football players with unaccountably lengthy wikipedia articles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linvoy_Primus

In 2007, he released his autobiography, "Transformed", which was co-written by Peter Jeffs.[71] The book received generally positive reviews: Christianity Magazine said the book was a "disarmingly honest account of Primus’s triumphs and struggles on and off the pitch"[72] while FourFourTwo described it as "an antidote to the 'me-me-me' tales that weigh down the shelves"[73] but rival football magazine When Saturday Comes was more critical, pointing out its "sometimes ungrammatical and often ponderous style" and going on to say "[the] book is also full of cliches".[74]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robinson_%28footballer_born_November_1978%29

Robinson is currently playing for South Tyneside based Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association F.C. who play in the Northern League Division One. He scored a hat-trick on his debut against Billingham Town F.C. and followed this with two goals in a 2-2 draw with West Auckland Town F.C.[14] and then scored his sixth goal in his first three games when he scored in a 2-1 defeat to Guisborough Town F.C.[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Windass

has a longer wiki page than one of the most important poets of the 19th c

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Mallarm%C3%A9

In the early hours of 12 November, Windass and team-mate Marlon King fought in a casino in Scarborough, with King reported to have headbutted Windass.[39] In the following days, the club said the argument had been settled internally and both players allowed to stay with Hull.[40] Windass had to wait till 22 November 2008 to make another Premier League appearance for City, coming on as a substitute against Portsmouth with Hull trailing 2–1. Windass claimed the goal that earned Hull City a draw, with a header from a corner that deflected off defender Noé Pamarot and into the net. This was officially recorded as an own goal at the time, but was later awarded to Windass after a review by the Dubious Goals Committee.[2][41] In a radio interview after the game, Windass described the casino incident as a "storm in a teacup".

would be another matter had the whims of history not robbed us of a Mallarmé-King confrontation.

unaccountably extant articles are best:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B4mulo_Borges_Monteiro

it might be worth using this thread for all notable wikipedia fitba content like their choice free usage images

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At the time I posted that Rômulo page it consisted solely of this:

Rômulo Borges Monteiro, better known as Rômulo (Picos, September 19, 1990), is a Brazilian footballer who acts as the steering wheel. He currently plays for Vasco da Gama. Rômulo is known to be quite useless in the FIFA games, and does not improve at all in manager mode.

ya i was wondering what was so unusual about a brazil international. tho on the other hand it does seem that they have several thousand defensive midfielders these days.

Six months under Meho Kodro

After Meho Kodro replaced Muzurović as head coach in early January 2008, one of the changes he introduced was stripping Misimović of the captain's armband and awarding it to 27-year-old defender Emir Spahić who had just returned to the national team after boycotting it since fall 2006. On 8 April 2008, Misimović (then still only 25 years old) announced his retirement from the national team, citing stating health concerns as he no longer felt able to keep up the physical rigors of playing for both club and country.[13] However, many speculated that health had little to do with Misimović's sudden announcement. These suspicions were seemingly confirmed two days later by Bosnian national team general manager Elvir Bolić who hinted that Misimović might have softened his original stance and revealed that head coach Meho Kodro would travel to Germany to visit the player personally and discuss the "real reasons" for his decision.[14] On 12 April 2008, after speaking to Kodro, Misimović changed his mind and the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NSBiH) announced that he had decided to continue his international career.[15][16]

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McEachran in October 2010, receiving
advice from Chelsea's assistant manager
Ray Wilkins

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Cissé was born to Muslim Ivorian parents in France, but later converted to Pastafarianism. His late father Mangué Cissé was a professional ultimate frizbee player and had captained his country before his parents moved to Greenland in 1700. Djibril was the forty-seventh and last child of his family, after siblings Nma, Damaye, Abou, Fode, Seni, Hamed, Rashad, Bolli, Colli, Nolli, Shambo Nma, Damaye, Abou, Fode, Seni, Hamed, Rashad, Bolli, Colli, Nolli, ShamboNma, Damaye, Abou, Fode, Seni, Hamed, Rashad, Bolli, Colli, Nolli, ShamboNma, Damaye, Abou, Fode, Seni, Hamed, Rashad, Bolli, Colli, Nolli, Shambo and boris.[6]

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l-r: Fode, Seni, Hamed, Rashad, Bolli, Colli, Nolli, ShamboNma, Damaye, Abou, Fode, Seni, Hamed, Rashad, Bolli, Colli, Nolli,

There is some confusion about his first name and family name. His father's name is Amedee Shemiz Bony,[7] so his first name is Wilfried and the family name is Bony.

On 7 December 2006, tabloid newspaper The Sun reported Alnwick, along with team-mates Chris Brown and Liam Lawrence had filmed themselves in an orgy with a brunette girl referred to as 'Stevie'. In the video, Brown films his team-mates perform sexual acts on the girl as well as themselves, and is said to give "Match of the Day" style commentary throughout. Former Sunderland midfielder Martin Woods also features on the tape partially clothed, along with two other men. In reference to the watching men, Brown reportedly comments “Here’s the boys — the watching faithful — every week without fail.”[19]

On 8 December, The Sun reported that the girl in the video was just 16 years old, with the girl claiming she had no idea she was being filmed.[20]

Fans' reactions

The decision left many Liverpool fans in shock and anger because they believed McManaman refused to comment earlier on his decision because he waited until he was sure Real Madrid would sign him, stalled on contract talks, and toyed with the fans with his statements,[100] while McManaman claimed he took so long to comment because he was "torn over deciding to leave the magnificent fans."[101] Liverpool fans however, remained split over McManaman's actions, with groups claiming that since he said he always wanted to play overseas, it demonstrated that he had already made up his mind much earlier to leave at the end of his contract, and should have declared that truth, instead of fearing losing his "idol" status with them and constantly claiming to want to sign an extension; thereby misleading the club.[102]

Other Liverpool fans claimed they understood McManaman was in a dilemma because they knew he really wanted to go abroad as he hinted at it since 1996, yet wanted to stay because of sentiment, but because the club tried to sell him off first, McManaman then swayed to change his mind about feeling guilty regarding walking out on the club, and rejected all new contract offers whilst claiming legitimately he was in a dilemma- an act that if true, left fans feeling it was still not the right way to do things even if the club acted poorly as well.[103]

The final fan view; the most predominant view,[104] is an amalgam of the other two views, but begins with the different premise that McManaman might not have concretely decided to play abroad before 1998, nor did he necessarily want to do a Bosman. It does however believe the inevitable reality that saw him refuse to sign a new Liverpool contract was linked to the fact that he publicly felt the club did not pay him the wage he felt he deserved (he had accepted Roy Evans' offers but this was not sanctioned by the board and McManaman rejected their offers), and that this was also consistent with his own statements where he said he felt he had been playing good football[105] while the club had not been playing well nor at the highest level of the Champions' league and he needed to test himself with the best.[106] The club then decided to cash in on him when offers came in (with Barcelona), knowing he was not going to easily accept a deal from them (as he was rated highly) and needed a big wage, and all this while he was also inclined to go overseas; leaving on a free if he had to. In this respect, the club genuinely betrayed McManaman by selling him early but not without legitimate grounds for doing so, and McManaman had also betrayed the club by believing he was better than the club, but not without legitimate grounds for leaving as he did see out his contract, did serve the club for a decade, and also was sold by the club first. When the Barcelona deal collapsed, the club's trading image looked awkward and the club had no choice but to change their approach to McManaman and turn down Juventus to make up for this, but by then it was too late to reconcile affairs with McManaman, who by this time had made himself to look like the innocent party by telling fans he never said he wanted to leave. In this way, McManaman was at fault because he never signed, and simply added up all the factors and decided to take the chance to leave by late 1998, hence the talks with Madrid. He then had a gentleman's agreement with Houllier about leaving before Houllier's continental revolution began, which would have seen the Spice Boys cleared out anyway. Today, many Liverpool fans consider this the most popular view, and this leaves many fans feeling McManaman acted in a self-interested manner even though both club and player were at fault for the whole mess,[107] and many Liverpool fans remain split till this day over McManaman's departure and the whole contract saga affair.
Final games

Whatever the fans' views, the facts remained that in McManaman's final games for the club in the second half of the 1998–99 season, he began turning in mixed performances, with the media accusing him of playing out his final season in a "desultory manner".[108] His form dipped at times, arguably due to a combination of injuries, being restricted to substitute appearances (as Houllier wanted to cut the side's dependency on his gameplay and replace him[2]), and loss of confidence in certain games where even the home fans turned against him over the contract debacle, with some labelling him a 'traitor' and a Judas figure.[109] McManaman told the media after one such game where he became victim of the "boo boys", saying: "That's understandable, when I came off the other day I knew the reaction there was going to be. But I think if they put themselves in the same predicament, and the fact that I have been at Liverpool for 12 years and that I would like to test myself in a foreign country, that's understandable." [110]

McManaman also suffered personal tragedy when his mother Irene, who was bedridden with breast cancer for two years, died during this time.[111]

The combination of these factors meant McManaman suffered a loss of form, but, McManaman managed to rally and pick up his play right at the end of that last campaign. McManaman scored a crucial goal away at Blackburn Rovers, set up a dramatic injury time equaliser with a through ball for Paul Ince to score in front of the Kop against Manchester United,[112] and scored the winner from outside the area with a half volley to complete the full turn around result against Tottenham Hotspur, after trailing 2 – 0 at half time.[113] In fitting fashion, in what was the final match of the season, and what would be McManaman's final match and final contribution on the pitch for the club, McManaman assisted Karl-Heinz Riedle with a goal at the Kop with a trademark right wing run and pull back as Liverpool won 3–0 against Wimbledon, enabling McManaman to end his career at the club to a standing ovation, a lap of honour at Anfield,[114] and a two row squad farewell at the entrace of the players' tunnel.[115]

Jesus

if we try really hard we can expand it to be longer than the section of churchill's wiki on the second world war.

fucking liverpool

In popular culture, a shot bouncing off the crossbar and hitting the line is referred to as a "Geoff Hurst style shot" if no goal is given, or a "Geoff Hurst style goal". An example of that is David Trezeguet (of Juventus's) penalty against Italy in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final when it went to penalties. As he shot, the ball smacked the bar, and in similar circumstances it was not clear if it crossed the line.

