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Foreign names of many Germany soccer team players

Mesut OEZIL · 2010-07-11 16:59:49

About half of the players on the Germany national soccer team have non-Germanic names whereas not even one of the England players has a non-English name. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43948/squadlist.html http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43942/squadlist.html Here are the German players with the foreign…

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About half of the players on the Germany national soccer team have non-Germanic names whereas not even one of the England players has a non-English name.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43948/squadlist.html
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43942/squadlist.html
Here are the German players with the foreign names. Non-European first.
Dennis AOGO (one grandfather Nigerian)
Jerome BOATENG (father from Ghana)
CACAU (born in Brazil; real name Claudemir Jerônimo Barretto)
Sami KHEDIRA (father from Tunisia)
Mesut OEZIL (parents Turkish)
Serdar TASCI (parents Turkish)
Marko MARIN (born in Yugoslavia (Bosnian Serb))
Mario GOMEZ (father Spanish)
Piotr TROCHOWSKI (born in Poland)
Miroslav KLOSE (born in Poland)
Lukas PODOLSKI (born in Poland)

That's 11 players. The other 12 players in the German squad have Germanic-looking names. On the England squad all 23 players have Anglo-looking names. CARRICK and CARRAGHER are anglicizatons of old Gaelic names and these are British because, for one thing, they are anglicizations. I read somewhere that Germany is one of the most globalized countries in the world in the sense that it has one of the highest percentages of immigrants, or children of immigrants, with the immigrants having a wide diversity of places of origin. Undoubtedly the European countries that prosper economically are going to become even more globalized in this sense.

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#2 11-07-2010 5:25pm

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#3 11-07-2010 5:28pm

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and how many of our irish wc heros were born in ireland

:rolleyes:

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#4 11-07-2010 5:30pm

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Mesut OEZIL wrote: »

About half of the players on the Germany national soccer team have non-Germanic names whereas not even one of the England players has a non-English name.

Jesus.

How about you do some research.

Rooney: O Ruanaidh

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#5 11-07-2010 5:31pm

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:rolleyes:

terrible first post (even for AH)

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#6 11-07-2010 5:32pm

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Just a side question, kind of related.

Is it spelled Mesut Oezil or Ozil. I've seen it spelled both ways. Is one the english version?

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#7 11-07-2010 5:32pm

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Sorry to ask what be an obvious question... but who gives a shít?

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#8 11-07-2010 5:32pm

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What about this fella?

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/rooney-is-part-of-a-generation-irish-on-the-inside-72755.html

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#9 11-07-2010 5:32pm

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I'm amazed that a lot more national teams dont use the granny rule to their benefit more

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#10 11-07-2010 5:33pm

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dlofnep wrote: »

Sorry to ask what be an obvious question... but who gives a shít?

Bantam.

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#11 11-07-2010 5:33pm

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Why England?

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#12 11-07-2010 5:34pm

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Kevin Irving wrote: »

Is it spelled Mesut Oezil or Ozil. I've seen it spelled both ways. Is one the english version?

Yeah both are, English-language keyboards don't have the umlaut the name is supposed to have in Turkish. His name is Mesut Özil.

An interesting stat I heard: 50% of all Germans under 20 have at least one non-German parent.

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#13 11-07-2010 5:42pm

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Mesut OEZIL wrote: »

they I read somewhere that Germany is one of the most globalized countries in the world in the sense that it has one of the highest percentages of immigrants, or children of immigrants, with the immigrants having a wide diversity of places of origin. Undoubtedly the European countries that prosper economically are going to become even more globalized in this sense.

Intresting to read of some German politicians demand for IQ tests for would be would be immigrants

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=185123

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#14 11-07-2010 5:46pm

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Theres a double edged sword for ye.....

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#15 11-07-2010 6:28pm

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Two words

Tony Cascarino :rolleyes:

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#16 11-07-2010 6:43pm

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Names don't tell you everything about ethnic origin. Many of the English players have roots in former colonies, especially the West Indies. Their ancestors were forcibly given English names, by slave traders or missionaries from England, as part of the process of "civilizing" them. :rolleyes:

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#17 11-07-2010 6:47pm

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You spelled Özil wrong

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#18 11-07-2010 7:32pm

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Jev/N wrote: »

You spelled Özil wrong

Özil = Oezil

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#19 11-07-2010 7:42pm

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So what is your point after all with German team? If those players have German passports then can play for Germany if the German team wants them, what is so strange about it? There is big Polish and Turkish immigration in Germany so this is why so many Turkish and Polish names play for them, simple as that. Give it 15 or 20 years and you will see how many foreign names you will see playing for Irish team, wow, maybe even in GAA - pretty much natives reserved so far

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#20 11-07-2010 8:11pm

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Mesut OEZIL, soccer threads goes in Soccer. WC thread in only exception until after tonight.
How to apply for Soccer access.

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