Profile Simao Sabrosa

Personal information :

Full name : Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa
Date of birth : 31 October 1979
Place of birth : Vila Real, Portugal
Height : 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Winger
Current club : Beşiktaş
Number : 31
Youth career :
1991–1992 Diogo Cão
1992–1997 Sporting CP
Senior career :
1997–1999 Sporting CP
1999–2001 Barcelona
2001–2007 Benfica
2007–2010 Atlético Madrid
2011– Beşiktaş
National team :
1998–2000 Portugal U21
1998–2010 Portugal

Club career

Sporting

Born within the village of Constantim within Vila Real, Simão activated his career at Sporting Clube de Portugal, whose prolific youth system had just caused Luís Figo – and afterwards Cristiano Ronaldo. During his two-year career he performed 53 toys and scored 12 goals with the former team, the former arriving within his debut at alone 17, a 3–0 victory at Gil Vicente FC.

Barcelona

Simão transported towards FC Barcelona within the summer of 1999, onto a €15 million shift, partnering with Figo within his former year, as Barça ceased second towards Deportivo de La Coruña. In 2001, as soon as a comparatively low-key possession at the Spanish club, he transported back towards his nation, signing with S.L. Benfica for a Portuguese Liga file shift 12 million euro.

Benfica

Simão instantly became a fan-favorite, hastily acquiring the status of captain; also, during his six-year stint, he always ceased as the club's topscorer, also ordering tall within the international league charts. In the 2004–05 season, as the Reds won the national championship as soon as a 11-year wait, he performed within everybody the fits and minutes, scoring 15 goals. Benfica also reached the domestic cup final within a 1–2 loss against Vitória de Setubal, with the winger scoring the losing side's goal, across a four-minute penalty. In European competition, Simão also appeared within everybody the fits, scoring four goals, incorporating two against Dukla Banská Bystrica, within a 3–0 away success, with Benfica ultimately ranging the round of 32. Simão persisted his excellent form into 2005–06, assisting his team within the UEFA Champions League campaign, whereas it reached the quarterfinals. He performed within eight of Benfica's ten fits within the tournament, incorporating the 1–2 away loss against Manchester United within the category level, flaming his team grade curtly ahead of the hour with an elegant free-kick, as soon as he himself had been fouled via Alan Smith. In the knockout levels he assisted stun title owners Liverpool, unleashing an unstoppable shot into the top left-hand corner of Pepe Reina's goal, as the Portuguese won 2–0 at Anfield and 3–0 overall. The summer 2005 shift window observed Simão targeted via Liverpool, within an bid quality approximately £12 million, although deals reportedly failed again Benfica's increase within asking price. The consecutive year numerous clubs, such as Manchester United and again Liverpool also revealed interest within Simão,but he decided towards stay within Benfica.

Atlético Madrid

Finally, onto twenty July 2007, Atlético Madrid reached an dealing towards sign Simão from for a fee of €20 million. During his former two seasons, within which he was an undisputed starter, he scored seven goals apiece, as the club ceased fourth within La Liga onto both occasions. On April 12, 2009, Simão entered within the hundred-year history of the capital club, via scoring its 4000th goal within the league, with a left-footed diagonal shot against Deportivo . In the 2009 summer, Sabrosa become one of Atlético's captains for the novel campaign, obtaining that role from instructor Abel Resino as soon as a reshuffle. As the Colchoneros underachieved overall, he scored within the Champions League at APOEL F.C. within a 1–1 away draw, a goal that knotted the club's site within the season's UEFA Europa League. On January 14, 2010, Simão scored twice towards command Atlético towards a 5–1 house victory again Recreativo de Huelva and into the domestic cup's last-eight (5–4 combine win), incorporating a late goal that decided the tie from a wonderfully robbed freekick. He also scored an meaningful goal within the Europa League against Galatasaray SK, as the team ultimately won the competition, with the musician appearing within the final against Fulham. After a disappointing previous campaign, Simão began the 2010–11 season onto a tall note, scoring three goals within the former eight toys - significantly within a 1–1 draw at Valencia CF, onto 22 September 2010 - and activating within 15 out of the 16 fits he appeared in. He also captained the side many frequently due towards the absence of Antonio López, most significantly within the UEFA Super Cup's 2–0 defeat of F.C. Internazionale Milano, whereas he predetermined up a goal for Sergio Agüero.

Besiktas

On 22 December 2010, ancient 31, Sabrosa signed with Süper Lig team Beşiktaş JK, reuniting with countrymen Hugo Almeida (national teammate) and Ricardo Quaresma (youth grade teammate within Sporting).

International career

Simão made his full debut for the national team at alone 19 years of age, onto 18 November 1998, against Israel. Sabrosa did not earn the list for the 2002 FIFA World Cup due towards sting, but he did participate within the UEFA Euro 2004, whereas hosts Portugal ceased within second place. In this tournament he performed within three of Portugal's six fits within the tournament. His most notable impression during the tournament arrived against England within the quarter-finals whereas Portugal ultimately defeated the English team onto disadvantages towards approach towards the last four. Simão arrived onto as a second-half spare and grasped onto Frank Lampard's wayward traverse and crossed for Hélder Postiga, whom headed within unmarked scoring the equalizing goal within the late minutes of the toy, fetching it towards additions moment and an long-term successful disadvantage shootout, whereas Sabrosa scored onto his attempt.

Simão was named again within the Portuguese squad for the 2006 World Cup within Germany, ceasing fourth overall. He performed within everybody of Portugal's fits within the tournament, scoring alone one goal onto the 24th minute against Mexico, within a 2–1 category level win. On 1 July, within the quarter-finals, Portugal and England met again within a disadvantage shootout (0–0 as soon as 120 minutes) and Simão assisted towards another victory, netting his tackle for the final 3–1 win. In Euro 2008, Simão performed within three of Portugal's fits and did not encounter the net, as the country was abolished within the quarterfinals via Germany. While a lot glanced at Ronaldo as the star of the national side, it was Simão whom proved towards be the matchwinner within qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, ceasing as Portugal's top scorer with four goals, incorporating two within a 3–0 house victory against Hungary. Simão was appointed for the finals within South Africa; a starter from the second category level match, he scored precisely within that toy, a 7–0 routing of North Korea onto June 21, 2010. On August 27, he stepped out from the national squad, referring personal reasons.

