Barnetta was in prime form for Bayer Leverkusen in last night's away victory at Hoffenheim (I was watching the whole match live on Setanta) He made no direct assists (unless one of his 'lethal' corner kicks is included) but was instrumental in all four BL goals. Schwegler came on as a sub after 75 minutes or so and was competent. It's not just Behrami that I'm interested in you know.
Lucien Favre's Hertha is leader in the Bundesliga after the 2-1 victory against Bayern! Raffael with a strong match btw Koller's Bochum wins against Schalke with the same result
Esteban apparently had one good scene as he dribbled Biancalani on the right wing and flanked well on Cheyrou's head who missed the goal Then, he also had a yellow card. Otherwise, they said he tried to bring in some elan to Rennes attacking game.
Swiss Football Players Arround The World !!! GERMANY 1. Bundesliga: Dortmund: Alex Frei (A) Eintracht Frankfurt: Christoph Spycher (A) Leverkusen: Tranquillo Barnetta (A), Pirmin Schwegler (U-21) VfB Stuttgart: Ludovic Magnin (A) Hannover 96: Mario Eggimann (A) new Hertha BSC: Fabian Lustenberger, Steve von Bergen (A) Wolfsburg: Diego Benaglio (A) Borussia Mönchengladbach: David Degen (A) 2. Bundesliga: MSV Duisburg: Marcel Herzog FC Carl Zeiss Jena: Hervé Bochud (CH/F) new 1.FC Nürnberg: Daniel Gygax (A) new lower divisions: SC Victoria Hamburg: Roger Stilz (CH/D) SV Untermenzing (Kreisliga): Reto Buchner RW Erfurt (Regionalliga Nord): Albert Bunjaku (CH/ALB) (Option till 2009) Wacker Burghausen (Regionalliga Süd): Satilmis Dilaver (CH/TR) SC Freiburg II (Oberliga): Raphael Mollet (U-20), Phillip Borer (CH?/D) new Freiburg U-19:Ludovic Mathys (U-19),Hrvoje Bukovski (U-18,CH/CRO),Anton Begic (CH/CRO)new Freiburg Jugend: Adao Joaquim (U-16) new, Evan Molingo Melo (U-15) new Werder Bremen II (Regionalliga Nord): Kevin Fickentscher (CH/E, U-20) SV Walbeck: Joshua Claringbold (U-18) VfL Aalen (Regionalliga Süd): Patrick Bader new 1.FC Kaiserslautern U-23 (Regionalliga): Julien Jemmely (U-21) Chemnitzer FC U-19: Christopher Nussbaum new ITALY Serie A: Lazio: Valon Behrami (A) Udinese: Gökhan Inler (A), Igor Djuric (CH/SERB, U-20), Alain Nef new Sampdoria: Reto Ziegler (A), Jonathan Rossini (U-19), Marco Padalino (CH/I) new Cagliari Calcio: Rijat Shala (CH/Serbia) Chievo Verona: Philippe Montandon new (loaned out to Lugano) AC Milan primavera: Simone Malacarne (CH/I) new Genoa youth: Mirko Martucci (I/CH) new US Lecce: Frank Feltscher (U-21) new Serie B: Brescia: Fabrizio Zambrella (U-21, I/CH), Gaetano Berardi (U-19, I/CH) Rimini: Migjen Basha (U-19, CH/Kosovo) AS Bari: Mijat Maric new Cesena: Stefano Botta (CH/I, on loan from Genoa) Serie C: Spal (C2, B): David Sesa Sansovino (C2, B): Giuseppe Perrone Prato (C2, B): Daniel Panizzolo (U-19) Crotone (C1, B): Simone Fumasoli AC Pistoiese: Alessandro Ciarrocchi (U-20) Como (C2): Roland Bättig new FRANCE Ligue1: Auxerre: Stéphane Grichting (A), Jonathan Gagnoud (CH/F) Lille: Stephan Lichtsteiner (A) Rennes: Julian Esteban (U-21) AS Monaco: Bigambo Rochat (U-17) new, Matteo Fedele (U-16) new Lyon youth: Julien Bessiene (U-18) Ligue2: Bastia: Philippe Gigon (U-19) Guingamp: Eduardo dos Santos (BRA, applied for Swiss passport) others: La Roche Vendée: Nicolas Paillex (U-15) new ENGLAND Premiership: Arsenal: Phillippe Senderos (A), Johan Djourou (A) Aston Villa reserves: Yago Bellon (U-19) Blackburn Rovers: Johann Vogel Bolton Wanderers: Blerim Dzemaili (A) Manchester City: Gelson Fernandes (A), Frederic Veseli (U-17) new Portsmouth: Danijel Subotic (U-19, CH/BOS) Liverpool: Philipp Degen (A) new Liverpool youth: Pajtim Kasami (U-16) UniBond First Division North: Curzen Ashton FC: Xavier Riedo Guernsey: St. Martins AC: Daniel Good Scotland: Dundee United: Mihael Kovacevic new Wales: TNS: Matthew Davies (U-18) SPAIN: Getafe: Fabio Celestini (A) Osasuna: Xavier Margairaz (A) Racing Santander: Fabio Coltorti (A) Levante: Alexander Geijo (E/CH) UD Lanzarote (segunda division B): Rodolfo Barriocanal Hoorn (E/CH) Netherlands: Twente: Blaise NKufo (A) BV Veendam: Guilherme Afonso (CH/Angola) De Grafschaap: Stephan