World Cup squads
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BRAZIL
Goalkeepers: Dida (Milan), Cesar (Internazionale), Ceni (Sao Paulo). Defenders: Cafu (Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Cris (Lyon), Luisao (Benfica). Midfielders: Edmilson (Barcelona), Juninho (Lyon), Emerson (Juventus), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Silva (Arsenal), Kaka (Milan), Ricardinho (Corinthians). Forwards: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Adriano (Internazionale), Fred (Lyon).
COSTA RICA
Goalkeepers: Alfaro (Alajuelense), Porras (Saprissa), Mesen (Herediano). Defenders: Martinez (Brescia), Miller (Bodo Glimt), Marin (Alajuelense), Rodriguez (Alajuelense), Wallace (Alajuelense), Drummond (Saprissa), Sequeira (Real Salt Lake City), Gonzalez (Herediano), Umana (Brujas), Badilla (Saprissa). Midfielders: Hernandez (Alajuelense), Centeno (Saprissa), Bolanos (Saprissa), Azofeifa (Saprissa), Solis (Comunicaciones, Guat), Fonseca (Cartagines). Forwards: Gomez (Saprissa), Saborio (Saprissa), Nunez (Cartagines), Bernard (Puntarenas), Wanchope (Herediano).
CZECH REPUBLIC
Goalkeepers: Blazek (Sparta Prague), Cech (Chelsea), Kinsky (Saturn Ramenskoye). Defenders: Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam), Jankulovski (Milan), Jiranek (Spartak Moscow), Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Mares (Zenit St Petersburg), Rozehnal (Paris St-Germain), Ujfalusi (Fiorentina). Midfielders: Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam), Jarolim (Hamburg SV), Nedved (Juventus), Plasil (Monaco), Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Polak (Nuremberg), Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Smicer (Bordeaux). Forwards: Baros (Aston Villa), Heinz (Galatasaray), Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Lokvenc (Red Bull Salzburg), Stajner (Hanover).
GERMANY
Goalkeepers: Lehmann (Arsenal), Kahn (Bayern Munich), Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart). Defenders: Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Huth (Chelsea), Jansen (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Lahm (Bayern Munich), Mertesacker (Hanover), Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen). Midfielders: Ballack (Chelsea), Borowski (Werder Bremen), Frings (Werder Bremen), Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart). Forwards: Asamoah (Schalke 04), Klose (Werder Bremen), Neuville (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Podolski (Cologne), Hanke (Werder Bremen), Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund).
ITALY
Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Peruzzi (Lazio), Amelia (Livorno). Defenders: Zaccardo (Palermo), Nesta (Milan), Cannavaro (Juventus), Zambrotta (Juventus), Materazzi (Internazionale), Grosso (Palermo), Oddo (Lazio), Barzagli (Palermo). Midfielders: Pirlo (Milan), Gattuso (Milan), De Rossi (Roma), Camoranesi (Juventus), Perrotta (Roma), Barone (Palermo). Forwards: Toni (Fiorentina), Del Piero (Juventus), Totti (Roma), Gilardino (Milan), Inzaghi (Milan), Iaquinta (Udinese).
IVORY COAST
Goalkeepers: Barry (Beveren), Gnanhouan (Montpellier), Tizie (Esperance). Defenders: Boka (Racing Strasbourg), Demel (Hamburg SV), Domoraud (Creteil), Eboué (Arsenal), Kouassi (Troyes), Meite (Marseilles), K Touré (Arsenal), Zoro (Messina). Midfielders: Akale (Auxerre), Fae (Nantes), Ndri (Le Mans), G Y Touré (Olympiakos), Yapo (Young Boys Bern), Zokora (St Etienne). Forwards: Dindane (Lens), Drogba (Chelsea), Kalou (Paris St-Germain), Keita (Lille), B Kone (Nice), A Kone (PSV Eindhoven).
