Name of Footballer: Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen
Date of Birth: 15 September 1978
Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Iceland
Playing Position: Attacking Midfielder
Number: 9
Current Club: AS Monaco

Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen and his father Arnór made a football history on 24 April 1996 when they played in an international friendly match for Iceland versus Estonia which was held in Tallinn. In that match, Arnór started the game while Guðjohnsen substituted on the second half. Both expressed their disappointments after the game because they were not allowed to play together by Eggert Magnússon, the president of the Icelandic FA. Magnússon gave an order to coach Logi Ólafsson to not play them together because he wanted that to happen in their home turf. It later happened during the match against FYR Macedonia during the first qualification round for the FIFA World Cup in 1998.

Eiður is thought to be a very skilful football player with a firm ball control which was brought by a superb combination of touch and creativity. Also, his one of a kind vision and good passing range lets him play in the deeper midfield role where he can work as a playmaker. It was shown during his time playing at FC Barcelona and at Chelsea where his resourcefulness allows him to play in the midfield when he is left with no other option because all the other positions up front are already filled.

Name of Footballer: Eduardo Nascimento da Costa
Date of Birth: 23 September 1982
Place of Birth: Florianópolis, Brazil
Playing Position: Defensive Midfielder
Number: 24
Current Club: AS Monaco FC

Eduardo Costa played with Grêmio in 2007 on loan from Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona or, more internationally known as RCD Espanyol. He is noted especially for marking extremely tight, and is heavily booked with a seemingly alarming regularity.

Costa came in 2001 to Europe, being a member of the World Cup Under 17 winning side of Brazil, to play for Girondins de Bordeaux FC, in which he had been a regular in the first team for 3 seasons, which included playing a main role in Bordeaux in the UEFA Cup tournament in 2002-03. Costa then moved move to Olympique de Marseille football club. However, he signed up with RCD Espanyol for four million Euros in 2005 following an unhappy season with Olympique de Marseille.

Eduardo Costa’s honours include a victory with Brazil in the FIFA Under 17 World Cup held in 1997, the Copa do Brasil or Brazilian Cup with the Grêmio FootBall Porto Alegrense team in 2001, the Campeonato Gaúcho with the same team and in the same year, a win in the French League Cup or Coupe de la Ligue with FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 2002, and the Spanish League Cup or Copa del Rey with RCD Espanyol in 2006.

Name of Footballer: Ederson Honorato Campos

Date of Birth: 13 January 1986 (1986-01-13)

Place of Birth: Parapuã, Brazil

Playing Position: Attacking Midfielder and Winger

Number: 10

Current Club: Olympique Lyonnais

Ederson started to play football on the streets of São Paulo. He joined the RS Futebol, a Brazilian second tier club, at the age of 16. A year later, he joined Juventude, which was handled by Ricardo Gomes during that time. Ederson developed his skills at Juventude. His great performances with the team got him a call-up from the Brazil under-17 team. He helped the team win the FIFA U-17 World Cup title in Finland in 2003.

Just like the majority of Brazilian football players, Europe was Ederson’s dream destination. He joined the French club OGC Nice in January 2005 (as a loan) after then-Nice manager Gernot Rohr approached him. He played his debut game on 5 February 2005 against Metz. He scored his first goal, which was also a winner for Nice, against Monaco.

Ederson’s best season was his last at Nice, with 36 starts in his 36 appearances. He was also able to score 7 goals. But in January 2008, Nice and Ederson both agreed on a transfer agreement with Olympique Lyonnais for €14 million and another million worth of incentives for Nice. In June 2008, he officially joined Lyon together with Hugo Lloris, a teammate from Nice. He was assigned the number 7, since he was considered as a perfect replacement for Juninho.

NAME: Dzintars Zirnis

CLUB: FK Liepājas Metalurgs

POSITION: midfielder

AGE: 32

BIRTH PLACE: Riga, Latvia

HEIGHT: 6 ft 1/2 inches

APPEARANCES: 42

JOINED TEAM: 19 August 1997

PREVIOUS CLUBS: FK Flaminko Jūrmala, Kvadrāts Riga , Pārdaugava and Baltika, FK Liepājas Metalurgs

INTERNATIONAL TEAM: Latvia

PLAYER INFORMATION:

Dzintars Zirnis is an aggressive midfielder who was born on April 25, 1977 in Riga, Latvia, and started his career with the FK Flaminko Jūrmala club. He presently represents the FK Liepājas Metalurgs club at domestic level, apart from representing his national football team of Latvia at the topmost level.

