The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Each squad consists of 23 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national team.

Caps, goals and ages as of 14 June 2009, before 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Contents 1 Group A 1.1 Iraq 1.2 New Zealand 1.3 South Africa 1.4 Spain 2 Group B 2.1 Brazil 2.2 Egypt 2.3 Italy 2.4 United States 3 Player statistics 4 Notes and references 5 External links

[edit] Group A

[edit] Iraq

Head coach: Bora Milutinović

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Noor Sabri 6 June 1984 (aged 25) 63 0 Al-Talaba 2 DF Mohammed Ali Karim 25 June 1986 (aged 22) 6 0 Al-Jazira 3 DF Bassim Abbas 1 July 1982 (aged 26) 60 2 Al-Talaba 4 MF Fareed Majeed 17 August 1986 (aged 22) 5 0 Al-Talaba 5 MF Nashat Akram 12 September 1984 (aged 24) 75 10 Al-Gharafa[1] 6 MF Salih Sadir 21 August 1981 (aged 27) 47 11 Al-Ahed 7 FW Emad Mohammed 24 July 1982 (aged 26) 76 23 Sepahan 8 FW Luay Salah 7 February 1982 (aged 27) 17 3 Arbil 9 MF Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail 21 December 1976 (aged 32) 67 8 Sepahan 10 FW Younis Mahmoud (c) 2 March 1983 (aged 26) 70 28 Al-Gharafa 11 MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed 1 June 1981 (aged 28) 72 15 Anorthosis Famagusta 12 GK Mohammed Gassid 10 December 1986 (aged 22) 11 0 Al-Zawraa 13 MF Karrar Jassim 15 March 1987 (aged 22) 22 1 Al-Wakra 14 DF Salam Shakir 31 July 1986 (aged 22) 11 0 Al-Khor 15 DF Ali Rehema 8 August 1985 (aged 23) 45 1 Al-Wakra 16 DF Dara Mohammed 16 July 1987 (aged 21) 1 0 Sulaymaniyah 17 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra 22 December 1987 (aged 21) 10 1 Al-Khor 18 MF Mahdi Karim 10 December 1983 (aged 25) 64 10 Al-Khor 19 DF Essam Yassin 11 March 1987 (aged 22) 1 0 Al-Amana 20 MF Samer Saeed 1 December 1987 (aged 21) 7 0 Al-Ahly Tripoli 21 GK Uday Taleb 6 November 1981 (aged 27) 5 0 Dohuk 22 DF Muayad Khalid 1 September 1985 (aged 23) 3 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 23 MF Halgurd Mulla Mohammed 11 March 1988 (aged 21) 5 0 Sulaymaniyah

[edit] New Zealand

Head coach: Ricki Herbert

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 (aged 32) 17 0 Wellington Phoenix[2] 2 DF Aaron Scott 19 July 1986 (aged 22) 2 0 Waitakere United 3 DF Tony Lochhead 12 January 1982 (aged 27) 20 0 Wellington Phoenix[2] 4 MF Duncan Oughton 14 June 1977 (aged 32) 24 2 Columbus Crew 5 DF Ben Sigmund 3 February 1981 (aged 28) 8 1 Wellington Phoenix[2] 6 DF Ivan Vicelich 3 September 1976 (aged 32) 59 6 Auckland City 7 MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 (aged 35) 54 6 San Jose Earthquakes 8 MF Tim Brown (c) 6 March 1981 (aged 28) 17 0 Wellington Phoenix[2] 9 FW Shane Smeltz 29 September 1981 (aged 27) 20 13 Gold Coast United 10 FW Chris Killen 8 October 1981 (aged 27) 24 10 Celtic 11 MF Leo Bertos 20 December 1981 (aged 27) 24 0 Wellington Phoenix[2] 12 GK Glen Moss 19 January 1983 (aged 26) 11 0 Melbourne Victory 13 MF Andrew Barron 24 December 1980 (aged 28) 8 1 Team Wellington 14 MF Jeremy Christie 22 May 1983 (aged 26) 17 1 Wellington Phoenix[2] 15 FW Jeremy Brockie 7 October 1987 (aged 21) 13 0 North Queensland Fury 16 MF Chris James 4 July 1987 (aged 21) 10 0 Tampere United 17 DF David Mulligan 24 March 1982 (aged 27) 21 3 Wellington Phoenix[2] 18 DF Andrew Boyens 18 September 1983 (aged 25) 8 0 New York Red Bulls 19 DF Steven Old 17 February 1986 (aged 23) 17 1 Kilmarnock 20 FW Chris Wood 7 December 1991 (aged 17) 2 0 West Bromwich Albion 21 FW Kris Bright 15 September 1986 (aged 22) 3 1 Panserraikos 22 FW Jarrod Smith 20 June 1984 (aged 24) 12 0 Seattle Sounders 23 GK James Bannatyne 30 June 1975 (aged 33) 3 0 Team Wellington

