Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Teenage Goalscorers in Top European Leagues - 2013/2014

Teens that have scored a goal in the top European Leagues this season (2013/2014)

England
18 - Serge Gnabry (Arsenal)
18 - Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United)
19 - Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
19 - Nathan Redmond (Norwich City)
19 - Gerard Deulofeu (Everton)

France
18 - Anthony Martial (AS Monaco)
18 - Divock Origi (Lille OSC)
18 - Adrien Rabiot (PSG)
18 - Aboubacar Dembe Camara (AC Ajaccio)
19 - M'Baye Niang (Montpellier HSC)
19 - Benjamin Mendy (Olympique Marseille)
19 - Tiemoue Bakayoko (Stade Rennes)
19 - Yassine Benzia (Olympique Lyonnais)
19 - Marquinhos (PSG)
19 - Lucas Ocampos (AS Monaco)

Germany
17 - Timo Werner (VfB Stuttgart)
18 - Max Meyer (Schalke 04)
18 - Niklas Sule (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
18 - Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04)
19 - Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg)
19 - Arkadiusz Milik (Augsburg FC)
19 - Emre Can (Bayer Leverkusen)
19 - Hakan Calhanoglu (Hamburger SV)

Italy
18 - Keita Baldé Diao (Lazio)
18 - Bryan Christante (AC Milan)
19 - Bruno Fernandes (Udinese)
19 - Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)

Spain
17 - Santi Mina (Celta Vigo)
18 - Oliver (Atletic Madrid)
19 - Saul Niquez (Rayo Vallecano)
19 - Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)




Monday, January 6, 2014

EPL - 5, 10, and 20 Year League Tables

The top 10 English Premier League teams by point total in the last 5, 10, and 20 year periods.


EPL Last 5 Year Table

Pts - Team
377 - Manchester United
349 - Manchester City
339 - Chelsea
331 - Arsenal
310 - Tottenham Hotspur
273 - Liverpool
272 - Everton
214 - Aston Villa
209 - Fulham
202 - Stoke City


EPL Last 10 Year Table

Pts - Team
803 - Manchester United
776 - Chelsea
704 - Arsenal
643 - Liverpool
591 - Manchester City
584 - Tottenham Hotspur
569 - Everton
475 - Aston Villa
429 - Fulham
407 - Newcastle United


EPL Last 20 Year Table (since 1992)

Pts - Team
1786 - Manchester United
1567 - Arsenal
1520 - Chelsea
1434 - Liverpool
1195 - Tottenham Hotspur
1153 - Aston Villa
1135 - Everton
1091 - Newcastle United
970 - Blackburn Rovers
906 - Manchester City



Point totals include latest games.
Stats compiled from statto.com

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

FIFA Rankings: Top 5 by Language Spoken (Nov 2013)

ARABIC
26 - Algeria
38 - Egypt
49 - Tunisia
62 - Israel
63 - Libya

DUTCH
9 - Netherlands
11 - Belgium
139 - Suriname
173 - Aruba
175 - Curaçao

ENGLISH
13 - England
14 - USA
24 - Ghana
33 - Scotland
36 - Nigeria

FRENCH
8 - Switzerland
11 - Belgium
17 - Cote d'Ivoire
19 - France
42 - Mali

GERMAN
2 - Germany
8 - Switzerland
11 - Belgium
46 - Austria
124 - Luxembourg

PORTUGUESE
5 - Portugal
10 - Brazil
39 - Cape Verde Islands
89 - Angola
111 - Equatorial Guinea

RUSSIAN
22 - Russia
82 - Belarus
116 - Tajikistan
132 - Kazakhstan
146 - Kyrgyzstan

SPANISH
1 - Spain
3 - Argentina
4 - Colombia
6 - Uruguay
15 - Chile


Notes:

Official and Co-Official Languages

Some nations have multiple Official languages (eg Switzerland, Belgium) and appear in the list more than once.

