Selasa, 21 Desember 2010
Mustafa "EL Loco" Habibi
Firman Utina Biography
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).
Frederic Kanoute Biography
Club career
Lyon
West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur
Sevilla
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
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 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
- 2006 UEFA Cup
- 2006 UEFA Super Cup
- 2007 UEFA Cup
- 2007 Copa del Rey
- 2007 Supercopa de Espana
Sully Ali Muntari Biography
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 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.