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McAnuff has one cap for Jamaica, he made his debut on 18 May 2002 in the 'Unity Cup', an exhibition game against Nigeria at Loftus Road. He came on as a substitute in the 55th minute replacing Omar Daley. [12]

He retired from international football in 2005, aged 23.[13]

Scotti is an offensive player despite of his position, has a very good air game, cold temper and high concentration when defending, a great physical condition, and a good defensive quality in the challenges with other players among his virtues of footballer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Valencia

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Español: Pintura del futbolista ecuatoriano Luis Antonio Valencia
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Martin, hands on hips, after conceding in a 1–1 draw with Bury at Vale Park.

Nastasić showed many of his qualities - quality tackling, comfortability on the ball, tactical astuteness.

nice to see iain dowie keeping himself busy

Came is an indifferent golfer who once spent five minutes looking for his seven iron after it flew into the rough following his drive.

Nacer Chadli (born 2 August 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer of Moroccan ancestry who plays as a winger for Dutch club FC Twente. He will not be moving to everton for around 3.8 million pounds in january. Think you'll find he will be moving to Everton for about £5m.[1] If Kenwright can find it down the back of the sofa.
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Currently, Dedé is considered the best centre backs in activity in Brazil and one of the greats new players in Brazilian football, with great acclaim from critics and fans. With great performances and the big identification with the Vasco da Gama's fans, Dedé won the fans several nicknames: "O Mito" ("The Myth"), "Dedéckenbauer" and even "Dedélícia" ("Dedélicious", by female fans). Dedé has become one of the great idols of the Vasco da Gama in the 21st Century, turning up the campaign poster boy "Marco1924" (promotional clock that celebrates the victory of Vasco da Gama against racism in football), along with Fernando Prass.[1][2][3][4] On July 11, was elected by SBT and a popular vote as one of the 100 greatest Brazilians of all time.[5]

"Messi" redirects here. For Cameroonian football midfielder, see Georges Parfait Mbida Messi.

After leaving Canon, he played in Belgium with K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, but appeared very rarely for the Pro League outfit. After a few months in Qatar, Messi moved to another country, Portugal, signing for second division club S.C. Olhanense and appearing in an average of 12 games in his first two seasons.

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Jürgen Norbert "Kloppo" Klopp[1]

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His first goal for Cagliari was an example of things to come. On the trip to Catania on December 4, 2011, Victor received the ball on the byline near the edge of the penalty box, and uses his strength and power to cut inside past two defenders before dribbling the ball around the goalkeeper into an empty net. Victor is a god on fifa 13.

His nickname is "Buck Rodgers", after the Buck Rogers character with a similar name.[11][50][51]

Records
Club records

The Scottish Cup final win against Aberdeen in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 147,365 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a world record gate for a ....
First weekly club publication in the UK, The Celtic View
First European club to sign a player from the Indian sub-continent[135]

Former Celtic legend Bertie Auld described him as being the kind of player who 'puts bums in seats' and then has the technical ability to "lift bums off the seats once the game starts".[33]

his current key ability is putting his own bum on the treatment table

Sport Club Internacional

On 20 July 2011, following a disappointing spell at Manchester City, only scoring six goals in 41 appearances, Jô decided to return to Brazil and join Sport Club Internacional to try to revive his career.
Atlético Mineiro

In May 2012, Jô signed with fellow Brazilian side Atlético Mineiro.
Bobbins FC

In January 2013 Jo moved to his beloved Bobbins FC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Howarth
bit much for someone who only played 31 league games

outstanding

no less than 118 references went into that

still 80 short of sigmund freud but in terms of refs/years lived hes well in front

but less than Jung, Laing and Klein combined. Suck it, chumps.

Not to be confused with Neymar.

In November 1975 he flew out to Saudi Arabia for a trial at top-flight Al-Hilal, as manager George Smith, the man who had signed him at Stalybridge, offered him the chance to earn a tax-free contract in the oil-rich nation.[10] He impressed on the trial and was offered a contract, this made him the first European to play professionally in Saudi Arabia.[11] Club president Prince Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud bought O'Keefe a Pontiac Ventura,[12] before taking the young player on a luxurious tour of Europe, visiting five star hotels in London, Paris, Cannes, and Rome, before returning to Riyadh for the start of the new Saudi season of football.[12] However on the trip he asked an O'Keefe to give up his football career to become his lover, and was refused.[13]

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For the Welsh footballer see Jonathan Meades (footballer).

Holdsworth was involved in tabloid scandal in 1996 when he had a highly publicised extramarital affair with topless model Linsey Dawn McKenzie, who was then aged 17.[63] In December 1999 he was sentenced to 18 months probation for punching his wife Samantha Holdsworth.[64]

Holdsworth appeared in reality television series Deadline where ten celebrities had to produce their own weekly celebrity magazine. He was the sixth celebrity to be sacked by Janet Street-Porter. He also participated in the second series of Sky1 reality TV series Cirque de Celebrité. He was voted out by the judges in the first episode on 7 October 2007. Tamara (another contestant) joined him in the bottom two, but was voted to stay in the competition by the three judges. However, because of a technical fault with the voting, Dean was asked to re-join the show.

