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a n r e A l l a h l l a Oslo, V h January t 14
Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden
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Welcome to FIFPro Winter Tournament 2011 which is a tournament organized by the player´s associations in Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden for free agent or Bosman-players. The aim of this tournament is to create a venue where player hunting for new club meets club-delegates and agents from the involved countries and rest of Europe. The experience from earlier FIFPro-organized tournaments has been very positive. A large number of the players who have taking part in those tournaments has shortly afterwards signed on for a new club. Now we hope for same success! The tournament will take place in one day with four matches – semifinals, 3:rd place match and final. The matches will been played in 2x30 minutes. Schedule 10.00 – 11.00 11.20 – 12.20 11.00 – 14.00 14.00 – 15.00 15.20 – 16.20
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Finland – Ireland Norway – Sweden. Lunch – served in Vallhall (free for players, club-delegates and agents). 3:rd place match. Final.
Coach
Backroom staff
Juha Reini (19.3.1975) is former Finnish footballer. Reini, who played both in defence and in midfield, started his Veikkausliiga career in Finland with VPS Vaasa in 1996. In 1998 he moved to K.R.C. Genk in Belgium. He won two Belgian championships with Genk (1999 and 2002).In 2002 Reini moved to AZ Alkmaar. He stopped his career 2006 in Finland (KPV,Kokkola). He played 23 games for Finnish national team.
Gunnar Yliharju (2.10.1940) is the man behind the Finnish national team. He has more than 1 000 games with Finland as backroom staff, since 1969. He won 2006 the most valuest award in Finnish football, Captain’s Ball Award. First Captain’s Ball Award was given to Jari Litmanen in 2002.
Coach Janne Moilanen (24.6.1978) is former Finnish footballer. Moilanen was defender or defending midfieldplayer. He started his Veikkausliiga career in Finland with MP Mikkeli 1996. He played Veikkausliiga with KTP Kotka (1999), Jokerit Helsinki (2001), KuPS Kuopio(2002), Allianssi Vantaa(2003) and FC Lahti 2007-2009), totally 168 games. He also played two years in Sweden, 2005/2006 in Trollhättan.
Ari Alonen (13.8.1958) is physiotherapist of Finnish national team. He worked long time successfully with FC TPS, team of Veikkausliiga from Turku and and same time he started with Finnish youth national teams. Jalkapallon Pelaajayhdistys ry The Football Players Association of Finland (FPA of Finland) had 700 members in 2010. Established since 1992 the FPA has worked to improve the playing conditions of all the professional players within Finland. Chairman of the FPA board is Tero Koskela, player of VPS Vaasa. Team JPY had a two-day training camp in Eerikkilä on December. Players practised twice a day in the Eerikkilä football hall. After the training camp, JPY played its first match, and won. JPY beat third leaguers BK-46 with 4-2.