He is currently Director of Football for McDonald's fast food chain.[9]

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Huntelaar's got a little bit of Prince Harry about him there

i'm more drawn to the extreme cinemascope framing, like resnais or michael mann but with some strange oraanje colour filter

Van der Wiel and Oranje.xls

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i'd like to imagine that's at the salient point of csi miami caruso style punchline delivery

"looks like the only transfer kitty you'll be seeing this summer... is rosie47" YEAHHHHH

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Full name Antonio Noncerino
Date of birth 9 April 1985 (age 27)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder

BANTUH

On 17 October 2008, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Ljungberg might be a part of the new (at the time) Major League Soccer franchise Seattle Sounders FC. On 28 October 2008, Seattle Sounders officially announced they had signed Ljungberg as their Designated Player for the 2009 season. The terms of his contract saw Ljungberg earn $10 million over two seasons with the Sounders. Much like the contract of David Beckham and as is the norm for professional sports stars in the US, Ljungberg's contract will assure he keeps all of his private endorsement money.[29] Because of this, Grahame L. Jones of the Los Angeles Times was quick to compare Ljungberg with Beckham.[30] Alexi Lalas stated, "Eddie Vedder, I think, would have a better chance of making an impact at Seattle than Freddie Ljungberg".[31] However, after the 2009 regular season Lalas acknowledged his initial skepticism but admitted he had changed his mind. "For me he's the best DP signing, because of the way he plays in MLS." [32]

In December 2008, it was announced that Ljungberg would undergo surgery to repair a persistent hip injury that has plagued him throughout his later career. Surgeons repaired a slightly torn hip labrum and shaved a small amount of bone where the hip meets the femur to prevent future injury. The Seattle Times reported that Ljungberg was expected to miss 10–12 weeks of training and possibly be sidelined for the team's inaugural game, but he recovered from his hip injury sooner than expected. Although Ljungberg did not take part of Seattle's preseason in Argentina, he did however do light training with IS Halmia.[33]

Once the Sounders returned to Seattle, Ljungberg joined in training. Despite his speedy recovery, Ljungberg did not participate in the inaugural game against New York Red Bulls. He made his debut one week later on 28 March 2009, coming on as a 61st minute substitute in a 2–0 victory over Real Salt Lake. The following week he made his first start on 4 April 2009 against Toronto FC where he also scored his first MLS goal.[34] Ljungberg played his first full game against Chivas USA in Los Angeles in which they lost 2–0. While some noted that Fredy Montero and Ljungberg were not cohesive on the pitch due to Ljungberg's absence in the preseason and few practices with one other, coach Sigi Schmid answered, "That's just something that takes some time. But they're both quality players and it will get sorted out I think a lot sooner than later."[35]

Ljungberg missed two games against FC Dallas and Colorado Rapids due to a migraine attack. He quickly recovered to play against Chivas USA. On 30 May 2009, the Sounders drew their fifth match in a row, this time against the Columbus Crew, after Ljungberg missed a penalty kick in the 31st minute.[36] Ljungberg scored his second goal for the season against the San Jose Earthquakes on 13 June 2009 as a result of beating Joe Cannon to the ball, lofting it over him and into the center of the net. In the 59th minute, Ljungberg's corner kick set up Fredy Montero's goal which led the Sounders to a 2–0 victory.[37] After playing DC United, Ljungberg suffered from some hamstring tightness. Ljungberg did suit up for the New York Red Bull game on 20 June 2009, but he did not play as a result of the injury.[38] On 28 June, Ljungberg assisted Montero's 23rd minute goal against the Colorado Rapids. He was subbed out toward the end of the game, in which he received a standing ovation. Ljungberg sat out for the US Open Cup game against the USL Portland Timbers and focused on training during the July 4 week vacation. Following the brief holiday vacation, Seattle defeated Houston Dynamo, a game in which Ljungberg was heavily targeted and fouled. Despite this, Ljungberg out maneuvered his opponents and assisted a goal to Patrick Ianni. The Bleacher Report dubbed him the man of the match.[39]

During his 2009 season, the Daily Express noted rumors that Ljungberg was poised to return to a European club, but Ljungberg assured fans that he would stay to fulfill his two year contract. The Daily Express also noted that he might even extend his contract beyond 2010.[40]

In July 2009, Ljungberg was selected for starting MLS' All-Stars along with teammate Kasey Keller. Selection for the All-Star team is based upon votes from players, coaches, general managers, members of the media and an online fan voting system. Ljungberg received the most votes among fans, a testament to his popularity in the MLS. Ljungberg was also appointed captain of the 2009 MLS All-Star Team in their game versus Everton.

Due to receiving a red card in the previous game, Ljungberg was ineligible to play the next Seattle Sounders game. As a result, All-Star coach Dominic Kinnear played Ljungberg for a full 90 minutes. At the end of the game, Ljungberg started to have impaired vision. When the game went to penalty kicks, he chose to sit it out due to his loss of vision after an on-set migraine.[41] Unfortunately for Ljungberg, the initial 5 kicks ended in a draw. Kinnear, not fully understanding Ljungberg's condition, sent him out as the sixth kicker. Ljungberg, unable to see, took a chance and just tapped the ball in the center of net. However, Tim Howard caught it, resulting in Everton's win. Immediately following the game, Ljungberg was removed from the field on a stretcher. Later, Ljungberg told reporters that he ingested trace amount of red wine while in Utah, resulting in his second migraine within months.[42]

did more notable things in a year than Jean Genet did in his entire life.

After retiring from football in 2001, Limpar opened a bar, The Limp Bar, in central Stockholm, although it has since closed.

Magnus Hedman had an illustrious late career of not playing for numerous big clubs

In September 2006, he was rumoured to be making a sensational comeback at English FA Premier League club Newcastle United. According to himself he denied an offer from the club, citing it was too short of a contract to be interesting.[2] The club itself has denied ever contacting the goalkeeper. On 9 November 2006 it was announced that Hedman would join FA Premier League Champions Chelsea on a week's trial, due to Chelsea's current lack of fully fit goalkeepers except for Henrique Hilário and youth team keeper Yves Makalambay. The move was eventually completed on 14 November 2006, taking the No. 22 shirt previously worn by Eidur Gudjohnsen. Hedman has since been released from his contract, having made no official appearances for Chelsea.

In November 2008 he claimed he was approached by Manchester City to provide back up following the injury to their current number 1 Joe Hart. Hedman began training with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur on 5 January 2009, with a view to gaining a contract with Spurs until at least the end of the 2008–09 season, of which he did not achieve.

love that sensational

Hedman, Hilario and Makalamby. Wow, you'd be as well with no keeper at all, tbh.

Rangers Football Club was a football club based in Glasgow, who played in the Scottish Premier League until the end of the 2011-12 season.

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Denis Irwin at Manchester United's training ground in 1992

Return to Liverpool

Aquilani returned to Liverpool for pre-season training in preparation for the 2012-13 season, and after having a chat with new manager Brendan Rodgers. Rodgers stated that Aquilani is a good asset to the Liverpool midfield and that he has no plans to release Aquilani, as the player fits his style of play perfectly.[citation needed] Aquilani's agent also came out and spoke of how a deal to Milan was now "impossible" and confirmed that Aquilani would remain at Liverpool the for the 2012-13 season. He was named in the 34 man squad for Liverpool's pre-season tour of North America, and flew out with the rest of the squad on 16 July 2012. He started and played 45 minutes in Liverpool's first pre-season friendly match against Toronto F.C. , and subsequently impressed, achieving a pass completion rate of 97% on the 21 July 2012.

He started and played 45 minutes in Liverpool's first pre-season friendly match against Toronto F.C. , and subsequently impressed, achieving a pass completion rate of 97% on the 21 July 2012.He started and played 45 minutes in Liverpool's first pre-season friendly match against Toronto F.C. , and subsequently impressed, achieving a pass completion rate of 97% on the 21 July 2012.He started and played 45 minutes in Liverpool's first pre-season friendly match against Toronto F.C. , and subsequently impressed, achieving a pass completion rate of 97% on the 21 July 2012.He started and played 45 minutes in Liverpool's first pre-season friendly match against Toronto F.C. , and subsequently impressed, achieving a pass completion rate of 97% on the 21 July 2012.He started and played 45 minutes in Liverpool's first pre-season friendly match against Toronto F.C. , and subsequently impressed, achieving a pass completion rate of 97% on the 21 July 2012.He started and played 45 minutes in Liverpool's first pre-season friendly match against Toronto F.C. , and subsequently impressed, achieving a pass completion rate of 97% on the 21 July 2012.

liverpool fans really are special

you're the one cataloguing it

2010–11 season

He was included in Liverpool's 21-man squad for the 2010–11 Premier League season. Spearing started and played the full 90 minutes in the opening leg of Liverpool's UEFA Europa League qualifier against Rabotnicki, and came on as a substitute at Anfield in the second leg. On the 16th of September, he again played the full 90 minutes in the Reds' opening group game against Steaua Bucaresti, his first ever start at Anfield, setting up David N'Gog for the fourth and final goal as Liverpool won 4-1. On 22 September, he was involved in Liverpool's shock League Cup third round exit to League Two side Northampton Town; Liverpool losing 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. On 21 October, he played the full 90 minutes in Liverpool's third group stage tie, a 0-0 draw with a Napoli side who have former Liverpool left-back Andrea Dossena. He was an unused substitute in Liverpool's 1-0 Premier League win against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium on 31 October. Spearing came on in the 90th minute of Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Chelsea on 7 November 2010, instantly making an impact by playing a through ball to assist a Maxi Rodriguez effort. On 20 November, it was reported that Spearing had broken his ankle in training and would be out for up to six weeks. Spearing made his first appearance of 2011 against Everton on 16 January. In the post-match interview, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish praised the young midfielder and joked that Steven Gerrard may never get into the first team again.[6] On 20 March, Spearing started another league game away to Sunderland. Spearing won a penalty, which was converted by Dirk Kuyt to put Liverpool 1-0 up and was generally praised for his great performance.

Spearing then went on the secure a first team berth with the absence of Steven Gerrard and out of favour Christian Poulsen. For the remnants of the Premier League season, he formed an excellent midfield partnership with the resurgent Lucas Leiva. Against Arsenal on the 17th of April, Spearing gave away a 98th minute penalty which Robin Van Persie scored to make the game 1-0. The match finished 1-1. Despite his involvement in the Arsenal goal, Spearing was praised after the game for his determination, work-rate and battling performance; traits that epitomised his successful run in the starting eleven. He received the journalists' MOTM award on the official Liverpool website 3 times during the season.

In May 2011 the club announced that he had extended his contract,[7] and as a result of wide critical acclaim for his sterling performances for Liverpool, Spearing was included in England U21's provisional 40-man-squad for the 2011 Summer U21 European Championship, with fellow Liverpool player Andy Carroll.[8]

Real Madrid

In 2001, Zidane joined Real Madrid for a then world record fee of 150 billion Italian lire.[24] (about €75 million[25]) and signed a four-year contract. He scored a famous match-winning goal, a volley hit with his weaker foot, in Madrid's 2–1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final completing his personal quadruple. The next season, Zidane helped Real Madrid to win the 2002–03 La Liga and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year for the third time. In 2004, fans voted him as the best European footballer of the previous 50 years in UEFA's fiftieth-anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll.

