Rey). In the final, played at the Santiago Bernabéu
Miguel Torres Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈtores]; born 28 January 1986 in Madrid) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Getafe CF in La Liga. Usually a right defender, he is equally at ease on the other flank.\nTorres joined Real Madrid's junior teams at the age of 12. On 12 July 2007, he signed his first professional contract for the first team through 2013, joining the first team permanently from Real Madrid Castilla.\nTorres made his senior debut against Écija Balompié as a starter, in a Copa del Rey contest on 25 October 2006, because of injuries to first team defenders Fabio Cannavaro, Cicinho and Míchel Salgado. He also played in the return leg as a substitute, replacing Sergio Ramos in the 80th minute, and also started in both cup matches against Real Betis, sporting jersey #38 in these games and throughout the season.\nTorres made his La Liga debut in his fourth consecutive appearance for Real Madrid, playing the whole 90 minutes against Real Zaragoza on 14 January 2007 (1–0 home win). He kept his place in the side the following week for the game against RCD Mallorca, with that performance leading then-coach Fabio Capello to state: "It is not easy to find a player
Thomas Vermaelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtoː.mɑs vər.ˈmaː.lə(n)]; born 14 November 1985) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal and the Belgium national football team. Being left-footed, he usually plays as a left-sided centre back and can play at left-back as well. He is currently the vice-captain of Arsenal, with Robin van Persie his best friend named captain. His key attributes include aerial ability and he is quick with the ball at his feet.\nVermaelen, though quite small for a central defender, started his career in his home country with Germinal Ekeren, which later changed its name to Germinal Beerschot after a merger.\nVermaelen joined the academy of Dutch club Ajax. He made his professional debut on 15 February 2004 in a 2–0 away win over Volendam. It was however the only match he played during the season in which Ajax won the Eredivisie championship. He was sent on loan to RKC Waalwijk for the 2004–05 season. At RKC he was not a first team regular, but made thirteen appearances in which he scored three goals.\nHis breakthrough came when he returned to Ajax and won the KNVB Cup. Performances that season resulted in a call-up to the Belgium national
Real Club Celta de Vigo (Spanish pronunciation: [re̞ˈal ˈkluβ̞ ˈθe̞lta ð̞e̞ ˈβ̞iɰo̞]), simply referred to as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, currently playing in the Primera División. It was founded on March 28, 1923 following the merger of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Fortuna Foot-ball Club.\nNicknamed Los Celestes (The Sky Blues), they play in sky blue shirts and white shorts. The club's home stadium is Balaídos, which seats 32,500 spectators.\nCelta Vigo have played for many years in the Spanish first division, but have never been champions of the league or cup, despite having come close. Their best season was 1970—71, when they were not beaten at home and were known as the "giant-killers." They finished the season in sixth place (with the same number of points as Athletic Bilbao in fifth). This meant that the team qualified for the UEFA Cup for the next season. Unfortunately for them, they were knocked out by Aberdeen in the first round. They were unable to recover from a 2-0 loss at home.\nR.C. Celta de Vigo was formed as a result of the ambition of Vigo's teams to achieve more at national level, where the Basque sides had been their
Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,400 spectators.\nRacing de Santander played its first match on 23 February 1913, losing 1–2 to neighbouring Strong. It was officially founded on 14 June, as Santander Racing Club, appearing in its first tournament during that summer (Luis Redonet Trophy) and being admitted to the Northern Federation on 14 November, eventually merging with Santander Foot-ball Club.\nIn 1929, Racing first reached La Liga, lasting nine consecutive seasons in the category - finishing in second position in its third year - and fluctuating between the first and the second divisions (with four participations in the third) in the following 30 years. In 1949–50, the Cantabrians returned to the top flight after a 10-year absence, scoring 99 goals in only 30 games.\nDuring the period of Francoist Spain, the club was renamed Real Santander in 1941, because of the prohibition of non-Spanish names. The name was restored in 1973 as the team returned to the first division one year
Carlos Tornero López de Lerma (born 7 October 1984 in San Vicente de Alcántara, Badajoz, Extremadura) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Leganés in Segunda División B, as a defensive midfielder.
Ivan Rakitić (born 10 March 1988) is a Croatian footballer who plays for Sevilla FC and the Croatian national team.\nBorn in Möhlin, he started his professional career at Swiss giants Basel and spent two seasons with them before establishing popularity for his time in the German Bundesliga with Schalke 04. Although naturally a product of Switzerland's youth level, Rakitić pledged his international career to his native parentage of Croatia instead.\nRakitić was born to a Croatian family. His parents emigrated to Switzerland before the war in Croatia. His father, Luka, and his family are originally from Sikirevci, while his mother's family are Bosnian Croats from Žepče. Rakitić spent his childhood and early career in Switzerland. His father and older brother were also footballers. With such a background, it was no surprise when Rakitić took a strong interest in the same aspirations, even as he was completing his primary school studies. Subsequent to doing so, he began to concentrate on his sporting career, with his family's encouragement. At age 16, he was noticed by top European scouts who acclaimed his young potential, although he and his family decided to stay in Basel to allow him
José Manuel Jiménez Ortiz, aka Mané (born 21 December 1981), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Getafe CF in La Liga, as a left defender.\nBorn in Tarifa, Province of Cádiz, Mané started playing professional football with lowly Real Balompédica Linense and CD Díter Zafra, being limited to just eight third division games with the latter. In 2003 he moved to Atlético Madrid B, in the same category.\nIn 2005–06, Mané progressed to the second level, joining Ciudad de Murcia, and appearing in 39 league games (with two goals). The following season he moved clubs again, this time to UD Almería. He quickly became first-choice, being instrumental in the side's first ever top flight promotion.\nIn 2007–08, Mané's Almería performances were much admired, represented by him being named in Sky Sports pundit Guillem Balagué's team of the season, as the Andalusians overachieved and finished eighth, with the player netting twice, in 1–1 draws with RCD Mallorca and Recreativo de Huelva.\nOn 3 June 2009, after appearing in more than 100 league matches for Almería (68 in La Liga), Mané signed a four-year contract with Getafe CF. An undisputed starter throughout his first season, he scored his first
Ivan Martić (born 2 October 1990 Croatia) is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League.
Abdoul Karim Yoda (born 25 October 1988 Switzerland) is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Sion in the Swiss Super League.
Joshua Brillante (born 25 March 1993 in Bundaberg) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for Newcastle Jets in the A-League and National Youth League.\nBrillante made his A-League debut for Gold Coast on 3 December in a 1-0 loss to the North Queensland Fury.\nOn 12 May 2012 it was announced he had signed for A-League the Newcastle Jets.
Federico Serraiocco is an Italian football player.
Rubén Iván Martínez Andrade, simply Rubén (born 22 June 1984), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Málaga CF in La Liga, as a goalkeeper.\nBorn in Coristanco, Galicia, Rubén moved to FC Barcelona's youth ranks in 1997, and reached the club's reserves seven years later. As Turkey's Rüştü Reçber went on loan in 2004–05, he was handed the role of third-choice in the first team, behind Víctor Valdés and Albert Jorquera.\nOn 18 December 2004, he entered the pitch for Xavi Hernández after Valdés' dismissal in a 1–1 draw at Valencia CF, and kept his place for the subsequent 2–1 La Liga win against Levante UD.\nAfter some more seasons in the B squad and an unassuming second division loan at Racing de Ferrol (no matches played, eventual relegation), Rubén was released by Barcelona, joining FC Cartagena in the third level, playing in more than 80 official matches in his first two seasons combined, promoting in the first and nearly repeating the feat in the second.\nOn 25 August 2010, Rubén was sold to Málaga CF, for €1.35 million. On 23 September, he made his official debut, keeping a clean sheet at Getafe CF (2–0 win). However, in late December, he fractured his right wrist in training - his
Mariano Damián Barbosa (born 27 July 1984 in Lanús, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas in Spain, as a goalkeeper.\nBarbosa started his career with Club Atlético Banfield in 2002. In 2005 he was signed by Spanish club Villarreal CF for a fee of €2 million, alongside another player in his position, Uruguayan Sebastián Viera.\nBarbosa served mainly as reserve at Villarreal, but filled in for Viera a number of times, most notably in the semifinals of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League against Arsenal. Even though he did not let in any goals in the second leg, the English had won 1–0 in the first game, for an eventual qualification.\nIn the summer of 2007, after the signing of Diego López, Barbosa was allowed to join fellow La Liga side Recreativo de Huelva. Barred by Italian Stefano Sorrentino, he appeared in no matches during his sole campaign.\nIn 2008, Barbosa returned to his country and joined Estudiantes de La Plata, being loaned to fellow first divisioner Club Atlético River Plate in the following year. After an unsuccessful return to Argentina, he was sold to Club Atlas of Mexico, on 7 July 2009.\nAfter one year with Atlas, Barbosa returned to Spain,
Ezequiel Rescaldani (born June 11, 1992) is an Argentine football centre forward who plays for Quilmes on loan from Vélez Sársfield.\nRescaldani played youth football in the club Sarmiento of his native Leones. He then had brief periods in Instituto and Belgrano, before having a trial with Vélez Sársfield in August 2009, where he settled.\nThe forward made his first team debut for Vélez Sársfield on September 24, 2010, coming on as a substitute in his team's 3–0 win over Olimpo, in the 2010 Apertura.
Nicolò Barella is an Italian football player.
Adilson Tavares Varela (born 22 October 1988 in Praia), commonly known as Cabral, is a Cape Verdean-Swiss footballer who currently plays as midfielder in the Swiss Super League for FC Basel.\nCabral came through the ranks at FC Lausanne-Sport and made his debut in 2005. He went on to play 26 games for the club before leaving for FC Basel in 2007 on a free transfer, signing a 3 year deal. He played his debut for Basel in the 5:1 away defeat on 5 August 2007 against BSC Young Boys. However, he played just a handful of games during his first season at Basel and therefore for the 2008-09 season he was loaned out to Sevilla FC's B Team, Sevilla Atlético, where he made 22 appearances, scoring one goal.\nWhen he returned to Basel Manager Christian Gross had been sacked and Thorsten Fink was in charge. He was an improved player after his season in Spain and during the 2009–10 season he broke into the first team squad and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 home win over AC Bellinzona on 6 December 2009. His best goal was in the 2010/2011 UEFA Champions League against A.S. Roma when he dribbled around the defence and then lobed the ball over Bogdan Lobonţ to the final score of 3:1. At
Antonio Vutov (Bulgarian: Антонио Вутов; born 6 June 1996 in Mezdra) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing as a winger for Levski Sofia.\nBorn in Mezdra, Vutov began his career at his hometown club, Lokomotiv Mezdra.\nIn 2011 he joined Levski Sofia Academy. Vutov made his senior debut for Levski on 8 April 2012, in a 1–1 league draw against Lokomotiv Sofia at the age of 15 years and 307 days, making him the youngest player ever to have played for the club.
Carlo Crialese is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie C club Cremonese. on loan from Cesena.
Juan Francisco Moreno Fuertes (born 11 September 1988 in Madrid), aka Juanfran, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla. Mainly a winger, he can also play as a striker.\nJuanfran joined local Getafe CF's youth ranks aged 17. He made his senior debuts in 2007, playing with the reserves in Tercera División. On 12 March 2008, he made his first team debut, replacing Jaime Gavilán in the last minutes of a 1–0 home win against S.L. Benfica, for the season's UEFA Cup (3–1 aggregate win); his first La Liga appearance came 11 days later, also from the bench, in a 0–1 loss at Athletic Bilbao.\nAfter one year with Villarreal CF's B team in Segunda División B, which ended in promotion, a first-ever for the team, Juanfran returned to his hometown and signed with Real Madrid. He spent the vast majority of his first seasons with the club with Real Madrid Castilla, also in level three.\nOn 2 May 2010, Juanfran made his debut with Real Madrid's main squad, replacing Argentine Fernando Gago in a home league fixture against CA Osasuna, with five minutes to go: the score was then at 2–2, but the Merengues eventually won it 3–2, thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo goal.\nAccurate as of 9 June
Melker Hallberg (born 20 October 1995) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Kalmar FF as a midfielder.
Antonio Rodríguez Martínez, aka Toño (born 17 December 1979 in Alicante, Valencian Community), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander as a goalkeeper.\nAfter making his professional debuts with hometown Hércules CF, Toño joined Recreativo de Huelva (second division) in 2003–04. In January 2005, he was signed by La Liga side Racing de Santander but, in the same month the following year, returned to Huelva, on loan. During both his spells in Andalusia, he had an interesting battle for first-choice status with José Antonio Luque.\nIn the following seasons, Toño was the undisputed first-choice. In 2007–08, as Racing achieved a first ever UEFA Cup qualification, he finished second to Iker Casillas in the Ricardo Zamora Trophy race, an award which he had already won in his debut season with Recre.\nToño started the 2009–10 season as starter. However, on 28 February 2010, he suffered a leg injury as the Cantabrians lost 0–2 at home to UD Almería, and would miss more than two months of action, although he would be reinstated for the final two games, as Racing narrowly avoided relegation (including the decisive 2–0 home triumph against Sporting de Gijón).
Francesco Zampano is an Italian footballer of the Hellas Verona, who plays on loan for the club Delfino Pescara 1936 in the Italian Serie B.
Modibo Diakité (born March 2, 1987 in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who plays for Serie A club S.S. Lazio.\nDiakité plays as a central defender and is a good reader of the play as well as having a strong physical presence.\nDiakité made his debut in Serie B on May 28, 2006 for Pescara against Mantova at the Stadio Adriatico. Despite only playing one match for the first team, the 19-year old Pescara youth product was recognized by giants Lazio, who signed him at the end of the 2005–06 season for 300,000 euro.\nIn his first season at Lazio, Diakité made three senior appearances in Serie A. His debut came on a trip to Stadio Friuli, where Lazio beat Udinese 4–2.  His first start came against Fiorentina, during that match he also had a goal disallowed.\nIn Diakité's first season at Lazio, 2006–07, Lazio finished third and thus qualified for the UEFA Champions League. For the promising Diakité, there would be more opportunities, however he missed the chance to debut in European competition when he broke his tibia in the opening round of the new season. Diakité was involved in a three way collision with teammate Massimo Mutarelli and Torino
Andrea Belotti is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Palermo.
Antonio Romano is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Cesena.
