The World Draft Selection Thread

[Dark Savante]

Drafters: please use this thread to post your official selections for the draft.

All: Please use the other thread for analysis and comment on the draft selections, but keep this thread solely for picks.

Rules can be found here: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=321547

Discussion Thread is here: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7716462#post7716462

Round by Round update thread is here: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7716478#post7716478

Do NOT post in this thread it is a quick reference guide.


Order for the 1st round - update to follow

ALL TIMES ARE GMT!!

Here are the official lisiting times for this years World Draft. Please adhere to your timeslot. As you can see if everyone sticks to the GMT they have given the draft will move superfluously throughout the odd rounds. The 3 drafting teams who are late are going to have to give me their preferred times and be slotted in at that time in the next odd round of the draft. You’ll have to take your first pick at the end of the 1st round- if it is not a suitable time for you please make sure you PM somebody your pick.

Some of the timeslots here are maybe 30minutes outside of what you asked for, but in some instances two, three or even four people asked for the same timeslot so it was worked out on a first come, first serve basis. It shouldn’t cause much problems anyway.

ODD Rounds of the draft

1. Dark Savante 5.30am-7.30am
2. Bruzza 6am – 8am
3. Teso 7.30am-9.30am
4. comme 8am-10am
5. nicephoras&GunnersBT 9am-11am
6. condor11 9.30am-11.30am
7. Various Styles 10am-12pm
8. RuffRyder 11am-1pm
9. Bilbao Lion 12pm-2pm
10. ForzaGrifo 1pm-3pm
11. Bluedaddy19 1.30pm-3.30pm
12. JessicaAlbaPirate 2pm-4pm
13. Karny0 3pm-5pm
14. tomwilhelm 4.30pm-6.30pm
15. GringoTex/Ombak 5pm-7pm
16. billyireland 5.30pm-7.30pm
17. Gersman 6pm-8pm
18. Stevieg987 6.30pm-8.30pm
19. ddw31089 7pm-9pm
20. Cassano/SoccerStallion 8.30pm-10.30pm
21. Suss55/Kold Krush77 9pm-11pm
22. bennismalls 9.30pm-11.30pm
23. megamac20817 11pm-1am
24. JugglinNCWest 12am-2am
25. Perchik/Stud83 1am-3am
26. nirvaanFC 1.30am-3.30am
27. Excape Goat 2am-4am
28. ChaChaFut 3am-5am
29. johno/TheDouble - 1st rd forfeit
30. ASUCruz/tpmazembe - PENDING
31. UnitedForever - 1st rd forfeit


These are the EVEN/Reverse round times.

30. ChaChaFut
29. Excape Goat
28. nirvaanFC
27. Perchik/Stud83
26. johno/TheDouble
25. JugglinNCWest
24. megamac20817
23. bennismalls
22. Suss55/Kold Krush
21. Cassano/SoccerStallion
20. ddw31089
19. Stevieg987
18. GersMan
17. billyireland
16. GringoTex/Ombak

Day 2
15. tomwilhelm
14. UnitedForever
13. Karny9
12. JessicaAlbaPirate
11. Bluedaddy19
10. ForzaGrifo
9. Bilbao Lion
8. RuffRyder
7. Various Styles
6. condor11
5. nicephoras&GunnersBT
4. comme
3. Teso
2. Bruzza
1. Dark Savante

[Dark Savante]

http://i.esmas.com/image/0/000/003/411/defu0414_ronaldinho_N.jpg
Player: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira

Born: 21 March 1980
Nickname: "Ronaldinho Gaucho"

Position: Offensive Midfielder, Forward

Caps: 60 (Goals: 27)
Palmares:
U-17 FIFA World Cup winner (97)
Copa America winner (99)
FIFA World Cup winner (02)
FIFA Confederations Cup winner (05)

Rio Grande du Sul champion (99)
Spanish Liga Primera champion (05)
Spanish Super Cup champion (05)

Confederations Cup Top Scorer (99)
Spanish Liga Primera Player of the Season (04)
World Soccer Player of the World (04)
FIFA World Player of the Year (04, 05)
UUFA CL Best Forward (05)
FIFPro World Player of the Year (05)
Ballon D'Or / European Footballer of the Year (05)

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Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a footballer more commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho. Ronaldinho is Portuguese for Little Ronaldo, and the nickname was given to distinguish the then rising star from fellow Brazilian superstar footballer Ronaldo, who was playing for the Italian club F.C. Internazionale at the time. Gaúcho is the nickname for people from the Brazilian player's Rio Grande do Sul region.

