NATIONAL TEAM - SWITZERLAND - 2014 WORLD CUP - Goodbye, Ottmar Hitzfeld. All the best and take care.

Hitzfeld has made a positive impression wherever he has been stationed and his name is still regularly chanted in the stands at Bayern Munich.

“He put together a really good team that will last for many years to come,” Granit Xhaka told FIFA.com, before Josip Drmic added: “He’s done a great job.” 

2 Jul 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 19 - LAST SIXTEEN - ARGENTINA VS SWITZERLAND 1:0

LAST SIXTEEN
1st July 2014

Argentina vs Switzerland 1:0

1 Jul 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 19 - LAST SIXTEEN - BELGIUM VS USA 2:1

LAST SIXTEEN
1st July 2014

Belgium vs USA 2:1

1 Jul 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - ARGENTINA - KEY PLAYER - ‪LIONEL MESSI - PROFILE

Lionel Andrés Messi; born 24 June 1987, is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He serves as the captain of his country's national football team.

By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2009, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. 

1 Jul 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - USA - KEY PLAYER - ‪JERMAINE JONES - PROFILE

Jermaine Junior Jones, born 3 November 1981, is a German-American footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Turkish club Beşiktaş. He has previously played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen, Blackburn Rovers and Schalke 04. He was born in Germany and represented them at U21 and senior level.

1 Jul 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - COACH - STEPHEN KESHI RESIGNS AFTER EXIT

He becomes the sixth manager to leave his job during the World Cup, following the departures of Honduras's Luis Suarez, Iran's Carlos Queiroz, Japan's Alberto Zaccheroni, Italy's Cesare Prandelli and Ivory Coast's Sabri Lamouchi.

Keshi, who captained Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup finals, was previously in charge of Mali and Togo.

1 Jul 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 18 - LAST SIXTEEN - FRANCE vs NIGERIA 2:0

LAST SIXTEEN
30th June 2014

France vs Nigeria 2:0

30 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 18 - LAST SIXTEEN - GERMANY vs ALGERIA 2:1

LAST SIXTEEN
30th June 2014

Germany vs Algeria 2:1

30 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - GERMANY - KEY PLAYER - THOMAS MUELLER‬ - PROFILE

Müller's role can be described as an attacking all-rounder, a player able to play in a variety of forward positions. He can play in any of the attacking midfield roles but usually plays in the center for Bayern Munich, and on the right for Germany.

He has been used as an out-and-out striker on occasion. Müller has been praised for his maturity, pace, technique, awareness and positioning.

30 Jun 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - FRANCE - KEY PLAYER - ‪KARIM BENZEMA - PROFILE

He has been named French Player of the Year twice for his performances in 2011 and 2012. Benzema is a former French youth international and has represented his nation from under-17 level onwards. 

Benzema has earned over 65 caps and represented France at three major international tournaments; the 2008 and 2012 editions of the UEFA European Football Championship and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

30 Jun 2014

2018 WORLD CUP - GROUP A - RUSSIA - SQUAD

Russia
2018 WORLD CUP - NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM - 06/2018

 

GROUP A

Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov
Captain: Igor Akinfeev 


No.: 1
Igor Akinfeev (captain)

Goalkeeper

Date of birth: 8 April 1986 
Caps: 106
Club: CSKA Moscow


No.: 2
Mário Fernandes

Defender

Date of birth: 19 September 1990
Caps: 5
Club: CSKA Moscow


No.: 3
Ilya Kutepov

Defender

Date of birth: 29 July 1993
Caps: 7
Club: Spartak Moscow


No.: 4
Sergei Ignashevich

Defender

Date of birth: 14 July 1979
Caps: 122
Club: CSKA Moscow


No.: 5
Andrei Semyonov

Defender

Date of birth: 24 March 1989
Caps: 6
Club: Akhmat Grozny


No.: 6
Denis Cheryshev

Midfield

Date of birth: 26 December 1990
Caps: 11
Club: Villarreal (Spain)


No.: 7
Daler Kuzyayev

Midfield

Date of birth: 15 January 1993
Caps: 6
Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg


No.: 8
Yury Gazinsky

Midfield

Date of birth: 20 July 1989
Caps: 6
Club: Krasnodar


No.: 9
Alan Dzagoev

Midfield

Date of birth: 17 June 1990
Caps: 57
Club: CSKA Moscow


No.: 10
Fyodor Smolov

Forward

Date of birth: 9 February 1990
Caps: 32
Club: Krasnodar


No.: 11
Roman Zobnin

Midfield

Date of birth: 11 February 1994
Caps: 12
Club: Spartak Moscow


No.: 12
Andrey Lunyov

Goalkeeper

Date of birth: 13 November 1991
Caps: 3
Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg


No.: 13
Fyodor Kudryashov

Defender

Date of birth: 5 April 1987
Caps: 19
Club: Rubin Kazan


No.: 14
Vladimir Granat

Defender

Date of birth: 22 May 1987
Caps: 12
Club: Rubin Kazan


No.: 15
Aleksei Miranchuk

Midfield

Date of birth: 17 October 1995
Caps: 18
Club: Lokomotiv Moscow


No.: 16
Anton Miranchuk

Midfield

Date of birth: 17 October 1995
Caps: 6
Club: Lokomotiv Moscow

 

No.: 17
Aleksandr Golovin

Midfield

Date of birth: 30 May 1996
Caps: 19
Club: CSKA Moscow


No.: 18
Yuri Zhirkov

Midfield

Date of birth: 20 August 1983
Caps: 84
Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg


No.: 19
Aleksandr Samedov

Midfield

Date of birth: 19 July 1984
Caps: 48
Club: Spartak Moscow


No.: 20
Vladimir Gabulov

Goalkeeper

Date of birth: 19 October 1983
Caps: 10
Club: Brugge (Belgium)


No.: 21
Aleksandr Yerokhin

Midfield

Date of birth: 13 October 1989
Caps: 17
Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg


No.: 22
Artem Dzyuba

Forward

Date of birth: 22 August 1988 
Caps: 22
Club: Arsenal Tula


No.: 23
Igor Smolnikov

Defender

Date of birth: 8 August 1988
Caps: 27
Club: Zenit Saint Petersburg

 

 

25 Jun 2018
(afrofootball.com)

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