[edit] South Africa

Head coach: Joel Santana

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Rowen Fernández 28 February 1978 (aged 31) 19 0 Arminia Bielefeld 2 DF Siboniso Gaxa 6 April 1984 (aged 25) 20 0 Mamelodi Sundowns 3 DF Tsepo Masilela 5 May 1985 (aged 24) 18 0 Maccabi Haifa 4 DF Aaron Mokoena (c) 25 November 1980 (aged 28) 85 1 Blackburn Rovers[3] 5 MF Benson Mhlongo 9 November 1980 (aged 28) 27 1 Orlando Pirates 6 MF MacBeth Sibaya 25 November 1977 (aged 31) 48 0 Rubin Kazan 7 MF Lance Davids 11 April 1985 (aged 24) 16 0 Supersport United 8 MF Siphiwe Tshabalala 25 September 1984 (aged 24) 28 3 Kaizer Chiefs 9 FW Katlego Mphela 29 November 1984 (aged 24) 11 4 Mamelodi Sundowns 10 MF Steven Pienaar 17 March 1982 (aged 27) 39 2 Everton 11 MF Elrio van Heerden 11 July 1983 (aged 25) 27 3 Club Brugge[4] 12 MF Teko Modise 22 December 1982 (aged 26) 33 9 Orlando Pirates 13 MF Kagiso Dikgacoi 24 November 1984 (aged 24) 19 2 Golden Arrows 14 DF Matthew Booth 14 March 1977 (aged 32) 20 1 Mamelodi Sundowns 15 DF Innocent Mdledle 12 November 1985 (aged 23) 5 0 Orlando Pirates 16 GK Itumeleng Khune 20 June 1987 (aged 21) 14 0 Kaizer Chiefs 17 MF Bernard Parker 16 March 1986 (aged 23) 13 5 Red Star Belgrade 18 FW Thembinkosi Fanteni 2 February 1984 (aged 25) 17 2 Maccabi Haifa 19 DF Bryce Moon 6 April 1986 (aged 23) 15 1 Panathinaikos 20 DF Bongani Khumalo 6 January 1987 (aged 22) 5 0 Supersport United 21 FW Katlego Mashego 18 May 1982 (aged 27) 9 1 Orlando Pirates 22 GK Brian Baloyi 16 March 1974 (aged 35) 24 0 Mamelodi Sundowns 23 DF Morgan Gould 23 March 1983 (aged 26) 2 0 Supersport United

