Friday, May 14, 2010

England Based Players on Preliminary World Cup Squads

100+ players that are with clubs based in England have been called up to their World Cup preliminary squads and that's not including the 30 players from the England squad itself. Here is the preliminary list of England based players as it stands before the squads are cut down to 23 on June 1st.

Australia (11)

Shane Lowry (Aston Villa)
Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)
Vince Grella (Blackburn Rovers)
Nick Carle (Crystal Palace)
Tim Cahill (Everton)
Mark Schwarzer (Fulham)
Richard Garcia (Hull City)
Brad Jones (Middlesbrough)
Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough)
Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough)
Adam Federici (Reading)

Nigeria (8)

Danny Shittu (Bolton Wanderers)
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
Joseph Yobo (Everton)
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton)
Victor Anichebe (Everton)
Dickson Etuhu (Fulham)
John Utaka (Portsmouth)
Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth)

France (7)

Gaël Clichy (Arsenal)
William Gallas (Arsenal)
Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
Abou Diaby (Arsenal)
Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
Patrice Evra (Manchester United)

United States (7)

Brad Guzan (Aston Villa)
Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers)
Tim Howard (Everton)
Clint Dempsey (Fulham)
Jay DeMerit (Watford)
Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Côte d'Ivoire (6)

Emmanuel Eboué (Arsenal)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Salomon Kalou (Chelsea)
Kolo Touré (Manchester City)
Abdoulaye Méïté (West Bromwich Albion)
Steve Gohouri (Wigan Athletic)

Serbia (6)

Branislav Ivanović (Chelsea)
Nemanja Matić (Chelsea)
Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United)
Zoran Tošić (Manchester United)
Vladimir Stojković (Wigan Athletic)
Nenad Milijaš (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Argentina (5)

Javier Mascherano (Liverpool)
Maxi Rodriguez (Liverpool)
Carlos Tévez (Manchester City)
Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United)
Jonás Gutiérrez (Newcastle United)

Ghana (5)

Michael Essien (Chelsea)
John Paintsil (Fulham)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Portsmouth)
John Mensah (Sunderland)
Richard Kingson (Wigan Athletic)

Netherlands (5)

Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
John Heitinga (Everton)
Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
Ryan Babel (Liverpool)
Nigel de Jong (Manchester City)

New Zealand (5)

Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn Rovers)
Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town)
Chris Killen (Middlesbrough)
Rory Fallon (Plymouth Argyle)
Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion)

Slovakia (5)

Miroslav Stoch (Chelsea)
Ľubomír Michalík (Leeds United)
Martin Škrtel (Liverpool)
Vladimir Weiss (Manchester City)
Marek Čech (West Bromwich Albion)

Denmark (4)

Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal)
Lar Jacobsen (Blackburn Rovers)
Daniel Agger (Liverpool)
Thomas Sørensen (Stoke City)

Portugal (4)

Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
Deco (Chelsea)
Nani (Manchester United)

South Africa (4)

Steven Pienaar (Everton)
Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham)
Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth)
Benni McCarthy (West Ham United)

Algeria (3)

Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth)
Hassan Yebda (Portsmouth)
Adlène Guedioura (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Cameroon (3)

Alexandre Song (Arsenal)
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham Hotspur)
Sébastien Bassong (Tottenham Hotspur)

Honduras (3)

Wilson Palacios (Tottenham Hotspur)
Maynor Figueroa (Wigan Athletic)
Hendry Thomas (Wigan Athletic)

Mexico (3)

Carlos Vela (Arsenal)
Javier Hernandez (Manchester United)
Guillermo Franco (West Ham United)

Spain (3)

Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Pepe Reina (Liverpool)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

Brazil (2)

Alex (Chelsea)
Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur)

Paraguay (2)

Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City)
Paulo da Silva (Sunderland)

South Korea (2)

Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton Wanderers)
Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United)

Switzerland (2)

Philippe Senderos (Everton)
Valon Behrami (West Ham United)

Chile (1)

Gonzalo Jara (West Bromwich Albion)

Germany (1)

Michael Ballack (Chelsea)

Greece (1)

Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Liverpool)

Slovenia (1)

Robert Koren (West Bromwich Albion)

No England based Players:
Japan
Uruguay
Italy
North Korea

3 comments:

  1. Great work - I had been looking for a list like this. One more Australian though (one of the best, too): Mark Schwarzer (Fulham)

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  2. Thanks,

    Weird. Schwarzer was on my initial rough draft list but I think he disappeared when I was doing some copy/paste organizing to put the clubs in A-Z order.

    Thanks for letting me know, he's up there now

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  3. Aruna Dindane! Portsmouth - Ivory Coast...

    (He's not owned by Portsmouth but he is England based until he moves on...)

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