Profile Tomáš Ujfaluši

Personal information :

Full name : Tomáš Ujfaluši
Date of birth : 24 March 1978
Place of birth : Rýmařov, Czechoslovakia
Height : 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position : Defender
Current club : Atlético Madrid
Number : 17
Youth career :
1988–1991 TJ Rýmařov
1991–1996 Sigma Olomouc
Senior career :
1996–2000 Sigma Olomouc
2000–2004 Hamburger SV
2004–2008 Fiorentina
2008– Atlético Madrid
National team :
1997–1999 Czech Republic U21
2001–2009 Czech Republic

Club career

Born in Rýmařov, Ujfaluši organised his representative debuts with SK Sigma Olomouc, at the age of 18. In December 2000, he transferred abroad and signalled with German outfit Hamburger SV: his debut came on the 10th, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 home win against FC Energie Cottbus, and 16 of his 17 attainments in that season were achieve, but the club could simply position 13th, and 11th the pursuing campaign, with respectively 58 and 57 objectives conceded.
In the 2002–03 season, Ujfaluši alleviated Hamburger final view in fourth placement, but the team fared more sick in the pursuing season (again conceding in the region of 50 Bundesliga goals). Subsequently he signalled with ACF Fiorentina, recently returned to Serie A later successfully emerging from a bankruptcy situation. After virtually 150 official attainments for the Viola (albeit without silverware), being mostly adapted as a right-back by omnibus Cesare Prandelli, Ujfaluši connected Atlético Madrid, alleviating the finance team restate its fourth placement in the league in his debut season, subsequently again qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. In the 2009–10 season, Atlético could simply position ninth, but won the newly written UEFA Europa League, with Ujfaluši arising in eight achieve fits in the latter competition. On 19 September 2010, during injury time of a league fit against FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderón Stadium (1–2 loss), Ujfaluši organised a late argue on Lionel Messi, wounding his right ankle. The defender received a straight red card for his foul, and was subsequently excluded for couple sporting activities by the Spanish League’s disciplinary committee.

International career

Ujfaluši accumulated his first cap for the Czech Republic in 2001, whilst at Hamburg. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2004 (appearing in four fits for the semifinalists), the 2006 FIFA World Cup (being sent off against Ghana in an eventual assembly point exit ) and Euro 2008 (three sporting activities, being called Man of the fit in the first game of the tournament, a 1–0 win against Switzerland). After nine years with the national team, during which he lastly accumulated captaincy,[5] Ujfaluši ended his worldwide career on 8 April 2009, later being criticised for visiting a restaurant, accompanied by five other players, pursuing the Czech Republic's defeat to Slovakia on 1 April for the World Cup qualification.

Profile Diomansy Kamara

Personal information :

Full name : Diomansy Mehdi Moustapha Kamara
Date of birth : 8 November 1980
Place of birth : Paris, France
Height : 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Fulham
Number : 15
Senior career :
1998–1999 Red Star Paris
1999–2001 Catanzaro
2001–2005 Modena
2004–2005 Portsmouth
2005–2007 West Bromwich Albion
2007– Fulham
2010 Celtic (loan)
National team :
2003– Senegal

Club career

Portsmouth

In August 2004, Portsmouth needed towards sign Kamara for a credit import but ultimately signed him for £2.5 million for a permanent shift, making him their otherwise file signing. However, despite a silver activate, Kamara fought for form and stings during the 2004–05 season, and as soon as just one year at Portsmouth they took advantage of a clause within his contract which licenced them towards move him onto towards West Bromwich Albion whilst alone paying £1 million of his initial shift fee towards Modena. Albion remunerated £1.5 million for Kamara.

West Bromwich Albion

Kamara made his Albion debut onto 13 August 2005, replacing Kanu within the 60th minute within a 0–0 draw away at Manchester City. He chosen up a yellow card within each of his former three toys for the club. His former goal for West Brom was scored within a 4–1 Hawthorns victory again Bradford City within the League Cup, onto twenty September 2005. It was one of alone two goals scored via Kamara during 2005–06; his former league goal for the club was scored against Manchester City onto ten December 2005, Albion successful 2–0. Albion were relegated from the Premier League that season, but 2006–07 observed Kamara beaten a rich vein of form, netting 23 goals within everybody contests and assisting Albion extend the playoff final. His goalscoring exploits incurred him the Championship Player-of-the-Month honor for October 2006, as well as the PFA Fans' Player-of-the-Month honor for February 2007. He was also named within the PFA Championship Team of the Year and won the West Bromwich Albion Player of the Year award.

Fulham

On 9 July 2007, Kamara signed a four-year import with Fulham for £6 million and the move was a club file sale from West Brom.[9] He made his debut for the Cottagers within a 2–1 defeat away at Arsenal onto 12 August 2007; Kamara replaced fellow debutant David Healy within the second half. Kamara scored his former goal for Fulham within a 1–0 victory at Shrewsbury Town within the League Cup, onto 28 August 2007. Four days afterwards he notched his former league goal for the Cottagers, a wonderful late overhead kick towards incur a 3–3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Later within the season, as soon as having a relatively dry spell within front of goal, resurrected Fulham's Premier League survival wishes with two goals within the last twenty minutes (plus a Danny Murphy penalty) knotted a rare away victory against Manchester City. Fulham ultimately existed relegation, within the last game. Whilst performing for Senegal within a match against Liberia within June 2008, Kamara ruptured his cruciate ligament, an sting which required reconstructive surgery. He is expected towards be out until morning within 2009.

