Top 25 South American players in Premier League history

1. Sergio Agüero, Argentina (Man City) 

2. Luis Suárez, Uruguay (Liverpool) 

3. Carlos Tévez, Argentina (West Ham, Man United, Man City) 

4. Gilberto Silva, Brazil (Arsenal)

5. Alexis Sánchez, Chile (Arsenal, Man United) 

6. Roberto Firmino, Brazil (Liverpool) 

7. Fernandinho, Brazil (Man City) 

8. Alisson Becker, Brazil (Liverpool) 

9. David Luíz, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal) 

10. Javier Mascherano, Argentina (West Ham, Liverpool) 

11. Ederson, Brazil (Man City) 

12. Juninho Paulista, Brazil (Middlesbrough) 

13. Gustavo Poyet, Uruguay (Chelsea, Tottenham) 

14. Nolberto Solano, Peru (Newcastle, Aston Villa, West Ham, Leicester, Hull) 

15. Antonio Valencia, Ecuador (Wigan, Man United) 

16. Edu, Brazil (Arsenal) 

17. Lucas Leiva, Brazil (Liverpool) 

18. Ramires, Brazil (Chelsea) 

19. Willian, Brazil (Chelsea, Arsenal, Fulham) 

20. Robinho, Brazil (Man City) 

21. Hernán Crespo, Argentina (Chelsea) 

22. Diego Forlán, Uruguay (Man United) 

23. Tino Asprilla, Colombia (Newcastle) 

24. Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombia (Aston Villa) 

25. Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentina (Man United) 

Today 21 years ago: Lazio 0-4 Chelsea

 

0-1 15' Crespo, 0-2 70' Gudjohnsen, 0-3 76' Duff, 0-4 81' Lampard. Sent off: 53' Mihajlovic, 90' Johnson. Att: 48.485. 

Lazio: Sereni 4,17 — Zauri 5,17, F. Couto 5,00, Mihajlovic 3,33, Favalli 5,00 — Fiore 6,17 (60' Negro 5,25), Albertini 5,67 (72' Muzzi 5,25), Liverani 5,33, D. Stankovic 6,50 — Corradi 5,33, S. Inzaghi 5,83 (72' C. López). — coach: Mancini. = average: 5,23 [lame]

Chelsea: Cudicini 7,50 — Johnson 6,33, Terry 6,33, Gallas 6,67, Bridge 6,67 — Makelele 7,00 — Lampard 7,50, Duff 7,83, Verón 7,83 (77' A. Cole), Mutu 6,17 (58' Grønkjær 6,17), Crespo 6,50 (68' Gudjohnsen 6,83). — coach: Ranieri. = average: 6,87 [top-class]

 

