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FIFA WORLD CUP 2014™ ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS 2

This research is based on the Official Squad Lists published by MESSAGE FROM THE ECA CHAIRMAN, th 4 FIFA on the 5 of June 2014. The European Club Association KARL-HEINZ RUMMENIGGE has endeavoured to keep the information up to date, but it makes no representation or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, with 6 INTRODUCTION respect to this information. The aim of this research is purely informative. 8 KEY FACTS & FIGURES Last Update: 9th of June 2014. 12 CLUB ANALYSIS 18 COUNTRY ANALYSIS 24 CONFEDERATION ANALYSIS 30 COMPARISON WORLD CUP 2014 VS. WORLD CUP 2010 38 APPENDICES: I. Full List of Squads II. Full List of Clubs III. Full List of Countries

DISCLAIMER CONTENTS 4 5 MESSAGE FROM THE ECA CHAIRMAN

fostering their development starting at a very young age. The clubs are the roots of football and invest a lot of time, effort and money into the player’s development - both on and off the pitch.

The ECA Player Release Analysis has become a recurrent publication of our association with the aim to give a comprehensive overview of the clubs from around the globe that are involved in releasing players to the FIFA World Cup 2014™, ultimately contributing to the major success of this tournament. Questions such as “Which club released most players to the World Cup?” or “How many players are registered with clubs in ?” will be thoroughly answered on the following pages.

In 2014, the 736 players participating in the World Cup come from 297 different clubs representing no less than 50 different National Associations. With more than 75% of these players Dear friends of football, being registered with a European club, the figures highlight the great contribution European club football makes to the success Following an exciting 2013/14 club football culminating of the FIFA World Cup 2014™. in the UEFA Champions League Final in , the next football highlight of 2014 is about to start: the FIFA World I hope you find this report interesting and enjoy going through the Cup™ in . It goes without saying that the World Cup has various facts and figures. I wish you all an enjoyable World Cup! developed to become one of the greatest sporting events in the world. It is a real highlight for both players and fans alike. Having participated myself in three World Cups, I understand the excitement of being called up to represent the colours of Yours sincerely, your country for such a prestigious tournament.

There is no question that it is the players’ talent and skills that drive the excitement of the game. Nevertheless, it is important as well to pay tribute to the many clubs around the world that work with these players day-in and day-out, contributing to and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, ECA Chairman 6 7 INTRODUCTION GROUP A BRAZIL CROATIA CAMEROON

The ECA Player Release Analysis is a research study GROUP B SPAIN AUSTRALIA undertaken by the European Club Association at the occasion of every major national team tournament, including but not limited to the FIFA World Cup™ and the UEFA EURO™.

The purpose of this particular research is to highlight the number and origin of clubs involved in releasing players for the GROUP C COLOMBIA GREECE CÔTE D’IVOIRE JAPAN FIFA World Cup 2014™ in Brazil.

Each of the 32 national teams competing in the FIFA World Cup™ is composed of 23 players bringing the total number of players present in Brazil to 736. In accordance with the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (Annexe 1, Article 1), the GROUP D SWITZERLAND release of players is mandatory for clubs. Each club is obliged to release his players to the national team “(…) 14 days before the opening match of the relevant final competition.”

For the purpose of the analysis, please note the following:

The research is based on the official squad lists published GROUP E ITALY by FIFA on www..com on the th5 of June 2014. Reference is always made to the club with which the player was registered on the 5th June. For players on loan, the club receiving the player on loan was considered. For example: GROUP F BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA (Goalkeeper of Belgium) is currently on loan from Chelsea FC to Atlético de Madrid. For the analysis his current club Atlético de Madrid was taken into account. Two out of the 736 players are free agents meaning that they are currently not registered with any club. GROUP G GERMANY PORTUGAL GHANA USA Country representation always relates to the league in which the club plays and not the actual country of origin of the club. For example: Cardiff City FC is listed as a club from England. The term “European clubs” makes reference to clubs GROUP H BELGIUM RUSSIA KOREA from UEFA Member Associations. The same applies REPUBLIC for Asian clubs (AFC), African clubs (CAF), etc. 8 With 9 /23

14players released, FC Bayern 21players from Cameroon and München and Manchester Côte d’Ivoire are registered with United FC are the clubs European clubs, while only releasing the biggest number of players. /23

4Ecuadorian players are playing 297clubs are involved in in . releasing players.

In the FIFA World Cup 2014™, only 190are European clubs from UEFA Member Associations. 11players out of the 736 are registered with Brazilian clubs. players2 are ‘free agents’, while there were 4 in the FIFA World Cup 2010™.

AllRussian players are registered with Russian clubs. Manchester United FC .5% released players to

76of the FIFA World Cup 2014™ players (563 players from a total of 736) are registered with 9different national teams. European clubs. .6% %

16of the FIFA World Cup 2014™ 99of players of the 13 European players are registered with National teams at the FIFA World clubs from England 385players out of 736 (52%) were Cup 2014™ are registered with released from 84 ECA Member European clubs. Clubs 10 11

.5% 76 of all players participating in the FIFA World Cup™ come from European clubs CLUB ANALYSIS 14 15 MOST TOP 20 REPRESENTED Position Club Number of players 1 FC Bayern München 14 CLUBS Manchester United FC 14 297 CLUBS ARE RELEASING PLAYERS. 3 FC Barcelona 13 190 OF THEM ARE EUROPEAN CLUBS. SSC Napoli 13 5 Chelsea FC 12

Juventus 12

Real Madrid CF 12

8 Arsenal FC 10

Liverpool FC 10 Both FC Bayern München (GER) and Manchester United FC (ENG) released 14 players, the highest number of players for Manchester City FC 10 the FIFA World Cup 2014™, followed by FC Barcelona (ESP) and SSC Napoli (ITA) with 13 players each. Paris Saint-Germain 10

Manchester United FC (ENG) released players to 9 different 12 Club Atlético de Madrid 9 national teams. FC Porto 9 From other confederations, CD Olimpia (HND), Real CD España (HND), Club América (MEX), Esteghlal FC (IRN), Persepolis 14 AC Milan 8 FC (IRN) all released 4 players, Barcelona SC (ECU) and CS FC Internazionale Milano 8 Emelec (ECU) released 3 players each and Coton Sport FC de Garoua (CMR) released 2 players. FC Zenit St Petersburg 8

The following table outlines the top 20 clubs that are releasing 17 FC Dynamo Moscow 7 players for the FIFA World Cup 2014™. FC Schalke 04 7 The full list of clubs is available in the Appendix. Southampton FC 7

SS Lazio 7

VfL Wolfsburg 7 16 17

BELGIUM, CROATIA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, ITALY, EUROPEAN CLUB NETHERLANDS, RUSSIA, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND 23/23 REPRESENTATION BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 22/23 CAMEROON, CÔTE D’IVOIRE 21/23

IN ALL NATIONAL NIGERIA 20/23 TEAMS ALGERIA, ARGENTINA 19/23 BRAZIL, GHANA 18/23

CHILE, COLOMBIA, URUGUAY 16/23

AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, USA 12/23 More than 75% of the players are registered with European clubs. From the 13 European National teams participating in COSTA RICA the World Cup, only one player is registered with a club outside 11/23 Europe: Zvjezdan Misimovi (BiH) plays for Guizhour Renhe FC (CHN). KOREA REPUBLIC 10/23 Cameroon and CÔte d’Ivoire have 21 players registered with European clubs, followed by Nigeria with 20 players, Algeria and MEXICO /23 Argentina with 19 players. With respectively 4 and 6, Ecuador 8 and Iran have the smallest number of players playing in Europe. HONDURAS The full list of squads can be found in the Appendix. 7/23