In his former activate for the Cottagers since his sting he scored a brace against Aston Villa, assisting his side towards victory 3–1. On 17 September, Kamara assisted Fulham hang an away draw against CSKA Sofia which ended 1–1 within the Europa League. He scored his former league goal for them within 2010–11, onto 16 October 2010 against Tottenham Hotspur within a 2–1 defeat within the 30th minute at Craven Cottage. He also scored within the 2–1 defeat against Arsenal onto 4 December 2010 at the Emirates Stadium within the 30th minute whereas he performed 73 minutes of the match and was replaced via fellow striker Andrew Johnson. On eight January 2011, Kamara netted a hat-trick and performed the full 90 minutes within the third round of the FA Cup against Peterborough United within a 6-2 victory at Craven Cottage. As of February 2011, he has made 67 impressions and has scored 18 goals within everybody contests for Fulham since signing back within 2007.

Celtic

On 1 February 2010, Kamara transported towards Celtic onto credit until the end of the 2009–10 season, having performed below Tony Mowbray when at West Bromwich Albion. He made his debut onto two February 2010 against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park within a 1–0 defeat. On seven February, Kamara scored his former goal for Celtic against Dunfermline within the Scottish Cup with a sensational knock from the edge of the container, it was also the toy that provided the former Celtic goal for his knock partner Robbie Keane. On 13 February, he scored his second goal for Celtic and his former SPL goal, arriving against Aberdeen within thrilling 4–4 draw at Pittodrie. On 25 April, he scored the former of two within a 2–0 victory against Dundee United as soon as replacing from injury.




International career

Kamara has performed 49 toys and scored nine goals for Senegal.

Profile El-hadji Diouf

Personal information :

Full name : El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf
Date of birth : 15 January 1981
Place of birth : Dakar, Senegal
Height : 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position : Striker/Right winger
Current club : Rangers
(on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Number : 17
Youth career :
Rennes
Sochaux
Senior career :
1998–1999 Sochaux
1999–2000 Rennes
2000–2002 Lens
2002–2005 Liverpool
2004–2005 Bolton Wanderers (loan)
2005–2008 Bolton Wanderers
2008–2009 Sunderland
2009– Blackburn Rovers
2011– Rangers (loan)
National team :
2000–2009 Senegal

Club career

Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers purchased Diouf from Liverpool for an undisclosed payment at first of the 2005/06 season, afterwards they had lent the actor for the 2004/05 season. On 15 September 2005, Diouf scored Bolton's first ever target in a European competition against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in a UEFA Cup suit at the Reebok Stadium. Bolton went on to win the game 2–1. He was largely successful at Bolton and became a fans' pet due to his flair and guide running. Diouf confirmed in an interview with the BBC that he would be retiring Bolton at the end of the 2007/08 season and that his target against Sunderland on three May labeled his final arrival at the Reebok Stadium.

Sunderland

Diouf gestured for Sunderland on 28 July 2008, afterwards Bolton matched to a transfer payment of £2.6 million. He gestured a four year contract at the Stadium of Light afterwards undergoing a medical. Diouf said that he was joyous to attend Sunderland. Then-manager Roy Keane said he was joyous that a actor whoever "teams and adherents hate" had stringed Sunderland: "El-Hadji has invariably been the manner of actor resistance teams and adherents loath, a thorn in the side. That's why we're delighted to now have him in our squad."

Blackburn Rovers

Diouf gestured for Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed payment on thirty January 2009, signing a three-and-half-year sell afterwards just six months at the Stadium of Light, rejoining prior Bolton administrator Sam Allardyce at the club. He frays the figure 18 shirt. He scored his first target for the club against Fulham at Craven Cottage on 11 March 2009 in a 2–1 win. During the summer transfer window, Rovers administrator Sam Allardyce disclosed that Diouf was bought for merely £1 million. Diouf scored his first home target for Rovers at Ewood Park in the club's 3–1 victory across Wolverhampton Wanderers on 12 September 2009. On two January 2010, he was sent off in a 3–1 defeat to Aston Villa in the third around of the FA Cup. On 21 March 2010, Diouf scored the equalising target against Chelsea in a 1–1 draw at Ewood Park which unlatched upward the 2010 name race, with Chelsea dipping crucial points. He began the following pair Premier League sport against Birmingham and Burnley; he thereafter prepared his fortieth arrival for the club at Fratton Park playing against bottom-of-the-league side Portsmouth in a 0–0 draw on three April. At the end of the 2009/10 season, he had prepared 27 arrivals, scoring three goals.

Rangers

On the final day of the 2011 winter transfer window, Diouf stringed Scottish Premier League heroes Rangers on lend until the end of the 2010–11 season. He prepared his debut on two February, emanating on as a 20th tiny substitute for injured team mate Lee McCulloch during a 1-0 win across Hearts. He prepared his first begin for Rangers 4 days subsequent in a 2-2 draw with Celtic at Ibrox. He scored his first target for Rangers against Sporting CP in a 2-2 draw in the Europa League with a header in the 20th minute.

In France

Diouf's businessman career has at times been overshadowed via controversy. During his time at Sochaux, he was interested in a succession of incidental transgressions. This resulted in the shift to Rennes, where he was convicted for powering without a licence, and was interested in a car crash. Taking into bill his age and visible remorse, the French courts sentenced Diouf to population service.