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1 Juha Tuomi
Date of Birth: 1989.11.07 Nationality: Suomi Height: 184 cm Position: Goalkeeper Year 2010 2009 2008
Club FC Lahti FC Lahti FC Lahti
Level I I I
Games 15 11 2
Goals 0 0 0
Total in Level I: 28 games, 0 goals Other clubs: –
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12 Jyri Nieminen
Date of Birth: 1987.12.02 Nationality: Suomi Height: 177 cm Position: Goalkeeper Year 2010 2009 2008
Club FC Jazz-j FC Jazz-j SJK
Level III III III
Games 26 8 25
Goals 0 0 0
Total in Level I : 0 games, 0 goals Other clubs: FC YPA, PP-70
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2 Patrik Rikama
Date of Birth: 1983.02.08 Nationality: Suomi Height: 177 cm Position: Defender/midfield Year 2010 2009 2008
Club IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn
Level I I I
Games 23 23 11
Goals 0 1 0
Total in Level I: 72 games, 1 goal Other clubs: HJK, Atlantis FC
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3 Toni Huuhka
Date of Birth: 1989.02.04 Nationality: Suomi Height: 185 cm Position: Defender/midfield Year 2010 2009 2008
Club FC Lahti FC Lahti FC City Stars
Level I I III
Total in Level I: 21 games, 1 goal Other clubs: FC Kuusysi, FC City Stars
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Games 0 21 25
Goals 0 1 2
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4 Jan Berg
Date of Birth: 1985.05.22 Nationality: Suomi Height: 183 cm Position: Defender Year 2010 2009 2008
Club VPS VPS KPV
Level I I II
Games 5 25 24
Goals 0 0 1
Total in Level I: 35 games, 0 goals Other clubs: KuPS
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5 Jesper Törnqvist
Date of Birth: 1985.02.21 Nationality: Suomi Height: 188 cm Position: Defender Year 2010 2009 2008
Club Umeå FC, SWE Umeå FC, SWE Umeå FC, SWE
Level II II II
Games 23 20 23
Goals 2 1 0
Total in Level I : 26 games, 0 goals Other clubs: KSF, FF Jaro, FC Inter, SalPa
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6 Jussi Äijälä
Date of Birth: 1988.11.27 Nationality: Suomi Height: 175 cm Position: Defender Year 2010 2009 2008
Club VPS VPS AC Oulu
Level I I II
Games 24 21 23
Goals 1 0 0
Total in Level I: 45 games, 1 goal Other clubs: OPS
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7 Eetu Muinonen
Date of Birth: 1986.04.05 Nationality: Suomi Height: 172 cm Position: Midfield Year 2010 2009 2008
Club MP Zulte W, BEL MYPA
Level II I I
Games 12 1 24
Goals 1 0 3
Total in Level I: 97 games, 11 goals Other clubs: Mikkelin Kissat
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8 Mika Niskala
Date of Birth: 1981.03.28 Nationality: Suomi Height: 179 cm Position: Midfield Year 2010 2009 2008
Club IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn
Level I I I
Games 24 23 22
Goals 0 1 2
Total in Level I: 187 games, 14 goals Other clubs: FC Inter, IFK Norrköping (SWE)
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9 Timo Tahvanainen
Date of Birth: 1986.06.26 Nationality: Suomi Height: 173 cm Position: Midfield Year 2008 2009 2010
Club JIPPO JIPPO JIPPO
Level II II II
Games 26 22 24
Goals 3 2 2
Total in Level I: 1 games, 0 goals Other clubs: KuPS, Kings Kuopio
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10 Cassiano da paz Costa
Date of Birth: 1979.11.02 Nationality: Brasilia Height: 177 cm Position: Defender/midfield Year 2010
Club Atlantis
Level III
Games 20
Goals 3
Total in Level I: 0 games, 0 goals Other clubs: PK-37, P-Iirot, TP-Seinäjoki
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11 Jukka Santala
Date of Birth: 1985.09.10 Nationality: Suomi Height: 194 cm Position: Forward Year 2010 2009 06-09
Club Haka Mjällby AIF, SWE FC Nordsjælland, DEN
Level I II I
Games 12 7 30
Goals 2 2 11
Total in Level I: 33 games, 5 goals Other clubs: FC Jokerit, HJK, Glasgow Rangers (SCO), Partick Thistle FC (SCO)
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13 Tommi Siekkinen
Date of Birth: 1989.03.28 Nationality: Suomi Height: 183 cm Position: Forward Year 2010 2009 2008
Club PS Kemi AC Oulu AC Oulu
Level II II II
Games 26 15 22
Goals 4 4 6
Total in Level I: 5 games, 1 goal Other clubs: OLS