IRAN 6/23

ECUADOR 4/23 19 ANALYSIS COUNTRY 20 21 COUNTRY TOP 20 REPRESENTATION Position Country Confederation Number of players Number of clubs 1 England UEFA 119 29 563 PLAYERS ARE PLAYING IN A 2 Italy UEFA 83 20

EUROPEAN LEAGUE REPRESENTING 3 Germany UEFA 75 21

23 DIFFERENT UEFA COUNTRIES. 4 Spain UEFA 65 17

5 France UEFA 46 21

6 Russia UEFA 34 12

7 Mexico CONCACAF 25 12

Turkey UEFA 25 13

9 Portugal UEFA 23 6 More than 16% (119) of the World Cup participants are playing in England. 52.7% of the players are registered with clubs 10 USA CONCACAF 21 12 from the so-called “Big 5” countries, namely England, France, Germany, Italy or Spain. 11 Netherlands UEFA 20 10

Despite not being represented by their national team at the FIFA 12 Iran AFC 14 7 World Cup 2014™ Austria, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Hungary, Japan AFC 9 Kuweit, , Norway, , , Scotland, South 14 Africa, Sweden, , Tunisia, UAE and Ukraine have at least 14 Greece UEFA 13 4 one player registered with clubs from that country. 15 Belgium UEFA 12 7 Overall, 23 UEFA countries are represented alongside 9 countries from AFC, 7 countries from both CONMEBOL and Switzerland UEFA 12 6 CAF, 4 countries from CONCACAF. No player currently plays for a club from an OFC country. 17 Brazil CONMEBOL 11 9

18 Costa Rica CONCACAF 10 4

Honduras CONCACAF 10 3

Korea Republic AFC 10 6 22 1.2% UKRAINE 23 1.1% ECUADOR <1% ARGENTINA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, CHINA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 1.2% KOREA REPUBLIC DENMARK, HUNGARY, , 1.0% AUSTRALIA GHANA, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, SAUDI ARABIA, TUNISIA, , URUGUAY 1.4% HONDURAS

1.4% COSTA RICA 16.2% ENGLAND 1.5% BRAZIL

1.6% SWITZERLAND

1.6% BELGIUM 1.8% GREECE 11.3% ITALY 1.9% JAPAN 1.9% IRAN 2.7% NETHERLANDS 2.9% USA 10.2% GERMANY

3.1% PORTUGAL 8.8% SPAIN 3.4% TURKEY 6.3% FRANCE

3.4% MEXICO 4.6% RUSSIA 25

CONFEDERATION ANALYSIS 26 27 CONFEDERATION REPRESENTATION 563 FIFA WORLD CUP 2014™ PLAYERS ARE CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH CLUBS FROM UEFA. 171 PLAYERS ARE REGISTERED WITH CLUBS FROM A DIFFERENT CONFEDERATION. 2 PLAYERS ARE FREE AGENTS.

Position Confederation Number of players

1 UEFA 563

2 CONCACAF 65

3 AFC 56

4 CONMEBOL 37

5 CAF 13

6 OFC 0

7 Free Agents 2 28 29 CONFEDERATION % (563 players) REPRESENTATION OVERVIEW 76 EUROPE UEFA England, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Russia, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Norway, Greece, Ukraine, Croatia, Denmark, Scotland, Israel, Austria, Sweden, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary

% 9 (65 players) % NORTH AMERICA 8 (56 players) CONCACAF USA (MLS), Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras AFC Japan, Iran, Korea Republic, China PR, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait

% % 5 (37 players) 2 (13 players) SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA CONMEBOL CAF Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Algeria, Nigeria, , Cameroon, Colombia, Uruguay, Ecuador Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Tunisia 31

COMPARISON 2010 WC VS. 2014 WC 32 33

ECA MEMBER CLUBS CLUB .2% ANALYSIS +29 COMPARISON

World Cup 2010

65 TOP 20 OF THE MOST REPRESENTED World Cup 2014 EUROPEAN CLUBS (by number of players)

TOTAL NO. Club WC 2010 WC 2014 OF CLUBS 84 1 FC Bayern München 11 14 Manchester United FC 6 14 .7% EUROPEAN -0 CLUBS 3 FC Barcelona 13 13 SSC Napoli 5 13 .5% 5 Chelsea FC 13 12 World Cup 2010 -3 Juventus 8 12 Real Madrid CF 10 12

8 Arsenal FC 10 10 299 World Cup 2010 Liverpool FC 12 10 World Cup 2014 Manchester City FC 7 10

196 Paris Saint-Germain 0 10 297 World Cup 2014 12 Club Atlético de Madrid 4 9 190 34 35

Club WC 2010 WC 2014 COUNTRY FC Porto 6 9 14 AC Milan 7 8 ANALYSIS FC Internazionale Milano 10 8 FC Zenit St Petersburg 2 8 COMPARISON 17 FC Dynamo Moscow 1 7

FC Schalke 04 2 7

Southampton FC 0 7

SS Lazio 3 7 MOST REPRESENTED VfL Wolfsburg 9 7 COUNTRIES (by number of players)

Country WC 2010 WC 2014

1 England 116 119

2 Italy 80 83

3 Germany 84 75

4 Spain 58 65

5 France 46 46

6 Russia 14 34

7 Mexico 20 25

Turkey 13 25

9 Portugal 22 23

10 USA 7 21

11 Netherlands 33 20

12 Iran 0 14 36 37

Country WC 2010 WC 2014 CONFEDERATION Japan 26 14 14 Greece 21 13 ANALYSIS 15 Belgium 7 12 Switzerland 9 12 COMPARISON 17 Brazil 6 11

18 Costa Rica 0 10

Honduras 0 10

Korea Republic 13 10

MOST REPRESENTED CONFEDERATIONS (by number of players)

Confederation WC 2010 WC 2014

1 Players in UEFA clubs 550 563

2 CONCACAF 40 65

3 AFC 71 56

4 CONMEBOL 38 37

5 CAF 25 13

6 OFC 8 0

Free agents 4 2 39 APPENDICES APPENDICES 40 41 APPENDIX 1: ALGERIA FULL LIST OF SQUADS

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Raïs M’bolhi (PFC CSKA Sofia) EUROPEAN CLUBS Mohamed Zemmamouche (USM Alger) /23 Cédric Si Mohamed (CS Constantine) 19 DEFENDERS Essaïd Belkalem (Watford FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE -Bentaïba (RCD Mallorca) (SSC Napoli) .6% (Académica de Coimbra) 82 Aïssa Mandi () (AC Ajaccio) PLAYERS FROM (Valenciennes FC) ALGERIAN CLUBS (AS Livorno) /23 2 (Tottenham Hotspur FC) (Granada CF) (Getafe CF) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW Saphir Taïder (FC Internazionale Milano) () (Valencia CF) (Leicester City)

