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Top 10 handsome players of World Cup 2010
June 15, 2010 18:01
Top 10 Handsome Players of World Cup 2010
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Ashley Cole
Date of Birth: 20 December 1980
Height: 173 cm
Shirt number: 3
Position: Defender
Country: England
The 29-year-old is “one of the best left-backs in the world” according to his club coach Carlo Ancelotti and few good judges would disagree. The protype of the modern full-back, he is blessed with the pace, athleticism and deep energy reserves to contribute fully at both ends of the pitch. His personal life is not so happy though. His wife, singer Cheryl Cole has filed for divorce. The high profile couple split in February after claims the England star had been unfaithful during their four-year marriage. (AP Photo)
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Lionel Messi
Date of Birth: 24 June 1987
Height: 170 cm
Shirt number: 10
Position: Forward
Country: Argentina
Messi shone in the playground at Argentina's World Cup debut against Nigeria on Saturday afternoon in South Africa. His team mates and the rest of the world were eager to see his magic football and he certainly didn't disappoint. Gabriel Heinze scored the only goal of the game, but Messi was the star. There has been no shortage of players billed as Diego Maradona's successor, yet few, if any, have borne that burden with the aplomb of Lionel Messi. Though he is yet to hit the heights of his club form in the blue-and-white of Argentina, Messi is determined to do that come South Africa 2010: “In order to become a legend, I have to win the World Cup,” he says. (AP Photo)
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Kaka
Date of Birth: 22 April 1982
Height: 186 cm
Shirt number: 10
Position: Midfielder
Country: Brazil
Team Brazil has got matchmakers in all their players, but it will mainly depend on their Midfielder Kaka in the World Cup. This Real Madrid star ranks as one of the best players in the world. With a capacity to glide almost effortlessly past opponents, provide defence-splitting passes and score consistently from distance, the attacking midfielder won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2007. Born in Brasilia in 1982, his family relocated to Sao Paulo when Kaka was young and it was there that he excelled at football and tennis. Kaka's reputation as a leader and decisive playmaker were bolstered dramatically with some impressive showings in South Africa 2010 qualifying and also at the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009, where he scooped the adidas Golden Ball award and man of the match honours for the final against USA. (AP Photo)
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Cesc Fabregas
Date of Birth: 4 May 1987
Height: 175 cm
Shirt number: 10
Position: Midfielder
New Barcelona president Sandro Rosell plans to continue the club's pursuit of Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas. A £29 million bid has already been rejected!! Ever since taking his first steps on the professional footballing ladder, Cesc Fabregas has been going places fast. The youngest player ever to turn out for Arsenal's first team, as well as the youngest-ever goalscorer for the north London giants, who he joined fresh from Barcelona's youth ranks in 2003 at the age of just 16. (AP Photo)
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Thierry Henry
Date of Birth: 17 August 1977
Height: 188 cm
Shirt number: 12
Position: Forward
Country: France
A veritable colossus of French football, Thierry Henry's achievements read like an extract from the Guinness Book of Records. World champion, European champion and France's all-time leading goalscorer – and those are just a few of the high-profile Frenchman's exploits. Long before being crowned the unofficial King of France, Henry was no different from any other child his age, except perhaps for his seemingly innate eye for goal. While playing for his local youth team near Paris, he was spotted by a Monaco scout, amazed at having witnessed six goals being scored by a player. Aware of the rough diamond that had begun to shine at their club, the Monaco players took the new recruit under their wing. By the age of just 17, Henry was already playing in French football's top tier. (AP Photo)
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Fernando Torres
Date of Birth: 20 March 1984
Height: 181 cm
Shirt number: 9
Position: Forward
Country: Spain
According to the reports, Barcelona are ready to make a massive £70 million bid for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres!! Barcelona are keen to sign Torres and they want the Liverpool forward to pair up with their new signing David Villa...as it would be a lethal combo.Though he has come a long way since his early days as a teenage prodigy at his first club Atletico Madrid, for Spanish football fans Fernando Torres will always be El Niño (The Boy). Torres's explosive bursts of pace, technique, aerial ability and lethal finishing continue to earn him admirers in his home city and beyond. (AP Photo)
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Tim Cahill
Date of Birth: 6 December 1979
Height: 180 cm
Shirt number: 4
Position: Forward
Country: Australia
Australian strongman Tim Cahill, the hero of Australia's 2006 World Cup campaign, was reduced to tears when he was sent off the field this Sunday with a straight red card in the 56th minute against Germany. He now misses the must-win match against Ghana. Undoubtedly the Socceroos' talisman, Cahill has invariably delivered when it matters most. Despite his modest height, the 30-year-old is renowned for an impressive heading ability and remarkable vertical leap, which allows him to invariably overcome the tallest of opponent. He was Australia's top-scorer in qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup bagging four goals in just six matches. (AP Photo)
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Frank Lampard
Date of Birth: 20 June 1978
Height: 183 cm
Shirt number: 8
Position: Midfielder
Country: England
Frank Lampard has rightly earned a reputation as one of the world's finest goalscoring midfielders and he will be determined to underline just why at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Unlike in 2006 when he didn't find the net in five world cup games, Frank goes into this year's tournament in red-hot scoring form, even by his own extraordinary standards. This is Frank's second World Cup and a memorable tournament will go a long way to cementing his place among the great players. There is no secret to Lampard's success. He owes his fitness levels to years of hard work that began in boyhood, when his father, former West Ham United defender Frank Lampard Sr. taught him the habit of extra running sessions, or ‘spikes', each day to improve his speed and stamina. (AP Photo)
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Fabio Cannavaro
Date of Birth: 13 September 1973
Height: 175 cm
Shirt number: 5
Position: Defender
Country: Italy
FIFA World Cup winning captain Cannavaro lamented his side's failure to take three points in the game against Paraguay recently but praised their character in coming from behind to draw 1-1. Fabio Cannavaro is a worthy successor to the country's dynasty of great defenders, acquiring hero status in a land where making a perfect tackle is accorded the same importance as a spectacular volley. Realising that the skills of dribbling and scoring goals were beyond him, Cannavaro honed his defensive attributes in the streets of the working-class Naples suburb of Fuorigrotta, overlooked by the Stadio San Paolo. Those makeshift games, played with dustbin bags for goals, served him well, and over the course of nearly 500 Serie A matches and 100 Liga outings, he has perfected the sliding tackle and the art of anticipation, dominating the penalty box with his sheer physical presence. (AP Photo)
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Christiano Ronaldo
Date of Birth: 5 February 1985
Height: 185 cm
Shirt number: 7
Position: Forward
Country: Portugal
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo turns the beautiful game into child's play. As Brazil's legendary FIFA World Cup-winning midfielder Didi once said: “If we don't treat the ball with love, she won't do what we want her to do.” Perhaps more than any other player of the modern era, Real Madrid's flying winger seems to maintain that wide-eyed innocence on the field that makes every dazzling dribble and every penetrating pass feel like the very first. And such is his artistry that, almost magnetically, the ball returns to his feet time and time again, ready for the next touch of genius. From his early days with local club Andorinha, where his father was kit man, it was clear that the young Cristiano was destined for greatness. After a short stint with Nacional, he left Madeira to follow his dream and, as it has turned out, to become one of the greatest players in the world. (AP Photo)
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David Beckham
Date of Birth: 2 May 1975
Height: 6 ft
Position: Midfielder
Country: England
...And perhaps the most handsome player of Football history, David Becham has to be content watching the world cup from the sidelines. Despite being off the squad because of an injury, Beckham has been invited by Fabio Capello to come in South Africa and be part of the team, even if it's not on the field! (AP Photo)
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