List made using the November, 2013 FIFA Rankings

Some of the most widely spoken languages (eg Mandarin, Hindustani, Bengali, Punjabi, Javanese, Japanese, Korean, etc) were not in the list because they would include less than 5 FIFA nations.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

World Cup Teams - 2010 vs 2014

Qualified for 2010 and 2014:
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Cameroon
Chile
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Honduras
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Nigeria
Portugal
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
United States
Uruguay

Qualified for 2014:
Belgium (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (First Qualification)
Colombia (1998)
Costa Rica (2006)
Croatia (2006)
Ecuador (2006)
Iran (2006)
Russia (2002)

Qualified for 2010:
Denmark
New Zealand
North Korea
Paraguay
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa

World Cup 2014 Elimination Timeline

A timeline of the nations that have been eliminated from the 2014 World Cup starting with Timor-Leste, who were the first nation knocked out in July 2011.
  1. Timor-Leste
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. Mongolia
  4. Chinese Taipei
  5. Macau
  6. Cambodia
  7. Afghanistan
  8. Pakistan
  9. Turks and Caicos
  10. British Virgin Islands
  11. Anguilla
  12. Aruba
  13. Montserrat
  14. Nepal
  15. Laos
  16. Philippines
  17. Kyrgyzstan
  18. Hong Kong
  19. Bangladesh
  20. Turkmenistan
  21. Vietnam
  22. Malaysia
  23. India
  24. Palestine
  25. Maldives
  26. Yemen
  27. Myanmar
  28. Syria
  29. Bahamas 
  30. US Virgin Islands
  31. Barbados
  32. St. Lucia
  33. Curaçao
  34. Cayman Islands
  35. Dominican Republic
  36. Bermuda
  37. Puerto Rico
  38. Dominica
  39. Nicaragua
  40. Belize
  41. Grenada
  42. Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
  43. Tajikistan
  44. North Korea
  45. UAE
  46. Singapore
  47. Indonesia
  48. Haiti
  49. Suriname
  50. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  51. Trinidad & Tobago
  52. Burundi
  53. Madagascar
  54. Chad
  55. Seychelles
  56. Eritrea
  57. São Tomé and Príncipe
  58. Swaziland
  59. Guinea-Bissau
  60. China
  61. Comoros
  62. Djibouti
  63. Somalia
  64. Cook Islands
  65. Tonga
  66. American Samoa
  67. Thailand
  68. Saudi Arabia
  69. Kuwait
  70. Bahrain
  71. Papua New Guinea
  72. Samoa
  73. Vanuatu
  74. Fiji
  75. Cuba
  76. Antigua and Barbuda
  77. Guyana
  78. Tahiti
  79. Solomon Islands
  80. Canada
  81. Guatemala
  82. El Salvador
  83. New Caledonia
  84. Scotland
  85. Lebanon
  86. Kenya
  87. Sudan
  88. San Marino
  89. Lesotho
  90. Central African Republic
  91. Gambia
  92. Zimbabwe
  93. Mozambique
  94. Niger
  95. Rwanda
  96. Iraq
  97. Qatar
  98. Faroe Islands
  99. Namibia
  100. Togo
  101. Angola
  102. Sierra Leone
  103. Tanzania
  104. Morocco
  105. Guinea
  106. Benin
  107. DR Congo
  108. Liberia
  109. Equatorial Guinea
  110. Mali
  111. Oman
  112. Luxembourg
  113. Azerbaijan
  114. Zambia
  115. Wales
  116. Andorra
  117. Moldova
  118. Belarus
  119. Lithuania
  120. Liechtenstein
  121. Kazakhstan
  122. Macedonia
  123. Serbia
  124. Bolivia
  125. Botswana
  126. South Africa
  127. Malawi
  128. Gabon
  129. Congo
  130. Cape Verde Islands
  131. Uganda
  132. Libya
  133. Northern Ireland
  134. Uzbekistan
  135. Georgia
  136. Malta
  137. Cyprus
  138. Estonia
  139. Latvia
  140. Slovakia
  141. Finland
  142. Paraguay
  143. Peru
  144. Poland
  145. Albania
  146. Norway
  147. Austria
  148. Ireland
  149. Czech Republic
  150. Israel
  151. Venezuela
  152. Jamaica
  153. Bulgaria
  154. Denmark
  155. Hungary
  156. Turkey
  157. Slovenia
  158. Armenia
  159. Montenegro
  160. Panama
  161. Ethiopia
  162. Senegal
  163. Tunisia
  164. Egypt
  165. Burkina Faso
  166. Romania
  167. Iceland
  168. Sweden
  169. Ukraine
  170. New Zealand



*Bhutan, Guam, Brunei Darussalam, and Mauritania did not attempt to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.  Mauritius entered qualification but were forced to withdraw before ever playing a game so they were not included in this list.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

World Cup Qualifying Inter-Confederation Playoffs

Aggregate scores of World Cup Inter-Confederation Playoff games since 1986.


