The final 23 players for the 32 squads competing in South Africa’s 2010 Fifa World Cup were announced after the deadline for confirmed teams passed on 1 June. Get the low-down on the 736 footballers who will be battling it out for the sport’s biggest trophy from 11 June to 11 July.
| 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP: FIRST STAGE GROUPS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A South Africa Mexico Uruguay France |
Group B Argentina Nigeria South Korea Greece |
Group C England USA Algeria Slovenia |
Group D Germany Australia Serbia Ghana |
| Group E Netherlands Denmark Japan Cameroon |
Group F Italy Paraguay New Zealand Slovakia |
Group G Brazil North Korea Côte d’Ivoire Portugal |
Group H Spain Switzerland Honduras Chile |
GROUP F
|
Coach: Marcello Lippi |
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# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Gianluigi Buffon |
28 January 1978 (aged 32) |
100 |
Juventus |
|
2 |
Goalkeeper |
Federico Marchetti |
7 February 1983 (aged 27) |
4 |
Cagliari |
|
3 |
Goalkeeper |
Morgan De Sanctis |
27 March 1977 (aged 33) |
3 |
Napoli |
|
4 |
Defender |
Salvatore Bocchetti |
30 November 1986 (aged 23) |
3 |
Genoa |
|
5 |
Defender |
Leonardo Bonucci |
1 May 1987 (aged 23) |
1 |
Bari |
|
6 |
Defender |
Fabio Cannavaro (captain) |
13 September 1973 (aged 36) |
132 |
Juventus |
|
7 |
Defender |
Giorgio Chiellini |
14 August 1984 (aged 25) |
28 |
Juventus |
|
8 |
Defender |
Domenico Criscito |
30 December 1986 (aged 23) |
5 |
Genoa |
|
9 |
Defender |
Christian Maggio |
11 February 1982 (aged 28) |
3 |
Napoli |
|
10 |
Defender |
Gianluca Zambrotta |
19 February 1977 (aged 33) |
92 |
Milan |
|
11 |
Midfielder |
Mauro Camoranesi |
4 October 1976 (aged 33) |
53 |
Juventus |
|
12 |
Midfielder |
Daniele De Rossi |
24 July 1983 (aged 26) |
52 |
Roma |
|
13 |
Midfielder |
Gennaro Gattuso |
9 January 1978 (aged 32) |
71 |
Milan |
|
14 |
Midfielder |
Claudio Marchisio |
19 January 1986 (aged 24) |
3 |
Juventus |
|
15 |
Midfielder |
Riccardo Montolivo |
18 January 1985 (aged 25) |
12 |
Fiorentina |
|
16 |
Midfielder |
Angelo Palombo |
25 September 1981 (aged 28) |
15 |
Sampdoria |
|
17 |
Midfielder |
Simone Pepe |
30 August 1983 (aged 26) |
13 |
Udinese |
|
18 |
Midfielder |
Andrea Pirlo |
19 May 1979 (aged 31) |
65 |
Milan |
|
19 |
Forward |
Antonio Di Natale |
13 February 1979 (aged 31) |
31 |
Udinese |
|
20 |
Forward |
Alberto Gilardino |
5 July 1982 (aged 27) |
39 |
Fiorentina |
|
21 |
Forward |
Vincenzo Iaquinta |
21 November 1979 (aged 30) |
35 |
Juventus |
|
22 |
Forward |
Giampaolo Pazzini |
2 August 1984 (aged 25) |
6 |
Sampdoria |
|
23 |
Forward |
Fabio Quagliarella |
31 January 1983 (aged 27) |
18 |
Napoli |
|
Coach: Gerardo Martino |
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# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Justo Villar |
30 June 1977 (aged 32) |
71 |