Juventus Stadium is an all-seater association football stadium in the Vallette borough of Turin, Italy, and the home of Serie A club Juventus Football Club.\nThe stadium was built on the site of Juventus's and Torino's former home, Stadio delle Alpi, and is the only club-owned football stadium in Serie A. It was opened at the start of the 2011–12 season and has a capacity of 41,000 spectators. The stands are just 7.5 m from the pitch, a major improvement from the Stadio Delle Alpi. The distance between the last row of the grand stand and the pitch is 49 m.\nThe first match played was a friendly against the world's oldest professional football club Notts County on 8 September 2011 where the match ended 1-1. Veteran striker Luca Toni found the net after Fabio Quagliarella failed to convert a penalty. The first official competitive match was Juventus - Parma which was played on 11 September 2011 where Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the first goal in the new stadium on the 17th minute. On March 20th 2012, UEFA confirmed Juventus Stadium will host the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final. Juventus Stadium will also host from May 14-16 the 2012 edition of the Stadium Business Awards.\nJuventus's
Francelino Matuzalém da Silva, commonly known as just Matuzalém (born 10 June 1980), is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays in the Italian Serie A for Lazio. He is a midfielder known for his passing and technique. His usual position is central midfielder as well as attacking midfielder and left midfielder.\nMatuzalém began his career at Esporte Clube Vitória and quickly established his place in lower level of the Brazil national team. Known as a goalscoring midfielder, he first emerged in the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt. There, he scored three goals in six games, including a critical goal in the final match.\nIn 1999, Matuzalém left Vitória, and joined Napoli in Italy (on loan from Parma), where he remained for two seasons, the first spent in Serie B and the second season in what would be Napoli's last in Serie A for six years. Matuzalém was a regular at Napoli, but only scored twice during his time there.\nFollowing his Napoli spell, Matuzalém was sent to Piacenza in co-ownership deal in the summer of 2001. Matuzalém stayed at Piacenza along with Amauri and Matteo Guardalben which all owned by Parma.\nWith Piacenza at 2001–02 season, the team finished 14th in the
Federico Agliardi (born 11 February 1983) is an Italian footballer, currently playing as goalkeeper with Bologna F.C. 1909.\nAgliardi grew up in his native city's team, Brescia Calcio, and made his professional debut with Cosenza of Serie B on 2002–03. He debuted in Serie A on 8 November 2003 with Brescia in a league match against Bologna.\nAgliardi signed for Palermo in January 2006, in a swap deal with Nicola Santoni (50% registration rights), and quickly became a first team regular. In the deal Agliardi was valued €4 million and half of Santoni's rights was valuded €1 million He also plays for the Italy U-21 national team.\nOn 17 September 2006, Agliardi and teammate David Di Michele combined to lift the Rosanero to a 2–1 victory over Lazio in Rome. In the latter stages of the first half, Agliardi denied efforts from Cristian Ledesma, Stefano Mauri (twice), Christian Manfredini, Goran Pandev (a rebound attempt from Manfredini's shot, Agliardi deflected the ball past his left-hand post with his foot), and Massimo Oddo. Earlier, Di Michele's 10th- and 38th-minute goals had put Palermo ahead. Lazio did get a consolation goal through Tommaso Rocchi in the 73rd minute. The result
Alexandre 'Álex' Moreno Lopera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as a left winger.
Mathias Fassou Pogba is a Guinea footballer who plays for Crawley Town. He is the brother of Paul Pogba, who plays for the Italian Serie A Club, Juventus
Grzegorz Krychowiak ([ˈɡʐɛɡɔʐ krɨˈxɔvʲak]; born 29 January 1990 in Gryfice) is a Polish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for French club Stade de Reims.\nAlthough initially not a big fan of football, Krychowiak became involved in the sport at his brother's insistence and left home at the age of 12 to join a sports academy.\nOn 26 November 2009, Krychowiak joined Championnat National side Stade de Reims on loan until the end of the season. He quickly became a regular in the starting eleven and scored two goals to help the club win promotion to Ligue 2. Reims and Bordeaux agreed to extend the loan for another season. Krychowiak was a regular starter as the club finished 10th in its return to Ligue 2 and was voted by fans as the team's player of the season. Although Krychowiak usually plays as a defensive midfielder, on rare occasions he has also appeared in central defense. On 17 November 2011 he joined Nantes on loan until the end of the season.\nIn June 2012, Krychowiak signed a three-year contract with Stade de Reims, which was newly promoted to Ligue 1.\nKrychowiak represented Poland Under 20s at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and scored a free kick against Brazil, the
Mattia Muroni is an Italian football player.
André Campos Moreira is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Moreirense F.C., on loan from Atlético Madrid, as a goalkeeper.
Nicola Lancini is an Italian footballer who plays for Venezia as a Defender.\nOn 2 September 2013 he was signed by Venezia in 1-year loan.
Riccardo Improta is an Italian footballer who plays for Bologna, on loan from Genoa.\nHis elder brother Umberto and Giancarlo Improta were also professional footballers.
Aleandro Rosi (born 17 May 1987) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Italian Serie A club Roma.\nRosi was originally in the Lazio youth system but switched over to Roma when he was 12 years old. He signed with A.S. Roma his first professional contract on 1 July 2004.\nRosi made his Serie A debut on 28 May 2005, when Roma drew 0–0 with Chievo Verona. That was his only appearance in his first season with Roma. He then appeared in fifteen games during the 2005–2006 season. He scored his first Serie A goal against Parma on 24 September 2006. Rosi made his Champions League debut on October 18, 2006 in a 1-0 away victory over Olympiacos. Rosi was also part of the AS Roma team that lost 7-1 against Manchester United in April 2007. His second goal was scored against Messina during the last home game of the 2006–2007 season.\nAfter a relatively unsuccessful loan spell with Chievo Verona in the 2007–2008 season, Roma loaned him to Serie B club Livorno for the 2008-2009 season where he made 37 appearances.\nIn August 2009, Rosi joined Siena in a co-ownership deal. Rosi played a total of 28 games for Siena, scoring his first and only goal for Siena in a 3-2 win over Bari
José Verdú Nicolás, aka Toché (born 1 January 1983 in Santomera, Murcia), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Panathinaikos FC in Greece, as a striker.\nToché came up through the ranks of Atlético de Madrid, making his first team debut in 2003–04, in a 0–0 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña. The following season he was loaned to CD Numancia, where he appeared in only five matches as the side from Soria was eventually relegated from La Liga, although he was seriously injured during the campaign.\nToché spent the following seasons on loan at Hércules CF and Real Valladolid (both in the second division), returning to Numancia for 2007–08, and appearing sporadically as it achieved top flight promotion.\nOn 30 December 2008, after having taken almost no part in the top division season, Toché left Numancia for level two team Albacete Balompié, signing a contract for the rest of the season and the next one.\nOn 27 August 2009, however, he moved teams again, joining promoted FC Cartagena. He had a breakthrough season in 2009–10, as the Murcian side nearly achieved a second consecutive promotion, only missing two league matches (3,317 minutes) and ranking in the Pichichi Trophy's top
Agostino Camigliano is an Italian footballer who plays for Cittadella, on loan from Udinese, as a central defender.
Gabriele Rocchi is an Italian football player.
Andrea Razzitti is an Italian football player.
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes is a multi-use stadium in Granada, Spain. Currently, it is used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 22,524 people. The stadium was built in 1995 to be the home ground of Granada CF, the main football club of the city.\nThe stadium opened on 16 May 1995. On 6 June 1995, Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen contested the first match at the new stadium. Real Madrid won the match with a final score of 1:0. Peter Dubovský scored the goal.\nThe first official match was an under-21 contest between Spain and Armenia. The final result was 4:0, with the goals scored by Óscar, Roberto, Morales and Raúl.\nGranada CF played the first match on 22 August during the celebration of the XXIII Granada Trophy when beated Real Betis by 4–1.\nThis stadium is located at Zaidín, a suburb south of the city of Granada. It's very well connected with the Circunvalación highway and with Camino de Ronda, one of the more important streets of the city. It was constructed by the side of Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada.\nThe Spanish National Team has played eight times in Granada (in both stadiums, Los Cármenes and Nuevo Los Cármenes), three of them were official. Spain is
Leonardo Morosini is an Italian football player.
Ismail H'Maidat is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Serie B side Brescia as an attacking midfielder.
Mario Gargiulo is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Italian side Brescia Calcio as a central midfielder.
Michel Fernandes Bastos (born 2 August 1983) is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He primarily plays as a winger capable of playing on either side of the field, but plays as a left back for the Brazil national team. Bastos made his national team debut on 14 November 2009 against England in Doha, Qatar.\nBastos started his career at hometown club Pelotas before moving to the Netherlands, where he played for Feyenoord and Excelsior. He then returned to Brazil, where he played for Atlético Paranaense, Grêmio and Figueirense. He moved to French club Lille in 2006 before transferring to Olympique Lyonnais in 2009.\nBastos was born in the Brazilian city of Pelotas and began his career playing for hometown club Esporte Clube Pelotas. In 2001, he moved to the Netherlands joining Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam playing for the Jong Feyenoord, the club's reserve section. Following a loan stint at nearby Excelsior Rotterdam, he returned to Brazil joining Atlético Paranaense. Bastos later played for Grêmio and Figueirense (loan) before deciding to return to Europe.\nBastos joined French club Lille OSC in July 2006 and made his league debut in the club's
Deian Boldor is a Romanian football player.
Francesco Karkalis is an Italian football player.
Andrea Scrugli is an Italian football player.
Santiago Juan Gentiletti (born January 9, 1985) is an Argentine football defender who plays in France for Stade Brestois 29.\nGentiletti played over 50 games for Gimnasia de La Plata before signing for Provincial Osorno of Chile in 2008. In 2009 he played for O'Higgins, also of Chile.\nIn 2010 he was signed by Argentinos Juniors and immediately established himself as an important member of the first team squad under manager Claudio Borghi. He was an important member of the team that won the Clausura 2010 championship having played in 16 of the club's 19 games and scored one goal during their championship winning campaign. In August 2011 he was signed by the French Ligue 1 club Stade Brestois 29.\nArgentinos Juniors
Walter Bressan is an Italian  football player.
Dembel Sall is a Senegalese football player.
Emanuele Gatto is an italian football player.
Riccardo Barbuti is an italian football player.
Przemysław Tytoń (Polish pronunciation: [pʂɛˈmɨswaf ˈtɨtɔɲ]; born January 4, 1987 in Zamość) is a Polish goalkeeper who plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie.\nTytoń played for Górnik Łęczna until the end of the 2006/07 season when the Polish first-league club was relegated to the third division because of corruption. His application to be released from his contract was granted by the PZPN, following which he signed a five-year contract with Roda JC. His Eredivisie debut came on March 29, 2008 in a goalless draw against Heracles Almelo. However, he did not make any appearances the following season.\nIn January 2010, Tytoń became the club's first choice goalkeeper, taking over from Bram Castro. He had shoulder surgery at the end of March 2011.\nAfter 2010–11 Eredivisie season, Tytoń was listed as the second best goalkeeper, only behind Maarten Stekelenburg. He had an offer from Belgian champion KRC Genk, but did not accept it.\nOn 16 August 2011, it was announced that PSV Eindhoven had taken Tytoń on a one-year loan, with an option to buy at the end of the season. On 20 January 2012 it was announced that PSV has signed Tytoń for an extra four years.\nOn 18 September 2011, Tytoń
Jeffrén Isaac Suárez Bermúdez (born 20 January 1988), simply Jeffrén, is a Spanish footballer who plays Sporting Clube de Portugal as a forward or winger.\nHe is known for his crossing ability and his ability to unsettle defenders with his combination of speed and skill.\nBorn in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, Jeffrén was just one year old when his family left the country for Tenerife.\nFC Barcelona talent scouts spotted him and, in 2004, he was signed for its youth teams from CD Tenerife, first being coached by Guillermo Hoyos, who played him as a midfielder.\nJeffrén played three full seasons with FC Barcelona B, suffering Segunda División B relegation in 2006–07, and scoring six goals in 30 games in the following season in an immediate promotion back. On 25 October 2006, at the age of 18, he made his debut with the first team, against CF Badalona in a Copa del Rey round-of-32 match, replacing Javier Saviola in the 83rd minute of a 4–0 home win (6–1 on aggregate).\nImpressed at the player's performance for the reserves, first-team manager Josep Guardiola called Jeffrén for the 2008–09 pre-season, where he played all seven matches scoring twice, including once on 30 July against ACF
Eduardo Jesús Vargas Rojas (born 20 November 1989 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean footballer. He currently plays for Napoli as a forward.\nVargas started playing in amateurs teams in Renca, Santiago, but he didn't participate in other youth team, because he lived very far away from any club of greater Santiago. In 2006, he continued playing in an amateur Chilean third division team, where he participated in a tournament played in Puerto Montt. He was the top scorer of his team.\nLater, Osvaldo Hurtado contacted Vargas with Jorge Aravena (In this moment coach of Cobreloa), where he was submitted to several evaluations. Finally he was incorporated to Cobreloa squad in 2006.\nHe participated in Cobreloa B, third Division team, scoring with the team, against Universidad Arturo Prat on 7 August 2006, after he scored another goal against San Marcos de Arica on 28 August 2006.\nOn January 2010 Club Universidad de Chile signed the winger from Cobreloa for around $700.000. His high caliber performances in the Chilean Championship and the 2011 Copa Sudamericana have piqued the interest of several prominent European clubs, including Internazionale with manager Claudio Ranieri recently alluding
Antonio Rosati (born 26 June 1983 in Tivoli) is an Italian goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Napoli.\nHis career began at Cisco Calcio Roma, even though he did not play in the Serie C2 championship of 2001-02. He moved to Lecce the following year, in 2002-03, he made his first team debut in February 2005 in Lecce's 3-0 defeat of Chievo in Serie A. During the 2005-06 season he was sent out on loan to Sambenedettese, with which he played the 8 remaining games of Serie C1, before returning to Lecce later in the season.\nRosati was first choice for Lecce during the 2006-07 season and the successful 2007-08 Serie B campaign but only played four matches in 2008-09 when the team played in Serie A. The team was relegated back to the second division the following season and Rosati regained the first choice role after Francesco Benussi left the club. Lecce were promoted in first place.\nBack in Serie A for the 2010-11 season, Rosati played all 38 league matches and was a key player as Lecce unexpectedly survived relegation.\nFollowing his exceptional season with Lecce, Rosati joined Napoli for €3 million ahead of the 2011-12 season to act as back up for first choice Morgan De Sanctis.
Francesco Benussi (born 15 October 1981) is an Italian football who plays goalkeeper for Torino, on loan from Palermo.\nBenussi started his career at Venezia, After he made his team debut in 1999–2000 season. He was loaned to Serie C1 clubs likes Lumezzane and Ascoli. After played as a backup of Giovanni Indiveri, he returned to Venice and played as a backup of Salvatore Soviero before left on loan again for Arezzo of Serie C1. Benussi became first choice after Soviero departed for Reggina.\nAfter Venezia bankruptcy and relegated, Benussi was signed by Lecce, as first a backup to Vincenzo Sicignano in August 2005. But due to injury of Sicignano, he played 15 Serie A games. Lecce failed to protect her place in Serie A, and saw Sicignano left the club. Benussi became the first choice at the start of 2004–05 season, before left on loan to A.C. Siena as player exchange with Nicola Pavarini. At Siena, he failed to challenge Alex Manninger for the first choice, and Siena has not decided to bought Benussi outright.\nReturned to Lecce for another Serie B season, his first choice place was challenged by Antonio Rosati but Benussi played 23 Seire B games and all 4 promotion playoffs, to win
Gianmarco Gerevini is an Italian football player.
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis ˈswareθ]; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Uruguayan national team.\nSuárez was born in Salto, Uruguay, and moved with his family to Montevideo, where he grew up with a single mother and six siblings. In 2005, he began his professional career at Nacional in Montevideo. In 2006, at age 19, he moved to the Netherlands to play for Groningen in the Eredivisie. Suárez transferred to Ajax in 2007 and made a major impact at the Amsterdam club. In 2008–09 he was named club Player of the Year and he led Ajax in scoring, although he was suspended for both fighting with a teammate and for getting seven yellow cards during the season. The following year he was named the club captain, led the Eredivisie in scoring with 35 goals in 33 games and was named Dutch Footballer of the Year. He scored 49 goals in all competitions and Ajax won the KNVB Cup. In the 2010–11 season he scored his one hundredth Ajax goal and joined an elite group of players from the club, including Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp, to do so. That season he was also involved in an incident in which he bit the
Lorenzo Paramatti is an Italian football player.
