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2014 World Cup Preview 1

About the CIES Football Observatory

The CIES Football Observatory is a unique project initiated in 2005 by Drs Raffaele Poli and Loïc Ravenel under the name of the Professional Football Players Observatory (PFPO). Since 2011 it is one of the cornerstones of the broader CIES Sports Observatory project, dedicated to the statistical analysis of sport in all its diversity. Two annual reports are published for football. In January, the Demographic Study presents an in-depth analysis of club composition and player characteristics in 31 top division leagues of UEFA member countries. In June, the Annual Review analyses clubs and players in the big-5 European leagues from a demographic, economic and pitch performance perspective. Methodological rigour coupled with a deep knowledge of football guarantee high quality analy- ses at competitive rates. For more information: www.football-observatory.com

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Foreword

The 20th FIFA World Cup will start on 12th June in and will generate huge media interest. The CIES Football Observatory is now pleased to be able to present new and exclusive data on the 32 teams who will be taking part in this mega event with the 2014 World Cup Preview. This new Football Observatory report analyses the profile of players used by each national team during the qualification process. For Brazil, we took into account footballers employed in friendly matches played during the qualification phase and in the Confederations Cup. The average age of players on the pitch for teams that qualified was 27.2. The oldest team was (30.2 years), while the youngest was Nigeria (24.2). The average age on the pitch of European nations varies from 28.6 years for and to 24.7 for Belgium. The youngest player fielded was (16.8 years during the match between and Togo on 23/03/2013), while the oldest was (40.7 years during the Australia v. Iraq match on 18/06/2013). The employer club whose footballers played the most minutes during World Cup qualification matches was Real Madrid (10,549 minutes), followed by FC Barcelona (9,549) and Bayern (9,351). The first non-European club, Esteghlal FC of (5,061 minutes), ranked only 14th. This finding reflects both the over-representation of European teams in the World Cup and the high concentration of top level players in the most competitive European leagues. In total, 48.9% of World Cup qualification minutes were played by footballers under contract with top division clubs in , Spain, Italy, Germany and France. All national teams qualified fielded players employed by big-5 league clubs. However, the percentage of minutes played by big-5 league footballers was below 25% for Australia, , Ecuador, , Iran, South Korea and Russia. These nations will most probably struggle to qualify for the knockout stages. Only about one third of the qualification minutes were played by footballers playing in domestic leagues. This percentage was 0% for Cameroon and the Ivory Coast. The percentage was also under 5% for , Bosnia, and Belgium. At the opposite end of the spectrum, do- mestic league based footballers played 100% of minutes in the English side. All other qualified nations fielded at least one player under contract with a foreign team. We hope that you will enjoy the new statistics presented in our 2014 World Cup Preview and we stay at your disposal for more analysis. 3

Player Club(s)* Min 2013 Friendlies and Confederation Cup: 19 matchs - 48 players Santos FC (BRA), Barcelona (ESP) 1,594 Paulinho Corinthians (BRA), Tottenham (ENG) 1,311 Chelsea (ENG) 1,306 Júlio César QPR (ENG) 1,170 % of minutes Average age Dani Alves Barcelona (ESP) 1,149 on the pitch Oscar Chelsea (ENG) 1,085 62.0% PSG (FRA) 1,064 Luiz Gustavo Bayern München (GER), Wolfsburg (GER) 1,062 Brazil Marcelo Vieira Real Madrid (ESP) 871 26.98 27.20 Zenit (RUS) 851 48.9% Fred Chaves Fluminense (BRA) 833 Brazil World Cup Big-5 league players Dante Bonfim Bayern München (GER) 554 participants World Cup participants Lazio (ITA) 521 Jô Alves Atlético Mineiro (BRA) 454 Maxwell Scherrer PSG (FRA) 427 Maicon Douglas Roma (ITA) 347 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Ramires Chelsea (ENG) 338 30.8% 1. Chelsea (ENG) 2,799 8. Santos FC (BRA) 1,042 Fernando Lucas Grêmio (BRA), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 292 2. Barcelona (ESP) 1,815 9. Atlético Mineiro (BRA) 1,023 Jefferson de Oliveira Botafogo (BRA) 270 Brazil 3. PSG (FRA) 1,744 10. Real Madrid (ESP) 977 Anício Bernard Atlético Mineiro (BRA), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 250 4. Fluminense (BRA) 1,229 11. Zenit (RUS) 851 Lucas Moura PSG (FRA) 235 34.6% 5. Bayern (GER) 1,187 12. Tottenham (ENG) 540 Anderson Dede Vasco da Gama (BRA), Cruzeiro (BRA) 223 6. QPR (ENG) 1,170 13. Lazio (ITA) 521 Jean Raphael Fluminense (BRA) 216 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Corinthians (BRA) 1,100 14. Grêmio (BRA) 438 Atlético Mineiro (BRA) 214 Diego Cavalieri Fluminense (BRA) 180 Réver Humberto Atlético Mineiro (BRA) 180 André Santos Grêmio (BRA) 180 Minutes per country of the employer club Jádson Rodrigues São Paulo FC (BRA) 175 Alexandre Pato Corinthians (BRA) 171 Ralf de Souza Corinthians (BRA) 158 Top 5 Filipe Luís Atlético Madrid (ESP) 143 1. Brazil...... 5,800 Lucas Leiva (ENG) 130 2. England...... 4,639 Kaká Real Madrid (ESP) 106 3. Spain...... 2,979 Leandro Damião SC Internacional (BRA) 102 4. France...... 1,744 Leandro Victor Atlético Mineiro (BRA) 90 5. Germany...... 1,616 Robinho (ITA) 83 Henrique Adriano SE Palmeiras (BRA) 71 Willian Borges Chelsea (ENG) 70 Adriano Correia Barcelona (ESP) 70 Lourenco Osvaldo São Paulo FC (BRA) 66 Luis Fabiano São Paulo FC (BRA) 46 Marcos Arouca Santos FC (BRA) 44 Diego Costa Atlético Madrid (ESP) 33 Marcos Rocha Atlético Mineiro (BRA) 31 PSG (FRA) 18 Leandro Oliveira SE Palmeiras (BRA) 12 5,800 (BRA) A João Miranda Atlético Madrid (ESP) 11 Matheus Dória Botafogo (BRA) 3

230 (UKR)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 12 matches - 27 players used Rostov (RUS) 1,080 Mario Mandžukić Bayern München (GER) 993 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 990 Luka Modrić Real Madrid (ESP) 984 % of minutes Average age Ivan Rakitić Sevilla (ESP) 829 on the pitch Vedran Ćorluka Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 801 43.9% Josip Šimunić Dinamo (CRO) 800 Ivan Strinić Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 765 Croatia Ivan Perišić Dortmund (GER), Wolfsburg (GER) 692 28.17 27.20 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 430 48.9% Lyon (FRA), Southampton (ENG) 414 Croatia World Cup Big-5 league players Ognjen Vukojević Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 404 participants World Cup participants Ivica Olić Wolfsburg (GER) 402 Mateo Kovačić Internazionale (ITA) 375 Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 311 Dinamo Moskva (RUS), PAOK (GRE) 268 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Niko Kranjcar Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), QPR (ENG) 204 10.0% 1. Shakhtar (UKR) 1,420 8. Lok. Moskva (RUS) 801 Nikica Jelavić Everton (ENG) 183 2. Din. Zagreb (CRO) 1,108 9. Wolfsburg (GER) 739 Danijel Pranjić Panathinaikos (GRE) 180 Croatia 3. Rostov (RUS) 1,080 10. Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 706 Jorge Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 177 4. Bayern (GER) 993 11. Internazionale (ITA) 375 Nikola Kalinić Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 143 34.6% 5. Real Madrid (ESP) 984 12. Dortmund (GER) 355 Hamburger (GER) 142 6. Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 908 13. Southampton (ENG) 270 Šime Vrsaljko Genoa (ITA) 90 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Sevilla (ESP) 829 14. Hamburger (GER) 189 Josip Radošević Hajduk Split (CRO) 78 Ivo Iličević Hamburger (GER) 47 Ante Rebić Fiorentina (ITA) 33 Leon Benko (CRO) 3 Minutes per country of the employer club

Top 5 1. ...... 3,034 2. Germany...... 2,276 3. Russia...... 2,015 4. Spain...... 1,813 5. Croatia...... 1,189 t ia oa A 3’034 (UKR)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 18 matches - 48 players used Javier Hernández Man. United (ENG) 1,227 Francisco Rodríguez (GER), América (MEX) 1,170 Andrés Guardado La Coruña (ESP), Valencia (ESP) 1,149 Héctor Moreno Espanyol (ESP) 1,080 % of minutes Average age José Zavala (MEX) 1,072 on the pitch Tigres de la UANL (MEX) 1,067 29.3% José de Jesus Corona (MEX) 900 (MEX) 889 Monterrey (MEX) 846 27.50 27.20 Jorge Torres Tigres de la UANL (MEX) 756 48.9% Tottenham (ENG), Mallorca (ESP), Villarreal (ESP) 721 Mexico World Cup Big-5 league players Cruz Azul (MEX), Villarreal (ESP) 707 participants World Cup participants Carlos Peña Club León (MEX) 393 Miguel Layún América (MEX) 360 Rafael Márquez Club León (MEX) 360 Ajaccio (FRA) 360 Main clubs of employment (minutes) América (MEX), (POR) 360 66.8% 1. Monterrey (MEX) 2,557 8. Santos Laguna (MEX) 947 Ángel Reyna Monterrey (MEX), Club Pachuca (MEX), Veracruz (MEX) 300 2. América (MEX) 2,329 9. Club León (MEX) 870 Cruz Azul (MEX) 297 Mexico 3. Tigres UANL (MEX) 2,210 10. Villarreal (ESP) 740 (ESP), Cruz Azul (MEX) 276 4. Cruz Azul (MEX) 1,925 11. Stuttgart (GER) 540 Monterrey (MEX) 273 34.6% 5. Man. United (ENG) 1,227 12. Ajaccio (FRA) 360 América (MEX) 270 6. Espanyol (ESP) 1,080 13. Mallorca (ESP) 318 Raul Jiménez América (MEX) 250 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Valencia (ESP) 992 14. Club Pachuca (MEX) 230 Christian Giménez Cruz Azul (MEX) 226 Héctor Herrera Club Pachuca (MEX), Porto (POR) 202 Tigres de la UANL (MEX) 189 Juan Medina América (MEX) 180 Minutes per country of the employer club Moises Muñoz América (MEX) 180 Juan Valenzuela América (MEX) 180 (MEX) 179 Top 5 Jorge Enríquez CD Guadalajara (MEX) 141 1. Mexico...... 11,909 Gerardo Flores Cruz Azul (MEX) 138 2. Spain...... 3,440 Monterrey (MEX) 118 3. England...... 1,356 Antonio Sinha Deportivo (MEX) 118 4. Germany...... 540 Club León (MEX) 117 5. France...... 360 Israel Jiménez Tigres de la UANL (MEX) 111 Adrián Aldrete América (MEX) 90 Monarcas Morelia (MEX) 90 Monterrey (MEX) 90 Deportivo Toluca (MEX) 90 Elías Hernández Tigres de la UANL (MEX) 87 Alonso Escoboza Santos Laguna (MEX) 58 Edgar Andrade Chiapas (MEX) 47 Atlas Guadalajara (MEX) 34 Marco Fabian CD Guadalajara (MEX) 24 11,909 (MEX) Aldo De Nigris CD Guadalajara (MEX) 22