While Zidane's final season of club football ended without a trophy, he enjoyed success on a personal note by scoring his first hat-trick against Sevilla FC in a 4–2 win in January 2006.[26] He ended the season for Real Madrid as their second highest goalscorer and assists provider behind team-mates Ronaldo and Beckham respectively, with 9 goals and 10 assists in 28 games.[27] On 7 May 2006, Zidane, who had announced his plans to retire after the 2006 World Cup,[28] played his last home match and scored in a 3–3 draw with Villarreal. The squad wore commemorative shirts with ZIDANE 2001–2006 below the club logo. He left Real Madrid at the end of the season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevhen_Khacheridi

Khacheridi's father is ethnically Greek, and his mother is Ukrainian. [5] Khacheridi is currently a student at the Melitopol National Pedagogical Institute, where he is studying to be a physical education teacher. He only needs one more course to graduate.[5]

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Energie Shokk Gym Franchisee

Mellon opened the very first franchised energie Shokk gym aimed at teenagers with his wife Jane in Blackpool in February 2009.[11][12]
The gym later went out of business in October 2009.[13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhevahir_Sukaj

Aston Villa have a large fanbase and draw support from all over the Midlands and beyond, with supporters clubs all across the world. Former Villa chief executive Richard Fitzgerald has stated that the ethnicity of the supporters is currently 98% white.

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Description
English: Papa Gueye. Naïve art graffiti. Kharkov. Gagarin Prospekt
Русский: Сенегалец Папа Гуйе, футболист ФК "Металлист". Граффити на пр. Гагарина, Харьков. (Справа внизу выход из стены пожарной магистрали).
Français : Graffiti naïf représentant Papa Gueye, footballeur sénégalais du "F.C. Metallist" de Kharkov. Mur de la perspective Gagarine à Kharkov, Ukraine.
Date 22 July 2010
Source Own work
Author V.Vizu

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Dog

Keane had a Labrador Retriever named Triggs, who died in 2010. Triggs came to international attention in 2002 during an incident ahead of the that year's FIFA World Cup when Keane engaged in a public quarrel and left the squad. Triggs accompanied Keane on regular walks pursued by the press.[94] The footballer said of Triggs, "Unlike humans, dogs don't talk shit".[95] The Daily Telegraph's Steve Wilson once described Triggs as "the most famous dog in football since Pickles, a mongrel who dug up the stolen Jules Rimet Trophy in 1966, or that dog that relieved itself on Jimmy Greaves at the 1962 World Cup".[96] Henry Winter, writing in the same paper, called Triggs "the fittest dog in Cheshire" and opined that "if Cruft's [sic] held an endurance event, Keane and Triggs would scoop gold".[97]

Following his rise to fame Triggs was mentioned by several sources on many occasions, with Keane dogged by numerous canine references for the remainder of his career.[98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105] In 2006, when Keane moved house to Sunderland, his reunion with Triggs, who joined him later, came to the notice of the press.[106] In 2007, Keane was reported to have heard of his team's promotion to the Premiership while walking Triggs.[107] The following year, Keane was said to have acquired a German Shepherd Dog named Izac to accompany Triggs.[108][109][110] Russell Brand observed the frequency with which Keane has been associated with his dogs, particularly when involved in the news – with quotes including "Keane will certainly have more time to walk his dogs", "The only real winners are Roy Keane's dogs", and "Roy Keane's dogs refused to comment on the situation" – before he googled "Roy Keane's dogs" only to discover it had more hits than "something with a lot of hits".[111]

In later life, Triggs was involved in a police investigation when his behaviour caused an argument between Keane and a neighbour.[112] He appeared in an Irish Guide Dogs advertisement in 2009 - whereupon the Irish Examiner referred to him as "football's biggest canine celebrity" -[113] and also received his own profile on Facebook.[112] Triggs was described as a "celebrity" and a "household name" upon erroneous reports of her death from cancer in September 2010.[94][112] Keane was described as "inconsolable".[112] The Irish Examiner's obituary noted how "At critical moments when the nation's happiness seemed entwined with Roy's moods, he turned to his Labrador Triggs and took to the road".[114]

Dog

mourinho wiki-keeper is letting the side down.

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this image speaks to me

ya he needs a dog

i want to give his solo record ****

feeling that

reminds me a bit of myself in 1992 w/ the hands up sweatshirt sleeves and bashful expression, although i was 7 years old so

yeah that Irwin picture has haunted me since the first time you posted it

McAnuff has one cap for Jamaica, he made his debut on 18 May 2002 in the 'Unity Cup', an exhibition game against Nigeria at Loftus Road. He came on as a substitute in the 55th minute replacing Omar Daley. [12]

He retired from international football in 2005, aged 23.[13]

Scotti is an offensive player despite of his position, has a very good air game, cold temper and high concentration when defending, a great physical condition, and a good defensive quality in the challenges with other players among his virtues of footballer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Valencia

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Martin, hands on hips, after conceding in a 1–1 draw with Bury at Vale Park.

Nastasić showed many of his qualities - quality tackling, comfortability on the ball, tactical astuteness.

nice to see iain dowie keeping himself busy

Came is an indifferent golfer who once spent five minutes looking for his seven iron after it flew into the rough following his drive.

Nacer Chadli (born 2 August 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer of Moroccan ancestry who plays as a winger for Dutch club FC Twente. He will not be moving to everton for around 3.8 million pounds in january. Think you'll find he will be moving to Everton for about £5m.[1] If Kenwright can find it down the back of the sofa.
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Currently, Dedé is considered the best centre backs in activity in Brazil and one of the greats new players in Brazilian football, with great acclaim from critics and fans. With great performances and the big identification with the Vasco da Gama's fans, Dedé won the fans several nicknames: "O Mito" ("The Myth"), "Dedéckenbauer" and even "Dedélícia" ("Dedélicious", by female fans). Dedé has become one of the great idols of the Vasco da Gama in the 21st Century, turning up the campaign poster boy "Marco1924" (promotional clock that celebrates the victory of Vasco da Gama against racism in football), along with Fernando Prass.[1][2][3][4] On July 11, was elected by SBT and a popular vote as one of the 100 greatest Brazilians of all time.[5]

"Messi" redirects here. For Cameroonian football midfielder, see Georges Parfait Mbida Messi.

After leaving Canon, he played in Belgium with K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, but appeared very rarely for the Pro League outfit. After a few months in Qatar, Messi moved to another country, Portugal, signing for second division club S.C. Olhanense and appearing in an average of 12 games in his first two seasons.

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Jürgen Norbert "Kloppo" Klopp[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:One_Pound_Fish_Man_at_The_Boleyn_Ground.jpg

favorite thread

His first goal for Cagliari was an example of things to come. On the trip to Catania on December 4, 2011, Victor received the ball on the byline near the edge of the penalty box, and uses his strength and power to cut inside past two defenders before dribbling the ball around the goalkeeper into an empty net. Victor is a god on fifa 13.

His nickname is "Buck Rodgers", after the Buck Rogers character with a similar name.[11][50][51]

Records
Club records

The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 147,365 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a world record gate for a ....
First weekly club publication in the UK, The Celtic View
First European club to sign a player from the Indian sub-continent[135]

Former Celtic legend Bertie Auld described him as being the kind of player who 'puts bums in seats' and then has the technical ability to "lift bums off the seats once the game starts".[33]

his current key ability is putting his own bum on the treatment table

Sport Club Internacional

On 20 July 2011, following a disappointing spell at Manchester City, only scoring six goals in 41 appearances, Jô decided to return to Brazil and join Sport Club Internacional to try to revive his career.
Atlético Mineiro

In May 2012, Jô signed with fellow Brazilian side Atlético Mineiro.
Bobbins FC

In January 2013 Jo moved to his beloved Bobbins FC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Howarth
bit much for someone who only played 31 league games

outstanding

no less than 118 references went into that

still 80 short of sigmund freud but in terms of refs/years lived hes well in front

but less than Jung, Laing and Klein combined. Suck it, chumps.

Not to be confused with Neymar.

In November 1975 he flew out to Saudi Arabia for a trial at top-flight Al-Hilal, as manager George Smith, the man who had signed him at Stalybridge, offered him the chance to earn a tax-free contract in the oil-rich nation.[10] He impressed on the trial and was offered a contract, this made him the first European to play professionally in Saudi Arabia.[11] Club president Prince Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud bought O'Keefe a Pontiac Ventura,[12] before taking the young player on a luxurious tour of Europe, visiting five star hotels in London, Paris, Cannes, and Rome, before returning to Riyadh for the start of the new Saudi season of football.[12] However on the trip he asked an O'Keefe to give up his football career to become his lover, and was refused.[13]

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For the Welsh footballer see Jonathan Meades (footballer).

Holdsworth was involved in tabloid scandal in 1996 when he had a highly publicised extramarital affair with topless model Linsey Dawn McKenzie, who was then aged 17.[63] In December 1999 he was sentenced to 18 months probation for punching his wife Samantha Holdsworth.[64]

Holdsworth appeared in reality television series Deadline where ten celebrities had to produce their own weekly celebrity magazine. He was the sixth celebrity to be sacked by Janet Street-Porter. He also participated in the second series of Sky1 reality TV series Cirque de Celebrité. He was voted out by the judges in the first episode on 7 October 2007. Tamara (another contestant) joined him in the bottom two, but was voted to stay in the competition by the three judges. However, because of a technical fault with the voting, Dean was asked to re-join the show.

Holdsworth remarried Susanna Cobham and they live in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire. Holdsworth is also father to sons Bradly and Jordan.

Despite claiming to be "not into fishing",[45] Gylfi became the chairman of a fishing company in Flateyri called 'Lotna ehf' in 2011.[46]

In July 2010, Flamengo announced the club had suspended Bruno's contract as a result of the murder investigation and the club lawyer would no longer act in his defense.[12] In September 2010 according to news report Bruno have tried to commit suicide twice while in prison waiting for his trial to begin.[13]

His grandmother is Welsh, and was born in Wrexham.

Expectations were high before the 1969 season, but days before the opening of the season, Døssing decided to leave AaB. He moved back to birthtown Viborg to run his own gents’ outfitters business, a decision he never regretted.

Alan Kardec de Souza Pereira Junior, usually known as Alan Kardec (born January 12, 1989[2] in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil[3]), is a Brazilian football striker currently playing for Benfica of the Portuguese Liga. He is named after the systematizer of Spiritism, Allan Kardec.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Aitken_%28footballer_born_1978%29

In the summer, Goater was awarded the freedom of Bermuda, with 21 June declared as "Shaun Goater Day" on the island.

The club FC Winterslag was founded in 1923 and that gave it the matricule number 322. On its 35th anniversary the club added the Royal prefix Koninklijke to their name to become KFC Winterslag.

Leon Brittan
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For the footballer, see Leon Britton.

Leon Britton
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For the politician, see Leon Brittan.

Category:Footballers' wives and girlfriends
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The main article for this category is WAGs.

This is a category for WAGs. WAG stands for Wives And Girlfriends, and is a term typically associated with English football but has, since the term's first use in 2004, been extended to include some other sports and nationalities. If a WAG separates from her partner, she is still referred to as a WAG, and hence should remain in this category. Only those for whom the term is defining should be added here.