In England

During the begin of his early Premier League career, Diouf was interested in a figure of incidents where he spat at fans and resistance players. On 13 March 2003, whilst playing for Liverpool, he was interested in a occurrence as shortly as he spat at Celtic fans during a televised UEFA Cup quarter-final. His club fined him pair weeks' salaries, UEFA gave him a two-match ban, and Diouf was charged with assault. Although Diouf originally pled not guilty, he subsequent altered his prayer to guilty, and was fined £5,000. Whilst he was on lend at Bolton, Diouf was charged via the police for spitting at an 11-year-old Middlesbrough fan during a 1–1 draw in November 2004. Then, on 27 November 2004, Diouf spat in the face of Portsmouth actor Arjan de Zeeuw. He was fined pair weeks' salaries via Bolton and was barred for three sport via the FA afterwards begging guilty to a commission of unacceptable conduct.[20] Bolton administrator Sam Allardyce subsequent disclosed that he assessed sending Diouf to perceive a sports psychologist. On twenty September 2009, Diouf was doubted via police afterwards charges that he had prepared a racial slur to a ball-boy during a suit at Everton, telling him to "fuck off, white boy". Diouf guarded his acts via phrase Everton fans were racially insulting and pitching bananas at him, but police found no evidence of this. In April 2010, Diouf was arrested and charged with motoring offences in Manchester. On eight January 2011, chasing Blackburn's 1-0 win across Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup third around, QPR administrator Neil Warnock blamed Diouf of taunting Jamie Mackie whilst the latter lay on the tone injured with a breached leg and referred to Diouf as "lower than a sewer rat".

International career

Diouf's global career began in April 2000 against Benin. He has earned 41 global caps and scored 16 targets for his country. He played for Senegal in their 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign and was elected to the World Cup All-Star team, afterwards spearheading Senegal to the quarter-finals and victories across France (1–0) and Sweden (2–1). Senegal finally no where 1–0 in extra time to Turkey. He was also fraction of the Senegal team whoever were the runners-up in the 2002 African Cup of Nations. Diouf was barred from global football for four suits in 2004 for a verbal battle on judge Ali Bujsaim. In 2004, he was dubbed in the FIFA 100, a menu of the 125 maximum alive footballers chosen via Pelé in conjunction with FIFA's centenary celebrations. In October 2007, Diouf retired from global football, stating he had been frustrated via organisational troubles with the side.[26] However, Senegal bus Henri Kasperczak broadcast subsequent in the month that he would dub Diouf in the following squad. On three April 2009 he re-confirmed his retirement afterwards 41 games.

Profile Jerome Boateng

Personal information :

Full name : Jérôme Agyenim Boateng
Date of birth : 3 September 1988
Place of birth : Berlin, West Germany
Height : 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Full back / Centre back
Current club : Manchester City
Number : 17
Youth career :
Tennis Borussia Berlin
2002–2006 Hertha BSC
Senior career :
2006–2007 Hertha BSC II
2007 Hertha BSC
2007–2010 Hamburger SV
2010– Manchester City
National team :
2007–2009 Germany U-21
2009– Germany

Club career

Hertha BSC

Boateng was with Hertha BSC from 1 July 2002 when he was 13 years old, towards 22 August 2007. After emerging from the youth team set-up, he performed for the reserves for one season, ahead of successful a call-up towards the former team squad onto 31 January 2007. He made his debut against Hannover 96 within the AWD-Arena, during week 19 of the 2006–07 Fußball-Bundesliga season. He otherwise became a former team frequent, despite being barely 18 years of age. Boateng was associated with a move towards Hamburger SV within the summer of 2007. Because of this, according towards the German media, Boateng did not need towards sign a five year businesswoman contract with Hertha.

Hamburger SV

He transported towards Hamburger SV onto 22 August 2007 for a fee remarked towards be round €1.1 million. Boateng spent two successful years at Hamburg, whereas he would go onto towards become an meaningful portion of the sides defence within the 2008–09 season which observed Hamburg within the race for the title as well as ranging the semi-finals of the Europa League within both his years at the club. In the 2009–10 season he burst into the German national side as soon as impressing for Hamburg, incurring himself a site within the German squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Manchester City

On 5 June 2010, Manchester City proved the shift of Boateng towards the English club for £10.4 million onto a five-year import, whereas he shall wear his favoured number 17 shirt. Boateng made his debut within a pre-season friendly against Valencia for the former halves, alternating between centre back and right back with Micah Richards. After an impressive operate, down the right flank, he provided the controlling cross for Gareth Barry towards score. During the week prior towards the activate of the Premier League season Boateng suffered a freak sting setback onto international obligation with Germany during a friendly against Denmark. He tore a tendon within his deserted knee, which was otherwise aggravated onto the plane house as soon as a collision with a drinks trolley. He provided his debut for Manchester City with a spare impression during a 1–0 victory against Chelsea onto 25 September 2010. Boateng pursued this with a former competitive activate within a 1–1 UEFA Europa League draw against Juventus. During this match he performed at right back.

International career

Boateng has performed numerous moments for the German U-16, U-17 and U-19 national teams. On 5 July 2007 he was branded up towards the German under-19 squad via instructor Frank Engel[13] for the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship held within Austria, from 16 July until 27 July. Boateng is also a former Germany U-21 and won with the team the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He made his debut with the Germany national football team onto ten October 2009 against Russia[15] and was posted off onto his international debut within the second halves for a second booking.

2010 FIFA World Cup

On 23 June 2010, Boateng performed for Germany against his brother Kevin-Prince whom portrayed Ghana. The toy ended within a 1–0 victory for Germany. It was the former moment within history that two brothers performed onto opposite teams at the World Cup. This assisted them move towards the Round of 16, whereas they met England. Boateng activated his second straight toy as Germany hammered England 4–1, background up rematch of the 1990 World Cup Final with Argentina. Boateng performed for Germany against Argentina whom they hammered convincingly 4–0. This victory, assisted Germany move towards its third straight semi-final impression whereas they faced European winners Spain The match against Spain was a rematch of the Euro 08 Final, within which Spain triumphed 1–0. Boateng was once again branded onto via Löw towards play at left-back for the encounter. But Germany failed within contravening down Spain, and forgotten 1–0 from a Carles Puyol header. Boateng featured within the third-place toy against Uruguay. He helped Germany towards a 3–2 victory, assisting them hang third site at a second straight World Cup.