A Isaác Brizuela Deportivo Toluca (MEX) 17 Jesús Molina América (MEX) 9

215 (POR)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 8 matches - 31 players used Alexandre Song Arsenal (ENG), Barcelona (ESP) 632 Aurélien Chedjou Lille (FRA), Galatasaray (TUR) 630 Nicolas N'Koulou Marseille (FRA) 630 Charles-Hubert Itandje Atromitos (GRE), Konyaspor (TUR) 540 % of minutes Average age Fulham (ENG), Ajax (NED) 450 on the pitch Stéphane Mbia Marseille (FRA), QPR (ENG), Sevilla (ESP) 440 66.5% (TUR), Galatasaray (TUR) 426 Nancy (FRA) 414 Cameroon Joël Matip Schalke 04 (GER) 406 26.54 27.20 Montpellier (FRA) 360 48.9% Jean II Makoun Rennes (FRA) 330 Cameroun World Cup Big-5 league players Samuel Eto'o Anzhi (RUS), Chelsea (ENG) 325 participants World Cup participants Eric Choupo Moting Mainz 05 (GER) 297 Leonard Kweuke Sparta Praha (CZE) 286 Valenciennes (FRA) 197 Landry N'Guemo Bordeaux (FRA) 184 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Benoît Assou-Ekotto Tottenham (ENG), QPR (ENG) 180 0.0% 1. Marseille (FRA) 810 . Lille (FRA) 360 Carlos Kameni Málaga (ESP) 180 2. Galatasaray (TUR) 606 9. Mainz 05 (GER) 297 Auxerre (FRA) 180 Cameroon 3. Barcelona (ESP) 452 10. Sparta Praha (CZE) 286 Pierre Webó Fenerbahçe (TUR) 153 4. Rennes (FRA) 441 11. Ajax (NED) 270 Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik Rennes (FRA) 111 34.6% 5. Nancy (FRA) 414 . Atromitos (GRE) 270 Yannick N'Djeng Espérance Tunis (TUN), Sion (SUI) 96 6. Schalke 04 (GER) 406 . Konyaspor (TUR) 270 Benoît Angbwa Rostov (RUS) 90 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Montpellier (FRA) 360 14. Chelsea (ENG) 240 Gaëtan Bong Olympiacos (GRE) 90 (SUI), Hamburger (GER) 74 Granada (ESP) 69 Achille Emana Al Wasl (UAE) 56 Minutes per country of the employer club Edgard Salli Monaco (FRA) 53 Fabrice Olinga Málaga (ESP) 22 Mohammodou Idrissou Kaiserslautern (GER) 13 Top 5 Matthew Mbuta Syrianska (SWE) 6 1. France...... 2,999 2. Turkey...... 1,119 3. England...... 882 4. Spain...... 881 5. Germany...... 746 oo n A 2,999 (FRA)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 8 matches - 28 players used Real Madrid (ESP) 700 Sergio Busquets Barcelona (ESP) 597 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona (ESP) 595 Hernández Barcelona (ESP) 592 % of minutes Average age Pedro Rodríguez Barcelona (ESP) 562 on the pitch Álvaro Arbeloa Real Madrid (ESP) 490 100.0% Jordi Alba Barcelona (ESP) 450 Real Madrid (ESP) 450 Spain Gerard Piqué Barcelona (ESP) 450 27.91 27.20 Francesc Fàbregas Barcelona (ESP) 435 48.9% Xabi Alonso Real Madrid (ESP) 360 Spain World Cup Big-5 league players David Silva Man. City (ENG) 313 participants World Cup participants Víctor Valdés Barcelona (ESP) 270 Santi Cazorla Arsenal (ENG) 248 David Villa Barcelona (ESP), Atlético Madrid (ESP) 195 Álvaro Negredo Sevilla (ESP), Man. City (ENG) 167 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Jesús Navas Sevilla (ESP), Man. City (ENG) 154 85.2% 1. Barcelona (ESP) 4,091 . Napoli (ITA) 90 Nacho Monreal Arsenal (ENG) 136 2. Real Madrid (ESP) 2,028 9. Chelsea (ENG) 61 Juanfran Torres Atlético Madrid (ESP) 130 Spain 3. Man. City (ENG) 580 10. Swansea (ENG) 57 Koke Resurrección Atlético Madrid (ESP) 120 4. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 395 Raúl Albiol Real Madrid (ESP), Napoli (ITA) 110 34.6% 5. Arsenal (ENG) 384 Sevilla (ESP) 90 6. Sevilla (ESP) 144 Roberto Soldado Valencia (ESP) 90 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Valencia (ESP) 90 Mario Suárez Atlético Madrid (ESP) 90 Michu Pérez Swansea (ENG) 57 Juan Mata Chelsea (ENG) 46 Chelsea (ENG) 15 Minutes per country of the employer club Isco Alarcón Real Madrid (ESP) 8

Top 3 1. Spain...... 6,748 2. England...... 1,082 3. Italy...... 90

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 36 players used Kevin Strootman PSV (NED), Roma (ITA) 773 PSV (NED), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 748 Man. United (ENG) 689 Daryl Janmaat (NED) 676 % of minutes Average age Bruno Martins Feyenoord (NED) 650 on the pitch Aston Villa (ENG) 544 42.5% Bayern München (GER) 540 Internazionale (ITA), Galatasaray (TUR) 474 The Netherlands Hamburger (GER) 371 25.81 27.20 Ajax (NED) 360 48.9% Feyenoord (NED) 337 The Netherlands World Cup Big-5 league players Jetro Willems PSV (NED) 301 participants World Cup participants Milan (ITA) 270 Luciano Narsingh PSV (NED) 270 Maarten Stekelenburg Roma (ITA) 270 Swansea (ENG) 270 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Everton (ENG) 266 49.8% 1. Feyenoord (NED) 2,130 8. Swansea (ENG) 445 Feyenoord (NED) 244 2. PSV (NED) 1,877 9. Hamburger (GER) 371 Ajax (NED) 224 The Netherlands 3. Ajax (NED) 858 10. Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 336 Ruben Schaken Feyenoord (NED) 197 4. Man. United (ENG) 689 11. Galatasaray (TUR) 294 Stijn Schaars PSV (NED) 180 34.6% 5. Aston Villa (ENG) 544 12. Milan (ITA) 286 Kenneth Vermeer Ajax (NED) 180 6. Bayern (GER) 540 13. Everton (ENG) 266 Jonathan de Guzmán Swansea (ENG) 175 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Roma (ITA) 531 14. Internazionale (ITA) 180 Jeffrey PSV (NED) 157 Twente (NED), Norwich (ENG) 139 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Schalke 04 (GER) 134 Fenerbahçe (TUR) 128 Minutes per country of the employer club Ajax (NED) 90 Newcastle (ENG) 90 Adam Maher Alkmaar (NED), PSV (NED) 72 Top 5 Schalke 04 (GER) 33 1. The Netherlands..... 4,933 Joris Mathijsen Feyenoord (NED) 26 2. England...... 2,133 Milan (ITA) 16 3. Germany...... 1,079 Siem de Jong Ajax (NED) 4 4. Italy...... 997 PSV (NED) 1 5. Turkey...... 422 Werder Bremen (GER) 1

B 4,933 (ESP)

336 (UKR)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 38 players used Alexis Sánchez Barcelona (ESP) 1,072 Sevilla (ESP), Cardiff (ENG) 1,024 Juventus (ITA) 988 Marcelo Díaz Universidad de (CHI), Basel (SUI) 961 % of minutes Average age Universidad de Chile (CHI), Napoli (ITA), Grêmio (BRA) 909 on the pitch Universidad de Chile (CHI), Santos FC (BRA) 885 51.0% Matías Fernández Sporting CP (POR), Fiorentina (ITA) 743 WBA (ENG), Nottingham (ENG) 666 Chili Monterrey (MEX) 523 27.07 27.20 Birmingham (ENG), Wigan (ENG) 517 48.9% José Manuel Rojas Universidad de Chile (CHI) 517 Chili World Cup Big-5 league players Charles Aranguiz Universidad de Chile (CHI) 515 participants World Cup participants SE Palmeiras (BRA) 403 PAOK (GRE), Olympiacos (GRE) 385 Cruz Azul (MEX) 360 Osvaldo Gonzalez Universidad de Chile (CHI) 270 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Carlos Carmona Atalanta (ITA) 266 17.1% 1. Universid. Chile (CHI) 2,447 8. Grêmio (BRA) 579 Colo Colo (CHI), Atlante (MEX) 261 2. Juventus (ITA) 1,733 9. Monterrey (MEX) 523 Atlas Guadalajara (MEX) 180 Chili 3. (ESP) 1,260 10. WBA (ENG) 486 Matías Campos Audax Italiano (CHI) 109 4. (ESP) 1,091 11. Fiorentina (ITA) 438 Fiorentina (ITA) 122 34.6% 5. Barcelona (ESP) 1,072 12. Sporting CP (POR) 427 Mark González CSKA Moskva (RUS) 97 6. Sevilla (ESP) 754 13. SE Palmeiras (BRA) 403 Sebastián Pinto (TUR) 85 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Basel (SUI) 720 14. Wigan (ENG) 373 Junior Fernándes Leverkusen (GER) 68 Genoa (ITA) 68 Palermo (ITA), Cagliari (ITA) 63 Osasuna (ESP) 57 Minutes per country of the employer club Luis Figueroa O'Higgins (CHI) 41 Milovan Mirosevic Universidad Catolica (CHI) 32 Nicolás Castillo Universidad Catolica (CHI) 20 Top 5 Felipe Gutiérrez Twente (NED) 20 1. Spain...... 4,240 Gustavo Canales Universidad de Chile (CHI) 18 2. Italy...... 3,020 Cristóbal Jorquera Genoa (ITA) 9 3. Chile...... 2,709 Ángelo Henríquez Real Zaragoza (ESP) 6 4. England...... 1,453 Braulio Leal Unión Española (CHI) 2 5. Mexico...... 1,266

