Thursday, May 31, 2012

Euro 2012 Tallest and Shortest Players

The tallest and shortest Euro 2012 Players.

Conversion
190cm to 200cm  6ft 3in to 6ft 7in
164cm to 172cm  5ft 4in to 5ft 8in


Height cm - Player (Position)


Czech Republic
198 - Petr Cech (GK)
194 - Tomas Pekhart (FW)
192 - Roman Hubnik (DF)
192 - Jaroslav Drobny (GK)
191 - Jan Lastuvka (GK)
190 - Tomas Necid (FW)

171 - Vladimir Darida (MF)
169 - Vaclav Pilar (MF)

Greece
198 - Konstantinos Chalkias (GK)
193 - Georgios Samaras (FW)
192 - Stilianos Malezas (DF)

171 - Dimitrios Salpingidis (FW)
165 - Ioannis Fetfatzidis (MF)

Poland
196 - Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
196 - Grezegorz Sandomierski (GK)
195 - Przemyslaw Tyton (GK)
191 - Sebastain Boenisch (DF)

172 - Maciej Rybus (MF)
171 - Ludovic Obraniak (MF)

Russia
190 - Alexei Berezoutski (DF)

172 - Andrey Arshavin (MF/FW)
170 - Igor Semshov (MF)

Denmark
193 - Anders Lindegaard (GK)
190 - Simon Kjaer (DF)
190 - Nicklas Bendtner (FW)

170 - Michael Krohn-Dehli (MF)

Germany
198 - Per Mertesacker (DF)
193 - Manuel Neuer (GK)
193 - Tim Wiese (GK)
192 - Jerome Boateng (DF)
192 - Mats Hummels (DF)
190 - Holger Badstuber (DF)

170 - Philipp Lahm (DF)

Netherlands
197 - Maarten Stekelenburg (GK)

170 - Wesley Sneijder (MF)
170 - Jetro Willems (DF)

Portugal
191 - Hugo Almeida (FW)
190 - Rolando (DF)

172 - João Pereira (DF)
170 - João Moutinho (MF)

Croatia
195 - Josip Simunic (DF)
195 - Ivan Kelava (GK)
193 - Stipe Petikosa (GK)
193 - Vedran Corluka (DF)
192 - Danijel Subasic (GK)
191 - Gordon Schildenfeld (DF)

171 - Danijel Pranjic (DF/MF)

Ireland
191 - John O'Shea (DF)

Italy
192 - Salvatore Sirigu (GK)
191 - Gianluigi Buffon (GK)
190 - Leonardo Bonucci (DF)
190 - Morgan De Sanctis (GK)

170 - Antonio Di Natale (MF/FW)
167 - Emanuele Giaccherini (MF)
164 - Sebastian Giovinco (MF/FW)

Spain
195 - Fernando Llorente (FW)
192 - Gerard Pique (DF)
190 - Raul Albiol (DF)
190 - Javi Martinez (DF)

170 - Andres Iniesta (MF)
170 - Jesus Navas (MF)
170 - Juan Mata (MF)
170 - Jordi Alba (DF/MF)
170 - Xavi (MF)
169 - Pedro (MF)
168 - Santiago Cazorla (MF)

England
193 - Andy Carroll (FW)
192 - Jack Butland (GK)
191 - Joe Hart (GK)
190 - Joleon Lescott (DF)

170 - Leighton Baines (DF)
170 - Theo Walcott (MF)
170 - Jermain Defoe (FW)

France
192 - Oliver Giroud (FW)
190 - Alou Diarra (MF)
190 - Adil Rami (DF)

171 - Marvin Martin (MF)
170 - Franck Ribery (MF)
169 - Yann M'Vila (MF)
167 - Mathieu Valbuena (MF)

Sweden
199 - Andreas Isaksson (GK)
195 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (FW)
195 - Jonas Olsson (DF)
193 - Olof Mellberg (DF)
192 - Andreas Granqvist (DF)
190 - Ola Toivonen (FW)

170 - Martin Olsson (DF/MF)

Ukraine
197 - Yevhen Khacheridi (DF)
190 - Yevgen Selin (DF)
190 - Andriy Pyatov (GK)
190 - Artem Milevskiy (FW)


Tallest: 199 - Andreas Isaksson (GK: Sweden)
Shortest: 164 - Sebastian Giovinco (MF/FW: Italy)

Height stats from WhoScored.com

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

MLS $300,000 Players - 2012

Major League Soccer players whose guaranteed salary compensation for the 2012 MLS season is $300,000 or more.

