FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 / Squad

This article provides an overview of the teams participating in the 2009 Confederations Cup . The teams are arranged according to the preliminary round groups and sorted alphabetically within the groups.

Group A

Iraq

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Just Sabri	al-Talaba SC	06/06/1984	0	0	0	0	0
12	Mohammed Kassid	al-Zawraa SC	12/10/1986	3	0	0	0	0
21st	Uday Taleb	Duhok SC	11/06/1981	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Mohammed Ali Karim	al-Jazira Club	06/25/1986	3	0	0	0	0
3	Bassim Abbas	al-Talaba SC	07/01/1982	3	0	1	0	0
4th	Fareed Majeed	al-Talaba SC	08/17/1986	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Salam Shakir	al-Khor SC	07/31/1986	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Ali Rehema	al-Wakrah SC	09/03/1976	3	0	0	0	0
16	Dara Mohammed	Sulaimaniyya FC	07/16/1987	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Abbas Isam	al-Amana	03/11/1987	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Muayad Khalid	al-Quwa al-Jawiya	09/01/1985	1	0	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Nasch'at Akram	al-Gharafa Sports Club	09/12/1984	3	0	1	0	0
6th	Salih Sadir	al Ahed	08/21/1981	2	0	0	0	0
9	Abdul Wahhad	Sepahan FC	January 16, 1979	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	Anorthosis Famagusta	06/01/1981	3	0	0	0	0
13	Karrar Jassim	al-Wakrah SC	06/11/1987	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Mahdi Karim	al-Khor SC	December 10, 1983	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Samer Saeed	al-Ahly Tripoli	07/04/1987	2	0	0	0	0
23	Halgurd Mulla Mohammed	Sulaimaniyya FC	03/11/1988	0	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Emad Mohammed	Sepahan FC	07/24/1982	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Luay Salah	Erbil SC	02/07/1982	0	0	0	0	0
10	Yunis Mahmud	al-Gharafa Sports Club	03/02/1983	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Alaa Abdul Zahra	al-Khor SC	12/22/1987	3	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Bora Milutinović		04/10/1961

New Zealand

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Mark Paston	Wellington Phoenix	December 13, 1976	0	0	0	0	0
12	Glen Moss	Melbourne Victory	01/19/1983	3	0	0	0	0
23	James Bannatyne	Team Wellington	06/30/1975	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Aaron Scott	Waitakere United	07/18/1986	1	0	0	0	0
3	Tony Lochhead	Wellington Phoenix	01/12/1982	3	0	0	0	0
4th	Duncan Oughton	Columbus crew	06/14/1977	1	0	0	0	0
5	Ben Sigmund	Wellington Phoenix	02/03/1981	1	0	0	0	0
6th	Ivan Vicelich	Auckland City FC	09/03/1976	3	0	1	0	0
17th	David Mulligan	Wellington Phoenix	March 24, 1982	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Andrew Boyens	New York Red Bulls	09/18/1983	3	0	1	0	0
19th	Steven Old	FC Kilmarnock	02/17/1986	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
7th	Simon Elliott	San Jose Earthquakes	06/10/1974	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Tim Brown	Wellington Phoenix	03/06/1981	3	0	1	0	0
11	Leo Bertos	Wellington Phoenix	December 20, 1981	3	0	0	0	0
13	Andy Barron	Team Wellington	December 24, 1980	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Jeremy Christie	Wellington Phoenix	05/22/1983	3	0	1	0	0
15th	Jeremy Brockie	North Queensland Fury	07.10.1987	2	0	1	0	0
16	Chris James	Tampere United	07/04/1987	2	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Shane Smeltz	Gold Coast United	09/29/1981	3	0	1	0	0
10	Chris Killen	Celtic Glasgow	10/08/1981	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Chris Wood	West Bromwich Albion	07/12/1991	1	0	0	0	0
21st	Kris Bright	Panserraikos	09/05/1986	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jarrod Smith	Seattle Sounders FC	06/20/1984	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ricki Herbert		04/10/1961

