Frei scored two goals today. The 2nd one is a real beauty! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNXkp5H_nYY"]YouTube - Hannover 96 - Borussia Dortmund 4-4 Goals & Highlights [High Quality][/ame] Nkufo also with a goal so far today...
The other Frei got the start as MLS opened up its season. He let in two great goals to Davy Arnold but Toronto FC won at KC 3-2. Highlights are here: http://web.mlsnet.com/sights/
Don't know if at has been mentioned but Grippo has left Chievo for Piacenza (on loan?), he did however make his Serie A debut (2 subs in total) prior to that. I wonder how many other countries can match our total of players in the Serie A this season? Inler, Dzemaili, Lichsteiner, Ziegler, Senderos, Padalino, Nef, Grippo and very soon also Morganella. Have I missed anyone?
yes, I checked the youth teams and saw three youngsters moved this winter we hadn't mentionned Grippo> Piacenza Rossini> Citadella Siegrist> Aston Villa then, there are also a few youngsters... for Italy we now have ITALY Serie A: AC Milan: Phillippe Senderos (A) new Lazio: Stefan Lichsteiner (A) new Udinese: Gökhan Inler (A) Sampdoria: Reto Ziegler (A), Marco Padalino (CH/I) new Chievo Verona: Philippe Montandon new (loaned out to Lugano) Genoa youth: Mirko Martucci (I/CH) new, Carlo Polli US Lecce: Eduardo Daniel Raschle (U-21, CH/PAR), Gianluca Frontino (on loan from GC) AC Torino: Blerim Dzemaili (A, on loan from Bolton) Inter youth: Mattia Desola Palermo: Michel Morganella AS Roma: David Sugar (CH/CRO) 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 Vicenza: Stefano Botta (CH/I, on loan from Genoa) Piacenza Calcio: Simone Grippo (CH/I) Serie C: Rovigo (C2): David Sesa Sansovino (C2) : Giuseppe Perrone Prato (C2, B): Daniel Panizzolo (U-19) Crotone (C1, B): Simone Fumasoli Como (C2): Roland Bättig new Taranto: Bruno da Mota (on loan from Sampdoria) new Arezzo: Igor Djuric (on loan from Udinese) new AS Citadella: Jonathan Rossini (on loan from Sampdoria) Taranto: Rijat Shala (CH/Serbia) Borgomanero: Patrick Rossini (CH/I) new
Vonlanthen and Frei among the scorers today for Rennes, Esteban is in the squad again after he had been ill this week. But Briand is out several months and Kembo Ekoko also injured, so maybe he will get a few minutes against Sochaux
Nice to see him in the MLS, maybe after this season we'll see where he stands. Found an interesting article about him http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/092608aab.html
NKufo has announced his retirement in 2010. He will stay with Twente for another season and will then move to Canada where his wife already lives.
Twente in the CL and a the World Cup in SA would truly be a great career finish for him. Why isn't his wife living hith him in Holland?
I've no idea! They used to live in Germany (Enschede's very close to the border). I think they have other family there, I'm not sure. He's got one more goal to go to become all-time club topscorer btw. We're all hoping it'll happen this weekend.
U-17 player Bigambo Rochat back in Switzerland (at Sion) and Johann Vogel released by Blackburn 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), Marwin Hitz (U-21) 2. Bundesliga: MSV Duisburg: Marcel Herzog 1.FC Nürnberg: Daniel Gygax (A) new, Albert Bunjaku (CH/ALB) lower leagues: Wacker Burghausen (Regionalliga Süd): Satilmis Dilaver (CH/TR) VfL Aalen (Regionalliga Süd): Patrick Bader new SC Victoria Hamburg: Roger Stilz (CH/D) SV Untermenzing (Kreisliga): Reto Buchner SC Freiburg II (Oberliga): 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 SV Walbeck: Joshua Claringbold (U-18) 1.FC Kaiserslautern U-23 (Regionalliga): Julien Jemmely (U-21) Chemnitzer FC U-19: Christopher Nussbaum new FC Carl Zeiss Jena: Hervé Bochud (CH/F) new, Gabriel Wüthrich ITALY Serie A: AC Milan: Phillippe Senderos (A) new Lazio: Stefan Lichsteiner (A) new Udinese: Gökhan Inler (A) Sampdoria: Reto Ziegler (A), Marco Padalino (CH/I) new Chievo Verona: Philippe Montandon new (loaned out to Lugano) Genoa youth: Mirko Martucci (I/CH) new, Carlo Polli US Lecce: Eduardo Daniel Raschle (U-21, CH/PAR), Gianluca Frontino (on loan from GC) AC Torino: Blerim Dzemaili (A, on loan from Bolton) Inter youth: Mattia Desola Palermo: Michel Morganella AS Roma: David Sugar (CH/CRO) 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 