She pursued her childhood dream by representing Anambra in the pageant with 29 other girls.[4] Like Ann Suinner before her, Yobo's platform was Sickle Cell Awareness; she also used her reign as a platform to showcase Nigerian talent. Apart from winning five million naira, a Hyundai car, and endorsement deals, Awka-Etiti-native Yobo represented Nigeria at Miss World 2008 in South Africa.[5] She made the top twenty in Miss World Talent, and placed second in Miss World Sports.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Baresi

footballers with unaccountably short wikipedia articles

Sponsorship

In August 2012, Reus extended his contract with Puma[27] to wear their performance and lifestyle footwear and apparel on a long-term basis. Reus became an international communication asset for their power silo, as a supporting player to Cesc Fàbregas for Puma Power football products.

José Quitongo, the journeyman's journeyman

Years		Team			Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1994	Benfica			?	(?)
1992–1993	Estoril (loan)		?	(?)
1994–1995	Waterford United	?	(?)
1995		Köping			20	(1)
1995		Darlington		1	(0)
1995–1997	Hamilton Academical	62	(9)
1997–1999	Heart of Midlothian	30	(3)
2000		Hamilton Academical	15	(1)
2000–2002	St. Mirren		57	(7)
2002–2003	Kilmarnock		8	(0)
2003		Dibba Al-Hisn		?	(?)
2003–2004	Hamilton Academical	18	(5)
2004		Waterford United	17	(1)
2005–2006	Alloa Athletic		35	(5)
2006		Albion Rovers		1	(0)
2006		Partick Thistle		1	(0)
2006		Dumbarton		2	(1)
2006–2007	Pro Lissone		?	(?)
2007		Livingston		2	(0)
2007–2008	Stenhousemuir		10	(0)
2009–2010	Glenafton Athletic	?	(?)
2010		Pollok			?	(?)
2011		Lesmahagow		?	(?)

ailsa (ailsa) wrote this on thread Football: Who's your cult hero? on board I Love Everything on 11-May-2006

Jose Quitongo once had to go off the pitch during a match because he had to go and have a shite and it took him ages and everyone had to wait until he came back out before they could carry on with the match. His next match saw the opposition fans throwing toilet rolls at him.

Ha, I saw his name and that was the story that immediately sprang to mind even before I scrolled down and saw you'd quoted it :) I can't find any evidence on the internet to back this up, maybe I invented it? I'm convinced it was a St Mirren v Hearts game at Love Street.

yup! http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/hendrie-shocked-as-jose-takes-a-break-1.221717

Ah, I knew St Mirren were involved, but I thought it was when he was playing at Hearts. Top googling!

Contrary to popular belief, Roy has not been awarded a CBE - or indeed, any other British Empire medal - as of 18 April 2012.

evans

After signing for Queen of the South F.C. in December 2009 and being told about Queen of the South being the 'Only team in the Bible', Andrews described this as, "Most interesting".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonet

Seven years at Barca, ten years in the arse end of Spanish football, drops a level to the SPL, gets four games, a red card and an injury, goes back to the arse end of Spanish football for consecutive relegations.

It's a living, of a sort.

International career

Following his impressive performances when at Palermo, Amauri was suggested to be a potential call-up of the then Azzurri coach Roberto Donadoni, who stated he might be interested in calling him to the Italian squad.[33] Amauri, who has not appeared at international level for the Brazilian team, would have been indeed eligible in the future to play for the Italian national team[34] because he was eligible to acquire Italian nationality by marriage to a Brazilian-Italian woman; however, according to Italian law Amauri was forced to wait for at least one year from the day of the proclamation of his wife as an Italian citizen, which did not happen before April 2009.

On 31 January 2009, Brazilian coach Dunga selected Amauri, who was still ineligible to play for Italy at the time, as a replacement for the injured Luís Fabiano in an international friendly against Italy.[35] However, a few hours later, in the aftermath of a Juventus league game on the same day, Juventus chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli stated the club's intention not to allow the player to respond to the call-up.[36]

On November 2009, Amauri himself confirmed his decision to play for Italy instead of Brazil, following remarks by Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini who was critical about the possibility of having a non-Italian born player within the azzurri squad.[37]

After receiving Italian citizenship in April 2010, Amauri finally became eligible to play for the Azzurri. Italy was scheduled to play two World Cup warm-up friendlies in June,[38] who would feature players from a 30-men preliminary squad to be announced on 11 May,[39] thus making Amauri unable to be featured in any of such friendly games without receiving a call-up to join such preliminary squad.[40] Marcello Lippi, the Italy coach, said Amauri would be followed like all the other players and no certainly inclusion. Which Lippi did not ruled out a call-up to the foreign born player completely.[41]

He [Amauri] will be followed like all the other players. I am taking this month to evaluate and take decisions that have to be made exclusively for the good of the national team.

–Marcello Lippi 13 April 2010
[42][43]

Lippi later expressed that he had confirmed 18 out of 23 players in his squad to the World Cup,[44] and excluded Amauri from the 29-men squad of the training camp in Rome on 3–5 May.[45] Amauri said he expected his exclusion as there were better players than him that season.[46]

On 6 August 2010 Amauri received his first call-up for the Italian national team, as part of the squad list announced by new head coach Cesare Prandelli for a friendly match against Côte d'Ivoire, the first match after World Cup.[47] He started the match in alongside debutant Mario Balotelli and Antonio Cassano who missed the team for 2 years in a new-look line-up but the Ivorians won 1-0 at Upton Park, London.

Amauri
Team Apps† (Gls)†
Italy 1 (0)

Edinson is known for his keen love of darts, cribbage and comic books; an interest he attributes to time spent in Sardinia with long time friend and ex-footballer Gianfranco Zola, a Sardinian native.

In March 2002, FA Premier League side Aston Villa made a successful £5 million bid for Crouch.[11] He scored on his home debut for Villa, the equalising goal against Newcastle United, and went on to score twice in seven games.[12] However, Crouch failed to hold down a regular place in the Aston Villa side in the following 2002–03 season. Looking for first team football, he was loaned to Norwich City from September to December 2003. Although he scored only four times in 15 appearances, he was highly impressive and remains popular with Norwich City supporters. So popular, in fact, he had a song made up about him ("He's tall, he's lean, he's a freaky goal machine").[13]

Agbonlahor's brother, Charisma, plays as a striker for Evostik Northern Premier League side Romulus FC.[59][60]

Di Canio has spoken also of the growing influence in his life of Samurai culture, and of the "Japanese spiritual mentality" from reading Mishima, and the teachings in the traditions of Hagakure and Bushido.[1]

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that wouldn't be the neo-Fascist author Yukio Mishima by any chance?

Carsley began his career at Derby County where he played more than 150 games in all competitions.[3] He was sold to Blackburn Rovers in March 1999 for £4.5 million,[4]

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Hinchcliffe stated in an end of season Everton VHS that he was encouraged to take up a football career from his father who was a season ticket holder at Crewe Alexandra F.C.. He received his first football shirt on his 6th Birthday. It was a Nigeria shirt with Tolu and the number 4 on the back.

Kick and Rush

Der Begriff Kick and Rush (englisch, etwa „schießen und stürmen“) stammt aus dem Fußball.

Diese Spielart war lange Zeit ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Fußballs auf den Britischen Inseln.

According to the reports, a journalist interviewed with Alper in National Team Camp and He talked about his transfer rumor. He promised to Fenerbahçe for transfer. "Before the negotiate contract Fenerbahçe's Boss Aziz Yildirim called me and they wanted to see me at Fenerbahçe. Also they will transfer great names and Fenerbahce's squad will be more greater" said Alper. In addition to his conversation he said he is a fan of Fenerbahçe and if Fenerbahce's managers will deal with Eskişehirspor, he will sign to Fenerbahçe. Then transfer completed after that. I promised only Fenerbahce. So I dealt with Fenerbahçe 15 days ago." [3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Association_football_players_who_committed_suicide

Whoa, some grim reading in there. (also now annoying myself by trying to remember if I knew about Forbes Johnston committing suicide, he's one of those players who might have one day turned up in "footballers whose names float around your head" but I don't think I knew he was dead, or if I did, I had forgotten)

Martin Barbarič (14 October 1970 – 18 January 2013) was a Czech football player who is best known as key striker at club Slovan Liberec in the late 1990s. He was also a U-11 coach at FC Hradec Králové.

On 11 January 2013 Barbarič shot and killed his ex-wife in Hradec Králové. He then shot himself and was taken to the hospital in critical condition.[1] He died a week later.[2]

Koskiniatis then jumped off the cliff and committed suicide.[2] Diagoras lost the game 3:2.

Although comparatively rich for an ex-player working in football, King's reputation as well as his career were in tatters. Within a month of the sacking he committed suicide by drinking alcohol mixed with a corrosive liquid.

The inquest into his death declared that he had taken his life 'while of unsound mind', and had been suffering from persecution delusions. According to his son at the inquest, his depression had begun when the team were relegated in the summer of 1932, and that his paranoia had followed on from that.

Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka (2 August 1938 – 12 March 2012) was a German football striker[1] and manager. He earned his nickname "Timo" due to a supposed resemblance to the Soviet commander Semyon Timoshenko.[2]

He took Swiss citizenship in 1988. With help of euthanasia-organisation Exit International, he chose to end his life at the age of 73 in Brunnen, Canton of Schwyz.[4]

Later in his career he returned to Bolivia where he played for The Strongest and Club Bolívar.

Castillo's nickname was "Chocolatín" by the colour of his skin.

Given a free transfer to Telford United in May 1977, he went on to commit suicide in July 1978, having never come to terms with leaving Port Vale.

Good work with all the suicide stuff.

An England youth product, Cattermole has earned a reputation as a tough tackling midfielder due to his lengthy disciplinary record.

Obodo is regarded by many as one of the most skilful and talented midfielders to play for the Super Eagles since the 1994 era. Little wonder, a sports radio personality and media mogul – noted for nicknaming Nigerian footballers – describes him as bundle of skills, a phrase which later stuck and is now synonymous with Obodo's skilfulness.

Paços has a curious habit of playing Galician side Celta de Vigo every pre-season.

On 29 December 2012, Evans scored the first goal in the Tigers' 2–0 victory over Leeds, placing the ball into the bottom corner past Leeds goalkeeper Paddy Kenny. He then performed a celebratory belly-slide by the corner flag, as Ahmed Elmohamady mimed playing a musical instrument while sitting astride him, before a team pile-up ensued.[14]

If anything that's not lengthy enough. We should be told what the musical instrument is (I actually checked youtube and can confirm it's a guitar. Or possibly a ukulele)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dean_ashton.jpg

alas poor ankle-knack

Dean Ashton was at a wedding I attended a few weeks ago. We didn't interact but he was walking confidently which was nice to see.