DEFENDERS
$4,600,000 - Rafa Marquez (NY)
$390,000 - Richard Eckersley (TOR)
$350,000 - Jay Demerit (VAN)
$341,250 - Chad Marshall (CLB)
$326,667 - Marvell Wynne (COL)
$301,999 - Heath Pearce (NY)

MIDFIELDERS
$4,000,000 - David Beckham (LA)
$2,413,667 - Torsten Frings (TOR)
$1,910,746 - Julian de Guzman (TOR)
$705,000 - David Ferreira (DAL)
$663,191 - Dwayne DeRosario (DC)
$554,333 - Shalrie Joseph (NE)
$545,367 - Branko Boskovic (DC)
$519,000 - Freddy Adu (PHI)
$477,500 - Javier Morales (RSL)
$446,000 - Benny Feilhaber (NE)
$366,667 - Alvaro Fernandez (SEA)
$354,000 - Brek Shea (DAL)
$311,250 - Kyle Beckerman (RSL)
$308,063 - Brad Davis (HOU)
$300,000 - Davide Chiumiento (VAN)

FORWARDS
$5,600,000 - Thierry Henry (NY)
$3,417,243 - Robbie Keane (LA)
$2,400,000 - Landon Donovan (LA)
$1,563,323 - Danny Koevermans (TOR)
$1,515,000 - Kris Boyd (POR)
$790,000 - Eric Hassli (VAN)
$756,000 - Fredy Montero (SEA)
$600,000 - Juan Pablo Angel (CHV)
$487,460 - Hamdi Salihi (DC)
$405,625 - Alvaro Saborio (RSL)
$400,000 - Conor Casey (COL)
$356,250 - Danny Mwanga (PHI)
$309,250 - Blas Perez (DAL)
$300,000 - Chris Wondolowski (SJ)


The highest paid Goalkeepers are Michael Gspurning (SEA) and Donovan Ricketts (MTL) with a guaranteed compensation of $275,000 in 2012.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Oldest Euro 2012 Players

Players that are 33+ years old in the Euro 2012 provisional squads.

Croatia
GK - Stipe Pletikosa (33) - Rostov
DF - Josip Šimunić (34) - Dinamo Zagreb

Denmark
GK - Thomas Sørensen (35) - Stoke City
FW - Dennis Rommedahl (33) - Brøndby

England
MF - Frank Lampard (33) - Chelsea

Germany
FW - Miroslav Klose (33) - Lazio

Greece
GK - Kostas Chalkias (38) - PAOK
MF - Giorgos Karagounis (35) - Panathinaikos
FW - Nikos Lyberopoulos (36) - AEK Athens

Italy
GK - Morgan De Sanctis (35) - Napoli
GK - Gianluigi Buffon (34) - Juventus
MF - Andrea Pirlo (33) - Juventus
FW - Antonio Di Natale (34) - Udinese

Netherlands
DF - Wilfred Bouma (33) - PSV
MF - Mark van Bommel (35) - PSV

Republic of Ireland
GK - Shay Given (36) - Aston Villa
MF - Damien Duff (33) - Fulham

Russia
GK - Vyacheslav Malafeev (33) - Zenit Saint Petersburg
DF - Roman Sharonov (35) - Rubin Kazan
MF - Igor Semshov (34) - Dynamo Moscow
MF - Konstantin Zyryanov (34) - Zenit Saint Petersburg

Sweden
DF - Olof Mellberg (34) - Olympiacos
MF - Anders Svensson (35) - Elfsborg

Ukraine
GK - Oleksandr Horyainov (36) - Metalist Kharkiv
DF - Vyacheslav Shevchuk (33) - Skakhtar Donetsk
MF - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (33) - Bayern Munich
FW - Andriy Shevchenko (35) - Dynamo Kyiv

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Youngest Euro 2012 Players

Players that are 20 years old or younger in the Euro 2012 provisional squads.

