Scoring averages in penalty shoot-outs 1976-2013.

100% Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic (24 penalties scored-0 missed)
92,9% (West) Germany (26-2)
90,0% Denmark (9-1)
81,5% France (22-5)
80,0% Spain (32-8)
76,9% Brazil (10-3)
75,0% Sweden (9-3)
72,7% Romania (8-3)
72,2% Argentina (13-5)
70,8% Italy (34-14)
70,0% Ireland (7-3)
68,8% Portugal (11-5)
66,7% Holland (16-8)
65,7% England (23-12)

European teams have scored 234 and missed 76 penalties (75,5% success), South American 29 and 12 (70,7%). Teams from other confederations have scored 12 and missed 8 (60,0%).

Confed Cup averages 1997-2013.

At least 7 matches played. 

Average points
85,0% France
77,8% Spain
76,6% Brazil
62,5% Cameroon
61,1% Uruguay
50,0% Mexico, Germany, Italy
46,2% USA
42,9% Japan
41,7% Australia
33,3% Egypt
31,2% Saudi Arabia, South Africa
5,6% New Zealand

Scored goals
2,78 Spain
2,34 Brazil
2,30 France
2,22 Uruguay
2,00 Germany
1,58 Mexico
1,57 Italy
1,50 Egypt
1,29 Japan
1,15 USA
1,12 South Africa
1,00 Australia
0,62 Cameroon
0,22 New Zealand

Conceded goals
0,50 France, Cameroon
0,56 Spain
0,88 Brazil
1,08 USA
1,11 Uruguay
1,21 Japan
1,50 South Africa
1,53 Mexico
1,67 Australia
1,86 Italy
2,12 Germany
2,62 Egypt
2,67 New Zealand

Per Continent
Average points
66,7% South America
60,6% Europe
45,7% North & Central America
41,1% Africa
40,3% Asia
22,0% Oceania 

Scored goals
2,06 South America
1,98 Europe
1,29 North & Central America
1,18 Africa
1,03 Asia
0,60 Oceania

Conceded goals
1,02 South America
1,26 Europe
1,37 North & Central America
1,54 Africa
1,81 Asia
2,72 Oceania

Average ratings Italy in the Confed Cup.

6,80 Balotelli
6,75 Candreva
6,70 Giaccherini
6,67 Pirlo
6,65 De Rossi
6,35 Chiellini
6,07 Maggio
6,00 Giovinco
5,98 Montolivo
5,93 Abate
5,90 Buffon
5,83 De Sciglio
5,78 Marchisio
5,60 Bonucci
5,40 Barzagli
5,27 Aquilani

Average ratings Spain in the Confed Cup.

7,03 Iniesta
6,80 Jesús Navas
6,67 Fernando Torres
6,60 Jordi Alba
6,53 Fàbregas
6,47 Pedro
6,35 Casillas
6,30 Xavi, Busquets, Mata
6,28 Sergio Ramos
6,17 Piqué, Silva
6,10 Javi Martínez, Cazorla
5,73 Arbeloa

Player ratings Spain 0, Italy 0 (7-6 pens).

Penalties: Antonio Candreva goal, Xavi goal - Alberto Aquilani goal, Iniesta goal - Daniele De Rossi goal, Piqué goal -     Sebastian Giovinco goal, Sergio Ramos goal - Andrea Pirlo goal, Mata goal - Riccardo Montolivo goal, Busquets goal - Leonardo Bonucci wide, Jesús Navas goal. Att: 56.083 (Castelão, Fortaleza).
Spain: Iker Casillas 6,90 - Arbeloa 5,20, Piqué 6,10, Sergio Ramos 6,10, Jordi Alba 5,30, Xavi 6,00, Busquets 5,90, Iniesta 6,70 - Pedro 5,80 (79' Mata 6,10), David Silva 5,00 (52' Jesús Navas 6,70), Fernando Torres 5,70 (94' Javi Martínez 5,90). - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 6,10. = average: 5,96 [acceptable]
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,20 - Andrea Barzagli 5,90 (46' Riccardo Montolivo 6,00), Leonardo Bonucci 5,90, Giorgio Chiellini 6,90, Christian Maggio 6,80 - Andrea Pirlo 6,40, Daniele De Rossi 7,00, Emanuele Giaccherini 6,80, Antonio Candreva 7,10, Claudio Marchisio 6,30 (79' Alberto Aquilani 5,80) - Alberto Gilardino 5,30 (91' Sebastian Giovinco 5,60). - coach: Cesare Prandelli 7,00. = average: 6,29 [strong]

Average ratings AIK Stockholm 2013.

Ratings: Aftonbladet - Expressen.

3,20 Goitom
2,75 P. Karlsson
2,64 Igboananike, Stamatopoulos
2,60 A. Milošević
2,55 Borges, Mutumba
2,50 Moro
2,45 Lorentzson
2,44 Majstorović
2,27 Bahoui
2,23 H. Danielsson
2,17 Lundberg
2,10 Turina
2,05 N-E. Johansson
2,00 Quaison

Confed Cup: best individual ratings.

8,10 Neymar, vs Mexico (2-0)
7,70 Kagawa, vs Italy (3-4)
7,60 Iniesta, vs Uruguay (2-1)
7,60 F. Torres, vs Tahiti (10-0)
7,60 Honda, vs Italy (3-4)
7,50 Neymar, vs Japan (3-0)
7,50 Jordi Alba, vs Nigeria (3-0)
7,50 A. Hernández, vs Tahiti (8-0)
7,50 Oduamadi, vs Tahiti (6-1)
7,40 Paulinho, vs Japan (3-0)
7,30 Fàbregas, vs Uruguay (2-1)
7,30 J. Hernández, vs Japan (2-1)

Average ratings Brazil in the Confed Cup.

7,32 Neymar
6,87 Paulinho
6,52 Fred
6,40 Marcelo
6,35 Júlio César
6,32 Thiago Silva
6,20 Hernanes
6,18 Luíz Gustavo
6,12 David Luíz
6,05 Bernard
5,98 Oscar
5,95 Dani Alves
5,85 Hulk

Average ratings Uruguay in the Confed Cup.

6,35 Suárez
6,20 Forlán
6,07 Godín
6,00 Á. González, Arévalo Ríos
5,95 D. Pérez
5,93 "Cebolla" Rodríguez
5,90 M. Cáceres
5,83 Muslera, Cavani
5,80 Lugano, Lodeiro
5,70 Maxi Pereira
5,60 Gargano
5,20 G. Ramírez

Player ratings Brazil 2, Uruguay 1.

1-0 41' Fred, 1-1 48' Edinson Cavani, 2-1 86' Paulinho. Att: 57.483 (Mineirão, Belo Horizonte).
Brazil: Júlio César 7,20 - Dani Alves 5,70, Thiago Silva 5,70, David Luiz 5,40, Marcelo 6,20 - Oscar 5,60 (73' Hernanes 6,30), Luiz Gustavo 6,20, Paulinho 7,20 - Fred 6,70, Neymar 6,70 (90' Dante), Hulk 5,50 (64' Bernard 6,30). - coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari 6,80. = average: 6,21 [solid]
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera 5,70 - Diego Lugano 6,70, Diego Godín 6,40, Maxi Pereira 6,20, Martín Cáceres 5,70 - "Cebolla" Rodríguez 6,20, Egidio Arévalo Ríos 6,00, Álvaro González 6,30 (83' Walter Gargano) - Luis Suárez 6,20, Diego Forlán 5,30, Edinson Cavani 7,20. - coach: Oscar Tabárez 6,30. = average: 6,17 [solid]

Average ratings Confederations Cup.

Minimum two rated appearances.

