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Top 5 Players to Watch at Euro 2012
Posted on 07. Jun, 2012 by admin.
No 5 - Mesut Ozil (GER)
Domestic Club - Real Madrid
- Date of Birth - 15 October 1988 (age 23)
- International Debut - 11 February 2009
- Appearances for Germany - 33
- Goals - 8
After his excellent performances in the 2010 World Cup where he was nominated for the Golden Ball award, he quickly became one of Europe’s hottest properties. He is a very skillful attacking midfielder with excellent pace and creativity, as England found out to their dismay in the 2010 World Cup.
No 4 - Xavi Hernandez (SPA)
Domestic Club - Barcelona
- Date of Birth - 25 January 1980 (age 32)
- International Debut – November 15 2000
- Appearances for Spain - 108
- Goals - 10
Xavi is widely considered to be one of the best midfielders of his generation. His exceptional passing ability and technique allows him to dictate the flow of play and it’s almost unheard of for him to lose possession of the ball. Xavi was the player of the tournament at Euro 2008.
No 3 - Robin Van Persie (NED)
Domestic Club - Arsenal
- Date of Birth - 6 August 1983 (age 28)
- International Debut - 4 June 2005
- Appearances for Holland - 66
- Goals - 28
After helping Holland to the World Cup final in 2010, Van Persie had an amazing season for Arsenal with consistent goal scoring and excellent all round performances. His ability has never been in doubt but it’s not until the last couple of years that he has been widely considered as one of the best strikers in World football. He has scored 25 times for Holland and we expect a few more will be added to that tally in this tournament.
No 2 - Andres Iniesta (SPA)
Domestic Club - Barcelona
- Date of Birth - 11 May 1984 (age 28)
- International debut - 27 May 2006
- Appearances for Spain - 65
- Goals - 11
For the past few years Iniesta has been one of the best, if not the best, midfielder in the World. His performances for Barcelona have been quite brilliant and he is always at the heart of what many people consider the best midfield in history. In international competitions his performances have also been excellent and he has helped Spain become the reigning European and World Champions, including scoring the winning goal in the world cup final in 2010.
No 1 - Christiano Ronaldo (POR)
Domestic Club - Real Madrid
- Date of Birth - 5 February 1985 (age 27)
- International Debut - 20 August 2003
- Appearances for Portugal - 89
- Goals - 32
All eyes will be Ronaldo this tournament after the last two amazing seasons for Real Madrid in which he scored 53 goals in 2010/11 and 60 goals in 2011/12. But he has some of the best players in the world surrounding him at Real, it’s not quite the same for the national side. It may take a ‘Platini in 84′ type of performance for Portugal to win the tournament, but if anyone can do it surely it’s him.
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Top 5 goal scorers in the European Championships
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin.
No. 5 - Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)
Goals 6:
2004 v Germany – Group Stage
v Czech Republic – Group Stage
v Latvia (2) – Group Stage
2008 v Italy – Group Stage
v Russia – Quarter Final
No. 4 - Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)
Goals - 6 :
1996 v England – Group Stage
2000 v Denmark – Group Stage
v France – Group Stage
v Yugoslavia (3) – Quarter Final
No. 3 - Thierry Henry (France)
Goals - 6 :
2000 v Denmark – Group Stage
v Czech Republic – Group Stage
v Portugal – Semi Final
2004 v Switzerland (2) – Group Stage
2008 v Netherlands
No. 2 - Alan Shearer (England)
Goals - 7 :
1996 v Switzerland – Group Stage
v Scotland – Group Stage
v Netherlands (2) – Group Stage
v Germany – Semi Final
2000 v Germany – Group Stage
v Romania – Group Stage
No. 1 - Michel Platini (France)
Goals - 9 :
1984 v Denmark – Group Stage
v Belgium (3) – Group Stage
v Yugoslavia (3) – Group Stage
v Portugal – Semi Final
v Spain – Final