Croatia
DF - Šime Vrsaljko (20) - Dinamo Zagreb

Denmark
MF - Christian Eriksen (20) - Ajax

England
DF - Phil Jones (20) - Manchester United
MF - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (18) - Arsenal

Germany
GK - Marc-André ter Stegen (20) - Borussia Mönchengladbach
MF - Mario Götze (20) - Borussia Dortmund

Greece
DF - Kyriakos Papadopoulos (20) - Schalke 04
MF - Kostas Fortounis (19) - Kaiserslautern

Italy
MF - Marco Verratti (19) - Pescara

Netherlands
DF - Jetro Willems (18) - PSV
MF - Adam Maher (18) - AZ

Poland
DF - Marcin Kamiński (20) - Lech Poznań
MF - Rafał Wolski (19) - Legia Warsaw

Portugal
FW - Nélson Oliveira (20) - Benfica

Russia
MF - Magomed Ozdoev (19) - Lokomotiv Moscow

Spain
MF - Isco (20) - Málaga

Ukraine
GK - Maksym Koval (19) - Dynamo Kyiv


PSV and Netherlands player Jetro Willems, born on 30 March 1994, is the youngest player called up to the preliminary Euro 2012 squads.


Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Top Brazilian Scorers in Europe - 2011-2012

Brazilian players with 10+ goals in a top division European league in 2011-2012.

Goals - Player - Club (Country)


27 - Wesley - Vaslui (Romania)
22 - Nathan Junior - Skonto (Latvia: 2011)
21 - Nenê - PSG (France)
20 - Lima - Sporting Braga (Portugal)

18 - Tarabai - Hibernians (Malta)
16 - Júnior Moraes - CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)
16 - Hulk - Porto (Portugal)
14 - Clayton Soares - 07 Vestur (Faroe Islands: 2011)
14 - Danilo - Honvéd (Hungary)
14 - Alex - Fenerbahçe (Turkey)

13 - Cesar Santin - FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
13 - Maicon - Volyn (Ukraine)
12 - Juninho - Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
12 - Andre Alves - Videoton (Hungary)
12 - Luiz Adriano - Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

11 - Bruno Furlan - Dinamo Minsk (Belarus: 2011)
11 - Gilberto Macena - Horsens (Denmark)
11 - Jorge Pereira - Qormi (Malta)
11 - Edgar Silva - Vitória Guimarães (Portugal)
11 - Cadu - Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)

10 - Tales Schütz - AZAL (Azerbaijan)
10 - Marcelo Nicácio - Lovech (Bulgaria)
10 - Lourival Assis - Chernomorets Burgas (Bulgaria)
10 - Chumbinho - Levadiakos (Greece)
10 - Claudemir - Nacional (Portugal)

10 - Bruno César - Benfica (Portugal)
10 - Marcos Tavares - Maribor (Slovenia)
10 - Diego Costa - Rayo Vallecano (Spain)
10 - Jonas - Valencia (Spain)
10 - Wanderson - GAIS (Sweden: 2011)

10 - Mert Nobre - Mersin İdmanyurdu (Turkey)
10 - Felipe Melo - Galatasaray (Turkey)
10 - Cleiton Xavier - Metalist (Ukraine)


Notes:
Only regular season league goals are included.

No Brazilian scored 10+ in the EPL, Bundesliga, or Serie A this season

Top Brazilian Scorers from England, Germany, and Italy
8 - Hernanes - Lazio (Italy)
7 - Roberto Firmino - Hoffenheim (Germany)
5 - Ramires - Chelsea (England)

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

EPL: Highest Club League Positions - 1992-2012

The best league position achieved by every EPL club that has finished in the top 10 in the Premier League era. 1992-2012.


1 - Arsenal
1 - Blackburn Rovers
1 - Chelsea
1 - Manchester City
1 - Manchester United

2 - Aston Villa
2 - Liverpool
2 - Newcastle United

3 - Leeds United
3 - Norwich City
3 - Nottingham Forest

4 - Everton
4 - Tottenham Hotspur

5 - Ipswich Town
5 - Queens Park Rangers
5 - West Ham United

6 - Bolton Wanderers
6 - Wimbledon

7 - Fulham
7 - Middlesbrough
7 - Sheffield Wednesday
7 - Sunderland

8 - Derby County
8 - Leicester City
8 - Portsmouth
8 - Reading
8 - Southampton

9 - Birmingham City

10 - Wigan Athletic

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

England 9th Division Club Logos

Club logos from 9th division teams in the English Football League system.
AFC Blackpool - Blackpool, North West Counties League

AFC Liverpool - Liverpool, North West Counties League

Ascot United - Ascot, Hellenic Football League

Bedlington Terriers - Bedlington, Northern League

Biggleswade United - Biggleswade, Spartan South Midlands

Coventry Sphinx - Coventry, Midland Football Alliance

Diss Town FC - Diss, Eastern Counties League

Ely City FC - Ely, Eastern Counties League

Fisher FC - Bermondsey, Kent League

Guildford City FC - Guildford, Combined Counties League

Hamworthy United FC - Hamworthy, Wessex League

Horsham YMCA FC - Horsham, Sussex County League

Jarrow Roofing FC - Boldon Colliery, Northern League

Kidlington FC - Kidlington, Hellenic Football League 
Kirkley & Pakefield FC - Kirkley, Eastern Counties League