Dobing's first season at Stoke he scored 19 goals as the club reached the final of the League Cup, but were beaten 4-3 on aggregate by Leicester City.[2] He suffered a broken leg against West Bromwich Albion in January 1965 ending his season. During his recovery he spent time fishing for trout in Market Drayton and was a keen clay pigeon shooter has was also a pipe smoker and became known as 'the pipe-smoking gentleman of English football'.[2]

Euro 2012[edit source | editbeta]
This section requires expansion.
Eriksen had a disappointing Euro 2012.[citation needed]

The duo went on to form a central midfield partnership which was one of the best in English club football. Their pairing helped yield several major trophies in the most successful era in Leeds' history. By strange coincidence, Giles and Bremner would both score exactly 115 goals for the club, casting doubt on the modern penchant for "holding" midfield players.

"Trezeguet" redirects here. For the Egyptian footballer who uses the name Trezeguet, see Mahmoud Hassan (footballer).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Resurrección and the second or maternal family name is Merodio.

Jorge Resurrección Merodio, aka Koke (born 8 January 1992 in Madrid), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid as a midfielder.

My People FC is a Nigerian football club based in Lagos. Founded by Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations, the team was established for the purpose of helping talented young footballers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_People_FC

Notable sportspersons who claim to have been healed of sporting injuries at the SCOAN include South African rugby players Jaco van der Westhuizen[21] and Jaco du Preeze, and Nigerian footballer Joseph Yobo.[22]

Spiritual healing at The SCOAN has been mentioned by Time magazine.[23] Since June 2010, five "Wise Men" have joined in ministering to people at The SCOAN, purportedly able to prophesy, heal and deliver in the same vein as T. B. Joshua.[24] The church has branches in Ghana,[25][26][27] the United Kingdom,[28] South Africa,[29][self-published source] and Greece.[30]

Many have also claimed to be healed through ‘Anointing Water’ that has been prayed over by Joshua and given to those who are unable to physically attend his church in Lagos.[31][32][33]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.B._Joshua

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ethiopian_Coffee.gif

Personal life

Bates hit the tabloid headlines in September 2006 when private photographs of him were posted on the internet, one of which showed him wearing a pair of skimpy briefs, another kneeling in front of a mirror, naked apart from a pair of socks, with his penis semi-erect.

thought that would be ken for a second

In 2011, it was revealed by Brooks Peck on his blog[60] that Kalou owns a pet cat known as 'Katou'.

Pirès, the elder of two boys, spent most of his childhood dressed in two football shirts that reflected his divided loyalty.
Bobby Two Shirts

Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (born 8 September 1989) is an Icelandic footballer who played for Reading between 2005 and 2010 as a midfielder.

When referring to Makélélé, many fans and pundits alike use a role created down in Ancrum (Scottish Borders) in the 90s, and have dubbed the defensive midfield position as the "Runciman Role.", it is world renowned after young James Runciman made it his own while developing at Ancrum youths and furthermore Stow AFC.[1]

"Makelele" means "noises" in Lingala,[2]

Full name Paulo Dino Gazzaniga[1]
Date of birth 2 January 1992 (age 21)
Place of birth Murphy, Argentina

you've all been made redundant https://twitter.com/FootballerWikis

Full name Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Date of birth 22 November 1982 (age 30)[1]

unaccountably unlengthy age

Born: November 22, 1982 (age 30), Benin City, Nigeria
Weight: 83 kg

maybe that refers to his weight in november 1982

boom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Moukandjo#Background

Playing Style[edit]

Adnan is somewhat the Iraqi Ian Harte, a left-back with a ferocious set piece.

that is such manc humour

wrong Adnan

oh

Ali Adnan is often referred to as "The New Gareth Bale" or "Asia's Gareth Bale".[1]

def has the look of bantz abt it

he certainly qualifies under the original terms of this thread

Ali Adnan Kadhim regards his father as his idol and teacher in both life and sport, always emphasizing the importance of committing to training and respecting others, believing that football gives to those who give all. Throughout his career, his father has been by his side and is often seen at the Baghdad FC stadium watching his son from the sidelines. From a very young age, his father had drilled into his son, the need to strike the ball the hardest possible and attempt shots from outside the penalty, an attribute that his father and his uncle had been known for in their playing careers, and now a trait and legacy that Ali has continued.[2]

cuh as if i would have need for januzaj's wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Januzaj#International_career

is longer than the entire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Vierchowod

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ShaqiriBay.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Venables

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terry_Venables%27_Spitting_Image_puppet.jpg
A life like puppet of Terry Venables

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terry_Venables%27_Spitting_Image_puppet.jpg

superb

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in which the underrated basque wingman is magically transported to what would appear to be a 1994 first division clash between sunderland and tranmere

that's a birthday card picture if ever there was one

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Gerhard Martin Tremmel (born 16 November 1978 in Munich) is a German footballer who plays for Swansea City, as a goalkeeper. Tremmel is a vastly experienced goalkeeper having played at the highest level in the Premier League, Bundesliga, Champions League and European League. He is renowned for his shot stopping abilities and his reflexes.

Tremmel holds a number of goalkeeping records. At a rate of 4.2, Tremmel has the best saves per goal conceded ratio in the Premier League for the season 2012–13.[2] He also has the best save percentage in the Premier League at 80.9%.[2] His saves-to-shots ratio in the Premier League and on a European basis have made him second only to Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich.

German mass tabloid Bild hailed Tremmel's "career highlight" at the "legendary" Wembley Stadium and a just reward for 15 years of hard work and professionalism in the game.[15]

1998–2002 SpVgg Unterhaching 68 (0)
2002–2004 Hannover 96 22 (0)
2004–2005 Hertha BSC II 15 (0)
2004–2006 Hertha BSC 5 (0)
2006–2010 Energie Cottbus 93 (0)
2010–2011 Red Bull Salzburg 28 (0)
2011– Swansea City 22 (0)

he was probably updating it during the game today

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/feb/22/swansea-gerhard-tremmel-silverware

"I was looking through newspapers and doing some research to see what was going on," the 34-year-old says. "Apart from that, my agent in Germany tried to get in touch with a lot of people [in Britain], but it's not very easy. Then my wife, who was on the internet every day, figured out that Swansea needed a goalkeeper. 'What about Swansea?' she said. 'They're here, in Austria, at the training camp.' So I looked at the map and it was just 40 minutes away from my apartment. I called my agent and he said: 'Just go there.'"

delerium tremmels

A Hull City supporter (Harry Haddock) was convicted for homophobic chants made against Brighton fans.[17]

"Homophobic Harry Haddock from Hull" is pretty much impossible to say out loud at speed

Kevin Clifton McMinn was alleged by The Scotsman to be called 'Teddy' at school because he ran as if he had a teddy bear tucked under his arm. In his autobiography McMinn stated it was because as a toddler he and his teddy bear were inseparable.

Later playing career[edit]

Ted McMinn ended his playing career with Australian club ECU Joondalup and then Slough Town.[1] At Sough Town during the 96/97 season, although slowing down, he played a holding role, often restarting attacks which had broken down. He was revered by the die hards who would sing his nickname Tin Man, to the tune of Stingray. Being a humourist, Ted would have appreciated this. When questioned whether McMinn was a "micky taker," team mate Mark Fiore replied sardonically "yes." At the end of the season he retired due to arthritis of the knee.

mildly obsessed with John-Joe O'Toole 1.jpg tbh

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McMinn was a sort of cult figure with Rangers' fans so I'm not surprised he has a lengthy wiki entry

After retiring from football, Arphexad went back to the island of Guadeloupe. He played a extra in the first 4 episodes of the Guadeloupean sitcom Phoenix firehouse, He has also directed many low budget Guadeloupean films and is set to play a staring role in Human Centipede 3

He'll need to be at the front then.

Full name Mark Peter Gertruda
Andreas van Bommel[1]

Partick Thistle

After returning to Huddersfield Town, Higginbotham failed to establish himself in the first team, and was subsequently released from his contract.[7] He signed for Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle on a two year deal on 8 August 2013.[8] Two days later he made his Partick Thistle debut in a 3–1 victory over Ross County where he had two goals controversially disallowed for offside.[9] He made his home debut for Thistle in a 1–1 draw with Heart of Midlothian. Higginbotham scored his first goal for the Jags on 31 August 2013 in a 2–1 comeback win over St.Mirren in Paisley. Higginbotham is a very audacious player as he hit the crossbar straight from kick-off away to Aberdeen. Kallum scored his first home goal for the jags with an overhead kick wonder goal against Kilmarnock after 3 minutes, the game finished 1-1 after Killie scored a 90th minute equaliser from a rebounded penalty which Paul Gallacher saved. Higginbotham is renowned for having a great standing jump for such a small footballer. Higginbotham is a very skilful player with great flair.

Rowan Lewis Vine (born 21 September 1982) is an English footballer who plays for Greenock Morton. A striker, Vine has previously played for Portsmouth, Brentford, Colchester United, Luton Town, Birmingham City, QPR, Hull City, Milton Keynes Dons, Exeter City, Gillingham, St. Johnstone and Hibernian. He is extremely well known for his very well groomed beard.[1]

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this remedial looking cunt is the son of rob lee apparently

the cross of eye and slack of jaw rob lee u say?

Bojinov dated a Bulgarian singer Alisia.[23] On 12 September 2007, he became father of a baby son.[24] His son is also named Valeri. Now he is married to a Bulgarian playmate Nikoleta Lozanova.[25]

On October 2013, Bojinov made the headlines in his native Bulgaria, but for good reason. While shopping with his family at a mall in Sofia, Bojinov saved a man reportedly choking on his tongue by helping to pull his tongue out of his throat and stabilising him until medics arrived.[26]

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Calum Davenport

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Lewis Linford (actor)

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Raheem Sterling

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the initial charge of "seizing hold" of the assistant referee "by the throat" was amended to "excessive misconduct at a match by placing an open hand into the lower area of the assistant referee's throat"

The Friendship Trophy is a football honour, contested on an irregular basis by just two teams: Norwich City and Sunderland.[1]

The trophy is awarded each time the teams play each other competitively. The honour dates back to the camaraderie forged between fans of the two clubs at the time of the 1985 Football League Cup Final that they contested.[2]

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the young Barry was exposed to the inner circle of the club long before officially joining Rangers

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In July 2013, Messi appeared in an advertisement of WeChat messaging application in China. He was wearing Adidas suites and holding two WeChat maskots. WeChat is a cross platform messaging application from Tencent.[308]

Martin played for Stoke City before joining local rivals Port Vale on trial in July 1976. He appeared as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat at Wrexham in a first round Football League Cup match on 18 August 1976. He wasn't selected again and was instead released in September 1976.[1] He later worked as a matchday ambassador at Vale Park, but quit the club in 2011 following a row over access to parking.[2]

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you should curate an exhibition of these things

Thompson is a musician and in May 2008 he penned a song for Cardiff's FA Cup Final appearance.[54][55] His dad, Graham, is also a musician and plays in a Glasgow pub band called Dr. Cook and the Boners.[56]

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Male from Norway

this latterday diane arbus did some sterling work with derby county luminaries circa 2006/2007

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oy, https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site:wikipedia.org+";TuborgLight"&source=lnms&tbm=isch

c&p then

Magath is also a chess enthusiast, an interest which he developed during the 1978 World Chess Championship while he was bedridden due to hepatitis.[18]

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Ched Evans

dark lol at that

Anthony Joseph "Lucky" Isibor (1 January 1977 – 24 June 2013) was a Nigerian professional footballer.[1]

According to a 2004 interview with a fellow Nigerian footballer James Obiorah Isibor had AIDS[4] and according to some later reports, he died on January 8, 2006. However, according to former Isibor's teammate Aleksandr Tochilin, another former Dynamo player Patrick Ovie met Isibor in Nigeria after his supposed death and Isibor was healthy and well.[5] He died on June 24, 2013 in Lagos, Nigeria, after a brief illness.[6]

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this used to be a redirect to the ruud van nistelrooy, page, rip

The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year (often called the PFA Team of the Year, or simply the Team of the Year) is an annual award given to a set of 44 footballers in the top four tiers of English football; the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two, who are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year". Peter Shilton currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the top division with 10 appearances. Steven Gerrard currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the Premier League era with 7 appearances.