7,53 Neymar (Brazil)
7,25 Jordi Alba (Spain)
7,20 Iniesta (Spain)
7,15 Fernando Torres (Spain)
6,80 Pedro (Spain), Pirlo, Balotelli (Italy)
6,75 Silva (Spain)
6,70 Paulinho (Brazil)
6,67 Giaccherini (Italy)
6,60 Oduamadi (Nigeria)
6,53 Fàbregas (Spain), Thiago Silva (Brazil)
6,50 Busquets (Spain), Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico), Mikel (Nigeria)
6,47 Marcelo, Fred (Brazil)
6,45 Xavi (Spain)
6,40 Honda (Japan), Suárez (Uruguay)
6,37 David Luíz (Brazil)
6,33 Sergio Ramos (Spain)
6,30 Kagawa (Japan), Corona (Mexico)
6,27 Endō (Japan)
6,25 Elderson (Nigeria)
6,20 Piqué, Javi Martínez (Spain), Okazaki (Japan), Guardado (Mexico), Enyeama (Nigeria)
6,17 Luíz Gustavo (Brazil), Chiellini (Italy)
6,15 Hernanes (Brazil)
6,10 Cazorla (Spain), Oscar (Brazil), J. Hernández (Mexico), Musa (Nigeria)
6,07 Júlio César (Brazil)
6,03 Dani Alves (Brazil), Kawashima (Japan), Salcido (Mexico)
6,00 Arbeloa (Spain), Hasebe (Japan), M. Cáceres (Uruguay), Mba (Nigeria)
5,97 Hulk (Brazil), Vahirua (Tahiti), Montolivo (Italy)
5,95 D. Pérez (Uruguay)
5,93 Abate (Italy)
5,90 Torres (Mexico), Muslera, Godín, Lodeiro (Uruguay), Oboabona (Nigeria)
5,87 Mier (Mexico)
5,85 Á. González (Uruguay)
5,83 Nagatomo (Japan), De Sciglio (Italy)
5,80 Buffon (Italy), C. Rodríguez (Uruguay), Omeruo, Ogude (Nigeria)
5,77 Moreno (Mexico), Ideye (Nigeria)
5,75 Ambrose (Nigeria)
5,73 Maeda (Japan), Torrado (Mexico)
5,70 Maggio (Italy)
5,67 J. Tehau (Tahiti)
5,63 Yoshida (Japan), Ogu (Nigeria)
5,60 Chong Hue (Tahiti), Sakai (Japan), Marchisio (Italy), Zavala (Mexico), Gargano (Uruguay)
5,57 Konno (Japan)
5,50 Bourebare (Tahiti)
5,45 M. Pereira (Uruguay)
5,43 Uchida (Japan)
5,35 Flores (Mexico), Lugano (Uruguay)
5,30 Simon (Tahiti), Hosogai (Japan)
5,25 A. Tehau (Tahiti), Akpala (Nigeria)
5,20 Caroine (Tahiti), G. Ramírez (Uruguay)
5,17 Vallar (Tahiti)
5,15 L. Tehau (Tahiti), Barzagli (Italy), Maza (Mexico), Cavani (Uruguay)
5,13 Aitamai (Tahiti)
5,10 Lemaire (Tahiti)
5,00 Aquilani (Italy)
4,90 Ludivion (Tahiti)


Team averages
6,50 Spain
6,35 Brazil
6,01 Italy
5,92 Mexico
5,90 Nigeria
5,88 Uruguay
5,87 Japan
5,39 Tahiti

average: 5,98.

Player ratings Uruguay 8, Tahiti 0.

1-0 2' Abel Hernández, 2-0 24' Abel Hernández, 3-0 26' Diego Pérez, 4-0 45' Abel Hernández, 5-0 60' Nicolás Lodeiro, 6-0 66' Abel Hernández penalty, 7-0 81' Luis Suárez, 8-0 89' Luis Suárez. Sent off: 50' Andrés Scotti, 59' Tehevarii Ludivion. Att: 22.047 (Arena Pernambuco, Recife).
Uruguay: Martín Silva 6,00 - Matias Aguirregaray 6,50, Sebastián Coates 6,10, Andrés Scotti 4,30 - Walter Gargano 6,20, Álvaro Pereira 6,10, Sebastián Eguren 6,10, Nicolás Lodeiro 6,20, Diego Pérez 6,50 - Gastón Ramírez 5,10 (68' Luis Suárez 7,10), Abel Hernández 7,50. - coach: Oscar Tabárez 6,10. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]
Tahiti: Gilbert Meriel 6,90 - Vincent Simon 5,60, Jonathan Tehau 5,40, Nicolas Vallar 5,30, Tehevarii Ludivion 4,90 - Henri Caroine 5,30, Ricky Aitamai 5,20 (52' Edson Lemaire 5,50), Samuel Hynanyine 5,40 (86' Yohann Tihoni), Marama Vahirua 6,30 - Steevy Chong Hue 6,00, Lorenzo Tehau 5,10 (70' Stanley Atani). - coach: Eddy Etaeta 6,00. = average: 5,58 [poor]

Player ratings Nigeria 0, Spain 3.

0-1 3' Jordi Alba, 0-2 62' Fernando Torres, 0-3 88' Jordi Alba. Att: 51.263 (Castelão, Fortaleza).
Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama 6,70 - Efe Ambrose 5,50, Kenneth Omeruo 5,60 (11' Azubuike Egwueke 5,40), Godfrey Oboabona 5,60 - Elderson 5,70, John Obi Mikel 6,70, Fegor Ogude 5,50, Sunday Mba 6,40 (63' John Ogu 5,20), Brown Ideye 5,40 - Ahmed Musa 6,40, Joseph Akpala 5,10 (71' Mohammed Gambo 5,20). - coach:  Stephen Keshi 6,20. = average: 5,74 [disappointing]
Spain: Victor Valdés 6,60 - Arbeloa 5,40, Piqué 5,90, Sergio Ramos 6,50, Jordi Alba 7,50 - Busquets 6,60, Iniesta 6,80, Xavi 6,50, Cesc Fábregas 6,00 (54' David Silva 6,30) - Pedro 6,80 (75' David Villa), Soldado 5,10 (60' Fernando Torres 6,70). - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 6,60. = average: 6,36 [strong]

Player ratings Japan 1, Mexico 2.

0-1 54' Javier Hernández, 0-2 66' Javier Hernández, 1-2 86' Shinji Okazaki. Att: 52.690 (Mineirão, Belo Horizonte).
Japan: Eiji Kawashima 6,20 - Hiroki Sakai 5,50 (59' Atsuto Uchida 5,50), Yasuyuki Konno 5,70, Yuzo Kurihara 5,70, Yuto Nagatomo 5,80 (77' Kengo Nakamura) - Keisuke Honda 5,80, Yasuhito Endō 6,00, Hajime Hosogai 5,30, Shinji Okazaki 6,50, Shinji Kagawa 5,50 - Ryoichi Maeda 5,30 (65' Maya Yoshida 6,00). - coach:  Alberto Zaccheroni. = average: 5,75 [mediocre]
Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa 6,00 - Héctor Moreno 6,20, Diego Reyes 6,50, Jesús Zavala 5,80, Jorge Torres Nilo 6,20 - Hiram Mier 6,70, Gerardo Torrado 6,00, Andrés Guardado 6,70 (71' Carlos Salcido 5,80), Giovani Dos Santos 6,70 (78' Pablo Barrera) - Raúl Jiménez 6,20 (90' Javier Aquino), Javier Hernández 7,30. - coach: José de la Torre. = average: 6,34 [good]

Player ratings Italy 2, Brazil 4.

0-1 45'+ Dante, 1-1 51' Emanuele Giaccherini, 1-2 54' Neymar freekick, 1-3 66' Fred, 2-3 71' Giorgio Chiellini, 2-4 88' Fred. Att: 48.747 (Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 5,20 - Ignazio Abate 5,70 (30' Christian Maggio 6,20), Giorgio Chiellini 6,30, Mattia De Sciglio 5,90, Leonardo Bonucci 5,20 - Antonio Candreva 6,30, Alberto Aquilani 5,30, Claudio Marchisio 5,60, Riccardo Montolivo 5,60 (26' Emanuele Giaccherini 6,70), Alessandro Diamanti 5,30 (72' Stephan El Shaarawy 5,70) - Mario Balotelli 6,50. - coach:  Cesare Prandelli 5,80. = average: 5,82 [mediocre]
Brazil: Júlio César 5,80 - Dani Alves 5,60, Thiago Silva 6,30, David Luíz 5,80 (33' Dante 6,40), Marcelo 6,30 - Hernanes 6,10, Oscar 6,30, Luíz Gustavo 5,80 - Fred 7,40, Neymar 6,90 (68' Bernard 5,70), Hulk 6,10 (76' Fernando). - coach: Luíz Felipe Scolari 6,30. = average: 6,19 [solid]

Ligue 1 goalscorers 2000-2013.

94: Dj. Cissé
88: Gomis
83: Frau
79: Luyindula
76: Gameiro
67: Pagis, G. Pujol
65: Gignac
63: Maoulida
60: Darcheville

Buteurs de la Ligue 1 depuis la saison 2000/01.

Average ratings Italy Under-21 in the Euro 2013.

6,74 Gabbiadini
6,62 Bardi
6,53 Borini
6,52 Immobile
6,50 Florenzi
6,42 Insigne
6,36 Donati
6,22 Bianchetti
6,15 F. Rossi
6,14 Caldirola
6,10 Verratti
5,93 Saponara
5,80 Regini

Average attendances NASL, 1978-81.

43.039 New York Cosmos
24.544 Tampa Bay Rowdies
22.581 Minnesota Kicks
22.189 Vancouver Whitecaps
16.164 Tulsa Roughnecks
13.705 San José Eartquakes
13.517 Washington Diplomats
12.948 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
12.483 Detroit Express
10.994 San Diego Sockers
10.950 Portland Timbers
10.492 Edmonton Drillers
10.376 Los Angeles Aztecs
10.096 Toronto Blizzard
9465 Chicago Sting
9348 California Surf [Anaheim]
9220 New England Tea Men
8678 Memphis Rogues
7732 Rochester Lancers
7318 Dallas Tornado
6593 Houston Hurricane
6141 Atlanta Chiefs
6055 Philadelphia Fury

In 1978, the franchises of Philadephia, Colorado, Houston, Memphis, San Diego, Detroit, New England and Oakland opened. 