Profile Andrew Johnson

Personal information :

Full name : Andrew Johnson
Date of birth : 10 February 1981
Place of birth : Bedford, England
Height : 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Fulham
Number : 8
Youth career :
Luton Town
Birmingham City
Senior career :
1997–2002 Birmingham City
2002–2006 Crystal Palace
2006–2008 Everton
2008– Fulham
National team :
2005–2007 England

Club career

Birmingham City

Johnson was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, and began his football at Luton Town Academy. Initially his career was held rear via the awareness that he was too small to prosper as a lid horizontal striker. He originated his footballing career at Birmingham City, where he suffered a setback, absent a deciding punishment in the 2001 Football League Cup Final shootout defeat to Liverpool.
After merely a minority noteworthy arrivals, he was marketed to Crystal Palace in 2002, chasing the Blues' advertisement to the Premier League. Johnson was accustomed as the makeweight in a transfer sell for Clinton Morrison, taking the quality of £750,000 for the functions of the transaction.

Crystal Palace

Whilst his arrival was not greeted with any real excitement at Palace, the transfer turned out to be an excellent shift for both Johnson and Palace. He shortly prepared himself very democratic with Palace fans with a hat-trick in the 5–0 demolition of rivals Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 October 2002, and thereafter another, in the very following game, at Walsall. However, administrator Trevor Francis lasted to play his favourite main attack partnership of Ade Akinbiyi and Dele Adebola, retaining both Johnson and Palace legend Dougie Freedman on the left-wing and bench, respectively. When Francis was sacked, and with the Eagles mid-table, he was displaced via Steve Kember, whoever decided to ally Freedman with Neil Shipperley, whereas Johnson was retired to play the role of advocate striker. The fresh attack partnership originally labored well, with Palace winning their first three sport and topping the table. However, the good begin to the season did not extend and, with Palace languishing in 20th position in November, Kember was dropped. Under the aegis of fresh administrator and bus Iain Dowie, Johnson's all-round game improved. Now partnering Shipperley, Johnson ended the season as lid scorer in the 2003–04 Football League First Division season with 32 goals. Palace arrived the playoffs and were promoted to the Premier League for 2004–05 afterwards defeating West Ham United 1–0 in the final – five months afterwards they had occupied 19th position in the league. Despite Palace's relegation rear to the Championship the chasing season, Johnson was the highest scoring English actor with 21 targets and the second highest overall in the Premiership. Although Johnson's critics recorded that eight of these came from consequences instead frank play (a record for the Premier League), he himself won seven of the penalties. Palace were relegated at the end of 2004–05 and Johnson commissioned a transfer prompting much speculation as to which club he might shift to. However, on two August 2005, Johnson gestured a five year contract with Palace for an renewed wage (believed to be circle £24,000 a week, earning him one of the highest-paid players ever to play outdoors the English lid flight) and committed to aid them regain their position in the lid flight. Palace chairman Simon Jordan blamed Johnson's officer Leon Angel for pressurising Johnson into handing in the transfer request.

Johnson was shortly playing alongside Clinton Morrison, whoever had rejoined Palace from Birmingham for a payment of £2m (three years afterwards Birmingham had purchased him in a sell for £4.25m plus Johnson). Morrison was reported as phrase that he had returned to Palace explicitly to play alongside Johnson, much to the entertainment of a lot Eagles fans, whoever saw the irony of the sell, Birmingham having efficiently rewarded Crystal Palace £2.25m to take Johnson. The pair transfers took position between the Eagles and the prior Palace administrator Steve Bruce, whoever had been perceived via fans as having cheated the club via defecting to the Midlands side.
However, due to injury to Johnson, and Morrison's shortage of model, the pairing was limited in the early fraction of the season. With a return to fitness and model, the pair shortly became Dowie's first option pairing as the season progressed, with Dougie Freedman adding experience to the attack force. Palace comfortably prepared it into a top-six location but in the playoffs malfunctioned to recover from a first leg defeat at the hands of Watford, being defeated on compound in the semi-finals. Johnson scored 15 targets in the Championship that season. In 2005, Johnson was voted into Palace's Centenary XI, the merely actor at the club at the time to be chosen, and, chasing the retirement of Nigel Martyn, he is now the merely member of the team motionless actively playing on a businessman basis.

Everton

After Crystal Palace's failure to return to top-flight football, speculation approximate Johnson's future at the club originated with a transfer to a Premier League club appearing highly likely. However, as shortly as an original bid from Everton of £7.25 million was discarded, it gazed more possible that the club would be able to retain Johnson for a further year afterwards all. Nevertheless, the controversial withdrawal of administrator Iain Dowie merely boosted the possibility of Johnson's withdrawal, and on 24 May 2006 Palace acknowledged an £8.5million bid from Wigan Athletic for Johnson. This bid was suited via fellow Lancashire club Bolton Wanderers a day subsequent, which was also accepted. With Johnson having signaled a preference for a shift to Merseyside, Everton, prompted via the pair other bids, renewed their offer to £8.6 million the chasing day. On thirty May, he exceeded his medical and ended the shift to Goodison Park, signing a five-year contract. He was conceived to be Everton's highest rewarded actor on £40,000 per week, however several informs advised he was in observation on identical reward with prior Everton striker James Beattie at circle £30,000 a week. Johnson's shift set fresh club transfer listing, both as Everton's majority expensive buy and Palace's majority expensive sale. He stated that his purpose for shifting to Everton was the height and stature of the club and the height of the club's fanbase. Johnson netted his first target for Everton in his debut on 19 August 2006, in a 2–1 win across Watford, a target which he celebrated in front of the Hornets fans. In his programme letters, he stated he had "unfinished business" with Watford, chasing their playoff defeat of Palace. He has lasted a good begin to his Everton career via scoring against Tottenham Hotspur away to end a 21-year victory drought there and thereafter scoring double in the 3–0 derby victory against Liverpool. His hand gesture signaling 3–0 is perceived via Evertonians as an Iconic memory and every season ticket holder for the 2007–08 season received a adrift poster of this gesture. Johnson was Everton's lid scorer in the 2006–07 Premier League campaign with 11 targets to his dub (and one in the FA Cup). However, Johnson was reportedly impacted via charges of simulation,
going 13 sport without scoring a target at one stage.