FORWARDS Abdelmoumen Djabou (Club Africain) (Sporting Clube de Portugal) El Arbi Hillel Soudani (GNK Dinamo) (FC Porto)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 42 43 ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Mariano Andújar (Catania Calcio) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Club Brugge) EUROPEAN CLUBS (AS ) /23 () /23 Agustín Orión (CA ) 19 ‘ (Adelaide United FC) 12 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS (FC Internazionale Milano) PERCENTAGE OF THE ‘ (Brisbane Roar FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE Federico Fernández (SSC Napoli) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN Matthew Špiranovic‘ (Western Wanderers FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE (Manchester City FC) (Preston North End FC) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) .6% () .2% (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 82 ( FC) 52 José María Basanta (CF Monterrey) Ryan McGowan (Shandong Luneng Taishan FC) Martin Demichelis (Manchester City FC) PLAYERS FROM MIDFIELDERS PLAYERS FROM MIDFIELDERS ARGENTINIAN CLUBS (Crystal Palace FC) AUSTRALIAN CLUBS (FC Barcelona) /23 (Melbourne Victory FC) /23 Augusto Fernandez (RC Celta de Vigo) 3 (FK Austria Wien) 7 Ricardo Álvarez (FC Internazionale Milano) (Swindon Town FC) (SS Lazio) (FC Luzern) (CA Boca Juniors) CONFEDERATION Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Maxi Rodríguez (CA Newell’s Old Boys) (Al-Gharafa SC) Enzo Perez (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) Dario Vidosic (FC Sion)

FORWARDS FORWARDS (FC Barcelona) Cahill () Ángel Di María (Real Madrid CF) (FC Utrecht) (FC Internazionale Milano) (Melbourne Victory FC) Gonzalo Higuaín (SSC Napoli) (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Sergio Agüero (Manchester City FC) (Newcastle United Jets) (Paris Saint-Germain) Matthew Leckie (FSV Frankfurt)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 44 45 BELGIUM BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Thibaut Courtois (Club Atlético de Madrid) EUROPEAN CLUBS Asmir Begovic‘ (Stoke City FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Liverpool FC) /23 Asmir Avdukic‘ (FK Borac Banja Luka) /23 (SV Zulte-Waregem) 23 Jasmin Fejzic‘ (VfR Aalen) 22 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Toby Alderweireld (Club Atlético de Madrid) PERCENTAGE OF THE Emir Spahic‘ () PERCENTAGE OF THE Anthony Vanden Borre (RSC Anderlecht) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN Toni Šunjic‘ (FC Zorya Luhansk) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Laurent Ciman (Royal Standard de Liège) Sead Kolašinac (FC Schalke 04) (Tottenham Hotspur FC) % Ognjen Vranješ (Elazıgspor Kulubü) .6% (Manchester City FC) 100 Ermin Bicakcic‘ () 95 Daniel Van Buyten (FC Bayern München) Mensur Mujdža (SC Freiburg) Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal FC) Avdija Vršajevic‘ (HNK Hajduk Split) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Nicolas Lombaerts (FC Zenit St Petersburg) BELGIAN CLUBS BOSNIAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS MIDFIELDERS /23 Muhamed Bešic‘ (Ferencvárosi TC) /23 Axel Witsel (FC Zenit St Petersburg) 3 Miralem Pjanic‘ (AS Roma) 1 (FC Porto) Izet Hajrovic‘ (Galatasaray SK) Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United FC) Haris Medunjanin () Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur FC) CONFEDERATION Senad Lulic‘ (SS Lazio) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Moussa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Anel Hadžic‘ (SK Sturm Graz) Kevin De Bruyne (VfL Wolfsburg) Tino-Sven Sušic‘ (HNK Hajduk Split) Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United FC) Sejad Salihovic‘ (TSG Hoffenheim) (Chelsea FC) Zvjezdan Misimovic‘ (Guizhour Renhe FC) Senijad Ibricic‘ (Kayseri Erciyesspor) FORWARDS (SSC Napoli) FORWARDS (Everton FC) Vedad Ibiševic‘ (VfB Stuttgart) Romelu Lukaku (Everton FC) Edin Džeko (Manchester City FC) (LOSC Lille) Edin Višca‘ ( BBSK)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 46 47 BRAZIL CAMEROON

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Júlio César (Toronto FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Torku Kulübü) EUROPEAN CLUBS Jefferson (Botafogo FR) /23 Sammy N’Djock (Fethiyespor Kulübü) /23 Victor (CA Atlético ) 18 Loic Feudjou (Coton Sport FC de Garoua) 21 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Dante (FC Bayern München) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Granada CF) PERCENTAGE OF THE David Luiz (Chelsea FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (Beşiktaş JK) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Henrique (SSC Napoli) Cédric Djeugoue (Coton Sport FC de Garoua) Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) .3% Aurélien Chedjou (Galatasaray SK) .3% Daniel Alves (FC Barcelona) 78 Nicolas N’Koulou () 93 Maicon (AS Roma) () Marcelo (Real Madrid CF) Benoît Assou-Ekotto (Queens Park Rangers FC) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Maxwell (Paris Saint-Germain) BRAZILIAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS CAMEROONIAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS /23 Enoh Eyong () /23 Fernandinho (Manchester City FC) 4 Jean II Makoun (Stade Rennais FC) 2 Hernanes (FC Internazionale Milano) Joel Matip (FC Schalke 04) Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg) Stéphane Mbia (Sevilla FC) Oscar (Chelsea FC) CONFEDERATION Landry N’Guémo (FC Girondins de Bordeaux) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Paulinho (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Alexandre Song (FC Barcelona) Ramires (Chelsea FC) (RC Lens) Willian (Chelsea FC) (AS Nancy-Lorraine)

FORWARDS FORWARDS Bernard (FC Shakhtar ) Samuel Eto’o (Chelsea FC) Fred (Fluminense FC) Eric Choupo Moting (1. FSV Mainz 05) Hulk (FC Zenit St Petersburg) (FC Lorient) Jô (CA Atlético Mineiro) Pierre Webó (Fenerbahçe SK) (FC Barcelona) (SV Zulte-Waregem)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 48 49 CHILE COLOMBIA

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM ( de Futbol) EUROPEAN CLUBS (OGC Nice) EUROPEAN CLUBS Johnny Herrera (Club Universidad de Chile) /23 Faryd Mondragón () /23 (CD Universidad Católica) 16 (Independiente Santa Fe) 16 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS (Cardiff City FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Atalanta BC) PERCENTAGE OF THE José Manuel Rojas (Club Universidad de Chile) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN Cristian Zapata (AC Milan) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE (Santos FC) Carlos Valdés () (Nottingham Forest FC) .6% Éder Álvarez Balanta (CA River Plate) .6% 69 Arias (PSV Eindhoven) 69 MIDFIELDERS Juan Camilo Zúñiga (SSC Napoli) (Juventus) (West Ham United) (Juventus) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Marcelo Díaz (FC Basel) CHILEAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS COLOMBIAN CLUBS (CA Osasuna) /23 Carlos Sánchez Moreno (Elche FC) /23 Felipe Gutiérrez (FC Twente) 5 Fredy Guarín (FC Internazionale Milano) 3 José Pedro Fuenzalida (CSD Colo-Colo) (Toulouse FC) (Atalanta BC) Carlos Carbonero (CA River Plate) (Wigan Athletic FC) CONFEDERATION (FC Porto) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Charles Aránguiz (SC Internacional) Victor Ibarbo () (Malmö FF) James Rodríguez (AS Monaco) Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (ACF Fiorentina) FORWARDS Alexander Mejía (Club Atlético Nacional) Alexis Sánchez (FC Barcelona) (Valencia CF) FORWARDS Valdívia (SE Palmeiras) (Sevilla FC) (Cagliari Calcio) Adrián Ramos (Hertha BSC) (CSD Colo-Colo) Teófilo Gutiérrez(CA River Plate) Fabián Orellana (RC Celta de Vigo) Jackson Martinez (FC Porto)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 50 51 COSTA RICA CÔTE D’IVOIRE

