Thursday, June 3, 2010

Number 9's and 10's at World Cup 2010

Many of the most important players in World Cup history wore the #9 or #10 shirts which are generally reserved for important goal scorers and playmakers. Here is the list of impressive players who will wear #9 and #10 shirts at the 2010 World Cup.

#9's

Katlego Mphela (South Africa; Mamelodi Sundowns)
Guillermo Franco (Mexico; West Ham United)
Luis Suárez (Uruguay; Ajax)
Djibril Cissé (France; Panathinaikos)

Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina; Real Madrid)
Obafemi Martins (Nigeria; Wolfsburg)
Ahn Jung-Hwan (South Korea; Dalian Shide)
Angelos Charisteas (Greece; Nuremburg)

Peter Crouch (England; Tottenham Hotspur)
Herculez Gomez (USA; Pachuca)
Abdelkader Ghezzal (Algeria; Siena)
Zlatan Ljubijankič (Slovenia; Gent)

Stefan Kießling (Germany; Bayer Leverkusen)
Joshua Kennedy (Australia; Nagoya Grampus)
Marko Pantelić (Serbia; Ajax)
Derek Boateng (Ghana; Getafe)

Robin van Persie (Netherlands; Arsenal)
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark; Feyenoord)
Shinji Okazaki (Japan; Shimizu S-Pulse)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon; Inter Milan)

Vincenzo Iaquinta (Italy; Juventus)
Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay; Manchester City)
Shane Smeltz (New Zealand; Gold Coast United)
Stanislav Šesták (Slovakia; Bochum)

Luís Fabiano (Brazil; Sevilla)
Ri Chol-Myong (North Korea; Pyongyang City)
Cheick Tioté (Cote d'Ivoire; Twente)
Liédson (Portugal; Sporting CP)

Fernando Torres (Spain; Liverpool)
Alexander Frei (Switzerland; Basel)
Carlos Pavón (Honduras; Real España)
Humberto Suazo (Chile; Real Zaragoza)

#10's

Steven Pienaar (South Africa; Everton)
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico; Veracruz)
Diego Forlán (Uruguay; Atletico Madrid)
Sidney Govou (France; Lyon)

Lionel Messi (Argentina; Barcelona)
John Obi Mikel (Nigeria; Chelsea)
Park Chu-Young (South Korea; Monaco)
Giorgos Karagounis (Greece; Panathinaikos)

Wayne Rooney (England; Manchester United)
Landon Donovan (USA; LA Galaxy)
Rafik Saïfi (Algeria; Istres)
Valter Birsa (Slovenia; Auxerre)

Lukas Podolski (Germany; Köln)
Harry Kewell (Australia; Galatasaray)
Dejan Stanković (Serbia; Inter Milan)
Stephen Appiah (Ghana; Bologna)

Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands; Inter Milan)
Martin Jørgensen (Denmark; AGF)
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan; Yokohama F. Marinos)
Achille Emana (Cameroon; Real Betis)

Antonio Di Natale (Italy; Udinese)
Édgar Benítez (Paraguay; Pachuca)
Chris Killen (New Zealand; Middlesbrough)
Marek Sapara (Slovakia; Ankaragücü

Kaká (Brazil; Real Madrid)
Hong Yong-Jo (Korea DPR; Rostov)
Gervinho (Cote d'Ivoire; Lille)
Danny (Portugal; Zenit St. Petersburg)

Cesc Fàbregas (Spain; Arsenal)
Blaise Nkufo (Switzerland; Twente)
Julio César de León (Honduras; Torino)
Jorge Valdivia (Chile; Al-Ain)

1 comment:

  1. Steve,

    Any chance you are going 7 days a week during the world cup? I'd be more than willing to lend a hand with any research or to shoot a couple of ideas your way.

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