Paolo De Ceglie (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaolo deˈtʃɛʎʎe]; born September 17, 1986 in Aosta) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus.\nDe Ceglie joined Juventus' youth set-up as a youngster and idolized Pavel Nedvěd. He played in various youth competitions for Juve, including the Campionato Primavera and Coppa Italia Primavera. He scored a hat-trick in Juventus' 5–1 defeat of bitter rivals Inter Milan in the 2006 Super Coppa Primavera.\nWhen Juventus were relegated for the 2006–07 season due to the Calciopoli scandal, De Ceglie and fellow youngsters Claudio Marchisio and Sebastian Giovinco were all promoted to the first team. He made his senior team debut on November 6, 2006 for Juventus against Napoli, coming on as a substitute for Nicola Legrottaglie after 55 minutes, with the game eventually ending 1–1. His first ever senior goal came in his second game, as Juventus beat Lecce 4–1. In June 2007 he was loaned out to Serie A side Siena on a co-ownership agreement. He had a successful time there, starting nearly every match when fit and also scored twice and tallied several assists.\nDe Ceglie was sold back to Juventus on June 9, 2008 after his first season in
Tomasch Calore is an Italian football player.
Jérémy Ménez (French pronunciation: [ʒe.re.mi me.nɛz] ; born 7 May 1987) is a French international footballer who currently plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. He plays many positions in the attacking midfield, usually as a winger and a playmaker. Ménez has been described as a ambidextrous technically skilled playmaker with undeniable pace.\nMénez began his career spending time with various clubs in the Île-de-France region such as the Centre de Formation de Paris and CSF Brétigny. In 2001, he secured a move to Sochaux and spent four years in the club's youth academy. In March 2004, Ménez became the youngest professional football player in the history of Ligue 1 after signing a professional contract and made his professional debut in the 2004–05 season. With Sochaux, he played European football for the first time after participating in the 2005–05 edition of the UEFA Cup. After two seasons at the club, he joined Monaco. At Monaco, Ménez developed into a play-making midfielder under the tutelage of Brazilian manager Ricardo Gomes. After two successful seasons in Monaco, he signed for Serie A club Roma on a four-year contract. With Roma, Ménez featured in the UEFA
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈjaɫ ˈkɫub dəpurˈtiw əspəˈɲɔɫ də βərsəˈɫonə], English: Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona) is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat with seats for 40,500 spectators. It has been their home stadium since 2 August 2009. Espanyol has previously played at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which also hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics, and at Estadi de Sarrià, which hosted 1982 FIFA World Cup.\nEspanyol was founded on 28 October 1900 by Ángel Rodríguez, an engineering student at the University of Barcelona. The club's original home was in the well-off district of Sarrià and was initially known as the Sociedad Española de Football. One year later, the club changed its name to Club Español de Fútbol. Espanyol was the first club in Spain to be formed exclusively by Spanish fans of the game.\nThe club originally played in bright yellow shirts, with the colour of the shorts being left to the individual player. A friend of the club founder owned a textile business and happened to have an abundance of yellow material left over from a
Robin Quaison (born 9 October 1993) is a Swedish footballer who plays for AIK as a midfielder.
Jonathan Pereira Rodríguez, sometimes just Jonathan (born 12 May 1987 in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Betis. A forward, his main asset is his incredible speed.\nAfter having completed his footballing education at Villarreal CF, Pereira made his first-team - and La Liga - debut against Levante UD, on 21 October 2006. He entered the pitch with 25 minutes to go and scored after only two minutes on the field, going on to total four league appearances throughout the season.\nFor 2007–08, Pereira was loaned to second division side Racing de Ferrol, and finished the season at 11 goals, although the Galician team would be relegated. He returned to Villarreal in July 2008, had his contract extended until 2013, but was immediately loaned for the season to fellow league outfit Racing de Santander. On 13 September, he scored a late equalizer at the Camp Nou, in a 1–1 tie with FC Barcelona; mainly used from the bench, he had a solid overall campaign, with seven goals in 37 matches (netting two in five in the season's UEFA Cup).\nPereira returned to Villarreal subsequently. Despite scoring seven goals in a pre-season friendly, he was very rarely used during
Keylor Navas (born 15 December 1986 in San Isidro de El General) is a Costa Rican football goalkeeper who used to play for Saprissa. He is considered to be one of the most secure, quick and agile young goalkeepers in CONCACAF. With Saprissa he has already won 6 National championship as well as a 1 CONCACAF Champions Cup title.\nNavas made his professional debut with Saprissa in a league match against Carmelita on 6 November 2005.\nHe was part of the Costa Rican national team that played in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland, and was called to the Costa Rican national team for the first time in August 2006 to play a friendly tournament in Europe against Austria and Switzerland, before turning 20. He also played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C.. On June 16, Albacete Balompie made public their interest to negotiate his transfer with Saprissa. Finally on 7 July 2010, he was presented as the new goalkeeper for Albacete Balompie.
Flavio Lazzari (born 5 September 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays for Empoli.\nLazzari started his career at Lodigiani, Rome's third football team.\nHe was then signed by Udinese in summer 2005, and made his Serie A debut on 11 December 2005 against Lecce.\nHe signed a permanent deal in summer 2006, but he then farmed to Serie B clubs Modena and Messina. He spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Grosseto.\nOn 31 August 2010, Udinese signed Gabriele Angella along with Diego Fabbrini in co-ownership deal for undisclosed fees. As part of the deal, Ricardo Chará and Lazzari joined Empoli, also in co-ownership deal.\nHe made his club debut on 5 September 2010, replacing injured Riccardo Nardini at first half. That match Empoli 0–0 draw with Varese. He made his first start on the next match, replacing absented Nardini. He then replaced regular starter Diego Fabbrini who had international duty, as left midfielder (442 formation), (451/4321 formation) and as the sole attacking midfielder (4312 formation), which he was replaced by Fabbrini in second half. He then lost his starting place and had to compete with Salvatore Foti for one of the starting place in attacking midfielders since round
Munir El Haddadi Mohamed, known as Munir, is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a forward.\nHe began his career in the youth ranks of Atlético Madrid before transferring to Barcelona in 2011, where he won the 2013–14 UEFA Youth League. He made his debut for the B-team in March 2014, and scored in his first match for the senior team in August of that year. Munir earned his first cap for the Spanish national team in September 2014.
Vicente Guaita Panadero (born 18 February 1987 in Torrente, Horta Oest, Valencia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a goalkeeper.\nA Valencia CF youth system graduate, Guaita was promoted to the first team for 2008–09, following the retirement of historical Santiago Cañizares. Additionally, as German Timo Hildebrand became ostracized by coach Unai Emery, he became the backup.\nGuaita made his official first team debut on 2 October 2008, in a UEFA Cup tie against C.S. Marítimo (2–1 home win). However, after the signing of veteran César Sánchez from Tottenham Hotspur, later in the year, and the full recovery of Renan, he remained third-choice until the end of the season.\nIn 2009–10, with Sánchez having renewed his link a further year and the signing of RCD Mallorca's Miguel Ángel Moyà, Guaita was deemed surplus to requirements and joined, on loan, second division's Recreativo de Huelva. As the Andalusians finished comfortably in mid-table, he was crowned the competition's Zamora, with just 24 goals conceded in 30 appearances.\nIn November-December 2010, profiting from injuries to both César and Moyà, Guaita had a run of several matches for Valencia, notably a 2–1 home
Leandro Greco (born 19 July 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays for A.S. Roma of the Italian Serie A.\nA midfielder, Greco was a regular in the Roma youth squad. He made his Serie A debut for AS Roma in 2004–05. In 2005–06, Greco managed to make only a handful of appearances, all as a substitute player.\nHe was farmed to Hellas Verona for the following two seasons, playing a total of 40 games (26 in his first season, 14 in his second). Verona acquired half of the registration rights in June 2007 for €300,000, but bought back by Roma in June 2008 for just €150,000.\nHe played the second half of 2008–09 on loan to Pisa of Serie B. His loan stint was cut short on January 2010, and Greco was successively sent to another Serie B club, Piacenza, for the remainder of the season.\nGreco returned to Roma for the 2010–11 season and was immediately put on transfer list, but no club showed interest in signing him, so he was placed on the first team instead. An injury crisis head coach Claudio Ranieri to bring him on the bench for a UEFA Champions League game against FC Basel, during which Greco entered as a substitute for the final 15 minutes and scored a goal only one minute after entering;
Alessio Cerci (Italian pronunciation: [aˈlessio ˈtʃɛrtʃi]; born 23 July 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina as a winger. His previous clubs include Roma, Brescia, Pisa and Atalanta. He has represented Italy at youth international level.\nHe was a regular for the Roma youth team that won the Campionato Primavera 2004–05. In this period he was nicknamed "Henry from Valmontone" due to his playing style.\nOn May 16, 2004, the last match of the Serie A 2003-04 season, he made his official debut for Roma, at the age of 16. He replaced Daniele Corvia in the 77th minute of the game, and in only 15 minutes he came close to scoring after having dribbled Sampdoria's defender Giulio Falcone.\nIn the following two seasons he made only 4 appearances, none of them starts, and was thus loaned to Serie B team Brescia Calcio for the season 2006–07, a relatively unsuccessful spell.\nThe following year he was loaned to Pisa Calcio, and quickly became a regular of the team coached by Giampiero Ventura. He scored his first official goal in professional football on September 9, 2007 against Cesena, while only two months later, on November 9, after having scored 8 goals in 14
Matteo Contini (born 16 April 1980) is an Italian football defender who currently plays for Siena on loan from Zaragoza.\nHe started his professional career in the AC Milan youth system. He was then loaned to Serie C1 teams Livorno, SPAL, Monza and L'Aquila between 1999–2003 and Serie B team Avellino in 2003/04 season. His 50% rights were bought by Parma in 2004 that became full ownership in 2005.\nOn 27 January 2010 Contini was loaned to Real Zaragoza with option to purchase.\nOn 8 July 2010, Zaragoza made the purchase option, for €2 million and signed Contini on a three-year deal.\nOn August 8, 2011, after a year and a half in Spain, he returned to Italy, taken from Siena on a season-long loan with option to buy your rights.
Jherson Vergara Amú is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Avellino, on loan from Milan. He's been highlighted as one of South America's 'toughest' defenders for his potential despite his age.
Antonio Nocerino (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo notʃeˈriːno]; born 9 April 1985 in Naples) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Milan and the Italian national team.\nMidfielder with skills to tackle, during his stay at Juventus was also used as a centre midfielder or as a playmaker.\nWeak but fast and determined, he is very good in running, pushing and pressing the opponent. He is often present in the goal area, often trying shots from outside the box, making insertions or dangerous assists for his teammates. He refined this characteristics in the 2010-2011 season with Palermo, where he became more complete and tactically better in the attack. He's been often compared to teammate Gennaro Gattuso.\nBorn on 9 April 1985, he started playing at the age of five years in a small club in his neighborhood, coached by his father. When he was 13, he joined Juventus youths. During his career, he also played with Avellino, Genoa, Catanzaro, Crotone, Messina, and Piacenza.\nHe made his professional debut with Avellino in Serie B on 11 September 2003, drawing Parma 0–0. His first match in the Serie A came on 12 February 2006 for Messina, beating
Stadio Città del Tricolore is a multi-purpose stadium in Reggio Emilia, Italy.\nSince 11 march 2012 it is the new name of the previous Stadio Giglio. The stadium holds 20,084 and was built in 1995. It has replaced Stadio Mirabello.\nIt is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of A.C. Reggiana 1919 and in the season 2011-12 of Carpi. It has also hosted rugby union matches, and will be a "big-match" venue for the newly launched Magners League team Aironi.
Facundo Sebastián Roncaglia (born February 10, 1987 in Chajarí, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Boca Juniors. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right back. He will be a free agent from June 30, 2012.\nRoncaglia made his professional debuts with Boca Juniors, his first top flight match being on 21 October 2007, a 1–1 draw against Estudiantes de La Plata. He helped the capital team win the 2008 Apertura.\nOn 30 July 2009, Roncaglia signed with La Liga side RCD Espanyol on loan, being part of a squad that also featured five countrymen - including manager Mauricio Pochettino and former Boca teammate Juan Forlín. He returned to his previous team at the end of the season, only to move to Estudiantes immediately, in the same predicament.
Mediterráneo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Almería, Spain. It is used for athletics and football matches and is currently the home ground of UD Almería. It hosted the 2005 Mediterranean Games. The stadium holds 22,000 and was built in 2004.
Estadio Municipal de Ipurua is a multi-use stadium in Eibar, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SD Eibar. The stadium holds 5,250 (all-seated) and was built in 1947. The pitch measures 103 x 65 m.\nIpurua has been the principal football ground in Eibar since 1947. Before this, numerous basic fields were used, before Ipurua became the first enclosed ground. It was inaugurated on 14 September 1947 with a match between SD Eibar and their local rivals CD Elgoibar that was lost 0-2.\nWork began on the central main stand in 1948 and this was finally opened in 1951. Because the ground lies at the bottom of a steep valley, the pitch was prone to flooding and poor drainage. Steps were taken to address this and a new drainage system and pitch levelling was completed in 1959. The ground remained relatively basic throughout the 1960s, but in 1970 the popular preferente end was covered and the roof of the main stand was extended. The first floodlights were also installed in 1970 and they were inaugurated on 14 October 1970 with a match between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao. During the 1980s Eibar’s fortunes improved on the field and basic
Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 13 April 1988), best known as Anderson, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Manchester United and the Brazil national team. He is a box-to-box midfielder with very good vision, adept tackling ability, strong, tireless and hard-working.\nAnderson began his career with Grêmio, joining the youth team before rising through the ranks. His goal against Náutico during the 2005 play-offs gained Grêmio promotion to the Brazilian Série A. Before the start of the 2005–06 season, Anderson moved to Porto, gaining first team status during his two seasons with them. There, he won the Portuguese Liga twice, along with the Portuguese Cup and SuperCup during 2005–06. He moved to Manchester United before the 2007–08 season, and has won the Premier League three times, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and the League Cup.\nAnderson made his Brazil debut in 2007 during the 2007 Copa América, which they went on to win. He also played for the Brazil Olympic football team during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, helping them secure the Bronze medal.\nBorn in Porto Alegre, Anderson joined Grêmio as a youth player. He made his first
Nou Estadi is a multi-purpose stadium in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gimnàstic de Tarragona. The stadium holds 16,600.
Estadi Ciutat de València (in Spanish Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, City of Valencia Stadium in English) is a football stadium in Valencia and is the home ground of Levante UD. The stadium holds 25,354 and was built in 1969.