Spain

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Iker Casillas	real Madrid	05/20/1981	4th	0	0	0	0
13	Diego Lopez	Villarreal CF	11/03/1981	0	0	0	0	0
23	Pepe Reina	Liverpool FC	08/31/1982	1	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Raúl Albiol	Valencia CF	04.09.1985	3	0	2	0	0
3	Gerard Piqué	FC Barcelona	02/02/1987	4th	0	3	0	0
4th	Carlos Marchena	Valencia CF	07/31/1979	1	0	1	0	0
5	Carles Puyol	FC Barcelona	04/13/1978	3	0	0	0	0
11	Joan Capdevila	Villarreal CF	02/03/1978	4th	0	1	0	0
15th	Sergio Ramos	real Madrid	03/30/1986	3	0	0	0	0
19th	Álvaro Arbeloa	Liverpool FC	January 17, 1983	3	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Pablo Hernández	Valencia CF	04/11/1985	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Xavi	FC Barcelona	January 25, 1980	4th	0	0	0	0
10	Cesc Fàbregas	Arsenal FC	05/04/1987	3	1	0	0	0
12	Sergio Busquets	FC Barcelona	07/16/1988	3	0	1	0	0
14th	Xabi Alonso	Liverpool FC	11/25/1981	4th	1	1	0	0
18th	Albert Riera	Liverpool FC	04/15/1982	4th	0	0	0	0
20th	Santi Cazorla	Villarreal CF	12/13/1984	5	0	0	0	0
21st	David Silva	Valencia CF	01/08/1986	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Juan Mata	Valencia CF	04/28/1988	2	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	David Villa	Valencia CF	December 3rd, 1981	5	3	0	0	0
9	Fernando Torres	Liverpool FC	03/20/1984	5	3	0	0	0
16	Fernando Llorente	Athletic Bilbao	02/26/1985	2	1	1	0	0
17th	Daniel Güiza	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	08/17/1980	2	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Vicente del Bosque		December 23, 1950

South Africa

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Rowen Fernandez	Arminia Bielefeld	02/28/1978	0	0	0	0	0
16	Itumeleng Khune	Kaizer Chiefs	06/20/1987	5	0	0	0	0
22nd	Brian Baloyi	Mamelodi Sundowns	March 16, 1974	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Siboniso Gaxa	Mamelodi Sundowns	04/06/1984	5	0	0	0	0
3	Tsepo Masilela	Maccabi Haifa	05/05/1985	5	0	2	0	0
4th	Aaron Mokoena	Portsmouth FC	11/25/1980	5	0	0	0	0
14th	Matthew Booth	Mamelodi Sundowns	03/14/1977	5	0	0	0	0
15th	Innocent Mdledle	Orlando Pirates	December 11, 1985	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Bryce Moon	Panathinaikos Athens	04/06/1986	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Bongani Khumalo	Supersport United	01/06/1987	0	0	0	0	0
23	Morgan Gould	Supersport United	03/23/1983	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Benson Mhlongo	Orlando Pirates	11/9/1980	4th	0	0	0	0
6th	MacBeth Sibaya	Rubin Kazan	11/25/1977	4th	0	2	0	0
7th	Lance Davids	Supersport United	04/11/1985	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Siphiwe Tshabalala	Kaizer Chiefs	09/25/1984	4th	0	0	0	0
10	Steven Pienaar	Everton FC	03/17/1982	5	0	2	0	0
11	Elrio van Heerden	Club Bruges	07/11/1983	2	0	0	0	0
12	Teko Modise	Orlando Pirates	12/22/1982	5	0	1	0	0
13	Kagisho Dikgacoi	Golden Arrows	11/24/1984	5	0	1	0	0
striker
9	Katlego Mphela	Mamelodi Sundowns	11/29/1984	2	2	1	0	0
17th	Bernard Parker	FK Red Star Belgrade	March 16, 1986	5	2	0	0	0
18th	Thembinkosi Fanteni	Maccabi Haifa	02/20/1984	2	0	1	0	0
21st	Katlego Mashego	Orlando Pirates	05/18/1982	4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Joel Santana		December 25, 1948

