Sunday May 14, 2006
France: The 23 players selected for the World Cup
We were impatiently awaiting this list, and it was this morning at 11:30 am that Raymond Domenech announced the list of 23 French players selected for the World Cup 2006 France in Germany:
Goalkeepers:
1 – Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille): 34 years old, 77 caps
2 – Grégory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais): 33 years old, 18 caps
3 – Mickaël Landreau (FC Nantes): 27 years old, 3 selections
Defenders:
Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyonnais): 26 years old, 5 caps
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle / ANG): 26 years old, 18 caps, 1 goal
Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan / ANG): 26 years old, 0 selection
William Gallas (Chelsea / ENG): 28 years old, 37 caps, 1 goal
Gaël Givet (AS Monaco): 24 years old, 11 caps
Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich / ALL): 29 years old, 35 caps
Mikaël Silvestre (Manchester United / ENG): 28 years old, 37 caps, 2 goals
Lilian Thuram (Juventus Turin / ITA): 34 years old, 111 caps, 2 goals
Midfielders:
Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris Saint-Germain): 32 years old, 15 caps, 1 goal
Alou Diarra (RC Lens): 24 years old, 8 caps
Claude Makelele (Chelsea / ENG): 33 years old, 40 caps
Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyonnais): 25 years old, 10 caps, 1 goal
Patrick Vieira (Juventus Turin / ITA): 29 years old, 84 caps, 4 goals
Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid / ESP): 33 years old, 99 caps, 28 goals
Attackers:
Djibril Cissé (Liverpool / ANG): 24 years old, 27 caps, 9 goals
Thierry Henry (Arsenal / ANG): 28 years old, 76 caps, 31 goals
Franck Ribéry (Olympique de Marseille): 23 years old, 0 selection
Louis Saha (Manchester United / ENG): 27 years old, 8 caps, 2 goals
David Trezeguet (Juventus Turin / ITA): 28 years old, 61 caps, 31 goals
Sylvain Wiltord (Olympique Lyonnais): 31 years old, 77 caps, 25 goals
France is part of Group G, along with Switzerland, Korea and Togo.
Do you think Raymond Domenech made the right choice?
Fifa World Cup 2006 is very crucial for France.
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