Selasa, 21 Desember 2010

Mustafa "EL Loco" Habibi

Cristian Gérard Alvaro Gonzáles (born in Montevideo, Uruguay, August 30, 1976, age 34 years) is an Indonesian footballer who plays as a striker to center or a single attacker. Previously, he was a citizen of Uruguay, but since 1 November 2010, he officially became an Indonesian citizen. He currently plays for Persisam Putra Samarinda since 1 Oktober 2011 and also played for the national team of Indonesia.
Cristina is one of the most lethal striker in the history of Indonesian football competition. Its ability to kick, scored, positioning, vision game, and the header is the flagship. Besides his ability, he is also renowned physical specimen.
When playing in Uruguay, he was assigned as an attacking midfielder. Productivity is not good until he finally moved to Indonesia to join the PSM Makassar with a free transfer, and is positioned as a striker. From here he proves its quality as a powerful attacker.
In summer 2006, he was the most expensive player in the Premier League Indonesia according to the data of Indonesia in exchange for USD 1.2 billion
On 21 November 2010 Cristian Gonzalez debuted as a member of the football team against East Timor and Indonesia immediately scored two goals in his debut. Next, he entered as a core member of the Indonesian national team in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010.
After marriage, he had an Indonesian passport, his wife is a woman from Indonesia named Eva Nurida Siregar. From his marriage, he obtained two children (Fernando and Florencia). He also has had two children, the results of a previous marriage (Amanda and Michael). Cristian converted to Islam in 2003 and took the name Mustafa Habibi.
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Firman Utina Biography

Firman Utina (born in Manado 15 December 1981) is an Indonesian footballer, he normally plays as an attacking midfielder and his height is 166 cm. He is playing for the Indonesia national football team and he is chosen as the Man of the match for Indonesia against Bahrain match in Asian Cup 2007 in Group D. Indonesia win 2-1 because of his contribution for Indonesian goal, which was scored by Bambang Pamungkas and Budi Sudarsono. It was Indonesia’s first win in Asian Cup 2007 in Group D. Now, he is one of the most important element in Indonesia national team. Since 2010 season, he playing for Indonesian Super League Club Persija Jakarta.
Firman is an explosive player that burst past oppositions and mesmerized with his footwork and agility, often taking on whole defense on his day.
Participation in national team
* Asian Student Cup U-19 (2000)
* SEA Games (2001, 2003)
* Pra-Asian Cup (2001, 2004)
* Asian Cup (2007)
* Pra-Olympic (2003)
* ASEAN Football Championship (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010).
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Frederic Kanoute Biography

Frédéric Oumar Kanouté (born September 2, 1977 in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône) is a France born Mali Association football, who currently plays for Sevilla FC in La Liga, and is known for Frédéric Kanouté pace, strength and technique. On February 2, 2008, Kanouté was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year and is the first foreign-born player to win it.

Club career

Lyon

Kanouté's talents as a striker were first noticed by Frédéric Kanouté local team, Olympique Lyonnais, and Frédéric Kanouté joined them as an apprentice in 1997. Frédéric Kanouté made Frédéric Kanouté debut in the Intertoto Cup against Polish side Odra Wodzisław.

West Ham United

Kanouté joined England club West Ham United F.C. in 2000. Frédéric Kanouté went on to play 84 times for the East London, England club, scoring 29 goals.

Tottenham Hotspur

Frédéric Kanouté speed and awareness attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur F.C. who bought Frédéric Kanouté at the end of the 2002-03 in English football season. Kanouté enjoyed mixed success at Tottenham, where Frédéric Kanouté scored on Frédéric Kanouté debut with an acrobatic volley, with occasional flashes of brilliance marked by apparent pique when Frédéric Kanouté preferred the African Cup of Nations over the FA Premier League and went AWOL from Tottenham's 2005 summer tour to Mauritius.

Sevilla

Kanouté was sold to Sevilla on 17 August 2005 for €6.5m. Frédéric Kanouté was a second half substitute for the club in the UEFA Cup Final against Middlesbrough F.C. and scored in the 89th minute. Sevilla won 4-0.

Kanouté's first games for Sevilla against Tottenham Hotspur led to Frédéric Kanouté scoring a (somewhat controversial) penalty at the Sánchez Pizjuán in a game marred by crowd trouble, and an excellent goal at White Hart Lane, leaving the final aggregate score 4-3 to Sevilla.