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14 Jefferson Pires
Date of Birth: 1978.05.14 Nationality: Brasilia Height: 174 cm Position: Midfield/forward Year 2010 2009 2008
Club PoPa RoPS Joinville E.C., BRA
Level II I III
Games 9 7 30
Goals 0 1 2
Total in Level I: 24 games, 1 goal Other clubs: OLS, AC Oulu, FC Jazz, FC OPa
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15 Kaarlo Rantanen
Date of Birth: 1988.12.14 Nationality: Suomi Lenght: 178 cm Position: Midfield Year 2010 2010 2009 2008
Club Ilves MFK Topvar T, Slovakia FC Lahti FC Lahti
Level III I I I
Games 3 0 12 3
Goals 0 0 0 0
Total in Level I: 19 games, 0 goal Other clubs: FC H채meenlinna
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16 Zakaria Abahassine
Date of Birth: 1988.07.23 Nationality: Suomi Height: 184 cm Position: Midfield/forward Year 2008 2009 2010
Club JJK JJK JJK
Level II I I
Games 14 18 18
Goals 4 0 0
Total in Level I: 36 games, 0 goal Other clubs: Blackbird, Huima
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The Professional Footballer’s Association of Ireland (PFAI) was formed in 1961 and through experience has gained the knowledge of knowing how to look after the most important people in the league – the players. We are the sole representative body of professional and semi-professional footballers playing in the FAI National League and we have the continued support of the senior Republic of Ireland international team. The PFAI is a democratic, player driven organisation that ensures that its members are afforded the opportunity to develop their full potential in a professional and supportive environment. The PFAI has a representative on the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) which deals with disputes and appeals with the football authorities. The PFAI is a member of FIFPro, the World Players’ Union, and it is also a branch of SIPTU, the country’s biggest trade union, so any problems the Association deals with on the players’ behalf will also have the backing of these two organisations. The PFAI was set-up and run as a part-time organisation up until 2002 when funding from FIFPro and office space from SIPTU enabled the Association to operate a full time basis. Since 2009 the PFAI’s current full-time staff are – Stephen McGuinness, General Secretary; Ollie Cahill, Delegate Liaison Officer; and Sharon Smith, Office Co-ordinator.
Ireland – Team PFAI Liam Kelly is the manager for the PFAI Ireland team and he is assisted by coach Trevor Croly. Both players, along with Stephen McGuinness were all team-mates at Shamrock Rovers.
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Training for the FIFPro International Winter Tournament was due to commence at the start of December but due to the inclement weather in Dublin training was delayed until 12 December, since then over 30 players have attended sessions at both the AUL Complex and Glebe North training grounds. Preparation have been very good considering the weather and the logistics of players coming to training then signing for League of Ireland clubs. There have been 17 training sessions and Ireland Team PFAI won both friendly games played recently – against Glebe North (4-0) and Phoenix (4-2), as well as a practice game on between the squad. Liam Kelly. A centre forward who had a 12 year League of Ireland career where he played for Home Farm, St Patrick’s Athletic, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne and Longford Town. Trevor Croly. A defender who played at right back, he played for Drogheda United, Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic – where he won the League of Ireland Championship twice. He returned to Rovers as assistant to Michael O’Neill in 2009 and they guided Rovers to their first championship victory in 16 years in only their season in charge in 2010. Stephen McGuinness. Stephen is the General Secretary of the PFAI and he was a defender in the League of Ireland for 14 years where he played for Home Farm, St Patrick’s Athletic, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk. He won the League championship twice in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999.