[edit] Spain

Head coach: Vicente del Bosque

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Iker Casillas (c) 20 May 1981 (aged 28) 92 0 Real Madrid 2 DF Raúl Albiol 4 September 1985 (aged 23) 13 0 Valencia 3 DF Gerard Piqué 2 February 1987 (aged 22) 3 1 Barcelona 4 DF Carlos Marchena 31 July 1979 (aged 29) 51 2 Valencia 5 DF Carles Puyol 13 April 1978 (aged 31) 73 2 Barcelona 6 MF Pablo Hernández[5] 11 April 1985 (aged 24) 0 0 Valencia 7 FW David Villa 3 December 1981 (aged 27) 44 28 Valencia 8 MF Xavi 25 January 1980 (aged 29) 72 8 Barcelona 9 FW Fernando Torres 20 March 1984 (aged 25) 62 19 Liverpool 10 MF Cesc Fàbregas 4 May 1987 (aged 22) 38 1 Arsenal 11 DF Joan Capdevila 3 February 1978 (aged 31) 33 4 Villarreal 12 MF Sergi Busquets 16 July 1988 (aged 20) 2 0 Barcelona 13 GK Diego López 3 November 1981 (aged 27) 0 0 Villarreal 14 MF Xabi Alonso 25 November 1981 (aged 27) 57 4 Liverpool 15 DF Sergio Ramos 30 March 1986 (aged 23) 49 4 Real Madrid 16 FW Fernando Llorente 26 February 1985 (aged 24) 3 1 Athletic Bilbao 17 FW Dani Güiza 17 August 1980 (aged 28) 15 3 Fenerbahçe 18 MF Albert Riera 15 April 1982 (aged 27) 9 3 Liverpool 19 DF Álvaro Arbeloa 17 January 1983 (aged 26) 6 0 Liverpool 20 MF Santi Cazorla 13 December 1984 (aged 24) 16 1 Villarreal 21 MF David Silva 8 January 1986 (aged 23) 23 3 Valencia 22 MF Juan Manuel Mata 28 April 1988 (aged 21) 1 0 Valencia 23 GK Pepe Reina 31 August 1982 (aged 26) 14 0 Liverpool

[edit] Group B

[edit] Brazil

Head coach: Dunga

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 (aged 29) 34 0 Internazionale 2 DF Maicon 26 July 1981 (aged 27) 44 4 Internazionale 3 DF Lúcio (c) 8 May 1978 (aged 31) 79 3 Bayern Munich 4 DF Juan 1 February 1979 (aged 30) 70 5 Roma 5 MF Felipe Melo 26 August 1983 (aged 25) 5 1 Fiorentina 6 DF Kléber 1 April 1980 (aged 29) 18 1 Internacional 7 MF Elano 14 June 1981 (aged 28) 32 6 Manchester City 8 MF Gilberto Silva 7 October 1976 (aged 32) 74 3 Panathinaikos 9 FW Luís Fabiano 8 November 1980 (aged 28) 26 17 Sevilla 10 MF Kaká 22 April 1982 (aged 27) 65 24 Milan[6] 11 FW Robinho 25 January 1984 (aged 25) 65 18 Manchester City 12 GK Victor 21 January 1983 (aged 26) 0 0 Grêmio 13 DF Dani Alves 6 May 1983 (aged 26) 23 2 Barcelona 14 DF Luisão 13 February 1982 (aged 27) 30 2 Benfica 15 DF Miranda[7] 7 September 1984 (aged 24) 1 0 São Paulo 16 DF André Santos 8 March 1983 (aged 26) 0 0 Corinthians 17 MF Josué 19 July 1979 (aged 29) 24 1 Wolfsburg 18 MF Ramires 24 March 1987 (aged 22) 2 0 Cruzeiro[8] 19 MF Júlio Baptista 1 October 1981 (aged 27) 40 4 Roma 20 MF Kléberson[7] 19 June 1979 (aged 29) 28 2 Flamengo 21 FW Alexandre Pato 2 September 1989 (aged 19) 7 1 Milan 22 FW Nilmar 14 July 1984 (aged 24) 7 2 Internacional 23 GK Gomes 15 February 1981 (aged 28) 9 0 Tottenham Hotspur