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM (Levante UD) EUROPEAN CLUBS (KSC Lokeren OV) EUROPEAN CLUBS (LD Alajuelense) /23 Sayouba Mandé (Stabæk Fotball) /23 (CS Herediano) 11 (Séwé Sport) 21 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Johnny Acosta (LD Alajuelense) PERCENTAGE OF THE Kolo Touré (Liverpool FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE Giancarlo González (Columbus Crew) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (VfB Stuttgart) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Michael Umaña () Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Toulouse FC) Óscar Duarte (Club Brugge) .8% (Toulouse FC) .3% (Columbus Crew) 47 Ousmane Viera (Çaykur Rizespor) 93 (Deportivo Saprissa) Júnior Díaz (1. FSV Mainz 05) Constant Djakpa () PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM (Rosenborg BK) Sol Bamba ( AS) COSTA RICAN CLUBS IVORIAN CLUBS (New York Red Bulls) /23 MIDFIELDERS /23 MIDFIELDERS 9 Ismaël Diomande (AS Saint-Etienne) 1 (AIK Solna) (AS Saint-Etienne) Christian Bolaños (FC København) Yaya Touré (Manchester City FC) Esteban Granados (CS Herediano) CONFEDERATION Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW (Aalesunds FK) Geoffroy Serey Die (FC Basel) (Deportivo Saprissa) () (Vålerenga Fotball) José Miguel Cubero (CS Herediano) FORWARDS (Galatasaray SK) FORWARDS (AS Roma) (PSV Eindhoven) (LOSC Lille) (Olympiacos FC) (Swansea City AFC) (CS Cartaginés) (FC Basel) Marco Ureña (FC Kuban Krasnodar) (Fortuna Düsseldorf)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 52 53 CROATIA ECUADOR

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM (FC Rostov) EUROPEAN CLUBS Máximo Banguera (Barcelona SC) EUROPEAN CLUBS Danijel Subašic‘ (AS Monaco) /23 Alexander Domínguez (LDU ) /23 (NK Lokomotiva) 23 Adrián Bone (CD El Nacional) 4 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) PERCENTAGE OF THE (CR Flamengo) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Southampton FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (CS Emelec) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Vedran C‘orluka (FC Lokomotiv Moscow) Óscar Bagüí (CS Emelec) (Panathinaikos FC) % (CS Emelec) .4% Danijel Pranjic‘ (Panathinaikos FC) 100 Walter Ayoví (CF Pachuca) 17 (FC Dynamo ) (Barcelona SC) Šime Vrsaljko (Genoa CFC) PLAYERS FROM MIDFIELDERS PLAYERS FROM MIDFIELDERS CROATIAN CLUBS Osvaldo Minda (Chivas USA) ECUADORIAN CLUBS Luka Modric‘ (Real Madrid CF) /23 Carlos Gruezo (VfB Stuttgart) /23 Ivan Rakitic‘ (Sevilla FC) 3 (SBV Vitesse) 8 Ognjen Vukojevic‘ (FC Dynamo Kyiv) (FC Dynamo Moscow) Ivan Perišic‘ (VfL Wolfsburg) (Barcelona SC) Mateo Kovacic‘ (FC Internazionale Milano) CONFEDERATION (Manchester United FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Marcelo Brozovic‘ (GNK Dinamo) Édison Méndez (Independiente Santa Fe) Ivan Mocinic‘ (HNK ) Fidel Martínez () (Getafe CF) FORWARDS FORWARDS (CF Atlante) Mario Mandžukic‘ (FC Bayern München) (Al-Jazira SC) Ivica Olic‘ (VfL Wolfsburg) (CA Monarcas Morelia) Eduardo (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) ( FC) Nikica Jelavic‘ (Hull City AFC) Jaime Ayoví (Club Tijuana) Ante Rebic‘ (ACF Fiorentina) (CF Pachuca)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 54 55 ENGLAND FRANCE

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Joe Hart (Manchester City FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Tottenham Hotspur FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion FC) /23 Stéphane Ruffier(AS Saint-Etienne) /23 Fraser Forster (Celtic FC) 23 Mickaël Landreau (SC Bastia) 23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Leighton Baines (Everton FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Newcasle United FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE Gary Cahill (Chelsea FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (Arsenal FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Phil Jagielka (Everton FC) (Arsenal FC) Glen Johnson (Liverpool FC) % (Liverpool FC) % Phil Jones (Manchester United FC) 100 Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid CF) 100 Luke Shaw (Southampton AFC) (FC Porto) Chris Smalling (Manchester United FC) (Manchester United FC) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM (Paris Saint-Germain) MIDFIELDERS ENGLISH CLUBS FRENCH CLUBS Ross Barkley (Everton FC) /23 MIDFIELDERS /23 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC) 22 (Paris Saint-Germain) 8 Jordan Henderson (Liverpool FC) (Southampton FC) (Southampton AFC) (Paris Saint-Germain) Frank Lampard (Chelsea FC) CONFEDERATION (LOSC Lille) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW James Milner (Manchester City FC) (Juventus) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal FC) (Newcasle United FC) Raheem Sterling (Liverpool FC) (Olympique de Marseille) Jack Wilshere (Arsenal FC) FORWARDS FORWARDS (Real Madrid CF) Rickie Lambert (Southampton AFC) (Arsenal FC) (Manchester United FC) (Real Sociedad de Futbol) (Liverpool FC) Rémy Cabella (Montpellier Hérault SC) Welbeck (Manchester United FC) Loïc Rémy (Newcastle United FC)

UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 56 57 GERMANY GHANA

GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM (FC Bayern München) EUROPEAN CLUBS Adam Larsen Kwarasey (Strømsgodset IF) EUROPEAN CLUBS Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund) /23 Fatawu Dauda (Orlando Pirates FC) /23 Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96) 23 Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars FC) 18 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Platanias FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (Royal Standard de Liège) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Kevin Großkreutz (Borussia Dortmund) (Espérance Sportive de Tunis) Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04) % (Stade Rennais FC) .3% (Borussia Dortmund) 100 (Evian Thonon Gaillard FC) 78 Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) (Mamelodi Sundowns FC) Per Mertesacker (Arsenal FC) PLAYERS FROM MIDFIELDERS PLAYERS FROM MIDFIELDERS GERMAN CLUBS (AC Milan) GHANAIAN CLUBS Julian Draxler (FC Schalke 04) /23 Sulley Ali Muntari (AC Milan) /23 Mario Götze (FC Bayern München) 16 (FC Kuban Krasnodar) 1 Sami Khedira (Real Madrid CF) (Juventus) Toni Kroos (FC Bayern München) Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese Calcio) Mesut Özil (Arsenal FC) CONFEDERATION Acquah Afriyie (Parma FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Shkodran Mustafi(UC Sampdoria) André Ayew (Olympique de Marseille) André Schürrle (Chelsea FC) (FC Rubin Kazan) Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München) (SBV Vitesse) Matthias Ginter (SC Freiburg) (Middlesbrough FC) (Borussia VFL 1900 Mönchengladbach) FORWARDS FORWARDS (Al Ain FC) (Arsenal FC) Kevin-Prince Boateng (FC Schalke 04) (SS Lazio) (Valenciennes FC) Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM (Granada CF) EUROPEAN CLUBS (CD Olimpia) EUROPEAN CLUBS (PAOK FC) /23 (CD Olimpia) /23 (Panathinaikos FC) 23 Luis Alfredo López (Real CD España) 7 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS (Olympiacos FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE (CD Olimpia) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Olympiacos FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (Celtic FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE José Holebas (Olympiacos FC) Juan Carlos García (Wigan Athletic FC) Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund) % (Hull City AFC) .7% Georgios Tzavelas (PAOK FC) 100 Víctor Bernárdez (San Jose Earthquakes) 34 (Levante UD) Osman Chávez (Qingdao Jonoon FC) (AS Roma) (CD Motagua) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM (Hellas Verona FC) GREEK CLUBS MIDFIELDERS HONDURAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS /23 Delgado Edder (Real CD España) /23 () 9 (CD Olimpia) 10 (Olympiacos FC) (Wigan Athletic FC) (PAOK FC) (CD Motagua) Giorgios Karagounis (Fulham FC) CONFEDERATION (Stoke City FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW (Torino FC) Óscar Boniek García ( Dynamo) Ioannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa CFC) (RSC Anderlecht) Lázaros Christodoulópoulos (Bologna FC 1909) Mario Martínez (Real CD España) (Bologna FC 1909) Marvin Chávez (CD Chivas USA)

