Rafinha Footballer Midfielder Brazilian Plays

Rafinha Footballer Midfielder Brazilian Plays

Munich - After completing his move from Genoa to the Bayern Munich midfielder Brazilian Rafinha could not hide his happiness. The new player playing one match in the Samba Team will return to the Bundesliga after a costumed Schalke 04 and only one season to taste Serie A.

"I am happy to transfer me to Munich has been completed and it means I'll be back playing in the Bundesliga," said Rafinha playing clubs on the site. "My target now is to win the trophy that I have not got so far. Now I will face the best teams and best players in the world. I am very happy," he continued. Brazilian right-back signed an undisclosed contract value but the club believed to be about 7 million euros with a duration keja for three years.

Joao Moutinho Footballer Midfielder Plays

João Moutinho Portuguese pronunciation: born 8 September 1986 in Portimão, Algarve is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto, also being a Portuguese international. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a holding or attacking midfielder, on either flank.

In 2008–09, after an aborted deal with Premier League's Everton, Moutinho was again ever present, only missing three league matches as Sporting finished once again runner-up; he also had the dubious distinction of scoring his side's only goal in the UEFA Champions League clash against FC Bayern Munich, a 1–12 aggregate loss.

On 3 July 2010, Moutinho signed a five-year contract with Sporting rivals F.C. Porto, with the transfer price reaching €11 million (€1M being paid for 50% of the rights to central defender Nuno André Coelho); additionally, Sporting would receive 25% of any transfer occurring during that time frame, provided it surpassed the previous value. Sporting Chairman José Eduardo Bettencourt described Moutinho's conduct as deplorable and called him a "rotten apple", adding: "The deal was done because Sporting wanted it, because it did not want a rotten apple in its orchard, and it did not want someone who was not an example, nor dignified the flag of the club."

Personal information
Full name João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho
Date of birth September 8, 1986 (1986-09-08) (age 24)
Place of birth Portimão, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Porto
Number 8
Youth career
1994–1999 Portimonense
1999–2005 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2010 Sporting CP 163 (21)
2010– Porto 16 (0)
National team‡
2005–2007 Portugal U21 15 (2)
2005– Portugal 27 (1)

Niko Kranjcar Croatian Footballer Midfielder Plays

Niko Kranjčar (born 13 August 1984) is a Croatian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team. His main traits are his vision, close control, range of passing, set piece prowess and his superb technique.

He previously represented two of the biggest clubs in his homeland, playing for Dinamo Zagreb before sparking controversy by making a move to their fierce rivals Hajduk Split in 2005. A transfer to England with Portsmouth soon followed in August 2006, and after several years of attempting to hold on to their key players, Portsmouth decided to sell him at the start of the 2009–10 season, opening the way for a move to Tottenham in September 2009, where he was reunited with his former manager at Portsmouth, Harry Redknapp. Hailed as the next Robert Prosinečki, Kranjčar was given his international debut by his father Zlatko in August 2004. As of November 2010, Kranjčar has won 61 caps for the Croatia national team.

Kranjčar was previously a part of the Croatian national Under-16, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 teams before advancing to the senior national team. His senior debut for Croatia came on 18 August 2004 in a friendly match against Israel. He was a regular for Croatia during their qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup, making nine appearances and scoring two goals, including a brilliant single effort against Bulgaria. Niko was then chosen for "Young guns firing for World Cup glory" on eurosport.com with some of the greatest talents in the world, such as Lionel Messi, Lukas Podolski and future Pompey team mate Sulley Muntari. He went on to play in all of Croatia's three group stage matches at the final tournament, proving to be a prestigious player for his impressive performances.

With the departure of his father as national team manager, Kranjčar became a regular for Croatia in their qualifying campaign for the Euro 2008, having appeared in all 12 matches, scoring two goals. The most famous of such was his long range opener for Croatia during their final match away to England. Croatia eventually won the game 3–2, resulting in England's failure to qualify for the final tournament. He then scored in a friendly match against Scotland with a spectacular effort just from inside the penalty area in a match played that ended 1–1, the equalising goal coming from Kenny Miller.

Personal information
Full name Niko Kranjčar
Date of birth 13 August 1984 (1984-08-13) (age 26)
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder, Winger
Club information
Current club Tottenham Hotspur
Number 21
Youth career
SK Rapid Vienna
NK Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001–2004 NK Dinamo Zagreb 84 (19)
2004–2006 HNK Hajduk Split 45 (12)
2006–2009 Portsmouth 83 (9)
2009– Tottenham Hotspur 30 (7)
National team‡
2000–2001 Croatia U16/17 17 (8)
2001–2002 Croatia U19 7 (2)
2002–2005 Croatia U21 15 (2)
2004– Croatia 61 (15)

Grégory Lacombe French Footballer Midfielder Plays For AS Monaco FC

Grégory Lacombe (born January 11, 1982 in Albi) is a French football midfielder. He currently plays for AS Monaco FC in the French Ligue 1. Gregory Lacombe switch in the middle of the club this season. Montpellier midfielder it would defend Monaco on loan for half a season.

Lacombe himself had previously played for Monaco three years ago, before moving to Montpellier. But in this new team, he failed to get a prime spot on the team. Lacombe in forward his expressed readiness to help Monaco to be able to improve the position in the French Ligue 1 standings this season.