B 4,240 (ESP)

389 (GRE)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 14 matches - 33 players used Al Jazeera (UAE), Al Wasl (UAE), (AUS) 1,170 Mark Schwarzer Fulham (ENG) 1,170 Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 1,163 Matt McKay Rangers (SCO), Busan I'Park (KOR), Changchun Yatai (CHN) 1,143 % of minutes Average age Alkmaar (NED), Aston Villa (ENG) 897 on the pitch Sassuolo (ITA) 720 16.1% Everton (ENG), NY Red Bulls (USA) 692 Sasa Ognenovski Seongnam Ilhwa (KOR), Umm Salal (QAT) 644 Australia Matthew Špiranović (JPN), Al Arabi (KUW) 608 30.21 27.20 Fortuna Düsseldorf (GER) 592 48.9% Crystal Palace (ENG) 584 Australia World Cup Big-5 league players Shimizu S-Pulse (JPN), Al Ain (UAE) 546 participants World Cup participants Al Gharrafa (QAT), Al Nasr (UAE) 533 (JPN) 456 JEF United (JPN), Victory (AUS) 408 Sydney (AUS) 360 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Bunyodkor (UZB) 278 10.3% 1. Fulham (ENG) 1,170 8. Fort. Düsseldorf (GER) 592 Consadole Sapporo (JPN) 270 2. Din. Moskva (RUS) 1,163 9. Crystal Palace (ENG) 584 Utrecht (NED) 264 Australia 3. Al Jazeera (UAE) 720 10. Utrecht (NED) 520 Michael Zullo Utrecht (NED) 256 . Sassuolo (ITA) 720 11. Aston Villa (ENG) 459 Melbourne Victory (AUS) 204 34.6% 5. Melbourne Vict. (AUS) 686 12. Nagoya Grampus (JPN) 456 Melbourne Victory (AUS) 152 6. Sydney (AUS) 633 13. Rangers (SCO) 450 Rhys Williams Middlesbrough (ENG) 146 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. NY Red Bulls (USA) 618 14. Urawa Red D. (JPN) 442 Robert Cornthwaite Chunnam Dragons (KOR) 90 Reading (ENG) 90 Bristol City (ENG) 90 Perth Glory (AUS) 90 Minutes per country of the employer club (TUR) 62 James Holland Austria Wien (AUT) 53 Tomas Rogić Celtic (SCO) 48 Top 5 Hertha (GER) 27 1. England...... 2,613 Dario Vidošić Adelaide United (AUS) 21 2. Japan...... 1,537 Sydney (AUS) 3 3. Australia...... 1,430 4. UAE...... 1,348 5. Russia...... 1,163 B 2,613 (ENG)

278 (UZB)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 35 players used Nice (FRA) 1,440 Udinese (ITA), Napoli (ITA) 1,271 James Rodríguez Porto (POR), Monaco (FRA) 1,265 Atlético Madrid (ESP), Monaco (FRA) 1,091 % of minutes Average age Camilo Zúñiga Napoli (ITA) 1,045 on the pitch Milan (ITA), Atalanta (ITA) 1,036 60.3% Luis Perea Atlético Madrid (ESP), Cruz Azul (MEX) 972 Teofilo Gutierrez Racing Club, River Plate (ARG), Atletico Jr (COL), Cruz Azul (MEX) 861 Columbia Hércules (ESP), La Coruña (ESP), Toulouse (FRA) 824 27.37 27.20 Carlos Sánchez Valenciennes (FRA), Elche (ESP) 821 48.9% Atlético Nacional (COL), Al-Shabab (KSA) 640 World Cup Big-5 league players Lecce (ITA), Fiorentina (ITA) 616 participants World Cup participants Fredy Guarín Porto (POR), Internazionale (ITA) 500 Carlos Valdés (USA), Santa Fe (COL) 450 Fluminense (BRA) 444 Dorlan Pabón Atlético Nacional (COL) 379 Main clubs of employment (minutes) América (MEX) 360 11.8% 1. Napoli (ITA) 1,596 8. Udinese (ITA) 746 Jackson Martínez Chiapas (MEX), Porto (POR) 315 2. Nice (FRA) 1,440 9. Monaco (FRA) 630 Aldo Ramirez Monarcas Morelia (MEX) 261 Columbia 3. Porto (POR) 1,238 10. Fiorentina (ITA) 520 Gustavo Bolívar Deportes Tolima (COL) 180 4. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 1,216 11. Valenciennes (FRA) 488 Atlético Nacional (COL) 136 34.6% 5. Atlético Nacional (COL) 1,054 12. La Coruña (ESP) 485 Cristian Zapata Milan (ITA) 116 6. Milan (ITA) 882 13. Fluminense (BRA) 444 Club Brugge (BEL), Sevilla (ESP) 104 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Cruz Azul (MEX) 773 14. América (MEX) 360 Arias PSV (NED) 90 Adrián Ramos Hertha Berlin (GER) 90 Gerardo Vallejo Deportes Tolima (COL) 90 Mainz 05 (GER) 79 Minutes per country of the employer club Club Tijuana (MEX) 58 Alexander Mejía Atlético Nacional (COL) 55 Carlos Quintero Santos Laguna (MEX) 28 Top 5 Udinese (ITA) 26 1. Italy...... 4,449 Juan Quintero Porto (POR) 24 2. France...... 2,730 Diego Chará (USA) 19 3. Spain...... 2,290 Diego Arias PAOK (GRE) 13 4. Colombia...... 1,867 Christian Marrugo Deportes Tolima (COL) 13 5. Mexico...... 1,647 ombia

C 4,449 (ITA)

405 (ARG)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 12 matches - 31 players used Panathinaikos (GRE), Granada (ESP) 1,080 S. Papastathopoulos Werder Bremen (GER), Dortmund (GER) 990 Olympiacos (GRE), Roma (ITA) 972 Panathinaikos (GRE), PAOK (GRE) 891 % of minutes Average age Celtic (SCO) 811 on the pitch APOEL (CYP), PAOK (GRE) 783 32.7% Olympiacos (GRE) 775 Konstantinos Mitroglou Olympiacos (GRE) 657 Greece PAOK (GRE) 631 27.97 27.20 José Holebas Olympiacos (GRE) 586 48.9% Dimitrios Siovas Olympiacos (GRE) 516 Greece World Cup Big-5 league players Fulham (ENG) 456 participants World Cup participants Levante (ESP), Akhisar Belediyespor (TUR), Konyaspor (TUR) 405 Panathinaikos (GRE) 360 Parma (ITA), PAOK (GRE) 343 L. Christodoulopoulos (ITA) 295 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Kaiserslautern (GER) 239 53.1% 1. Olympiacos (GRE) 3,239 8. Fulham (ENG) 456 Konstantinos Manolas Olympiacos (GRE) 190 2. PAOK (GRE) 1,605 9. Dortmund (GER) 450 K. Papadopoulos Schalke 04 (GER) 180 Greece 3. Panathinaikos (GRE) 1,445 10. APOEL (CYP) 423 Giorgos Tzavellas Monaco (FRA), PAOK (GRE) 164 4. Celtic (SCO) 811 11. Levante (ESP) 394 Levante (ESP) 108 34.6% 5. Roma (ITA) 612 12. Bologna (ITA) 387 Bologna (ITA) 92 6. Granada (ESP) 540 13. Kaiserslautern (GER) 239 Olympiacos (GRE) 90 World Cup participants Domestic league players . Werder Bremen (GER) 540 14. Schalke 04 (GER) 180 Fortuna Düsseldorf (GER) 67 Catania (ITA) 67 Olympiacos (GRE) 65 Giorgos Fotakis PAOK (GRE) 14 Minutes per country of the employer club Charalampos Mavrias Panathinaikos (GRE) 10 Dimitris Papadopoulos Atromitos (GRE) 6 Stefanos Athanasiadis PAOK (GRE) 4 Top 5 Ioannis Fetfatzidis Genoa (ITA) 2 1. Greece...... 6,295 2. Germany...... 1,476 3. Italy...... 1,245 4. Spain...... 934 5. Scotland...... 811

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 8 matches - 29 players used Copa Barry Lokeren (BEL) 720 Kouassi Arsenal (ENG), Roma (ITA) 562 Chelsea (ENG), Lille (FRA) 552 Yaya Touré Man. City (ENG) 540 % of minutes Average age Cheick Tioté Newcastle (ENG) 490 on the pitch (TUR) 450 58.6% Chelsea (ENG), Galatasaray (TUR) 431 Toulouse (FRA) 393 Ivory Coast Stuttgart (GER) 360 28.82 27.20 Jean-Jacques Gosso Orduspor (TUR), Gençlerbirliği (TUR) 360 48.9% Souleymane Bamba Trabzonspor (TUR) 354 Ivory Coast World Cup Big-5 league players Geoffroy Serey Die Basel (SUI) 319 participants World Cup participants Kolo Touré Man. City (ENG), Liverpool (ENG) 282 Valenciennes (FRA) 270 Siaka Tiéné PSG (FRA), Montpellier (FRA) 237 Christian Real Zaragoza (ESP), Bastia (FRA) 219 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Vitesse Arnhem (NED), Swansea (ENG) 189 0.0% 1. Trabzonspor (TUR) 804 8. Stuttgart (GER) 360 Kafoumba Coulibaly Nice (FRA) 180 2. Man. City (ENG) 732 9. Galatasaray (TUR) 347 Igor Lolo Kuban (RUS) 180 Ivory Coast 3. Lokeren (BEL) 720 10. Chelsea (ENG) 336 Lacina Traoré Anzhi (RUS) 167 4. Newcastle (ENG) 490 11. Arsenal (ENG) 303 (GER) 119 34.6% 5. Toulouse (FRA) 393 12. Valenciennes (FRA) 270 Sochaux (FRA), Basel (SUI) 95 6. Lille (FRA) 390 . Orduspor (TUR) 270 Brice Dja Djédjé Evian TG (FRA) 90 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Basel (SUI) 364 14. Roma (ITA) 259 Emmanuel Eboué Galatasaray (TUR) 90 Ousmane Viera Caykur Rizespor (TUR) 90 Kader Keita Al Sadd (QAT) 73 Max-Alain Gradel St-Etienne (FRA) 49 Minutes per country of the employer club Fortuna Düsseldorf (GER) 44 Arouna Koné Wigan (ENG) 15