FORWARDS FORWARDS (PAOK FC) (New England Revolution) (Celtic FC) (LD Alajuelense) Konstantinos Mitroglou (Fulham FC) (Real CD España) (Torku Konyaspor Kulübü) Rony Martínez (Real Sociedad de Futbol)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM (Eintracht Braunschweig) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Juventus) EUROPEAN CLUBS Rahman Ahmadi (Sepahan Isfahan FC) /23 (Genoa CFC) /23 (Sporting Covilhã) 6 (Paris Saint-Germain) 23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS (Persepolis FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE (AC Milan) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Persepolis FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (Juventus) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE (Esteghlal FC) (Juventus) Hashem Beikzadeh (Esteghlal FC) % (Juventus) % Ahmad Alenemeh (Naft FC) 26 (Torino FC) 100 (Umm-Salal SC) (AC Milan) Steven Beitashour (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) Gabriel Paletta (Parma FC) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Mehrdad Pouladi (Persepolis FC) IRANIAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS ITALIAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS /23 (ACF Fiorentina) /23 (Sepahan Isfahan FC) 14 (SS Lazio) 20 (Persepolis FC) Daniele De (AS Roma) (Esteghlal FC) (Juventus) Ghasem Hadadifar (Zob Ahan Isfahan FC) CONFEDERATION (Paris Saint-Germain) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Bakhtiar Rahmani (Foolad FC) (Parma FC) (Kuwait SC) (Juventus) (Paris Saint-Germain) FORWARDS (Fulham FC) FORWARDS (UD Las Palmas) (AC Milan) (Tractor Sazi FC) (Parma FC) (Charlton Athletic FC) (Torino FC) (NEC Nijmegen) (Torino FC) (Esteghlal FC) (SSC Napoli)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Eiji Kawashima (Royal Standard de Liège) EUROPEAN CLUBS Sung-ryong Jung (Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) /23 Seung-gyu Kim (Ulsan Hyundai FC) /23 Shūichi Gonda (FC Tokyo) 12 Bum-young Lee (Busan IPark FC) 10 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) PERCENTAGE OF THE Joo-ho Park (1. FSV Mainz 05) PERCENTAGE OF THE Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN Suk-young Yun (Queens Park Rangers FC) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE (FC Internazionale Milano) Young-kwon Kim (Guanghzou Evergrande FC) (Southampton FC) % Seok-ho Hwang (Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC) Masahiko Inoha (Júbilo Iwata) 52.2 Jeong-ho Hong (FC ) 39.1% Atsuto Uchida (FC Schalke 04) Tae-hwi Kwak (Al-Hilal SFC) Hiroki Sakai (Hannover 96) Yong Lee (Ulsan Hyundai FC) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Gōtoku Sakai (VfB Stuttgart) Chang-soo Kim (Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol) JAPANESE CLUBS KOREAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS /23 MIDFIELDERS /23 Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) 11 Sung-yueng Ki (Sunderland AFC) 8 Keisuke Honda (AC Milan) Dae-sung Ha ( Guoan FC) (Manchester United FC) Kook-young Han (Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol) Makoto Hasebe (1. FC Nürnberg) CONFEDERATION Jong-woo Park (Guanghzou R&F FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Hiroshi Kiyotake (1. FC Nürnberg) Heung-min Son (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka) Bo-kyung Kim (Cardiff City FC) Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC) Chung-yong Lee (Bolton Wanderers FC) Manabu Saitō (Yokohama F. Marinos) Dong-won Ji (FC Augsburg)

FORWARDS FORWARDS Shinji Okazaki (1. FSV Mainz 05) Ja-cheol Koo (1. FSV Mainz 05) Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka) Keun-ho Lee (Sangju Sangmu FC) (TSV 1860 München) Chu-young Park (Watford FC) Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale) Shin-wook Kim (Ulsan Hyundai FC)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM José de Jesús Corona (Cruz Azul FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS (AFC Ajax) EUROPEAN CLUBS (AC Ajaccio) /23 (Newcastle United FC) /23 (Deportivo Toluca FC) 8 (Swansea City AFC) 23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Miguel Layún (Club América) PERCENTAGE OF THE (AFC Ajax) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Tigres UANL) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN Joël Veltman (AFC Ajax) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE (Club América) ( Rotterdam) Andrés Guardado (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) .4% (Feyenoord Rotterdam) % Héctor Moreno (RCD Espanyol) 30 (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 100 Francisco Javier Rodríguez (Club América) (Feyenoord Rotterdam) Diego Antonio Reyes (FC Porto) (FC Augsburg) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Rafael Márquez (Club León) (Aston Villa FC) MEXICAN CLUBS DUTCH CLUBS MIDFIELDERS /23 MIDFIELDERS /23 Miguel Ponce (Deportivo Toluca FC) 15 (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 10 José Juan Vázquez (Club León) Jonathan de Guzman (Swansea City AFC) (Villarreal CF) (AC Milan) Héctor (FC Porto) CONFEDERATION (Norwich City FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Isaác Brizuela (Deportivo Toluca FC) (FC Bayern München) Marco Fabián (Cruz Azul FC) (Galatasaray SK) Carlos Alberto Peña (Club León) (PSV Eindhoven)