Long Buckby AFC - Long Buckby, United Counties League

Retford United FC - Retford, Northern Counties East League

Stone Dominoes FC - Stone, North West Counties League

Walsham-le-Willows FC - Walsham-le-Willows, Eastern Counties League

Windsor FC - Windsor, Combined Counties League

Wivenhoe Town FC - Wivenhoe, Eastern Counties League

Dorking FC - Dorking, Combined Counties League

Monday, May 14, 2012

FIFA, ELO, and SPI World Rankings - May 2012

The top 20 nations in the FIFA, ELO, and SPI (ESPN) world rankings.

FIFA
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
3 - Uruguay
4 - Netherlands
5 - Portugal
6 - Brazil
7 - England
8 - Croatia
9 - Argentina
10 - Denmark
11 - Russia
12 - Italy
13 - Chile
14 - Greece
15 - Ivory Coast
16 - France
17 - Sweden
18 - Ireland
18 - Switzerland
20 - Mexico

29 - United States

ELO
1 - Spain
2 - Netherlands
3 - Brazil
4 - Germany
5 - Uruguay
6 - England
7 - Argentina
8 - Portugal
9 - Chile
10 - Sweden
11 - Croatia
11 - Italy
13 - Mexico
14 - France
15 - Ivory Coast
16 - Australia
17 - Russia
18 - Paraguay
19 - Denmark
20 - Ireland

29 - United States



SPI (ESPN)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
3 - Brazil
4 - Netherlands
5 - Portugal
6 - Uruguay
7 - England
8 - Argentina
9 - Mexico
10 - Ivory Coast
11 - Sweden
12 - Chile
13 - France
14 - Croatia
15 - Russia
16 - Italy
17 - Australia
18 - Ecuador
19 - Czech Republic
20 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

35 - United States


TOP 15 AVERAGE
1.00 - Spain
2.66 - Germany
3.33 - Netherlands
4.00 - Brazil
4.66 - Uruguay
6.00 - Portugal
6.66 - England
8.00 - Argentina
11.00 - Croatia
11.33 - Chile
12.66 - Sweden
13.33 - Mexico
14.00 - Ivory Coast
14.33 - France
14.33 - Russia

31.00 - United States



Thursday, May 10, 2012

20+ League Goals in Europe - 2011/2012


Players that have scored 20+ league goals in top division European leagues in 2011/2012.


50 - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

44 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

32 - Bas Dost (SC Heerenveen)
32 - Burak Yilmaz (Trabzonspor)
30 - Robin Van Persie (Arsenal)

29 - Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04)
28 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan)
26 - Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
26 - Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich)
25 - Luuk De Jong (FC Twente)
25 - Sanharib Malki (Roda JC)
25 - David Lafata (Jablonec [Czech Republic])

24 - Wesley (FC Vaslui [Romania])
24 - Gary McCutcheon (Ballymena United [Northern Ireland])
23 - Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
23 - Edinson Cavani (Napoli)
23 - Diego Milito (Inter Milan)
23 - Alexander Frei (FC Basel)
23 - Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow)

22 - Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
22 - Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid)
22 - Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)
22 - Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
22 - Jeremy Perbet (Mons [Belgium])
22 - Artjoms Rudnevs (Lech Poznan)
22 - Dare Vršič (Olimpija [Slovenia])
22 - Omar Er Rafik (Differdange 03 [Luxembourg])

21 - Olivier Giroud (Montpellier)
21 - Dries Mertens (PSV Eindhoven)
21 - Filip Ivanovski (Vardar [Macedonia])

20 - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
20 - Kevin Mirallas (Olympiakos)
20 - John Guidetti (Feyenoord)
20 - Admir Adrović (Budućnost [Montenegro])
20 - Gary Liggett (Lisburn Distillery [Northern Ireland])
20 - Matthew Tipton (Portadown [Northern Ireland])
20 - Sanel Ibrahimovic (RM Hamm Benfica [Luxembourg])

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Map: Nations Represented in MLS 2012

Birth nations of MLS players - 2012.
Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria
Bermuda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil
Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba
Denmark, DR Congo
Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia
Finland, France
Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala
Haiti, Honduras
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy
Jamaica, Japan
Kenya
Liberia
Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway
Panama, Peru, Poland
Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, St. Kitts & Nevis, Sweden Switzerland
Trinidad & Tobago
Uruguay, USA
Venezuela
Zambia, Zimbabwe

Monday, May 7, 2012

Chart: Manchester City EPL Points - 2002-2012

Manchester City's Premier League point totals in the last 10 EPL seasons.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Map: Bundesliga Top Scorer Birthplaces - 2011-2012

The birthplaces of German Bundesliga players that have scored 10+ goals in the 2011-2012 season.