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 14 matches - 27 players used Stuttgart (GER) 1,225 Lierse (BEL), Standard (BEL) 1,170 Yasuhito Endo (JPN) 1,166 FC Tokyo (JPN), Gamba Osaka (JPN) 1,153 % of minutes Average age Wolfsburg (GER) 1,142 on the pitch Dortmund (GER), Man. United (ENG) 990 44.7% VVV (NED), Southampton (ENG) 944 Internazionale (ITA) 804 Japan Atsuto Uchida Schalke 04 (GER) 784 27.20 27.20 Jubilo Iwata (JPN) 698 48.9% Yuichi Komano Jubilo Iwata (JPN) 548 Japan World Cup Big-5 league players (JPN), Nürnberg (GER) 510 participants World Cup participants CSKA Moskva (RUS) 507 Mike Havenaar Vitesse Arnhem (NED) 329 (JPN) 295 Masahiko Inoha Hajduk Split (CRO), (JPN), Jubilo Iwata (JPN) 288 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Yuzo Kurihara Yokohama Marinos (JPN) 235 35.1% 1. Gamba Osaka (JPN) 1,869 . Dortmund (GER) 720 Hannover 96 (GER) 229 2. Jubilo Iwata (JPN) 1,336 9. VVV (NED) 584 Augsburg (GER), Leverkusen (GER) 218 Japan 3. Stuttgart (GER) 1,330 10. CSKA Moskva (RUS) 507 (JPN), Southampton (ENG) 207 4. Wolfsburg (GER) 1,142 11. FC Tokyo (JPN) 450 Gotoku Sakai Stuttgart (GER) 105 34.6% 5. Internazionale (ITA) 804 . Standard (BEL) 450 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (JPN) 90 6. Schalke 04 (GER) 784 13. Southampton (ENG) 384 Yosuke Kashiwagi Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN) 60 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Lierse (BEL) 720 14. Vitesse (NED) 329 Jungo Fujimoto Nagoya Grampus (JPN) 59 Bochum (GER), Frankfurt (GER) 48 Leicester (ENG) 46 Tomoaki Makino Köln (GER) 9 Minutes per country of the employer club

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 18 matches - 29 players used Edison Cavani Napoli (ITA), PSG (FRA) 1,511 Diego Godín Atlético Madrid (ESP) 1,440 Fernando Muslera Galatasaray (TUR) 1,440 Egídio Ríos Club Tijuana (MEX), Palermo (ITA), Fire (USA) 1,423 % of minutes Average age Luis Suárez Liverpool (ENG) 1,418 on the pitch Diego PSG (FRA), Málaga (ESP), WBA (ENG) 1,312 65.5% Maximiliano Pereira Benfica (POR) 1,304 Cristian Rodríguez Porto (POR), Atlético Madrid (ESP) 949 Uruguay Diego Forlan Internazionale (ITA), SC Internacional (BRA) 946 28.04 27.20 Martín Cáceres Sevilla (ESP), Juventus (ITA) 891 48.9% Álvaro Pereira Porto (POR), Internazionale (ITA) 793 Uruguay World Cup Big-5 league players Diego Pérez Bologna (ITA) 721 participants World Cup participants Álvaro González Lazio (ITA) 631 Gastón Ramírez Bologna (ITA), Southampton (ENG) 489 Walter Gargano Internazionale (ITA), Parma (ITA) 463 Marcelo Lodeiro Botafogo (BRA) 403 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Christian Stuani Espanyol (ESP) 330 1.4% 1. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 2,501 8. Bologna (ITA) 809 Jorge Fucile Porto (POR) 313 2. Liverpool (ENG) 1,520 9. Porto (POR) 743 Andrés Scotti Nacional (URU) 206 Uruguay 3. Galatasaray (TUR) 1,440 10. Lazio (ITA) 631 José Giménez Atlético Madrid (ESP) 180 4. Benfica (POR) 1,304 11. SC Internacional (BRA) 624 Martín Silva Olimpia Asunción (PAR) 180 34.6% 5. PSG (FRA) 1,124 12. Juventus (ITA) 621 Mauricio Victorino Cruzeiro (BRA) 136 6. Internazionale (ITA) 1,030 13. Chicago Fire (USA) 540 Sebastián Coates Liverpool (ENG) 102 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Napoli (ITA) 979 14. WBA (ENG) 450 Sebastián Eguren Sporting Gijón (ESP), Club Libertad (PAR) 65 Diego Rolán Bordeaux (FRA) 62 Matías Aguirregaray Peñarol (URU) 46 Washington Abreu Botafogo (BRA) 34 Minutes per country of the employer club Álvaro Fernández Seattle Sounders (USA) 24 Abel Hernández Palermo (ITA) 8

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 39 players used Geancarlo González Alajuelense (CRC), Valerenga Fotball (NOR) 1,260 Levante (ESP) 1,260 Michael Umaña Comunicaciones (GUA), (CRC) 1,053 Lorient (FRA), (ESP), Olympiacos (GRE) 1,025 % of minutes Average age Rosenborg (NOR) 1,001 on the pitch Alvaro Saborio (USA) 981 24.1% Christian Bolaños Kobenhavn (DEN) 952 Fulham (ENG) 841 Costa Rica Kobenhavn (DEN), Everton (ENG) 792 26.49 27.20 Johnny Acosta Alajuelense (CRC), (MEX) 724 48.9% Fredrikstad (NOR), Solna (SWE) 721 Costa Rica World Cup Big-5 league players Aalesunds (NOR) 646 participants World Cup participants Jose Cubero Herediano (CRC) 608 NY Red Bulls (USA) 544 Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) 437 José Salvatierra Alajuelense (CRC) 411 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Xazar-Lankaran (AZE), Cartagines (CRC) 371 28.8% 1. Dep. Saprissa (CRC) 1,607 8. Fulham (ENG) 841 Júnior Diáz Mainz 05 (GER) 360 2. Alajuelense (CRC) 1,459 9. Herediano (CRC) 762 Ariel Rodriguez Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) 270 Costa Rica 3. Valerenga (NOR) 1,336 10. Solna (SWE) 665 Cristopher Meneses Alajuelense (CRC), Norrköping (SWE) 180 4. Levante (ESP) 1,260 11. Aalesunds (NOR) 646 Alajuelense (CRC) 180 34.6% 5. Kobenhavn (DEN) 1,132 12. Everton (ENG) 612 Ariel Rodríguez Perez Zeledon (CRC) 180 6. Rosenborg (NOR) 1,001 13. Real Betis (ESP) 570 Oscar Rojas Herediano (CRC), La Piedad (MEX) 178 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Real Salt Lake (USA) 981 14. NY Red Bulls (USA) 544 Valerenga (NOR) 166 Gençlerbirliği (TUR) 90 Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) 90 Mauricio Castillo Belén FC (CRC) 82 Minutes per country of the employer club Pedro Leal Puntarenas (CRC) 73 Allen Guevara Alajuelense (CRC) 58 Osvaldo Rodriguez Santos de Guápiles (CRC) 58 Top 5 (USA) 57 1. Costa Rica...... 4,556 Kenny Cunningham The Strongest (BOL) 49 2. Norway...... 3,056 Rodney Wallace Portland Timbers (USA) 43 3. Spain...... 1,830 Porfirio López Philadelphia Union (USA) 31 4. USA...... 1,656 Victor Núñez Herediano (CRC) 20 5. England...... 1,453 Héiner Mora Honefoss (NOR) 17 Carlos Johnson Cartagines (CRC) 11 Juan Madrigal Santos de Guápiles (CRC) 11 Perez Zeledon (CRC) 9 a Rica

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 31 players used Man. City (ENG) 900 Liverpool (ENG) 671 Phil Jagielka Everton (ENG) 630 Leighton Baines Everton (ENG) 567 % of minutes Average age Welbeck Man. United (ENG) 523 on the pitch Chelsea (ENG) 510 100.0% Man. City (ENG) 476 Man. United (ENG) 472 England Tom Cleverley Man. United (ENG) 468 27.66 27.20 Gary Cahill Chelsea (ENG) 450 48.9% Joleon Lescott Man. City (ENG) 450 England World Cup Big-5 league players Kyle Walker Tottenham (ENG) 450 participants World Cup participants Man. United (ENG) 386 Liverpool (ENG) 360 A. Oxlade-Chamberlain Arsenal (ENG) 324 Chelsea (ENG) 316 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Tottenham (ENG) 315 100.0% 1. Man. United (ENG) 2,244 8. Southampton (ENG) 161 Chris Smalling Man. United (ENG) 270 2. Man. City (ENG) 1,826 9. West Ham (ENG) 17 Daniel Sturridge Chelsea (ENG), Liverpool (ENG) 227 England 3. Chelsea (ENG) 1,404 Arsenal (ENG) 219 4. Liverpool (ENG) 1,261 Andros Townsend Tottenham (ENG) 172 34.6% 5. Everton (ENG) 1,262 Southampton (ENG) 161 6. Tottenham (ENG) 1,041 Jack Wilshere Arsenal (ENG) 145 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Arsenal (ENG) 688 Man. United (ENG) 125 Chelsea (ENG) 90 Aaron Lennon Tottenham (ENG) 80 Leon Osman Everton (ENG) 34 Minutes per country of the employer club Everton (ENG) 31 Tottenham (ENG) 24 Liverpool (ENG) 24 Ryan Bertrand Chelsea (ENG) 17 Andrew Carroll West Ham (ENG) 17