Efter the season 1981, Calgary, Los Angeles, Washington, Atlanta and Minnesota closed.

Average attendances Brazilian Série A, 1971-2012.

26.553 Flamengo (559 matches)
23.931 Bahia (399)
23.859 Atlético Mineiro (543)
22.425 Corinthians (549)
19.100 Cruzeiro (552)
17.639 São Paulo (564)
17.471 Palmeiras (552)
17.385 Grêmio (540)
17.292 Internacional (575)
16.600 Vasco da Gama (516)
15.992 Fluminense (513)
15.607 Santa Cruz (235)
15.315 Sport Club do Recife (359)
14.823 Ceará (198)
13.918 Coritiba (424)
13.562 Paysandu (214)
13.531 Botafogo (501)
13.156 Goiás (455)
12.901 Santos (532)
12.780 Vitória (383)
11.764 Atlético Paranaense (420)
11.663 Náutico (288)
8555 Guarani (348)

Player ratings Nigeria 1, Uruguay 2.

0-1 19' Diego Lugano, 1-1 37' John Mikel, 1-2 51' Diego Forlán. Att: 26.769 (Fonte Nova, Salvador).
Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama 6,10 - Godfrey Oboabona 5,40, Elderson 6,20, Efe Ambrose 5,30, Kenneth Omeruo 6,10 - John Ogu 5,70 (66' Sunday Mba 5,40), John Obi Mikel 6,80, Fegor Ogude 6,10, Ahmad Musa 5,70 - Brown Ideye 5,90 (73' Joseph Akpala 5,40), Nnamdi Oduamadi 5,70 (45' Michel Babatunde 5,30). - coach: Stephen Keshi. = average: 5,79 [mediocre]
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera 6,30 - Diego Lugano 5,90, Diego Godín 6,40, Maxi Pereira 5,90, Martín Cáceres 6,20 - "Cebolla" Rodríguez 6,00 (87' Álvaro Pereira), Egidio Arévalo Ríos 6,00, Álvaro González 6,30 - Luis Suárez 6,10 (82' Sebastián Coates), Diego Forlán 7,10, Edinson Cavani 5,30. - coach: Oscar Tabárez. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]


Las calificaciones de Uruguay-Nigeria.

Player ratings Spain 10, Tahiti 0.

1-0 5' Fernando Torres, 2-0 32' David Silva, 3-0 33' Fernando Torres, 4-0 39' David Villa, 5-0 48' David Villa, 6-0 57' Fernando Torres, 7-0 64' David Villa, 8-0 66' Mata, 9-0 78' Fernando Torres, 10-0 89' David Silva. Att: 71.806 (Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro).
Spain: Pepe Reina 6,10 - Raúl Albiol 6,20, Azpilicueta 6,30, Sergio Ramos 6,00 (46' Jesús Navas 6,90), Nacho Monreal 6,40 - Javi Martínez 6,40, Mata 6,50 (69' Cesc Fábregas 6,30), Santi Cazorla 6,20 (76' Iniesta), David Silva 7,20 - David Villa 7,00, Fernando Torres 7,60. - coach: Vicente Del Bosque 7,10. = average: 6,55 [excellent]
Tahiti : Mickaël Roche 4,90 - Tehevarii Ludivion 4,80, Nicolas Vallar 5,20, Edson Lemaire 4,70 (73' Yannick Vero), Jonathan Tehau 5,30 - Henri Caroine 5,00, Heimano Bourebare 5,30 (69' Lorenzo Tehau 5,20), Ricky Aitamai 5,00, Steevy Chong Hue 5,30 - Alvin Tehau 5,20 (52' Teaonui Tehau 5,10), Marama Vahirua 5,90. - coach: Eddy Etaeta 5,50. = average: 5,15 [hopeless]

Player ratings Italy 4, Japan 3.

0-1 21' Keisuke Honda, 0-2 33' Shinji Kagawa, 1-2 41' Daniele De Rossi, 2-2 50' og Atsuto Uchida, 3-2 53' Mario Balotelli penalty, 3-3 69' Shinji Okazaki, 4-3 86' Sebastian Giovinco. Att: 40.426 (Estádio Pernambuco, Recife).
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,10 - Christian Maggio 5,10 (59' Ignazio Abate 6,00), Giorgio Chiellini 5,10, Mattia De Sciglio 4,70, Andrea Barzagli 5,30 - Alberto Aquilani 4,60 (30' Sebastian Giovinco 6,40), Daniele De Rossi 6,40, Riccardo Montolivo 5,20,     Andrea Pirlo 5,60, Emanuele Giaccherini 6,40 (68' Claudio Marchisio 5,80) - Mario Balotelli 6,60. - coach: Cesare Prandelli 5,70. = average: 5,66 [disappoiting]
Japan: Eiji Kawashima 6,40 - Yuto Nagatomo 6,10, Maya Yoshida 5,40, Yasuyuki Konno 5,60, Atsuto Uchida 5,30 (73' Hiroki Sakai 5,70) - Keisuke Honda 7,60, Yasuhito Endō 7,00, Shinji Kagawa 7,70, Makoto Hasebe 6,20 (90' Kengo Nakamura) - Shinji Okazaki 7,00, Ryoichi Maeda 6,10 (79' Mike Havenaar). - coach: Alberto Zaccheroni 6,50. = average: 6,34 [good]

Player ratings Brazil 2, Mexico 0.

1-0 9' Neymar, 2-0 90' Jô. Att:  50.791 (Castelão, Fortaleza).
Brazil: Júlio César 6,20 - Dani Alves 6,30, Thiago Silva 6,30, David Luíz 6,80, Marcelo 6,40 - Oscar 5,40 (62' Hernanes 6,10),     Luíz Gustavo 6,20, Paulinho 6,00 - Fred 5,80 (82' Jô), Neymar 8,10, Hulk 5,80 (78' Lucas). - coach: Luíz Felipe Scolari 7,00. = average: 6,28 [good]
Mexico: José Corona 6,10 - Gerardo Flores 5,70 (58' Héctor Herrera 5,90), Maza 5,80, Héctor Moreno 6,10 - Jorge Torres Nilo 5,60 (70' Pablo Barrera 6,20), Carlos Salcido 6,30, Hiram Mier 5,90, Gerardo Torrado 5,80 (88' Raúl Jiménez), Andrés Guardado 5,90 - Giovani Dos Santos 6,30, Javier Hernández 5,40. - coach: José De La Torre 5,80. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]

Average ratings Spain in the Under-21 Euro.

7,53 Isco
7,50 Thiago
7,10 Morata
6,80 Koke
6,70 Illaramendi
6,60 Tello
6,55 Montoya
6,53 Alberto
6,43 De Gea
6,30 Bartra
6,20 Muniain
5,93 Iñigo Martínez

Player ratings Italy 2, Spain 4 (final Euro Under-21)

0-1 6' Thiago, 1-1 10' Ciro Immobile, 1-2 31' Thiago, 1-3 38' Thiago penalty, 1-4 66' Isco, 2-4 80' Fabio Borini. Att: 29.320 (Teddy Kollek Stadium, Jerusalem).
Italy: Francesco Bardi 6,60 - Giulio Donati 4,90, Matteo Bianchetti 6,00, Luca Caldirola 4,70, Vasco Regini 5,00 - Marco Verratti 4,90 (76' Marco Crimi), Alessandro Florenzi 6,00 (58' Riccardo Saponara 5,30), Lorenzo Insigne 5,60, Fausto Rossi 5,60 - Ciro Immobile 6,30 (58' Manolo Gabbiadini 5,70), Fabio Borini 6,10. - coach: Devis Mangia 5,60. = average: 5,59 [failing]
Spain: De Gea 6,30 - Martín Montoya 7,00, Iñigo Martínez 5,80, Bartra 6,60, Alberto 6,30 - Asier Illarramendi 6,80, Koke 6,90 (86' Camacho), Thiago 8,20, Isco 7,00 - Cristian Tello 7,10 (70' Muniain 6,00), Morata 7,10 (81' Rodrigo). - coach: Lopetegui 7,40. = average: 6,76 [superb]


Le pagelle di Italia-Spagna Under-21.
Las notas de Italia-España Under-21.

Average ratings Confed Cup after 1st round.

