Monday, June 4, 2012

'Club 100' Wait a New Member in Euro 2012'

Euro 2012 will be followed by at least 12 players who have carved out a minimum of 100 appearances for his national team. Who will now join the "club 100" is? A line of young players typically will help provide a different style and color in a large range of European Cup tournament. However, after all experienced players who have a lot of confronting the situation will undoubtedly remain a valuable asset to his team.



In Poland, the Ukraine later, UEFA website reported that there were 12 players who deserve to be called as the players with a myriad of experience because it was able to penetrate the 100 appearances for each team. The player with most caps that will be featured at the upcoming Euro Cup is a Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Since his debut for the 'Team Matador' 12 years ago, now he is packing 130 caps. Anders Svensson (Sweden, 126 caps), Shay Given (Republic of Ireland, 121), Giorgos Karagounis (Greek, 117), Miroslav Klose (Germany, 116), Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland, 116), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine, 116) , Dennis Rommedahl (Denmark, 116), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, 114), Olof Mellberg (Sweden, 113), Xavi Hernandez (Spain, 108), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine, 107). Meanwhile, a number of players can join the "club 100" in the upcoming European Cup.

The closest is German striker Lukas Podolski who has collected 97 caps, followed by Damien Duff of Republic of Ireland and the Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, who both had 96 appearances for his national team. Most experienced players at Euro 2012: Iker Casillas (Spain, 130 caps) Anders Svensson (Sweden, 126) Shay Given (Republic of Ireland, 121) Giorgos Karagounis (Greek, 117) Miroslav Klose (Germany, 116) Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland, 116) Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine, 116) Dennis Rommedahl (Denmark, 116) Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, 114) Olof Mellberg (Sweden, 113) Xavi Hernandez (Spain, 108) Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine, 107) Lukas Podolski (Germany, 97) Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland, 96) Rafael van der Vaart (Holland, 96) Xabi Alonso (Spain, 95) Josip Simunic (Croatia, 95) Ashley Cole (England, 94)