I also counted the players who are born in France - therefore are French - but chose another national team. I-SOUTH AMERICA BRAZIL Jonathan (Arles-Avignon) Carlos Henrique (Bordeaux) Fernando Menegazzo (Bordeaux) Geraldo Wendel (Bordeaux) Jussiê (Bordeaux) Eduardo Ribeiro (Lens) Emerson Conceiçao (Lille) Tulio de Melo (Lille) Cris (Lyon) Ederson (Lyon) Michel Bastos (Lyon) Elinton Andrade (Marseille) Vitorino Hilton (Marseille) Brandão (Marseille) Adriano (Monaco) Eduardo Costa (Monaco) Andre Luiz (Nancy) Adeilson (Nice) Marcos Ceara (PSG) Nenê (PSG) Carlão (Sochaux) Rafael Schmitz (Valenciennes) ARGENTINA Gabriel Heinze (Marseille) Mauro Cetto (Toulouse) Renato Civelli (Nice) Franco Sebastian Sosa (Lorient) Pablo Barzola (Caen) Lucho Gonzalez (Marseille) Alejandro Alonso (Monaco) Cesar Delgado (Lyon) Sebastian Dubarbier (Lorient) Lisandro Lopez (Lyon) Gonzalo Bergessio (Saint-Etienne) CHILE Marco Estrada (Montpellier) COLUMBIA David Ospina (Nice) Victor Hugo Montaño (Rennes) Carlos Sanchez (Valenciennes) URUGUAY Adrian Gunino (Toulouse) PARAGUAY Federico Santander (Toulouse) II-EUROPE SPAIN Alvaro Mejia (Arles-Avignon) Francisco Pavon (Arles-Avignon) Cesar Azpilicueta (Marseille) BELGIUM David Pollet (Lens) Eden Hazard (Lille) ROMANIA Daniel Niculae (Monaco) NORWAY Alexander Tettey (Rennes) Daniel Braaten (Toulouse) DENMARK Emil Lyng (Lille) Soren Larsen (Toulouse) NETHERLAND Rajiv Van la Parra (Brest) CZECH REPUBLIC Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux) Mario Licka (Brest) Tomas Micola (Brest) David Rozenhal (Lille) Vaclav Sverkos (Sochaux) SERBIA Vujadin Savic (Bordeaux) Branko Lazarevic (Caen) Nenad Kovacevic (Lens) Nenad Dzodic (Montpellier) Nemanja Pejcinovic (Nice) Danijel Ljuboja (Nice) Mateja Kezman (PSG) Milan Bisevac (Valenciennes) CROATIA Vedran Runje (Lens) Dejan Lovren (Lyon) TURKEY Hasan Kabze (Montpellier) Mevlüt Erdinç (PSG) Serdar Gurler (Sochaux) PORTUGAL Rafaël Dias (Sochaux) Paulo Machado (Toulouse) SWEDEN Kim Källström (Lyon) Peter Hansson (Monaco) ARMENIA Edel Apoula (PSG) BOSNIA Miralem Pjanic (Lyon) Emir Spahic (Montpellier) GREECE Angelos Basinas (Arles-Avignon) Angelos Charisteas (Arles-Avignon) Filippos Darlas (Brest) POLAND Dariusz Dudka (Auxerre) Ireneusz Jelen (Auxerre) Ludovic Obraniak (Lille) SLOVENIA Valter Birsa (Auxerre) SWITZERLAND Stéphane Grichting (Auxerre) III-NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne) Charlie Davies (Sochaux) IV-ASIA SOUTH KOREA Park Chu-Young (Monaco) Nam Tae-Hee (Valenciennes) V-AFRICA ALGERIA Hameur Bouazza (Arles-Avignon) Kamel Ghilas (Arles-Avignon) Brahim Ferradj (Brest) Rafik Bouderbal (Lorient) Ryad Boudebouz (Sochaux) Foued Kadir (Valenciennes) BENIN Mickaël Poté (Nice) Stéphane Sessegnon (PSG) BURKINA FASO Alain Traoré (Auxerre) Charles Kaboré (Marseille) Habib Bamogo (Nice) CAMEROON Théophile N'Tamé (Brest) Henri Bedimo (Lens) Aurélien Chedjou (Lille) Jean II Makoun (Lyon) Stéphane Mbia (Marseille) Nicolas Nkoulou (Monaco) Paul Alo'o Efoulou (Nancy) Georges Mandjeck (Rennes) Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé (Toulouse) Gaëtan Bong (Valenciennes) Vincent Aboubakar (Valenciennes) CONGO Delvin Ndinga (Auxerre) Oscar Ewolo (Brest) Barel Mouko (Lille) Chris Malonga (Monaco) CONGO-KINSHASA Cédric Mongongu (Monaco) Dieumerci Mbokani (Monaco) Joel Sami (Nancy) Larrys Mabiala (Nice) Christopher Mfuyi (Valenciennes) GABON Moïse Brou Apanga (Brest) Bruno Ecuele Manga (Lorient) Alexander N'Doumbou (Marseille) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Monaco) Eric Mouloungui (Nice) GHANA Jordan Ayew (Marseille) André Ayew (Marseille) Abeiku Quansah (Nice) John Boye (Rennes) GUINEA Naby-Moussa Yattara (Arles-Avignon) Kaba Diawara (Arles-Avignon) Richard Soumah (Brest) Larsen Touré (Brest) Bengali-Fodé Koita (Montpellier) Ismaël Bangoura (Rennes) Fodé Mandaré (Toulouse) Dianbobo Baldé (Valenciennes) Amara Bangoura (Valenciennes) IVORY COAST Bakary Soro (Arles-Avignon) Soumahoro Johnson (Auxerre) Kandia Traoré (Brest) Kanga Akalé (Lens) Gervinho (Lille) Igor Lolo (Monaco) Jean-Jacques Gosso (Monaco) Emerse Faé (Nice) Kafoumba Coulibaly (Nice) Siaka Tiéné (PSG) Boubacar Sanogo (Saint-Etienne) Benjamin Angoua (Valenciennes) KENYA Dennis Oliech (Auxerre) MALI Adama Coulibaly (Auxerre) Amadou Sidibé (Auxerre) Amara Kallé (Auxerre) Cheich Diabaté (Bordeaux) Eric Chelle (Lens) Sidi Keita (Lens) Samba Sow (Lens) Sigamary Diarra (Lorient) Djimi Traoré (Monaco) Bakaye Traoré (Nancy) Drissa Diakité (Nice) Abdou Traoré (Nice) Mamadou Bagayoko (Nice) Sammy Traoré (PSG) Adama Touré (PSG) Modibo Maïga (Sochaux) Mamadou Samassa (Valenciennes) MOROCCO Elamine Erbate (Arles-Avignon) Chafik Najih (Arles-Avignon) Kamel Chafni (Auxerre) Ahmed Kantari (Brest) Youssef El-Arabi (Brest) Adil Hermach (Lens) Aatif Chahechouhe (Nancy) Youssouf Hadji (Nancy) Michaël Basser (Nancy) NIGER Moussa Maazou (Bordeaux) NIGERIA Taye Taiwo (Marseille) Lukman Haruna (Monaco) Onyekachi Apam (Rennes) Brown Ideye (Sochaux) SENEGAL Deme N'Diaye (Arles-Avignon) Omar Daf (Brest) Pape Souaré (Lille) Idrissa Gueye (Lille) Moussa Sow (Lille) Omar Wade (Lille) Leyti N'Diaye (Marseille) Souleymane Diawara (Marseille) Souleymane Camara (Montpellier) Kader Mangane (Sénégal) Pape Coulibaly (Saint-Etienne) Mustapha Bayal Sall (Saint-Etienne) Guirane N'Daw (Saint-Etienne) Boubacar Mansaly (Saint-Etienne) Sidy Sagna (Saint-Etienne) Boukary Dramé (Sochaux) Jacques Faty (Sochaux) Badara Sène (Sochaux) Rémi Gomis (Valenciennes) TOGO Floyd Ayité (Bordeaux) Razak Boukari (Lens) Alaixys Romao (Lorient) Senah Mango (Marseille) Serge Gakpé (Monaco) TUNISIA Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Bordeaux) Hamdi Kasraoui (Lens) Alaeddine Yahia (Lens) Issam Jemâa (Lens) Jamel Saihi (Montpellier) Chaouki Ben Saada (Tunisie) Yassin Mikari (Sochaux)
Do you think you could make a list of 4 "all star teams?" South American team European team African team French team I'd try to do it it I dont know as much about all the players as you do.