8,00 : Andrea Pirlo
7,50 : Iniesta, Neymar, Nnamdi Oduamadi
7,40 : Paulinho
7,20 : Cesc Fábregas, Mario Balotelli
7,00 : Jordi Alba, Giorgio Chiellini, Riccardo Montolivo
6,90 : Thiago Silva
6,80 : Elderson, Emanuele Giaccherini, Mattia De Sciglio
6,70 : Pedro
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5,20 : Javier Aquino, Walter Gargano, Maxi Pereira
5,10 : Shinji Okazaki, Xavier Samin, Ricky Aitamai
5,00 : Hiroshi Kiyotake, Gerardo Flores, Héctor Moreno, Tehevarii Ludivion, Nicolas Vallar, Vincent Simon
4,70 : Diego Lugano
4,50 : Maza

Player ratings Tahiti 1, Nigeria 6 (Confed Cup)

0-1 51' Elderson, 0-2 10' Nnamdi Oduamadi, 0-3 26' Oduamadi, 1-3 54' Jonathan Tehau, 1-4 69' og Jonathan Tehau, 1-5 76' Oduamadi, 1-6 80' Elderson. Att: 20.187 (Mineirão, Belo Horizonte).
Tahiti: Xavier Samin 5,17 - Tehevarii Ludivion 5,00, Nicolas Vallar 5,00 (54' Stéphane Faatiarau 6,00), Vincent Simon 5,00 (77' Edson Lemaire), Henri Caroine 5,33, Heimano Bourebare 5,67, Ricky Aitamai 5,17, Jonathan Tehau 6,33, Alvin Tehau 5,33, Marama Vahirua 5,67 (69' Stanley Atani), Steevy Chong Hue 5,50. - coach: Eddy Etaeta 6,17. = average: 5,43 [feeble]   
Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama 5,83 - Efe Ambrose 6,00, Kenneth Omeruo 6,00 (74'Azubuike Egwueke), Godfrey Oboabona 6,17, Elderson 6,83 - John Mikel 6,00, Sunday Mba 6,17 (55' John Ogu 6,00), Fegor Ogude 5,83 - Nnamdi Oduamadi 7,50, Anthony Ujah 5,67 (52' Brown Ideye 6,00), Ahmad Musa 6,17. - coach: Stephen Keshi 6,33. = average: 6,17 [solid]

Memory Lane: Spain in the Euro 2012.

July 1st - final:

Spain 4, Italy 0

1-0 14' Silva, 2-0 41' Jordi Alba, 3-0 84' Fernando Torres, 4-0 88' Mata. Referee: Proença 6,00. Att: 63.170 (Kiev). 

Spain: Casillas 7,10 - Arbeloa 6,70, Piqué 6,90, Sergio Ramos 7,20, Jordi Alba 7,80 - Busquets 7,10, Xabi Alonso 7,20, Xavi 8,30 - Iniesta 8,20 (86' Mata 6,50), Silva 7,40 (59' Pedro 6,60), Fàbregas 7,70 (75' Fernando Torres 7,10). - coach: Del Bosque 7,90. = average: 7,27 [matchless]

Italy: Buffon 5,90 - Abate 5,40, Barzagli 5,30, Bonucci 5,30, Chiellini 4,80 (21' Balzaretti 5,80) - Marchisio 5,10, Pirlo 5,80, De Rossi 5,70, Montolivo 5,60 (56' Thiago Motta) - Cassano 5,80 (46' Di Natale 5,50), Balotelli 5,80. - coach: Prandelli 5,50. = average: 5,52 [poor]

June 27th - semifinal:

Portugal 0, Spain 0 (2-4 penalties)

Penalties: Xabi Alonso saved, João Moutinho saved - Iniesta goal, Pepe goal - Piqué goal, Nani goal - Sergio Ramos goal ("panenka"), Bruno Alves crossbar - Fàbregas goal. Referee: Çakιr 6,50. Att: 48.000 (Donetsk).‎

Portugal: Rui Patrício 7,10 - João Pereira 6,10, Bruno Alves 6,40, Pepe 6,70, Fábio Coentrão 6,60 - Raul Meireles 6,60 (112' Varela), Miguel Veloso 6,40 (105' Custódio), João Moutinho 6,40 - Nani 5,80, Hugo Almeida 5,60 (76' Nélson Oliveira 5,50), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,30. - coach: Paulo Bento 6,60. = average: 6,29 [good]

Spain: Casillas 6,90 - Arbeloa 6,10, Piqué 6,40, Sergio Ramos 6,90, Jordi Alba 6,60 - Busquets 6,20, Xabi Alonso 6,20 - Silva 5,40 (60' Jesús Navas 6,20), Xavi 5,70 (87' Pedro 6,50), Iniesta 6,80 - Negredo 5,10 (54' Fàbregas 6,60). - coach: Del Bosque 6,00. = average: 6,26 [solid]

June 23rd - quarterfinal:

Spain 2, France 0

1-0 19' Xabi Alonso, 2-0 91' Xabi Alonso penalty. Referee: Rizzoli 6,80. Att: 47.000 (Donetsk).

Spain: Casillas 6,70 - Arbeloa 6,20, Piqué 6,60, Sergio Ramos 7,10, Jordi Alba 7,30 - Xabi Alonso 8,10, Busquets 6,70, Xavi 6,60 - Iniesta 6,70 (85' Cazorla), Fàbregas 6,20 (67' Fernando Torres 6,10), Silva 6,10 (65' Pedro 6,60). - coach: Del Bosque 6,60. = average: 6,69 [superiour]

France: Lloris 6,70 - Clichy 5,80, Rami 5,90, Koscielny 6,40, Réveillère 5,40 - M'Vila 5,70 (79' Giroud), Cabaye 5,90, Malouda 5,30 (65' Nasri 5,30), Debuchy 5,20 (65' Ménez 5,00), Ribéry 5,90 - Benzema 5,30. - coach: Blanc 4,60. = average: 5,68 [disappointing]

June 18th:

Croatia 0, Spain 1

0-1 88' Jesús Navas. Referee: Stark 5,40. Att: 39.076 (Gdansk).

Croatia: Pletikosa 6,60 - Vida 5,90 (65' Jelavić 5,70), Ćorluka 6,50, Schildenfeld 6,70, Strinić 6,20 - Vukojević 5,90 (81' Eduardo), Rakitić 6,30 - Srna 6,30, Modrić 6,70, Pranjić 5,80 (65' Perišić 6,10) - Mandžukić 6,20. - coach: Bilić 5,20. = average: 6,22 [solid]

Spain: Casillas 7,00 - Arbeloa 5,80, Piqué 6,20, Sergio Ramos 6,10, Jordi Alba 5,90 - Xabi Alonso 6,20, Busquets 5,90 - Silva 6,40 (73' Fàbregas 6,20), Xavi 6,60 (89' Negredo), Iniesta 6,50 - Fernando Torres 5,70 (61' Jesús Navas 6,80). - coach: Del Bosque 6,20. = average: 6,25 [solid]

June 14th:

Spain 4, Ireland 0

1-0 4' Fernando Torres, 2-0 49' Silva, 3-0 70' Fernando Torres, 4-0 82' Fàbregas. Referee: Proença 6,00. Att: 39.150 (Gdansk).

Spain: Casillas 6,30 - Arbeloa 6,50, Piqué 6,50, Sergio Ramos 6,30, Jordi Alba 6,30 - Xavi 7,00, Busquets 6,60, Xabi Alonso 6,50 (65' Javi Martínez 6,20) - Silva 7,20, Fernando Torres 7,30 (75' Fàbregas 6,70), Iniesta 7,10 (80' Cazorla). - coach: Del Bosque 6,80. = average: 6,65 [excellent]

Ireland: Given 5,40 - O'Shea 5,80, St Ledger 5,40, Dunne 4,70, Ward 5,20 - Duff 5,30 (76' McClean), Andrews 5,50, Whelan 5,60 (84' Green), McGeady 5,40 - Cox 5,00 (46' Walters 5,50), Robbie Keane 5,80. - coach: Trapattoni 5,80. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

June 10th:

Spain 1, Italy 1

0-1 60' Di Natale, 64' Fàbregas. Referee: Kassai 5,90. Att: 38.869 (Gdansk).  

Spain: Casillas 6,70 - Arbeloa 5,70, Piqué 6,20, Sergio Ramos 6,30, Jordi Alba 5,70 - Xavi 6,70, Busquets 6,20, Xabi Alonso 6,30 - Silva 6,50 (63' Jesús Navas 6,30), Fàbregas 6,80 (74' Fernando Torres 5,40), Iniesta 7,40. - coach: Del Bosque 6,10. = average: 6,32 [good]

Italy: Buffon 7,20 - Bonucci 6,20, De Rossi 7,20, Chiellini 6,60 - Maggio 6,00, Marchisio 6,40, Pirlo 7,20, Thiago Motta 6,40 (89' Nocerino), Giaccherini 5,90 - Balotelli 5,40 (56' Di Natale 7,30), Cassano 6,50 (63' Giovinco 6,30). - coach: Prandelli 7,00. = average: 6,51 [very good]

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport, France Football, Kicker, Guerin Sportivo, The Independent, The Times, Corriere della Sera.

Las notas de España en la Eurocopa de 2012.

Average ratings Serie A 2012/13.

Including the top 9 teams.

