World Cup Stars

  Full Name: Theofanis Gekas Date of Birth: 23rd May, 1980 Position: Forward Current Club: Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) International Appearances: 47 International Goals: 20 International Accolades: FIFA World Cup qualifying Top Goalscorer   Theofanis Gekas, while he may not have shone during his brief spell in England with Portsmouth, making just one appearance, the 39 [...]

  Full Name: Daniel Munthe Agger Date of Birth: 12th December, 1984 Position: Defender (Centre-Back) Current Club: Liverpool (England) 2009/2010 Apps-Goals: 36-1 International Appearances: 30 International Goals: 3   For a team like Denmark; only considered a possible dark horse and not a serious player in South Africa, some solid foundations are important if the [...]

  Full Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Date of Birth: 5th February, 1985 Position: Forward (Winger) Current Club: Real Madrid (Spain) 2009/2010 Apps/Goals: 35/33 International Appearances: 70 International Goals: 22 Personal Accolades: 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year, 2008 Ballon d’Or winner   Often dubbed as the ‘winker’ in the English press for [...]

  Full Name: Timothy Cahill Date of Birth: 6th December, 1979 Position: Midfielder (Attacking-Midfielder) Current Club: Everton (England) 2009-2010 Club Appearances/Goals: 43-10 International Caps: 37 International Goals: 19   Australia have enjoyed the services from some top-notch players in the past, Mark Viduka instantly springs to mind, but in South Africa the hopes of a [...]

  Full Name: Lionel Andrés  Messi Date of Birth: 24th June, 1987 Position: Forward Current Club: Barcelona (Spain) 2009/2010 Apps/Goals: 53-47 International Appearances: 44 International Goals: 13 International Accolades: 2008 Olympic Gold Medal Interesting Fact: Messi suffers from a ‘Growth Hormone Deficiency’.   Recruited into the Barcelona ranks at just 13 years-of-age from Newell’s Old [...]

  Full Name: Miroslav Klose Date of Birth: 9th June, 1978 Position: Striker Current Club: Bayern Munich (Germany) 2009/2010 Apps/Goals: 25-10 International Appearances: 94 International Goals: 48 International Accolades: 2006 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winner. 2002 FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe winner. Klose Article   By the time the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks [...]

  Full Name: Gianluigi Buffon Date of Birth: 28th January, 1978 Position: Goalkeeper Current Club: Juventus (Italy) 2009-2010 Appearances: 29 International Appearances: 100 International Accolades: 2006 FIFA World Cup   Rated by some as the best goalkeeper in the world, Gianluigi Buffon is one of a select few international number 1′s which needs not to [...]

Full Name: Didier Yves Drogba Tebily Date of Birth: 11th March, 1972 Position: Striker Current Club: Chelsea (England) 2009/2010 Apps/Goals: 32-29 International Appearances: 66 International Goals: 43 International Accolades: All-time leading goalscorer.   As the Ivory Coast get all excited about South Africa 2010 in just their second World Cup finals, Didier Drogba will look [...]