Zirnis has amazing experience, as he has played for countless clubs, right from FK Flaminko Jūrmala, Baltika Kvadrāts Riga, Pārdaugava, down to the Kvadrāts Riga.

Zirnis played his maiden game for his national football team of Latvia, which took place on 19th August, 1997 against Azerbaijan, and ended as a 0-0 draw.

He has also played for the national Latvian team in a match against Turkey, played in November 2003, which lasted for more than 2 legs. Though he did not score in this match, he actively assisted his side in qualifying for the finals of the UEFA Euro 2004 championship, and this was the first time that the national Latvian side had entered the finals of the prestigious UEFA Cup tournament.

Though he is a cool customer, he lost his temper against Lithuania in the Baltic Cup final, held on 22 May, 2005 in Kaunas.

Name of Footballer: Duško Tošić
Date of Birth: 19 January 1985
Place of Birth: Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing Position: Midfielder
Number: 5
Current Club: Werder Bremen

The SV Werder Bremen never stops in its pursuit to become the German or even the European Supreme in football. In achieving this goal, it is now in the hunt for several foreign nationals and has included a Serbian talent to its multinational roster.

Petri Pasanen, Naldo, Markus Rosenberg, Sebastian Prodl, Said Husejinovic, Daniel Jensen, Hugo Almeida, Claudio Pizarro, Marko Futacs, Marting Harnikm and Marcelo Moreno – These players came from different countries to aid Bremen’s pursuit for greatness and now, Serbian Dusko Tosic has come to the team with all humility.

Born on January of 1985, the young Dusko Tosic plays for SV Werder Bremen as well as the Serbian national team. He started his career at a very young age of 17 and played for FC Sochaux in France. He played for Sochaux from 2002 up to 2005. He took a short break and resumed playing football on 2005 with OFK Beograd in Serbia. He transferred to Bremen and signed a contract with the team until 2011. However, it was announced in August 2009 that he can leave the team as soon as he wishes to.

Internationally, he played with the Serbian national football team and debut in a match against the national team of Norway on the 15th of November in 2006. The said match ended with a draw, scoring 1-1.

Name: I Gusti Ngurah Agung Bayu Sutha
Club: Persib Bandung
Position:  Defender
Age:  31
Birth Place:  Gianyar, Indonesia
Height:  1.80 m.
Appearances:  Not available
Joined Club:  2007
Previous Clubs:  Perseden Denpasar (1997), Persegi Gianyar (1999), Pelita Jaya Purwakarta 2004, persema malang (2005)
International Team:  Indonesia National Football Team  

Player Information:  
I Gusti Ngurah Agung Bayu Sutha (Bayu Sutha) is football player from Indonesia.  He is currently singed with Persib Bandung.  He has shown tremendous persistence throughout his career, working his way up through lower division teams to join the best league in Indonesia, and earning his first call up to the National Football Team in 2006, when he was 29, after nine years of play in the professional leagues.  He has appeared on the national squad each year since then, taking eight caps and one goal in that time.  

Baya Sutha started playing football in the small youth clubs of his hometown of Gianyar, and in 1997, at the age of 20, he had advanced enough in his abilities to earn his first contract.  In that year, he joined the lower division club Perseden Denpasar.  He stayed with Denpasar for two years, steadily establishing a reputation as a solid player.  He then moved up to another team, one based in his hometown, called Persegi Gianyar.  Baya remained there for four years. In 2004, he tried out for a Premier League team, Pelita Jaya Purwakarta, and succeeded!  He joined the squad and had a great year with them. 

Name: Fredy Thompson

Club: Veracruz Football Club

Position: defensive midfielder

Age: 26 years

Birth Place: Puerto Barrios in Guatemala

Height: 1.71 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in)

Appearances: 133 caps

Joined Club: 2008

Previous Clubs: Comunicaciones, CSD Municipal, Veracruz.

International Team: Guatemala National Football Team
 
Player Information: Fredy Williams Thompson Leon is a football player born in Guatemala on the 2nd of June in 1982. He is a professional midfielder who can play as a defensive as well, and he plays currently for the Guatemala national football team. Also he is art of the Veracruz football club that plays in the Mexican Primera Division A. He has become very popular with the Mexican crowd.