6,56 Totti (Roma)
6,47 Borja Valero, D. Pizarro (Fiorentina)
6,46 Balotelli (Milan)
6,45 Hamsik (Napoli)
6,41 Cavani (Napoli)
6,39 Cuadrado (Fiorentina)
6,35 Pogba (Juventus)
6,32 Marchetti (Lazio)
6,30 Marchisio (Juventus)
6,29 Di Natale (Udinese), Ljajic (Fiorentina), Handanovic (Inter)
6,27 Pirlo (Juventus), Campagnaro (Napoli)
6,26 Barzagli (Juventus)
6,25 Muriel (Udinese)
6,24 Candreva (Lazio), Bonucci, Vidal (Juventus)
6,23 El Shaarawy (Milan)
6,22 Izco (Catania)
6,21 Alejandro Gómez (Catania), Pasqual (Fiorentina)
6,20 Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Paolo Cannavaro (Napoli), Bergessio (Catania)
6,18 Behrami (Napoli), Lodi (Catania), Cristian Ledesma (Lazio), Jovetic (Fiorentina)
6,17 Chiellini (Juventus), Salifu (Catania), Pazzini (Milan)
6,16 Spolli (Catania), Klose (Lazio), Benatia, Roberto Pereyra (Udinese), Samuel (Inter)
6,15 Buffon (Juventus)
6,14 Almirón, Lucas Castro (Catania)
6,12 Doukara (Catania), De Sciglio (Milan), Florenzi (Roma), Onazi (Lazio), Cassano (Inter)
6,11 Inler (Napoli), Padelli (Udinese)
6,10 Allan (Udinese), Marchese (Catania), Aquilani (Fiorentina), Palacio (Inter)
6,09 Giaccherini (Juventus), Pinzi (Udinese), Andújar (Catania)
6,08 Legrottaglie, Barrientos (Catania), Montolivo (Milan), Perrotta (Roma), Floccari (Lazio)
6,07 Abbiati (Milan), Radu (Lazio), Viviano (Fiorentina)
6,06 Ambrosini (Milan)
6,05 Quagliarella (Juventus), Domizzi (Udinese)
6,04 Constant, N. de Jong (Milan), Kovacic (Inter)
6,03 Hernanes (Lazio)
6,02 Asamoah, Vucinic (Juventus), Marquinhos, Lamela (Roma), Brkic (Udinese)
6,01 Insigne (Napoli)
6,00 Matri (Juventus), De Sanctis (Napoli), Bradley, Pjanic, Osvaldo (Roma), Konko (Lazio), Ranocchia (Inter)
5,99 Álvaro González (Lazio)
5,98 Danilo (Udinese)
5,97 Flamini (Milan), Rômulo, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Migliaccio (Fiorentina)
5,96 Abate (Milan), Mauri (Lazio)
5,95 Maggio, Dzemaili, Pandev (Napoli), Mati Fernández (Fiorentina), Diego Milito (Inter)
5,94 Mexès (Milan), Savic, Toni (Fiorentina)
5,93 Zapata (Milan), Marquinho (Roma)
5,92 Gamberini (Napoli), Bellusci (Catania), Cambiasso (Inter)
5,91 Badu (Udinese), El Hamdaoui (Fiorentina), Javier Zanetti (Inter)
5,90 Biagianti (Catania)
5,89 Britos (Napoli), Goicoechea (Roma)
5,88 Burdisso (Roma)
5,87 Pablo Álvarez (Catania), Biava (Lazio)
5,86 Padoin (Juventus), Armero (Napoli)
5,85 Bonera (Milan), Zúñiga (Napoli), Roncaglia (Fiorentina)
5,84 Heurtaux (Udinese)
5,83 Giovinco (Juventus), Mesto (Napoli)
5,82 Robinho (Milan), Castán (Roma), Guarín (Inter)
5,81 Calaiò (Napoli), Pasquale (Udinese)
5,80 Tomovic (Fiorentina)
5,78 Zaccardo (Milan)
5,77 Torosidis (Roma)
5,75 Rocchi (Inter)
5,73 Cavanda (Lazio), Amelia (Milan)
5,72 Peluso (Juventus)
5,71 Dias (Lazio), Gargano (Inter), M. Cáceres (Juventus)
5,69 Destro (Roma), Juan Jesus (Inter)
5,67 Capuano, Ricchiuto (Catania)
5,66 Tachtsidis (Roma)
5,65 Balzaretti (Roma), Nagatomo (Inter)
5,62 Muntari (Milan), Kuzmanovic (Inter)
5,61 Ranégie (Udinese)
5,59 Lazzari (Udinese)
5,58 Nocerino (Milan), Schelotto (Inter)
5,56 Maicosuel (Udinese)
5,55 Ederson (Lazio)
5,54 De Rossi (Roma), Álvaro Pereira (Inter)
5,53 K. P. Boateng (Milan)
5,48 Ricardo Álvarez (Inter)
5,27 Dodô (Roma)
5,21 Kozák (Lazio)

Player ratings Spain 2, Uruguay 1 (Confed Cup)

1-0 20' Pedro, 2-0 31' Soldado, 2-1 88' Luis Suárez freekick. Att: 41.705 (Estádio Pernambuco, Recife).
Spain: Iker Casillas 5,80 - Piqué 6,50, Sergio Ramos 6,50, Arbeloa 6,60, Jordi Alba 7,00 - Iniesta 7,60, Xavi 6,40 (77' Javi Martínez 6,00), Cesc Fábregas 7,30 (65' Santi Cazorla 6,00), Busquets 6,40 -  Pedro 6,80 (81' Mata), Soldado 6,80. - coach: Vicente Del Bosque. = average: 6,59 [excellent]
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera 5,50 - Diego Lugano 4,80, Diego Godín 5,40, Maxi Pereira 5,00, Martín Cáceres 5,80 - Walter Gargano 5,00 (63' Nicolás Lodeiro 5,60), "Cebolla" Rodríguez 5,60, Diego Pérez 5,40 (69' Diego Forlán), Gastón Ramírez 5,30 (46' Álvaro González 5,40) - Luis Suárez 6,00, Edinson Cavani 5,00. - coach: Oscar Tabárez. = average: 5,37 [feeble]

Calificaciones España 2, Uruguay 1 en la prensa internacional.
 

Player ratings Italy 2, Mexico 1 (Confed Cup)

0-1 27' Andrea Pirlo freekick, 1-1 34' Javier Hernández penalty, 1-2 78' Mario Balotelli. Att: 73.123 (Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro).
Mexico: José Corona 6,50 - Maza 4,50, Carlos Salcido 6,00, Héctor Moreno 5,00, Gerardo Flores 5,00 - Gerardo Torrado 5,40, Jesús Zavala 5,40 (86' Raúl Jiménez), Javier Aquino 5,20 (53' Hiram Mier 5,00), Andrés Guardado 6,00, Giovani Dos Santos 6,50 - Javier Hernández 5,60. - coach: José De La Torre 5,00. = average: 5,51 [poor]
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon 6,00 - Ignazio Abate 6,00, Giorgio Chiellini 7,00, Mattia De Sciglio 6,80, Andrea Barzagli 5,00 - Claudio Marchisio 5,30 (68' Alessio Cerci 6,00), Emanuele Giaccherini 6,80 (88' Alberto Aquilani), Daniele De Rossi 6,30, Riccardo Montolivo 7,00, Andrea Pirlo 8,00 - Mario Balotelli 7,20 (86' Alberto Gilardino). - coach:  Cesare Prandelli 7,00. = average: 6,45 [strong]


Le pagelle di Italia-Messico 2-1.
Las calificaciones de Italia 2, México 1.

Euro Under-21 scorers.

4: Álvaro Morata (Spain)

2: Sebastian Rudy (Germany), Manolo Gabbiadini (Italy), Leroy Fer & Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands), Isco (Spain)

1: Craig Dawson (England), Patrick Herrmann & Lewis Holtby (Germany), Nir Biton, Ofir Kriaf, Alon Turgeman (Israel), Andrea Bertolacci, Fabio Borini, Alessandro Florenzi, Lorenzo Insigne, Riccardo Saponara (Italy), Luuk de Jong, Danny Hoesen, Ola John, Adam Maher (Netherlands), Fredrik Semb, Jo Inge Berget, Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Marcus Pedersen, Harmeet Singh, Stefan Strandberg (Norway), Denis Cheryshev, Alan Dzagoev (Russia), Rodrigo & Álvaro Vázquez (Spain).

Winning percentage of World Cup winning national coaches.