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 40 players used Juventus (ITA) 781 Juventus (ITA) 720 Juventus (ITA) 720 Milan (ITA) 612 % of minutes Average age Juventus (ITA) 592 on the pitch Juventus (ITA) 540 99.1% Roma (ITA) 540 Pablo Osvaldo Roma (ITA), Southampton (ENG) 483 Italy Juventus (ITA) 450 28.59 27.20 Milan (ITA) 440 48.9% Milan (ITA) 373 Italy World Cup Big-5 league players Lazio (ITA) 347 participants World Cup participants Napoli (ITA) 280 Juventus (ITA), Sunderland (ENG) 217 Napoli (ITA) 198 Juventus (ITA) 185 Main clubs of employment (minutes) PSG (FRA) 184 94.6% 1. Juventus (ITA) 4,256 8. PSG (FRA) 184 Roma (ITA) 180 2. Milan (ITA) 1,777 9. Genoa (ITA) 161 Manuel Pasqual Fiorentina (ITA) 168 Italy 3. Roma (ITA) 1,175 10. Bologna (ITA) 153 Milan (ITA) 151 4. Napoli (ITA) 568 11. Cagliari (ITA) 117 Bologna (ITA) 149 34.6% 5. Lazio (ITA) 437 12. Torino (ITA) 97 Cagliari (ITA) 117 6. Fiorentina (ITA) 383 13. Zenit (RUS) 90 Federico Peluso Juventus (ITA) 111 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Southampton (ENG) 188 . Internazionale (ITA) 90 Fiorentina (ITA) 108 Bologna (ITA), Genoa (ITA) 102 Roma (ITA) 100 Fiorentina (ITA) 90 Minutes per country of the employer club Zenit (RUS) 90 Napoli (ITA) 90 Milan (ITA) 90 Top 4 Sampdoria (ITA) 90 1. Italy...... 9,304 Lazio (ITA) 90 2. England...... 260 Milan (ITA) 90 3. France...... 184 Internazionale (ITA) 90 4. Russia...... 90 Torino (ITA), Juventus (ITA) 81 Luca Antonelli Genoa (ITA) 63 Roma (ITA) 60 Torino (ITA) 28 Milan (ITA) 21 Fiorentina (ITA) 17

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 26 players used Gökhan Inler Napoli (ITA) 810 Ricardo Rodríguez Wolfsburg (GER) 810 Palermo (ITA), Young Boys (SUI) 810 Napoli (ITA) 755 % of minutes Average age Bayern München (GER) 745 on the pitch Borussia M'gladbach (GER) 745 82.2% Wolfsburg (GER) 720 Stefan Lichtsteiner Juventus (ITA) 720 Switzerland Arsenal (ENG), Hannover 96 (GER), Hamburger (GER) 592 25.37 27.20 Basel (SUI) 467 48.9% Haris Seferović Novara (ITA), Real Sociedad (ESP) 445 Switzerland World Cup Big-5 league players Schalke 04 (GER), Frankfurt (GER) 331 participants World Cup participants Hoffenheim (GER), Leverkusen (GER) 304 Fabian Schär Basel (SUI) 270 Blerim Džemaili Napoli (ITA) 249 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Mario Gavranović Zürich (SUI) 192 16.5% Michael Lang Grasshopper (SUI) 180 1. Napoli (ITA) 1,814 8. Arsenal (ENG) 360 Basel (SUI) 180 2. Wolfsburg (GER) 1,531 9. Real Sociedad (ESP) 339 Switzerland Admir Mehmedi Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Freiburg (GER) 142 3. Basel (SUI) 917 10. Hoffenheim (GER) 284 Fulham (ENG) 128 4. Bayern (GER) 745 11. Young Boys (SUI) 270 Sassuolo (ITA) 90 34.6% . M'gladbach (GER) 745 12. Zürich (SUI) 266 Josip Drmić Zürich (SUI), Nürnberg (GER) 88 6. Juventus (ITA) 720 13. Schalke 04 (GER) 249 Siena (ITA) 46 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Palermo (ITA) 540 14. Grasshopper (SUI) 180 Sporting CP (POR), Freiburg (GER) 46 Fulham (ENG) 19 Nürnberg (GER), Wolfsburg (GER) 1

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 33 players used Walter Ayovi Monterrey (MEX), Club Pachuca (MEX) 1,440 Man. United (ENG) 1,350 El Nacional (ECU), Barcelona SC (ECU) 1,297 Juan Paredes Deportivo Quito (ECU), Barcelona SC (ECU) 1,225 % of minutes Average age Alexander Dominguez Quito (ECU) 1,080 on the pitch Club Pachuca (MEX), Puebla (MEX), Al-Hilal Riad (KSA) 1,055 9.5% Christian Noboa Rubin (RUS), Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 983 Real Betis (ESP), Monarcas Morelia (MEX) 818 Ecuador Christian Benitez América (MEX) 794 27.17 27.20 Deportivo Quito (ECU), Quito (ECU) 694 48.9% Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 607 Ecuador World Cup Big-5 league players Atlante (MEX), Deportivo Quito (ECU) 584 participants World Cup participants Jaime Ayoví Club Pachuca (MEX), Al Nasr (UAE), Quito (ECU) 570 Jairo Campos Deportivo Quito (ECU), Barcelona SC (ECU) 540 Emelec (ECU) 478 Monarcas Morelia (MEX), Cruz Azul (MEX) 410 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Máximo Banguera Barcelona SC (ECU) 360 45.3% 1. Barcelona SC (ECU) 2,614 8. Mon. Morelia (MEX) 1,035 Emelec (ECU) 212 2. Deport. Quito (ECU) 1,897 9. América (MEX) 794 Vitesse Arnhem (NED) 193 Ecuador 3. Man. United (ENG) 1,350 10. Din. Moskva (RUS) 640 Christian Suárez Santos Laguna (MEX) 174 4. Quito (ECU) 1,343 11. Lok. Moskva (RUS) 607 Pedro Quinonez Emelec (ECU) 160 34.6% 5. Club Pachuca (MEX) 1,291 12. Rubin Kazan (RUS) 343 San Luis (MEX), Barcelona SC (ECU) 145 6. Monterrey (MEX) 1,080 13. Al-Hilal Riad (KSA) 335 Eduardo Morante Emelec (ECU) 143 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Emelec (ECU) 1,066 14. El Nacional (ECU) 220 Edison Méndez Emelec (ECU), Quito (ECU) 134 Deportivo Quito (ECU), Chivas (USA) 118 Barcelona SC (ECU) 87 Félix Borja Club Pachuca (MEX) 71 Minutes per country of the employer club Alex Bolaños Deportivo Quito (ECU) 21 Joffre Guerrón Bejing Guoan (CHN) 17 Fidel Martínez Club Tijuana (MEX) 6 Top 5 Marlon De Jesús Emelec (ECU) 3 1. Ecuador...... 7,140 Dennys Quiñónez El Nacional (ECU) 3 2. Mexico...... 4,703 Juan Anangonó Argentinos Juniors (ARG) 2 3. Russia...... 1,590 4. England...... 1,350 5. Saudi Arabia...... 335 a d o r

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 31 players used Tottenham (ENG) 900 Franck Ribéry Bayern München (GER) 877 Patrice Evra Man. United (ENG) 720 PSG (FRA) 634 % of minutes Average age Marseille (FRA) 616 on the pitch Karim Benzema Real Madrid (ESP) 613 100.0% Arsenal (ENG) 540 Paul Pogba Juventus (ITA) 528 France Olivier Giroud Arsenal (ENG) 492 27.11 27.20 PSG (FRA), Liverpool (ENG) 450 48.9% Yohan Cabaye Newcastle (ENG) 417 France World Cup Big-5 league players Éric Abidal Monaco (FRA) 360 participants World Cup participants Mathieu Débuchy Lille (FRA), Newcastle (ENG) 348 Christophe Jallet PSG (FRA) 270 Raphaël Varane Real Madrid (ESP) 270 Samir Nasri Man. City (ENG) 192 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Bacary Sagna Arsenal (ENG) 192 32.3% 1. PSG (FRA) 1,426 8. Marseille (FRA) 705 Gaël Clichy Man. City (ENG) 180 2. Arsenal (ENG) 1,314 9. Juventus (ITA) 528 Rio Mavuba Lille (FRA) 180 France 3. Newcastle (ENG) 901 10. Man. City (ENG) 372 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa Montpellier (FRA) 180 4. Tottenham (ENG) 900 11. Monaco (FRA) 360 Moussa Sissoko Toulouse (FRA), Newcastle (ENG) 167 34.6% 5. Real Madrid (ESP) 883 12. Lille (FRA) 270 Jérémy Ménez PSG (FRA) 162 6. Bayern (GER) 877 13. Montpellier (FRA) 180 Loïc Rémy QPR (ENG), Newcastle (ENG) 105 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Man. United (ENG) 720 14. Lyon (FRA) 148 Etienne Capoue Toulouse (FRA) 90 Abou Diaby Arsenal (ENG) 90 Anthony Réveillère Lyon (FRA) 90 Joshua Guilavogui Atlético Madrid (ESP) 78 Minutes per country of the employer club Dimitri Payet Marseille (FRA) 61 Maxime Gonalons Lyon (FRA) 57 André-Pierre Gignac Marseille (FRA) 28 Top 5 Bafétimbi Gomis Lyon (FRA) 1 1. England...... 4,321 2. France...... 3,201 3. Spain...... 961 4. Germany...... 877 5. Italy...... 528

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 36 players used Victor Bernárdez SJ Earthquakes (USA) 1,350 Olimpia (HON) 1,260 Óscar García Olimpia Tegucigalpa (HON), Dynamo (USA) 1,251 Wigan (ENG), Hull (ENG) 1,170 % of minutes Average age Celtic (SCO) 1,127 on the pitch Carlos Costly Veria (GRE), Guizhou Zhicheng (CHI) 1,099 16.2% (USA), Wigan (ENG) 1,079 Olimpia Tegucigalpa (HON), Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 957 Honduras NE Revolution (USA) 890 27.94 27.20 CD Vida (HON), Rangers (SCO) 875 48.9% Stoke (ENG) 840 Honduras World Cup Big-5 league players Mario Martinez Seattle Sounders (USA) 698 participants World Cup participants Hibernian (SCO), Motagua Tegucigalpa (HON) 396 Juan García Olimpia Tegucigalpa (HON), Wigan (ENG) 388 Olimpia Tegucigalpa (HON) 270 Mauricio Sabillon Marathón (HON) 270 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Anderlecht (BEL) 265 29.9% 1. Ol. Tegucigalpa (HON) 3,009 8. CD Vida (HON) 785 Eder Delgado Real Espana (HON) 180 2. Wigan (ENG) 1,720 9. Seattle Sounders (USA) 698 Juan Montes Platense (ARG) 180 Honduras 3. SJ Earthquakes (USA) 1,527 10. Veria (GRE) 573 Marvin Chávez SJ Earthquakes (USA) 177 4. Celtic (SCO) 1,127 11. Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 417 Olimpia Tegucigalpa (HON) 165 34.6% 5. Houston Dynamo (USA) 1,071 12. Hull (ENG) 360 Olimpia Tegucigalpa (HON) 154 6. NE Revolution (USA) 890 13. Guizhou Zhicheng (CHI) 346 Motagua Tegucigalpa (HON) 141 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Stoke (ENG) 840 14. Mot. Tegucigalpa (HON) 344 Alcoyano (ESP) 116 Guity Chávez Wisla Kraków (POL) 90 Johnny Leverón Motagua Tegucigalpa (HON) 90 David Velásquez (HON) 90 Minutes per country of the employer club Alajuelense (CRC) 89 Carlos Mejía Olimpia Tegucigalpa (HON) 63 Edgar Álvarez Platense (ARG) 39 Top 5 Kervin Johnson Deportes Savio (HON) 27 1. Honduras...... 4,733 David Suazo Catania (ITA) 18 2. USA...... 4,366 José Mendoza Marathón (HON) 15 3. England...... 2,920 Victoria (HON) 13 4. Scotland...... 1,508 Carlos Discua Motagua Tegucigalpa (HON) 7 5. Greece...... 573 Orlin Peralta CD Vida (HON) 1