FORWARDS FORWARDS (Club ) (PSV Eindhoven) Javier Hernández (Manchester United FC) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (FC Schalke 04) (Villarreal CF) (Fenerbahçe SK) Raúl Jiménez (Club América) (FC Dynamo Kyiv) (Tigres UANL) (Manchester United FC)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM (LOSC Lille) EUROPEAN CLUBS Beto (Sevilla FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Hapoel Be’er Sheva FC) /23 Eduardo (SC Braga) /23 Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers FC) 20 Rui Patrício (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Efe Ambrose (Celtic FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE André Almeida (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) PERCENTAGE OF THE Godfrey Oboabona (Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN (Fenerbahçe SK) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves FC) Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid CF) (Middlesbrough FC) .9% João Pereira (Valencia CF) % Juwon Oshaniwa (FC Ashdod) 86 Luís Neto (FC Zenit St Petersburg) 100 (Norwich City FC) Pepe (Real Madrid CF) Kunle Odunlami (Sunshine Stars FC) Ricardo Costa (Valencia CF) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM MIDFIELDERS NIGERIAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS PORTUGUESE CLUBS (Chelsea FC) /23 João Moutinho (AS Monaco FC) /23 (UD Almería) 3 (FC Dynamo Kyiv) 8 (SS Lazio) (Fenerbahçe SK) (Waasland-Beveren) Rúben Amorim (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) (FC Volyn Lutsk) CONFEDERATION (Sporting Clube de Portugal) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW FORWARDS FORWARDS Ejike Uzoenyi (Stade Rennais FC) (Real Madrid CF) (PFC CSKA Moscow) Éder (SC Braga) (Newcastle United FC) Hélder Postiga (SS Lazio) (Fenerbahçe SK) Hugo Almeida (Beşiktaş JK) (Stoke City FC) (Manchester United FC) Michael Uchebo (Cercle Brugge KSV) Rafa (SC Braga) (Liverpool FC) (FC Porto) () (VfL Wolfsburg)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM (PFC CSKA Moscow) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Real Madrid CF) EUROPEAN CLUBS Yuriy Lodygin (FC Zenit St Petersburg) /23 (SSC Napoli) /23 Sergey Ryzhikov (FC Rubin Kazan) 23 (Manchester United FC) 23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS Vasili Berezustkiy (PFC CSKA Moscow) PERCENTAGE OF THE (Real Madrid CF) PERCENTAGE OF THE Vladimir Granat (FC Dynamo Moscow) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE Andrey Eshchenko (FC Anzhi Makhachkala) Jordi Alba (FC Barcelona) Sergei Ignashevich (PFC CSKA Moscow) % Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea FC) % Alexey Kozlov (FC Dynamo Moscow) 100 Juanfran (Club Atlético de Madrid) 100 Dmitri Kombarov (FC Spartak Moscow) Raúl Albiol (SSC Napoli) Andrey Semenov (FC Terek Grozny) Javi Martínez (FC Bayern München) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM Georgi Schennikov (PFC CSKA Moscow) RUSSIAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS SPANISH CLUBS MIDFIELDERS /23 Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona) /23 (FC Spartak Moscow) 23 Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona) 14 Igor Denisov (FC Dynamo Moscow) Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona) Alan Dzagoev (PFC CSKA Moscow) Cesc Fàbregas (FC Barcelona) Yuri Zhirkov (FC Dynamo Moscow) CONFEDERATION (Real Madrid CF) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Aleksei Ionov (FC Dynamo Moscow) David Silva (Manchester City FC) Aleksandr Samedov (FC Lokomotiv Moscow) Santi Cazorla (Arsenal FC) Viktor Fayzulin (FC Zenit St Petersburg) Koke (Club Atlético de Madrid) Oleg Shatov (FC Zenit St Petersburg) Juan Mata (Manchester United FC) Roman Shirokov (FC Krasnodar) FORWARDS FORWARDS (Club Atlético de Madrid) Maksim Kanunnikov (FC Amkar Perm) David Villa (Club Atlético de Madrid) Aleksandr Kerzhakov (FC Zenit St Petersburg) Pedro Rodríguez (FC Barcelona) Aleksandr Kokorin (FC Dynamo Moscow) Fernando Torres (Chelsea FC)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Diego Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Galatasaray SK) EUROPEAN CLUBS Roman Bürki (Grasshopper-Club Zürich) /23 Martín Silva (CR Vasco da Gama) /23 (FC Basel) 23 Rodrigo Muñoz (Club Libertad) 16 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS (Hamburger SV) PERCENTAGE OF THE Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE Michael Lang (Grasshopper-Club Zürich) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN Diego Godín (Club Atlético de Madrid) PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE EUROPE (Juventus) José María Giménez (Club Atlético de Madrid) Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg) % Martín Cáceres (Juventus) .6% Fabian Schär (FC Basel) 100 Maximiliano Pereira (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 69 (Valencia CF) (FC Porto) (BSC Young Boys) Sebastián Coates (Club Nacional de Football) PLAYERS FROM PLAYERS FROM (UC Sassuolo) SWISS CLUBS MIDFIELDERS URUGUAYAN CLUBS MIDFIELDERS /23 Egidio Arévalo Rios (CA Monarcas Morelia) /23 (Eintracht Frankfurt) 7 (Parma FC) 1 (SSC Napoli) Diego Pérez (Bologna FC 1909) Blerim Džemaili (SSC Napoli) Álvaro González (SS Lazio) (SC Freiburg) CONFEDERATION Alvaro Pereira (São Paulo FC) CONFEDERATION OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Gökhan Inler (SSC Napoli) Cristian Rodriguez (Club Atlético de Madrid) (FC Bayern München) Gaston Ramirez (Southampton FC) (FC Basel) Nicolas Lodeiro (Botafogo FR)

FORWARDS FORWARDS Josip Drmic‘ (1. FC Nürnberg) Luis Suárez (Liverpool FC) Mario Gavranovic‘ (FC Zürich) (Paris Saint-Germain) (SC Freiburg) Diego Forlán (Cerezo Osaka) Haris Seferovic‘ (Real Sociedad) Cristian Stuani (RCD Espanyol) (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach) Abel Hernández (US Palermo)

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GOALKEEPERS PLAYERS FROM Brad Guzan (Aston Villa FC) EUROPEAN CLUBS (Everton FC) /23 Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) 12 Position Club Country Confederation No. Players DEFENDERS DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla FC) PERCENTAGE OF THE 1 FC Bayern München GER UEFA 14 Matt Besler () PLAYERS REGISTERED IN EUROPE John Brooks (Hertha BSC) Manchester United FC ENG UEFA 14 (Stoke City FC) .2% Timothy Chandler (1. FC Nürnberg) 52 3 FC Barcelona ESP UEFA 13 (LA Galaxy) Fabian Johnson (TSG Hoffenheim) 4 SSC Napoli ITA UEFA 13 PLAYERS FROM DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC) AMERICAN CLUBS 5 Chelsea FC ENG UEFA 12 MIDFIELDERS /23 Juventus ITA UEFA 12 Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) 10 Alejandro Bedoya (FC Nantes) Real Madrid CF ESP UEFA 12 Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) PLAYERS REGISTERED 8 Arsenal FC ENG UEFA 10 IN DIFFERENT Mikkel Diskerud (Rosenborg BK) CONFEDERATION Julian Green (FC Bayern München) Liverpool FC ENG UEFA 10 Jermaine Jones (Beşiktaş JK) Manchester City FC ENG UEFA 10 (Sporting Kansas City)

Paris Saint-Germain FRA UEFA 10 FORWARDS

Jozy Altidore (Sunderland AFC) 12 Club Atlético de Madrid ESP UEFA 9 (Seattle Sounders FC) Aron Jóhannsson (AZ Alkmaar) FC Porto POR UEFA 9 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) 14 AC Milan ITA UEFA 8

FC Internazionale Milano ITA UEFA 8

FC Zenit St Petersburg RUS UEFA 8 UEFA CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL AFC FREE AGENT ECA MEMBER CLUB 74 75

Position Club Country Confederation No. Players Position Club Country Confederation No. Players