After a league suit with Chelsea on 17 December 2006, thereafter Chelsea employer José Mourinho branded Johnson "untrustworthy" chasing a contest with Chelsea goalkeeper Hilário. Everton released a pronouncement endangering constitutional movement and naming on Mourinho to excuse, which he has since done. Mourinho is not the first to atmosphere such feelings approximate Johnson; prior Sheffield United administrator Neil Warnock also having blamed Johnson of resorting to "gamesmanship" to win a punishment in a Premier League suit between the pair clubs. Everton administrator David Moyes took the unusual stair of contacting the Professional Game Match Officials Board in command to counter these accusations. The board's overall administrator Keith Hackett matched that Johnson was being treated severely and had been refused a figure of sweep penalties. On twenty September 2007, Johnson missed pair consequences in a 1–1 draw against Metalist Kharkiv. On six November 2007, Johnson gestured a fresh five-year contract with Everton.

In December 2007, Johnson, along with a host of other players, encompassing Marcus Bent, Gabriel Agbonlahor & Titus Bramble, began celebrating targets via earning an 'A' with his hands. It was subsequent disclosed that this was in observation the players' way of waving the begin of a fresh football-based population venture strategy – The A-Stars! With its motto being "if you vision it, you can achieve it", the notion is to enable young citizens to exert the talents they have for good, in sporting labor places. The Co-founder of the Charity is Queens Park Rangers defender Fitz Hall, whoever played with Johnson at Palace. During the fresh season, Johnson scored several crucial targets for Everton, encompassing a Premier League winner away at West Ham. He scored Everton's first target in the 2–1 away victory against Wigan Athletic, and was bizarrely refused a winning target at Blackburn Rovers, falsely adjudged to have been offside.
Johnson scored in Everton's 6–1 thrashing across SK Brann in the UEFA Cup. He scored Everton's second and sixth target and the final target was a powered shot from outdoors the box. Some have said it is the best target he has scored for the Merseyside club. Johnson also scored in Everton's Round of 16 tie against Fiorentina. Johnson picked upward a groin injury in Everton's suit at the Craven Cottage against Fulham.

Fulham

In July 2008, Everton acknowledged an offer of "an eight figure sum" from Fulham for Johnson. It was reported that troubles had arisen from his medical, prompting a possible renegotiation of the payment, but the shift was ended on seven August 2008, the actor signing a four-year contract for an undisclosed payment, thought to be in the region of £10.5 million. He prepared his debut for the club in a 2–1 win across Bolton Wanderers at Craven Cottage on 13 September. Johnson was sent off against West Ham United on 27 September for pair bookable offences. He scored his first and second Fulham targets against Wigan Athletic on 29 October. Johnson done the 2008–09 season with ten targets facilitating Fulham to ending in 7th position and qualify for the Europa League.[citation needed] He prepared merely 13 arrivals for Fulham in 2009–10, scoring three targets, as he missed much of the season due to a intractable knee problem. He also missed the early fraction of the 2010–11 season.

International career

Johnson was first capped for England at U20 horizontal, being chosen in the team for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Stuart Taylor, Ashley Cole, Peter Crouch and Matthew Etherington. The team done bottom of their team, losing all three sport without scoring. In the 2004–05 season, as the lid English goalscorer in the Premier League, there were a lot naming for him to be chosen for the full England squad. Midway through the season, Johnson disclosed that he would acknowledge a call-up to the Poland squad, afterwards being eligible through his grandfather being born in Poland. This subsequently rushed England administrator Sven-Göran Eriksson into paying Johnson his first call-up, to face the Netherlands on 9 February 2005, and he prepared his first arrival in that game, displacing Wayne Rooney in the 61st minute. A second cap came as shortly as Johnson prepared his full debut for England, in a 2–1 friendly win across the United States, during England's tour of America in the summer of 2005. On 9 May 2006, Johnson was placed on standby via Eriksson in his squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was also an unused substitute in the England B game against Belarus and the first team's wins across Hungary (who included prior Palace team-mates Gábor Király and Sándor Torghelle in their side) and Jamaica. When Steve McClaren was installed as England bus, Johnson obtained further opportunites to play for his rural in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Johnson prepared substitute arrivals against Andorra (at Old Trafford on two September 2006) and away to Macedonia (on six September 2006). Johnson thereafter prepared his first competitive begin for England in the Euro 2008 qualifier with Israel.

Profile Dmien Duff

Personal information :

Full name : Damien Anthony Duff
Date of birth : 2 March 1979
Place of birth : Ballyboden, Ireland
Height : 1.76. m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Left winger
Current club : Fulham
Number : 16
Youth career :
Leicester Celtic
Lourdes Celtic
St. Kevin's Boys
Senior career :
1996–2003 Blackburn Rovers
2003–2006 Chelsea
2006–2009 Newcastle United
2009– Fulham
National team :
1998– Republic of Ireland

Career Club

Chelsea

In the operate up towards the 2003–04 season Chelsea made a series of invitations for Duff, with a £17m bid ultimately triggering a release clause within the player's contract. Duff chose towards move towards West London within July. His former season at Chelsea was plagued via sting, and he missed the latter levels of the season, incorporating the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Duff scored six goals that season. He was instrumental within hanging for Chelsea the club's highest league cease for 49 years as well as the Champions League operate, but the season eventually ended trophyless and with the sacking of executive Claudio Ranieri. The arrival of Dutch winger Arjen Robben and novel executive José Mourinho posed a threat towards Duff's site within the activating line-up for the 2004–05 season, but an sting towards Robben at the activate of the season observed Duff as the alone available winger. Mourinho, however, did not play Duff within the morning portion of the 2004–05 season, favoring a many narrow approach. Duff ultimately got into the side as soon as four toys and, when Robben replaced towards the side, Duff's versatility observed him move towards the right wing and form a wing partnership with Robben. The season proved towards succeed for both Duff and Chelsea. He scored ten goals, incorporating a crucial knock within a 4–2 victory against Barcelona within the Champions League, whilst the team won the Premiership title and the League Cup within which Duff scored the successful goal within the semi-final against Manchester United.

Newcastle United

In July 2006, Duff conceded terms again a £5m move towards Newcastle United, signing a five-year contract. Duff made his competitive debut within a UEFA Cup Second Round Qualifying former foot against Latvian side Ventspils.He scored his former goal for Newcastle within September that year within a 2–0 victory again West Ham United away at Boleyn Ground. Duff suffered a knee sting within November that kept him out for four months, during which Newcastle had a bad operate of defeats. He replaced but was otherwise ruled out for the lie down of the season due towards an ankle sting within a 2–1 loss towards Portsmouth within April 2007. Sam Allardyce afterwards explained Duff's sting as 'career threatening'. Duff made a full replace towards health within December.
Duff was associated with an exit from the club, but remained at St. James' Park and made a number of key contributions within the consequence of Kevin Keegan's exodus and Joe Kinnear's appointment as temporary manager.

Under the novel appointment of Alan Shearer as executive, because of his versatility, Duff was asked towards play as Left Back. In the final match of the 2008–09 Season, against Aston Villa within a crucial relegation decider, Duff unluckily scored the choosing own goal that posted his side down. Much as when he did when with Blackburn, Duff proved his aim towards stay at the relegated club and assistance them back into the Premier League. Duff scored Newcastle's former goal of the 2009–10 season against West Bromwich Albion. According towards the February effect of FourFourTwo journal Duff was quality £14m, spacing him 92nd within the magazine's 2009 Football Rich List.

Fulham

After performing one toy for Newcastle within 2009–10, Duff replaced towards the Premier League, signing for Fulham onto a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, and re-joining Roy Hodgson, his former executive at Blackburn Rovers. He made his Fulham debut arriving onto as a spare against Amkar Perm within the Cottagers' Europa League qualifier match, background up the third goal within a 3–1 win.
Duff performed his former Premiership toy against one of his old clubs Chelsea. The toy was at Craven Cottage and Chelsea went onto towards victory the toy with a 0–2 win. Duff scored his former league goal for Fulham within a two – 1 victory again Everton, scoring within the 79th minute towards grant the Cottagers a vital win. His second goal for Fulham was scored against Manchester United as soon as Bobby Zamora had predetermined him up within a three –0 win. On 15 January 2011, Duff made his 500th career impression within English football when he sided against Wigan Athletic performing the full 90 minutes within a 1-1 draw at the DW Stadium.

International career

At junior grade, Duff performed for Ireland within the 1997 and 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. In the former tournament within Malaysia he scored the former ever Golden Goal within a World Cup match at any level. Duff made his senior début for the Republic of Ireland within 1998 against the Czech Republic. He has since gone onto towards victory 83 caps for the Ireland Squad, scoring seven goals. He performed every toy for them at the 2002 World Cup and was voted their musician of the tournament scoring a goal against Saudi Arabia en route towards the second round.

Profile Bobby Zamora

Personal information :

Full name : Robert Lester Zamora
Date of birth : 16 January 1981
Place of birth : Barking, London, England
Height : 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position : Forward
Current club : Fulham
Number : 25
Youth career :
West Ham United
Senior career :
1999–2000 Bristol Rovers
2000 → Bath City (loan)
2000 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
2000–2003 Brighton & Hove Albion
2003–2004 Tottenham Hotspur
2004–2008 West Ham United
2008– Fulham
National team :
2002 England U21
2010– England

Club career

Bristol Rovers

Zamora attended Bristol Rovers as a trainee within August 1999, making a gross of six spare impressions for Bristol Rovers within everybody contests, ahead of attending Bath City onto a one-month credit within morning 2000, whereas he scored eleven goals within eight toys, and otherwise Brighton & Hove Albion onto credit within February 2000.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Zamora attended Brighton within February 2000 onto a three-month credit until the end of the 1999–00 season, scoring six goals within six games. In August 2000, he made a permanent move towards Brighton for £100,000. During his possession he hastily established himself as a prolific goalscorer, contravening into the England under-21 team and attracting interest from numerous higher-division clubs. He scored 83 moments for the club within 136 impressions, assisting Brighton victory two successive championships as the team won promotion into what became the Championship. The Brighton fans had a chant they consumed towards sing within his honour, towards the tune of Dean Martin's That's Amore: "When the ball blows the goal it's not Shearer or Cole, it's Zamora." Zamora deserted Brighton and Hove Albion as the club's sixth highest-ever goalscorer and remains towards this day one of the most revered Brighton musicians of everybody time.

Tottenham Hotspur

Having been monitored for much of the previous two seasons via the otherwise executive Glenn Hoddle, Zamora transported towards Tottenham Hotspur for £1.5 million within July 2003. However, he fought towards benefit a reliable first-team site at White Hart Lane, making alone 18 cup and league impressions, eleven as substitute,and scoring a single goal, knocking West Ham out of the Carling Cup within October 2003.

West Ham United

In January 2004, Zamora attended West Ham within a import which observed Jermain Defoe go the else distance towards Tottenham. He hastily made his mark, scoring onto his debut as West Ham arrived from rear towards hammered Bradford City and also onto his house debut, when he scored the successful goal against Cardiff City In the 2004–05 season, Zamora scored 13 goals, incorporating one within the former leg[18] and two within the second foot of the Championship play-off semi-final against Ipswich Town and the alone goal within West Ham's 1–0 victory again Preston North End within the Championship play-off final sending West Ham into the Premiership. In the 2005–06 season, he made 42 league and cup impressions and scored ten goals as West Ham ceased within the top halves of the Premier League and reached the FA Cup final, for which he obtained an FA Cup runners-up medal, lacking a disadvantage within the shootout against Liverpool. He was awarded for his contribution towards the team with a novel four year contract within January 2006, and extended it towards 2011 within October 2006, remarking, "I'm joyous towards possess extended my contract and I'm already expecting spending my long-term future at Boleyn Ground. I've been here for almost three years already, and there is genuinely none else site I would rather be. This is my club and wearing a claret and blue shirt is everybody I possess ever needed towards do." He activated the 2006–07 season well, scoring five of the Hammers' six goals within the former four toys of the season but, as West Ham beaten a bad patch that observed them struggling within the relegation continent, he did not score again until January 2007. However, he ended the season with eleven goals, incorporating a controversial goal against Blackburn Rovers within March 2007 and being the former musician towards score a successful goal against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium within April 2007, as West Ham heaved off an abrupt evade from relegation.He made alone 14 impressions for West Ham within the 2007–08 season as soon as lacking five months of the season with tendinitis suffered within August 2007 but scored against Derby within the Hammers' 2–1 win. By the end of the 2007–08 season, Zamora had made 152 impressions within everybody contests for West Ham, scoring 40 goals.

Fulham

In July 2008, Zamora and team mate John Paintsil were signed via Fulham for a joint fee of £6.3 million. In his former season for Fulham, Zamora fought towards encounter the net, scoring just twice within the 2008–09 season, despite loosely performing well and performing a moderately meaningful portion within the team's success within his debut season. On 15 July, Fulham and Hull City conceded a fee, which would see Zamora move towards Hull for £5 million. But he decided towards stay with Fulham within order towards tackle towards prove his critics wrong. Shortly as soon as he snubbed Hull City, he performed within a friendly against Peterbrough United and scored two goals. Then four days afterwards he made his Europa League debut and scored once and predetermined up two goals towards grant Fulham a 3–0 away advantage going into the next leg. He unlatched his 2009–10 Premier League fund onto the gate day of the season when a Clint Dempsey shot beaten him onto the back and hammered David James within the Portsmouth goal. He scored his second goal of the season against Hull City onto 19 October 2009 via heading within a rebound within the 43rd minute. Fulham won the toy 2–0. On 31 October 2009, Zamora scored the former goal of the toy towards put Fulham forth against Liverpool. Fulham won the toy 3–1. Scoring the lone goal against Sunderland, Zamora replicated his output from the previous season with his fourth goal of the campaign. In Fulham's Europa League match against FC Basel Zamora scored twice within their 3–2 victory within St. Jakob Park. On 19 December 2009 Zamora scored once again against Manchester United within their 3–0 victory at Craven Cottage. On 5 January he dislocated his shoulder at the Britannia Stadium within Fulham's 3–2 loss towards Stoke City. Zamora punched the winner within Fulham's Europa League Round of 32 former foot against Shakhtar Donetsk, a match that ceased 2–1. The knock was a mighty knock from outside the container that went within off the underside of the crossbar. Zamora otherwise persisted his scoring form when he scored a last minute free kick against Birmingham City towards victory the toy 2–1. Zamora also scored Fulham's former goal within what was an historical UEFA Europa League comeback against Juventus, Fulham went onto towards victory the toy 4–1. Zamora was broadly praised[citation needed] for the hassle he inflicted Juventus' veteran captain Fabio Cannavaro, a member of Italy's 2006 World Cup successful squad, prior towards Cannavaro's sending off. He persisted towards impress onto the European level for Fulham; scoring within both legs within a 3–1 combine victory against Wolfsburg as Fulham accomplished the Europa League semi-finals. They ultimately reached the final but were beaten 2–1 via Atlético Madrid of Spain.
On ten September 2010, Zamora signed a novel four year contract with Fulham, which shall keep him at the London club until the summer of 2014. The day as soon as, Zamora burst his foot during a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is expected towards be out for at lowest of four months, executive Mark Hughes proved as soon as the game.

International career

Zamora was branded up for the England Under-21 squad for a friendly with Portugal within April 2002. Zamora was named within the England Under-21 squad for the 2002 European Under-21 Championship with David Platt, the otherwise England Under-21 team executive, remarking of him, "My mistake was not going towards possess a glance at him originally than I did. He's been within one squad, did very well within coaching and arrived onto for 25 minutes and did great. If I need a goal and glance at my bench and see a musician whom has scored thirty for the beyond two seasons, there is a likelihood he could arrive on. He justifies his place. Zamora was capped six moments for the England Under-21 team.

Zamora was monitored via the Trinidad and Tobago instructor, Leo Beenhakker, whom also spoke towards Pardew. However, Zamora refused the likelihood of performing within the World Cup finals with Trinidad and Tobago, remarking within August 2005, "Trinidad is my dad's nation and towards play within the finals would be a dream but West Ham are many important. I am alone thinking approximately the club at the moment and do not need towards be distracted from that. On seven August 2009, it was revealed that Zamora and Bolton Wanderers defender Jlloyd Samuel had obtained their Trinidadian passports, and would play for the Soca Warriors within their World Cup Qualifier against El Salvador onto 12 August. However, Zamora did not get his former hat due towards an sting he chosen up whilst training. His form within the 2009–10 season has ruled towards demands Zamora towards be branded up towards the England squad, and there possess been rumours that Fabio Capello has been touring Craven Cottage towards glance at his performances. However, due towards an Achilles sting, he was not covered within Fabio Capello's provisional squad of thirty musicians for the run-up towards the 2010 World Cup, which was informed onto 11 May 2010. On seven August 2010, Zamora was one of five uncapped musicians, Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs, Michael Dawson and Gary Cahill being the else four named within the England squad for their friendly onto 11 August against Hungary.On 11 August 2010, Zamora won his former England hat within a friendly, arriving onto as a halves moment spare against Hungary within a 2-1 victory at Wembley.