2014

AFC 5th Place Play-off Winner v CONMEBOL 5th Place
Jordan v Uruguay (TBD)

CONCACAF 4th Place v OFC Winner
Mexico v New Zealand (TBD)



2010

AFC 5th place v OFC winner
New Zealand 1-0 Bahrain

CONCACAF 4th Place v CONMEBOL 5th Place
Uruguay 2-1 Costa Rica



2006

CONCACAF 4th Place v AFC 4th Round Winner
Trinidad and Tobago 2-1 Bahrain

CONMEBOL 5th Place vs OFC 3rd Round Winner
Australia 1-1 (4-2P) Uruguay



2002

CONMEBOL 5th Place vs OFC winner
Uruguay 3-1 Australia

AFC Play-off Winner v UEFA vs UEFA Group 2 Runner-up
Republic of Ireland 2-1 Iran



1998

AFC Play-off Loser v OFC Winner
Iran 3-3 Australia (Iran progessed on away goals)



1994

CONCACAF runner-up v OFC Winner
Australia 3-3 (4-1P) Canada

CONMEBOL Group 1 Runner-up v OFC Winner
Argentina 2-1 Australia



1990

CONMEBOL 3rd Place v OFC Winner
Colombia 1-0 Israel



1986

UEFA Group 7 Runner-up v OFC Winner
Scotland 2-0 Australia

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Most Improved FIFA Rankings - Oct 2012 to Oct 2013

Current Top 100 teams that have improved 15 or more FIFA ranking positions in the past year (October 2012 to October 2013)

72 - Cuba (146 to 74)
51 - Iceland (97 to 46)
49 - Moldova (145 to 96)
44 - United Arab Emirates (116 to 72)
42 - Costa Rica (73 to 31)

39 - Burkina Faso (91 to 52)
32 - Honduras (66 to 34)
30 - Nigeria (63 to 33)
27 - Northern Ireland (117 to 90)
26 - Albania (84 to 58)

26 - Armenia (64 to 38)
25 - Belgium (30 to 5)
25 - Finland (88 to 63)
24 - Dominican Republic (102 to 78)
23 - Azerbaijan (111 to 88)

23 - Botswana (121 to 98)
23 - Ethiopia (118 to 95)
22 - Ukraine (42 to 20)
21 - Scotland (56 to 35)
19 - USA (32 to 13)

18 - Macedonia (104 to 86)
18 - Togo (93 to 75)
17 - Romania (46 to 29)
16 - Israel (82 to 66)
16 - Congo DR (103 to 87)
15 - Uzbekistan (70 to 55)

Thursday, October 17, 2013

FIFA Best/Worst Ranking - October 2013

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

Best Ranking
1 - Spain
5 - Belgium
38 - Armenia
78 - Dominican Republic
88 - Azerbaijan
137 - Philippines
171 - Guam

Worst Ranking
60 - Republic of Ireland
111 - Canada
177 - Yemen
204 - Macau

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - October 2013

Comparing FIFA Confederations using the average FIFA ranking of the top 5 teams from each region.

Top 5 Avg. - Confederation (+/- September)

4.6 - Europe (+/-0.0)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
5 - Belgium
7 - Switzerland
8 - Netherlands

7.2 - South America (+0.4)
3 - Argentina
4 - Colombia
6 - uruguay
11 - Brazil
12 - Chile

27.6 - CONCACAF (+0.8)
13 - USA
24 - Mexico
31 - Costa Rica
34 - Honduras
36 - Panama

29.2 - Africa (-0.2)
17 - Cote d'Ivoire
23 - Ghana
32 - Algeria
33 - Nigeria
41 - Mali

52.2 - Asia (-0.6)
44 - Japan
49 - Iran
55 - Uzbekistan
56 - South Korea
57 - Australia

139.6 - Oceania (-8.8)
79 - New Zealand
126 - New Caledonia
144 - Tahiti
171 - Solomon Islands
178 - Samoa

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Brazilians in European Leagues 2013/2014

The number of Brazilian players in every top division European league.