17 FC Dynamo Moscow RUS UEFA 7 Club América MEX CONCACAF 4

FC Schalke 04 GER UEFA 7 Esteghlal FC IRN AFC 4

Southampton FC ENG UEFA 7 FC Dynamo Kyiv UKR UEFA 4

SS Lazio ITA UEFA 7 LOSC Lille FRA UEFA 4

VfL Wolfsburg GER UEFA 7 PAOK FC GRE UEFA 4

22 Borussia Dortmund GER UEFA 6 Persepolis FC IRN AFC 4

Everton FC ENG UEFA 6 PSV Eindhoven NED UEFA 4

FC Basel SUI UEFA 6 Real CD España HND CONCACAF 4

Newcastle United FC ENG UEFA 6 Real Sociedad de Futbol ESP UEFA 4

PFC CSKA Moskva RUS UEFA 6 SC Freiburg GER UEFA 4

Tottenham Hotspur FC ENG UEFA 6 Sevilla FC ESP UEFA 4

28 AS Roma ITA UEFA 5 Sporting Clube de Portugal POR UEFA 4

Fenerbahçe SK TUR UEFA 5 Stoke City FC ENG UEFA 4

Feyenoord Rotterdam NED UEFA 5 Torino FC ITA UEFA 4

Galatasaray SK TUR UEFA 5 VfB Stuttgart GER UEFA 4

Olympiacos FC GRE UEFA 5 56 ACF Fiorentina ITA UEFA 3

Parma FC ITA UEFA 5 AFC Ajax NED UEFA 3

Sport Lisboa e Benfica POR UEFA 5 AS Saint-Etienne FRA UEFA 3

Valencia CF ESP UEFA 5 Barcelona SC ECU CONMEBOL 3

36 1. FC Nürnberg GER UEFA 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen GER UEFA 3

1. FSV Mainz 05 GER UEFA 4 Beşiktaş JK TUR UEFA 3

AS Monaco FC FRA UEFA 4 Bologna FC 1909 ITA UEFA 3

CD Olimpia HND CONCACAF 4 CA River Plate ARG CONMEBOL 3

Celtic FC SCO UEFA 4 Cerezo Osaka JPN AFC 3 76 77

Position Club Country Confederation No. Players Position Club Country Confederation No. Players

Club León MEX CONCACAF 3 Atalanta BC ITA UEFA 2

Cruz Azul FC MEX CONCACAF 3 Borussia VFL Mönchengladbach GER UEFA 2

CS Emelec ECU CONMEBOL 3 Botafogo FR BRA CONMEBOL 2

CS Herediano CRI CONCACAF 3 Brisbane Roar FC AUS AFC 2

Deportivo Saprissa CRI CONCACAF 3 CA Atlético Mineiro BRA CONMEBOL 2

Deportivo Toluca FC MEX CONCACAF 3 CA Boca Juniors ARG CONMEBOL 2

FC Augsburg GER UEFA 3 CA Monarcas Morelia MEX CONCACAF 2

FC Shakhtar Donetsk UKR UEFA 3 Cagliari Calcio ITA UEFA 2

Fulham FC ENG UEFA 3 Cardiff City FC ENG UEFA 2

Genoa CFC ITA UEFA 3 Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü TUR UEFA 2

Granada CF ESP UEFA 3 CD Chivas USA USA CONCACAF 2

Hannover 96 GER UEFA 3 CD Motagua HND CONCACAF 2

LD Alajuelense CRI CONCACAF 3 CF Pachuca MEX CONCACAF 2

Olympique de Marseille FRA UEFA 3 Club Brugge BEL UEFA 2

Panathinaikos FC GRE UEFA 3 Club Tijuana MEX CONCACAF 2

Royal Standard de Liège BEL UEFA 3 Club Universidad de Chile CHI CONMEBOL 2

SC Braga POR UEFA 3 Columbus Crew USA CONCACAF 2

Stade Rennais FC FRA UEFA 3 Coton Sport FC de Garoua CMR CAF 2

Swansea City AFC ENG UEFA 3 CSD Colo-Colo CHI CONMEBOL 2

Toulouse FC FRA UEFA 3 Eintracht Braunschweig GER UEFA 2

Ulsan Hyundai FC KOR AFC 3 Eintracht Frankfurt GER UEFA 2

Wigan Athletic FC ENG UEFA 3 FC Kuban Krasnodar RUS UEFA 2

87 AC Ajaccio FRA UEFA 2 FC Lokomotiv Moskva RUS UEFA 2

Aston Villa FC ENG UEFA 2 FC Rubin Kazan RUS UEFA 2 78 79

Position Club Country Confederation No. Players Position Club Country Confederation No. Players

FC Spartak Moscow RUS UEFA 2 San Jose Earthquakes USA CONCACAF 2

FC Tokyo JPN AFC 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC JPN AFC 2

Fortuna Düsseldorf GER UEFA 2 SBV Vitesse NED UEFA 2

Gamba Osaka JPN AFC 2 Seattle Sounders FC USA CONCACAF 2

Getafe CF ESP UEFA 2 Sepahan Isfahan FC IRN AFC 2

GNK Dinamo CRO UEFA 2 Sporting Kansas City USA CONCACAF 2

Grasshopper-Club Zürich SUI UEFA 2 Sunderland AFC ENG UEFA 2

Hertha BSC GER UEFA 2 SV Zulte-Waregem BEL UEFA 2

Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol KOR AFC 2 Tigres UANL MEX CONCACAF 2

HNK Hajduk Split CRO UEFA 2 Torku Konyaspor Kulübü TUR UEFA 2

Houston Dynamo USA CONCACAF 2 Toronto FC USA CONCACAF 2

Hull City AFC ENG UEFA 2 TSG Hoffenheim GER UEFA 2

Independiente Santa Fe COL CONMEBOL 2 Udinese Calcio ITA UEFA 2

Levante UD ESP UEFA 2 Valenciennes FC FRA UEFA 2

Melbourne Victory FC AUS AFC 2 Villarreal CF ESP UEFA 2

Middlesbrough FC ENG UEFA 2 Watford FC ENG UEFA 2

New York Red Bulls USA CONCACAF 2 West Bromwich Albion FC ENG UEFA 2

Norwich City FC ENG UEFA 2 154 Aalesunds FK NOR UEFA 1

Queens Park Rangers FC ENG UEFA 2 Académica de Coimbra POR UEFA 1

RC Celta de Vigo ESP UEFA 2 Adelaide United FC AUS AFC 1

RCD Espanyol ESP UEFA 2 Aduana Stars FC GHA CAF 1

Real Salt Lake USA CONCACAF 2 AIK Solna SWE UEFA 1

Rosenborg BK NOR UEFA 2 Al Ain FC UAE AFC 1

RSC Anderlecht BEL UEFA 2 Albirex Niigata JPN AFC 1 80 81

Position Club Country Confederation No. Players Position Club Country Confederation No. Players

Al-Gharafa SC QAT AFC 1 Club Santos Laguna MEX CONCACAF 1

Al-Hilal SFC SAU AFC 1 CR Flamengo BRA CONMEBOL 1

Al-Jazira SC UAE AFC 1 CR Vasco da Gama BRA CONMEBOL 1

Antalyaspor TUR UEFA 1 Crystal Palace FC END UEFA 1

AS Livorno ITA UEFA 1 CS Cartaginés CRI CONCACAF 1

AS Nancy-Lorraine FRA UEFA 1 CS Constantine ALG CAF 1

AZ Alkmaar NED UEFA 1 Deportivo Cali COL CONMEBOL 1

Beijing Guoan FC CHN AFC 1 Elazığspor Kulubü TUR UEFA 1

Bolton Wanderers FC ENG UEFA 1 Elche FC ESP UEFA 1

BSC Young Boys SUI UEFA 1 Enugu Rangers FC NGA CAF 1

Busan IPark FC KOR AFC 1 Espérance Sportive de Tunis TUN CAF 1

CA Newell's Old Boys ARG CONMEBOL 1 Evian Thonon Gaillard FC FRA UEFA 1

CA Osasuna ESP UEFA 1 FC Amkar Perm RUS UEFA 1

Catania Calcio ITA UEFA 1 FC Anzhi Makhachkala RUS UEFA 1

CD El Nacional ECU CONMEBOL 1 FC Ashdod ISR UEFA 1

CD Universidad Católica CHI CONMEBOL 1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux FRA UEFA 1

