football players with unaccountably lengthy wikipedia articles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Luis Suárez controversies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Personal life

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Queens Park Rangers

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

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

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

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finally

there's only three etc etc

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

bernard mendy regens both

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is this the shortest wiki entry for a footballer?

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

It's not even true.

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

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

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