Allsvenskan top 20 players 2023-24

1. Sebastian Nanasi (Malmö FF) 

2. Derek Cornelius (Malmö FF) 

3. Nahir Besara (Hammarby) 

4. Samuel Gustafson (Häcken) 

5. Lasse Berg Johnsen (Malmö FF) 

6. Mikkel Rygaard (Häcken) 

7. Warner Hahn (Hammarby) 

8. Hakon Valdimarsson (Elfsborg) 

9. Pontus Jansson (Malmö FF) 

10. Gabriel Busanello (Malmö FF) 

11. Shaquille Pinas (Hammarby) 

12. Nikola Vasic (Brommapojkarna) 

13. Sebastian Holmén (Elfsborg) 

14. Sergio Peña (Malmö FF) 

15. Tashreeq Matthews (Sirius) 

16. Gustav Lundgren (GAIS Göteborg) 

17. Jacob Ondrejka (Elfsborg) 

18. Hugo Bolin (Malmö FF) 

19. Ibrahim Sadiq (Häcken) 

20. Anton Salétros (AIK Stockholm) 

1958 World Cup: combined goal & assist table

17: Just Fontaine (Fra) : 13 goals+4 assists

9: Raymond Kopa (Fra) : 3+6

7: Pelé (Bra) : 6+1 

7: Vavá (Bra) : 5+2

7: Kurt Hamrin (Swe) : 4+3

6: Helmut Rahn (BRD) : 6+0

6: Hans Schäfer (BRD) : 2+4

5: Peter McParland (Nir) : 5+0

5: Vaclav Hovorka (Cze) : 2+3

5: José Parodi (Par) : 2+3

4: Agne Simonsson (Swe) : 4+0

4: Zdeněk Zikán (Cze) : 4+0

4: Todor Veselinović (Yug) : 3+1

4: Oreste Corbatta (Arg) : 3+1

4: Lajos Tichy (Hun) : 3+1

4: Didi (Bra) : 1+3

4: Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund (Swe) : 1+3

4: Nils Liedholm (Swe) : 2+2

4: Roger Piantoni (Fra) : 2+2

3: Altafini ("Mazzola") : 2+1

3: Uwe Seeler (BRD) : 2+1

3: Jorge Romero (Par) : 2+1

3: Djalma Santos (Bra) : 1+2

3: Garrincha (Bra) : 0+3

Today 39 years ago: Napoli 1-0 Juventus

 1-0 72' Diego Maradona freekick. Att: 81.041.

Napoli: Claudio Garella 6,00 - Moreno Ferrario 6,75, Giuseppe Bruscolotti 6,50, Alessandro Renica 6,50, Antonio Carannante 7,25, Costanzo Celestini 6,75, Eraldo Pecci 7,50 (90' Ruben Buriani), Salvatore Bagni 6,50, Diego Maradona 7,25, Bruno Giordano 5,25 (60' Luigi Caffarelli), Daniel Bertoni 6,75. - coach: Ottavio Bianchi. = average: 6,62 [very good]

Juventus: Stefano Tacconi 6,75 - Luciano Favero 6,25, Stefano Pioli 6,25, Sergio Brio 5,75, Gaetano Scirea 6,50, Antonio Cabrini 6,50, Michael Laudrup 5,00, Massimo Bonini 6,50, Michel Platini 5,25, Massimo Mauro 5,25 (75' Gabriele Pin), Aldo Serena 6,00. - coach: Giovanni Trapattoni. = average: 6,00 [satisfactory]

Top 30 French Premier League players

1. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 

2. Éric Cantona (Leeds, Man United) 

3. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Man City) 

4. Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) 

5. David Ginola (Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Everton) 

6. Robert Pirès (Arsenal, Aston Villa) 

7. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester, Chelsea) 

8. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

9. Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

10. Marcel Desailly (Chelsea) 

11. Patrice Evra (Man United) 

12. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, WBA) 

13. Paul Pogba (Man United) 

14. Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Man City, West Ham) 

15. William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham) 

16. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal, Man City) 

17. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) 

18. Florent Malouda (Chelsea) 

19. Laurent Blanc (Man United) 

20. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle, Crystal Palace) 

21. Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal) 

22. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 

23. Gaël Clichy (Arsenal, Man City) 

24. Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton, Blackburn) 

25. Louis Saha (Newcastle, Fulham, Man United, Everton, Sunderland) 

26. Fabien Barthez (Man United) 

27. Anthony Martial (Man United) 

28. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) 

29. Didier Six (Aston Villa) 

30. Olivier Dacourt (Everton, Leeds, Fulham) 

Today 20 years ago: Barcelona 2-1 Milan

 0-1 18' Shevchenko, 1-1 37' Eto'o, 2-1 89' Ronaldinho. Att: 90.465.