83,3% Del Bosque (2010)
73,2% Feola (1958)
71,4% Zagallo (1970)
69,2% Scolari (2002)
67,9% Jacquet (1998)
66,3% Pozzo (1934 & 1938)
61,9% Moreira (1962)
61,1% Ramsey (1966)
56,8% Parreira (1994)
56,2% Herberger (1954)
56,1% Menotti (1978)
54,7% Juan López (1950)
54,5% Beckenbauer (1990)
50,0% Lippi (2006)
49,0% Bearzot (1982)
41,8% Suppicci (1930)
37,0% Bilardo (1986)

Italy 1, Holland 0 (Euro Under-21)

1-0 79' Fabio Borini. Att: 10.123 (HaMoshava, Petah Tikva).
Italy: Francesco Bardi 6,90 - Giulio Donati 7,30, Luca Caldirola 6,90, Matteo Bianchetti 6,40, Vasco Regini 5,90 - Marco Verratti 5,50, Alessandro Florenzi 7,00, Lorenzo Insigne 6,40 (85' Nicola Sansone), Fausto Rossi 6,00 (90' Marco Crimi) - Ciro Immobile 6,30 (62' Manolo Gabbiadini 6,90), Fabio Borini 7,50. - coach: Devis Mangia 7,00. = average: 6,58 [excellent]
Holland: Jeroen Zoet 6,00 - Ricardo van Rhijn 5,80, Stefan de Vrij 5,80 (75' Mike van der Hoorn 5,00), Bruno Martins Indi 4,30, Daley Blind 5,90 (84' Leroy Fer) - Kevin Strootman 6,20, Adam Maher 6,90, Georginio Wijnaldum 5,90, Marco van Ginkel 6,30 - Luuk de Jong 5,20, Ola John 6,00 (69' Memphis Depay 5,70). - coach: Cor Pot 5,90. = average: 5,77 [mediocre]

Spain 3, Norway 0 (Euro Under-21)

1-0 45' Rodrigo, 2-0 87' Isco, 3-0 90' Morata. Att: 12.074 (Netanya Stadium).
Spain: De Gea 6,00 - Martín Montoya 6,10, Bartra 6,00, Iñigo Martínez 6,00, Alberto 6,70 - Asier Illarramendi 7,00, Koke 6,70, Thiago 6,80, Isco 8,20 (89' Pablo Sarabia) - Rodrigo 7,10 (59' Morata 7,00), Cristian Tello 6,10 (73' Muniain 6,10). - coach: Lopetegui 7,00. = average: 6,60 [excellent]
Norway: Ørjan Nyland 7,00 - Stefan Strandberg 5,00, Vegar Hedenstad 5,20, Fredrik Berge 5,40, Omar Elabdellaoui 5,30 - Markus Henriksen 6,00, Magnus Eikrem 5,80 (75' Håvard Nordtveit 5,60), Jo Inge Berget 5,50, Marcus Pedersen 5,80, Stefan Johansen 5,50 (80' Valon Berisha), Joshua King 5,60 (46' Håvard Nielsen 6,10). - coach: Tor Skullerud 5,50. = average: 5,68 [disappoiting]

Player ratings Brazil 3, Japan 0 (Confed Cup)

1-0 3' Neymar, 2-0 48' Paulinho, 3-0 90' Jô. Att:  67.423 (Estádio Nacional, Brasília).
Brazil: Júlio César 6,10 - Dani Alves 6,10, Thiago Silva 6,90, David Luíz 6,40, Marcelo 6,60 - Oscar 6,50, Luíz Gustavo 6,40, Paulinho 7,40 - Fred 6,10 (81' Jô 6,50), Neymar 7,50 (74' Lucas 6,00), Hulk 5,90 (76' Hernanes). - coach:  Luiz Felipe Scolari 6,70. = average: 6,49 [very good]
Japan: Eiji Kawashima 5,50 - Yuto Nagatomo 5,60, Atsuto Uchida 5,50, Maya Yoshida 5,50, Yasuyuki Konno 5,40 - Keisuke Honda 5,80 (89' Takashi Inui), Yasuhito Endō 5,80 (78' Hajime Hosogai 5,30), Hiroshi Kiyotake 5,00 (51' Ryoichi Maeda 5,80), Shinji Kagawa 5,70, Makoto Hasebe 5,80 - Shinji Okazaki 5,10. - coach: Alberto Zaccheroni 5,50. = average: 5,52 [poor]

Average ratings La Liga 2012/13.

7,00 Messi (Barcelona)
6,84 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
6,80 Iniesta (Barcelona)
6,62 Diego Costa (Atlético)
6,56 Canales (Valencia)
6,54 Tello (Barcelona)
6,49 Courtois, Falcao (Atlético)
6,44 Xavi (Barcelona), Soldado (Valencia)
6,42 Diego López (Real Madrid)
6,40 Xabi Alonso, Özil (Real Madrid)
6,35 Varane (Real Madrid), Miranda (Atlético)
6,34 Pabón (Betis)
6,31 Adrián (Betis), Isco (Málaga)
6,30 Modric (Real Madrid), Banega (Valencia)
6,29 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
6,28 Beñat (Betis)
6,27 Busquets (Barcelona), Mathieu (Valencia)
6,26 Koke (Atlético), Monreal (Málaga)
6,24 Arda Turan (Atlético)
6,23 Benzema (Real Madrid)
6,21 Khedira (Real Madrid), Salva Sevilla (Betis), Diego Alves (Valencia), Willy Caballero (Málaga)
6,20 Puyol (Barcelona)
6,19 Kaká (Real Madrid)
6,18 Montoya (Barcelona), Toulalan, Eliseu (Málaga)
6,17 Gabi (Atlético)
6,16 Pedro (Barcelona)
6,15 Jorge Molina (Betis), Feghouli (Valencia)
6,14 Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Rubén Castro (Betis)
6,13 Valdés (Barcelona), Di María, Nacho Fernández (Real Madrid), Joaquín (Málaga)
6,12 Filipe Luis (Atlético)
6,11 Piqué (Barcelona), Marcelo (Real Madrid)
6,10 Casillas (Real Madrid), João Pereira, Rami (Valencia)
6,09 Jonas (Valencia)
6,08 Demichelis (Málaga)
6,07 Dani Alves (Barcelona)
6,06 Tino Costa (Valencia)
6,05 Pinto (Barcelona)
6,04 Fàbregas, Adriano, Alexis, Bartra (Barcelona), Higuaín (Real Madrid), Paulão (Betis)
6,03 Thiago (Barcelona), Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid), Mario Suárez (Atlético)
6,02 Pepe (Real Madrid), Gago (Valencia)
6,01 Juanfran (Atlético)
6,00 Nelson (Betis)
5,99 Guaita (Valencia)
5,98 Cebolla Rodríguez (Atlético), Albelda (Valencia)
5,97 Godín (Atlético)
5,96 Mascherano (Barcelona), Cissokho (Valencia), Júlio Baptista (Málaga)
5,95 Callejón (Real Madrid), Cata Díaz (Atlético)
5,94 Guardado, Barragán (Valencia), Antunes (Málaga)
5,93 Tiago (Atlético), Albiol (Real Madrid), Cañas (Betis)
5,92 Essien (Real Madrid), Weligton (Málaga)
5,91 Song (Barcelona), Ricardo Carvalho (Real Madrid)
5,89 Juan Carlos (Betis)
5,88 Piatti (Valencia)
5,87 Morata (Real Madrid), Gámez, Camacho (Málaga)
5,86 Raúl García (Atlético)
5,85 Rubén Pérez (Betis), Sergio Sánchez (Málaga)
5,84 Villa (Barcelona), Adrián (Atlético)
5,82 Parejo (Valencia)
5,81 Mario (Betis), Ricardo Costa (Valencia)
5,80 Buonanotte (Málaga)
5,79 Arbeloa (Real Madrid)
5,78 Adán (Real Madrid)
5,76 J. Campbell (Betis)
5,74 Agra (Betis)
5,72 Saviola (Málaga)
5,71 Nacho (Betis), Portillo (Málaga)
5,65 Amaya (Betis)
5,64 Vadillo (Betis)
5,63 Iglebor (Betis)
5,62 Chica (Betis), Santa Cruz (Málaga)
5,61 Álex Martínez (Betis)
5,60 Bernat (Valencia), Pereira, Ángel (Betis)
5,58 Victor Ruiz (Valencia)
5,54 J. Viera (Valencia), Duda (Málaga)
5,53 Pozuelo (Betis)
5,50 Perquis (Betis)
5,49 Nono (Betis)

Average ratings Premier League 2012/13.