Victor Nsofor Obinna (born 25 March 1987 in Jos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a second striker for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.\nObinna in Igbo, literally means "Father´s heart". He played for Chievo in Italy's Serie B, having played regularly in Serie A with the club until their relegation in 2007. He made his full international debut for Nigeria at the 2006 African Cup of Nations, scoring once in three appearances as his side were eliminated in the semi-finals. Obinna celebrates by doing a cartwheel-to-2 hand aided backflips-to-backflip somersault.\nObinna played for Nigerian clubs Plateau United and Kwara United were he was discovered by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman, he went on trials with Italian clubs Internazionale, Perugia and Juventus before signing with Brazilian club Internacional, but international clearance problems meant that the transfer was never finalised. He rejoined Enyimba to take part in their domestic league campaign and CAF Champions League defence.\nObinna was signed by Italian club Chievo on a five-year contract in July 2005. But also reported that Chievo formed an agreement with Inter that Obinna first registered as Chievo player in order to use the
Diogo Ferreira Salomão (born 14 September 1988 in Amadora, Lisbon District) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a left winger.\nSalomão played for four teams as a youth, including two spells at local C.F. Estrela da Amadora. In 2007, he made his senior debuts, helping another team from the Lisbon District, Casa Pia AC, promote from the regional leagues to the fourth division in his first season.\nIn 2009–10, Salomão started in all but one of the league games he appeared in for Real Sport Clube, helping the club to the 12th position in the third level. He subsequently moved straight into the top division as he signed a four-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal.\nSalomão made his debut in the Portuguese first division on 26 September 2010, playing 45 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Nacional. He finished his first season with the Lions with 23 official appearances (four goals, including two in the UEFA Europa League group stage, against PFC Levski Sofia (5–0 home win) and K.A.A. Gent (5–1, also at home)) and, although not a regular starter for the club, showed glimpses of his talent, being compared
Pedro Filipe Teodósio Mendes (born 1 October 1990 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a central defender.\nMendes reached Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system in 2003, aged 12. In his first two senior seasons, he played with Real Sport Clube (third division) and Servette FC (Switzerland, second level), in both cases on loan, helping the latter club to promotion.\nIn the 2011 summer, still owned by Sporting, Mendes joined Real Madrid, being assigned to the B team. On 7 December 2011, he made his first-team debut, replacing Álvaro Arbeloa midway through the second half of a 3–0 away win against AFC Ajax for the season's UEFA Champions League.
Thomas Manfredini (born 27 May 1980) is an Italian football defender who currently plays for Italian Serie A side, Atalanta.\nIn July 2007, he (along with three other players) was banned from football for a duration of three months as a result of illegal betting.\nIn October 2008, Manfredini extended his contract with Atalanta to June 2013.\nOn 26 July 2010, he signed a new contract with the newly relegated Serie B side, which the contract remained until 2013 but with option to extend to 30 June 2014. team-mate Gianpaolo Bellini also signed a new contract on the same day.\nOn the 9 August, 2011, it was announced that Manfredini had been, again, banned from football for 3 years for his role in match fixing during the 2010–11 season (2011 Italian football scandal). However the appeal in Corte di Giustizia Federale of FIGC, Manfredini was acquitted the charge.
Etienne Arthur Boka (born 2 April 1983 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian football defender who plays for VfB Stuttgart.\nLike many successful players from Côte d'Ivoire, he started his career at homeland club ASEC Abidjan, after coming through their much famed youth system, that has also produced players such as Kolo Touré, Emmanuel Eboué, and Aruna Dindane. He joined the club after walking in from the streets of Côte d'Ivoire capital Abidjan and asking for a trial. Following his graduation from the academy he moved on to Belgian club K.S.K. Beveren in 2002, where impressive performances earned him a transfer to the then Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg in France for the 2004–05 season. He impressed further at Strasbourg, but following their relegation at the end of the 2005–06 season he left to join German top-flight club VfB Stuttgart. His impressive attack minded play from his left-back position have earned him the nickname of "The African Roberto Carlos".\nOn 14 January 2009 he extended his contract at VfB Stuttgart until the summer of 2012.\nOn 30 May 2012 Boka signed a new one-year contract with an option for a further year at VfB Stuttgart.\nHe has 54 caps for the national team, and was
Matías Agustín Silvestre (born 25 September 1984 in Mercedes, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Palermo in the Italian Serie A. He also holds an Italian passport.\nSilvestre began his career with Argentinean club, Boca Juniors, where he would go on to make his league debut on 23 March 2003, in a 3–1 win over C.A. Lanús. Silvestre soon was inserted into the Boca Juniors starting line-up and between 2003 and 2007, he went on to make 63 league appearances, scoring six goals. He was used as both a central defender and a right full back, during his spell with the club. Following an impressive 2007 season, Silvestre was transferred to Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.\nDuring the 2008 January transfer window, Silvestre transferred to Sicilian club Calcio Catania on loan. His first six months at Catania was not so great as he was not part of then-coach Silvio Baldini's starting team, making just 11 appearances, just five as a starter. His loan, however, was made permanent in the summer of 2008, after Walter Zenga was appointed head coach, following the sacking of Baldini. He soon became an instrumental part of Catania's first team and was a major influence on their
Dušan Basta (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Баста) (born 18 August 1984) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Udinese.\nHe has been in the under 21's selection of Serbia and has been named captain. He was a non-playing member of the Serbia & Montenegro squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.\nThe first football step Basta made was when he was eight - in local football club PKB from Padinska Skela, the suburb where he lived and where he was born. He then signed for Red Star aged thirteen, becoming a part of one of the most talented generations in the history of Red Star's youth academy.\nFirst professional contract he signed with 17 years, when he together with few teammates from youth team came in first team. For first team he debuted on his 18th birthday, August 2002 in defeat from Sutjeska in Nikšić(1:0). In the second season, he played on loan in Jedinstvo Paraćin (along with Aleksandar Luković). He emphasized himself with great technique skills and accuracy for long throws and very soon he became one of the most important players for Red Star Belgrade. In April 2005 he injured his left hand, the injury was so bad that he was not playing for five months. Basta won six trophies with Red Star
Simone Bentivoglio (born 29 May 1985 in Pinerolo, Province of Turin) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Padova on loan from A.C. ChievoVerona.\nHe started his professional career at Juventus F.C., giant of Turin. After he spent on loan at Mantova os Serie B, A.C. ChievoVerona bought him in co-ownership deal, but loaned him again to Modena of Serie B, along with Tommaso Chiecchi.\nIn June 2007, Chievo had to rebuild the team due to relegation, Bentivoglio was signed permanently for €500,000.\nBentivoglio moved to Serie B club Sampdoria on 24 August 2011 for a season-long loan deal. On 26 January 2012 is transferred to Padova.\nHe played in 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21, 12 December 2006, as starter.
Michele Canini (born June 5, 1985 in Brescia) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Cagliari Calcio in Serie A league.\nAfter a loan spell in Serie C1 team Sambenedettese, his first club Atalanta sold him to Cagliari Calcio in co-ownership deal.\nHe earned a permanent move to Cagliari on summer 2006.\nHe played in 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, and 2006 and 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Emiliano Viviano (born 1 December 1985 in Florence) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Palermo, in a co-ownership deal with Internazionale.\nHe is a product of Fiorentina and Brescia youth teams. He started his career with a loan in Serie B at Cesena in the 2004–05 season. Then he spent 4 years as first choice goalkeeper in Serie B with Brescia.\nIn January 2009 Viviano signed by Internazionale in co-ownership deal for €3.5 million. He was immediately loaned back to Brescia. In the 2009–10 season he made his debut in Serie A with Bologna where he became the first choice goalkeeper. Bologna signed him in by bought Brescia's 50% registration rights for undisclosed fee (which had €3.5 million nominal value).\nOn 25 June 2011, Viviano rejoined Inter from Bologna after Lega Serie A announced the result of co-ownership deals. It was due to an administrative error allowed him to join Inter for a fee of €4.1 million. The error came as the Bologna club director Stefano Pedrelli accidentally halved again the initial €4.71 million valuation of the remaining 50% of his contract to bid only €2.33 million in response to Inter's €4.1 million valuation on the bid
Marco Donadel (born 21 April 1983 in Conegliano, Province of Treviso) is an Italian football Midfielder, currently playing for S.S.C. Napoli. He is known for his powerful long range shots.\nDonadel is a youth product of Milan. He was loaned to Lecce, Parma (co-ownership), Sampdoria and Fiorentina in January 2005. After a successful half-season long loan with Fiorentina, he was signed on a permanent basis. In 2005–06 he was a regular for coach Cesare Prandelli, who had already appreciated the skills of Donadel, as they were together at Parma.\nIn June 2007, he was offered a new contract which would last until June 2011.\nOn 24 June 2011, he signed a four-year contract with Napoli.\nDonadel was the captain of Italy under-21 team, and won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship. Donadel also won a bronze medal of 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament. He also holds a passport for the small country of Liechtenstein
Marko Vešović (Cyrillic: Mapкo Вешовић, born 28 Аugust 1991 in Titograd, former name of Podgorica) is a Montenegrin footballer playing for Red Star Belgrade in the Serbian SuperLiga.\nBorn in Titograd (currently known as Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro) he lived as a youngster in Serbia, in the city Lučani, where he played for the youth team of the local club FK Mladost Lučani. He joined FK Budućnost Podgorica in 2009 where he made his senior debut playing in the Montenegrin First League.\nVešović was scouted and purchased by Red Star Belgrade from FK Budućnost Podgorica in June 2010. In his debut in a friendly match against Slovenian champion FC Koper, Vešović scored his first goal for Red Star Belgrade.\nAfter having been part of the Montenegrin U-19 team, Marko Vešović has been a regular presence in the Montenegrin U-21 team since 2009.
Roberto Vitiello (born 8 May 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for Siena in Serie A.\nVitiello started his career at Parma, in 2002, he participated in Torneo di Viareggio with Parma and highly-rated. He then awarded no.34 of the first team.\nAfter loaned to Cesena of Serie C1, he was loaned to Vicenza of Serie B in July 2003. In summer 2004 the deal became permanent. In July 2006 he was sold to Rimini of Serie B.\nIn June 2010 he was hired by newly relegated Serie B team Siena, signed a 3-year contract.
Joaquín José Marín Ruiz, commonly known as Quini, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as a right back or right winger.
Vincenzo 'Enzo' Maresca (born 10 February 1980) is an Italian footballer who plays for Málaga CF in La Liga, as a midfielder.\nBorn in Pontecagnano Faiano, Province of Salerno, Maresca started playing football at the age of 11 with A.C. Milan, joining Cagliari Calcio after three years.\nHe made his senior debut with English club West Bromwich Albion in 1998, where he played for two incomplete seasons in the Football League First Division.\nIn January 2000, Maresca moved back to Italy and joined Juventus FC, in a transfer worth £4.3 million, a club record sale for Albion at the time. He played in only one Serie A game until the end of the season.\nFor two of the following three seasons, Maresca was loaned to fellow league teams Bologna F.C. 1909 and Piacenza Calcio (co-ownershp deal in the latter case), scoring nine goals in 2002–03 but suffering team relegation. Subsequently, Juve bought the remainder 50% of his rights, for €2.6 million.\nIn the 2004 summer, ACF Fiorentina signed Maresca along with Fabrizio Miccoli and Giorgio Chiellini for €13 million, with Juventus holding half of the players' rights. He made his official debut on 12 September, playing 60 minutes in a 0–1 away loss
Estadio El Sadar (between 2005-2011, known as Reyno de Navarra) is a football stadium in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. It takes the name from the Kingdom of Navarre. The stadium holds 19,553 people. It was built in 1967 and is the home of CA Osasuna. It is currently used mostly for football matches.\nThe name uses the medieval Spanish word reyno instead of the modern reino ("kingdom", derived from rey, "king") which lends it a somehow archaic touch. From 1967 to 2005 and since 2012 again, the stadium was called "El Sadar", named after a river near to the stadium.\nOpened in 1967 as El Sadar, the stadium replaced the San Juan stadium that was sold the previous year. The stadium accommodated a capacity of 25,000 spectators at its opening with only 7,000 of those seated. Its inaugural game was played on 2 September between Zaragoza and Portuguese side Vitoria de Setúbal and ended in a one-all draw. The following day Osasuna defeated Vitoria de Setúbal 3-0 for its first win in the new stadium. Osaba scored the first goal for Osasuna in El Sadar in the 28th minute.\nBon Jovi performed at the stadium during their These Days Tour on June 5, 1996.
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy, located at geographical coordinates . It is the home stadium for two of the three most successful Italian Football League teams: A.C. Milan and Internazionale, and one of the most famous soccer stadia in the world. Although it has been officially renamed in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the Inter and Milan player of the 1930s and 1940s, it is still commonly called the San Siro. \n\nThe stadium construction started in 1925 in the Milanese district of San Siro, which gave its original name. The idea to build a stadium in the same district of the horse racing track, belongs to the man who then was the president of A.C. Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a stadium only for football (there is no athletics track in it). The inauguration was on 19 September, 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Inter defeat A.C. Milan 6-3. Actually, during the first years the stadium was property of A.C. Milan and only A.C. Milan played its home matches there. Then in 1935 the "Comune di Milano" (city council) bought the stadium and this allowed the stadium itself to be renovated. Internazionale started to
José Ernesto Sosa (born 19 June 1985) is an Argentine football attacking midfielder who plays for Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv.\nSosa played for Estudiantes between 2002 and 2007. He was a favorite of interim coach Carlos Bilardo, and together with Marcelo Carrusca started helping the team improve their standing in the Argentine league.\nThe highlight of his tenure with Estudiantes was being a key piece in the 7–0 defeat of derby rivals Gimnasia on 15 October 2006, and then his role in helping the team win their first league title since 1983 by scoring the equalizing goal from a free kick against Boca Juniors in the 2006 Apertura final playoff game.\nOn 24 February 2007, a deal was announced between Estudiantes and Bayern Munich, and four days later, details of the transfer were disclosed. Estudiantes received €6 million plus ten percent of any future transfer. Sosa stayed with Estudiantes for the remainder of the Clausura 2007 tournament.\nOn 29 October 2009, Bayern Munich announced that the Argentine midfielder will be loaned to his former club Estudiantes for the remainder of the season, even though he was not registered to play the 2009 World Club Championship finals. By the end
Davide Biondini (born 24 January 1983 in Longiano, Province of Forlì-Cesena) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Genoa.\nHe started his career at A.C. Cesena, near his birthplace. After playing more than 40 Serie C1 games, he transferred to join Serie B team Vicenza Calcio. Signed by Reggina Calcio in 2005, Biondini made his Serie A debut.\nOn 31 August 2006, he left for Cagliari on loan with option to sign outright.\nOn 11 January 2012, he left for Genoa.\nWith the Italy U-21 squad he took part at the 2006 Euro U-21 Championship. He wore the prestigious number 10 shirt, but just made one appearance as a substitute in the last match of the group stage.\nBiondini made his senior national team debut on 14 November 2009 during a friendly match against the Netherlands.