Cercle Brugge KSV BEL UEFA 1 FC København DEN UEFA 1

CF Atlante MEX CONCACAF 1 FK Krasnodar RUS UEFA 1

CF Monterrey MEX CONCACAF 1 FC Lorient FRA UEFA 1

Charlton Athletic FC ENG UEFA 1 FC Luzern SUI UEFA 1

Club Africain TUN CAF 1 FC Nantes FRA UEFA 1

Club Atlético Nacional COL CONMEBOL 1 FC Rostov RUS UEFA 1

Club Libertad PRY CONMEBOL 1 FC Sion SUI UEFA 1

Club Nacional de Football URU CONMEBOL 1 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard FRA UEFA 1 82 83

Position Club Country Confederation No. Players Position Club Country Confederation No. Players

FC Terek Grozny RUS UEFA 1 Júbilo Iwata JPN AFC 1

FC Twente NED UEFA 1 Kawasaki Frontale JPN AFC 1

FC Utrecht NED UEFA 1 Kayseri Erciyesspor TUR UEFA 1

FC Volyn Lutsk UKR UEFA 1 Kayserispor TUR UEFA 1

FC Zorya Luhansk UKR UEFA 1 KSC Lokeren OV BEL UEFA 1

FC Zürich SUI UEFA 1 Kuwait SC KWT AFC 1

Ferencvárosi TC HUN UEFA 1 LA Galaxy USA CONCACAF 1

Fethiyespor Kulübü TUR UEFA 1 LDU Quito ECU CONMEBOL 1

FK Austria Wien AUT UEFA 1 Leicester City ENG UEFA 1

FK Borac Banja Luka BIH UEFA 1 Malmö FF SWE UEFA 1

Fluminense FC BRA CONMEBOL 1 Mamelodi Sundowns FC RSA CAF 1

Foolad FC IRN AFC 1 Montpellier Hérault SC FRA UEFA 1

FSV Frankfurt GER UEFA 1 Naft Tehran FC IRN AFC 1

Gaziantepspor TUR UEFA 1 NEC Nijmegen NED UEFA 1

Guanghzou Evergrande FC CHN AFC 1 New England Revolution USA CONCACAF 1

Guanghzou R&F FC CHN AFC 1 Newcastle United Jets AUS AFC 1

Guizhour Renhe FC CHN AFC 1 NK Lokomotiva CRO UEFA 1

Hamburger SV GER UEFA 1 Nottingham Forest FC ENG UEFA 1

Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC ISR UEFA 1 OGC Nice FRA UEFA 1

Hellas Verona FC ITA UEFA 1 Olympique Lyonnais FRA UEFA 1

Heracles Almelo NED UEFA 1 Orlando Pirates FC RSA CAF 1

HNK Rijeka CRO UEFA 1 PFC CSKA Sofia BUL UEFA 1

İstanbul BBSK TUR UEFA 1 Platanias FC GRE UEFA 1

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC KOR AFC 1 Preston North End FC ENG UEFA 1 84 85

Position Club Country Confederation No. Players Position Club Country Confederation No. Players

Puebla FC MEX CONCACAF 1 TSV 1860 München GER UEFA 1

Qingdao Jonoon FC CHN AFC 1 UC Sampdoria ITA UEFA 1

RC Lens FRA UEFA 1 UC Sassuolo ITA UEFA 1

RCD Mallorca ESP UEFA 1 UD Almería ESP UEFA 1

San Lorenzo de Almagro ARG CONMEBOL 1 UD Las Palmas ESP UEFA 1

Sangju Sangmu FC KOR AFC 1 Umm-Salal SC QAT AFC 1

Santos FC BRA CONMEBOL 1 Urawa Red Diamonds JPN AFC 1

São Paulo FC BRA CONMEBOL 1 US Palermo ITA UEFA 1

SC Bastia FRA UEFA 1 USM Alger ALG CAF 1

sc Heerenveen NED UEFA 1 Vålerenga Fotball NOR UEFA 1

SC Internacional BRA CONMEBOL 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC USA CONCACAF 1

SE Palmeiras BRA CONMEBOL 1 VfR Aalen GER UEFA 1

Séwé Sport CIV CAF 1 Waasland-Beveren BEL UEFA 1

Shandong Luneng Taishan FC CHN AFC 1 Warri Wolves FC NGA CAF 1

SK Sturm Graz AUT UEFA 1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC AUS AFC 1

Sporting Covilhã POR UEFA 1 Yokohama F. Marinos JPN AFC 1

Stabæk Fotball NOR UEFA 1 Zob Ahan Isfahan FC IRN AFC 1

Stade de Reims FRA UEFA 1

Strømsgodset IF NOR UEFA 1

Sunshine Stars FC NGA CAF 1

Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC KOR AFC 1

Swindon Town FC ENG UEFA 1

Trabzonspor AS TUR UEFA 1

Tractor Sazi FC IRN AFC 1 86 87

APPENDIX 3: Position Country Confederation Total players Total clubs 17 Brazil CONMEBOL 11 9 FULL LIST OF 18 Costa Rica CONCACAF 10 4 Honduras CONCACAF 10 3 COUNTRIES Korea Republic AFC 10 6 21 Ukraine UEFA 9 4

22 Ecuador CONMEBOL 8 4

23 Australia AFC 7 5

Position Country Confederation Total players Total clubs Argentina CONMEBOL 7 4

1 England UEFA 119 29 25 China AFC 6 6

2 Italy UEFA 83 20 Croatia UEFA 6 4

3 Germany UEFA 75 21 Norway UEFA 6 5

4 Spain UEFA 65 17 28 Chile CONMEBOL 5 3

5 France UEFA 46 21 29 Colombia CONMEBOL 4 3

6 Russia UEFA 34 12 Scotland UEFA 4 1

7 Mexico CONCACAF 25 12 31 Nigeria CAF 3 3

Turkey UEFA 25 13 32 Algeria CAF 2 2

9 Portugal UEFA 23 6 Austria UEFA 2 2

10 USA CONCACAF 21 12 Cameroon CAF 2 1

11 Netherlands UEFA 20 10 Israel UEFA 2 2

12 Iran AFC 14 7 Qatar AFC 2 2

Japan AFC 14 9 South Africa CAF 2 2

14 Greece UEFA 13 4 Sweden UEFA 2 2

15 Belgium UEFA 12 7 Tunisia CAF 2 2

Switzerland UEFA 12 6 United Arab Emirates AFC 2 2 88

Position Country Confederation Total players Total clubs

41 Bosnia & Herzegovina UEFA 1 1

Bulgaria UEFA 1 1

Côte d’Ivoire CAF 1 1

Denmark UEFA 1 1

Ghana CAF 1 1

Hungary UEFA 1 1

Kuwait AFC 1 1

Paraguay CONMEBOL 1 1

Saudi Arabia AFC 1 1

Uruguay CONMEBOL 1 1 90 91

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