Profile: Greatest football player of Barcelona football club: Eric Abidal

Greatest football player Eric Abidal (born 11 July 1979) is a 32 year old footballer who plays for The French National team with Martiniquan Decent. He currently plays his club football for The Spanish/Catalan club Barcelona FC. He was diagnosed with cancer in the 2010/2011 season his tumor was operated upon and he made a remarkable recovery to play in The Champions League Final the same year against Manchester United. Barcelona football club won the final and he was later handed the captain’s armband to collect and raise the winning trophy by his teammates. Abidal started of his club career with Monaco making 25 appearances where he was mainly deployed as a leftback. He later moved to Lille football club making 60 appearances and being primarily deployed as a left back. After Lille he finally made his move down to Lyon making 76 appearances and winning The French League title 3 times and The French Supercup 3 times as well. Abidal then made his move to Barcelona FC in 2007. He was primarily deployed as a leftback for the team but later due to a couple of injuries the team faced he was used as a central defender where he also excelled. He won The Spanish League title with Barcelona a total 3 times, The Copa Del Rey once, The UEFA Champions league twice in 09 and 11 and finally The Fifa World Club Championship in 2008. He’s also represented France at the highest international level helping the French side reach the 2006 World Cup final against Italy where they eventually lost on penalties. He’s a tall defender known for his excellent positioning and tackling skills.

Appearances:

• Played 25 matches for Monaco.
• Played 60 matches for Lille.
• Played 76 matches for Lyon
• Played 99 matches for Barcelona.

Top ten players of Real Racing Santander football club

Last season Racing Santander football club finished 16^th on the La Liga table, just two spaces away from the relegation zone. Current 2010-11 on-going season is the same for Racing Santander as they are just four points away to Almeria Football Club from avoiding the relegation zone and situated on 16^th position on the La Liga table. This is all done because of the movement of Spanish youngster Sergio Canales who made a move to Real Madrid football club this season, and without him there’s only a little hope to survive this season.

There are still many options for the Racing Santander football club to bring few changes in the squad by buying some new regular goal scorers like Mohammad Tchite, who scored 11 goals last season which is an impressive stat for a forward on a lower table team.  The 27 year old Belgian-Burundian footballer can also be bought on a low price as the team is not doing well in the La Liga standings.

The players like Nil Markus Rosenberg, Ariel Gerardo Nahuelpan Ostan and swidish midfielder Kennedy Bakrichioglu, are also in the current Racing Santander squad to be closely watched for this season, as they are showing some great football display and looking in a great form for on-going 2010-11 season.

The top 10 best football players of Racing Santander football club for 2010-11 season are:

1-    Nils Markus Rosenberg (Sweden), Forward

2-    Ariel Gerardo Nahuelpan Osten (Argentina), Forward

3-    Kennedy bakirchioglu (Sweden), Midfielder

4-    Pablo Pinillos Caro (Spain), Defender

5-    Christian Fernandez Salas (Spain), Defender

6-    Giovani dos Santos Ramirez (mexico), Forwad

7-    Pedro Munitis Alvarez (Spain), Forward

8-    Ivan Bolado Palacios (Spain), Forward

9-    Oscar Serrano Rodriguez (Spain), Midfielder

10- Gonzalo Colsa Albendea (Spain), Midfielder

11- Manuel Arana (Spain), Midfielder

12- Mehdi Lacen (Algeria), Midfielder

13- Marc Torrejon Moya (Spain), Defender

Foreign Players of Arsenal

There are only a countable number of foreign players in Arsenal. John Dick was a Scottish player who played for Woolwich Arsenal and was playing as a centre half. Bob John is a Welsh player and he scored the only goal of Arsenal in 1932 FA Cup Final. Bob John also won FA Cup in 1929-30 and then three titles of First Division in 1930-31, 1932-33 and 1933-34. John Haverty is an Irish footballer who was the left winger. Liam Bardy is also an Irish footballer who played as a midfielder and famous for his technical skills. David O’Leary who was an Irish footballer spent majority of his career with Arsenal as a defender and holds the record of 722 appearances with the club. Anders Limpar is a Swedish footballer who played in 1994 FIFA World Cup. Patrick Vieira is a French midfielder who was the captain of Arsenal. Thierry Henry is a French player who holds the record of maximum number of goals in the history of Arsenal.

Some of the foreign players of Arsenal are:

1. Gavin Crawford
2. John Dick
3. Bob John
4. Joe Haverty
5. Liam Brady
6. David O’Leary
7. Frank Stapleton
8. Anders Limpar
9. Patrick Vieira
10. Thierry Henry

As the list shows a lot of foreign players have played from Arsenal football club.

Best Goalies and Defenders of Real Madrid-All time

One of the best goalies Real Madrid ever had is the present goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Iker Casillas is also the captain of Real Madrid team as well as for Spanish national team. He was the goalkeeper of the 2010 World Cup winning team. Real Madrid won the European Championship after 44 years under the captaincy of Iker Casillas. He also won the Golden Glove for the FIFA World Cup tournament of 2010 for the best goalkeeper. Jerzy Dudek plays for Real Madrid in La Liga and he is the second goalkeeper who capped for his country with 59 caps. Antonio Adan was the goalkeeper of first choice for the C side of Real Madrid. He played 36 games and saved 29 goals. Real Madrid has the best set of goalkeepers in hand and all of them are capable enough to carry their captaincies.