JAPAN
Goalkeepers: Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Doi (FC Tokyo), Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight). Defenders: Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Alex (Urawa Reds), Nakazawa (Yokohama F-Marinos), Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Kaji (Gamba Osaka), Tsuboi (Urawa Reds), Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Nakata (Basel). Midfielders: Nakata (Bolton Wanderers), Nakamura (Celtic), Ono (Urawa Reds), Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion), Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Endo (Gamba Osaka). Forwards: Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers), Takahara (Hamburg SV), Oguro (Grenoble), Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Maki (JEF United Chiba).
NETHERLANDS
Goalkeepers: Van der Sar (Manchester Utd, Stekelenburg (Ajax Amsterdam), Timmer (AZ Alkmaar). Defenders: Boulahrouz (Hamburg SV), Van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), De Cler (AZ Alkmaar), JHeitinga (Ajax Amsterdam), Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar), Kromkamp (Liverpool), Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar), Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven). Midfielders: Van Bommel (Barcelona), Cocu (PSV Eindhoven), Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar), Maduro (Ajax Amsterdam), Sneijder (Ajax Amsterdam), Van der Vaart (Hamburg SV). Forwards: Babel (Ajax Amsterdam), Kuijt (Feyenoord), Van Nistelrooy (Manchester Utd), Van Persie (Arsenal), Robben (Chelsea), Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven).
PARAGUAY
Goalkeepers: Villar (Newell's Old Boys), Bobadilla (Libertad), Gomez (Sportivo Luqueno). Defenders: Caniza (unattached), Gamarra (Palmeiras), Caceres (River Plate), Toledo (Real Zaragoza), Da Silva (Toluca), Mansur (Guarani), Nunez (Estudiantes). Midfielders: Barreto (NEC Nijmegen), Acuña (Deportivo La Coruña), Paredes (Reggina), Dos Santos (Bayern Munich), Riveros (Libertad), Bonet (Libertad), Montiel (Olimpia), Gavilan (Newell's Old Boys). Forwards: Roque (Bayern Munich), Haedo Valdez (Werder Bremen), Cardozo (unattached), Cabanas (Jaguares), Cuevas (Pachuca).
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Goalkeepers: Jevric (Anakaraspor), Kovacevic (CSKA Sofia), Stojkovic (Nantes). Defenders: Gavrancic (Dynamo Kiev), Dragutinovic (Sevilla), Krstajic (Schalke 04), Vidic (Manchester Utd), Dudic (Red Star Belgrade), N Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade), Basta (Red Star Belgrade). Midfield: Stankovic, (Internazionale), Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk), P Djordjevic (Olympiakos Piraeus), Koroman (Portsmouth), Nadj (Partizan Belgrade), Ilic (Galatasaray), Vukic (Partizan Belgrade), Ergic (Basel). Forwards: Milosevic (Osasuna), Kezman (Atletico Madrid), Zigic (Red Star Belgrade), Ljuboja (VFB Stuttgart), Vucinic (Lecce).
SPAIN
Goalkeepers: Casillas (Real Madrid), Reina (Liverpool), Canizares (Valencia). Defenders: Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito (Real Betis), Del Horno (Chelsea), Salgado (Real Madrid), Ramos (Real Madrid), Marchena (Valencia). Midfielders: Fabregas (Arsenal), Reyes (Arsenal), Iniesta (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Joaquin (Real Betis), Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Alonso (Liverpool), Albelda (Valencia), Senna (Villarreal). Forwards: Torres (Atletico Madrid), Raul (Real Madrid), Villa (Valencia).