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 45 players used Sampdoria (ITA), Monaco (FRA) 1,260 Barcelona (ESP) 1,141 Ángel Di María Real Madrid (ESP) 1,039 Federico Fernández Napoli (ITA), Getafe (ESP) 990 % of minutes Average age Javier Mascherano Barcelona (ESP) 978 on the pitch Pablo Zabaleta Man. City (ENG) 966 71.5% Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid (ESP) 860 Ezequiel Garay Benfica (POR) 810 Argentina Marcos Rojo Spartak Moskva (RUS), Sporting CP (POR) 788 26.75 27.20 Fernando Gago Roma (ITA), Valencia (ESP), Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Jrs (ARG) 663 48.9% Sergio Agüero Man. City (ENG) 575 Argentina World Cup Big-5 league players Hugo Campagnaro Napoli (ITA), Internazionale (ITA) 562 participants World Cup participants Rodrigo Palacio Genoa (ITA), Internazionale (ITA) 461 Éver Banega Valencia (ESP) 433 Ezequiel Lavezzi Napoli (ITA), PSG (FRA) 391 Lucas Biglia Anderlecht (BEL), Lazio (ITA) 377 Main clubs of employment (minutes) José Basanta Monterrey (MEX) 360 8.5% 1. Barcelona (ESP) 2,119 8. Internazionale (ITA) 693 Clemente Rodríguez (ARG) 360 2. Real Madrid (ESP) 1,899 9. Sporting CP (POR) 626 Nicolás Burdisso Roma (ITA) 308 Argentina 3. Man. City (ENG) 1,541 10. Roma (ITA) 492 José Sosa Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) 306 4. Napoli (ITA) 1,149 11. Boca Juniors (ARG) 446 Rodrigo Braña Estudiantes La Plata (ARG) 267 34.6% 5. Sampdoria (ITA) 990 12. PSG (FRA) 440 Mariano Andújar Catania (ITA) 180 6. Benfica (POR) 826 13. Vélez Sarsfield (ARG) 422 Martín Demichelis Málaga (ESP) 180 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Valencia (ESP) 764 14. Monterrey (MEX) 360 Sebastian Dominguez Vélez Sarsfield (ARG) 180 Nicolás Otamendi Porto (POR) 180 Gino Peruzzi Vélez Sarsfield (ARG) 180 América FC (BRA) 148 Minutes per country of the employer club Pablo Guiñazú SC Internacional (BRA), Club Libertad (PAR) 132 Maxi Rodríguez Newell's Old Boys (ARG) 103 Javier Pastore PSG (FRA) 96 Top 5 Newcastle (ENG) 90 1. Spain...... 5,324 Erik Lamela Tottenham (ENG) 86 2. Italy...... 3,789 Augusto Fernández Celta de Vigo (ESP) 82 3. England...... 1,726 Ricardo Álvarez Internazionale (ITA) 59 4. Portugal...... 1,632 a Leandro Desábato Estudiantes La Plata (ARG) 52 5. Argentina...... 1,340 Leonardo Ponzio River Plate (ARG) 28 Leandro Somoza Lanús (ARG) 22 Fabian Rinaudo Sporting CP (POR) 18 Enzo Pérez Benfica (POR) 16 Hernán Barcos SE Palmeiras (BRA) 11 Eduardo Salvio Atlético Madrid (ESP) 10 Internazionale (ITA) 8 Matías Rodríguez Universidad de Chile (CHI) 7 Jonás Gutiérrez Newcastle (ENG) 5 Franco Di Santo Wigan (ENG) 4 ge nt i n 5,324 (ESP) F

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 24 players used Asmir Begović Stoke (ENG) 900 Edin Džeko Man. City (ENG) 900 Emir Spahić Sevilla (ESP), Anzhi (RUS), Leverkusen (GER) 900 Vedad Ibišević Stuttgart (GER) 891 % of minutes Average age Sejad Salihović Hoffenheim (GER) 778 on the pitch Zvjezdan Misimović Dinamo Moskva (RUS), Guizhou Renhe (CHN) 774 64.6% Senad Lulić Lazio (ITA) 691 Miralem Pjanić Roma (ITA) 657 Bosnia & Herzegovina Haris Medunjanin Gaziantepspor (TUR) 550 27.32 27.20 Adnan Zahirović Spartak Nalchik (RUS), Dinamo Minsk (BLR), Bochum (GER) 501 48.9% Mensur Mujdža Freiburg (GER) 459 Bosnia & World Cup Big-5 league players Ognjen Vranješ Krasnodar (RUS), Alaniaz (RUS) 450 Herzegovina participants World Cup participants Avdija Vršajević Hajduk Split (CRO) 413 Ermin Bičakčić Braunschweig (GER) 360

a Ervin Zukanović Kortrijk (BEL) 196 Toni Šunjić Zorya Luhansk (UKR) 90 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Elvir Rahimić CSKA Moskva (RUS) 81 0.1% 1. Man. City (ENG) 900 8. Freiburg (GER) 459 Miroslav Stevanović Vojvodina (SRB), Sevilla (ESP), Elche (ESP) 77 . Stoke (ENG) 900 9. Guizhou Renhe (CHN) 425 Senijad Ibričić Gaziantepspor (TUR), Kayseri Erciyesspor (TUR) 67 Bosnia & Herzegovina 3. Stuttgart (GER) 891 10. Hajduk Split (CRO) 413

v i n Eden Višća BB (TUR) 66 4. Hoffenheim (GER) 778 11. Sevilla (ESP) 386 Izet Hajrović Grasshopper (SUI) 49 34.6% 5. Lazio (ITA) 691 12. Braunschweig (GER) 371 Zoran Kvržić Rijeka (CRO) 28 6. Roma (ITA) 657 13. Leverkusen (GER) 360 Muamer Svraka (BIH) 11 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Gaziantepspor (TUR) 589 . Krasnodar (RUS) 360 Damir Vrančić Braunschweig (GER) 11

Minutes per country of the employer club

Top 5 1. Germany...... 2,922 2. England...... 1,800 3. Russia...... 1,408 4. Italy...... 1,348 5. Turkey...... 683 F 2,922 (GER)

398 (ESP)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 38 players used Seyyed Hosseini Sepahan (IRN), (IRN) 1,350 Osasuna (ESP), Esteghlal (IRN) 1,207 Seyyed Rahmati Esteghlal (IRN) 1,170 Khosrow Heydari Esteghlal (IRN) 1,099 % of minutes Average age Andranik Taymourian Esteghlal (IRN), Al Kharitiyath (QAT) 972 on the pitch Hadi Aghily Al Arabi (KUW), SC (QAT) 879 8.4% Persepolis (IRN) 872 M.-Reza Khalatbari Al Gharrafa (QAT), Al Wasl (UAE), Sepahan (IRN) 846 Iran Ali Karimi Persepolis (IRN) 724 28.75 27.20 Esteghlal FC (IRN) 630 48.9% Mojtaba Jabbari Esteghlal FC (IRN) 595 Iran World Cup Big-5 league players Saipa (IRN), Persepolis (IRN) 543 participants World Cup participants Zob Ahan (IRN), Persepolis (IRN) 514 Standard (BEL), St. Truidense (BEL) 431 Osasuna (ESP) 387 Mohammad Ghazi Zob Ahan (IRN), Persepolis (IRN) 338 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Gholamreza Rezaei Persepolis (IRN) 336 75.1% 1. Esteghlal (IRN) 5,061 8. Tractor Sazi (IRN) 555 Ehsan Hajysafi Tractor Sazi (IRN), Sepahan (IRN) 312 2. Persepolis (IRN) 3,332 9. Al Gharrafa (QAT) 482 Pejman Nouri Al Emirates (UAE), Malavan Anzaly (IRN) 279 Iran 3. Sepahan (IRN) 1,167 10. Al Kharitiyath (QAT) 439 Rahman Ahmadi Saipa (IRN) 270 4. Osasuna (ESP) 1,054 11. St. Truidense (BEL) 268 Ashkan Dejagah Wolfsburg (GER), Fulham (ENG) 270 34.6% 5. Zob Ahan (IRN) 965 12. Al Emirates (UAE) 210 Hashem Beikzadeh Esteghlal (IRN) 260 6. Al Arabi (KUW) 789 13. Fulham (ENG) 180 Ghasem Hadadifar Zob Ahan (IRN) 250 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Saipa (IRN) 722 14. Standard (BEL) 163 Mohamad Noori Persepolis (IRN) 246 Maziar Zare Persepolis (IRN), Malavan Anzaly (IRN) 201 Amir Sadeghi Tractor Sazi (IRN) 180 Hadi Noroozi Persepolis (IRN) 160 Minutes per country of the employer club Milad Meydavoudi Esteghlal (IRN) 124 Esteghlal (IRN) 110 Mohammad Ebrahimi Tractor Sazi (IRN) 80 Top 5 Javad Kazemian Persepolis (IRN) 74 1. Iran...... 11,902 Mohammad Gholami Sepahan (IRN) 22 2. Spain...... 1,054 Mohsen Mosalman Zob Ahan (IRN) 21 3. Qatar...... 1,011 Mohammad Nosrati Persepolis (IRN) 21 4. Kuwait...... 789 Milad Zeneyedpour Steel Azin (IRN) 13 5. Belgium...... 431 Alireza Abbasfard Rah Ahan (IRN) 10 Saeid Daghighi Shahrdari Tabriz (IRN) 7 Sepahan (IRN) 2