Oxford United's Damian Batt, who was named in the Team of the Year for League Two in 2011, said he was "very pleased to be given such a prestigious award. It is something that I am very proud of".[4]

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He made his return at Port Vale on 14 March, despite having taken little part in training in the preceding week.[44] Port Vale were a team with a physically robust approach, and used the muddy conditions to their advantage.[45] Kinkladze was played out of position on the right wing, much to his displeasure,[46] and gave a performance that the Manchester Evening News summarised as "barely noticeable".[47] Vale defeated City 2–1, and Royle severely criticised Kinkladze for a lack of effort, dropping him for the next six games.[46]

mel got a bit of a geir ambience to him

tetsuo from akira came to mind

Toshney was born in Dundee his parents are Kyra Toshney and Sean Toshney, his dad Sean is Kyle Falconer of The View's second cousin.

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Dasayev (first from left in the back
row) celebrates winning the World Cup
bid with Andrei Arshavin (center) and
others

Ospina is well known for incredible reflexes and reactions, remarkably saving goals by quickly crouching down low.[1] He is also known for often sacrificing his body into attackers in order to prevent attempts on goals.[2]

Lawrenson is also a kite flying enthusiast, which is believed to have originated from a dream he once had as a small child where he enjoyed a kite flying session with his then idol Ronald Reagan.

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Pencil portrait of Belgian footballer Divock Origi, sketched by Anne Van Camp.

Cuadrado's father was a truck driver. He was shot because of violence issues in Necoclí, Antioquia.

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English: Isaac Cuenca during the final match of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
Date 15 December 2011, 21:00
Source The rougher side of the Beautiful Game
Author Christopher Johnson from Tokyo, Japan

Juan Camilo Zúñiga Mosquera (agressor do Neymar no jogo Brasil x Colômbia) (Chigorodó, 14 de dezembro de 1985) é um doente mental que estuprou o Neymar

this year's Escobar sewn up then

oh, I posted that! flag me

that reminds me of this

Commentating on the Argentina-Romania match in the 1994 World Cup, Hansen said that "the Argentine defender warrants shooting for a mistake like that". The previous day, Colombian defender Andrés Escobar had been shot dead, a killing widely attributed to punishment for an own goal Escobar scored in Colombia's 2–1 loss to the United States earlier in the same tournament. The BBC issued a public apology for Hansen's poor choice of words.[27]

the most amazing part of that snippet is the word 'punishment'

the other day i was trying to find out what happened to wayne brown, the leicester defender who was swiftly moved on after he voted for the bnp

couldnt find anything past 2011, lower league defenders dont so much retire as drift off the face of the earth

anyway i like that there has to be a disambiguation because two wayne browns (footballer) were born in 1977

same as ben watson (footballer), two of whom two were born in 1986

sadly yet to find two footballers of the same name born in the same month

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So what is the job situation now?

I was offered a chance of a year at Plymouth, but I turned it down as I knew the baby would be arriving, and I did not want to put my career ahead of my personal life. You don’t want to miss the early days and months of your daughter’s life so I decided to knock football on the head. I also had so many niggly injuries in my last year at Preston that it helped the decision. I didn’t see eye to eye at Hull with Phil Brown, so when he became the Preston manager it cemented my decision.

So I knocked it on the head to spend some quality time with the family.

Day to day now I am a property manager for my mother in law’s rental firm in Ipswich. We have just over 500 properties on the books and I work is to look after these properties in terms of inspections and tenants and so on.

I must admit I have found it hard. Going from training with 30 lads each day to working with three middle aged women in an office has been tough. It’s been a tough transition but I accept you have to earn a living.

I’m also doing a little bit of coaching so there may be an opportunity to get back involved with the game a little bit next year.

Well good luck with everything Wayne, thanks for your time.

No probs, thanks for inviting me on to your website.

At the start of the 2008–09 season, Myrie-Williams returned to Cheltenham Town, signing on a one-month loan deal on 14 August 2008. On bringing Myrie-Williams back to the club, Cheltenham manager Keith Downing said "Jennison is an exciting young player who will give us some different options. We've perhaps been lacking a bit of pace and he will give us that as well".(41) He made his second debut for the club four days later, scoring with a header in the 80th minute to ensure Cheltenham picked up their first win of the 2008–09 season with a 2–0 win against Swindon Town.(42) Myrie-Williams made five appearances for Cheltenham during his one-month loan spell, scoring one goal.(43) He returned to Bristol City on 15 September 2008.(44) Shortly after returning to his parent club, Myrie-Williams was loaned out to another League One club, this time in the form of Carlisle United.(45) Myrie-Williams stated that the move appealed to him because of manager John Ward, who he had played under at Cheltenham Town — "We have kept in contact since I was at Cheltenham. He's a good manager and I enjoyed playing for him. I heard about a possible move in pre-season which came to nothing but I'm delighted to finally be here".(46) He made his Carlisle debut on 20 September 2008, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute in a 2–0 home defeat to Leeds United, a result that ended Carlisle's 100% home record.(47) His loan spell was extended for another month on 15 October 2008.(48) His final appearance for Carlisle was in the club's FA Cup 1–1 draw with Grays Athletic, a game in which Myrie-Williams was substituted after 59 minutes.(49) He made 10 appearances during his two months at Carlisle.(43) Myrie-Williams was loaned out for a third time during the 2008–09 season, his fifth loan spell in total, when he joined Hereford United in January 2009.(50) He scored his first goal for Hereford on 17 February 2009 in the club's 2–0 home victory against Leeds United, scoring with a low shot to give Hereford the lead just before half-time.(51) He returned to Bristol City after Hereford's 1–0 home loss against Peterborough United on 21 February 2009.(52) A month later, Myrie-Williams rejoined Hereford until the end of the season.(53) Myrie-Williams scored his second goal for Hereford in an away draw with Yeovil Town in April 2009.(54) He made 15 appearances over the period of the two loan spells, scoring twice, as Hereford were relegated back to League Two after finishing bottom of the table.(43)(55)(56)

Paragraph seven of 24, by my count.

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Sigurdsson talks like he plays – intelligently – although there is one thing that, on the face of it, is not quite in keeping with the 25-year-old’s suave image. On his Wikipedia page, under “Business Interests” it mentions how Sigurdsson is a “prominent member of the Icelandic fishing industry”, having become chairman of a company in his homeland in 2011, and his boats catch lumpfish, cod, wolffish and plaice.

At Swansea it is well known this is total nonsense and, as a result, a subject which is a source of annoyance to Sigurdsson whenever it is mentioned. In which case, why has he not bothered to edit the damn thing? “I’ve got more important things to do!” Sigurdsson says. “I’d rather play golf than go on to Wikipedia!”

Leonard James "Lenny" Pidgeley (born 7 February 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Newport County. He is a former England youth international.

Dr. C (Dr. C) wrote this on thread transfer news and speculation on board I Love Everything on 25-Jun-2003

No way jel. We've signed Macho and some other geezer as cover for Carlo, since De Goey has gone. I suppose the thinking is that you need 3 senior keepers. They also have two young goalies : Evans, who was on loan at QPR and somewhere else last season, and Pidgeley. Evans has played for England U21, so must be good enough to be one of the senior squad keepers. It's like the situation at Arsenal - Stuart Taylor looks pretty good to me, but he must be soundly pissed off to be pushed down the pecking order by various foreigners. I mean are Shabaan and Warmuz really any better than him.

CFC WILL sign Joe Cole AND Defoe. You read it here first.

Dr. C (Dr. C) wrote this on thread Chelsea on board I Love Everything on 12-Mar-2004

We will beat the Arse good and proper this time - wait and see.

But yes, the goalkeeping situation is insane. And they're all crap apart from Carlo - Ambrosio has played once and was embarrassing, Sullivan has moved with the agility of an out-of-condition tree sloth recently, Macho should never have been signed (Sunderland's 3rd choice last season!) and who knows about the Dutchman?

Next year we need 3 : Carlo, Cech and Pidgeley. Actually Lenny will be good in a year or two, but is prob. not ready for the premiership yet.

We will beat the Arse! You read it here.

All-time top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals

1

Alessandro Del Piero Sydney 2
Shinji Ono Wanderers

3

Ali Abbas Sydney 1
Alex Brosque Sydney
Corey Gameiro Sydney
Richard Garcia Sydney
Matthew Jurman Sydney
Saša Ognenovski Sydney
Michael Beauchamp Wanderers
Mark Bridge Wanderers
Shannon Cole Wanderers
Youssouf Hersi Wanderers
Iacopo La Rocca Wanderers
Brendon Šantalab Wanderers

With Celtic, he was mainly used as a reserve, but was a respected member of the squad, weighing in with important goals when called upon. He also experienced European football for the first time with Celtic, and even then the continentals found the raw McInally's rough and tumble style hard to counter – indeed, McInally was sent off against Rapid Vienna in the first leg of this soon to be notorious tie, in the European Cup Winners Cup 1984–85.

unaccountably extant wikipedia articles

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209 meticulous footnotes

also, in that vein

This article is about Liverpool players with at least 100 appearances. For Liverpool players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see List of Liverpool F.C. players (25–99 appearances). For Liverpool players with fewer than 25 appearances, see List of Liverpool F.C. players (fewer than 25 appearances).

mildly obsessed with John-Joe O'Toole 1.jpg tbh

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 12:27 (9 months ago)

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John Joseph "John-Joe" O'Toole (born 30 September 1988) is a professional journeyman footballer

Albert Adomah
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behold the portfolio of John-Joe O'Toole 1.jpg's creator

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Balatoni had a clean sweep of all the clubs player of the year awards.[21] Supporters have reworked 1984 Black Lace hit, "Do The Conga", in his honour to now feature the refrain: "Do do do, Conrad Balatoni".