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Billy Brennan Date of Birth: 1985.03.06 Nationality: Irish Height: 6’ 1” Position: Goalkeeper Year 2010 2009 2008 2007
Club UCD UCD UCD UCD
Level I I I I
Games 29 11 1 0
Goals 0 0 0 0
2007: 3 appearances in the World Student Games, Bangkok 2009: 4 appearances in the World Student Games, Bangkok
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Aaron Shanahan Date of Birth: 1984.04.20 Nationality: Irish Height: 6’ 2” Position: Goalkeeper Year 2010 2009 2008
Club Longford Town Longford Town Athlone Town Dundalk
Level II II II II
Games 19 9 6 4
Goals 0 0 0 0
2008: First Division Championship winner – promotion to Premier Division ( from level II to level I )
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Liam Burns Date of Birth: 1978.10.30 Nationality: Northern Irish Height: 6’ 2” Position: Defence Year 2010 2009 2008 2007
Club Dundalk Dundalk Bohemian FC Bohemian FC
Level I I I I
Games 27 30 29 26
Goals 1 2 2 0
Capped for Northern Ireland at Under 16, Under 18 level and 17 caps at Under 21 level. 2005: First Division Championship winner - promotion to Premier Division ( from level II to level I )
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Brian Gartland Date of Birth: 1986.11.04 Nationality: Irish Height: 6’ 2” Position: Defence Year 2010 2009 2008 2007
Club Monaghan United Monaghan United Monaghan United Shelbourne
Level II II II II
Games 28 28 25 16
Goals 2 2 2 1
Capped for Ireland at Under 14 and Under 15 level 2010: League Cup runner-up. 2006: Under 21 League Cup winner
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Mark Rossiter Date of Birth: 1983.05.27 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 10” Position: Defence and Midfield Year 2010 2009 2008 2007
Club Bohemian FC Bohemian FC Bohemian FC Bohemian FC
Level I I I I
Games 20 22 28 19
Goals 0 0 3 4
Capped for Ireland at Under 15, Under 16, Under 17, Under 18, Under 19 and Under 21 level
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Brian Shelley Date of Birth: 1981.11.15 Nationality: Irish Height: 6’ 1” Position: Defence Year 2010 2009 2008 2007
Club Bohemian FC Bohemian FC Drogheda United Drogheda United
Level I I I I
Games 35 33 26 31
Goals 0 1 1 1
1 cap for Ireland at Under 18 level 8 caps for Ireland at Under 21 level
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Aidan Price Date of Birth: 1981.12.08 Nationality: Irish Height: 6’ 4” Position: Defence Year 2010 2009 2008 2007
Club Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers
Level I I I I
Games 27 28 19 9
Goals 1 1 0 0
2010: Premier Division Championship winner (level I) 2006: First Division Championship winner - promotion to Premier Division ( from level II to level I )
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Sean Kelly Date of Birth: 1987.07.09 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 11” Position: Defence Year 2010 2009 2008 2007
Club Limerick Galway United Cork City Cork City
Level II I I I
Games 30 26 5 20
Capped for Ireland at Under 19 and Under 21 level
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Goals 3 1 0 1
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Shaun Kelly Date of Birth: 1989.03.09 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 10” Position: Defence Year 2010 2009 05-09
Club Dundalk Dundalk Hearts (Scotland)
Level I I –
Games 30 30 –
Goals 0 1 –
Capped for Ireland at Under 23 level
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Dean Marshall Date of Birth: 1990.03.15 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 7” Position: Midfield Year 2010 2009
Club Sligo Rovers Athlone Town Sligo Rovers
Level I II I
Games 4 4 13
Goals 1 0 2
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Darren Meenan Date of Birth: 1986.11.16 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 9” Position: Midfield Year 2010 2009 2008
Club Drogheda United Sligo Rovers Shelbourne
Level I I II
Games 15 5 3
Goals 1 0 0
Capped for Northern Ireland at Under 20 Level 4 caps for Northern Ireland at Under 21 level notes:
Bobby Ryan Date of Birth: 1979.01.01 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 9” Position: Midfield Year 2010 2009
Club Galway United Limerick St Patrick’s Athletic
Level I II I
Games 23 10 21
Goals 0 1 0
2002/03: Premier Division Championship winner (level I) 2006: Premier Division Championship winner (level I) notes:
