The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and represents Italy in international football competition. They are the current World Champions, having won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Italy is among the top teams in international football and the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer than Brazil. To this tally they can add one European championship (1968), one Olympic football tournament (1936) and two (defunct) Central European International Cups.(Wikipedia)
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Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as simply Napoli or the abbreviation SSC Napoli, is an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania that was originally founded in 1904. The club has spent most of their history in the top tier in Italian football, where they currently play for the 2008–09 season after recently gaining promotion.
Napoli, who play in azure blue shirts with white shorts have won Serie A twice, first in 1986–87 and then again in 1989–90. They have also won Coppa Italia in their home country three times. On the European stage, Napoli have won the UEFA Cup, a triumph which was achieved in 1988–89. Historically, Napoli are the ninth most successful club in Italian football and the most successful in Southern Italy.(Wikipedia)
Cristian Zapata Top Colombian Footballer
Cristián Zapata full name Cristián Eduardo Zapata Valencia (born 30 September 1986) is a Colombian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for Udinese Calcio in a Centre back role. He can also play as left/right back.
Zapata was signed by Udinese on 31 August 2005 from Deportivo Cali.
In October 2007, Zapata along with Andrea Dossena, Roman Eremenko and Simone Pepe were awarded new contracts until June 2010.(Wikipedia)
Emmanuel Adebayor Best Nigerian Striker
Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (born 26 February 1984 in Lomé) is a Togolese football player of Nigerian descent who plays for Arsenal as a striker.(Wikipedia)
Francesco Totti Best Italian Footballer
Francesco Totti, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[1][2] (born September 27, 1976 in Rome) is a World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Italian club A.S. Roma.
His position is that of a striker or an attacking midfielder, though he is best known for playing as a second striker. Totti, who has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number one goalscorer and the most capped player in club history.(Wikipedia)
Kun Aguero Top Argentine Striker
Sergio Leonel "Kun" Agüero del Castillo (born on June 2, 1988 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine football striker, who plays for Atlético Madrid. His nickname was born when some classmates noted that his hairdo looked like that of Japanese anime character "Kum Kum."(Wikipedia)
Carlos Tevez Best Argentina Footballer
Carlos Alberto Tévez (born Carlos Alberto Martínez on 5 February 1984 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Manchester United in the Premier League. He was described by Diego Maradona as the "Argentine prophet for the 21st century.(wikipedia)
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Patrick Helmes Top Germany Striker
Patrick Helmes (born March 1, 1984 in Cologne, West Germany) is a German football striker who plays for Bayer Leverkusen. Until September 2007 he was captain of 1. FC Köln.(Wikipedia)
Lionel Messi Top Argentine Footballer
Lionel Andrés Messi (born June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, and Maradona himself named Messi his "successor".(Wikipedia)
William Gallas Top French Defender
William Gallas (born 17 August 1977 in Asnières-sur-Seine) is a French international footballer of Guadeloupian descent who currently plays for Arsenal in the English Premier League. He plays as a defender.(Wikipedia)
Marco di Vaio Top Italian Footballer
Marco Di Vaio (born July 15, 1976) is an Italian football (soccer) striker, who currently plays for Bologna FC Born in Rome, Di Vaio has played for Lazio (1994-95), Hellas Verona (1996), Bari (1996-97), Salernitana (1997-99), Parma (1999-2002), Juventus (2002-04), Valencia (2004-05) and Monaco (2005-2007).(Wikipedia)
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Thierry Henry Best French Striker
Thierry Daniel Henry (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi ɑ̃ˈʁi]; born 17 August 1977) is a French football striker currently playing for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the French national team.
Henry was born and brought up in the tough neighbourhood of Les Ulis, Essonne—a suburb of Paris—where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and signed instantly, making his professional debut in 1994. Good form led to an international call-up in 1998, after which he signed for the Italian defending champions Juventus. He had a disappointing season playing on the wing, before joining Arsenal for £10.5 million in 1999.(Wikipedia)
Amr Zaki Top Egyptian Footballer
Amr Hassan Zaki (Arabic : عمرو حسن زكى, sometimes spelt Zaky), (born 1 April 1983, in Mansoura, Egypt) is an Egyptian professional football striker. He is currently on loan, from Egyptian Premier League team El Zamalek, with English Premier League side Wigan Athletic. He has played at international level with the Egyptian National Team.(Wikipedia)
Marek Hamsik top Young Slovakia Footballer
Marek Hamšík[2] (born 27 July 1987 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak football midfielder, who currently plays for Napoli in Serie A. He represents Slovakia at international level.(Wikipedia)