football players with unaccountably lengthy wikipedia articles

Good work with all the suicide stuff.

An England youth product, Cattermole has earned a reputation as a tough tackling midfielder due to his lengthy disciplinary record.

Obodo is regarded by many as one of the most skilful and talented midfielders to play for the Super Eagles since the 1994 era. Little wonder, a sports radio personality and media mogul – noted for nicknaming Nigerian footballers – describes him as bundle of skills, a phrase which later stuck and is now synonymous with Obodo's skilfulness.

Paços has a curious habit of playing Galician side Celta de Vigo every pre-season.

On 29 December 2012, Evans scored the first goal in the Tigers' 2–0 victory over Leeds, placing the ball into the bottom corner past Leeds goalkeeper Paddy Kenny. He then performed a celebratory belly-slide by the corner flag, as Ahmed Elmohamady mimed playing a musical instrument while sitting astride him, before a team pile-up ensued.[14]

If anything that's not lengthy enough. We should be told what the musical instrument is (I actually checked youtube and can confirm it's a guitar. Or possibly a ukulele)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dean_ashton.jpg

alas poor ankle-knack

Dean Ashton was at a wedding I attended a few weeks ago. We didn't interact but he was walking confidently which was nice to see.

Dobing's first season at Stoke he scored 19 goals as the club reached the final of the League Cup, but were beaten 4-3 on aggregate by Leicester City.[2] He suffered a broken leg against West Bromwich Albion in January 1965 ending his season. During his recovery he spent time fishing for trout in Market Drayton and was a keen clay pigeon shooter has was also a pipe smoker and became known as 'the pipe-smoking gentleman of English football'.[2]

Euro 2012[edit source | editbeta]
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Eriksen had a disappointing Euro 2012.[citation needed]

The duo went on to form a central midfield partnership which was one of the best in English club football. Their pairing helped yield several major trophies in the most successful era in Leeds' history. By strange coincidence, Giles and Bremner would both score exactly 115 goals for the club, casting doubt on the modern penchant for "holding" midfield players.

"Trezeguet" redirects here. For the Egyptian footballer who uses the name Trezeguet, see Mahmoud Hassan (footballer).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Resurrección and the second or maternal family name is Merodio.

Jorge Resurrección Merodio, aka Koke (born 8 January 1992 in Madrid), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid as a midfielder.

My People FC is a Nigerian football club based in Lagos. Founded by Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations, the team was established for the purpose of helping talented young footballers.

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

Notable sportspersons who claim to have been healed of sporting injuries at the SCOAN include South African rugby players Jaco van der Westhuizen[21] and Jaco du Preeze, and Nigerian footballer Joseph Yobo.[22]

Spiritual healing at The SCOAN has been mentioned by Time magazine.[23] Since June 2010, five "Wise Men" have joined in ministering to people at The SCOAN, purportedly able to prophesy, heal and deliver in the same vein as T. B. Joshua.[24] The church has branches in Ghana,[25][26][27] the United Kingdom,[28] South Africa,[29][self-published source] and Greece.[30]

Many have also claimed to be healed through ‘Anointing Water’ that has been prayed over by Joshua and given to those who are unable to physically attend his church in Lagos.[31][32][33]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.B._Joshua

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ethiopian_Coffee.gif

Personal life

Bates hit the tabloid headlines in September 2006 when private photographs of him were posted on the internet, one of which showed him wearing a pair of skimpy briefs, another kneeling in front of a mirror, naked apart from a pair of socks, with his penis semi-erect.

thought that would be ken for a second

In 2011, it was revealed by Brooks Peck on his blog[60] that Kalou owns a pet cat known as 'Katou'.

Pirès, the elder of two boys, spent most of his childhood dressed in two football shirts that reflected his divided loyalty.
Bobby Two Shirts

Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (born 8 September 1989) is an Icelandic footballer who played for Reading between 2005 and 2010 as a midfielder.

When referring to Makélélé, many fans and pundits alike use a role created down in Ancrum (Scottish Borders) in the 90s, and have dubbed the defensive midfield position as the "Runciman Role.", it is world renowned after young James Runciman made it his own while developing at Ancrum youths and furthermore Stow AFC.[1]

"Makelele" means "noises" in Lingala,[2]

Full name Paulo Dino Gazzaniga[1]
Date of birth 2 January 1992 (age 21)
Place of birth Murphy, Argentina

you've all been made redundant https://twitter.com/FootballerWikis

Full name Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Date of birth 22 November 1982 (age 30)[1]

unaccountably unlengthy age

Born: November 22, 1982 (age 30), Benin City, Nigeria
Weight: 83 kg

maybe that refers to his weight in november 1982

boom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Moukandjo#Background

Playing Style[edit]

Adnan is somewhat the Iraqi Ian Harte, a left-back with a ferocious set piece.

that is such manc humour

wrong Adnan

oh

Ali Adnan is often referred to as "The New Gareth Bale" or "Asia's Gareth Bale".[1]

def has the look of bantz abt it

he certainly qualifies under the original terms of this thread

Ali Adnan Kadhim regards his father as his idol and teacher in both life and sport, always emphasizing the importance of committing to training and respecting others, believing that football gives to those who give all. Throughout his career, his father has been by his side and is often seen at the Baghdad FC stadium watching his son from the sidelines. From a very young age, his father had drilled into his son, the need to strike the ball the hardest possible and attempt shots from outside the penalty, an attribute that his father and his uncle had been known for in their playing careers, and now a trait and legacy that Ali has continued.[2]

cuh as if i would have need for januzaj's wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Januzaj#International_career

is longer than the entire

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ShaqiriBay.jpg

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terry_Venables%27_Spitting_Image_puppet.jpg
A life like puppet of Terry Venables

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terry_Venables%27_Spitting_Image_puppet.jpg

superb

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Bryan Gunn

Bryan Gunn (born 1963) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. He spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, and feels that his career peaked with what he calls the save of his life in a 1993 UEFA Cup match against Bayern Munich; The Independent called the game the summit of the club's history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John-Joe_O%27Toole_1.jpg

File:John-Joe O'Toole 1.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John-Joe_O

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John-Joe_O'Toole_1.jpg

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Markel_susaeta.jpg

in which the underrated basque wingman is magically transported to what would appear to be a 1994 first division clash between sunderland and tranmere

that's a birthday card picture if ever there was one