Stuart Byrne Date of Birth: 1976.11.04 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 8” Position: Midfield Year 2010 2009 2008
Club St Patrick’s Athletic St Patrick’s Athletic Drogheda United
Level I I I
Games 31 30 21
Goals 2 3 2
2007: Premier Division Championship winner (level I) 2006: Premier Division Championship winner (level I)
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Mark Leech Date of Birth: 1985.12.09 Nationality: Irish Height: 6’ 1” Position: Forward Year 2010 2009 2008
Club Shelbourne St Patrick’s Athletic Galway United
Level II I I
Games 20 9 16
Goals 3 2 1
Capped for Ireland at Under 21 level 2006: Setanta Cup winner – scored the only goal of the game notes:
Eamon Zayed Date of Birth: 1983.10.04 Nationality: Irish (Libya international made his debut in 2010) Height: 6’ 1” Position: Forward Year 2010 2009 2008
Club Sporting Fingal Sporting Fingal Drogheda United
Level I l I
Games 25 31 28
Goals 8 15 7
2009: FAI Cup winner 2007: Premier Division Championship winner (level I) 2007: Setanta Cup winner notes:
Daryl Kavanagh Date of Birth: 1986.08.11 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 7” Position: Centre Forward Year 2010 2009
Club Waterford United Limerick Limerick
Level II II II
Games 4 14 11
Goals 0 2 4
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Glen Fitzpatrick Date of Birth: 1981.01.26 Nationality: Irish Height: 6’ 1” Position: Forward Year 2010 2009 2008
Club Drogheda United St Patrick’s Athletic St Patrick’s Athletic
Level I I I
Games 25 14 22
Goals 4 0 2
Capped for Ireland at Schoolboys and Youth level
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Karl Moore Date of Birth: 1988.11.09 Nationality: Irish Height: 5’ 7” Position: Midfield Year 2010 03-10
Club Level UCD I Manchester City (England) On loan at Millwall (08/09)
Games 10
Goals 0
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Capped for Ireland at Under 15, Under 16, Under 17, Under 18, Under 19. 4 caps at Under 21 level
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NISO – the organization for Norwegian Athletes. NISO organize athletes from football, icehockey, handball, and also athletes from individual sports. Our office is in Oslo. In January 2011 NISO has 700 members, mostly from football (level I and II) Website: www.niso.no – Follow us on Twitter (niso_sport) and Facebook (NISO group).
Staff: Joachim Walltin President joachim@niso.no
Thomas Kristensen Advisor pr/media/players thomas@niso.no
Coaches: Stig Inge Bjørnebye Former clubs: Liverpool, Blackburn, Rosenborg, Brøndby, Kongsvinger, Strømmen. Norway nationalteam 75 matches / 1 goal.
Peter Werni Project manager peter@niso.no
Vidar Riseth Former clubs: Celtic, 1860 Munchen, LASK Linz, Luton Town, Rosenborg, Lillestrøm, Strømsgodset, Kongsvinger, Neset. Norway nationalteam 52 matches / 4 goals
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1 Christoffer Midbøe Lunde
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Date of Birth: 1984.11.02 Nationality: Norway Height: 189 cm Position: Goalkeeper Year 2010 2009 06-08 2005 02-04
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Club Stavanger IF Stavanger IF FK Vidar Sola FK FK Vidar
Level III II IIII IIII III
Games 30 3 100 20 15
Goals 0 0 0 0 0
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12 Robin Viksskjold
Date of Birth: 1988.10.29 Nationality: Norway Height: 185 cm Position: Goalkeeper Year 2010 08-09 08-09
Club Kjelsås Groruddalen (on loan) Manglerud Star
Level III III III
Games 22 14 5
Goals 0 0 0
1 appearance for U-18 Norwegian national team
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2 Jan Are Klaussen
Date of Birth: 1986.05.15 Nationality: Norway Height: 183 cm Position: Central defender, central midfielder Year 2010 08-10 06-07 04-05
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Club Moss Nardo Kolstad Rosenborg (jr)
Level II III III I(jr)/III
Games – – – –
Goals – – – –
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3 Aidin Sohrabi
Date of Birth: 1989.8.15 Nationality: Norway Height: 180 cm Position: left back/left winger/central defender Year 08-10
Club Level Mandalskameratene III
Games 75
Goals 3
Has also played futsal (indoor football) for 2 years. Invited to training camp with Norwegian national team (futsal).