11,902 (IRN) F

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 8 matches - 32 players used Lille (FRA), Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR), Lille (FRA) 720 Godfrey Oboabona Sunshine Stars (NGA), Caykur Rizespor (TUR) 720 Efetobore Ambrose MS Ashdod (ISR), Celtic (SCO) 630 Elderson Echiejile Braga (POR) 540 % of minutes Average age John Mikel Chelsea (ENG) 540 on the pitch Eddy Onazi Lazio (ITA) 522 30.6% Ahmed Musa CSKA Moskva (RUS) 517 Wigan (ENG), Chelsea (ENG), Liverpool (ENG) 402 Nigeria Azubuike Egwuekwe Warri Wolves (NGA) 382 24.21 27.20 Nnamdi Oduamadi Varese (ITA), Brescia (ITA) 345 48.9% ADO Den Haag (NED), Chelsea (ENG) 338 Nigeria World Cup Big-5 league players Fenerbahçe (TUR) 264 participants World Cup participants Warri Wolves (NGA), Bastia (FRA) 251 Ideye Brown Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 240 Kano Pillars (NGA) 180 Juwon Oshaniwa Sharks FC (NGA) 180 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Ikechuwku Uche Granada (ESP) 180 21.5% 1. Chelsea (ENG) 647 . Celtic (SCO) 450 Ejike Uzoenyi Enugu Rangers (NGA) 180 2. Warri Wolves (NGA) 602 9. Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 270 Gubbio (ITA) 143 Nigeria 3. Braga (POR) 540 . ADO Den Haag (NED) 270 John Utaka Montpellier (FRA) 143 . Sunshine Stars (NGA) 540 . Caykur Rizespor (TUR) 270 Köln (GER) 112 34.6% 5. Lazio (ITA) 522 12. Fenerbahçe (TUR) 264 Académica de Coimbra (POR) 103 6. CSKA Moskva (RUS) 517 13. Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 240 Solomon Kwambe Sunshine Stars (NGA) 90 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Lille (FRA) 450 14. Liverpool (ENG) 217 Seattle Sounders (USA) 60 Real Betis (ESP) 44 Kalu Uche Espanyol (ESP) 34 Henry Uche Enyimba (NGA) 22 Minutes per country of the employer club Raheem Lawal Atlético Baleares (ESP) 15 Victor Obinna Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 11 Newcastle (ENG) 6 Top 5 Fegor Ogude Valerenga Fotball (NOR) 4 1. Nigeria...... 1,704 Heerenveen (NED) 2 2. England...... 1,016 3. Italy...... 1,010 4. Portugal...... 643 5. France...... 624 F

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 24 players used Bayern München (GER) 900 Mesut Özil Real Madrid (ESP), Arsenal (ENG) 892 Philipp Lahm Bayern München (GER) 810 Thomas Müller Bayern München (GER) 795 % of minutes Average age Per Mertesacker Arsenal (ENG) 720 on the pitch Sami Khedira Real Madrid (ESP) 660 100.0% Jérôme Boateng Bayern München (GER) 630 Toni Kroos Bayern München (GER) 584 Germany Marcel Schmelzer Dortmund (GER) 496 25.86 27.20 Lazio (ITA) 473 48.9% Marco Reus Dortmund (GER) 470 Germany World Cup Big-5 league players Bayern München (GER) 450 participants World Cup participants Mario Götze Dortmund (GER), Bayern München (GER) 382 Holger Badstuber Bayern München (GER) 360 Mats Hummels Dortmund (GER) 270 André Schürrle Leverkusen (GER), Chelsea (ENG) 239 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Marcell Jansen Hamburger (GER) 180 69.1% 1. Bayern (GER) 4,577 8. Hamburger (GER) 180 Benedikt Höwedes Schalke 04 (GER) 149 2. Dortmund (GER) 1,676 9. M'gladbach (GER) 94 Lukas Podolski Arsenal (ENG) 127 Germany 3. Real Madrid (ESP) 1,200 10. Leverkusen (GER) 56 Schalke 04 (GER) 105 4. Arsenal (ENG) 1,199 Ilkay Gündoğan Dortmund (GER) 98 34.6% 5. Lazio (ITA) 473 Max Kruse Borussia M'gladbach (GER) 94 6. Schalke 04 (GER) 254 Dortmund (GER) 8 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Chelsea (ENG) 191 Sidney Sam Leverkusen (GER) 8

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Top 4 1. Germany...... 6,837 2. England...... 1,390 3. Spain...... 1,200 4. Italy...... 473

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 12 matches - 29 players used João Moutinho Porto (POR), Monaco (FRA) 1,080 Rui Patrício Sporting CP (POR) 1,080 Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 944 Pepe Lima Real Madrid (ESP) 900 % of minutes Average age Real Madrid (ESP) 900 on the pitch Bruno Alves Zenit (RUS), Fenerbahçe (TUR) 884 51.3% João Pereira Valencia (ESP) 884 Hélder Postiga Real Zaragoza (ESP), Valencia (ESP) 779 Portugal Fábio Coentrão Real Madrid (ESP) 778 27.87 27.20 Luís Man. United (ENG) 757 48.9% Fenerbahçe (TUR) 585 Portugal World Cup Big-5 league players Porto (POR) 290 participants World Cup participants de Freitas Wolfsburg (GER) 275 Beşiktaş (TUR) 256 Rúben Micael Braga (POR) 206 André Almeida Benfica (POR) 180 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Luís Carlos Neto Zenit (RUS) 180 23.7% 1. Real Madrid (ESP) 2,578 8. Man. United (ENG) 757 Ricardo Costa Valencia (ESP) 157 2. Valencia (ESP) 1,240 9. Real Zaragoza (ESP) 580 Vitorino Antunes Málaga (ESP) 142 Portugal 3. Porto (POR) 1,158 10. Monaco (FRA) 450 Josué Pesqueira Porto (POR) 122 4. Sporting CP (POR) 1,097 11. Braga (POR) 348 Porto (POR) 116 34.6% 5. Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 944 12. Wolfsburg (GER) 275 Rúben Amorim Braga (POR), Benfica (POR) 74 6. Zenit (RUS) 867 13. Beşiktaş (TUR) 256 Miguel Danny Zenit (RUS) 73 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Fenerbahçe (TUR) 855 14. Benfica (POR) 210 Nélson Oliveira Rennes (FRA) 45 Ederzito Eder Braga (POR) 37 Miguel Custodio Braga (POR) 31 Henrique Sereno Kayserispor (TUR) 31 Minutes per country of the employer club Carlos Martins Benfica (POR) 30 Sporting CP (POR) 17

Top 5 1. Spain...... 4,540 2. Portugal...... 2,813 3. Turkey...... 1,142 4. Ukraine...... 944 5. Russia...... 867

G 4,587 (ESP)

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 8 matches - 31 players used Espérance Tunis (TUN) 630 Udinese (ITA), Juventus (ITA) 595 Rennes (FRA) 540 Fatau Dauda Ashanti Gold (GHA), Orlando Pirates (RSA) 540 % of minutes Average age Milan (ITA) 499 on the pitch Gyan Asamoah Al Ain (UAE) 482 44.1% Dnipropetrovsk (UKR), Bastia (FRA) 374 Abdul Waris Häcken (SWE), Spartak Moskva (RUS) 349 Ghana Emmanuel Badu Udinese (ITA) 306 24.88 27.20 Standard (BEL) 304 48.9% Evian TG (FRA), Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 301 Ghana World Cup Big-5 league players Jerry Akaminko Manisaspor (TUR), Eskisehirspor (TUR) 270 participants World Cup participants Evian TG (FRA) 270 André Ayew Marseille (FRA) 231 Wakaso Mubarak Espanyol (ESP), Rubin Kazan (RUS) 230 Chelsea (ENG) 215 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Arsenal Kyiv (UKR) 209 3.7% 1. Espérance Tunis (TUN) 630 8. Marseille (FRA) 411 Rio Ave (POR), Porto (POR), Vitesse Arnhem (NED) 199 2. Rennes (FRA) 540 9. Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 363 Asante Kotoko (GHA), Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) 191 Ghana 3. Evian TG (FRA) 516 10. Standard (BEL) 304 Ayew Marseille (FRA) 180 4. Milan (ITA) 499 11. Orlando Pirates (RSA) 270 Richard Boateng TP Mazembé (COD) 180 34.6% 5. Al Ain (UAE) 482 . Ashanti Gold (GHA) 270 Adam Larsen Stromsgodset (NOR) 180 6. Udinese (ITA) 451 13. Spartak Moskva (RUS) 259 Hoffenheim (GER), Salzburg (AUT) 180 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Juventus (ITA) 450 14. TP Mazembé (COD) 218 Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 127 Sassuolo (ITA) 86 Alber Adomah Bristol City (ENG) 79 Vitesse Arnhem (NED) 53 Minutes per country of the employer club Solomon Asanté TP Mazembé (COD) 38 Emmanuel Frimpong Fulham (ENG) 24 Kevin Boateng Schalke 04 (GER) 11 Top 5 Richard Mpong Medeama (GHA) 11 1. France...... 1,605 2. Italy...... 1,486 3. ...... 630 4. Ukraine...... 572 5. UAE...... 482 a G

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 16 matches - 37 players used Fulham (ENG), Tottenham (ENG), Seattle Sounders (USA) 1,260 Everton (ENG) 1,170 Geoff Cameron Houston Dynamo (USA), Stoke (ENG) 991 Schalke 04 (GER) 935 % of minutes Average age Chievo (ITA), Roma (ITA) 900 on the pitch Alkmaar (NED), Sunderland (ENG) 800 47.6% Sporting Kansas City (USA) 767 Hoffenheim (GER) 730 USA Omar González LA Galaxy (USA) 720 28.47 27.20 Hérculez Gómez Santos Laguna (MEX) 613 48.9% Da Marcus Beasley Puebla (MEX) 606 USA World Cup Big-5 league players Brondby (DEN), SJ Earthquakes (USA) 586 participants World Cup participants Eddie Johnson Seattle Sounders (USA) 579 Sporting Kansas City (USA) 540 Rangers (SCO), Racing Santander (ESP) 450 Steven Cherundolo Hannover 96 (GER) 450 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Seattle Sounders (USA) 416 26.5% 1. Kansas City (USA) 1,307 8. Tottenham (ENG) 900 Rangers (SCO), Stoke (ENG), Bursaspor (TUR) 413 2. Seattle Sounders (USA) 1,175 9. Puebla (MEX) 786 LA Galaxy (USA) 406 USA 3. Everton (ENG) 1,170 10. Roma (ITA) 720 Daniel Williams Hoffenheim (GER) 326 4. LA Galaxy (USA) 1,126 11. Alkmaar (NED) 715 Aston Villa (ENG) 270 34.6% 5. Stoke (ENG) 1,057 12. Santos Laguna (MEX) 613 Nantes (FRA) 264 6. Hoffenheim (GER) 1,056 13. Hannover 96 (GER) 450 Real Salt Lake (USA) 238 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Schalke 04 (GER) 935 14. Brondby (DEN) 406 Nordsjaelland (DEN), Augsburg (GER) 224 Puebla (MEX) 180 Anderlecht (BEL) 176 Mikkel Diskerud Rosenborg (NOR) 166 Minutes per country of the employer club Club Tijuana (MEX) 131 José Torres Club Pachuca (MEX) 124 Aron Jóhannsson Alkmaar (NED) 100 Top 5 Nürnberg (GER) 90 1. USA...... 4,201 Houston Dynamo (USA) 72 2. England...... 3,762 (USA), Stoke (ENG) 50 3. Germany...... 2,585 Terrence Boyd Dortmund (GER), Rapid Wien (AUT) 43 4. Mexico...... 1,658 Málaga (ESP) 33 5. Italy...... 900 SJ Earthquakes (USA) 17 Club Tijuana (MEX) 4

