Friday, January 18, 2013

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - January 2013


Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the January 2013 FIFA Rankings.

Best FIFA Ranking
12 - Ecuador
38 - Haiti

Worst FIFA Ranking
165 - Yemen
201 - Somalia
203 - Djibouti

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Players from Top 5 European Leagues at AFCON 2013

Players from the top division leagues in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain playing for their country at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.


England

Congo DR
Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion)

Côte d'Ivoire
Arouna Koné (Wigan Athletic)
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United)
Gervinho (Arsenal)
Abdul Razak (Manchester City)
Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
Kolo Touré (Manchester City)

Mali
Samba Diakité (Queens Park Rangers)
Modibo Maïga (West Ham United)

Morocco
Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa)
Oussama Assaidi (Liverpool)

Nigeria
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
Victor Moses (Chelsea)

Togo
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur)

Zambia
Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton)

France

Algeria
Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio)
Ryad Boudebouz (Souchaux)
Carl Medjani (Ajaccio)
Foued Kadir (Marseille)
Faouzi Ghoulam (Saint-Etienne)

Burkina Faso
Germain Sanou (Saint-Etienne)
Bakary Koné (Lyon)
Charles Kaboré (Marseille)
Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes)
Djakaridja Koné (Evian)
Alain Traoré (Lorient)

Cape Verde Islands
Ryan Mendes (Lille)

Congo DR
Cédric Mongongu (Evian)

Côte d'Ivoire
Ismaël Traoré (Brest)
Salomon Kalou (Lille)
Max Gradel (Saint-Etienne)
Siaka Tiéné (PSG)

Ghana
Jonathan Mensah (Evian)
Mohammed Rabiu (Evian)
John Boye (Rennes)

Mali
Fousseni Diawara (Ajaccio)
Sigamary Diarra (Ajaccio)
Mohmaed Sissoko (PSG)
Mohamed Kalilou Traoré (Sochaux)
Sambou Yatabaré (Bastia)
Cheick Fantamady Diarra (Rennes)
Cheick Diabaté (Bordeaux)

Morocco
Ahmed Kantari (Stade Brest)
Khamel Chafni (Stade Brest)
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier)
Younes Belhanda (Montpellier)
Chahir Belhazouani (Ajaccio)

Togo
Floyd Ayité (Reims)
Kossi Agassa (Reims)
Jonathan Ayité (Brest)
Prince Segbefia (Auxerre)
Alaixys Romao (Lorient)
Kalen Damessi (Lille)

Tunisia
Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse)
Wahbi Khazri (Bastia)
Zouheir Dhaouadi (Evian)
Saber Khelifa (Evian)


Germany

Burkina Faso
Aristide Bancé (Augsburg)

Congo DR
Cédric Makiadi (Freiburg)

Côte d'Ivoire
Arthur Boka (VfB Stuttgart)
Didier Ya Konan (Hannover 96)


Italy

Algeria
Djamel Mesbah (AC Milan)

Ghana
Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus)
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese)

Morocco
Mehdi Benatia (Udinese)
Mounir El Hamdaoui (Fiorentina)

Nigeria
Ogenyi Onazi (Lazio)


Spain

Algeria
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (Real Sociedad)
Mehdi Lacen (Getafe)
Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)

Angola
Manucho Gonçalves (Real Valladolid)

Ghana
Anthony Annan (Osasuna)
Wakaso Mubarek (Espanyol)

Morocco
Abdelaziz Barrada (Getafe)

Nigeria
Nosa Igiebor (Real Betis)
Ikechuwu Uche (Villarreal)
Youssef El-Arabi (Granada)


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

32+ Year Old Players at AFCON 2013


36
Muteba Kidiaba (Congo DR: TP Mazembe)

35
Joseph Musonda (Zambia: Golden Arrows)

34

Asrat Megersa (Ethiopia: EEPCO)
Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire: Shanghai Shenhua)
Kossia Agassa (Togo: Reims)

Nando (Cape Verde Islands: Châteauroux)
Ronny (Cape Verde Islands: Fola Esch)

33

Abdoulaye Soulama (Burkina Faso: Asante Kotoko)
Boubacar Barry (Côte d'Ivoire: Lokoren)
Idrissa Laouali (Niger: ASFAN)
Seydou Keita (Mali: Dalian Aernin)


32
Adama Coulibaly (Mali: Auxerre)

Alhassane Issoufou (Niger: Widad Fez)

Ali Rial (Algeria: JS Kabylie)
Daré Nibombé (Togo: Boussu Dour)

Didier Zokora (Côte d'Ivoire: Trabzonspor)

Fousseni Diawara (Mali: Ajaccio)

James Chamanga (Zambia: Lioaning Whowin)
Joseph Yobo (Nigeria: Fenerbahçe)

Lomana LuaLua (Congo DR: Karabükspor)
Moumouni Dagano (Burkina Faso: Al-Sailiya)

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Teenage Players at AFCON 2013


19 Years Old
Alula Girma (Ethiopia: Saint George)
Amadou Moutari (Niger: Le Mans B)
Emmanuel Mbola (Zambia: Porto)
Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria: ADO Den Haag)
Mukuka Mulenga (Zambia: Power Dynamos)
Neblú (Angola: 1º de Agosto)
Pecks (Cape Verde Islands: Gil Vicente)
Pirolito (Angola: InterClube)
Richmond Boakye (Ghana: Sassuolo)
Salif Coulibaly (Mali: Djoliba)

18 Years Old
Aly Yirango (Mali: Djoliba)
Budge Manzia (Congo DR: Shark XI)
Chancel Mbemba Mangulu (Congo DR: Anderlecht)
Mèmè Placca Fessou (Togo: OC Agaza)

Monday, January 14, 2013

Asian-based players at AFCON 2013

Players at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations that play for clubs in Asian leagues.


China
Seydou Keita (Mali: Dalian Aernin)
Isaac Chansa (Zambia: Henan Jianye)
Christopher Katongo (Zambia: Henan Jianye)
James Chamanga (Zambia: Lioaning Whowin)
Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire: Shanghai Shenhua)

Japan
Wilfried Sanou (Burkina Faso: Kyoto Sanga)

Kuwait
Ismaël Alassane (Niger: Al Sahel)
Chadi Hammami (Tunisia: Kuwait SC)
Issam Jemâa (Tunisia: Kuwait SC)

Qatar
Idrissa Coulibaly (Mali: Lekhwiya)
Dioko Kaluyituka (Congo DR: Al Kharaitiyat)
Moumouni Dagano (Burkina Faso: Al-Sailiya)
Youssef Msakni (Tunisia: Lekhwiya)

Saudi Arabia
Adil Hermach (Morocco: Al Hilal)
Yves Diba Ilunga (Congo DR: Al-Raed)

UAE
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana: Al-Ain)
Pan Pierre Koulibaly (Burkina Faso: Al-Dhaid)
Hugues-Wilfried Dah (Burkina Faso: Al-Dhaid)

Vietnam
Vincent Bossou (Togo: Becamex Binh Duong)