113 - Portugal
47 - Italy
38 - Ukraine
35 - Cyprus

29 - Malta
25 - Romania
24 - Azerbaijan
23 - Russia
20 - France

19 - Bulgaria
19 - Greece
18 - Spain
17 - Turkey
16 - Germany

14 - England
13 - Israel
13 - Moldova
13 - Sweden
11 - Hungary

9 - Belgium
9 - Luxembourg
9 - Poland
8 - Finland
7 - Slovakia
5 - Slovenia

4 - Albania
4 - Austria
4 - Netherlands
4 - Switzerland

3 - Armenia
3 - Denmark
3 - Kazakhstan
3 - Serbia

2 - Bosnia/Herzegovina
2 - Croatia
2 - Estonia
2 - Norway

1 - Andorra
1 - Czech Republic
1 - Faroe Islands
1 - Georgia
1 - Latvia
1 - Macedonia
1 - Scotland

0 - Belarus
0 - Iceland
0 - Lithuania
0 - Montenegro
0 - Northern Ireland
0 - Republic of Ireland
0 - San Marino
0 - Wales

Thursday, October 10, 2013

MLS Players with Dual Nationality

Chicago Fire
Bakary Soumaré - Mali/France
Jalil Anibaba - USA/Nigeria
Jeff Larentowicz - USA/Poland
Dilly Duka - USA/Albania
Quincy Amarikwa - USA/Nigeria

Chivas USA
Jaime Frias - USA/Mexico
Carlos Bocanegra - USA/Mexico
Steve Purdy - El Salvador/USA
Carlos Borja - Mexico/USA
Ante Jazic - Canada/Croatia
Emilio Orozco - USA/Mexico
Daniel Antunez - Mexico/USA
Gabriel Farfan - USA/Mexico
Bryan de la Fuente - USA/Mexico
Jorge Villafana - USA/Mexico
Eric Avila - USA/Mexico
Carlos Alvarez - USA/Mexico
Julio Morales - Mexico/USA

Colorado Rapids
Steward Ceus - Haiti/USA
Shane O'Neill - USA/Ireland
Nick LaBrocca - USA/Italy
Edson Buddle - USA/Jamaica
Kamani Hill - USA/Trinidad and Tobago
Danny Mwanga - DR Congo/USA

Columbus Crew
Andy Gruenebaum - USA/Israel
Glauber - Brazil/Italy
Konrad Warzycha - USA/Poland
Agustin Viana - Uruguay/Italy
Matias Sanchez - Argentina/Italy
Kevan George - Trinidad and Tobago/USA
Justin Meram - USA/Iraq

FC Dallas
Ugo Ihemelu - USA/Nigeria
George John - USA/Greece
Micel - Brazil/Italy
Peter Luccin - France/Martinique
Ramón Núñez - Honduras/USA
Kenny Cooper - USA/England

DC United
Dejan Jakovic - Canada/Serbia
Dennis Iapichino - Switzerland/Italy
John Thorrington - USA/South Africa
Dwayne de Rosario - Canada/Guyana
Luis Silva - USA/Mexico
Nick DeLeon - USA/Trinidad and Tobago
Michael Seaton - Jamaica/USA
Conor Doyle - USA/Ireland

Houston Dynamo
Erich Marscheider - USA/Austria
Eric Brunner - USA/Germany
Kofi Sarkodie - USA/Ghana
Andy Driver - Scotland/England
Omar Cummings - Jamaica/USA

Los Angeles Galaxy
Jaime Penedo - Panama/Spain
Omar Gonzalez - USA/Mexico
AJ DeLaGarza - USA/Guam
Kofi Opare - USA/Canada
Pablo Mastroeni - USA/Argentina
Laurent Courtois - France/Reunion
Jack McBean - USA/Scotland