Vicenza: Stefano Botta (CH/I, on loan from Genoa) Piacenza Calcio: Simone Grippo (CH/I) Serie C: Rovigo (C2): David Sesa Sansovino (C2) : Giuseppe Perrone Prato (C2, B): Daniel Panizzolo (U-19) Crotone (C1, B): Simone Fumasoli Como (C2): Roland Bättig new Taranto: Bruno da Mota (on loan from Sampdoria) new Arezzo: Igor Djuric (on loan from Udinese) new AS Citadella: Jonathan Rossini (on loan from Sampdoria) Taranto: Rijat Shala (CH/Serbia) Borgomanero: Patrick Rossini (CH/I) new FRANCE Ligue1: Auxerre: Stéphane Grichting (A), Jonathan Gagnoud (CH/F) Rennes: Julian Esteban (U-21) Lyon youth: Julien Bessiene (U-18) Lille: Bigambo Rochat (U-17) new, Matteo Fedele (U-16) new AS Monaco: Patrick Müller (A) Ligue2: Bastia: Philippe Gigon (U-19) Guingamp: Eduardo dos Santos (BRA, applied for Swiss passport) FC Metz: Germano Vailati (on loan from Sion) new others: La Roche Vendée: Nicolas Paillex (U-15) new ENGLAND Premiership: Arsenal: Johan Djourou (A) Manchester City: Gelson Fernandes (A), Frederic Veseli (U-17) new Liverpool: Philipp Degen (A) new Liverpool youth: Pajtim Kasami (U-16) West Ham Utd: Valon Behrami (A) Fulham: Pascal Zuberbühler new Leicester City: Bruno Berner new Aston Villa FC: Benjamin Siegrist (U-17) 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) > loaned to Zurich Racing Santander: Fabio Coltorti (A) Levante: Alexander Geijo (E/CH) UD Lanzarote (segunda division B): Rodolfo Barriocanal Hoorn (E/CH) Sevilla Atletico: Adelson Tavares «Cabral» (U-20, on loan from Basel) Recreativo Huelva: Alain Nef (A, on loan from Udinese) Netherlands: Twente: Blaise NKufo (A) De Grafschaap: Stephan Keller Sparta Rotterdam: Kim Jaggy (CH/HAITI) Almere: Milos Malenovic Fortuna Sittard: Samir Kozarac (CH/BOS) new Turkey: Genclerbirligi: Ugur Dogru (CH/TR) Denizlispor: Alper Urkay (U-19, 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 Kitchener and Ontario U-15: Aaron Schneebeli (U-16) Belgium: URS Centre: Jean-Pierre La Placa new St-Truidense: Mario Cantaluppi Zulte Waregem: Danijel Subotic (U-19, CH/BOS, on loan from Portsmouth) new South Africa: Moroka Swallows: Björn Gugger (CH/SA) US: Chivas: Raphael Wicky University of California: Stefan Frei Julien Reinhard Harvard: Kwaku Nyamekye Jorge Jiminez at the University of Tampa Israel: Maccabi Petach Tikva: Nenad Savic (CH/SRB) Czech Republic: Slovan Liberec: Diego Lattmann Rumänien: CS Otopeni: Patrick Gerhardt new 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 Greece: Panionios: Ricardo Meili China: Chengu Blades: Oumar Kondé (on loan from Zurich) Australia: Logan United: Remo Buess out of contract (former clubs): David Pallas (Bochum) Gaetano Giallanza (Darlington) unknown status: Benjamin Engler (Juve youth), Simone Malacarne (CH/I) Ryan Wuest (Kaizer Chiefs) Dusan Pavlovic (CH/SRB, Erzgebirge Aue) Johann Vogel (Blackburn) swiss nationals abroad, but tied to other countries: Fiorentina: Zdravko Kuzmanovic (tied to Serbia) HSV: Mladen Petric (tied to Croatia) Bochum: Daniel Imhof (tied to Canada) Gladbach: Olivier Neuville (tied to Germany) SSV Reutlingen (Regionalliga Süd): Christian Okpala (tied to Nigeria) 1.FC Nürnberg: José Gonçalves (tied to Portugal), Mitreski (tied to Macedonia) Schalke 04: Ivan Rakitic (tied to Croatia) Trabzonspor: Ferhat Cökmüs (tied to Turkey) Washington DC: Louis Crayton (tied to Liberia) swiss coaches abroad: Hertha BSC: Lucien Favre Bochum: Marcel Koller Milton Keynes: Roberto di Matteo Zamalek: Michel Decastel
Thanks for reminding me. I now remember you already mentionned it. I forgot to update that. I corrected it now in my file
I know it is early, but where in the depth chart, or is he not even on it, does Stephen Frei sit for the NT. I assume a few good/great seasons could move him up.
I think the 2nd and 3rd choice slots are quite open. Hopefully Benaglio will be a strong keeper for years to come though. A patriotic guy like Frei (he's got a Swiss flag tattoo'd on his arm) would be a welcomed addition in my opinion. As it stands I think the ranking is as follows Benaglio Wölfli Leoni Jakupovic Coltorti Sommer Frei Herzog Vailati
Vailati is having a good time at Metz, but might have to go back to Sion Frei had another assist today after 2 assists last week Esteban out injured again since one week - the achilles tendon