Oier Olazábal Paredes (born 14 September 1989 in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country), is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a goalkeeper.\nOlazábal arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy at the age of 16, from local Real Unión. He spent his first years with the reserves as backup to another youth product, Rubén.\nOn 2 January 2008, Oier made his debut for the main squad, in the 2–2 home draw against CD Alcoyano in the cup. More than one year after, on 17 May, he appeared for the first time in La Liga, against RCD Mallorca, as Barça were already champions, in a 1–2 away loss.\nFor 2009–10, after Albert Jorquera left for neighbours Girona FC, Olazábal was promoted to third-choice.\nAs of 3 June 2012
Mariano Gonzalo Andújar (born 30 July 1983 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football goalkeeper who currently plays for Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata, on loan from Serie A side, Calcio Catania.\nAndújar started his career with Club Atlético Huracán in 2001, at the mere age of 18. In his first season with the club, the young shot-stopper played within the team's youth squad, and in his second season, he was promoted to the senior squad and racked up 7 first team appearances. Two years after his arrival, the club was relegated to the Argentine 2nd division but he decided to stay with the club, and in his third season with the team, Andujar managed to make 17 league appearances. Andujar then broke into the team's starting line-up for the 2004–2005 Argentine season, and made 36 starting appearances in the league alone. His impressive league form led to speculation of a transfer to bigger Argentine clubs, or a move abroad, as a host of European clubs scouted the young keeper.\nIn the summer of 2005 Andújar was signed on loan by Italian Serie A club U.S. Città di Palermo. Upon his arrival, he was initially supposed to be the third goalkeeper behind Matteo Guardalben and Nicola
Pablo Estifer Armero (born 2 November 1986) is a Colombian footballer. He recently signed with the Italian club Udinese. He had previously played for Palmeiras and is a youth product of América de Cali.\nArmero played for the Colombian Under 17 team in the 2003 World Cup and has recently been promoted to the Senior team because of his impressive form for América de Cali. He received his first cap in Colombia's 5–2 win over Venezuela and has won the spot of starting Left back for the National Team.\nAfter great performances with Colombia and helping América de Cali win their 13th championship, he was loaned to Palmeiras, as his "agent" Turbo Sports holds the registration rights through Poços de Caldas.\nArmero was signed in early 2009, and was the first choice for Palmeiras left back and left wing position. Armero helped Palmeiras reach the São Paulo State Championship semi-finals before losing to Santos FC. He was noticed for his speed and crossing abilities and played many matches helping Palmeiras lead in the Brazilian Série A. His first goal for Palmeiras came in a 4–1 win against Náutico in July 2009.\nArmero almost joined Italian Serie A side Parma in July 2010 having signed a
Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, better known as Alex (pronounced: [aˈlɛks]; born 17 June 1982 in Niterói), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and the Brazil national football team. He is known for his ability to score goals with his strong foot and his strength.\nHaving been bought by the Premier League club Chelsea in 2004, he was loaned to Dutch team PSV and he won 3 Eredivisie titles with them. Alex finally joined the Chelsea squad in the summer of 2007 after three years in the Netherlands.\nAlex began his career with Santos of Brazil, making his first team debut in 2002 which he later then became part of the pillars of the team. Alex made his professional league debut in the 1-1 draw against Fluminense. Less than a month later making his debut, Alex scored his first goal for the club in a match against Vasco da Gama on 18 September 2002. After some good performances, Santos secured its place in the basic composition of the team. His first season playing in 2002, Santos won the league title since 1968.\nHe, Diego, Elano, and Robinho were known as the famous group that played for Santos. In the following competitions in 2003, Alex occurred in 34 matches in
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa.\nThe traditional team home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The club plays in the Stadio Friuli, which has a capacity of 41,652 (although it is currently limited to 30,900). The club also broadcasts on channel 110 (Udinese Channel) on digital terrestrial television in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It has a large number of fans in Friuli and surrounding areas.\nUdinese Calcio was established in 1896 as part of the Società Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma, (Udinese Society of Gymnastics and Fencing). In its inaugural year, the club won the Torneo FNGI in Treviso beating Ferrara 2–0; however this title is not recognised as official.\nOn 5 July 1911, some gymnasts of Udinese, headed by Luigi Dal Dan, founded the A.C. Udinese, which joined the FIGC. The new side made its debut in a friendly match against Juventus Palmanova, and won 6–0.\nIt was only in 1912–13 that Udinese first took part in an official FIGC championship. In that year they enrolled in the Campionato
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. (more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad [reˈal soθjeˈðað]) is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909. Its home stadium is Anoeta, which seats 32,200 spectators. Real Sociedad won the La Liga title in 1980-81 and 1981-82, and last finished runners-up in 2002-03. The club play the Basque derby against Athletic Bilbao. Real Sociedad were founder members of La Liga in 1928, and their longest spell in the top flight was for 40 seasons from 1967 to 2007.\nDonostia Football Club in the years of the Spanish republic, the club name means Royal Society of Football in Spanish. The club is nicknamed in Basque as Erreala or the txuri-urdin ("white-blue" due to the colours of their kit). The colours stem from the flag of San Sebastian: a blue canton on a white field.\nFootball was introduced to San Sebastián in the early 1900s by students and workers returning from Britain. In 1904 they formed the San Sebastian Recreation Club and in 1905 they competed in the Copa del Rey. In May 1905 the San Sebastian Football Club was formed as a separate branch of the club. In 1909 they applied to enter the Copa
Paolo Castellini (born 25 March 1979) is an Italian footballer who plays for U.C. Sampdoria as a left defender.\nBorn in Brescia, Lombardy, Castellini joined made his professional debuts at U.S. Cremonese at only 17, going on to appear for the club in both the Serie B and Serie C1. In the 2000 summer, he moved to Torino FC, achieving promotion to the top level in his debut season, whilst appearing in 33 matches.\nFrom January 2004, Castellini served a loan at hometown's Brescia Calcio, in the first division (Torino had been again relegated), after which he was released by Toro. In the ensuing summer, he moved abroad and signed with Real Betis of Spain, on a five-year contract. However, his spell in Andalusia would be disastrous, as he never dislodged veteran Luis Fernández from his starting position, also suffering with injuries (torn ligaments and cartilage in his right knee).\nAfter cancelling his link to Betis, Castellini returned to his country in the summer of 2006, joining Parma FC, and being an automatic first-choice from the beginning. In his third season, he played in 41 out of 42 matches, helping the club return to Serie A after only one year.\nIn the 2009–10 season,
Constantin Nica (born 18 March 1993 in Bucharest) is a Romanian soccer player who currently plays for Dinamo Bucureşti. He is an offensive right back. Nica made his debut for the first team on 5 May 2012, in a Liga I game against CFR Cluj.\nHe plays for Romania U-19 team.
Adil Rami (French pronunciation: [a.dil ʁa.mi] ; Arabic: عادل رامي‎; born 27 December 1985) is a French international footballer who currently plays for Spanish club Valencia CF in La Liga. He plays in central defence for the club and is known for his physical strength, free kicks, and imposing height standing at nearly 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m).\nRami began his football career playing for amateur club Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, then known as ES Fréjus. Due only playing the sport as a hobby, he spent three seasons at the club playing in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. In 2006, Rami ascended three divisions after signing with Ligue 1 club Lille OSC. At Lille, Rami developed in a starter making his professional debut in May 2007. He is nicknamed "Shrek" by teammates and Lille supporters. In January 2011, Rami joined Spanish club Valencia agreeing to a four-year contract. He was immediately loan back to his previous club and was, subsequently, a part of the Lille team that won the league and cup double.\nDespite constant early inquiries from Morocco prior to his first selection, Rami is a French international. He was pre-selected to play for France
Edgar Çani (born 22 July 1989 in Tirana) is an Albanian football striker, who currently plays for Polonia Warsaw. Albania 1 (1)\nÇani was born in Albania but grew up in Città della Pieve, Province of Perugia, Italy. Çani was first noted by a Pescara scout in 2004, and then signed by the biancazzurri. He made his professional debut during the 2006–07 Serie B, making four appearances with Pescara. After playing the first half of the 2007–08 season with Pescara, now in Serie C1, on January 31, 2008 Palermo confirmed to have signed him from Pescara. along with Luca Di Matteo for €600,000 and €500,000 respectively. In June 2008 Pescara made a discount for both players, which was sold for €450,000 each.\nÇani made his Serie A debut on April 27, 2008 in a 0–0 home tie against Atalanta.\nOn July 2008, Ascoli confirmed to have signed Çani on loan from Palermo for the 2008–09 Serie B season.\nOn 20 August 2009 he was loaned out to another Serie B team, Padova. He left Padova in January 2010 to be loaned out to Piacenza, another Serie B team. He made his debut with Piacenza by scoring two goals in a 3–1 win at Triestina's home.\nAfter his loan move to Piacenza expired at the end of the season, he
Rolando Bianchi (Italian pronunciation: [roˈlando ˈbjanki]; born February 15, 1983 in Lovere, Bergamo) is an Italian footballer, currently playing for Torino F.C.. His position is centre forward. He was widely considered as one of the brightest promises of Italian football, notably scoring 19 goals in the 2006–2007 season playing with Calabrian club Reggina.\nBianchi began his career in 2000 with Atalanta. He played twenty games for the first team, without scoring, despite being a prolific scorer in the youth ranks. He was loaned to Serie B team Cagliari in January 2004, where he played 14 matches and scored 2 goals helping them gain promotion to Serie A. The 2004–05 was a poor one for the forward, and saw him score only 2 goals in 25 matches.\nBianchi was promptly sold to Reggina in 2005, where his first season was hampered by a serious knee injury suffered early on in the season. He recovered to play 9 games late in the season, scoring one goal.\nThat summer, Bianchi was called up the Italy U-21 squad for the 2006 U-21 Championships in Portugal, where he appeared 3 times and scored once.\nThe 2006–07 season saw the forward in superb form for Reggina, notching 18 goals in 37 games.
Samuele Longo (born 12 January 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays for Genoa, co-owned with Internazionale.\nBorn in Valdobbiadene, the Province of Treviso, Veneto, Longo started his career at Treviso FBC 1993. In January 2009 F.C. Internazionale Milano bought Longo and Mame Baba Thiam outright.\nLongo spent the rest of 2008–09 season in Treviso's Allievi Nazionali under-17 team in temporary deal before formally became a Inter player on 1 July 2009.\nLongo was a junior member of Inter's reserve – the "spring" in 2009–10 season, as a backup of born 1991 forward Denis Alibec, Mattia Destro and born 1992 forward Simone Dell'Agnello, that season the reserve had numbers of 1990 players but none of them was a forward. On 28 January 2010 he followed the footstep of other Inter youth players aged 18 (born 1992), moving to reserve teams of other club for more chance (Thiam already moved to Sassuolo in August 2009). Longo left for Piacenza Calcio. Forward Giuseppe Angarano and keeper Luca Stocchi also moved to the same club on 1 February. In total, Longo only played 4 times in the reserve league that season.\nInter trimmed its reserve squad in 2010–11 season. It composite of U18 and U19
Rafael "Rafa" Páez Cardona is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Eibar on loan from Liverpool as a central defender.
Lorenzo Venuti is an Italian football player.
Tomer Hemed (Hebrew: תומר חמד‎; born 2 May 1987) is an Israeli international footballer who currently plays for La Liga side Mallorca. He is also a member of the Israeli national squad.\nWith Maccabi Haifa already clinching first place in the Israeli Premier League, Hemed was called up to the first team and made his debut in a league match, as a substitute, against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv in March 2006. Though officially called up to the first team squad and figuring in some matches, Hemed remained a part of the youth team as well scoring 10 goals in 21 games for the Under-19s. In 2007, he traveled with the Under-21 side to the Torneo de Viareggio in Italy. Haifa were knocked out in the group stage, Hemed scored once.\nHemed consequentively went on loan to Maccabi Herzilya, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv and finally Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as managed by Englishman, John Gregory. It was under Gregory's guidance that Hemed matured and developed many parts of his game and English press source, Daily Mail, wrote an article in May 2010 praising Gregory and described Hemed as his "star striker". Despite Nazareth finishing bottom Hemed scored nine goals.\nThis season, Hemed has established himself as an
Andrea Costa (born February 1, 1986 in Reggio Emilia) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B side Sampdoria on loan from Reggina.\nCosta started his career at hometown club Reggiana of Serie C1. He was signed by Bologna in summer 2003, but reported to squad in January 2004, which he already made 16 appearances for Reggiana.\nAfter Bologna relegated in summer 2004, he entered the first team and played 43 Serie B games.\nOn 31 January 2008, he was signed by Serie A team Reggina, located in Reggio Calabria. On 2 May 2009 during an important match against Reggina he swallowed his own tongue and was taken the hospital. Bologna won the game and are further away from degration.
Mamadou Samassa (born 1 May 1986 in Montfermeil) is a French-born Malian football player of Senegalese descent who currently plays for French club Valenciennes in Ligue 1. He primarily plays in the lead striker role and is a former French under-21 international, but recently switch allegiances to Mali, his country of origin.\nBorn in Montfermeil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Samassa began his career as a youth with local amateur outfit Red Star Paris. After spending over seven years in the club's youth system, he joined Le Mans Union Club 72 in the next region over initially as an under-18 player. While in the club's academy, he helped the Le Mans youth side win the 2004 edition of the Coupe Gambardella. Following the 2005–06 season, he signed his first professional contract and was promoted the senior team being assigned the number 19 shirt.\nSamassa made his league debut on the opening match day of the 2006–07 season against Nice starting in a 1–0 victory. In the just the third match of the season, he scored his first career goal as a professional nailing the equaliser in the 53rd minute against Valenciennes. Le Mans later won the match 3–2 with a late goal from another youngster Ismaël
Rodrigo Moreno Machado (born 6 March 1991) is a Brazilian-born Spanish footballer who currently plays for Benfica. He is able to play on the wing or as a striker.\nRodrigo was signed in 2009 from Celta de Vigo and initially played in their Juvenil A youth team, but he was quickly promoted to Real Madrid C and played in the filial team in early 2010, regularly in the starting line up and scoring three times.\nOn 31 July 2010 he signed a five-year contract with Benfica for approximately €6 million euros. Real Madrid had an option to re-buy the player for €12 million during the next two seasons if they were impressed with his form, however, in Fábio Coentrão's transfer deal to the Spanish club, Benfica and Real Madrid agreed to cancel the buyback clause, revoking Real Madrid's right to rescue the player.\nOn 31 August 2010, Rodrigo signed for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League on a season long loan, and made his debut in a League Cup game at Burnley on 21 September 2010. He made his Premier League debut at Wigan Athletic on 24 October 2010 and made his first start for the club on 29 December at Chelsea. He scored his first goal for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League against Wigan
Djamel Eddine Mesbah (born 9 October 1984 in Zighoud Youcef) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Italian Serie A club Milan.\nAn Algerian international, Mesbah was a member of the Algeria national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.\nMesbah began his playing career in the junior ranks of French club US Annecy-le-Vieux before being spotted by scouts from Swiss side Servette FC in 2001. He progressed through the ranks at Servette FC and made his senior debut in the 2003–04 Swiss Super League season, playing in 11 games and scoring 3 goals.\nIn the summer of 2004, he left the club as it was facing financial difficulties and joined FC Basel. Used mostly as a substitute, he would go on to make just 11 appearances and score 1 goal. In January 2006, he was loaned out to FC Lorient who were playing in Ligue 2 at the time. However, he was injured before he could make his debut and never featured for them.\nIn the summer of 2006, he signed with FC Aarau, a Swiss club playing in the countries second division. He stayed there for two seasons and was a starter the entire time.\nHe was signed by FC Luzern on 1 July 2008, but made only 6 appearances the
Luca Ceccarelli (born 24 March 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for Cesena in Serie A.\nBorn in Gambettola, the Province of Forlì-Cesena, Ceccarelli started his career at Cesena. He won Serie C1 promotion playoffs in 2004. He then loaned back to Serie C1 clubs Pavia and San Marino Calcio. After Cesena was relegated in June 2008, Ceccarelli returned to the team for their Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex-Serie C1) campaign, which the Emilia–Romagna side won the Group A champion.\nIn 2009-10 season, he played as a emergency central back (against Frosinone in May 2010) and other positions, including right back ahead Martin Petráš in last 10 matches of the season. That season Cesena won promotion to Serie A.\nCeccarelli made his debut on the first round of 2010–11 Serie A, a 0-0 draw with previous season runner-up Roma. He lost his starting place in November, after the match slipped from the top to bottom and failed to win for over 5 matches. Yuto Nagatomo was moved from left back to right back and Maurizio Lauro took back the starting place. On 28 November he re-took the starting place but rested against Cagliari on 18 December, the match before the winter break.\nAfter Nagatomo left
Lorenzo Ariaudo (born 11 June 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Cagliari.\nAriaudo joined Juventus as a nine-year-old and was part of the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio-winning team. He made his first team debut in Juventus's 1–1 draw with Artmedia Petržalka in the second leg of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, in which Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate to advance to the group stages, and was awarded a five-year professional contract. He made Serie A debut on 18 January 2009 against Lazio in Rome on a match that ended with a 1–1 draw. Although he was not able to break into the first team permanently that season, then-manager Ciro Ferrara described Ariaudo as a future prospect.\nAfter being included in pre-season friendlies, Ariaudo was promoted to the first team permanently. On 2 January 2010, he was sent on loan to Cagliari for €500,000. After being on the bench for a string of games, he finally made his debut for the Sardinian club on 21 February as a starter and helped keep a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Parma.\nIn June 2010, Cagliari excised the rights to purchase him in co-ownership deal for €1.3million. On 31 January 2011,
José Rodolfo Pires Ribeiro, better known as Dodô, is a Brazilian defender who currently plays for Corinthians.\nIn May 2009 he was linked with a future transfer to English club Manchester United to be completed on February 2010. He was spotted during the South American Under-17 championship that Brazil won. After a two-week trial at Carrington.\nIn December 2010, he joined Bahia on loan for the end of the league campaign.