Montreal Impact
Hassoun Camara - France/Senegal
Matteo Ferrari - Italy/Algeria
Patrice Bernier - Canada/France
Hernan Bernardello - Argentina/Italy
Zakaria Messoudi - Canada/Morocco
Felipe - Brazil/Italy

New England Revolution
Jose Goncalves - Portugal/Switzerland
Andrew Farrell - USA/Peru
Ryan Guy - Guam/USA
Andy Dorman - Wales/England
Lee Nguyen - USA/Vietnam
Juan Agudelo - USA/Colombia
Saer Sene - France/Senegal
Dimitry Imbongo - France/DR Congo
Charlie Davies - USA/Gambia

New York Red Bulls
Kevin Hartman - USA/Germany
Ryan Meara - Ireland/USA
Santiago Castano - USA/Colombia
Luis Robles - USA/Puerto Rico
Jamison Olave - Colombia/USA
Matthew Miazga - USA/Poland
Tim Cahill - Australia/Samoa
Jonny Steele - Northern Ireland/USA
Michael Bustamante - Colombia/USA
Sam Lloyd - England/Ghana
Thierry Henry - France/Guadeloupe
Andre Akpan - USA/Ghana
Peguy Luyindula - France/DR Congo
Bradley Wright-Phillips - England/Grenada

Philadelphia Union
Oka Nikolov - Macedonia/Germany
Amobi Okugo - USA/Nigeria
Michael Lahoud - USA/Sierra Leone
Roger Torres - Colombia/USA
Yann Ekra - Cote d'Ivoire/France
Antoine Hoppenot - USA/France

Portland Timbers
Mikaël Silvestre - France/Guadeloupe
Diego Valeri - Argentina/Italy
Sal Zizzo - USA/Italy
Rodney Wallace - Costa Rica/USA
Frédéric Piquionne - Martinique/France

Real Salt Lake
Eduardo Fernandez - USA/Mexico
Josh Saunders - Puerto Rico/USA
Aaron Maund - USA/Trinidad and Tobago
Kyle Beckerman - USA/Germany
Javier Morales - Argentina/Italy
Sebastian Velasquez - USA/Colombia
Robbie Findley - USA/Trinidad and Tobago

San Jose Earthquakes
Jason Hernandez - USA/Puerto Rico
Nana Attakora - Canada/Ghana
Ramiro Corrales - USA/Mexico
Steven Beitashour - Iran/USA
Chris Wondolowski - USA/Poland

Seattle Sounders
Marcus Hahnemann - USA/Germany
Djimi Traore - Mali/France
Osvaldo Alonso - Cuba/USA
Steve Zakuani - DR Congo/England
Obafemi Martins - Nigeria/Italy
David Estrada - Mexico/USA

Sporting Kansas City
Fede Bessone - Argentina/Spain
Ike Opara - USA/Nigeria
Benny Feilhaber - USA/Austria/Brazil
Soony Saad - Lebanon/USA
Teal Bunbury - USA/Canada
Claudio Bieler - Argentina/Ecuador

Toronto FC
Chris Konopka - USA/Poland
Stefan Frei - Switzerland/USA
Quillan Roberts - Canada/Guyana
Doneil Henry - Canada/Jamica
Gale Agbossoumonde - USA/Togo
Ashtone Morgan - Canada/Jamaica
Manny Aparicio - Argentina/Canada
Jonathan Osorio - Canada/Colombia
Bright Dike - Nigeria/USA
Robert Earnshaw - Wales/Zambia

Vancouver Whitecaps
Simon Thomas - Canada/France
Andy O'Brien - Ireland/England
Sam Adekugbe - Canada/England
Nigel Reo-Coker - England/Sierra Leone
Jun Marques Davidson - Japan/USA
Matt Watson - England/USA
Gershon Koffie - Ghana/Canada
Russel Teibert - Canada/Italy
Kekuta Manneh - Gambia/USA
Omar Salgado - USA/Spain
Tommy Heinemann - USA/Germany

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Could Have Been in CONCACAF

Prominent European players that have family roots in CONCACAF-based nations.

