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Brazil could probably field a Euro 2008 team

  • 16-06-2008 9:08pm
    #1
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know how many Brazilians are playing at Euro 2008?

    Off the top of my head I can think of these players how are / could be Brazilian : Deco, Pepe, Mehmet Aurelio, Kuranyi, Gomez, Roger Gurreiro, Marcos Senna, Gelson Fernandes


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  • #2
    Smegball
    Registered Users Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Smegball


    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    Does anyone know how many Brazilians are playing at Euro 2008?

    Off the top of my head I can think of these players how are / could be Brazilian : Deco, Pepe, Mehmet Aurelio, Kuranyi, Gomez, Roger Gurreiro, Marcos Senna, Gelson Fernandes

    Gomez? I thought he was German/Spanish


  • #3
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,009 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Isnt Kuranyi Turkish/German


  • #4
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    the brazil lost two nil last night to a ten man paraguay, maybe they need some of these dudes.

    the Op is making a good point lets not be pedantic.


  • #5
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    titan18 wrote: »
    Isnt Kuranyi Turkish/German

    I remember commentators saying this plenty of times before, but Wikipedia has him down as born in Brazil to a German/Hungarian Father and Panamanian mother. wtf? how could the commentators be so consistently wrong?


  • #6
    Smegball
    Registered Users Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Smegball


    After tonight I don't think Brazil would want Gomez anyways :P


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  • #7
    Bounty Hunter
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,844 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bounty Hunter


    titan18 wrote: »
    Isnt Kuranyi Turkish/German

    from Wiki...So you know its true;)

    He was born to a German-Hungarian[1] father and a Panamanian mother. He eventually opted to play for the German national football team after being qualified to play for Brazil, Hungary and Panama[2].

    and Gomez

    Mario Gómez García (born July 10, 1985 in Riedlingen) is a German footballer of German-Spanish descent (his father is a Spaniard from Granada and his mother is German).

    its still a good point from the OP, makes me wonder why there arent more Argetinians doing the same (Camronesi sp? we know).

    like someone said in another thread maybe the Gort boyos will give us Brazillian/Irish to go with the Polish/Irish and more for the futureirish squad.


  • #8
    estebancambias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭estebancambias


    I'm sure Gelson Fernandes is from Cape Verde.


  • #9
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Czech Republic
    • none

    Portugal
    • José Bosingwa (Zaire)
    • Petit (France)
    • Nuno (São Tomé and Príncipe)
    • Pepe (Brazil)
    • Nani (Cape Verde)
    • Deco (Brazil)

    Switzerland
    • Johan Djourou (Ivory Coast)
    • Gelson Fernandes (Cape Verde)
    • Valon Behrami (Kosovo)
    • Eldin Jakupović (Yugoslavia)
    • Johan Vonlanthen (Colombia)

    Turkey
    • Hakan Balta (Germany)
    • Mehmet Aurélio (Brazil)
    • Colin Kazim-Richards (England)
    • Mevlüt Erdinç (France)
    • Hamit Altıntop (West Germany)

    Austria
    • Ivica Vastić (Croatia)
    • Ronald Gërçaliu (Albania)
    • György Garics (Hungary)
    • Martin Harnik (West Germany)

    Croatia
    • Josip Šimunić (Australia)
    • Robert Kovač (West Germany)
    • Ivan Rakitić (Switzerland)
    • Niko Kovač (West Germany)
    • Ivan Klasnić (West Germany)
    • Mladen Petrić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    Germany
    • Oliver Neuville (Switzerland)
    • Miroslav Klose (Poland)
    • Piotr Trochowski (Poland)
    • Lukas Podolski (Poland)
    • Kevin Kurányi (Brazil)

    Poland
    • Roger Guerreiro (Brazil)

    France
    • Steve Mandanda (Zaire)
    • Jean-Alain Boumsong (Cameroon)
    • Patrick Vieira (Senegal)
    • Claude Makélélé (Zaire)
    • Patrice Evra (Senegal)

    Italy
    • Mauro Camoranesi (Argentina)
    • Simone Perrotta (England)

    Netherlands
    • none

    Romania
    • none

    Greece
    • Loukas Vyntra (Czech Republic)

    Russia
    • none

    Spain
    • Marcos Senna (Brazil)

    Sweden
    • Tobias Linderoth (France)


  • #10
    gucci
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,282 ✭✭✭gucci


    Good post pigman II....very interesting!
    I always thought Zlatan Ibrahimovic was born in Yugoslavia, but apparently not! His parents are Yugoslavian and Croatian and he was born in Swedan.
    I'm suprised the Dutch have none to be honest, seen as they used to have guys like Seedorf and Davids who were born in Suriname.


  • #11
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    Brazil could have a team though, there's players like Marcio Nobre and Cafu (Turkey) who weren't called up to the final squad.
    And then there's Ailton of Germany


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  • #12
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,655 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    and Eduardo da Silva wouldve been there had Martin Taylor not been so clumsy.


  • #13
    armour87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭armour87


    This has always intrigued me since I seen the Japan leftback Alex and the 2002 WC, he was half Brazilian and looked a nifty little left back.

    Heres a list on wiki I found of Brazilains who could/have/did play for other teams.

    God damn Brazilians


  • #14
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    ...and, as announced on another thread Juve's Amauri is another


  • #15
    shane86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    Oliveras goal kept us out of France 1998 (was it a play off? Cant remember)

    Sepp Blatter should stamp this out rather than messing with the EPL re foreign players.


  • #16
    Töpher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭Töpher


    shane86 wrote: »
    Sepp Blatter should stamp this out rather than messing with the EPL re foreign players.
    Indeed, provided it applied to Ireland aswell! :D Grandmothers my hole!


  • #17
    shane86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    Einstürzende wrote: »
    Indeed, provided it applied to Ireland aswell! :D Grandmothers my hole!

    Dont agree. Only fair that if countries that attract immigrants such as France can use immigrants who grew up there (Makelele, Viera and Evra), countries that sent out migrants should have a fair crack and all (its hardly exclusively Irish. German Turks have played for Turkey. Alot of Carribean teams source English born descendants, usually c`ship or league one types. Fmr French colonies do the same with French born players e.g. Sissoko plays for Mali I think)

    As said previously, Id have loved to see the red tops if England had got through and Kazim Richards created a goal or assist against them :D


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