All right... South America: ----------Ospina Ceara--Cris--Heinze--Bastos Delgado-Sanchez-Lucho-Nenê ------Montaño-Lisandro Europe: -------------Runje Azpilicueta-Spahic-Lovren-Dudka -----------Kovacevic ---------Pjanic-Källström --Erdinç-----Jelen------Hazard Africa: -----------Coulibaly Basser---Diawara---Mbia---Taiwo Sessegnon-Kaboré-Nkoulou-A.Ayew -------Gervinho-Mbokani France: ------------Lloris Debuchy-Rami-Ciani-Cissokho -----------Toulalan ------Gourcuff-Cheyrou -----Rémy-Hoarau-Gameiro Of course, these are just my personal feelings, and I didn't even see some of the players on the field yet Maybe Santander will be the next Cardozo or not
This is a very good team. I dont know much about Montaño. Maybe I would have put Cavenaghi there if he hadn't left and Diego Perez I also would put in if he was still around. This is the weakest of the 4 obviously but that front 3 up top is pretty good. No Obraniak I see. I might have put him in there I think. If Niang and Chamkah hadnt left they would be there of course. Hmmm this team isnt as strong as I thought. I think the European team could beat them. I might put Makoun and Tiene in there I think. This is the best team out of the 4 of course. The back 4 is the weak link I think. All in all, some some pretty nice well balanced teams there. Good job.
Montaño = 11 goals plus the assists last year with a promoted team. It's not easy to make choices I thought that since Obraniak has become a sub at Lille, Erdinç would be more useful on a wing, his accelerations are impressive. The weak spots are LB (Dudka is not even a specialist) and DM (Kovacevic is obviously not the best of the world). Maybe you can put Plasil for KK or Pejcinovic - who has excellent debuts with Nice - for Lovren. Problem with Black African players is, they lack of creative midfielders (precisely, the European scouts select the strongest players, not the most technique). North Africans, on the contrary, have hugely skilled offensive midfielders. Hadji could have been put it to equilibrate the team. But don't underestimate Sessegnon, Kaboré or André Ayew (who played against Bordeaux as he did in the WC, he's only 20, and his father became a top-class player at only 28). And with the Marseille "Black Guard", it will be hard to score them a single goal. Mbia will play in a top 10 club in one or two years. Nkoulou could too. The only real weakness is the GK. Thanks The French youth system has more and more problems with the defenders. They will be a lack of quantity and quality in the next years. Probably an explanation to the problems of the NT. French successes were based on world class players (Amoros, Bossis, Battiston with Tigana, and the Liza-Desailly-Blanc-Thuram stronghold). Today we don't even know who should play because no one is an obvious choice.
What is the limit for foreign players (non-EU) in France? Is there a difference between ligue 1 and Ligue 2?
I think it's time I remake them considering the season played ----------Ospina Adriano-Civelli-Cetto-Heinze Bastos-Estrada-Lucho-Nenê -----De Melo-Lisandro ---------------Runje Azpilicueta-Pejcinovic-Lovren-Dudka -------------Kovacevic -----------Plasil-Kallstrom Braaten--------Licka--------Hazard -------------Kasraoui Basser-Mangane-Ecuele Manga-Taiwo Gervinho---Ewolo--Ayew---Boudebouz -----------Sow-El Arabi -------------Lloris Jallet---Armand---Sakho---Morel Payet-Amalfitano-Martin-Mounier ---------Gameiro-Pujol