He was part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning team and was voted 2005 European Footballer of the Year by the European sports press, the 2004 and 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year by national team captains and coaches, as well as the 2005 FIFPro World Player of the Year by players from leagues all over the world, making Ronaldinho the current holder of all three major individual football awards.

When he was a child, Ronaldinho played both futsal and beach football. He made his first newspaper appearance at the age of 13, after scoring 23 goals in a football match.[1] He made a name for himself as the top scorer at the under-17 world championship in Egypt, then began his professional career at Grêmio, where he played from 1998 to 2001. He made his first appearance for the Brazilian national team on June 26, 1999, scoring against Venezuela to help the team win the Copa América. He scored 27 goals in his first 62 matches for Brazil.During his time at Gremio many clubs were rumoured to be vying for his signature including Leeds.

In 2001, Ronaldinho signed a five-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and started playing at the beginning of the season. However, even though Ronaldinho had been a free agent from July 1, 2001, Grêmio demanded compensation from PSG and received $4.5 million. During his time at PSG, the manager, Luis Fernandez, claimed that Ronaldinho was too focused on the Parisian nightlife rather than on his football.

In 2002, Ronaldinho helped Brazil win the World Cup. One of the highlights of the tournament was an outrageous (if fortunate) 35-metre lob he scored against England in the quarter-finals in Shizuoka, although he was sent off soon after a harsh foul on Danny Mills.

In 2003, Ronaldinho made it known he wanted to leave PSG after they failed to qualify for any European competitions. That set off a bidding war among the top clubs for his services. On July 19, FC Barcelona snapped him up for €27 million, beating Manchester United to his signature. Ronaldinho justified their purchase, leading them to a second-place finish in La Liga during the 03/04 season. Together with Samuel Eto'o, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, and Henrik Larsson he comprises part of an awesome strike force which reaped the 2004/05 La Liga title for FC Barcelona.

[Bio taken from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona) and
http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=1054 (http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=1054)]

This season is shaping up to be his best yet.


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Profiile courtesy of tpmazembe

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Name: Francesco Totti
Position: OM/FW

Profile to follow at some point...

In the meantime, enjoy the following thread:
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=310743

[comme]

Name: Frank James Lampard

Date Of Birth: 20.06.1978

Place Of Birth: Romford, Essex, England

Height: 6' (1.83m)

Weight: 79 kg

Position: Midfielder

Clubs: West Ham United (1994-2001), Swansea City (Loan - 10.1995 - 01.1996), Chelsea (2001 - Present)

Club Honours: FA Community Shield (Chelsea FC, 2005), English Premier League (Chelsea FC, 2004-05), League Cup (Chelsea FC, 2005), FA Premier Asia Cup (Chelsea FC, 2003), UEFA Intertoto Cup (West Ham United, 1999)

Club Goals: 104

International Debut: 10.10.1999 Vs Belgium

International Caps: 38

International Goals: 10

[nicephoras]

First round, third pick:
http://french.epochtimes.com/news_images/2005-4-27-52698304-milan2.jpg
Andrei Shevchenko
AC Milan and Ukraine

[condor11]

First Round
4th Pick

Steven Gerrard
Liverpool and England

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41185000/jpg/_41185499_ger.jpg
Position: Midfielder
Born: May 30, 1980
Birthplace: Whiston, Merseyside
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 12.6

[Various Styles]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39891000/jpg/_39891648_thierry2203.jpg

Thierry Henry

[RuffRyder]

http://fotoalbum.fiorentina.it/gallery/foto/2005_10/m_tonui.jpg.jpg

Luca Toni
Fiorentina and Italy

Luca Toni (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian football player. He plays as a striker for ACF Fiorentina and the Italian national team.

He started his professional career at Modena in 1994.

After a good Serie B season with Treviso in 1999, he moved to Vicenza Calcio, playing in Serie A for the first time. He then moved to Brescia Calcio and played for two seasons alonside Roberto Baggio.