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,17 — Belletti 5,83, Puyol 6,83, Oleguer 5,50, van Bronckhorst 5,83 — Xavi 7,33, Rafa Márquez 6,00 (80' H. Larsson), Deco 6,33 — Giuly 5,17 (68' Iniesta 5,83), Ronaldinho 7,33, Eto'o 7,00. = average: 6,26 [good]

Milan: Dida 6,33 — Cafú 6,33, Maldini 5,83, Nesta 6,17, Kaladze 5,83 — Gattuso 5,83, Pirlo 6,17, Ambrosini 5,67, Serginho 5,17 (74' Seedorf) — Kaká 5,33 (77' Rui Costa), Shevchenko 6,67 (88' Tomasson). = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

Scandinavian goalscorers in the European Cups, 1955-1999

Goals scored in Champions League, European Cup, UEFA Cup, Cupwinners' Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Super Cup.

Total goals:

43 : Allan Simonsen (Den)

33 : Torbjörn Nilsson (Swe)

26 : Stefan Pettersson (Swe)

24 : Jari Litmanen (Fin)

23 : Kenneth Brylle (Den)

21 : Michael Laudrup (Den), Kurt Hamrin (Swe)

18 : Søren Lerby (Den), Harald Brattbakk (Nor)

16 : Johnny Ekström (Swe), Bent Christensen (Den)

15 : Preben Elkjær (Den), Ralf Edström, Conny Torstensson (Swe)

14 : Ove Kindvall (Swe)

13 : Henning Jensen, Benny Nielsen (Den), Ismo Lius (Fin), Henrik Larsson (Swe)

12 : Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (Isl), Owe Ohlsson (Swe)

11 : Frank Arnesen (Den), Hallvar Thoresen, Sigurd Rushfeldt (Nor), Bo Larsson, Mats Magnusson (Swe)

9 : Michael Manniche (Den), Tore Cervin (Swe), Arnór Gudjohnsen, Lárus Gudmundsson (Isl) 

8 : Benny Wendt, Stig Fredriksson (Swe), Johnny Bjerregaard (Den), Pétur Pétursson (Isl)

 

Goals per game (min. 25 played):

0,750 T. Nilsson

0,606 Simonsen

0,583 Hamrin

0,538 Kindvall

0,516 Christensen

0,500 Litmanen

0,460 Brylle

0,455 Elkjær

0,450 Brattbakk

0,419 H. Larsson

0,366 Torstensson

0,357 Edström

0,355 B. Larsson, M. Magnusson

0,348 Ekström

0,329 S. Pettersson

0,324 Thoresen

0,286 J. Bjerregaard

0,273 M. Laudrup, Manniche, Lerby

0,267 Pétursson

0,255 H. Jensen

0,240 Arnesen

0,207 Sigurvinsson

0,205 S. Fredriksson

0,184 A. Gudjohnsen

Ove Kindvall & Torbjörn Nilsson

Today eight years ago: Man City 3-1 Barcelona

 0-1 21' Lionel Messi l. (Neymar), 1-1 39' İlkay Gündoğan l. (Raheem Sterling), 2-1 51' Kevin De Bruyne freekick, 3-1 74' İlkay Gündoğan r. (Kun Agüero). Att: 53.340.

Man City: Willy Caballero 6,10 - Pablo Zabaleta 6,20, Nicolás Otamendi 5,80, John Stones 6,30, Aleksandar Kolarov 6,20, Fernandinho 6,60 (60' Fernando 5,90), Raheem Sterling 7,00  (71' Jesús Navas 6,10), David Silva 6,90, İlkay Gündoğan 7,50, Kevin De Bruyne 7,20  (88' Nolito), Kun Agüero 6,80. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,51 [very good]

Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen 5,40 - Sergi Roberto 4,70, Samuel Umtiti 5,50, Javier Mascherano 6,00, Lucas Digne 5,30, Ivan Rakitić 5,40  (61' Arda Turan 5,40), Busquets 5,60, André Gomes 6,00 (76' Rafinha), Luis Suárez 5,50, Lionel Messi 6,70, Neymar 6,40. - coach: Luis Enrique. = average 5,66 [disappointing]