View Bundesliga Top Scorer Player Birthplace Map in a larger map


27 - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04)
Drempt, Netherlands

26 - Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich)
Riedlingen, Germany

20 - Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
Warsaw, Poland

18 - Lukas Podolski (Köln)
Gliwice, Poland

17 - Martin Harnik (Stuttgart)
Hamburg, Germany

16 - Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen)
Callao, Peru

16 - Marco Reus (Borussia M'gladbach)
Dortmund, Germany

15 - Raúl (Schalke 04)
Madrid, Spain

13 - Vedad Ibišević (Stuttgart/Hoffenheim)
Vlasenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina

13 - Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund)
Hyogo, Japan

13 - Stefan Kießling (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lichtenfels, Germany

12 - Mario Mandžukić (Wolfsburg)
Slavonski Brod, Croatia

12 - Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Boulogne-sur_Mer, France

11 - Mohammed Abdellaoue (Hannover 96)
Løren, Norway

11 - Patrick Helmes (Wolfsburg)
Köln, Germany

11 - Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
Bedum, Netherlands

10 - Maxim Choupo-Moting (Mainz 05)
Hamburg, Germany

10 - Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen)
Malmö, Sweden

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

African Players with 10+ Goals in Europe - 2011-2012


African Players with 10+ league goals in top division European Leagues in the 2011-2012 season.

23 - Seydou Doumbia (Côte d'Ivoire: CSKA Moscow)

20 - Papiss Demba Cissé (Senegal: Freiburg/Newcastle United)

18 - Wilfred Balima (Burkina Faso: Sheriff Tiraspol)
18 - Obinna Obiefule (Nigeria: Mosta [Malta])

17 - Omar Er Rafik (Morocco: Differdange 03 [Luxembourg])
17 - Freddy (Angola: Omonia Nicosia)

16 - Yakubu (Nigeria: Blackburn Rovers)
16 - Demba Ba (Senegal: Newcastle United)
16 - Dame N'Doye (Senegal: FC Copenhagen)

15 - Arouna Koné (Côte d'Ivoire: Levante)
15 - Hervé Tum (Cameroon: Gençlerbirliği)
15 - Teteh Bangura* (Sierra Leone: AIK)
15 - Kim Ojo* (Nigeria: Brann)
15 - Demba Savage* (Gambia: Honka [Finland])

14 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon: Saint-Étienne)
14 - Lacina Traoré (Côte d'Ivoire: Kuban Krasnodar)
14 - Babatunde Wusu* (Nigeria: JJK [Finland])

13 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo: Tottenham Hotspur)
13 - Diomansy Kamara (Senegal: Eskişehirspor)
13 - Pierre Webó (Cameroon: Istanbul BB)
13 - Joseph Akpala (Nigeria: Club Brugge)
13 - Anthony Ujah (Nigeria: Lillestrøm)

12 - Wilfried Bony (Côte d'Ivoire: Vitesse)
12 - Ideye Brown (Nigeria: Dynamo Kiev)
12 - Rafik Djebbour (Algeria: Olympiacos)
12 - Papa Pate Diouf* (Senegal: Molde)

11 - Younes Belhanda (Morocco: Montpellier)
11 - Baba Diawara (Senegal: Maritimo/Sevilla)
11 - Michael Eneramo (Nigeria: Sivasspor)
11 - Isaac Promise (Nigeria: Manisaspor)
11 - Leonard Kweuke (Cameroon: Sparta Praha)
11 - Papa Niang* (Senegal: Jaro [Finland])

10 - Peter Odemwingie (Nigeria: West Bromwich Albion)
10 - Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon: Mainz 05)
10 - Dennis Oliech (Kenya: Auxerre)
10 - Lamine Diarra (Senegal: Partizan Belgrade)




* 2011 Season

Note:
These goal statistics only include Regular Season league goals.  Playoff or Championship Group goals are not included.