View Full Version : How many South Americans in Euro 2008?
Excape Goat
09 Jun 2008, 03:41 PM
Brazil
Deco, Pepe, Mehmet Aurélio, Senna, Roger Guerreiro, Kuranyi..... anymore?
meininki
09 Jun 2008, 04:51 PM
Brazil
Deco, Pepe, Mehmet Aurélio, Senna, Roger Guerreiro, Kuranyi..... anymore?
Not sure whether Kuranyi should count really... He's always had a German passport, since his father is German, and he started playing for Stuttgart, when he was 15. Also, his mother is Panamanian.
argentine soccer fan
09 Jun 2008, 05:12 PM
As far as Argentines, the only one that comes to mind is Camoranesi.
sinner78
09 Jun 2008, 06:00 PM
Not sure whether Kuranyi should count really... He's always had a German passport, since his father is German, and he started playing for Stuttgart, when he was 15. Also, his mother is Panamanian.
born in rio de janeiro.
his father is only half german.
meininki
09 Jun 2008, 06:03 PM
And half-Hungarian, I know. The point is, Kuranyi has always had a German passport.
He also spent part of his childhood in Panama, so you can't really call him Brazilian either.
Dear_Claudio
09 Jun 2008, 08:00 PM
Kuranyi's father is European, he isn't naturalized so he shouldn't count.
JeremyEritrea
09 Jun 2008, 08:28 PM
Since they're all current citizens of European countries, the answer is zero.
:D
Perú FC
09 Jun 2008, 08:43 PM
Are 8 players born in South America in this tournament:
- Pepe (Born in Maceió, Brazil)
- Deco (Born in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil)
- Johan Vonlanthen (Born in Santa Marta, Colombia)
- Mehmet Aurélio (Born in Río de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Kevin Kurányi (Born in Río de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Roger Guerreiro (Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Mauro Camoranesi (Born in Tandil, Argentina)
- Marcos Senna (Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Excape Goat
10 Jun 2008, 01:20 AM
And half-Hungarian, I know. The point is, Kuranyi has always had a German passport.
He also spent part of his childhood in Panama, so you can't really call him Brazilian either.
He is a special case. He is not a foreign player who gained citizenship liked Senna. Let's say he will still be a German if he is a butcher, lawyer, drug dealer, police, etc. I don't think Roger Guerreiro will be in Poland if he isn't a footballer. Having said that, he is a Brazilian by birth.
BTW, how come Mehmet Aurélio have an Islamic name? Mehmet is Islamic, right?
Soccerfever
10 Jun 2008, 01:37 AM
BTW, how come Mehmet Aurélio have an Islamic name? Mehmet is Islamic, right?
What happened is that some countries gives you some sort of a ''new name'' once you become a citizen.Kind of like being baptised once again...I don't know if I explained it well!
frankwhite
10 Jun 2008, 06:24 AM
Turkey's Colin Kazim Richard's father is from Antigua, his mother is a turkish-cypriot, he was born in England.
Kafkafxer
10 Jun 2008, 07:56 AM
He is a special case. He is not a foreign player who gained citizenship liked Senna. Let's say he will still be a German if he is a butcher, lawyer, drug dealer, police, etc. I don't think Roger Guerreiro will be in Poland if he isn't a footballer. Having said that, he is a Brazilian by birth.
BTW, how come Mehmet Aurélio have an Islamic name? Mehmet is Islamic, right?
You are right, Mehmet is the way we call Mohammed in Turkish. His name was originally Marco, he took this name because his favourite team mate's name was Mehmet(Yozgatli) and it starts with "m".
Colm
10 Jun 2008, 07:11 PM
BTW, how come Mehmet Aurélio have an Islamic name? Mehmet is Islamic, right?He had to change his name to a turkish name, On getting a turkish passport you can't have a none-turkish name, That's what Colin Kazim Richards is now Kazim Kazim. I could be wrong on that, but i read thats why Kazim said he had too.