Real Valladolid |
|
2 |
Goalkeeper |
Aldo Bobadilla |
20 April 1976 (aged 34) |
18 |
Independiente Medellín |
|
3 |
Goalkeeper |
Diego Barreto |
16 July 1981 (aged 28) |
2 |
Cerro Porteño |
|
4 |
Defender |
Denis Caniza (captain) |
29 August 1974 (aged 35) |
95 |
León |
|
5 |
Defender |
Paulo da Silva |
1 February 1980 (aged 30) |
67 |
Sunderland |
|
6 |
Defender |
Carlos Bonet |
2 October 1977 (aged 32) |
60 |
Olimpia |
|
7 |
Defender |
Julio César Cáceres |
5 October 1979 (aged 30) |
59 |
Atlético Mineiro |
|
8 |
Defender |
Darío Verón |
26 June 1979 (aged 30) |
27 |
UNAM |
|
9 |
Defender |
Claudio Morel Rodríguez |
2 February 1978 (aged 32) |
25 |
Boca Juniors |
|
10 |
Defender |
Aureliano Torres |
16 June 1982 (aged 27) |
25 |
San Lorenzo |
|
11 |
Defender |
Antolín Alcaraz |
30 July 1982 (aged 27) |
5 |
Club Brugge |
|
12 |
Midfielder |
Édgar Barreto |
15 July 1984 (aged 25) |
47 |
Atalanta |
|
13 |
Midfielder |
Cristian Riveros |
16 October 1982 (aged 27) |
45 |
Cruz Azul |
|
14 |
Midfielder |
Enrique Vera |
10 March 1979 (aged 31) |
25 |
LDU Quito |
|
15 |
Midfielder |
Víctor Cáceres |
25 March 1985 (aged 25) |
25 |
Libertad |
|
16 |
Midfielder |
Jonathan Santana |
19 October 1981 (aged 28) |
21 |
Wolfsburg |
|
17 |
Midfielder |
Néstor Ortigoza |
7 October 1984 (aged 25) |
3 |
Argentinos Juniors |
|
18 |
Forward |
Roque Santa Cruz |
16 August 1981 (aged 28) |
66 |
Manchester City |
|
19 |
Forward |
Nelson Valdez |
28 November 1983 (aged 26) |
38 |
Borussia Dortmund |
|
20 |
Forward |
Oscar Cardozo |
20 May 1983 (aged 27) |
29 |
Benfica |
|
21 |
Forward |
Édgar Benítez |
8 November 1987 (aged 22) |
12 |
Pachuca |
|
22 |
Forward |
Rodolfo Gamarra |
10 December 1988 (aged 21) |
2 |
Libertad |
|
23 |
Forward |
Lucas Barrios |
13 November 1984 (aged 25) |
0 |
Borussia Dortmund |
|
Coach: Ricki Herbert |
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# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Mark Paston |
13 December 1976 (age 33) |
22 |
Wellington Phoenix |
|
|
2 |
Defender |
Ben Sigmund |
3 February 1981 (age 29) |
14 |
Wellington Phoenix |
|
|
3 |
Defender |
Tony Lochhead |
12 January 1982 (age 28) |
28 |
Wellington Phoenix |
|
|
4 |
Defender |
Winston Reid |
3 July 1988 (age 21) |
2 |
Midtjylland |
|
|
5 |
Defender |
Ivan Vicelich |
3 September 1976 (age 33) |
66 |
Auckland City |
|
|
6 |
Defender |
Ryan Nelsen (captain) |
18 October 1977 (age 32) |
40 |
Blackburn Rovers |
|
|
7 |
Midfielder |
Simon Elliott |
10 June 1974 (age 35) |
62 |
Unattached |
|
|
8 |
Midfielder |
Tim Brown |
6 March 1981 (age 29) |
25 |
Wellington Phoenix |
|
|
9 |
Forward |
Shane Smeltz |
29 September 1981 (age 28) |
29 |
Gold Coast United |
|
|
10 |
Forward |
Chris Killen |
8 October 1981 (age 28) |
31 |
Middlesbrough |
|
|
11 |
Midfielder |
Leo Bertos |
20 December 1981 (age 28) |
33 |
Wellington Phoenix |
|
|
12 |
Goalkeeper |
Glen Moss |
19 January 1983 (age 27) |
15 |