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4 Arnar Førsund
Date of Birth: 1985.07.29 Nationality: Norway Height: 191 cm Position: Central defender, right back. Year 2010 08-10 2007 05-06 04-07
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Club Manglerud/Star Hamarkameratene Kongsvinger Sandefjord Vålerenga
Level III I/II II I/II I
Games 24 40 13 27 4
Goals 2 2 1 1 0
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5 Christian Smerud
Date of Birth: 1985.4.25 Nationality: Norway Height: 174 cm Position: Left and central midfielder, left back Year 08-10 07-08 04-07
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Club Mjøndalen IF Modum FK Hønefoss BK
Level II III II
Games 55 22 40
Goals 1 8 1
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6 Kristian Strandhagen
Date of Birth: 1989.7.26 Nationality: Norway Height: 181 cm Position: Midfielder Year 09-10
Club Molde FK
Level I
Games 5
Goals –
Team captain of Molde FK reserves in 2010 (level III). 2nd place in both the Tippeliga (level I) and the Norwegian cup in 2009.
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7 Endre Fotland Knudsen
Date of Birth: 1988.7.09 Nationality: Norway Height: 175 cm Position: Midfielder Year 07-10
Club Lyn Oslo
Level I
Games 21
Goals 7
14 appearances for U-19 to U-21, Norwegian national team
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8 Yanly Ayala Leiva
Date of Birth: 1987.12.08 Nationality: Cuba/Norway Height: 165 cm Position: Left/right midfielder, Left/right winger Year Club 09-10 Drøbak/ Frogn 07-08 Nordstrand
Level IV IV
Games 24 26
Goals 10 12
Cup-champion (Futsal) in 2010.
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9 Jonathan Rinne
Date of Birth: 1991.11.08 Nationality: Norway Height: 191 cm Position: Striker Year 2010 2010 2009
Club Skeid Lyn FK/NTG Lyn FC/NTG
Level II/III I/III II
Games 18 35 85
Goals 6 14 24
Prefered role as striker, but can also play in midfield.
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10 Jimi Akinyeni
Date of Birth: 1988.11.24 Nationality: Norway Height: 185 cm Position: Striker Year 2010 2009 07-08
Club Tønsberg Ullern FK Stabæk FK
Level III III Jr./III
Games – – 13
Goals 9 12 13
Invited to training camp with Norway national team (futsal)
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11 Daniel Moen Hansen
Date of Birth: 1983.11.18 Nationality: Norway Height: 187 cm Position: Striker/Winger Year 2010 2009 06-08 2006 04-05 01-04
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Club F.K Bryne Randaberg IL FK Tønsberg SK Enkøping R.C.D.C Mallorca S.K Brann
Level II III III II II I
Games
Goals
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19 Stephane Yao Yao
Date of Birth: 1990.10.16 Nationality: Ivory Coast Height: 1,57 cm Position: Midfielder Year 2010 09-10 05-09
Club Level UMF Selfoss I FK Lyn II SEFA AbidjanAcademy
Games 8 21 300
Goals 2 20
Voted best player in the final of Norway Cup 2009.
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20 Simen Melhus
Date of Birth: 1990.06.01 Nationality: Norway Height: 168 cm Position: Central midfielder Year 2010 2010 08-09
Club Bryne FK Stavanger IF Viking FK
Level II III I
Games 11 6 8
Goals 1 3 –
19 appearances for U-15 to U-19, Norwegian national team
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21 Prince Mambouana
Date of Birth: 1990.9.10 Nationality: Norway Height: 188 cm Position: Central defender Year 2010 08-10 07-08 05-07
Club Eidsvoll-Turn Vålerenga IF Lillestrøm SK Skeid
Level III I/III jr. jr.