[edit] Egypt

Head coach: Hassan Shehata

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Essam El-Hadary 15 January 1973 (aged 36) 88 0 FC Sion 2 DF Mahmoud Fathallah 13 February 1982 (aged 27) 20 0 El Zamalek 3 MF Ahmed Al-Muhammadi 9 September 1987 (aged 21) 23 0 ENPPI 4 DF Ahmed Said 13 March 1984 (aged 25) 2 0 Haras El Hodood 5 DF Ahmed Khairy 1 October 1987 (aged 21) 1 0 Ismaily 6 DF Hani Said 22 April 1980 (aged 29) 59 0 El Zamalek 7 DF Ahmed Fathy 10 November 1984 (aged 24) 53 2 Al-Ahly 8 MF Hosny Abd Rabo 1 November 1984 (aged 24) 56 8 Al-Ahli Dubai 9 FW Mohamed Zidan 11 December 1981 (aged 27) 21 4 Borussia Dortmund 10 MF Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek 15 May 1980 (aged 29) 21 4 Haras El Hodood 11 MF Mohamed Shawky 5 October 1984 (aged 24) 56 4 Middlesbrough 12 MF Homos 1 January 1979 (aged 30) 15 0 Ismaily 13 MF Abdelaziz Tawfik 24 May 1986 (aged 23) 2 0 ENPPI 14 DF Sayed Moawad 25 May 1979 (aged 30) 35 2 Al-Ahly 15 MF Ahmed Samir Farag 20 May 1986 (aged 23) 6 0 Ismaily 16 GK Abdelwahed El-Sayed 3 June 1977 (aged 32) 26 0 El Zamalek 17 MF Ahmed Hassan (c) 2 May 1975 (aged 34) 153 26 Al-Ahly 18 FW Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 1 December 1981 (aged 27) 4 1 Haras El Hodood 19 FW Mohamed Abougrisha[9] 4 August 1981 (aged 27) 6 0 Ismaily 20 DF Wael Gomaa 3 August 1975 (aged 33) 74 0 Al-Ahly 21 FW Ahmed Raouf 15 September 1982 (aged 26) 3 0 ENPPI 22 MF Mohamed Aboutrika 7 November 1978 (aged 30) 56 20 Al-Ahly 23 GK Mohamed Sobhy 30 August 1981 (aged 27) 0 0 Ismaily

[edit] Italy

Head coach: Marcello Lippi

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (aged 31) 92 0 Juventus 2 DF Davide Santon 2 January 1991 (aged 18) 2 0 Internazionale 3 DF Fabio Grosso 28 November 1977 (aged 31) 42 3 Lyon 4 DF Giorgio Chiellini 14 August 1984 (aged 24) 18 1 Juventus 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro (c) 13 September 1973 (aged 35) 124 2 Real Madrid[10] 6 DF Nicola Legrottaglie 20 October 1976 (aged 32) 13 1 Juventus 7 MF Simone Pepe 30 August 1983 (aged 25) 7 0 Udinese 8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 (aged 31) 67 1 Milan 9 FW Luca Toni 26 May 1977 (aged 32) 44 16 Bayern Munich 10 MF Daniele De Rossi 24 July 1983 (aged 25) 45 7 Roma 11 FW Alberto Gilardino 5 July 1982 (aged 26) 32 12 Fiorentina 12 GK Morgan De Sanctis 26 March 1977 (aged 32) 3 0 Galatasaray[11] 13 DF Alessandro Gamberini 27 August 1981 (aged 27) 6 0 Fiorentina 14 GK Marco Amelia 2 April 1982 (aged 27) 9 0 Palermo 15 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta 21 November 1979 (aged 29) 28 4 Juventus 16 MF Mauro Camoranesi 4 October 1976 (aged 32) 44 4 Juventus 17 FW Giuseppe Rossi 1 February 1987 (aged 22) 5 1 Villarreal 18 MF Angelo Palombo 25 September 1981 (aged 27) 10 0 Sampdoria 19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 (aged 32) 84 2 Milan 20 MF Riccardo Montolivo 18 January 1985 (aged 24) 6 0 Fiorentina 21 MF Andrea Pirlo 19 May 1979 (aged 30) 56 8 Milan 22 DF Andrea Dossena 11 September 1981 (aged 27) 9 0 Liverpool 23 FW Fabio Quagliarella 31 January 1983 (aged 26) 13 3 Udinese[12]