Antigua and Barbuda
Emile Heskey (Newcastle Jets)
Colin Kazim-Richards (Bursaspor)

Barbados
Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Tom Ince (Blackpool)
Fitz Hall (former Watford)
Tom Soares (Bury)

Canada
Jonathan de Guzman (Swansea City)
Asmir Begovic (Stoke City)
Steven Vitoria (Benfica)
Ricardo Ferreira (Olhanense)

Curaçao
Gregory van der Wiel (PSG)
Jetro Willems (PSV)
Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United)
Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa)
Leroy Fer (Norwich City)
Hedwiges Maduro (Sevilla)

Dominica
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Bristol City)
Kieran Agard (Rotherham United)

Grenada
Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR)
Cameron Jerome (Crystal Palace)
Ashley Young (Manchester United)

Guadeloupe (non-FIFA member, CONCACAF member)
William Gallas (free agent)
Eric Abidal (Monaco)
Thierry Henry (NY Red Bulls)
Mikael Silvestre (Portland Timbers)
Sylvain Distin (Everton)
Etienne Capoue (Tottenham Hotspur)
Yoann Gouffran (Newcastle United)
Kevin Theophile-Catherine (Cardiff City)
Dimitri Foulquier (Granada CF)
Allan Blaze (Genoa)
Anthony Martial (Monaco)
Jonathan Biabiany (Parma)
Alexander Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais)
Julian Jeanvier (Lille OSC)
Daniel Congre (Montpellier)
Jerome Roussillon (Sochaux)
Claude Dielna (Ajaccio)
Jeremy Sorbon (Guingamp)

Guyana
Martin Braithwaite (Toulouse)

Haiti
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Monaco)

Jamaica
Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
Jermaine Pennant (Stoke City)
Ashley Young (Manchester United)
Anthony Gardner (Sheffield Wednesday)
Luke Moore (Elazigspor)
Darren Bent (Fulham)
Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)
Aaron McLean (Hull City)

Martinique (non-FIFA member, CONCACAF member)
Axel Witsel (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Nicolas Anelka (West Bromwich Albion)
Peter Luccin (FC Dallas)
Gael Clichy (Manchester City)
Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United)
Joris Marveaux (Montpellier)
Loic Remy (Newcastle United)
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Jordan Loties (Osasuna)
Anthony Modeste (1899 Hoffenheim)
Emmanuel Riviere (Monaco)
Jimmy Briand (Olympique Lyonnais)
Pierre-Yves Polomat (Saint-Etienne)
Steeve Elana (Lille OSC)
Nicolas Maurice-Belay (Bordeaux)
Kevin Anin (OGC Nice)
Garry Bocaly (Montpellier)
Fabrice Pancrate (Nantes)
Johan Audel (Nantes)
Steeven Langil (Guingamp)
Bedi Buval (Academica de Coimbra)

Montserrat
Titus Bramble (free agent)
Lloyd Dyer (Leicester City)

St. Lucia
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Anton Ferdinand (Antalyaspor)
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)

Suriname
Royston Drenthe (Reading)
Michel Vorm (Swansea City)
Ryan Babel (Kasimpasa)
Nigel de Jong (AC Milan)
Luciano Narsingh (PSV)
Edson Braafheid (1899 Hoffenheim)
Eljero Elia (Werder Bremen)
Romeo Castelen (RKC Waalwijk)
Urby Emanuelson (AC Milan)
Evander Sno (free agent)
Dwight Tiendalli (Swansea City)

Trinidad & Tobago
Tom Ince (Blackpool)
Bobby Zamora (QPR)

United States
Boaz Myhill (West Bromwich Albion)
Brede Hangeland (Fulham)
Giuseppe Rossi (Fiorentina)
Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund)
Shawn Parker (Mainz 05)
Yura Movsisyan (Spartak Moscow)
Caleb Patterson-Sewell (Gil Vicente)


I'm sure this list is far from complete, feel free to help add to it in the comments.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Foreign Player Statistics in Top 15 European Leagues

The most represented player nationalities (10+) in the top 15 European Leagues (by UEFA coefficient).