6,67 Suárez (Liverpool)
6,61 Coutinho (Liverpool)
6,48 Van Persie (Man United)
6,42 Mata (Chelsea), Bale (Tottenham)
6,41 Fellaini (Everton)
6,39 Cazorla (Arsenal), Sturridge (Liverpool)
6,38 M. Sissoko, Ba (Newcastle)
6,37 Rooney (Man United), Jagielka (Everton)
6,34 Silva (Man City), Cech (Chelsea), Sterling (Liverpool)
6,33 J. Hernández (Man United), Baines (Everton), Carroll (West Ham)
6,31 De Gea (Man United), Tévez (Man City), Vertonghen (Tottenham)
6,30 Walcott (Arsenal), Chico (Swansea)
6,29 Foster, Lukaku (West Bromwich)
6,27 Gerrard (Liverpool), A. Williams (Swansea)
6,26 Ben Arfa (Newcastle)
6,25 Diamé (West Ham)
6,24 Rafael (Man United)
6,21 Wilshere (Arsenal), Lloris (Tottenham), Osman (Everton), Mulumbu (West Bromwich), Coloccini (Newcastle)
6,20 Giggs, Carrick (Man United), Britton (Swansea)
6,19 Oscar (Chelsea), Anichebe (Everton), Routledge (Swansea), Nolan, J. Collins (West Ham), R. Elliot (Newcastle)
6,18 Jääskeläinen (West Ham)
6,17 Rangel (Swansea)
6,16 Kagawa (Man United), G. Johnson, Carragher (Liverpool), Dyer, Michu (Swansea)
6,15 Y. Touré, Agüero (Man City), Distin (Everton), Gouffran (Newcastle)
6,14 Gibbs (Arsenal), Jarvis (West Ham)
6,13 Anderson (Man United), Rosický (Arsenal), Dembélé (Tottenham)
6,11 Nastasic (Man City), De Guzmán (Swansea)
6,10 Evans, R. Ferdinand, Scholes (Man United), Zabaleta (Man City), Podolski (Arsenal), Howard, Pienaar (Everton), José Enrique, Downing, Wisdom (Liverpool), Brunt (West Bromwich), Cabaye (Newcastle)
6,09 Vidic (Man United), Ba (Chelsea), Jenkinson, Arteta (Arsenal), Lennon (Tottenham), Ki (Swansea)
6,08 Cleverley, P. Jones (Man United), Koscielny (Arsenal), Dawson (Tottenham), Agger (Liverpool), W. Reid (West Ham)
6,07 Hazard (Chelsea), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Henderson (Liverpool), Krul (Newcastle)
6,06 Giroud (Arsenal), Caulker (Tottenham), Coleman (Everton), Long (West Bromwich), M. Williamson (Newcastle)
6,05 Welbeck (Man United), G. Cahill, David Luíz, Lampard (Chelsea), K. Walker, Sandro (Tottenham), B. Davies (Swansea)
6,04 A. Cole (Chelsea), J. Allen, Suso (Liverpool), P. Hernández (Swansea), S. Taylor, Shola Ameobi (Newcastle)
6,03 Hart (Man City), Friedel (Tottenham), Jelavic (Everton)
6,02 Ramires (Chelsea), Ramsey (Arsenal), Huddlestone, S. Parker (Tottenham), Noble (West Ham), Harper (Newcastle)
6,01 Büttner (Man United), L. Moore (Swansea), Diaby (Arsenal), McAuley (West Bromwich)
6,00 Barry (Man City), Moses (Chelsea), Mertesacker (Arsenal), D. Graham (Swansea), Yanga-Mbiwa, Anita (Newcastle)
5,99 D. Gibson (Everton), Reina (Liverpool)
5,98 Azpilicueta, Fernando Torres, Terry (Chelsea), Gervinho (Arsenal), P. Neville (Everton), Tiendalli (Swansea), Tomkins (West Ham), J. Olsson, Tamas (West Bromwich)
5,97 Evra (Man United), Kompany (Man City), Ivanovic (Chelsea)
5,96 Coquelin (Arsenal), Barkley (Everton), Morrison (West Bromwich)
5,95 Valencia (Man United), Santon (Newcastle)
5,94 A. Young (Man United), Vermaelen (Arsenal), Monk (Swansea)
5,93 Szczesny, Mannone, Sagna, Monreal (Arsenal), Holtby (Tottenham), P. Cissé (Newcastle)
5,92 Clichy, Richards (Man City), Skrtel (Liverpool), M. Taylor (West Ham), B. Jones (West Bromwich)
5,91 Agustien (Swansea), J. Cole (West Ham)
5,90 Defoe, Dempsey (Tottenham), Vorm (Swansea), Fortune (West Bromwich)
5,89 Sigurdsson (Tottenham)
5,87 O'Brien (West Ham), Perch (Newcastle)
5,85 Lindegaard (Man United), Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
5,84 Reid, Gera (West Bromwich), Tioté, D. Simpson (Newcastle)
5,83 Smalling (Man United), Nasri (Man City), Debuchy, Marveaux (Newcastle)
5,82 Bigirimana (Newcastle)
5,80 Dzeko, Maicon (Man City), G. O'Neil (West Ham), Myhill (West Bromwich), S. Ferguson (Newcastle)
5,79 Nani (Man United), Lescott (Man City), Obertan (Newcastle)
5,78 Javi García (Man City), Bertrand (Chelsea), Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham)
5,77 Gallas (Tottenham), Shelvey (Liverpool), Ridgewell (West Bromwich)
5,76 J. Thomas (West Bromwich)
5,75 Kolarov (Man City)
5,74 Vaz Te (West Ham), Jonas Gutiérrez (Newcastle)
5,72 Balotelli (Man City), C. Cole (West Ham), Yakob (West Bromwich)
5,71 Naismith (Everton), Dorrans (West Bromwich)
5,70 Demel (West Ham)
5,69 Adebayor (Tottenham), Borini (Liverpool)
5,68 Rodwell (Man City)
5,67 Popov (West Bromwich)
5,66 Naughton (Tottenham)
5,63 Oviedo (Everton)
5,61 K. Touré (Man City)
5,60 Collison (West Ham), Rosenberg (West Bromwich)
5,58 Schechter (Swansea)
5,56 Heitinga (Everton)
5,54 Odemwingie (West Bromwich)

Memory Lane: La Liga 2005/06.

Ranking Don Balón.

7,27 Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
7,19 Eto'o (Barcelona)
6,97 Deco (Barcelona)
6,95 Puyol (Barcelona)
6,71 Iniesta (Barcelona)
6,67 Delporte (Osasuna)
6,64 Casillas (Real Madrid), Pernía (Getafe)
6,63 Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
6,60 Riquelme (Villarreal)
6,58 Márquez (Barcelona)
6,57 Aimar (Valencia)
6,56 Palop (Sevilla), Cañizares (Valencia)
6,54 Saviola (Sevilla)
6,52 H. Larsson (Barcelona)
6,51 Valdés (Barcelona)
6,49 Riki (Getafe)
6,48 Pinto (Celta)

La Liga: foreign Player of the Year.

Premio Don Balón. The magazine closed in 2011 due to the economical crisis in Spain.


1976: Neeskens (Barcelona)
1977: Cruyff (Barcelona)
1978: Cruyff (Barcelona)
1979: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1980: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1981: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1982: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1983: Barbas (Zaragoza)
1984: Barbas (Zaragoza)
1985: Schuster (Barcelona)
1986: Valdano (Barcelona)
1987: H. Sánchez (Real Madrid)
1988: Alemão (Atlético)
1989: Ruggeri (Logroñés)
1990: H. Sánchez (Real Madrid)
1991: Schuster (Atlético)
1992: M. Laudrup (Barcelona)
1993: Đukić (Deportivo)
1994: Stoichkov (Barcelona)
1995: Zamorano (Real Madrid)
1996: Mijatović (Valencia)
1997: Ronaldo (Barcelona)
1998: Rivaldo (Barcelona)
1999: Figo (Barcelona)
2000: Figo (Barcelona)
2001: Figo (Real Madrid)
2002: Zidane (Real Madrid)
2003: Nihat (Real Sociedad)
2004: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2005: Riquelme (Villarreal)
2006: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2007: Messi (Barcelona)
2008: Agüero (Atlético)
2009: Messi (Barcelona)
2010: Messi (Barcelona)

4 times: Stielike
3: Figo & Messi
2: Cruyff, Barbas, H. Sánchez, Ronaldinho.


Per nation:
9: Argentina
6: (West) Germany
5: Brazil
3: Holland & Portugal
2: Mexico & Yugoslavia
1: Denmark, Bulgaria, Chile, France & Turkey.


Per club:
16: Barcelona
9: Real Madrid
3: Atlético
2: Zaragoza
1: Logroñés, Deportivo, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Villarreal.

Player ratings Spain 2, Ireland 0.

1-0 69' Soldado, 2-0 88' Mata. Att: 39.368 (Yankee Stadium, New York City).
Spain: Victor Valdés 5,40 (59' Iker Casillas 6,60) - Jordi Alba 6,30, Arbeloa 6,00, Sergio Ramos 6,20, Piqué 6,00 - Iniesta 5,70 (59' Soldado 7,00) David Silva 6,00 (46' Jesús Navas 5,90), Busquets 6,20, Xavi 6,20 (69' Mata 6,50) - David Villa 5,20 (59' Cesc Fábregas 6,00), Pedro 6,20 (80' Santi Cazorla 5,90). - coach: Vicente Del Bosque. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]
Ireland: David Forde 6,20 (74' Darren Randolph 6,10) - Stephen Kelly 5,50 (90' Damien Delaney), Seamus Coleman 5,40, Sean St Ledger 6,00, Darren O'Dea 5,20 - Paul McShane 6,30, Jeff Hendrick 5,20 (46' Stephen Quinn 5,20), James McCarthy 6,00 (84' David Meyler), Andy Keogh 5,50 (74' James McClean 5,60) - Robbie Keane 5,50 (57' Simon Cox 5,50), Conor Sammon 6,10. - coach: Giovanni Trapattoni. = average: 5,69 [disappointing]

Player ratings Spain 3, Holland 0 [Euro Under-21]

1-0 26' Morata, 2-0 32' Isco, 3-0 90' Álvaro. Att: 11.024 (HaMoshava, Petah Tikva).
Spain: De Gea 7,00 - Nacho 6,20, Iñigo Martínez 6,00, Álvaro González 6,30, Dani Carvajal 6,20 - Thiago 7,50 (80' Muniesa), Camacho 6,30 (52' Asier Illarramendi 6,30), Pablo Sarabia 6,50 - Isco 7,40 (62' Álvaro), Morata 7,20, Muniain 6,50. - coach: Lopetegui 7,00. = average: 6,62 [excellent]
Holland: Marco Bizot 6,30 - Kelvin Leerdam 5,30, Mike van der Hoorn 5,00, Bram Nuytinck 5,50, Patrick van Aanholt 5,20 - Jordy Clasie 5,50, Leroy Fer 5,40, Tonny Vilhena 5,00 (71' Adam Maher 5,60), Florian Jozefzoon 6,70 - Danny Hoesen 5,50, Memphis Depay 6,40. - coach: Cor Pot 5,40. = average: 5,62 [failing]

Average points in Euro & World Cup qualifiers, 2000-2013.