Games 26 24 20 60
Goals 4 5 5 20
1st place Junior Elite Tournament with Vålerenga IF jr. 2009
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22 Eidjer Freid
Date of Birth: 1979.12.16 Nationality: Sweden Height: 183 cm Position: Central defender, right back. Year 08-10 06-08 04-06 02-04 00-02
Club Kongsvinger IL Raufoss Fotball GAIS UD Las Palmas IF Elfsborg
Level II/I II/III I/II II I
Games 51 50 41 20 35
Goals 5 6 1 0 5
Played one match in the UEFA-cup qualifier with IF Elfsborg Played against PSV Eindhoven and Anderlect while playing for Las Palmas.
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Spelarföreningen Fotboll I Sverige (SFS) Camp and tournament preparations The main goal of the Spelarföreningen (SFS) is to protect players and their interests in all possible ways and to improve the conditions of all football players in Sweden. The SFS have around 700 members in 2009 and over 90 percent of the players in Allsvenskan (Swedish first division) are members. SFS was established 1975 and SFS General Secretary today, Gert Persson, was one of the founders back then.
International cooperation As members of FIFPro we have a lot of cooperation with other player unions. We have by natural cause’s very tight cooperation with our Nordic neighbors Denmark, Finland and Norway and in the FIFPro Winter Tourament also with Ireland.
We are very proud and honored to be part of the first FIFPro Winter Tournament played here in Oslo. Team Sweden’s preparations before the tournament did begin this summer with planning. In November we invited our members out of contract to be able to participate at our training camp in Gothenburg 10th to 13th of January 2011 and at the FIFPro Winter Tourament 2011. At the camp we had 21 very motivated players doing their best to be able to participate also at the tournament. In this players book we are happy to present our 16 player squad. Hans Gren former trainer of GAIS, Malmö FF and Östers IF have trained the players during this week and will take the team though the tournament. To take care of the players we also have our Physio Palle Davidsson. Magnus Erlingmark, adviser at SFS, are project leader for Team Sweden.
Benefits as a member in SFS Free legal advice (after contact with Spelarföreningen) Contractual advice Personal insurance advice and offers Financial advice Member benefits of FIFPro Free e-mail address Footballmagazine (Offside for men & Marta for women) Chance to take part in our transfer list and FIFPro Winter Tournament Education service Home insurance and good offers on other insurances
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Contacts: Coach Hans Gren hansgren00@hotmail.com Mobil: +46708668003
Project leader Magnus Erlingmark magnus@spelarforeningen.com Mobil: +46706989831
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1 Benny Lekström
Date of Birth: 1981.02.19 Nationality: Swedish Height: 191 cm Position: Goalkeeper Year 08-10 05-07 98-05
Club IF Brommapojkarna Hammarby IF Enskede IK
Level I I III
Games 17 19 109
Goals 0 0 0
Winner of the UEFA Intertoto Cup (2007)Third place winner in level I (2006)Awarded best goalkeeper in Level III (2005)
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2 Jesper Ritheim
Date of Birth: 1988.04.02 Nationality: Swedish Height: 173 cm Position: Right Wing, Left Wing, Right defender Year 08-10
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Club Jönköping S
Level II
Games 31
Goals 4
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3 Simon Ogunnaike
Date of Birth: 1989.04.10 Nationality: Swedish, Finnish, Nigerian Height: 190 cm Position: Central defender Year 2010 2009 2008
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Club Valsta Syrianska IK Valsta Syrianska IK Valsta Syrianska IK
Level I I I
Games 27 26 14
Goals 1 1 0
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4 Ola Hagberg
Date of Birth: 1991.05.05 Nationality: Swedish Height: 183 cm Position: Central defender, defensive midfielder Year aug2010 2010aug 08-09
Club FC Levadia II Katrineholms SK Värmbols FC
Level II VI J-Elit
Games 11 12 36
Goals 1 2 2