Karim Ansarifard (Persian: کریم انصاری‌فرد‎; born 3 April 1990) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Persepolis in Iran Pro League as a Striker and is a member of the Iran national football team. His playing style and ability, have drawn comparisons to Ali Daei (the coach who scouted him) and he was declared as Daei's "successor".\nWorld Soccer selected Ansarifard as one of best young talents in the world alongside Javier Hernandez and Jack Wilshere. On 13 January 2012, FIFA.com selected him as one of players to watch in 2012.\nDuring one of Saipa's training camps in Ardabil, Karim's home city, he was taken on a training trial by then-coach Ali Daei and was accepted into the clubs youth academy and reserves.\nIn the 2007 season Saipa the Iranian reigning champions encountered problems in scoring after the departure of Mohsen Khalili and retirement of then-coach Ali Daei. After 12 weeks Ali Daei moved Ansarifard to the first team from the reserves and the young starlet answered the coach’s faith with good games including the only goal against a strong Sepahan team.\nAnsarifard scored 13 goals during the 2009/2010 season. After strong performances, Karim became fast one of the best
Jonathas Cristian de Jesus (born 6 March 1989), commonly known as Jonathas, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Brescia.\nJonathas has played in Cruzeiro's youth teams and a few times in the senior team. He has also been loaned out to Ipatinga and Villa Nova. In October 2008 he was signed by Dutch Eredivisie-champions, AZ Alkmaar. Cruzeiro announced that AZ bought 65% player's rights for €600,000 and the Brazilian club retained the rest.\nBefore playing for the first team, Jonathas had to adapt to the Dutch language and the style of play, so he started out at the youth team, where he impressed by scoring many goals.\nJonathas made his debut for AZ on 28 October 2009, in the cup match against Spakenburg. He scored a goal, and AZ eventually won the match with 5–2. On 21 November 2009, Jonathas played his first league match for the club from Alkmaar. It was in the away match against Limburgian side, Roda JC. He also scored a goal in his league debut, and the 2–4 score for AZ. In the 90th minute of that match, Jonathas was sent off after accidentally hitting an opponent with his arm.\nIn January 2011 Jonathas was signed by Brescia Calcio for €300,000 in 1½
Richmond Yiadom Boakye ( /bʊɑːˈtʃiː/ buuah-CHEE) (born 28 January 1993 in Agogo) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Serie B club Sassuolo in Italy (on loan from Genoa of Serie A and its Primavera U20 team) also in Italy.\nBoakye started his career with Bechem United and in 2008 went to Vicenza, Italy for a tournament; he was scouted by Genoa, and remained in Italy.\nHe played in the Primavera U20 Youth League in the 2009–10 season.\nOn 3 April 2010, Boakye made his Serie A debut, against bottom club Livorno. He substituted for David Suazo in the 13th minute and scored the opening goal, but the game ended in a 1–1 draw.\nOn 2 May, he played in his second match, substituting for Giuseppe Sculli in the 71st minute. That match was also the debut match of Boakye's countryman, Isaac Cofie, but Genoa lost to Bari 0–3 and finished in 8th place or below, failing to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.\nOn 21 June 2011, Ghana youth striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom has agreed a loan deal to join Italian Serie B side Sassuolo next season.
Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a left or attacking midfielder for Genoa on loan from Internazionale. He's a youth exponent from the Defensor Sporting. He passed through the youth ranks in July 2012. He is left footed.
Rafael Alcántara do Nascimento (born 12 February 1993), commonly known as Rafinha, is a naturalized Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B in Segunda División, as an attacking midfielder.\nBorn in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Alcántara joined FC Barcelona's youth ranks at the age of 13. On 8 January 2011, he made his professional debuts with the B team, replacing Jonathan dos Santos in the 55th minute of a 1–2 home loss against Girona FC.\nRafael's father, Mazinho, was also a footballer and a midfielder, notably winning the 1994 World Cup with Brazil. His mother, Valéria, was a former volleyball player. Rafael's older brother, Thiago, another football midfielder, also emerged through Barcelona's youth ranks, going on to represent its first team and the Spanish national under-21 team.
Giuseppe Rizzo (born 18 March 1991 in Messina) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Reggina.\nHe started his career in Serie B with Reggina, debuted on the club in 26 November 2009, in the Coppa Italia defeat against Palermo. His debut on Serie B was in 19 April 2010, against Crotone. The final result of the match was a win for Reggina. Rizzo made his first goal for the club on the match against Piacenza.\nRizzo was called for the first time by manager Ciro Ferrara for the Italy U-21 squad in a friendly match against Turkey, in November 2010. On 17 November 2010, the match was played at Stadio Bruno Recchioni in Fermo. The final result was 2-1 and Rizzo came off the bench for his debut on the 75 minute.\nIn 2011–12 season he played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team, the B team of U21.
Miguel Pérez Cuesta (born 21 March 1986 in Oviedo, Asturias), aka Michu, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as an attacking midfielder.\nAfter beginning with local Real Oviedo in the lower leagues, Michu moved to Celta de Vigo B in Segunda División B in 2007. Midway through 2007–08, he received his maiden first-team callup, finishing the season in the starting XI of the Segunda División outfit.\nIn mid-January 2010, a transfer to La Liga with Sporting de Gijón, in order to replace Birmingham City-bound Míchel, was almost arranged, but it eventually fell through and Michu stayed at Celta.\nIn his last two second level seasons combined, Michu scored 12 goals for the Galicians. On 8 June 2011, after helping the club to the sixth position in the regular season, he scored the game's only goal in the first leg of the promotion playoffs against Granada CF, at home; in the second leg, however, he missed his penalty shootout attempt and Celta was eliminated (4–5).\nOn 27 July 2011, after his contract with Celta expired, Michu signed a two-year deal with Rayo Vallecano, freshly promoted to the top division.
Antonio 'Toni' Doblas Santana (born 5 August 1980) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Xerez CD on loan from Real Zaragoza as a goalkeeper.\nBorn in Bellavista, Seville, Andalusia, Doblas spent four seasons with local Real Betis's B team, where he was the undisputed starter, before moving on loan to Andalusian neighbours Xerez CD. He made only four appearances and returned to Betis' main side the year after, where his fortunes changed, being called into immediate first team action, due to injuries to Pedro Contreras and Toni Prats.\nDoblas made his first-team and La Liga debuts against Getafe CF, on 24 October 2004, in a 2–0 away win. Doblas would remain first-choice for the remainder of the season, taking part in the 2005 Copa del Rey final against CA Osasuna, which Betis won 2–1. In the semi-final second leg against Athletic Bilbao, he saved two penalties in a shootout. In August 2005, he signed his first professional contract, at already 25.\nDoblas was also a key element in Betis' first qualification for the UEFA Champions League, as he saved a Camel Meriem penalty against AS Monaco FC in the third qualify round, which Betis won 3–2. During the league campaign, errors cost
Alexis Zapata is a Colombian footballer who plays for Udinese Calcio as a Midfielder.
Jérémy Mathieu (born 29 October 1983 in Luxeuil-les-Bains) is a French football player who currently plays for La Liga side Valencia CF in Spain. He primarily operates in the left back position, but can also play as a winger on the same side. He can also, in some situations, play as a defensive midfielder.\nMathieu started his career with the biggest club in the Franche-Comté region, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He made his Ligue 1 debut, during the 2002–03 season, in a league match against CS Sedan coming on as a late-match substitute. Despite being 18, he was inserted into the starting 11, and quickly provided an impact scoring his first professional goal in just his third league match in a 2–2 draw against Rennes. He made 23 league appearances that season scoring 4 goals, which included, excluding his first, an equalising goal against Paris Saint-Germain, and two game-winning goals against Nantes and Le Havre. His play, along with the team itself, was a main factor in the club finishing 5th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup.\nOver the next two seasons, Mathieu continued his great form appearing in 63 league matches and scoring 6 league goals. He also performed well in Europe appearing in
Alessandro Matri (born 19 August 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team.\nBorn in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, a comune 30 km away from Milan, Matri started his career at Milan and made his debut on 24 May 2003 against Piacenza Calcio as a starter, due to Milan resting most of their starting eleven in view of the Champions League final won against Juventus 4 days later. Matri partnered with Michele Piccolo and was replaced by Roberto Bortolotto in the 71st minute but he did not score. In the next season, he played all the time at Primavera (U20) Team and has not played in the first team. In the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons, he left on loan to Prato (along with Piccolo) and Lumezzane, played 64 Serie C1 matches.\nIn 2006–07 season, Matri was loaned to Rimini, Serie B team. Here he partnered with the more experienced Ricchiuti, Jeda and Moscardelli (all destined for playing in Serie A) therefore he sometimes started from the bench. During his stay in Rimini, Matri scored 4 goals in Serie B, all of them between March and April of 2007. He also scored a goal in Coppa Italia.\nIn June 2007, as part of David
Octávio Merlo Manteca is a Brazilian footballer.
Gabriel Eduardo Corozo Vásquez is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Granada B in Spain, on loan from Udinese. Mainly a centre back, he can also play as a left back and defensive midfielder.
Claudio Andrés Bravo Muñoz (born 13 April 1983 in Viluco, Maipo Province) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Real Sociedad in Spain, as a goalkeeper. He is also a Chilean international.\nBravo's father recognized his son's emerging talent and took him to Colo-Colo's youth academy, and he eventually made his professional debut in 2002. There, he was given the nickname Condor Chico, after former club goalkeeper Roberto Rojas.\nAfter an injury to Eduardo Lobos, manager Jaime Pizarro gave Bravo his first chance, which would be however short-lived, as he too was injured, which prompted the subsequent signing of Jonny Walker.\nBravo recovered from injury in mid-2003 and with Lobos still injured, he took over the starting role, which he would never lose again, with his competitor eventually being sold. In the 2003 Apertura and Clausura tournaments, Colo-Colo made the final in both seasons, falling to Cobreloa both times. In 2006, Bravo won his first title with Colo-Colo, in the Apertura. In the final, against arch-rival C.F. Universidad de Chile, he made an acrobatic save to give Colo-Colo the title in penalties.\nFor 2006–07, Bravo signed a five-year contract with Real Sociedad in Spain,
Francesco Fedato is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Italian side Catania in the Serie A. He plays as forward. He previously played for F.B.C. Unione Venezia, F.C. Lucchese 1905 and A.S. Bari.
José María Basanta (born 3 April 1984 in Tres Sargentos, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for CF Monterrey in Mexico.\nBasanta started his career with Estudiantes in 2003 before joining Olimpo de Bahía Blanca of the Argentine 2nd Division in 2006. Basanta helped Olimpo to win both the Apertura and Clausura to secure automatic promotion to the Primera Division.\nHe rejoined Estudiantes in 2007 and stayed a year with them.\nIn June 2008, he was sold to Monterrey, by a request of the team's manager, Ricardo La Volpe. Since then, Basanta has been a regular in the first team, winning the 2009 Apertura championship and the 2010 Apertura championship.\nBasanta is the cousin of fellow professional footballers Mariano and Gonzalo Pavone.\n Olimpo\n Monterrey
Marko Marin (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Марин; born 13 March 1989 in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia) is a German international footballer, who currently plays for English club Chelsea in the Premier League. He primarily plays as a winger and an attacking midfielder. Marin is known for his acceleration, dribbling, agility, creativity, versatility, technical ability and as an assist-maker. He has been described as a "player who can decide a game on his own". Marin has earned critical acclaim for his playing style, which has led to the media and fans drawing comparisons to Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, with Marin often being nicknamed the "German Messi".\nMarin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia to Bosnian Serb parents mother Borka and father Ranko. Marin was only two years old when the family moved to Germany in 1991 due to his mother's job. Growing up in Frankfurt, young Marko soon decided to take up football with local clubs. His childhood football idol was Dejan Savićević, and his favorite team is Red Star Belgrade.\nHe began his footballing career as a youth player, first with SG 01 Hoechst and then with Eintracht Frankfurt.\nIn 2006, the player left Eintracht to move
McDonald Mariga Wanyama (locally /mɑˈriːgɑ wɑŋɑmɑ/; born 4 April 1987) is a Kenyan football player who plays for Inter Milan. Mariga made history as the first Kenyan footballer to play in the UEFA Champions League on 16 March 2010.\nMariga started his playing career at Ulinzi Stars before moving first to Tusker FC and then to Pipeline FC while still at school. Mariga was a member of the Kamukunji High School 'Golden Boys', which also included Kenyan striker Dennis Oliech (Auxerre, France), who won two consecutive National Championships in 2002 & 2003.\nThe central midfielder went to Sweden in 2005 to play for third Division side Enköpings SK. After only one season at ESK, he signed for Helsingborgs IF before the 2006 season. His success at Helsingborgs was immediate. Following initial interest from Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, Mariga looked set to sign for the Premier League team, but work permit issues held up the deal which was supposed to have cost around €2.7million.\nHe moved to the Serie A club Parma initially on loan in August 2007. The Italian club had an option to buy him in the summer for a fee of 20 million Swedish kronor (around €2million). Mariga agreed to a four
Luca Castellazzi (born 19 July 1975) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Internazionale.\nHe started his career at Monza. He then spent time in Serie B, Serie C1 and Serie C2 with Padova and Pescara, before joining Brescia along with Vincenzo Mazzeo.\nCastellazzi followed Brescia promoted to Serie A in summer 2000. He made his Serie A debut on 21 January 2001, against Vicenza Calcio. In 2001-02 season, he was the starting keeper for the Serie A team, but in next season lost his place to Matteo Sereni. After being loaned to Reggina and Catania in the 2002–03 season, he finally became regular starter again in the 2004–05 season, which he played all 38 Serie A games. Castellazzi initially the first choice of 2003-04 season, but lost his place to Federico Agliardi after round 4 and regained his place on round 23.\nAfter Brescia were relegated to Serie B in summer 2005, he joined U.C. Sampdoria on a free transfer, signing a reported 2 year deal. He received the no.1 shirt from Luigi Turci. The first season he was the backup of Francesco Antonioli, and Castellazzi only played the 3 games that Antonioli missed.\nIn the second season, he finally earned a regular
Ferdinando Coppola (born 10 June 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Torino, on loan from Milan.\nCoppola's career began at native club S.S.C. Napoli, as a backup goalkeeper for Giuseppe Taglialatela and Luca Mondini and Alessio Bandieri. In mid-2000, he joined Bologna F.C. 1909 as Gianluca Pagliuca backup.\nHe transferred to Serie B team Ascoli Calcio 1898 in summer 2003, making one appearance before being sent to Serie A team Reggina Calcio on loan, playing further two games.\nHe returned to Ascoli in 2004, and made 28 appearances, plus 2 more in play-offs, helping Ascoli back to Serie A. During the 2005–06 season, Coppola played all of the 38 Serie A matches, and saw Ascoli into twelfth place in the table.\nHe was signed by A.C. Milan in the summer of 2006, for €200,000 (included sign-on and agent fee), as a replacement for their third goalkeeper Valerio Fiori, who was set set to retire from professional football. Coppola was to compete with Željko Kalac for this position.\nHe played a few friendly matches with A.C. Milan, but was sent back to Serie B, to play for Piacenza Calcio, and Fiori delayed his retirement.\nIn summer 2007, he
Fabio Quagliarella (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfabjo kwaʎʎaˈrɛlla]) (born 31 January 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus. He is known for scoring incredible goals from unconventional angles that often catch the goalkeeper by surprise.\nQuagliarella began his career at Torino, where he grew up in their youth sector. He made his Serie A debut for Torino against Piacenza on May 14, 2000, and later made four appearances in the following Serie A 2001-02 season. In 2002 and 2003, he was sent on loan to lower division clubs Florentia Viola, at that time in Serie C2, and then Chieti. He returned to Torino in 2004, and scored seven goals in Serie B, plus one goal against Ascoli in the promotion playoff's first legs. However, financial problems forced Torino to stay in Serie B, which allowed Quagliarella to leave the club on a free transfer.\nQuagliarella signed with Udinese in summer 2005. However, Udinese immediately sold half of his registration rights to newly promoted Ascoli as part of a co-ownership deal. Quagliarella stayed at Ascoli for just one season, scoring just 3 times in 33 Serie A appearances, and his rights were bought back in full by
Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez (born 26 April 1990 in Mexico City) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for FC Barcelona B. He has also been called up to the Mexican national team.\nHis father, Zizinho was a Brazilian footballer, and his mother is Mexican. He was competing along with his brother Giovani dos Santos in a youth tournament in France, where he was spotted by FC Barcelona scouts who were impressed with what they saw and decided to bring him and his brother to La Masia after a trial.\nIn the 2008–09 season he was in Juvenil A where he was captain of the team. During that same season he obtained a Spanish passport and thereby acquired Citizenship of the European Union, which enables him to play in the first team.\nIn the summer of 2009, he was selected by the manager of FC Barcelona B, Luis Enrique, to form part of the second team Blaugrana. Subsequently, Josep Guardiola called him up to the first team during pre-season in England and the tour in the United States. On 15 August 2009, dos Santos was called up for his first official game with the first team in the Supercopa de España against Athletic Bilbao, although he was eventually ruled out
Federico Piovaccari (born 1 September 1984) is an Italian football striker. He currently plays for Brescia on loan from Sampdoria.\nIn July 2005 he was loaned to Treviso of Serie B, but after Treviso was awarded to promote to Seire A due to Caso Genoa, he was loaned to San Marino Calcio of Serie C1. After a loan spells at Triestina of Seire B, he was signed by Treviso in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of €500. In July 2009, he signed a 2-year deal with Ravenna of Prima Divisione on free transfer after the bankrupt of Treviso, replacing Francesco Zizzari. He scored in his debut match for Ravenna at Coppa Italia in 90+3 minute. The goal made Ravenna a narrow 3–2 won to Giulianova. He was the team top-scorer in 2009-10 season, ahead Luca Gerbino Polo and Stefano Scappini.\nTo replace the void of Matteo Ardemagni, Cittadella signed him on 31 August 2010 in co-ownership deal, as part of the deal, Paolo Rossi moved to opposite direction. He played for Cittadella, and became the top goalscorer in the 2010-11 Serie B campaign with 23 league goals. On 24 June 2011 Cittadella bought the remain 50% registration rights for undisclosed fee.\nOn 8 July 2011, Piovaccari moved to Serie B
Ricardo Jorge da Luz Horta is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF and the Portugal national team, as a right winger.