The 2006/2007 season has proved Frédéric Kanouté most productive and has earned Frédéric Kanouté much praise for the prominent role Frédéric Kanouté has played in leading Sevilla's surprising charge on three fronts. Challenging for the Copa del Rey 2006/2007, where they played Getafe FC in the final, as well as the Uefa Cup and the La Liga have moved Frédéric Kanouté into relatively unchartered territory as Frédéric Kanouté had not experienced such a combination of success and influence in the past. The previous year's Uefa Cup had featured just a cameo appearance for Frédéric Kanouté in a comfortable victory, although Frédéric Kanouté grabbed a late goal. Nonetheless, Frédéric Kanouté secured Frédéric Kanouté first honour of the season on the 16 May with Sevilla's victory over Espanyol on penalties, after a 2-2 draw aet. Kanouté had seemingly retained the title for Sevilla with Frédéric Kanouté extra-time goal (his 4th of the tournament) to make it 2-1 but a late equalizer prompted penalties. Kanouté scored the first in a 3-1 penalty triumph.

Sevilla's title challenge that year ultimately unravelled and Real Madrid C.F. took the title, with Kanouté's side in third. Since then Kanouté has been a consistent—if not explosive—member of the club, helping Sevilla qualify for a UEFA Cup position in 2008 and a UEFA Champions League direct qualification in 2009.

International career

While playing for Olympique Lyonnais, Kanouté joined the France national under-21 football team. After turning 21 in 1998, Kanouté was not called up for the French national football team in 2000, 2002 or 2004. In 2004 FIFA changed its rules to allow a footballer to play for the national team of the country in which Frédéric Kanouté mother or father was born. Although eligible for either, Kanouté elected to play for Mali national football team rather than for France national football team. Kanouté was joint top goal scorer for Mali national football team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Kanouté scored 4 goals in 4 matches helping Mali national football team to the Semifinals where they lost to Morocco national football team.

In October 2007, Kanouté, along with Mali international teammate Mamady Sidibe, were attacked by irate Togolese fans after they knocked Togo national football team out of the African Cup of Nations qualifier.

Personal life

Kanouté and Frédéric Kanouté wife Fatima live in Sevilla with their two children, Ibrahim and Iman.

Kanouté has been practising Islam since Frédéric Kanouté was around the age of 20. Frédéric Kanouté refused to wear a Sevilla FC shirt bearing the name of club sponsor 888.com, due to the fact the website is used for gambling. Gambling is against the principles of Islam. This meant that the club had to give Frédéric Kanouté a brand-free jersey every match. The company, however, agreed to give some money to an Islamic charity in return for Kanouté wearing the sponsored kit. In 2007 Kanouté paid more than US$700,000 out of pocket to buy a mosque in Sevilla. The contract on the premises had expired and the mosque was due to be sold. The Islamic Community of Spain confirmed it had requested Kanouté's aid after the mosque was put up for sale.

Kanouté has also showed interest in a variety of humanitarian causes. In 2006 Frédéric Kanouté launched an appeal to establish a 'Children’s Village' in Mali. And after scoring a goal in a January 7, 2009 Copa Del Rey match with Deportivo La Coruña, Kanouté lifted Frédéric Kanouté jersey and displayed a black shirt underneath emblazoned with the word "Palestine". The action was interpreted by BBC sources as a protest against the Isreali incursion into the Gaza Strip ongoing at that time. Kanouté was cautioned with a yellow card for displaying a political message, and subsequently fined around 4,000 USD by the league.

Club career statistics

Sevilla

- 2006 UEFA Cup
- 2006 UEFA Super Cup
- 2007 UEFA Cup
- 2007 Copa del Rey
- 2007 Supercopa de Espana
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Sully Ali Muntari Biography

Sulleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari (born 27 August 1984 in Konongo, Ghana) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Internazionale. He is a central midfielder, but can also play as Defensive Midfielder. He also plays for the Ghana national team, but his relationship with the Ghana Football Association has been rocky at times. During his early childhood he was mentored by Ghanaian soccer legend Kwadwo Owusu-Boaitey. He credits Owusu-Boaitey and Nate Lee-Deison for much of his success.

Internazionale Milano F.C.

On 2 March 2007, it was reported in the Italian press that Inter were preparing a summer offer for the midfielder. Injuries to Esteban Cambiasso and Patrick Vieira underlined just how short of ball-winning midfielders the "Nerazzurri" were and they would remedy that problem in June 2007. Transfer consultants Marco Branca and Gabriele Oriali were looking around Europe for possible options and Muntari seemed to be their man at the insistence of then Coach Roberto Mancini[16], although Muntari ultimately went to Portsmouth in the summer of 2007. But on 21 July 2008 Italian newspaper La Repubblica[17][18] reported that with the probable failure of new Inter Coach José Mourinho to land his former Chelsea protégé Frank Lampard, Muntari was now his first choice central midfielder. The reports gathered pace in the Italian Press[19] in the next few days that Muntari had already agreed a 4-year contract[20] with Inter. But Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp told Sky Sports News "I don't want to sell him. He is one of my best players and is a terrific young talent" when quizzed about Inter's supposed interest in Muntari[21].