There also are two-Monaco currently ranked second from the bottom of the standings, had a distance of two points from safety zone. There are also other Monaco before ejecting Lacombe, Guy Lacombe, from the coach seats. Laurent Banide now occupies his post.

Personal information
Date of birth January 11, 1982 (1982-01-11) (age 29)
Place of birth Albi, France
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club AS Monaco FC
Number -
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)
1999–2002
2002–04
2005–06
2006–2007
2007–2011
jan.2011- AS Monaco
AC Ajaccio
Vitoria Setubal
AC Ajaccio
Montpellier HSC
AS Monaco FC 12 (1)
50 (7)
12 (1)
22 (2)
65 (9)
0 (0)
National team
France - U19 5 (1)

Christian Eriksen Midfielder Football Player Young Ajax Amsterdam

Christian Dannemann Eriksen (born 14 February 1992 in Middelfart) is a Danish professional football player, currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam. He previously played for Odense Boldklub, and was named 2008 Danish U-17 Talent of the Year, before signing for Ajax in October 2008. He made his debut for the Danish national team in March 2010, and was the youngest player of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He has been nominated to win the 2010 Danish "Talent of the Year" award.

Christian Eriksen started playing football in his hometown Middelfart before his third birthday. In 2005 he switched to Odense Boldklub (OB), who competed in the Danish youth championships. His team lost the semi-final against Brøndby IF, but afterwards he was named "Best Technical Player" of the tournament. The following year OB won the tournament, when Eriksen scored the only goal in the final. After some good performances for OB's U-16 team and later on U-19 team and the Danish U-17 team, major European football clubs including Chelsea and Barcelona began to take notice.

According to Algemeen Dagblad, AC Milan prepares to bid to recruit young Ajax Amsterdam midfielder Christian Eriksen. Eriksen become one of the Ajax players mainstay since its debut in January 2010. Danish teenagers aged 18 this year brought in Ajax from Odense in 2008. For coach Frank de Boer, Eriksen could match the quality of alumni Ajax, Wesley Sneijder.

Milan have not made a formal offer, but predicted a top Italian club's transfer proposal was worth € 11 million. Ajax unlikely willing to release this winter Eriksen. Moreover Eriksen contract is still ongoing until summer 2014. However, it did not rule out Ajax yield to the temptation of fresh funds which flourished Milan.

Personal information
Full name Christian Dannemann Eriksen
Date of birth 14 February 1992 (1992-02-14) (age 18)
Place of birth Middelfart, Denmark
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Ajax
Number 8
Youth career
1995–2005 Middelfart G&BK
2005–2008 OB
2008–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010– Ajax 44 (4)
National team‡
2007–2009 Denmark U-17 27 (9)
2009 Denmark U-18 5 (1)
2009– Denmark U-19 3 (1)
2010– Denmark 9 (0)

Kim Kallstrom Best Midfielder Playing Footballer

Kim Källström (Swedish pronunciation: born 24 August 1982 in Sandviken) is a left-footed Swedish midfielder playing for the Swedish national team and Olympique Lyonnais. He has a powerful shot, which once knocked out his team-mate Andreas Isaksson during training prior to the 2006 World Cup. His nickname is Kongo-Kim. He is a box-to-box type of midfielder however, he has sometimes been fielded as a left winger. He is best known for his passing, although his crossing is very accurate, and left-footed long-range strikes.

Källström's first professional club in Sweden was BK Häcken from Gothenburg but his big breakthrough in Sweden came when he moved to Djurgårdens IF in 2002, where he won the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2002 and 2003 and svenskacupen"Swedish Cup" 2002. Scored twice in the UEFA Cup against Shamrock Rovers and FC Copenhagen. On May 26, 2006, he signed with French league champions Olympique Lyonnais, and helped them to capture their 6th straight league title, the following season.

Kim Kallstrom said he did not have plans to leave Lyon, and seeks to focus on helping the club won the Ligue 1 title. "My contract still remaining one and a half years," he told Expressen. "I'll finish. Right now I do not want to think about the future,"said Kallstrom.

Kallstrom displaced in the core team Lyon. There has been speculation he would leave the Stade de Gerland. He denied it, saying it would struggle to regain his place in midfield squad Claude Puel. Lyon is now in fourth position Ligue 1, having started the season poorly. Puel had rumored to be fired. "At first I was frustrated to face reality Lyon started the season poorly, and worse,"said Kallstrom. "However, after Lyon through 12 games without unbeaten, Lyon are in the position should be,"added the player from Sweden.

Kallstrom is relatively not much else to sit on the bench. However, he could not appear as a starter every week. According Kallstrom himself not very upset. He believes could help the team won the game when played. He also felt did not really miss the place. If it is no longer played in midfield, Kallstrom several times played as left-back.

Personal information
Full name Kim Källström
Date of birth August 24, 1982 (1982-08-24) (age 28)
Place of birth Sandviken, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Lyon
Number 6
Youth career
Partille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2001 BK Häcken 69 (14)
2001–2003 Djurgårdens IF 48 (26)
2004–2006 Rennes 83 (20)
2006– Lyon 151 (15)
National team‡
2000–2003 Sweden U21 21 (5)
2001– Sweden 78 (13)