Mario Pašalić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Elche CF on loan from Chelsea as a midfielder.
Unai López Cabrera is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a central midfielder.
Massimo Donati (born 26 March 1981 in Sedegliano, Italy) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Palermo .\nDonati is a central midfielder and started his career at Atalanta and moved to A.C. Milan in 2001 along with Cristian Zenoni for 60 billion lire in cash plus player deal (Player asset was majority). However, due to the competition at the club, Donati was unable to claim a first team place, spending the 2002–03 season on loan at Parma and then Torino.\nHis second season (2003–04) at the San Siro saw him join Sampdoria on loan, before enjoying a successful spell at Messina for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons.\nDespite finding his form at Messina, Donati still found himself out of favour at Milan and was sent again on loan for the 2006–07 season, this time to his first club Atalanta.\nOn 29 June 2007, Celtic confirmed the signing of Donati on a four-year contract for a fee of €2million. Donati was given the number 18 jersey, vacated by ex-captain Neil Lennon and was unveiled at Celtic Park. He made his Celtic debut debut in their first league game of the season on 5 August, a 0-0 draw with Kilmarnock. In Celtic's next league game against
Marcelo Alejandro Estigarribia Balmori (born 21 September 1987 in Fernando de la Mora) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Juventus on loan from Deportivo Maldonado.\nEstigarribia has been known since youth as Chelo, as a diminutive of his name Marcelo. He also has an Italian passport.\nHe was born and raised in Fernando de la Mora, one kilometer away from the Paraguayan capital Asunción. He comes from a strongly Catholic family.\nEstigarribia started his career in the youth divisions of Club Unión Pacífico before moving to Sport Colombia where he made his professional debut at the age of 17.\nIn 2006 he moved to Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño, and in August 2008 he was transferred to Le Mans of the Ligue 1.\nOn 27 December 2009, Newell's Old Boys signed the versatile Paraguayan midfielder on loan from French side Le Mans UC for 18 months.\nOn 28 August 2011, Estigarribia moved to Juventus F.C. on a season loan for a 0.5 million euro fee, with an option of making the transfer permanent for 5 million euros at the end of the season, from a proxy club Deportivo Maldonado. He made his debut as a substitute against Chievo and got his first start against Genoa. He scored his first goal for
Luís Carlos Ramos Martins (born 10 June 1992) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a left defender.\nBorn in Lamego, Viseu District, Martins was promoted to S.L. Benfica's first team for 2011–12. He made his official debut for the club on 2 November 2011, starting in a UEFA Champions League group stage game against FC Basel, a 1–1 draw, and being replaced at the hour-mark by Miguel Vítor.\nMartins was picked by Portuguese under-20 coach Ilídio Vale for the 2011 FIFA World Cup in Colombia, helping the national team finish second to Brazil.
João Pedro Pereira Silva (born 21 May 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Everton in the Premier League, as a striker.\nBorn in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso Municipality, Silva joined the youth system of local club C.D. Aves at the age of 10. He eventually made his professional debut for the club during the 2009–10 season, with the northern club in the Portuguese second division. He made an immediate impact with the club, finishing as the league's second top scorer with 14 goals, with Aves finishing comfortably in mid-table.\nSilva signed for Premier League club Everton on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, on 9 June 2010. In the last hours of the following transfer window, without having made any official appearances with the Toffees, he returned to Portugal, joining U.D. Leiria on loan. On 14 May 2011, in the last match of the Portuguese season, he scored two of his four goals in the top flight for the team, in a 3–3 away draw against S.L. Benfica.\nFor 2011–12, Silva continued on loan and in his country's top division, joining Vitória de Setúbal in a season-long move. He scored in his first official game, a 2–1 home win against F.C. Paços de Ferreira, netting in
Yoel Rodríguez Oterino (born 28 August 1988 in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia), simply Yoel, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo as a goalkeeper.\nA product of local Celta de Vigo's youth ranks, Yoel was promoted to the first team for 2009–10, with the Galicians in the second division. On 10 February 2010, following a string of good performances in that year's Spanish Cup, he was called up to the Spain national under-21 football team training camp by manager Juan Ramón López Caro.
Nicola Pozzi (born 30 June 1986) is an Italian footballer who currently plays in the Serie B league for Sampdoria. He was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna.\nSigned by AC Milan from then-Serie C1 side Cesena on January 2004, he was successively loaned to Napoli and Pescara, before being sent on loan to Empoli F.C. for two consecutive seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07).\nIn 2007–08 season, his status was changed to co-owned by both sides, for €750,000 (that season Empoli also signed Luca Antonini (€1M), Lino Marzoratti (€0.75M) and Ignazio Abate (€0.9M) in co-ownership deals), and in 16 June 2008 Empoli got full ownership for €3.25 million (Pozzi) and €1.5 million (Marzoratti ) in exchange of Antonini (€2.9 million) and Abate (€2million) who return to AC Milan.\nOn December 9, 2007, he scored all four goals in Empoli's 4–1 victory over Cagliari. However, he suffered a season-ending knee injury after netting a brace in a 3–1 defeat of Napoli on February 17, and will be sidelined for six months, effectively ruling him out of the Azzurrini squad for the 2008 Olympics.\nPozzi also represented Italy at the Under-21 level.\nOn Monday 31 August 2009 Sampdoria announced via their website the loan
Luca Rigoni (born 7 December 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Chievo in Serie A. He is the elder brother of Nicola Rigoni. He can plays right or central midfielder.\nBorn in Schio, Province of Vicenza, Rigoni started his career at hometown club Vicenza. He played his first league match on 24 May 2003 against Cagliari Calcio, the 35th Serie B round towards the end of the season. In 2003–04 season he became one of the member of the first team, played 31 league matches. After the club almost relegated to Serie C1 in 2005, Rigoni along with Davide Biondini were sold to Serie A struggler Reggina (in a co-ownership deal). But he failed to enter first team and loaned back to Serie B for Piacenza in mid-season. In June 2006 Vicenza bought back Rigoni and offered a new contract which last until June 2010. Since returned to Vicenza, he became the regular starter, but in January 2008, he moved to Chievo in another co-ownership deal.\nWith Chievo, Rigoni played only 3 start in 11 appearances in the first season, He followed the team promoted to Serie A, and played regularly since January 2009, replacing Vincenzo Italiano as starting central midfielder.\nIn June 2009 Chievo bought the
Panagiotis Giorgios Kone (Greek: Παναγιώτης Γεώργιος Κονέ) is a Greek football player who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Bologna in the Italian Serie A. He was born in Tirana, Albania and moved to Greece at the age of two.\nKone started at the Olympiacos youth academy as a young teenager but moved to France just before his 17th birthday when RC Lens showed interest in him. He was sold to Lens for €400,000. After one year with Lens he came back to Greece, this time with AEK Athens signing his first professional contract. Kone was a hot prospect as a youngster and was tipped to have a big career but never fully blossomed. Surprisingly he wore the number 10 shirt for the 2005/06 season as an 18 year old but with the arrival of Rivaldo he changed it to 22.\nKone moved to Iraklis in 2008 after he was surplus to requirements in AEK. In the two seasons he has played since with the club from Thessaloniki he made 49 league appearances and scored 8 goals. In 37 of these matches he either played as a substitute or he was substituted. Although in times he showed football brilliance, the facts that he was rather unstable and the lack of teamwork couldn't secure him a firm place in
Ibson Barreto da Silva, simply Ibson (born 7 November 1983 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Flamengo as a central midfielder.\nIbson arrived at Flamengo in 1992, at the age of nine. He was promoted to the club's first team in the 2003 season and made his debut in a match against Vasco da Gama, totalling nine appearances in the Série A that season; his father, Laís Souza, eventually became a scout at the club.\nIn the following year, Ibson became one of the team's most important players. Under the guidance of Abel Braga and playing alongside the likes of Zinho, Felipe and Jean, he won the Guanabara Cup and the Rio de Janeiro State League, and also finished as runner-up in the Copa do Brasil; that season, he scored 11 goals in a total personal record of 66 matches.\nAfter a good season, some European clubs showed interest in Ibson and, just three matches into the Rio de Janeiro State League, he was transferred to Portuguese giants F.C. Porto, in January 2005. Flamengo received many criticism about his transfer, most of it coming from the transfer values, around US$2,5 million. At the time, club directors said they cashed the money as his contract
Juan Carlos Pérez López (born 30 March 1990 in Madrid), known as Juan Carlos, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a left winger.\nKnown as El Galgo de Boadilla (Greyhound of Boadilla in English) for his runs and speed.\nJuan Carlos started his football career at the EFMO Boadilla academy, playing there 11 years from the age of six. In 2007, Real Madrid signed him to his youth teams.\nAfter two years, Juan Carlos was promoted to Real Madrid Castilla, going on to appear in two full Segunda División B seasons with the team. His first goal with the reserves came on 8 November 2009, in a 4–2 home win against Gimnástica de Torrelavega. On 28 September 2010, he was called-up for a UEFA Champions League group stage match against AJ Auxerre, but eventually did not leave the bench in the 1–0 away victory.\nOn 3 October 2010, Juan Carlos finally made his first appearance for the Merengues' main squad, playing 11 minutes in a 6–1 La Liga home win against Deportivo de La Coruña. He added 32 games and three goals for the B-side, which eventually fell short in the promotion playoffs.\nOn 7 July 2011, Juan Carlos signed with fellow top-divisioner Real Zaragoza for €2.5 million. (But
Emanuele Pesoli (born August 31, 1980 in Anagni, Italy) is an Italian professional footballer, currently playing for Siena, where he plays as a defender.
Andrea Tabanelli is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A side A.C. Cesena. He can also play as a right winger.
Valter Birsa (born 7 August 1986) is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie A side Genoa and the Slovenian national team.\nBorn in the town of Šempeter pri Gorici, he spent his childhood in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Birsa's career began at the age of 5, when he started playing for NK Bilje, a small football club of the village of Bilje near Nova Gorica. As he was a talented player, he was soon transferred first to NK Primorje, then to ND Gorica at the age of 17. By the second season he was already the second best striker and one of the best in the Slovenian first league, scoring 29 goals for his home team, an outstanding goalscoring record for a midfielder. In 2006, he signed for French club Sochaux in Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1. He was declared the best Slovenian player of 2006-2008 by the leading Slovenian football website.\nOn 22 January 2009 AJ Auxerre signed him on a loan deal until June 2009 from Sochaux. He scored his first Auxerre goal against giants Lyon. On 29 May, it was announced that Auxerre had made the loan permanent. In the 2010/11 season, Birsa scored a 23 yard free kick and his first Champions league goal against Ajax in the group
Clecildo Rafael Martins de Souza Ladislau (born March 17, 1989 in Santos, São Paulo), most commonly known as just Rafael Martins, is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for ABC Futebol Clube.
Luigi Giorgi (born April 19, 1987 in Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian football midfielder or defender, currently on the club of Siena.\nGiorgi, started his professional career with Ascoli). In the 2006/2007 season Ascoli loaned him to Foligno on Serie C2 with 26 appareances. In the 2007 season Giorgi return on Serie B with Ascoli.\nIn 2011, he was sold to Novara for an undisclosed fee.\nOn January 16, 2012 he is transferred on loan to Siena in Serie A.
Mounir Obbadi (born April 4, 1983 in Pontoise, Yvelines) is a French-Moroccan professional footballer, who plays for Troyes AC in the Ligue 2.\nObbadi started his professional career at Paris Saint-Germain, although he never played a first team game. After a years loan spell at Angers SCO he signed there definitively. In January 2007, he joined Ligue 2 club ESTAC, before being loaned back to Angers SCO that season. After ESTAC were relegated, he broke into their first team, and still plays for them. As a playmaker, he is one of the most influent player on the field, and helped the club to climb from National to Ligue 1 over the last three seasons (2010 to 2012).