Holdsworth remarried Susanna Cobham and they live in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire. Holdsworth is also father to sons Bradly and Jordan.

Despite claiming to be "not into fishing",[45] Gylfi became the chairman of a fishing company in Flateyri called 'Lotna ehf' in 2011.[46]

In July 2010, Flamengo announced the club had suspended Bruno's contract as a result of the murder investigation and the club lawyer would no longer act in his defense.[12] In September 2010 according to news report Bruno have tried to commit suicide twice while in prison waiting for his trial to begin.[13]

His grandmother is Welsh, and was born in Wrexham.

Expectations were high before the 1969 season, but days before the opening of the season, Døssing decided to leave AaB. He moved back to birthtown Viborg to run his own gents’ outfitters business, a decision he never regretted.

Alan Kardec de Souza Pereira Junior, usually known as Alan Kardec (born January 12, 1989[2] in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil[3]), is a Brazilian football striker currently playing for Benfica of the Portuguese Liga. He is named after the systematizer of Spiritism, Allan Kardec.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Aitken_%28footballer_born_1978%29

In the summer, Goater was awarded the freedom of Bermuda, with 21 June declared as "Shaun Goater Day" on the island.

The club FC Winterslag was founded in 1923 and that gave it the matricule number 322. On its 35th anniversary the club added the Royal prefix Koninklijke to their name to become KFC Winterslag.

Leon Brittan
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Leon Britton
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Category:Footballers' wives and girlfriends
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The main article for this category is WAGs.

This is a category for WAGs. WAG stands for Wives And Girlfriends, and is a term typically associated with English football but has, since the term's first use in 2004, been extended to include some other sports and nationalities. If a WAG separates from her partner, she is still referred to as a WAG, and hence should remain in this category. Only those for whom the term is defining should be added here.

She pursued her childhood dream by representing Anambra in the pageant with 29 other girls.[4] Like Ann Suinner before her, Yobo's platform was Sickle Cell Awareness; she also used her reign as a platform to showcase Nigerian talent. Apart from winning five million naira, a Hyundai car, and endorsement deals, Awka-Etiti-native Yobo represented Nigeria at Miss World 2008 in South Africa.[5] She made the top twenty in Miss World Talent, and placed second in Miss World Sports.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Baresi

footballers with unaccountably short wikipedia articles

Sponsorship

In August 2012, Reus extended his contract with Puma[27] to wear their performance and lifestyle footwear and apparel on a long-term basis. Reus became an international communication asset for their power silo, as a supporting player to Cesc Fàbregas for Puma Power football products.

José Quitongo, the journeyman's journeyman

Years		Team			Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1994	Benfica			?	(?)
1992–1993	Estoril (loan)		?	(?)
1994–1995	Waterford United	?	(?)
1995		Köping			20	(1)
1995		Darlington		1	(0)
1995–1997	Hamilton Academical	62	(9)
1997–1999	Heart of Midlothian	30	(3)
2000		Hamilton Academical	15	(1)
2000–2002	St. Mirren		57	(7)
2002–2003	Kilmarnock		8	(0)
2003		Dibba Al-Hisn		?	(?)
2003–2004	Hamilton Academical	18	(5)
2004		Waterford United	17	(1)
2005–2006	Alloa Athletic		35	(5)
2006		Albion Rovers		1	(0)
2006		Partick Thistle		1	(0)
2006		Dumbarton		2	(1)
2006–2007	Pro Lissone		?	(?)
2007		Livingston		2	(0)
2007–2008	Stenhousemuir		10	(0)
2009–2010	Glenafton Athletic	?	(?)
2010		Pollok			?	(?)
2011		Lesmahagow		?	(?)

ailsa (ailsa) wrote this on thread Football: Who's your cult hero? on board I Love Everything on 11-May-2006

Jose Quitongo once had to go off the pitch during a match because he had to go and have a shite and it took him ages and everyone had to wait until he came back out before they could carry on with the match. His next match saw the opposition fans throwing toilet rolls at him.

Ha, I saw his name and that was the story that immediately sprang to mind even before I scrolled down and saw you'd quoted it :) I can't find any evidence on the internet to back this up, maybe I invented it? I'm convinced it was a St Mirren v Hearts game at Love Street.

yup! http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/hendrie-shocked-as-jose-takes-a-break-1.221717

Ah, I knew St Mirren were involved, but I thought it was when he was playing at Hearts. Top googling!

Contrary to popular belief, Roy has not been awarded a CBE - or indeed, any other British Empire medal - as of 18 April 2012.

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