Group B

Egypt

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Essam El-Hadary	FC Sion	January 15, 1973	3	0	1	0	0
16	Abdelwahed El-Sayed	al Zamalek SC	06/03/1977	0	0	0	0	0
23	Mohamed Sobhy	Ismaily SC	08/30/1981	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Mahmoud Fathalla	al Zamalek SC	02/13/1982	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Ahmed Said	Haras El-Hadood	03/13/1984	3	0	0	0	0
5	Ahmed Khairy	Ismaily SC	10/01/1987	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Hany Said	al Zamalek SC	04/22/1980	3	0	0	0	0
7th	Ahmed Fathy	al Ahly Cairo	11/10/1984	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Sayed Moawad	Ismaily SC	May 25, 1979	2	0	1	0	0
15th	Ahmed Farag	Ismaily SC	05/20/1986	2	0	0	0	0
midfield player
3	Ahmed Al-Muhammadi	ENPPI Club	09/09/1987	2	0	1	0	1
8th	Hosni Abd-Rabou	Al-Ahli Dubai	11/01/1984	3	0	0	0	0
10	Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek	Haras El-Hadood	05/15/1980	3	0	1	0	0
11	Mohamed Shawky	Middlesbrough FC	10/15/1981	3	1	0	0	0
12	Mohamed Homos	Ismaily SC	01/01/1979	1	0	0	0	0
13	Abdelaziz Tawfik	ENPPI Club	05/24/1986	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Ahmed Hassan	al Ahly Cairo	05/02/1975	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Ahmed Abdel-Ghani	Haras El-Hadood	December 01, 1981	1	0	0	0	0
20th	Wael Gomaa	al Ahly Cairo	08/03/1975	3	0	1	0	0
striker
9	Mohamed Zidan	Borussia Dortmund	12/11/1981	2	2	0	0	0
19th	Mohamed Abou Greisha	Ismaily SC	08/04/1981	1	0	0	0	0
21st	Ahmed Raouf	ENPPI Club	09/15/1982	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Mohamed Abo Treka	al Ahly Cairo	07/11/1978	3	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Hassan Shehata		06/19/1949

Brazil

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Júlio César	Inter Milan	09/03/1979	5	0	0	0	0
12	Victor	Gremio Porto Alegre	01/21/1983	0	0	0	0	0
23	Heurelho Gomes	Tottenham Hotspur	02/15/1981	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Maicon	Inter Milan	07/26/1981	4th	1	0	0	0
3	Lúcio	FC Bayern Munich	05/08/1978	5	1	1	0	0
4th	Juan	AS Roma	02/01/1979	2	1	0	0	0
6th	Glue	SC Internacional	04/01/1980	1	0	0	0	0
13	Dani Alves	FC Barcelona	05/06/1983	3	1	1	0	0
14th	Luisão	Benfica Lisbon	02/13/1981	4th	0	0	0	0
15th	Miranda	Sao Paulo FC	09/07/1984	1	0	0	0	0
16	André Santos	Corinthians São Paulo	03/08/1983	5	0	2	0	0
midfield player
5	Felipe Melo	AC Florence	06/26/1983	5	1	2	0	0
7th	Elano	Manchester City	06/14/1981	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Gilberto Silva	Panathinaikos Athens	07.10.1976	5	0	0	0	0
10	Kaká	AC Milan	04/22/1982	5	2	0	0	0
17th	Josué	VfL Wolfsburg	07/19/1979	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Ramires	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	March 24, 1987	5	0	0	0	0
19th	Júlio Baptista	AS Roma	10/01/1981	1	0	0	0	0
20th	Kléberson	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	06/19/1979	2	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla FC	11/08/1980	5	5	0	0	0
11	Robinho	Manchester City	01/25/1984	5	1	0	0	0
21st	Alexandre Pato	AC Milan	09/02/1989	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Nilmar	SC Internacional	07/14/1984	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Carlos Dunga		October 31, 1963