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 22 players used Thibaut Courtois Atlético Madrid (ESP) 900 Axel Witsel Zenit (RUS) 900 Tottenham (ENG) 828 Kevin de Bruyne Werder Bremen (GER), Chelsea (ENG) 728 % of minutes Average age Ajax (NED), Atlético Madrid (ESP) 720 on the pitch Thomas Vermaelen Arsenal (ENG) 630 74.1% Christian Benteke Aston Villa (ENG) 622 Eden Hazard Chelsea (ENG) 607 Belgium Man. City (ENG) 540 24.67 27.20 Moussa Dembélé Tottenham (ENG) 534 48.9% Nacer Chadli Twente (NED), Tottenham (ENG) 480 Belgium World Cup Big-5 league players Marouane Fellaini Everton (ENG), Man. United (ENG) 432 participants World Cup participants Daniel van Buyten Bayern München (GER) 432 Everton (ENG) 325 PSV (NED) 308 Porto (POR) 238 Main clubs of employment (minutes) WBA (ENG), Chelsea (ENG), Everton (ENG) 211 1.8% 1. Tottenham (ENG) 1,531 8. Man. City (ENG) 540 Guillaume Gillet Anderlecht (BEL) 180 2. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 1,170 9. Werder Bremen (GER) 483 Zenit (RUS) 167 Belgium 3. Zenit (RUS) 1,067 10. Ajax (NED) 450 Sébastien Pocognoli Hannover 96 (GER) 103 4. Chelsea (ENG) 860 11. Bayern (GER) 432 Zakaria Bakkali PSV (NED) 12 34.6% 5. Everton (ENG) 758 12. PSV (NED) 320 Ilombe Mboyo Gent (BEL) 3 6. Arsenal (ENG) 630 13. Twente (NED) 311 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Aston Villa (ENG) 622 14. Porto (POR) 238

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Top 5 1. England...... 5,143 2. Spain...... 1,170 3. The Netherlands..... 1,081 4. Russia...... 1,067 5. Germany...... 1,018 gi u m

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 8 matches - 29 players used Ajaccio (FRA), Monaco (FRA), Olympiacos (GRE) 720 Raïs M'Bolhi Sofia (BUL), GFCO Ajaccio (FRA), Sofia (BUL) 630 Valencia (ESP) 605 Majid Bougherra Lekhwiya (QAT) 540 % of minutes Average age Milan (ITA), Parma (ITA) 536 on the pitch El Arbi Soudani Vitória Guimarães (POR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 518 44.4% Ajaccio (FRA) 510 CR Belouizdad (ALG), Sporting CP (POR) 471 Saphir Taïder Bologna (ITA), Internazionale (ITA) 445 26.58 27.20 Adlène Guedioura Nottingham (ENG), Crystal Palace (ENG) 386 48.9% Getafe (ESP) 372 Algeria World Cup Big-5 league players Essaïd Belkalem JS Kabylie (ALG), Watford (ENG) 360 participants World Cup participants Granada (ESP) 209 St-Etienne (FRA) 206 Ismaël Bouzid Bani Yas (UAE) 180 Nacereddine Khoualed USM Alger (ALG) 180 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Granada (ESP) 180 12.5% 1. Ajaccio (FRA) 690 8. Sofia (BUL) 360 Olympiacos (GRE) 145 2. Valencia (ESP) 605 . Parma (ITA) 360 Sochaux (FRA) 126 Algeria 3. Lekhwiya (QAT) 540 10. USM Alger (ALG) 314 Valenciennes (FRA), Marseille (FRA), Rennes (FRA) 124 4. Olympiacos (GRE) 415 11. CR Belouizdad (ALG) 291 Moreirense (POR), Porto (POR) 106 34.6% 5. Granada (ESP) 389 12. GFCO Ajaccio (FRA) 270 (TUN) 90 6. Getafe (ESP) 372 . Bologna (ITA) 270 Abderrahmane Hachoud ES Sétif (ALG) 90 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Nottingham (ENG) 364 . Monaco (FRA) 270 Mohamed Zemamouche USM Alger (ALG) 90 Millwall (ENG) 31 Amir Karaoui ES Sétif (ALG) 26 USM Alger (ALG) 23 Minutes per country of the employer club Hamza Koudri USM Alger (ALG) 19 Hocine El Orfi USM Alger (ALG) 2

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 10 matches - 26 players used CSKA Moskva (RUS) 900 Dmitriy Kombarov Spartak Moskva (RUS) 895 Zenit (RUS) 892 CSKA Moskva (RUS) 810 % of minutes Average age CSKA Moskva (RUS) 810 on the pitch Alesksandr Kerzhakov Zenit (RUS) 798 0.1% Zenit (RUS), Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 676 Zenit (RUS) 616 Russia Zenit (RUS) 510 28.55 27.20 Alexander Kokorin Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 505 48.9% Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS), Spartak Moskva (RUS) 476 Russia World Cup Big-5 league players Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 458 participants World Cup participants Aleksei Kozlov Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 419 Alexander Anyukov Zenit (RUS) 351 Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 180 CSKA Moskva (RUS) 159 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Andrei Eschenko Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 155 99.9% 1. Zenit (RUS) 3,571 8. Rostov (RUS) 44 Anzhi (RUS), Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 109 2. CSKA Moskva (RUS) 2,684 9. Rubin Kazan (RUS) 8 Rostov (RUS) 44 Russia 3. Spartak Moskva (RUS) 1,119 10. Sevilla (ESP) 6 Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 44 4. Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 1,064 Zenit (RUS) 44 34.6% 5. Lokom. Moskva (RUS) 865 Fedor Smolov Anzhi (RUS) 22 6. Kuban Krasn. (RUS) 427 Pavel Mamaev Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 8 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Anzhi (RUS) 112 Aleksandr Ryazantsev Rubin Kazan (RUS) 8 Sevilla (ESP) 6 Georgi Schennikov CSKA Moskva (RUS) 5

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Player Club(s)* Min WC 2014 qualifying round: 14 matches - 45 players used Jung Sung Ryong Suwon Bluewings (KOR) 1,260 Kwak Tae Hwi Ulsan Hyundai (KOR), Al-Shabab (KSA) 891 Lee Jung Soo Al Sadd (QAT) 810 Keun-ho Lee Gamba Osaka (JPN), Ulsan Hyundai, Sangju Sangmu (KOR) 773 % of minutes Average age Ki Sung-Yong Celtic (SCO), Swansea (ENG) 689 on the pitch Ja-Cheol Koo Wolfsburg, Augsburg (GER) 608 17.9% Dong-Guk Lee Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) 597 Chu-Young Park Arsenal (ENG), Celta de Vigo (ESP) 526 South Korea Shin-Wook Kim Ulsan Hyundai (KOR) 496 26.74 27.20 Dong-Won Ji Sunderland (ENG), Augsburg (GER) 485 48.9% Yong-rae Lee Suwon Bluewings (KOR) 450 South Korea World Cup Big-5 league players Jeong-Ho Hong Jeju United (KOR) 431 participants World Cup participants Bo-Kyung Kim Cerezo Osaka (JPN), Cardiff (ENG) 425 Heung Son Hamburger (GER) 365 Chung-Yong Lee Bolton (ENG) 347 Doo-Ri Cha Celtic (SCO) 287 Main clubs of employment (minutes) Oh Beom-Seok Suwon Bluewings, Korean Police (KOR) 270 56.1% 1. Suwon Bluewings (KOR) 2,111 8. Jeju United (KOR) 431 Hyo-jin Choi Sangju Sangmu (KOR) 270 2. Ulsan Hyundai (KOR) 1,538 9. Arsenal (ENG) 419 Young-Gwon Kim Omiya Ardija (JPN), Evergrande (CHN) 270 South Korea 3. Jeonbuk Hyundai (KOR) 1,156 10. Wolfsburg (GER) 395 Chi-woo Kim Seoul (KOR) 270 4. Al Sadd (QAT) 810 11. Seongnam Ilhwa (KOR) 367 Joo-Ho Park Basel (SUI) 270 34.6% 5. Celtic (SCO) 706 12. Hamburger (GER) 365 Hong-chul Kim Seongnam Ilhwa (KOR) 245 6. Sangju Sangmu (KOR) 522 13. Sunderland (ENG) 362 Tae-Hee Nam Valenciennes (FRA), Lekhwiya (QAT) 237 World Cup participants Domestic league players 7. Seoul (KOR) 457 14. Bolton (ENG) 347 Jung-woo Kim Seongnam Ilhwa, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) 195 Ki-Hee Kim Daegu (KOR) 189 In-hwan Jung Incheon United, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) 180 Chang-su Kim Kashiwa Reysol (JPN) 180 Minutes per country of the employer club Myoung-Joo Lee (KOR) 180 Won-jae Park Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) 180 Jong-woo Park Busan I'Park (KOR) 167 Top 5 Kim Do-Heon Suwon Bluewings (KOR) 133 1. South Korea...... 7,775 Jung-jin Seo Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) 132 2. England...... 1,643 Seung-Ki Lee Gwangju Sangmu (KOR) 115 3. Germany...... 1,096 Dae-sung Ha Seoul (KOR) 97 4. Qatar...... 826 Yo-han Go Seoul (KOR) 90 5. Japan...... 775 Hyun-Soo Jang FC Tokyo (JPN) 90

o r ea Nam-il Kim Incheon United (KOR) 90 Gwang-hoon Shin Pohang Steelers (KOR) 90 Yun Suk-Young Chunnam Dragons (KOR) 90 Yeom Ki-Hun Suwon Bluewings (KOR) 88 Jae-Sung Kim Pohang Steelers, Sangju Sangmu (KOR) 85 Sang-shik Kim Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) 78 Sang-woon Han Jubilo Iwata (JPN) 64 Kook-Young Han (JPN) 50 Bit-Garam Yoon Gyeongnam, Seongnam Ilhwa (KOR) 25

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221 (FRA)

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