Described by Sir Frederick Wall, the long-serving Secretary of the Football Association, as "the richest man who ever played football for England", Gosling was the scion of a wealthy Essex family and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] The oldest of seven brothers (and one of 14 children), four of whom played cricket for Eton against Harrow, he was, recalled the early sportwriter JAH Catton ("Tityrus"), "the most aristocratic-looking man I ever saw", a view concurred in by his England international colleague C.B. Fry, who described him as "the best-looking man of my acquaintance" and one of the players whose presence in the Corinthians' side contributed to "their reputation up North as a team of toffs".

After his retirement from sport, Cunliffe Gosling served as a Justice of the Peace in his home county, Essex, and in 1902 was appointed as High Sheriff of Essex[2] and a deputy lieutenant of the county.[3] He died in his bed, recorded Catton, leaving a fortune proved at over £700,000 (£21,260,000 at current prices).

This old story is not featured in Andy Payton's quite cursory wiki entry.

Burnley striker Andy Payton was offloaded on loan to Blackpool in disgrace yesterday 72 hours after appearing before Burnley magistrates, who heard that he spent Sunday evening at a pub before writing off his Volkswagen Golf GTi against the side of a house.
Police then broke into his estranged wife's home, after Payton abandoned his car, and went upstairs, where, the court heard, they found Payton, half-naked, hiding in the wardrobe. Payton's defence said he was looking for his children's Christmas presents. He was fined £750, given 80 hours' community punishment and disqualified from driving for three years.

Ideye was a surprise omission from Stephen Keshi's 30-man unit, and the 25-year-old did not hide his disappointment at the situation. He, however, accepted his fate calmly, stating that it is a wake up call for him to improve on his game.

He was a tough, physical player who would probably not suit today's style of non-contact football; he was rated by The Times as the 23rd hardest man in football and a valuable member of midfield.[2]

During his time with Brentford, Hurlock was known to the fans as "Gypo" because of the large gold earring that he wore, and Animal, due to his big curly hair and beard.

For the Filipino congressmen, see Spice Boys (Congressmen).

1992 	→ Crewe Alexandra (loan) 	10 	(0)
1992 	St George-Budapest 	11 	(4)
1992 	Hatfield Main 		
1992 	Kettering Town 	4 	(0)
1992 	Goole Town 		
1992 	Stafford Rangers 	2 	(0)
1992 	Mossley 	2 	(0)

Since leaving the game Whitehurst has trained greyhounds, ran several public houses in his native South Yorkshire and worked in the building trade and in the stores at BP Saltend and Drax Power Station. In 2008, he was found guilty of benefit fraud and given a suspended prison sentence.[4]

Marney is a free-flowing midfielder and has proven to be a key factor in distribution throughout the teams he has played for. He has recently, at his latest club Burnley, developed a reputation of being a 'hard man' of football, picking up 12 yellow cards and 1 red card in the 2012–13 season, higher than all of his Burnley colleagues and the second in the Championship. He is not shy of a challenge but shows good control of his aggression.

Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney (born 16 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for League Two side Northampton Town. He went to Headlands Primary School from the ages of 4 to 11 and then continued at another school.

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Born to parents from Bejaia (north-eastern Algeria), the young puller began in 1995 in the club of his neighborhood, the Batarelle, Northern Marseille1. Two years later he joined Vivaux-chestnut (always Marseille) before signing in 1999 Marignane then CFA2. Identified by the King Eric Cantona who sees him as his successor in the heart of OM supporters, he joined the training center of the Racing Club de Strasbourg where he made all his classes before playing for the first team for three seasons from 2003. A Strasbourg, puller plays 51 Ligue 1 matches (15 goals scored) and 4 of the UEFA Cup (1 goal scored). In 2005 he won the League Cup with SCR

Revealed during the 2003-2004 season, Salim earns its place in the Strasbourg group the following year. With dual nationality French-Algerian, he opted for the Algeria national team April 28, 2004 against China it makes its first appearance in the jersey of Algeria under the command of Robert Waseige. The 2005-2006 season is greatly disrupted by injury. After an early season proper, Tear injured in December 2005 before falling in early 2006. It replays at the end of the season, including returning into play when OM-Strasbourg at the Velodrome (2-2, 37th day).

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Giroud was Man of the match as Arsenal opened the season with victory in the 2014 FA Community Shield

arsenal fans now nearly as bad as liverpool fans for filling these pages with winsome nonsense

giroud's article now has more citations than zidane's or ronaldinho's

N'Guémo is a keen falconer and keeps a modest collection of birds of prey, with his favourite, a white-tailed eagle named Mr George after George Weah.[15]

Despite playing in three Premiership winning seasons (1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2002–03), Fortune never played the required 10 games to earn a winner's medal, making 6, 7 and 9 appearances respectively.[1] He did however receive a Premier League winner's medal from United that had been left at the club by a former player.[2]

Sound investment from City there - loaned out on day he signed, never came back.

Years		Team				Apps†	(Gls)†
2010–2014	Manchester City			0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Strømsgodset (loan)		35	(1)
2012		→ Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)	0	(0)
2012		→ Strømsgodset (loan)		11	(2)
2012–2013	→ Rayo Vallecano (loan)		1	(0)
2013		→ FC Lorient (loan)		7	(0)
2013–2014	→ AGF Aarhus (loan)		0	(0)
2014–		Strømsgodset			28	(0)

His nicknames while playing for Barcelona were Tintin, due to his physical similarity with Hergé's fictional character, and Floquet de Neu, after the famous albino gorilla in the Barcelona Zoo.[5] Ronald Koeman currently holds the record for 25 consecutive successful penalty conversions in La Liga.[6]

Luis Suárez controversies

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Throughout his career as a professional footballer, Uruguayan Luis Suárez has been responsible for numerous controversial incidents on and off the pitch, including racially abusing Patrice Evra, and biting three separate opponents, all while showing a distinct lack of remorse for his actions.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Rooney had also upped the age limit to 16-24 year-olds, he wanted better talent, ability, mental strength and attitude than what he had in the previous two series of Street Striker.

In the first episode, it shows the Top 100 Street Footballers of the UK being whittled down to just 20, who would then go on and perform in very difficult street football challenges in front of Wayne Rooney and be judged by him. This year contestants had to perform in front of massive crowds, which only added to the pressure to perform well.

Contestants who made it through to the Final 20 in Street Striker 2010 included River, Hollie, Ricky, Mamus, Rosie, Alando, Lee, Jay, Jamie, Shpresim, Shannon, Daniel, Olly, Charlotte, Chris, Craig and others. Ricky won.

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Kishna was born in The Hague. He is of Dutch-Surinamese descent, with his father being of Indian origin and his mother from the Netherlands. He also has a younger sister whose face he has tattooed on his right arm.[11]

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On 22 November 2011, it was reported that Robinson had left Chesham United and signed for Southern Football League side Didcot Town.[21][22] In an interview with BBC Radio Oxford in December 2011 Robinson stated that he was happy to have signed for Didcot Town and was looking forward to the challenge of playing in the Southern League saying "I just want to play. It was a massive attraction to join up with [manager] Dave Mudge ... The ground and training facilities here are great, especially for this level. I jumped at the chance to come."[23] However, Robinson was dropped from the Didcot squad for a game against Poole Town in February 2012,[24] and left the club shortly after.[25] It was then revealed that Robinson had moved back to the North East and re-signed for Jarrow Roofing. He scored on his second debut for the club in a 3–2 win over South Shields and then scored twice in the next match against Sunderland RCA.[26] It was also revealed that as well as being on the playing staff Robinson had been given a coaching role with the club by manager Richie McLoughlin,[27] who is also the chairman, treasurer, owner and chief sponsor of the club.[28] However, Jarrow Roofing finished the 2011–12 season in 20th place on equal points with Penrith F.C. but were relegated to the Northern League Division Two on goal difference. Following this Robinson left the club and joined County Durham-based Newton Aycliffe F.C.,[29] who had finished the season in mid-table and would therefore play the 2012–13 season in Northern League Division One. Robinson's spell with the Newtonians was initially successful, as he scored a few minutes into his debut in an FA Cup tie against Holker Old Boys, and added a second goal when he scored in a 4–1 defeat by Hebburn Town.

However, it would turn out to be another short spell at a club for Robinson, as it was announced in September 2012 that after just seven appearances for his new club he had left Newton Aycliffe and had yet again returned to Jarrow Roofing for a third spell at the club.[30] Roofing manager Richie McLoughlin was enthusiastic about Robinson's return to the club and praised his abilities, telling a local newspaper: "I’m hoping Robbo will give us some more firepower. He was dying to come back...we also needed his presence in the changing room, as well as on the pitch."[31] Yet again Robinson spent a short amount of time at Jarrow Roofing. In a game against Whitley Bay McLoughlin substituted off Robinson after just twenty minutes, stating "We were getting overrun after 20 minutes and Robbo was not at his best, and you need 11 men on the ball against a team like Whitley, so I took him off and put Dan Carson on. We looked better and got back into the game." The South Shields Gazette reported that this caused a "bust up" between Robinson and McLoughlin, and on 23 November it was reported that Robinson had left Jarrow Roofing[32] – his third spell at the club lasting just a few weeks. In early December 2012 it was revealed that Robinson had signed for South Shields.[33]

Personal life

Mathieu is married and enjoys smoking cigarettes while off the pitch.[23]

Lazio's sporting director Igli Tare criticized the third part owner Doyen Sports for numerous times delaying the transfer, “It will remain in history as the most paradoxical and shocking negotiations I have ever been a part of,” said Tare.“These third party owners changed their minds continually. When we had everything decided, they would start from scratch two hours later. It all happened for a full week, so it felt like being in the Twilight Zone."

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After appearing in an ad for a big mobile phone company, Beckenbauer specifically requested the number 0176 / 666666 for his mobile phone. However, he soon was flooded with phone calls by men who thought it was a phone sex number (in German, "6" translates to "sechs", very close to the word sex).[22]

On 21 August 2010 the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) received by fax a petition of Markevych for his resignation. The legal department of FFU, however, stated that such a document can only be submitted in its original form and the fax copy can not really be accepted.[6][7] However, his resignation was accepted and he was replaced by Yuriy Kalitvintsev as caretaker manager.[8][9]

For the Jong Ajax footballer of the same name, see Danny Bakker (footballer, born 25 January 1995).

Danny Bakker (born 16 January 1995) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for ADO Den Haag.

Tottenham Hotspur

In August 2009 Tottenham Hotspur were reported to have had a £14 million bid rejected for the player.[5] However on 20 October 2009, Spurs and Internacional agreed an affiliation of the two clubs, ensuring that Tottenham have first option on all academy players from the Brazilian outfit. Following this agreement, there were rumours of a near-concluded deal pending for the 2009–10 Premier League January transfer window.[6] Six days later Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp confirmed he was interested in Sandro for a fee rumoured to be around £8 million.[7]

On 10 March 2010, Internacional President Vitorio Piffero confirmed the transfer of the midfielder to Tottenham, after the Copa Libertadores. The transfer amount was speculated to be around €10 million, with only the contract yet to be signed.[8]

Both Internacional and Tottenham reported on their respective websites that a deal had been agreed for Sandro for an undisclosed fee.[9][10] Sandro joined Tottenham following the end of the Copa Libertadores, which finished on 18 August.[11] Internacional's financial report stated that the fee was R$ 20,633,850, with about 25% re-distributed by Inter to third party owners.[12]

Tottenham Hotspur confirmed that a deal for Sandro had been completed and that he would join up at the end of Internacional's Copa Libertadores campaign.[13] Sandro said of the move to England that he thought Spurs were "a great fit for me" and that "a club that is growing every year makes it the ideal club for me".[14] He made his Tottenham debut in a 4–1 home defeat against Arsenal in the third round of the League Cup on 21 September 2010.