SWEDEN
Goalkeepers: Isaksson (Stade Rennes), Alvbage (Viborg), Shaaban (Fredrikstad). Defenders: Edman (Stade Rennes), Hansson (Heerenveen), Lucic (BK Hacken), Mellberg (Aston Villa), K Svensson (IFK Gothenburg), Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Stenman (Bayer Leverkusen). Midfielders: Andersson (Malmo), Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg), Kallstrom (Stade Rennes), Linderoth (FC Copenhagen), Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht), A Svensson (Elfsborg), Ljungberg (Arsenal). Forwards: Allback (FC Copenhagen), Elmander (Brondby), Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Jonson (Djurgarden), Larsson (Barcelona), Rosenberg (Ajax Amsterdam)
SWITZERLAND
Goalkeepers: Zuberbühler (FC Basel), Coltorti (Grasshoppers Zurich), Benaglio (CD Nacional). Defenders: Djourou (Arsenal), Magnin (VfB Stuttgart), Senderos (Arsenal), Grichting (Auxerre), Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), Behrami (Lazio), Müller (Lyon), Degen (Borussia Dortmund). Midfielders: Margairaz (FC Zurich), Vogel (Milan), Cabanas (Cologne), Wicky (Hamburg SV), Gygax (Lille), Degen (Basel), Dzemaili (FC Zurich), Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen). Forwards: Frei (Rennnes), Streller (Cologne), Lustrinelli (Sparta Prague), Vonlanthen (NAC Breda).
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Goalkeepers: Jack (Dundee), Hislop (West Ham), Ince (Coventry). Defenders: Lawrence (Wrexham), Gray (San Juan Jabloteh), Andrews (Rangers), Sancho (Gillingham), Cox (Gillingham), Charles (W Connection), John (New England Revolution). Midfielders: Spann (unattached), Birchall (Port Vale), Whitley (San Juan Jabloteh), Wolfe (San Juan Jabloteh), Theobald (Falkirk), Edwards (Luton), Yorke (Sydney FC). Forwards: Latapy (Falkirk), John (Coventry), Jones (Southampton), Samuel (Dundee Utd), Scotland (St Johnstone), Glen (Los Angeles Galaxy).
TUNISIA
Goalkeepers: Boumnijel (Club Africain), Kasraoui (Esperance Tunis), Nefzi (US Monastir). Defenders: Jemmali (Bordeaux), Trabelsi (Ajax Amsterdam), Meriah (Etoile du Sahel), Ayari (Samsunspor), Yahya (Saint-Etienne), Jaidi (Bolton), Hagui (Strasbourg), Saidi (Lecce). Midfielders: Menari (Nuremberg), Chedli (Nuremberg), Nafti (Birmingham), Melliti (Gaziantespor), Namouchi (Rangers), Zdiri (Rosenborg), Chikhaoui (Etoile du Sahel), Boazizi (Kayserispor), Jomaa (Lens), Ghodhbane (Diyarbakirspor). Forwards: Santos (Toulouse), Jaziri (Troyes).
UKRAINE
Goalkeepers: Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Pyatov (Vorskla Poltava), Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk). Defenders: Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Vashchyuk (Dynamo Kiev), Fyodorov (Dynamo Kiev), Yesersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Chigrinsky (Shakhtar Donetsk), Svidersky (Arsenal Kiev). Midfielders: Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Gusiev (Dynamo Kiev), Rotan (Dynamo Kiev), Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Shelayev (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Husin (Krylya Sovietov Samara), Kalinichenko (Spartak Moscow). Forwards: Shevchenko (Milan), Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen), Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev), Milevsky (Dynamo Kiev), Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk), Belik (Shakhtar Donetsk).
UNITED STATES
Goalkeepers: Hahnemann (Reading), Howard (Manchester Utd), Keller (Borussia Mönchengladbach). Defenders: Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy), Bocanegra (Fulham), Cherundolo (Hanover), Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Gibbs (ADO Den Haag), Lewis (Leeds Utd), Onyewu (Standard Liège), Pope (Real Salt Lake). Midfielders: Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Convey (Reading), Dempsey (New England Revolution), Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), O'Brien (Chivas USA), Olsen (DC United), Reyna (Manchester City). Forwards: Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), McBride (Fulham), Ching (Houston Dynamo), Wolff (Kansas City Wizards).
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