Melbourne Victory |
|
|
13 |
Midfielder |
Andy Barron |
24 December 1980 (age 29) |
11 |
Team Wellington |
|
|
14 |
Forward |
Rory Fallon |
20 March 1982 (age 28) |
6 |
Plymouth Argyle |
|
|
15 |
Midfielder |
Michael McGlinchey |
7 January 1987 (age 23) |
5 |
Motherwell |
|
|
16 |
Midfielder |
Aaron Clapham |
1 January 1987 (age 23) |
0 |
Canterbury United |
|
|
17 |
Midfielder |
David Mulligan |
24 March 1982 (age 28) |
25 |
Unattached |
|
|
18 |
Defender |
Andrew Boyens |
18 September 1983 (age 26) |
15 |
New York Red Bulls |
|
|
19 |
Defender |
Tommy Smith |
31 March 1990 (age 20) |
3 |
Ipswich Town |
|
|
20 |
Forward |
Chris Wood |
7 December 1991 (age 18) |
8 |
West Bromwich Albion |
|
|
21 |
Midfielder |
Jeremy Christie |
22 May 1983 (age 27) |
21 |
Tampa Bay |
|
|
22 |
Midfielder |
Jeremy Brockie |
7 October 1987 (age 22) |
17 |
Newcastle Jets |
|
|
23 |
Goalkeeper |
James Bannatyne |
30 June 1975 (age 34) |
3 |
Team Wellington |
|
|
Coach: Vladimír Weiss |
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|
# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Ján Mucha |
5 December 1982 (aged 27) |
14 |
Legia Warszawa |
|
2 |
Goalkeeper |
Dušan Kuciak |
21 May 1985 (aged 25) |
2 |
FC Vaslui |
|
3 |
Goalkeeper |
Dušan Perniš |
28 November 1984 (aged 25) |
1 |
Dundee United |
|
4 |
Defender |
Radoslav Zabavník |
16 September 1980 (aged 29) |
42 |
Mainz |
|
5 |
Defender |
Marek Čech |
26 January 1983 (aged 27) |
38 |
West Bromwich Albion |
|
6 |
Defender |
Martin Petráš |
2 November 1979 (aged 30) |
38 |
Cesena |
|
7 |
Defender |
Martin Škrtel |
15 December 1984 (aged 25) |
37 |
Liverpool |
|
8 |
Defender |
Ján Ďurica |
10 December 1981 (aged 28) |
35 |
Hannover 96 |
|
9 |
Defender |
Peter Pekarík |
30 October 1986 (aged 23) |
19 |
Wolfsburg |
|
10 |
Defender |
Kornel Saláta |
4 January 1985 (aged 25) |
3 |
Slovan Bratislava |
|
11 |
Midfielder |
Marek Hamšík (captain) |
27 July 1987 (aged 22) |
30 |
Napoli |
|
12 |
Midfielder |
Stanislav Šesták |
16 December 1982 (aged 27) |
29 |
Bochum |
|
13 |
Midfielder |
Marek Sapara |
31 July 1982 (aged 27) |
24 |
Ankaragücü |
|
14 |
Midfielder |
Ján Kozák |
22 April 1980 (aged 30) |
22 |
Timişoara |
|
15 |
Midfielder |
Zdeno Štrba |
9 June 1976 (aged 34) |
20 |
Skoda Xanthi |
|
16 |
Midfielder |
Miroslav Stoch |
19 October 1989 (aged 20) |
10 |
Twente |
|
17 |
Midfielder |
Kamil Kopúnek |
18 May 1984 (aged 26) |
7 |
Spartak Trnava |
|
18 |
Midfielder |
Vladimír Weiss |
30 November 1989 (aged 20) |
7 |
Bolton Wanderers |
|
19 |
Midfielder |
Juraj Kucka |
26 February 1987 (aged 23) |
5 |
Sparta Prague |
|
20 |
Forward |
Róbert Vittek |
1 April 1982 (aged 28) |
69 |
Ankaragücü |
|
21 |
Forward |
Filip Hološko |
17 January 1984 (aged 26) |
37 |
Beşiktaş |
|
22 |
Forward |
Martin Jakubko |
26 February 1980 (aged 30) |
21 |
Saturn Moscow |
|
23 |
Forward |
Erik Jendrišek |
26 October 1986 (aged 23) |
13 |
Kaiserslautern |