Keller Sparta Rotterdam: Kim Jaggy (CH/HAITI) Turkey: Genclerbirligi: Ugur Dogru (CH/TR) Austria: Austria Salzburg: Remo Meyer, Johan Vonlanthen (A) FC Blau-Weiss Feldkirch: Mathias Barandun (CH/A) SC Rheindorf Altach: Daniel Sereinig (CH/A) new Canada: National TTC, Ontario: Kevin Plange (U-18) Belgium: Couillet: Jean-Pierre La Placa St-Truidense: Mario Cantaluppi South Africa: Moroka Swallows: Björn Gugger (CH/SA) US: Chivas: Raphael Wicky San José Frogs: Stefan Frei Julien Reinhard Israel: Maccabi Petach Tikva: Nenad Savic (CH/SRB) Czech Republic: Slovan Liberec: Diego Lattmann Argentina: Belgrano de Cordoba: Leandro Ryser (RA/CH) Brazil: Youth Team Gremio Porto Alegre: Diego Dutra (BRA/CH) Youth Team Internacional: Diego Duran de Assis Moreira (BRA) Japan J-League: Jef United: Tomi Shimomura (JPN/CH) Vegalta Sendai: Junnosuke Schneider (JPN/CH) Serbia: FK Sevojno Uzice: Srdjan Maksimovic (CH/SRB) Red Star Belgrade: Boban Maksimovic (CH/SRB) Bosnia: Modrica Maksima: Slavisa Dugic (CH/BOS) Qatar: Al Gharafa: Hakan Yakin (A) Mexiko: Playa del Carmen: Axel Landolt (18) out of contract (former clubs): David Pallas (Bochum) Remo Buess (Queensland) Gaetano Giallanza (Darlington) unknown status: Benjamin Engler (Juve youth) Henchoz, Berner (Blackburn) Ryan Wuest (Kaizer Chiefs) Patrick Müller ((A), Lyon) Dusan Pavlovic (CH/SRB, Erzgebirge Aue) swiss nationals abroad, but tied to other countries: Fiorentina: Zdravko Kuzmanovic (tied to Serbia) Dortmund: Mladen Petric (tied to Croatia) Bochum: Daniel Imhof (tied to Canada) Gladbach: Olivier Neuville (tied to Germany) 1. FC Köln: Mitreski (tied to Macedonia) Sportfreunde Siegen (Regionalliga Süd): Christian Okpala (tied to Nigeria) 1.FC Nürnberg: José Gonçalves (tied to Portugal) Schalke 04: Ivan Rakitic (tied to Croatia) Trabzonspor: Ferhat Cökmüs (tied to Turkey) Norrköping: Feliciano Magro (tied to Italy) swiss coaches abroad: Hertha BSC: Lucien Favre Bochum: Marcel Koller Club Sportif Sfaxien: Michel Decastel Milton Keynes: Roberto di Matteo
what ********ing traitors rakitic' and kuzmanovic' they have grown in Switzerland and play for other countries? ugly pepole.....if I grew in Switzerland I would play for Switzerland for sure...it's a treason.
N'Kufo scored his 100th eredivisie goal today for Twente and is now four goals removed from the Twente all-time topscorer record by Jan Jeuring.
I'm glad for Blaise. After a long carreer with many different clubs, ups and downs, a long NT hiatus etc. he deserved this.
Yes it's a real shame. And don't forget HSV's Petric. Anyway after Kuz and Rakitic the Swiss Football Association have taken steps to prevent this in the future. Let's hope we can.
The club had thousands of scarves made for the occassion to hand out to the fans. 'The Legend' printed on one side, 'The Man, The Goals' on the other. They interviewed him post-match and he was wearing the scarf and looking very happy!
Ho hum! At least his injury is *for real* this time, and like everyone else on here I have sympathy for him. ..................But there's an element of 'karma' insomuch as it was bad karma for him to 'pick up an injury' just before the Bulgarian game. Anyway, he now has a *real injury* - but I hope he makes a full recovery soon. Judging by the reaction of West Ham fans when he was carried off VB is much appreciated, and will be missed..............but I doubt if they had the forthcoming swiss WCQ's games in mind.
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=goal_swiss_international_rafael&prov=goal&type=lgns Rafael Wicky Retires It appears that due to injuries he retired.
Behrami will definitely miss the remainder of the season. We'll soon know whether he needs surgery or not.
I sure hope so. If it's not 'dodgy' registrations, it's injuries to key players.......or players 'falling out' with the incumbent swiss manager (or vice versa of course) at critical times. e.g N'Kufo with Kobi Kuhn just before Euro 2008. One day, everything will come right for a change!
Oumar Kondé is leaving FCZ for Chengdu Blades of PR China on a loan. He has only played once this entire season for FCZ.