Italy

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus Turin	01/28/1978	3	0	0	0	0
12	Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray Istanbul	03/26/1977	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Marco Amelia	US Palermo	04/02/1982	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Davide Santon	Inter Milan	01/02/1991	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fabio Grosso	Olympique Lyon	11/28/1977	2	0	1	0	0
4th	Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus Turin	08/14/1984	3	0	1	0	0
5	Fabio Cannavaro	real Madrid	13.09.1973	2	0	0	0	0
6th	Nicola Legrottaglie	Juventus Turin	10/20/1976	1	0	1	0	0
13	Alessandro Gamberini	AC Florence	08/27/1981	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Gianluca Zambrotta	AC Milan	02/19/1977	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Andrea Dossena	Liverpool FC	09/11/1981	1	0	1	0	0
midfield player
7th	Simone Pepe	Udinese Calcio	08/30/1983	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Gennaro Gattuso	AC Milan	01/09/1978	2	0	0	0	0
10	Daniele De Rossi	AS Roma	07/24/1983	3	1	0	0	0
16	Mauro Camoranesi	Juventus Turin	04/10/1976	2	0	0	0	0
18th	Angelo Palombo	Sampdoria Genoa	09/25/1981	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Riccardo Montolivo	AC Florence	January 18, 1985	3	0	0	0	0
21st	Andrea Pirlo	AC Milan	05/19/1979	3	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Luca Toni	FC Bayern Munich	05/26/1977	3	0	0	0	0
11	Alberto Gilardino	AC Florence	07/05/1982	2	0	0	0	0
15th	Vincenzo Iaquinta	Juventus Turin	11/21/1979	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Giuseppe Rossi	Villarreal CF	02/01/1987	3	2	0	0	0
23	Fabio Quagliarella	Udinese Calcio	01/31/1983	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Marcello Lippi		04/12/1948

United States

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Tim Howard	Everton FC	03/06/1979	4th	0	0	0	0
18th	Brad Guzan	Aston Villa	09/09/1984	1	0	0	0	0
23	Luis Robles	1. FC Kaiserslautern	05/11/1984	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
3	Carlos Bocanegra	Rennes stadium	May 25, 1979	2	0	1	0	0
5	Oguchi Onyewu	Standard Liege	05/13/1982	5	0	1	0	0
6th	Heath Pearce	FC Hansa Rostock	08/13/1984	0	0	0	0	0
11	Marvell Wynne	Toronto FC	05/08/1986	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Danny Califf	FC Midtjylland	03/17/1980	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Jay DeMerit	Watford FC	December 04, 1979	5	0	0	0	0
21st	Jonathan Spector	West Ham United	03/01/1986	5	0	1	0	0
midfield player
2	Jonathan Bornstein	CD Chivas USA	11/07/1984	5	0	1	0	0
7th	DaMarcus Beasley	Glasgow Rangers	05/24/1982	2	0	0	0	0
12	Michael Bradley	Borussia Monchengladbach	07/31/1987	4th	1	0	0	1
13	Ricardo Clark	Houston Dynamo	02/10/1983	4th	0	0	0	1
16	Sacha Klještan	CD Chivas USA	09.09.1985	3	0	0	0	1
19th	Freddy Adu	AS Monaco	06/02/1989	0	0	0	0	0
20th	José Francisco Torres	CF Pachuca	October 29, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Benny Feilhaber	Aarhus GF	January 19, 1985	5	0	0	0	0
striker
4th	Conor Casey	Colorado Rapids	07/25/1981	4th	0	0	0	0
8th	Clint Dempsey	Fulham FC	03/09/1983	5	3	0	0	0
9	Charlie Davies	Hammarby IF	06/25/1986	4th	1	0	0	0
10	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	03/04/1982	5	2	1	0	0
17th	Jozy Altidore	Deportivo Xerez	11/06/1989	5	1	1	0	0
Trainer
	Bob Bradley		03.03.1958

referee

From the FIFA 10 refereeing trios for the Confederations Cup, a total nominated. These are:

referee	Assistants	confederacy
Benito Archundia	Marvin Torrentera, Héctor Vergara	CONCACAF
Matthew Breeze	Matthew Cream, Ben Wilson	AFC
Massimo Busacca	Matthias Arnet, Francesco Buragina	UEFA
Coffi Codjia	Alexis Fassinou, Komi Konyoh	CAF
Martin Hansson	Henrik Andrén, Fredrik Nilsson	UEFA
Michael Hester	Jan-Hendrik Hintz, Mark Rule	OFC
Jorge Larrionda	Mauricio Espinosa , Pablo Fandiño	CONMEBOL
Pablo Pozo	Patricio Basualto, Francisco Mondria	CONMEBOL
Howard Webb	Peter Kirkup, Michael Mullarkey	UEFA
Replacement team
Eddy Maillet	Bechir Hassani, evarist Menkouande	CAF

Initially, Carlos Amarilla ( Paraguay ) and Carlos Batres ( Guatemala ) should take part in the tournament. Due to injuries, however, they had to be replaced on June 5, 2009 by Benito Archundia ( Mexico ) and Pablo Pozo ( Chile ).

Individual evidence

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