1. Holland : 83,8%
2. Germany : 82,7%
3. Spain : 81,7%
4. Italy : 79,7%
5. England : 76,3%
6. Croatia : 74,4%
7. France : 73,9%
8. Sweden : 73,7%
9. Portugal : 71,0%
10. Russia : 70,1%
11. Czech Republic : 68,7%
12. Greece : 67,7%
13. Denmark : 63,1%
14. Turkey : 61,4%
15. Poland : 60,9%
16. Romania : 60,6%
17. Ireland : 60,1%
18. Switzerland : 59,6%
19. Serbia : 58,5%
20. Ukraine : 58,0%
21. Slovakia : 54,9%
22. Israel, Bosnia : 54,7%
24. Bulgaria : 53,6%
25. Norway, Belgium : 53,2%
27. Scotland : 50,3%
28. Slovenia : 49,0%
29. Austria : 48,7%
30. Finland : 47,8%
31. Hungary : 47,4%
32. Montenegro : 46,7%
33. Latvia : 39,9%
34. Wales : 38,5%
35. Belarus, Northern Ireland : 35,9%
37. Albania : 35,2%
38. Estonia : 34,3%
39. Litauen : 32,3%
40. Iceland : 30,1%
41. Macedonia : 27,8%
42. Georgia : 27,7%
43. Armenia : 27,0%
44. Cyprus : 25,5%
45. Moldova : 22,9%
46. Azerbaijan : 16,4%
47. Kazakhstan : 14,1%
48. Liechtenstein : 13,8%
49. Faroe Islands : 8,6%
50. Malta : 7,6%
51. Luxembourg : 7,4%
52. Andorra : 2,5%
53. San Marino : 0,5%

Sweden's ratings vs Faroe Islands (2-0).

Pär Hansson : 2,00
Per Nilsson : 2,50
Mikael Lustig : 3,00
Andreas Granqvist : 1,00 (sent off)       
Pierre Bengtsson : 2,00
Kim Källström : 2,00
Alexander Kačaniklić : 2,00    
Sebastian Larsson : 2,00
Albin Ekdal : 3,00
Ola Toivonen : 1,00
Zlatan Ibrahimović : 3,00   
Sub:
Anders Svensson : 2,00
Average: 2,12.

Denmark's ratings vs Armenia (0-4).

Stephan Andersen : 2,33
Niki Zimling : 0,33
Simon Kjær : 0,00
Andreas Bjelland : 0,00
Simon Busk Poulsen : 0,00
Lars Jacobsen : 0,33
William Kvist : 1,33
Christian Eriksen : 0,67
Michael Krohn-Dehli : 1,00
Dennis Rommedahl : 0,00
Andreas Cornelius : 1,00
Nicklas Pedersen : 0,33
average: 0,61

Scale: 0-6. Ratings: EkstraBladet, Politiken, Jyllandsposten.

Italy 2, Haiti 2.

1-0 19 seconds Emanuele Giaccherini, 2-0 72' Claudio Marchisio, 2-1 85' Pascal Millien penalty, 2-2 90' Jean Philippe Peguero. Att: 2022 (São Januário, Rio de Janeiro: R$ 65.450).
Italy: Sirigu 6,40 (46' Marchetti 5,50) - Maggio 5,10, Bonucci 5,40, Astori 5,00, De Sciglio 5,10 - Giaccherini 6,30 (54' Montolivo 5,30), Aquilani 5,60 (71' Marchisio 6,00), Diamanti 5,20 (54' De Rossi 5,30), Candreva 6,00, Cerci 5,20 (59' El Shaarawy 5,90) - Gilardino 5,80 (54' Balotelli 5,90). - coach: Prandelli 5,50. = average: 5,59 [failing]
Haiti: Montreil 6,10 - Alcenat 6,50, Aveska 5,90 (82' Jerome), Lafrance 5,50 (56' Desmarets 6,50), Guerrier 6,50 - Charles 6,20 (78' Saurel 6,90), Alexandre 6,40, Monuma 6,20, Louis 6,70 (61' Joseph 6,50), Saint-Preux 7,10 (70' Peguero 7,00), Maurice 6,50. - coach: Blake Cantero 6,80. = average: 6,43 [strong]

Norway 1, Italy 1 [Euro Under-21]

1-0 90' Stefan Strandberg penalty, 1-1 90' Andrea Bertolacci. Att: 7100 (Bloomfield, Tel-Aviv).
Norway: Arild Østbø 5,00 - Thomas Rogne 5,20 (54' Stefan Strandberg 6,50), Vegar Hedenstad 6,80, Håvard Nordtveit 6,20, Martin Linnes 5,50 - Valon Berisha 6,20, Markus Henriksen 6,00, Yann-Erik De Lanlay 6,00, Anders Konradsen 5,80 - Håvard Nielsen 5,00 (60' Flamur Kastrati 5,00), Joshua King 6,20 (74' Abdisalam Ibrahim 5,00). - coach: Tor Skullerud 6,00. = average: 5,74 [mediocre]
Italy: Francesco Bardi 6,30 - Giulio Donati 6,50, Marco Capuano 6,80, Luca Caldirola 6,30, Vasco Regini 6,50 - Fausto Rossi 6,50 (61' Alessandro Florenzi 6,00), Marco Crimi 6,00, Riccardo Saponara 6,00 (46' Andrea Bertolacci 6,80), Nicola Sansone 6,80 - Mattia Destro 5,20 (72' Manolo Gabbiadini 6,30),  Alberto Paloschi 5,20.  - coach: Devis Mangia 6,70. = average: 6,23 [solid]

World Cup: all time topscorers.

Active players in bold text.

     15 goals:
Ronaldo (Brazil)
     14 goals:
Miroslav Klose & Gerd Müller (Germany)
     13 goals:
Just Fontaine (France)
     12 goals:
Pelé (Brazil)
     11 goals:
Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany), Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)
     10 goals:
Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina), Gary Lineker (England), Helmut Rahn (Germany), Teófilo Cubillas (Peru), Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
     9 goals:
Ademir, Jairzinho & Vavá (Brazil), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & Uwe Seeler (Germany), Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi & Christian Vieri (Italy), Eusébio (Portugal)
     8 goals: 
Diego Maradona & Guillermo Stábile (Argentina), Leônidas & Rivaldo (Brazil), Rudi Völler (Germany), David Villa (Spain), Oscar Míguez  (Uruguay)
     7 goals:
Careca (Brazil), Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia), Hans Schäfer (Germany),  Lajos Tichy (Hungary), Johnny Rep (Holland), Andrzej Szarmach (Poland)
     6 goals:
Mario Kempes (Argentina), Erich Probst (Austria), Bebeto & Rivelino (Brazil), Hristo Stoichkov  (Bulgaria), Davor Šuker (Croatia), Thierry Henry (France), Helmut Haller, Lothar Matthäus & Max Morlock (Germany), György Sárosi & Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary), Salvatore Schillaci (Italy), Dennis Bergkamp & Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Zbigniew Boniek (Poland),  Oleg Salenko (Russia), Josef Hügi (Switzerland), Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
     5 goals:
Hans Krankl (Austria), Marc Wilmots (Belgium), Garrincha, Romário & Zico (Brazil), Roger Milla (Cameroon), Tomáš Skuhravý (Czechoslovakia), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark),  Geoff Hurst (England),  Michel Platini & Zinédine Zidane (France), Franz Beckenbauer, Thomas Müller & Lukas Podolski (Germany), Alessandro Altobelli & Silvio Piola (Italy), Johan Neeskens & Wesley Sneijder (Holland), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Estanislao Basora, Emilio Butragueño, Raúl González, Fernando Hierro & Fernando Morientes (Spain), Kennet Andersson & Henrik Larsson (Sweden), Landon Donovan (USA), Pedro Cea & Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Uruguay), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia).