The final 23 players for the 32 squads competing in South Africa’s 2010 Fifa World Cup were announced after the deadline for confirmed teams passed on 1 June. Get the low-down on the 736 footballers who will be battling it out for the sport’s biggest trophy from 11 June to 11 July.
GROUP H
Coach: Vicente del Bosque | |||||
# | Position | Player | Date of Birth | Caps | Club |
1 | Goalkeeper | Iker Casillas (captain) | 20 May 1981 (aged 29) | 103 | Real Madrid |
2 | Defender | Raúl Albiol | 4 September 1985 (aged 24) | 22 | Real Madrid |
3 | Defender | Gerard Piqué | 2 February 1987 (aged 23) | 15 | Barcelona |
4 | Defender | Carlos Marchena | 31 July 1979 (aged 30) | 57 | Valencia |
5 | Defender | Carles Puyol | 13 April 1978 (aged 32) | 82 | Barcelona |
6 | Midfielder | Andrés Iniesta | 11 May 1984 (aged 26) | 41 | Barcelona |
7 | Forward | David Villa | 3 December 1981 (aged 28) | 56 | Valencia |
8 | Midfielder | Xavi | 25 January 1980 (aged 30) | 85 | Barcelona |
9 | Forward | Fernando Torres | 20 March 1984 (aged 26) | 72 | Liverpool |
10 | Midfielder | Cesc Fàbregas | 4 May 1987 (aged 23) | 47 | Arsenal |
11 | Defender | Joan Capdevila | 3 February 1978 (aged 32) | 44 | Villarreal |
12 | Goalkeeper | Víctor Valdés | 14 January 1982 (aged 28) | 0 | Barcelona |
13 | Midfielder | Juan Manuel Mata | 28 April 1988 (aged 22) | 7 | Valencia |
14 | Midfielder | Xabi Alonso | 25 November 1981 (aged 28) | 67 | Real Madrid |
15 | Defender | Sergio Ramos | 30 March 1986 (aged 24) | 58 | Real Madrid |
16 | Midfielder | Sergio Busquets | 16 July 1988 (aged 21) | 12 | Barcelona |
17 | Defender | Álvaro Arbeloa | 17 January 1983 (aged 27) | 14 | Real Madrid |
18 | Forward | Pedro | 28 July 1987 (aged 22) | 1 | Barcelona |
19 | Forward | Fernando Llorente | 26 February 1985 (aged 25) | 6 | Athletic Bilbao |
20 | Midfielder | Javi Martínez | 2 September 1988 (aged 21) | 1 | Athletic Bilbao |
21 | Midfielder | David Silva | 8 January 1986 (aged 24) | 34 | Valencia |
22 | Midfielder | Jesús Navas | 21 November 1985 (aged 24) | 4 | Sevilla |
23 | Goalkeeper | Pepe Reina | 31 August 1982 (aged 27) | 19 | Liverpool |
Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld | |||||
# | Position | Player | Date of Birth | Caps | Club |
1 | Goalkeeper | Diego Benaglio | 8 September 1983 (aged 26) | 25 | Wolfsburg |
2 | Defender | Stephan Lichtsteiner | 16 January 1984 (aged 26) | 26 | Lazio |
3 | Defender | Ludovic Magnin | 20 April 1979 (aged 31) | 61 | Zürich |
4 | Defender | Philippe Senderos | 14 February 1985 (aged 25) | 38 | Everton |
5 | Defender | Steve von Bergen | 10 June 1983 (aged 27) | 10 | Hertha Berlin |
6 | Midfielder | Benjamin Huggel | 7 July 1977 (aged 32) | 36 | Basel |
7 | Midfielder | Tranquillo Barnetta | 2 May 1985 (aged 25) | 50 | Bayer Leverkusen |
8 | Midfielder | Gökhan Inler | 27 June 1984 (aged 25) | 34 | Udinese |
9 | Forward | Alexander Frei (captain) | 15 July 1979 (aged 30) | 73 | Basel |
10 | Forward | Blaise Nkufo | 25 May 1975 (aged 35) | 29 | Twente |
11 | Midfielder | Valon Behrami | 19 April 1985 (aged 25) | 26 | West Ham United |
12 | Goalkeeper | Marco Wölfli | 22 August 1982 (aged 27) | 4 | Young Boys |
13 | Defender | Stéphane Grichting | 30 March 1979 (aged 31) | 33 | Auxerre |
14 | Midfielder | Marco Padalino | 8 December 1983 (aged 26) | 7 | Sampdoria |
15 | Midfielder | Hakan Yakin | 22 February 1977 (aged 33) | 80 | Luzern |
16 | Midfielder | Gelson Fernandes | 2 September 1986 (aged 23) | 21 | Saint-Étienne |
17 | Defender | Reto Ziegler | 16 January 1986 (aged 24) | 10 | Sampdoria |
18 | Forward | Albert Bunjaku | November 29, 1983 (age 26) | 1 | Nuremberg |
19 | Forward | Eren Derdiyok | 12 June 1988 (aged 21) | 19 | Bayer Leverkusen |
20 | Midfielder | Pirmin Schwegler | 9 March 1987 (aged 23) | 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
21 | Goalkeeper | Johnny Leoni | 30 June 1984 (aged 25) | 0 | Zürich |
22 | Defender | Mario Eggimann | 24 January 1981 (aged 29) | 8 | Hannover 96 |
23 | Midfielder | Xherdan Shaqiri | 10 October 1991 (aged 18) | 1 | Basel |
Coach: Reinaldo Rueda | |||||
# | Position | Player | Date of Birth | Caps | Club |
1 | Goalkeeper | Noel Valladares | 3 May 1977 (aged 33) | 71 | Olimpia |
2 | Goalkeeper | Donis Escober | 3 February 1980 (aged 30) | 11 | Olimpia |
3 | Goalkeeper | Ricardo Canales | 30 May 1982 (aged 28) | 2 | Motagua |
4 | Defender | Maynor Figueroa | 2 May 1983 (aged 27) | 66 | Wigan Athletic |
5 | Defender | Sergio Mendoza | 23 May 1981 (aged 29) | 46 | Motagua |
6 | Defender | Oscar García | 4 September 1984 (aged 25) | 42 | Olimpia |
7 | Defender | Víctor Bernárdez | 24 May 1982 (aged 28) | 40 | Anderlecht |
8 | Defender | Emilio Izaguirre | 10 May 1986 (aged 24) | 39 | Motagua |
9 | Defender | Osman Chávez | 29 July 1984 (aged 25) | 26 | Platense |
10 | Defender | Mauricio Sabillón | 11 November 1978 (aged 31) | 25 | Hangzhou Greentown |
11 | Defender | Johnny Palacios | 20 December 1986 (aged 23) | 4 | Olimpia |
12 | Midfielder | Amado Guevara (captain) | 2 May 1976 (aged 34) | 133 | Motagua |
13 | Midfielder | Danilo Turcios | 8 May 1978 (aged 32) | 82 | Olimpia |
14 | Midfielder | Julio César de León | 13 September 1979 (aged 30) | 74 | Torino |
15 | Midfielder | Wilson Palacios | 29 July 1984 (aged 25) | 69 | Tottenham Hotspur |
16 | Midfielder | Edgar Álvarez | 9 January 1980 (aged 30) | 46 | Bari |
17 | Midfielder | Hendry Thomas | 23 February 1985 (aged 25) | 39 | Wigan Athletic |
18 | Midfielder | Ramón Núñez | 14 November 1984 (aged 25) | 16 | Olimpia |
19 | Forward | Carlos Pavón | 19 October 1973 (aged 36) | 98 | Real España |
20 | Forward | David Suazo | 5 November 1979 (aged 30) | 50 | Genoa |
21 | Forward | Walter Martínez | 29 March 1982 (aged 28) | 34 | Marathón |
22 | Forward | Georgie Welcome | 9 March 1985 (aged 25) | 11 | Motagua |
23 | Forward | Roger Espinoza | 25 October 1986 (aged 23) | 10 | Kansas City Wizards |
Coach: Marcelo Bielsa | ||||||
# | Position | Player | Date of Birth | Caps | Club | |
1 | Goalkeeper | Claudio Bravo (captain) | 13 April 1983 (aged 27) | 41 | Real Sociedad | |
2 | Goalkeeper | Miguel Pinto | 4 July 1983 (aged 26) | 13 | Universidad de Chile | |
3 | Goalkeeper | Luis Marín | 18 May 1983 (aged 27) | 2 | Unión Española | |
4 | Defender | Pablo Contreras | 11 September 1978 (aged 31) | 49 | PAOK | |
5 | Defender | Gonzalo Jara | 29 August 1985 (aged 24) | 31 | West Bromwich Albion | |
6 | Defender | Ismael Fuentes | 4 August 1981 (aged 28) | 25 | Universidad Católica | |
7 | Defender | Gary Medel | 3 August 1987 (aged 22) | 23 | Boca Juniors | |
8 | Defender | Waldo Ponce | 4 December 1982 (aged 27) | 23 | Universidad Católica | |
9 | Defender | Arturo Vidal | 22 May 1987 (aged 23) | 21 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
10 | Defender | Mauricio Isla | 12 June 1988 (aged 21) | 10 | Udinese | |
11 | Midfielder | Jorge Valdivia | 19 October 1983 (aged 26) | 36 | Al-Ain | |
12 | Midfielder | Matías Fernández | 15 May 1986 (aged 24) | 35 | Sporting CP | |
13 | Midfielder | Rodrigo Tello | 14 October 1979 (aged 30) | 32 | Beşiktaş | |
14 | Midfielder | Marco Estrada | May 28, 1983 (aged 27) | 20 | Universidad de Chile | |
15 | Midfielder | Rodrigo Millar | 3 November 1981 (aged 28) | 19 | Colo-Colo | |
16 | Midfielder | Carlos Carmona | 21 February 1987 (aged 23) | 18 | Reggina | |
17 | Midfielder | Gonzalo Fierro | 21 March 1983 (aged 27) | 16 | Flamengo | |
18 | Forward | Humberto Suazo | 10 May 1981 (aged 29) | 41 | Real Zaragoza | |
19 | Forward | Mark González | 10 July 1984 (aged 25) | 38 | CSKA Moscow | |
20 | Forward | Alexis Sánchez | 19 December 1988 (aged 21) | 26 | Udinese | |
21 | Forward | Jean Beausejour | 1 June 1984 (aged 26) | 23 | América | |
22 | Forward | Fabián Orellana | 27 January 1986 (aged 24) | 13 | Xerez | |
23 | Forward | Esteban Paredes | 1 August 1980 (aged 29) | 12 | Colo-Colo | |