[edit] United States

Head coach: Bob Bradley

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Tim Howard 6 March 1979 (aged 30) 39 0 Everton 2 DF Jonathan Bornstein 7 November 1984 (aged 24) 15 1 Chivas USA 3 DF Carlos Bocanegra (c) 25 May 1979 (aged 30) 67 11 Rennes 4 FW Conor Casey 25 July 1981 (aged 27) 10 0 Colorado Rapids 5 DF Oguchi Onyewu 13 May 1982 (aged 27) 42 5 Standard Liège 6 DF Heath Pearce 13 August 1984 (aged 24) 23 0 Hansa Rostock 7 MF DaMarcus Beasley 24 May 1982 (aged 27) 87 17 Rangers 8 MF Clint Dempsey 9 March 1983 (aged 26) 51 13 Fulham 9 FW Charlie Davies 23 June 1986 (aged 22) 6 1 Hammarby 10 FW Landon Donovan 4 March 1982 (aged 27) 110 39 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 DF Marvell Wynne 8 May 1986 (aged 23) 3 0 Toronto FC[13] 12 MF Michael Bradley 31 July 1987 (aged 21) 29 5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 MF Ricardo Clark 10 February 1983 (aged 26) 19 1 Houston Dynamo 14 DF Danny Califf 17 March 1980 (aged 29) 23 1 Midtjylland 15 DF Jay DeMerit 4 December 1979 (aged 29) 10 0 Watford 16 MF Sacha Kljestan 9 September 1985 (aged 23) 17 3 Chivas USA 17 FW Jozy Altidore 6 November 1989 (aged 19) 11 6 Xerez[14] 18 GK Brad Guzan 9 September 1984 (aged 24) 12 0 Aston Villa 19 MF Freddy Adu 2 June 1989 (aged 20) 13 1 Monaco[15] 20 MF José Francisco Torres 29 October 1987 (aged 21) 5 0 Pachuca 21 DF Jonathan Spector 1 March 1986 (aged 23) 13 0 West Ham United 22 MF Benny Feilhaber 19 January 1985 (aged 24) 17 2 AGF 23 GK Luis Robles 11 May 1984 (aged 25) 0 0 Kaiserslautern

[edit] Player statistics

Player representation by club

Players	Clubs
7	Wellington Phoenix[2]
6	Liverpool, Valencia
5	Al-Ahly, Ismaily, Juventus, Milan, Barcelona, Villarreal
4	Fiorentina, Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates

Player representation by club nationality

Players	Nations
24	Italy
21	Spain
19	Egypt
18	England
14	South Africa
10	United States

* Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the tournament.

Players with most international appearance

Caps	Player	Nation	Club
153	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	Al-Ahly
124	Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	Real Madrid[10]
110	Landon Donovan	United States	Los Angeles Galaxy
92	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	Juventus
92	Iker Casillas	Spain	Real Madrid
88	Essam El-Hadary	Egypt	FC Sion
87	DaMarcus Beasley	United States	Rangers
85	Aaron Mokoena	South Africa	Blackburn Rovers[3]
84	Gianluca Zambrotta	Italy	Milan
79	Lúcio	Brazil	Bayern Munich

Players with most international goals

Goals	Player	Nation	Club
39	Landon Donovan	United States	Los Angeles Galaxy
28	David Villa	Spain	Valencia
28	Younis Mahmoud	Iraq	Al-Gharafa
26	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	Al-Ahly
24	Kaká	Brazil	Milan[6]
23	Emad Mohammed	Iraq	Sepahan
20	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	Al-Ahly
19	Fernando Torres	Spain	Liverpool
18	Robinho	Brazil	Manchester City
17	Luís Fabiano	Brazil	Sevilla
17	DaMarcus Beasley	United States	Rangers

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 at FIFA.com

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