He joined Palermo in 2003 and helped the team to win Serie B by scoring thirty goals during the season, consequently gaining his first cap for the national team. In the following season he scored twenty goals.

In July 2005, he was signed by Fiorentina for €10m.

At September 7, 2005 he became the first Fiorentina player to score a hat-trick for the Italian national team in a 2006 World Cup Qualifying match against Belarus (which Italy won 4-1.)

Toni made a notable start to the season 2005-06 Serie A and currently leads the Capocannonieri.

Luca recently scored in the 4-1 win over Germany in a friendly, Alberto Gilardino, Alessandro Del Piero and Daniele De Rossi were the other scorers

stolen from Wikipedia

[Bilbao Lion]

With the 8th pick I take...

http://www.soccernet.com/design05/images/sw/Juan-Roman-Riquelme_mcdonal.jpg

Juan Román Riquelme

Date of birth: June 26, 1978
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 1.82 m
Weight: 79 kg
Club: Villarreal CF
Position: Offensive midfielder

[ForzaGrifo]

ETO'O

http://www.footballdatabase.com/upload/player2/etoo_s02.jpg

Full name: Samuel Eto'o Fils
DOB: March 10, 1981
Birthplace: Nikon, Cameroon
Nationality: Cameroonian
EU passport: No
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 75 kg

Club: FC Barcelona
Position: Forward [C]
Number: 9
Contract Expires: June 2010
Previous Clubs: UCB Douala > Real Madrid > Leganes (loan f. Real Madrid) > Espanyol (loan f. Real Madrid) > (part-owned by Real Madrid) Mallorca > (€24m) Barcelona

International debut: March 1997, v Costa Rica
Caps: 60
Goals: 24
World Cups: France 1998, Japan-Korea 2002
Palmares:
African Nations Cup (00, 02)
Olympic Games (00)

Intercontinental Cup (98)

Spanish Cup (03)
Spanish Liga Primera (05)
Spanish Super Cup (05)

African Young Footballer of the Year (01)
African Footballer of the Year (03, 04, 05)
African Nations Cup Top Scorer (06)

[Bio from http://www.footballdatabase.com/]

[afgrijselijkheid]

#10 Michael Ballack M (Bayern Munich/Germany)

http://www.m7dc.de/blck/c/bld/galerienationalmannschaft/galerienationalmannschafteildrei/i1134851991_07605465.jpg

[karny9]

well, its my turn to pick, so sorry for the person before me if they haven't picked yet...

With my first pick, I select:

Name: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Position: Striker, Attacking Mid
Club:Juventus
Age:24

[tomwilhelm]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b362/modernhamlet/kaka2.jpg

Full name: Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
Nickname: Kaká
Date of birth: April 22, 1982
Place of birth: Brasília, Brazil

Position: Attacking Midfielder
Current club: A.C. Milan
National Team: Brazil

[GringoTex]

GringoTex/Ombak select:

Alessandro Nesta

http://www.abc.net.au/soccer/galleries/champs_final/images/03_nesta.jpg

Position: Defender
Current club: A.C. Milan
National Team: Italy

With amazing tackling skill, game reading ability he is widely considered as the best defender in the world.

[billyireland]

Wayne Rooney
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00205/wayne_rooney__manch_205117c.jpg

Position(s): Just about any attacking position. Best as a CF/SS.
Club: Manchester United.
Nationality: English.

[GersMan]

GersMan selects:

Arjen Robben, Wide Midfielder, Chelsea and Holland

[stevieg987]

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/5729/johnterry7wl.jpg

John Terry
CB
England and Chelsea


John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football player. Terry is a strong, hard-tackling centre back, who is currently captain of Chelsea in the English Premier League, and a regular member of the England national team.

Terry was born in Barking, East London and attended Eastbury Comprehensive School. Before being spotted by Chelsea, he played for Sunday League Team Senrab FC. This team featured many future stars including Terry himself, Bobby Zamora, Paul Konchesky, Ledley King and J Lloyd Samuel. He rose through the Chelsea youth system, playing for the club's Youth and Reserve teams before making his Chelsea debut in October 1998. He spent three months with East London rivals West Ham before in March 2000 he joined Nottingham Forest on loan for two months. He wears the number 26 shirt at Chelsea.