Best Goalies of Real Madrid are:

1. Iker Casillas
2. Jerzy Dudek
3. Antonio Adan
4. Bodo Illgner
5. Paco Buyo

Real Madrid became FIFA’s strong winning defense in FIFA 10. One of the best defenders playing for them is Sergio Ramos who has both speed and strength with the ability to attack the opponents. Sergio Ramos has a goal scoring ability unlike many defenders. Pepe is the next strong player after Ramos, who plays well in FIFA. Real Madrid defenders, mainly three of them are very strong defenders that made them to be known as FIFA defenders. You can choose from Albiol or Marcelo depending on their style of playing. Marcelo is an underrated player and he is one of the best young  football players of La Liga at present. Real Madrid defender Arbeloa began his career with youth team. Current team of Real Madrid boosts up the quality of the team. Real Madrid has defenders with most promising future.

Best defenders of Real Madrid are

1. Raul Albiol
2. Sergio Ramos
3. Marcelo Vieira
4. Pepe
5. Alvaro Arbeloa

Famous Football Player: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

Since beginning his career at the ripe old age of 13, Gianluigi Buffon has steadily climbed the ranks of the “who’s who” among great goalkeepers. From his professional career with the Italian club Juventus to being an integral part of the Italian National Team, Buffon has consistently come through for his teammates, saving goals and saving games, keeping their chances alive.

He has been called the “best Italian goalkeeper ever.” Some refer to him as the greatest goalie in the game today. Soccer super-great, Pele event stated that Gianluigi Buffon was one of the greatest living footballers in the world. As for Buffon, he prefers to make his statement on the field and in front of the goal.

Perhaps the highlight of Buffon’s career, to date, came during the 2006 FIFA World Cup when he allowed just two goals and managed to keep five sheets clean. This was in addition to managing an almost unbelievable 453 scoreless minutes of play. Buffon received the Yashon award for contributions in the series.

While the are almost too numerous to mention, some of Buffon’s more outstanding personal career accomplishments include:

• Best Goalkeeper (IFFHS) 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007
• European Silver Ball (Footballer of the Year) 2006
• Champion’s League MVP (2003)
• Goalkeeper of the Year (series A) 1999 through 2006 and 2008
• Team of The Year (UEFA) 2003, 2004 and 2006

Buffon’s career has not been a smooth one. He has had a few rocky moments, as do most professional players, due to injuries. Also, in 2006, he and a few of his fellow teammates were implicated a betting scheme. Eventually all of the players were cleared. Still, for a while his career with Juventus was on shaky ground, but after his 2006 World Cup performance, they elected to give him another shot. His current contract won’t expire until 2012.

FIFA World Cup 2010 (general info)

Yes, this is football time! Only 30 days to go! The greatest show on earth is knocking at the door. FIFA World Cup 2010 will be the 19th edition. This is the biggest football tournament in the world. And the venue of FIFA World cup 2010 is South Africa. The 11th June is the starting date of FIFA World Cup 2010. And this tournament will be held till the 11th of July.

This is the first time an African nation is arranging this tournament. Egypt, Morocco and South Africa were the bidders to arrange FIFA World Cup 2010. From among them, South Africa won the bid. The current champion of this tournament is Italy. As usual, 32 teams are playing this tournament. Here are given the groups and team name of FIFA World Cup 2010:

Group A:

South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and France

Group B:

Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic and Greece

Group C:

England, United States, Algeria and Slovenia

Group D:

Germany, Australia, Serbia and Ghana

Group E:

Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and Cameroon

Group F:

Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia

Group G:

Brazil, Korea DPR, Ivory Coast and Portugal

Group H:

Spain, Switzerland, Honduras and Chile

Spain football team has won FIFA Word Cup 2010 by beating Netherlands in the final.

Chile Football Team – Profile

Qualification in the 1998 world cup and bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympic seemed to mark the resurgence of the Chile Football team, but they proved it wrong and failed to qualify for the big tournaments in the recent times. To prove the circle of pass and fail, they again succeeded to mark their presence in 2010 world cup by ending at the second position after Brazil in South American countries. They ended up even before Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. In the 2002 Japan/Korea world cup they ended up at the rock bottom in 10 teams’ group and though improved in 2006 Germany world cup qualifier, it was not enough to get a birth.

In the 2010 world cup qualifiers, they beat Argentina in the second league and drawn their matches with big gun Uruguay. They were successful to beat Paraguay that also qualified for the tournament. The experience of coach Bielsa knew everything about FIFA world cup qualifying in Southern America after he helped Argentina to reach in 2006 world cup. He also helped the Chile the same way as the combination of his experience and young leadership of Humberto Suzao made the history after twelve years to enter into the 2010 world cup. They will surely fancy their chances to at least reach to the next level.

The Brazilian National Football Team

The Brazilians are the most successful international football team in the world. This claim is backed up by the fact that they have won the FIFA World Cup a record five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002), the Copa America, eight times and the Confederations Cup, three times. They are also the only international team that have play in all 18 of the World Cups that have been held. They have also qualified for the 2010 World Cup that is being held in South Africa and, as hosts, they automatically qualify for the 2014 World Cup.

Although current ranked 2nd in the world behind Spain, Brazil are still in most people minds the favourites to win the World Cup in 2010. With fantastic players like Julio Cesar (Internazionale), Lucio (Internazionale), Juan (Roma), Kaka (Real Madrid), Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos) and Robinho (Manchester City) it is very hard to argue that they are the favourites.

Other players that have to be considered are Adriano (Flamengo) and Hulk, the aptly named striker who currently plays for Porto. There is also Ronaldinho, one of the most gifted players of his generation. Although Ronaldinho is currently experiencing a dip in form, there is still plenty of time for him to find his form and force his way into the World Cup squad.

As with every World Cup, watch out for Brazil. As is commonly said about Brazil … “The English invented it, the Brazilian perfected it.”