Hrvoje Miličević (born 30 April 1993) is Bosnian football midfielder currently playing for HŠK Zrinjski Mostar.
Francesco Lodi (born March 23, 1984 in Naples) is an Italian footballer, who plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.\nHe started his career as part of Empoli youth system, being later promoted to the first team in 2003. His senior debut came during the 2003-2004 Serie A season. During the winter transfer market, Empoli opted to loan the player out to Vicenza Calcio, In the Italian Serie B, for the player to gain regular playing time. Lodi went on to make 11 appreances for the biancorossi, before returning to Empoli for the 2004-2005 Serie B season, following their relegation. In his first full season with the Tuscan side, Lodi made 27 league appearances, scoring 6 goals, helping earn instant promotion back to the Serie A. Lodi remained with Empoli, his first full season in the Serie A. The midfielder made just 17 appearances however, and failed to hold down first team football. He scored no goals.\nFor the 2006-2007 Lega Calcio season, Empoli loaned the 22 year old to Serie B side Frosinone Calcio. Lodi instantly earned a starting role with the club, making 40 appearances, out of a possible 42, scoring 11 goals during the season. Despite his form, Empoli opted to keep the
Daniel Larsson (born January 25, 1987 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional football striker who currently plays for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.\nLarsson started his professional career at BK Häcken. Bigger clubs noticed Larsson after several impressing performances while playing in Superettan and in 2009 he left Häcken for Malmö FF. In his last season at Häcken he was a contributing factor to their promotion to Allsvenskan by scoring 12 league goals.\nHe scored his first goal for Malmö FF on April 19, 2009 in the second home game of the season against Trelleborgs FF. For the 2009 season he was the clubs top scorer in the league with 11 goals, finishing third in the goalscoring league. 10 of these goals were scored in the latter part of the season together with Edward Ofere who himself scored 10 goals, many of them assisted by Larsson. During 2010 Allsvenskan Larsson became one of the most important players in Malmö FF's title winning squad. Yet again, he scored 10 goals, assisting to 10 as well (winning the assist league). Many plaudit Larsson for developing his game even more where vision, teamwork, passing skill and huge pace were his key assets. Larsson scored the only goal in
Amedej Vetrih is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Gorica on loan from Parma.
Simone Colombi (born 1 July 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Juve Stabia, on loan from Atalanta.\nBorn in Seriate, the Province of Bergamo, Colombi started his career with hometown club Atalanta Bergamo. He was awarded no.91 shirt in 2008–09 season, as third keeper behind Ferdinando Coppola and Andrea Consigli.\nIn June 2009, he left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Pergocrema. He was the first choice keeper of Pergocrema until the arrival of Enrico Rossi in February. He regained his place in starting 11 in the return leg of relegation tie-breaker, which the team 1–1 draw with Pro Patria and 3–3 tie in aggregate and won the play-out by more away goal.\nIn August 2010, he left for league rival Alessandria via Atalanta, which he was the understudy of Andrea Servili. He also signed a new 3-year contract with Atalanta on 3 August.\nIn January 2011 he was transeferred on loan to Prima Divione club Juve Stabia. He played ad a regular since his arrival, helping the team to gain the promotion in Serie B after the play-offs campaign. As a result, the loan is confirmed for the 2011–12 season. On 31 August 2011 he made his debut in Serie B with Juve
Faouzi Ghoulam (born 1 February 1991 in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez) is a French footballer. He currently plays for Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1.\nGhoulam was born in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez to Algerian parents. His father is from Batna, while his mother is from Annaba. He has 8 brothers and 2 sisters, and his brother Nabil is a cross country runner that represented France at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.\nOn 23 September 2010, Ghoulam made his professional debut for AS Saint-Étienne coming as a substitute in the 82nd minute of a Coupe de la Ligue match against Nice.\nOn 18 December 2010, in an interview Algerian newspaper Le Buteur, Ghoulam said that his intentions were to represent Algeria in international competition despite being born in France. On May 5, 2011, Algerian under-23 coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi announced that Ghoulam was hesitant about joining the team, despite the fact that he was the one who contacted the Algerian Football Federation. On 6 October 2011, after being called up to the preliminary squad of the France under-21 team, Ghoulam said that he would be really proud to play for the team.
Jesús Fernández Collado (born 11 June 1988 in Madrid), simply Jesús, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División, as a goalkeeper.\nJesús played youth football for three different teams. In 2007, he signed for CD Numancia, going on to play two seasons with the reserves in Tercera División. In 2009–10, he acted as third-choice with the main squad, in Segunda División.\nJesús returned to his hometown in 2010, joining Real Madrid and being assigned to Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División B. On 21 May 2011, in the last matchday of the season, he made his first-team and La Liga debut, replacing departing Jerzy Dudek in the last minutes of a 8–1 home win against UD Almería.
Diego Aguirre Parra is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Leganés on loan from Rayo Vallecano as a left winger or left back.
Michelangelo Albertazzi (born 7 January 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan.\nBorn in Bologna, Emilia region, Albertazzi started his career at Bologna F.C. 1909. On 30 August 2007 Albertazzi was sold to A.C. Milan in co-ownership deal for €1 million. He was loaned back to Bologna until January 2008. In June 2008 Milan bought Albertazzi outright for another €1 million. Despite his young age, Albertazzi had already played for Bologna in "Primavera" under-20 reserve league in 2006–07 season. Albertazzi also won "Primavera" Italian Cup with Milan in 2010. He was also loaned back to Milan's under-18 team for the finals of 2009 Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti, which Milan was the champion of the wild card group. Milan "Primavera" team (U20) failed to qualify to the playoffs round that season, but "Berretti" under-18 team did. The coach use the majority of the "Primavera" U20 team (such as second keeper Miśkiewicz, Romagnoli, Oduamadi and Strasser, all born 1989/1990) to win Juventus immature reserve "Berretti" U18 2–1 (with only two born 1990 and rest of the squad were born 1991). A.C. Milan Primavera was eliminated by Sampdoria in
Armando Izzo is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Genoa as a central defender.
Gaël Kakuta (born 21 June 1991 in Lille, France) is a French footballer who currently plays for Chelsea FC. He was voted Chelsea's Academy Scholar of the Year by staff and peers, and enjoyed an eye-catching first year having joined from French side Lens.\nHe ended the season as Chelsea's youth top scorer, finding the net 12 times in 24 games, playing out wide or behind the forwards. He also opened his reserve team account and scored some memorable goals including a FA Youth Cup hat-trick at Port Vale; his final total six in that cup run.\nHe has also been capped at U17 level for France and he ended the season by helping France Under 17s to the European Championship Final, although the game was lost. He recently signed a professional contract with Chelsea FC.
Paolo Cannavaro (born 26 June 1981) is an Italian football defender who currently plays for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli. He is the younger brother of Fabio Cannavaro.\nCannavaro made his professional debut for his hometown side S.S.C. Napoli during the 1998–99 season in Serie A, while he was 15 years old.\nThe following season he was signed by Parma, playing alongside his older brother Fabio Cannavaro in his first season at the club. In fact, Paolo's debut for Parma came when he replaced his brother as a substitute in Parma's 4–1 victory against Lecce.\nVerona took the player on loan during the 2001–02 season, Cannavaro turned out 25 times for the club, scoring his first professional goal. The successive year he returned to Parma where he spent much of the time as a substitute for the following two seasons (2002–2003, 2003–2004). During the 2004–2005 season, Cannavaro became more active in the first team at Parma, making 24 appearances scoring 4 goals from defence.\nAs Napoli were promoted back into Serie B, and were building a squad with potential, Cannavaro was brought back to his first club, where he currently remains.\nNapoli\nAs a youngster, Cannavaro played for Italy under-21
Juan Manuel Ortiz Palazón, also known as Juanma (born 1 March 1982), is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Almería on loan from Rangers in the Scottish Premier League, mainly as a right midfielder.\nBorn in in Guardamar del Segura, Alicante, Valencia, Ortiz was a graduate of Atlético de Madrid's youth system, where he played five first-team matches during 2003–04, three as a starter. He had previously made his first team debuts in the 2001–02 season, appearing in one second division game as the Colchoneros were promoted, and would spend the next three seasons on loan, at both CA Osasuna and Polideportivo Ejido (the latter in the second division).\nIn 2007–08, Ortiz joined newly promoted UD Almería, where he was instrumental in helping the Andalusia outfit overachieve to a final 8th place in La Liga. He scored twice, namely in a 4–1 away win against neighbours Sevilla FC, on 19 April 2008, and continued to be regularly used in the following top flight campaigns, inclusively as an offensive right defender.\nOrtiz played as both right and left back during 2010–11. He scored twice in the season's Copa del Rey, both in a 4–3 win at RCD Mallorca (8–6 on aggregate) for the round of 16, as
Danilo Cataldi is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio.
Artur Ioniţă (born 17 August 1990) is a Moldovan footballer. He usually plays as a left winger. He is currentlyplaying for Swiss Super League side FC Aarau.\nIoniţă made his first appearance for Moldova in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Switzerland. Moldova lost the match 0–2.
Edimar Curitiba Fraga (born 21 May 1986 in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim), coomonly known as Edimar, is a Brazilian football (soccer) left back, who currently plays for Skoda Xanthi in Greece.\nIn 2008, Edimar played 13 Campeonato Mineiro games for Tupi and scored one goal, before moving to Ipatinga, where he played 5 matches Campeonato Brasileiro Série A games. In July 2008, he was loaned by Cruzeiro to Portuguese club Sporting Braga.
Sergio Agatino Garufi is an Italian footballer who plays for Catania as a left winger.
Massimo Coda (born 10 November 1988) is an Italian footballer. He plays for Bologna.\nCoda started his career at Cavese. At age of 16, he was signed by Bellinzona. He then on loan to Cisco Roma, and Treviso made permanent move for the player. On 26 June 2008, Bologna signed Coda in joint-ownership bid and sent him on loan to Cremonese
Antonio Caracciolo (born June 30, 1990 in Pavia) is an Italian footballer, who plays for Gubbio, on loan from Genoa.\nOn 29 January 2010 AS Bari signed the defender on loan from Serie C club A.C. Pavia until June 2010. In mid-2010 he was signed by Genoa.\nIn July 2011 he was loaned to Gubbio but suffered a injury.
Achraf Lazaar is a Moroccan football defender currently playing for Palermo.
Borja González Tomás (born 25 August 1992 in Madrid), simply Borja, and sometimes nicknamed Bastón, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Murcia on loan from Atlético Madrid, as a striker.\nBorja arrived in hometown's Atlético Madrid in July 2001, aged 8. He made his senior debuts in the 2009–10 season, scoring 12 goals for the reserve team, in the third division.\nOn 15 May 2010, in the La Liga season's last round, Borja made his first-team debut, replacing Tiago Mendes in the 58th minute of the game against Getafe CF. Twenty minutes later, however, he was stretchered off with a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury on his left knee, in an eventual 0–3 home loss.\nSeven months after his injury, Borja re-appeared with Atlético B, as a substitute in a 1–0 win against CP Cacereño. After the match, he stated: "I'm very happy. I've passed really bad times and I've suffered, but now I'm prepared to help the team go up in the league table."\nIn late August 2011, Borja was loaned to Real Murcia, freshly promoted to the second level.\nBorja represented Spain's under-17 at the 2009 FIFA World Cup in Nigeria. As the national team finally finished in third position, he scored five goals,
Nicola Sansone (born 10 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for F.C. Crotone on loan from Parma.\nSansone was born in Foggia but moved to Germany at a young age and joined local sports club SV Neuperlach. At the age of 10, he transferred to Bayern Munich, where he progressed through the Junior Team. He made his debut for Bayern's reserve team in January 2010, in a 3rd Liga match against Dynamo Dresden. He made three more appearances in the 2009–10 season, and was a regular in the team during the 2010–11 season. In October 2010, he was named on the substitutes bench for the first-team in a Bundesliga match against SC Freiburg. He was released in June 2011 after Bayern's reserves were relegated from the 3. Liga.\nSansone made his U17 debut in November 2007 along with Bayern team-mate Roberto Soriano. Both players also called-up to 2008 Minsk under-17 International Tournament He scored a goal in the second match, a 3–0 won against Belarus. However, he was not called-up to 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round in March.\nHe played for Italy U19 team on 11 March 2009, the second match of season 2009–10 (for player born on or
Benoît Trémoulinas (French pronunciation: [bənwa tʁemulinas]; born 28 December 1985 in Lormont) is a French football player of Réunionais heritage who currently plays for French club Bordeaux in Ligue 1. He plays as an attack-minded left back capable of getting forward in order to provide support for the attackers. He can also play as a midfielder and winger on the same side.\nTrémoulinas was born in the commune of Lormont, a suburb located on the outskirts of Bordeaux, and began his career playing for hometown club US Lormont. In 1994, he signed a youth contract with FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Trémoulinas spent approximately seven years in the club's youth system and one year in the Championnat de France amateur before earning a call up to the senior team in preparation for the 2007–08 season following the signing of his professional contract. He was designated the number 28 shirt and served as backup to the younger Florian Marange and elder Franck Jurietti. Trémoulinas made his professional debut on 15 August 2007 in a league match against Le Mans. He was limited to only nine league appearances, but was a regular in the club's 2007–08 UEFA Cup campaign appearing in seven matches
Luca Martinelli is an Italian footballer who plays as a central defender for Italian club Novara on loan from Empoli, co-owned by Chievo Verona.
Nicolao Manuel Dumitru Cardoso (born 12 October 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Empoli, on loan from Napoli.\nDumitru was born in Nacka, Sweden to a Romanian father (who later took Italian citizenship) and an Afro-Brazilian mother, and successively moved to Empoli, Tuscany in 1998 with his parents.\nDumitru started his professional career at Empoli, in a match during the 2008–09 season in Serie B. He also played another game in the following season, still at Serie B level.\nOn 31 August 2010 he was signed by Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli. He failed to break into the first team during his period at Napoli, making only nine Serie A appearances at the club.\nOn 20 July 2011 it was announced Dumitru would return at Empoli in Serie B for the 2011–12 season on a one-year loan basis. On 27 August he scored on his debut, in the first match of the league, against Juve Stabia.\nWith the Italy U-19 national team in 2010 he took part at the U-19 European Championship. He is currently a member of the Italy U-20 national team.
Lucas Vieira de Souza is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguese club Moreirense on loan from Italian club Parma, as a midfielder.
Nordin Amrabat (Arabic: نورالدين أمرابط‎ - Nûreddin Emrâbat‎, born 31 March 1987 in Naarden) is a Dutch-Moroccan football player, who is currently playing for Kayserispor in the Turkish Süper Lig. He has played for Dutch national youth teams and has been called up for the senior national side one time. However, on October 1, 2009, Amrabat announced his decision to play for Morocco.\nAmrabat began his career at amateur club HSV De Zuidvogels. At a younger age he was scouted by Ajax. But after 3 seasons playing by AFC Ajax he was getting problems with his growing and injuries. He was then transferred to Huizen. There he was a part of the A-selection. After a good season at Huizen he was scouted by Omniworld.\nBecause of his creative game at FC Omniworld he was scouted by VVV Venlo. Amrabat also had made his debut at the national youth team.\nAfter a few good games at VVV Venlo, he was wanted by Feyenoord, Ajax, PSV, Utrecht, SC Heerenveen and Standard Liège. On 1 March 2008 it was announced that Amrabat will be joining PSV Eindhoven. On 3 March Amrabat signed for a contract of 4 years at PSV for €2.1 million. He took over the number 11 jersey, previously worn by Kenneth Perez.\nOn