On 24 July 2008, BBC[22] and Gazzetta dello Sport[23] reported that Muntari would complete a €16 million plus bonuses move to Inter[24][25]. He finally completed his move to Inter on 28 July 2008 and wore the number 20 jersey[26], previously worn by Álvaro Recoba for many years.

On November 22, 2008, Muntari scored the winner following a wrong shot on goal from Zlatan Ibrahimović in the Derby d'Italia against rivals Juventus. Two weeks later, Muntari scored a backheel goal against Napoli at the San Siro after a great cross from Maicon, a match that ended 2–1 for Inter. In the very last Serie A match of the season on 31 May 2009 versus Atalanta, he opened the scoring for Inter after blasting in a Luís Figo cross from outside the penalty box. Later, his shot on goal was parried by the goalkeeper but Esteban Cambiasso scored from the rebound to make the score 3–3. Inter eventually won 4–3 and Muntari won his first Scudetto after his first season with the club.

In August 2009, his manager Jose Mourinho again found himself causing controversy after commenting that Muntari, a practising muslim, was lacking fitness and energy due to fasting during the month of Ramadan. He was reported to have said 'Muntari had some problems related to Ramadan, perhaps with this heat it's not good for him to be doing this (fasting). Ramadan has not arrived at the ideal moment for a player to play a football match.'[27] .

However, since these comments many Muslims and non-Muslims have come out in defence of Mourinho saying that no offense was meant towards the player, but while the manager could have been more tactful in his treatment of the issue it stands to reason that a lack of food and water will affect a player's stamina and energy level.[28]

In a 2009-10 Serie A match involving Inter and Catania, Sulley Muntari was involved in a remarkable incident. Coming on as a 79th minute substitute for Esteban Cambiasso with the match tied at 1 – 1, he promptly received a double yellow card for a rash tackle on his opponent. As the free kick was struck by the Giuseppe Mascara, Muntari was standing in the penalty box and he managed to stop the ball in the air using his hand. Logically, Muntari received a second yellow card and was sent off after playing for approximately one and a half minute. The following penalty was scored by Mascara with a wonderful 81st minute chip. With a minute to full time, Jorge Andrés Martínez dribbled past Lúcio and scored to seal the victory at 3–1.

International career

Muntari (right) taking a free kick at the 2008 African Cup of Nations.

Muntari had his first taste of an international fixture in the youth squad and was chosen for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship as Ghana took second place. He won his first senior cap against Slovenia on 17 May 2002, and became a regular fixture in the team as The Black Stars opened their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. He was selected for the Olympic side at Athens 2004, but was sent home for disciplinary reasons[29]. This started a dispute between Muntari and his federation, and he said that he would refuse to play for his country again, beating the record for the youngest international retirement.[30] He retracted, making a public apology to the federation[31], and was selected for the 2006 World Cup squad. He played in the first two matches, a 2–0 defeat by Italy and a 2–0 win over the Czech Republic, in which he scored, but having received a yellow cards in each game, he was suspended for the game against the United States, but returned for the second round match against Brazil, in which Ghana was eliminated.

He remained a regular member of the team, and appeared in the 2008 African Cup of Nations side, scoring the winner in the first group match against Guinea and the second goal in the last group match against Morocco. He scored his 3rd goal of the tournament when he scored a freekick against Côte d'Ivoire in the 3rd place play off. His goal against Guinea, a 25m left-footed pile-driver in the 89th minute was voted one of the Best Goals of the Tournament[32].

He was voted as an All-Star Player during the 2008 African Cup of Nations Tournament in Ghana. The Team of the Tournament was decided by the Technical Study Group (TSG) after careful observations of all the tournament's matches[33].

Although expected to play for Ghana in the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola, Muntari was excluded from the national team due to disciplinary problems. After purposefully missing an international friendly against Angola, he also snubbed a meeting with coach Milovan Rajevac[34]. Muntari later issued a full apology to his country and coach[35].

Muntari was selected for Ghana's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. After not being included in the starting line-up for the team's first two matches, Muntari was reportedly expelled from the squad for insulting Rajevac and his teammates.[36] However, after an intervention by former captain Stephen Appiah, he was reinstated [37] and went on to make two further substitute appearances against Germany and the USA before starting the quarter final against Uruguay in place of the suspended Andre Ayew. During the match Muntari scored a long range effort in first half stoppage time, putting Ghana ahead 1-0 at half-time.

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