Austria
N/A (9 - Spain)

Belgium
42 - France
11 - Senegal
10 - Netherlands

England
37 - France
32 - Spain
28 - Ireland
21 - Scotland
16 - Netherlands
14 - Wales
14 - Brazil
13 - Belgium
10 - Argentina
10 - Germany

France
21 - Senegal
20 - Brazil
15 - Mali
15 - Cote d'Ivoire
12 - Argentina

Germany
17 - Switzerland
16 - Brazil
12 - Turkey
12 - Austria
12 - Czech Republic

Greece
32 - Spain
29 - Argentina
19 - Brazil
17 - Portugal
11 - Serbia

Italy
48 - Argentina
47 - Brazil
17 - Uruguay
13 - France
13 - Colombia
12 - Serbia
11 - Croatia
11 - Spain
10 - Switzerland

Netherlands
21 - Belgium
14 - Sweden
12 - Denmark
11 - Germany

Portugal
117 - Brazil
11 - Cape Verde
10 - Argentina
10 - Serbia

Romania
25 - Brazil
22 - Portugal

Russia
23 - Brazil
17 - Belarus

Spain
27 - Argentina
19 - Brazil
19 - Portugal
15 - France
11 - Uruguay

Switzerland
N/A (8 - France)

Turkey
17 - Brazil
11 - Senegal
10 - Portugal

Ukraine
38 - Brazil



Foreign Player Stats compiled from TransferMarkt

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

MLS: Top Goal Scorer Salaries

Salaries of MLS players that have scored 8+ goals in the 2013 season.

Goals - Player (2013 Guaranteed Compensation)

19 - Marco Di Vaio ($1,937,508)
18 - Mike Magee ($191,666)
16 - Camilo ($247,500)
13 - Robbie Keane ($4,333,333)
12 - Dominic Oduro ($122,015)
11 - Federico Higuain ($604,000)
11 - Diego Fagundez ($127,196)
11 - Blas Perez ($324,250)
10 - Conor Casey ($175,000)
10 - Claudio Bieler ($200,000)
10 - Alvaro Saborio ($453,333)
10 - Jack McInerney ($189,666)
9 - Thierry Henry ($4,350,000)
9 - Tim Cahill ($3,625,000)
9 - Chris Wondolowski ($600,000)
8 - Diego Valeri ($400,000)
8 - Javier Morales ($300,000)
8 - Landon Donovan ($2,500,000)
8 - Will Bruin ($165,000)
8 - Obafemi Martins ($1,725,000)
8 - Ryan Johnson ($144,704)
8 - Lamar Neagle ($48,400)
8 - Giles Barnes ($184,187)
8 - Darlington Nagbe ($266,000)
8 - Eddie Johnson ($156,333)
8 - Fabian Espindola ($150,000)
8 - Juan Agudelo ($175,000)
8 - Kenny Miller ($1,124,992)


$ per Goal Scored (Salary ÷ Goals Scored)

$6,050 - Lamar Neagle (8)
$10,168 - Dominic Oduro (12)
$10,648 - Mike Magee (18)
$15,469 - Camilo (16)
$17,500 - Conor Casey (10)
$18,088 - Ryan Johnson (8)
$18,967 - Jack McInerney (10)
$18,750 - Fabian Espindola (8)
$19,541 - Eddie Johnson (8)
$20,000 - Claudio Bieler (10)
$20,625 - Will Bruin (8)
$21,875 - Juan Agudelo (8)
$23,023 - Giles Barnes (8)
$29,477 - Blas Perez (11)
$33,250 - Darlington Nagbe (8)
$37,500 - Javier Morales (8)
$45,333 - Alvaro Saborio (10)
$50,000 - Diego Valeri (8)
$54,909 - Federico Higuain (11)
$66,667 - Chris Wondolowski (9)
$101,974 - Marco Di Vaio (19)
$140,624 - Kenny Miller (8)
$215,625 - Obafemi Martins (8)
$312,500 - Landon Donovan (8)
$333,333 - Robbie Keane (13)
$402,778 - Tim Cahill (9)
$483,333 - Thierry Henry (9)



Stats as of October 1, 2013