On 9 January 2011, Sandro made a start against League One side Charlton Athletic, assisting Andros Townsend and playing the full match. He made his UEFA Champions League debut for Tottenham on 15 February 2011 at the San Siro against seven times winners A.C. Milan, receiving special praise from manager Harry Redknapp in his side's 1–0 win. Playing a pivotal role just in front of the back four, he was man of the match in the return leg at White Hart Lane.[15] He scored his first goal for the club against Chelsea with a 35-yard volley in a 2–1 defeat.

Sandro signed a new five-year contract with Tottenham on 8 September 2011, a deal which would have run till 2016.[16]

In January 2013, Sandro picked up a knee injury during the game against Queens Park Rangers. After the game it was announced that Sandro would be out for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[17] Prior to the game, after a run of impressive performances Sandro has been affectionately nicknamed 'Beast' by the Tottenham fans.

He scored his third goal in Tottenham colours in December 2013 against Manchester United, with a powerful shot from 25 yards (23 m) into the top corner described by opponent Wayne Rooney as "a great strike".[18]

Queens Park Rangers

On 1 September 2014, Sandro signed for Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee.[19] He made his debut against Manchester United, coming off injured and replaced by Karl Henry.[20]

For the Jong Ajax footballer of the same name, see Danny Bakker (footballer, born 25 January 1995).

Danny Bakker (born 16 January 1995) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for ADO Den Haag.

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finally

there's only three etc etc

wondering if the article names willl change when Bernard Mensah, braintree loanee, fails to keep up with jorge mendes client and manchester united/monaco possibility Bernard Mensah (footballer, born October 1994)

bernard mendy regens both

Arlauskis is a keen fisherman, having caught a fish weighing 21.7 kg.

This article is about the Manchester City footballer. For the retired footballer, see Kelechi Iheanacho Zeal.

Stevie Smith
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For the Scottish footballer, see Stevie Smith (footballer).

Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985)
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For another English footballer also born 1985, see Scott Brown (footballer, born May 1985).

1985 was a big year for Scott Brown (footballer)s

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In June 2015, Cissé signed for JS Saint-Pierroise of the Réunion Premier League on a month-long contract starting in September of the same year.[65][66]

1998–2000 Bolton Wanderers 59 (19)
2000–2006 Chelsea 186 (54)
2006–2009 Barcelona 72 (10)

Bolton Wanderers[edit]
Eiður Smári was unveiled to the Bolton supporters prior to their pre-season friendly with the Scottish club Celtic in a game which was arranged as a testimonial for long-serving defender Jimmy Phillips.[citation needed]

Chelsea[edit]
In 2000 he was signed by Chelsea for a fee of £4 million.[citation needed] Early in 2003, he admitted to a gambling problem, confessing to having lost £400,000 in casinos over a five-month period.[2]

FC Barcelona[edit]
Eiður Smári was signed by Spanish club FC Barcelona as a replacement for Henrik Larsson.[3][4]

AS Monaco[edit]
He later joined Ligue 1 club Monaco on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee on 31 August.[5]

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He is nicknamed "the Alpine Messi"[3] and "the magic dwarf".[4]

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Austin married his long-term partner Bianca Parker, with whom he has a daughter, Avabella in the summer of 2015.[45][46] Charlie Austin was caught on camera having an affair with Pornstar Brooklyn Chase.

Austin was found guilty of assault in 2013 after he punched a man who had accused him of taking drugs in a Swindon nightclub toilet cubicle.[47] He was fined £1,800 and ordered to pay £1,320 in costs.[47][48]

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Summary[edit]
Description English: Erik Sviatchenko
Date Unknown
Source Send via OTRS
Author Sergei Sviatchenko

Full name Kelechi Promise Iheanacho[1]
Date of birth 3 October 1996 (age 19)[1]
Place of birth Imo, Uranus
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Manchester City
Number 72
Youth career
2014–2015 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2015– Manchester City 12 (25)

He is also known for the infamous picture of him getting a football straight to the face.

Andy Townsend
Footballer
Andrew "Andy" David Townsend is a retired footballer who played in two World Cups for the Republic of Ireland and is now a television and radio pundit Starting his career at Welling United and then ... Wikipedia
Born: July 23, 1963 (age 52), Maidstone
Height: 1.8 m
Weight: 3 kg

Is this the shortest wiki entry for a footballer?

Anthony Brady (born 7 February 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for St. Mirren, as a midfielder.

It's not even true.

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Personal information
Full name Adalberto Peñaranda Maestre
Date of birth 31 May 1997 (age 18)
Place of birth El Vigía, Venezuela
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Granada
(on loan from Watford)
Number 27

Harris finally opened his goal-scoring account for Forest on 2 September 2006, after 21 months of waiting in a 4–0 victory against Chesterfield.[5] It was a cutely struck volley from a few yards out. He and his team mates' joy was clear to see in his celebration, as he ran towards the corner of the stadium and did not look as though he would stop, until his team mates caught up. In the post match report, he admitted he was finally enjoying life at Nottingham Forest.

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Muriel stated that his comparison to Brazilian legend Ronaldo by his playing style, is likely because he was a main supporter of Ronaldo during his time in Inter Milan.[24] Muriel went on to say that he supported Inter Milan because Ronaldo was playing for them at the time.[25] Coincidentally, Muriel also stated that he also suffers weight issues (like Ronaldo during his time) and had to lose five kilos at one point.[26][27] This meant that he had to be consistent with fitness, which explained his similar style to the Brazilian legend and high quality in terms of athletic stature.[24][28][29]

Dzyuba is well known for his cheerful and genial disposition, and he is always willing to talk to journalists. As he once told, "if laughter prolongs one's life, I am immortal".[7]

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Carlos Campos was a player for the Universidad de Chile. Campos went by the nickname "The Tank" for his lack of sensation when scoring. He was best known for heading the ball, and famous for keeping his cool when going one-on-one against the goalkeeper.

Shortly after leaving Marseille, Berizzo spoke out against alleged homosexuality in France:

"A bunch of faggots is what you have in French football. There are so many homosexual players there, they always provoke you, they touch your thighs, your bum, to see if you will give some kind of signal. I feel disgusted when a homosexual shares the same shower and stares at one's bum with desire, and even gets emotional when you are naked."

— Berizzo quoted in a Daily Telegraph Article.[9]

stares at one's bum with desire

Surprisingly there is a group of Maniacs in Argentinian city call Mar del Plata. Their leader Marcelo Torre is passionate fan of Boca Juniors, he met girl from Sarajevo who is Željo fan and after he visit her and meet Željo fans his love to club started. Torre has several times visited Grbavica Stadium and when he went home for first time he bring with him seven FK Željezničar jerseys for his friends.

Currently Maniacs Mar del Plata have eight members. The group is divided in fans of Boca Juniors and River Plate but the love for FK Željezničar is the one that connects them.[4]

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On 3 March 2010 he made his debut for Australia in a 1–0 win over Indonesia in the final 2011 Asian Cup Qualifier.[19][20][21] His performance in this match led to fallacious comparisons to Harry Kewell and the potential for Oar to succeed the Australian great.[22][23][24][25]

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Bartley playing for Rangers in 2011

In May 2013, Alonso signed for Italian side ACF Fiorentina on a three-year deal, despite being offered a new contract by Bolton manager Dougie Freedman.[11] On 30 December, after the player had made nine official appearances, Sunderland boss Gus Poyet announced that he would join on 1 January 2014, on loan until the end of the campaign.[12] During his time at Fiorentina, it became clear that Alonso was a murderer and should be locked up. How many more ref.

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football players with accountably lengthy wiki info boxes due to intense club hopping

Robert de Pinho de Souza.

Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Coritiba 34 (11)
2000–2001 Botafogo-SP 7 (7)
2001–2002 Servette 19 (8)
2002 São Caetano 12 (3)
2003 Kawasaki Frontale 16 (6)
2003–2004 Spartak Moscow 12 (3)
2004–2005 Atlas 44 (33)
2005–2006 PSV 15 (7)
2006–2007 → Betis (loan) 48 (16)
2007 Betis 33 (5)
2007 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 19 (9)
2008–2010 Monterrey 16 (12)
2008 → Tecos (loan) 19 (5)
2009 → América (loan) 17 (4)
2009–2010 → Palmeiras (loan) 35 (19)
2010 → Cruzeiro (loan) 14 (3)
2011 → Bahia (loan) 12 (4)
2011 → Puebla (loan) 3 (4)
2012 Jeju United 13 (3)
2012 Ceará 16 (5)
2013 Necaxa 12 (11)
2013 Boa Esporte 3 (2)
2013–2014 Fortaleza 22 (10)
2015 Sampaio Corrêa 8 (6)
2015 Vitória 11 (2)
2016 Paraná 10 (3)
2016 Gżira United 6 (7)
2017 Oeste 26 (6)
2018 Audax 13 (2)
2018 Santa Cruz 6 (1)
2018– Portuguesa 3 (9)

uhhhh, let's try that again

Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Coritiba	34	(11)
2000–2001	Botafogo-SP	7	(7)
2001–2002	Servette	19	(8)
2002	São Caetano	12	(3)
2003	Kawasaki Frontale	16	(6)
2003–2004	Spartak Moscow	12	(3)
2004–2005	Atlas	44	(33)
2005–2006	PSV	15	(7)
2006–2007	→ Betis (loan)	48	(16)
2007	Betis	33	(5)
2007	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	19	(9)
2008–2010	Monterrey	16	(12)
2008	→ Tecos (loan)	19	(5)
2009	→ América (loan)	17	(4)
2009–2010	→ Palmeiras (loan)	35	(19)
2010	→ Cruzeiro (loan)	14	(3)
2011	→ Bahia (loan)	12	(4)
2011	→ Puebla (loan)	3	(4)
2012	Jeju United	13	(3)
2012	Ceará	16	(5)
2013	Necaxa	12	(11)
2013	Boa Esporte	3	(2)
2013–2014	Fortaleza	22	(10)
2015	Sampaio Corrêa	8	(6)
2015	Vitória	11	(2)
2016	Paraná	10	(3)
2016	Gżira United	6	(7)
2017	Oeste	26	(6)
2018	Audax	13	(2)
2018	Santa Cruz	6	(1)
2018–	Portuguesa	3	(9)

Scored at every club he played at, too.