In season 2003/04, his strong, committed and inspiring displays led to him being handed the captain's armband by manager Claudio Ranieri when Marcel Desailly was out of the side. He played very well in the absence of the French legend, establishing himself as a genuine contender for a first team slot. Following Desailly's retirement, new Chelsea manager José Mourinho wanted Terry as his club captain - a choice which was justified throughout the 2004/5 season. Terry scored eight goals and was voted Player of the Year by his fellow professionals in England. In September 2005 he was selected as a member of the World XI at the FIFPro awards. The team was chosen by a vote of professional footballers in 40 countries.

Terry is a regular in the England national team, having earned 21 caps as of 14 November 2005. He made his debut in June 2003 against Serbia and Montenegro. He played for his country at Euro 2004, and England Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said recently he believed Terry to be his first-choice centre back, ahead of the likes of Rio Ferdinand and Sol Campbell. In a game against Poland, he had the honour of wearing England's captain armband, replacing Michael Owen as captain after the latter was taken off. He was the heart of the Chelsea defense that was the most well-marshalled in Football league history in the 2004/05 season, conceding only 15 League goals. In 2005 Terry was voted best defender of the UEFA Champions League tournament, after not only defending and organising his team superbly but scoring four goals in the tournament including the winning goal against Barcelona in the second round.

Early in his career, Terry was involved in an unsavoury incident in a West London nightclub with fellow players Jody Morris and Des Byrne. He was charged with assault and affray but later cleared. During the affair, he received a temporary ban from the national side, which cost him a place in England's 2002 World Cup squad. However, he is now praised as a model professional. Along with Frank Lampard, Claude Makélélé and Petr Cech, Terry is regarded as a part of the "spine" of the Chelsea team. Being a Londoner who came through the club's youth system, he is especially popular with Chelsea fans. Widely regarded as the best header of the ball in the world, Terry offers an almost unmarkable threat at set-pieces as he has an uncanny ability to time and place his runs with the fall of the ball. His headers against Arsenal and Charlton in the Premier League provided examples of his excellent heading ability.

[ddw31089]

http://www.footballdatabase.com/upload/player/deco2.jpg

Deco (Anderson Luis de Souza)
Position: Central Midfielders/Attacking Midfielder

Outstanding playmaker who can dictate a teams play from the middle of the field as well as any player in the world. Despite a small stature, he is a good tackler of the ball and wins his fair share of duels, while also possessing a great workrate. While he thrives as a creater (most assists in the 2004 CL) he is also a solid finisher though he has been employed in a more defensive role by Barcelona, which has likely affected his goal total (along with no longer taking set pieces).

Deco has won a champions league with Porto, the Champions League MVP, and thrives in big game situations. He also has a disturbing tendency to dive more than any player in the game (but yet I am still picking him...).

[Cassano]

Me and SoccerStallion take:

Fabio Cannavaro, Defender

http://bianconeri.tripod.com/picjuve/cannavaro.jpg

Fabio Cannavaro (born September 13, 1973, Naples) is an Italian football player, as of 2005 the captain of the Italian national team.

Although being not tall for a central defender (176 cm), Cannavaro is considered one of the best defenders of the 1990s and early 2000s. As for his career in the Italian championship, he played Napoli (1992-95), Parma (1995-2002), Inter Milan (2002-04) and Juventus (2004-current). In Juventus, he has re-joined his ex-Parma partners Lilian Thuram and Gianluigi Buffon. They formed one of the best defensive lines in Serie A and Cannavaro won his first scudetto with Juventus in 2005.

Cannavaro, alongside Alessandro Nesta, forms for Italian defence one of the best defences in the world. Cannavaro is especially noted for his reading of the game, an ability that often sees him make countless interceptions during games. It is this attribute that has compensated for his lack of height, making him one of the finest centre-backs to have come out of Italy.

As for Italy, Cannavaro has earned over 90 caps. He played for his country in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as Euro 2000 and Euro 2004.

His younger brother, Paolo Cannavaro, is also a central defender, and currently plays for Parma A.C.. The two brothers played alongside each other at Parma from 2000 until 2002, when Fabio left for Inter.

bio taken from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Cannavaro)

[Twenty26Six]

Adriano
CF
Internazionale [Milan]
Brazil

http://msnsport.skysports.com/images/players/10456.jpg
http://www.tercera.cl/vgn/images/portal/FOTO022004/10426404106-adriano.jpg