1 time Eesiliga championship winner 2010 (FC Levadia II)
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5 Petter Lennartsson
Date of Birth: 1988.03.13 Nationality: Swedish Height: 188 cm Position: Left/Central defender Year 2010 2009 2008
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Club Jönköping S Kalmar FF Kalmar FF
Level II 1 I
Games 25 2 6
Goals 0 0 0
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6 Mehmet Mehmet
Date of Birth: 1985.12.23 Nationality: Swedish Height: 175 cm Position: Central midfielder Year 09-10 06-08 02-05
Club IK Sleipner Varbergs Bois Falkenbergs FF
Level III IIII II
Games 33 40 36
Goals 6 13 0
1 appearances for U-15 Swedish national team
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7 Johan Karlefjärd
Date of Birth: 1984.02.13 Nationality: Swedish Height: 179 cm Position: Central midfielder Year Club 07-10 Jönköpings S 2006 loan 6 months Norrby IF 2005 loan 3 months Fram Reykjavik 00-06 Örgryte IS
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Level II III I I
Games 91 25 8 11
Goals 5 5 0 0
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8 Christos Kitsos
Date of Birth: 1989.12.21 Nationality: Swedish Height: 180 cm Position: Midfielder, Right Wing, Left Wing, CF Year 2010 2009 2008
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Club FC Järfälla Akropolis IF Olympiakos/Vällingby
Level III II IV
Games 15 2 17
Goals 7 0 22
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9 Mohammad Tadayon
Date of Birth: 1984.01.12 Nationality: Swedish Height: 189 cm Position: Central forward Year 05-06 07-08 2009 09-10
Club Perpolis Linköpings FF Smedby AIS IK Sleipner
Level I IIII IIII III
Games 6 21 10 48
Goals 1 14 9 15
3 appearances for U-17 to U-23, Iran national team
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10 Valentino Pidre
Date of Birth: 1989.01.14 Nationality: Swedish Height: 170 cm Position: Forward/offensive midfielder Year 08-10
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Goals
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11 Tobias Nilsson
Date of Birth: 1990.04.10 Nationality: Swedish Height: 177 cm Position: Winger, Right/Left Year 2010 2009 06-08
Club Västra Frölunda IF Västra Frölunda IF IFK Göteborg
Level III III I
Games 13 23 –
Goals 0 1 –
5 appearances for U-15 to U-19, Swedish national team
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12 Eddie Avdic
Date of Birth: 1986.10.10 Nationality: Swedish Height: 186 cm Position: Central midfielder/central defender Year 09-10 2008 06-07
Club Jönköping S Husqvarna FF IK Tord
Level II III IIII
Games 0 20 35
Goals 0 1 5
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13 Erik Janson
Date of Birth: 1991.01.22 Nationality: Swedish Height: 174 cm Position: Central midfielder, midfield Year 2010 2010 2009 09-10
Club Sleipner IK Smedby ais (loan) Sylvia IS (loan) IFK Norrköping
Level III IV III II
Games 9 8 4 2
Goals 0 2 1 0
2 appearances for U-18 Swedish national team. 1 time Swedish U-21 championship winner ( IFK Norrköping U-21)
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14 Rodrigo Gomez
Date of Birth: 1985.03.30 Nationality: Argentina Height: 177 cm Position: Attacking midfielder/central midfielder Year 2010 2009 2009
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Club Level Gröndal IK Valsta Syrianska IF Copa Grand Royal, Asia
Games
Goals
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15 Tobias Mikaelsson
Date of Birth: 1988.11.17 Nationality: Swedish Height: 191 cm Position: Striker, R wing, L wing, R midfield, L midfield. Year 2010 2009 08-09
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Club FC Trollhättan FC Trollhättan Aston Villa FC res
Level II II
Games 29 16 3
Goals 5 1 0
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18 Ola Svensson
Date of Birth: 1980.03.02 Nationality: Swedish Height: 187 cm Position: Goalkeeper Year 2010 2009 2008
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Club IF Limhamn Bunkeflo IF Limhamn Bunkeflo IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
Level III III II
Games 26 18 25
Goals 0 0 0
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