Fredy Thomson started his pro football career playing for the CSD Comunicaciones in 2000, and he played in 65 games for them. His total goals scored there was 6. In 2007, he switched clubs and joined the arch rival of Comunicaciones, the CSD Municipal. He played for them at the Major League Soccer tournaments, but after an unsuccessful spell with them he changed clubs again, this time to the Veracruz club in 2008. The Mexican club gave him starts at almost all the matches that he has played for them.

Thomson’s debut in international football representing his national team came in the year 2001. His first official match for them was in 2003 during the UEFA Gold Cup.

Name: Gustavo Cabrera

Club: AGF Aarhus

Position: defender

Age: 29 years

Birth Place: Puerto Barrios in Guatemala

Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Appearances: 406 caps

Joined Club: 2008

Previous Clubs: Comunicaciones, Real Salt Lake, Comunicaciones, AGF Aarhus.

International Team: Guatemala National Football Team
 
Player Information: Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquín is a football player born in Guatemala on the 13th of December in 1979. He is a professional defender playing currently for the Guatemala national football side as well as one of their clubs which is the AGF Aarhus. The club is art of the Danish SuperLiga and Cabrera has assisted the club in winning many titles here. In the year 1995, Cabrera made it into the Comunicaciones football club where he played for a total ten seasons till 2004. He had a total 34 appearances for the club with 4 goals scored.

In 2004, he joined the Real Salt Lake club at the Major League Soccer. However after just one season he was back with the Comunicaciones club, where he remained till the year 2008. In his second spell with the club Cabrera had 288 appearances for the club scoring 10 goals. Cabrera has been used by teams in various positions due to his adaptability levels, playing as a right, a left as well as a centre. He has helped his club win the Guatemalan League Championships a total 4 times from 1998 to 2005. In 2003 he was named as the MVP of the Guatemalan League.

Name: Guillermo Ramirez

Club: CSD Municipal Football Club

Position: midfielder

Age: 30 years

Birth Place: Livingston, Izabal in Guatemala

Height: 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in)

Appearances: 192 caps

Joined Club: 2006

Previous Clubs: CSD Municipal, PAS Giannina, Atlante F.C., Jaguares de Chiapas, CSD Municipal, Los Angeles Galaxy, CSD Municipal.

International Team: Guatemala National Football Team
 
Player Information: Guillermo "Pando" Ramirez Ortega is a football player from Guatemala born on the 26th of March in 1978. He is a professional midfielder playing currently for the Guatemala national football side, and also for the top Guatemalan club, the CSD Municipal. He has been especially good playing for the club in the Guatemala national League. Ramirez started his career in professional football playing with the CSD municipal club in the year 1995. He played with them till 2000, making 22 appearances and scoring 4 goals. In 2001, he moved to a Greek football club, the PAS Giannina, where he played 9 matches. After a brief spell in Atlante FC in 2002, he moved into the Jaguares de Chiapas club, playing 14 matches for them and scoring 2 goals as well. He played brilliantly especially at the Mexican First Division games.

In 2003 he made another brief appearance at the CSD municipal club, playing 32 games and scoring 13 goals. And he returned to Municipal in 2005 after being loaned out to Los Angeles Galaxy. He has been with Municipal till date.

Name: Fredy Garcia

Club: CSD Municipal Football Club

Position: midfielder

Age: 31 years

Birth Place: Puerto Barrios in Guatemala

Height: 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Appearances: 164 caps

Joined Club: 2004

Previous Clubs: USAC FC, Comunicaciones, Columbus Crew, CSD Municipal, Columbus Crew, CSD Municipal.

International Team: Guatemala National Football Team
 
Player Information: Fredy Alexander Garcia Carrera is a Guatemalan football player born on the 12th of January in 1977. He is a professional midfielder who lays currently for the Guatemala national football team as well as one of the top clubs of the country, the CSD Municipal. The club plays in the top division of the Guatemala league and Garcia has been one of their key performers here.

Fredy Garcia began his football career playing for the San Carlos University USAC football club in the year 1998. The next year he moved into the Comunicaciones football club and with them he won 2 league titles for the club. In the year 2002, he moved once again, this time to the Columbus Crew club, playing for the MLS, and he remained here for 5 continuous seasons. In 2003 he had a brief sell at the CSD Municipal football club before making a comeback into Columbus Crew. In this second spell he played a total 22 matches scoring 1 goal as well. In 2004, he returned to CSD Municipal, and has been playing there ever since. He has 68 appearances for the club and has scored 17 goals so far.