Confederations Cup Squads

PARIS (Reuters) -- Collated squads for the Confederations Cup soccer tournament to be held in France from June 18-29:

Group A

COLOMBIA

Goalkeepers: Oscar Cordoba (Besiktas, Turkey), Juan Carlos Henao (Caldas), Luis Martinez (Envigado)

Defenders: Ivan Cordoba (Inter Milan, Italy), Mario Yepes (Nantes, France), Edgar Ramos (Santa Fe), Jose Mera (Deportivo Cali), Gerardo Vallejo (Deportivo Cali), Gerardo Bedoya (Racing Club, Brazil), Gonzalo Martinez (Napoli, Italy), Andres Mosquera (Deportivo Cali)

Midfielders: Arnulfo Valentierra (Caldas), Geovanni Hernandez (Deportivo Cali), Elkin Murillo (Deportivo Cali), Oscar Diaz (Deportivo Cali), Ruben Dario Velasquez (Caldas), Jorge Lopez (Millonarios), Jairo Patino (Deportivo Cali)

Forwards: Elson Becerra (Tolima), Victor Aristizabal (Cruzeiro, Brazil), Herly Alcazar (Centauros), Eudalio Arriaga (Atletico Junior), Martin Arzuaga (Atletico Junior).

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FRANCE

Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez (Manchester United, England), Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Mickael Landreau (Nantes)

Defenders: Jean-Alain Boumsong (AJ Auxerre), Philippe Mexes (AJ Auxerre), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea, England), William Gallas (Chelsea, England), Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich, Germany), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich, Germany), Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United, England), Lilian Thuram (Juventus, Italy)

Midfielders: Ousmane Dabo (Atalanta, Italy), Olivier Dacourt (AS Roma, Italy), Ludovic Giuly (Monaco), Jerome Rothen (Monaco), Oliver Kapo (AJ Auxerre), Benoit Pedretti (Sochaux), Robert Pires (Arsenal, England), Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal, England)

Strikers: Djibril Cisse (AJ Auxerre), Sydney Govou (Olympique Lyon), Thierry Henry (Arsenal, England), Steve Marlet (Fulham, England).

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JAPAN

Goalkeepers: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Portsmouth, England), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo)

Defenders: Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers), Akira Narahashi (Kashima Antlers), Toshihiro Hattori (Jubilo Iwata), Nobuhisa Yamada (Urawa Reds), Ryuzo Morioka (Shimizu S-Pulse), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds).

Midfielders: Daisuke Oku (Yokohama F-Marinos), Hidetoshi Nakata (Parma, Italy), Alex (Shimizu S-Pulse), Shunsuke Nakamura (Reggina, Italy), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Koji Nakata (Kashima Antlers), Junichi Inamoto (Fulham, England), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Tomokazu Myojin (Kashiwa).

Forwards: Yoshito Okubo (Cerezo Osaka), Yuichiro Nagai (Urawa Reds), Naohiro Takahara (Hamburg SV, Germany), Daisuke Matsui (Kyoto).

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NEW ZEALAND

Goalkeepers: Jason Batty (Caversham, England), Mark Paston (Napier City Rovers), Michael Utting (Football Kingz)

Defenders: Gerard Davis (Tampere, Finland), Danny Hay (Walsall, England), Ryan Nelsen (DC United, U.S.), Scott Smith (Kingstonian, England), David Mulligan (Barnsley, England), Duncan Oughton (Columbus Crew, U.S.), Chris Zoricich (Newcastle, Australia)

Midfielders: Mark Burton (Football Kingz), Raf De Gregorio (Football Kingz), Simon Elliott (L.A. Galaxy, U.S.), Noah Hickey (Tampere, Finland), Chris Jackson (Football Kingz), Aaran Lines (Ruch Chorzow, Poland), Ivan Vicelich (Roda JC, Netherlands), Gavin Wilkinson (Portland Timbers, U.S.)

Forwards: Kris Bouckenooghe (KSK Ronse, Belgium), Vaughan Coveny (South Melbourne, Australia), Chris Killen (Oldham, England), Shane Smeltz (Adelaide City, Australia), Michael Wilson (Stanford University, U.S.).

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Group B

BRAZIL

Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan, Italy), Fabio (Vasco da Gama), Julio Cesar (Flamengo)

Defenders: Maurinho (Cruzeiro), Belletti (Villarreal, Spain), Kleber (Corinthians), Gilberto (Gremio), Edu Dracena (Cruzeiro), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Lucio (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Fabio Luciano (Corinthians)

Midfielders: Eduardo Costa (Girondins Bordeaux, France), Emerson (AS Roma, Italy), Kleberson (Atletico Paranaense), Dudu (Vitoria), Ricardinho (Sao Paulo), Adriano de Souza (Atletico Paranaense), Alex (Cruzeiro), Ronaldinho (Paris St Germain, France)

Forwards: Adriano (Parma, Italy), Luis Fabiano (Sao Paulo), Gil (Corinthians), Ilan (Atletico Paranaense)

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CAMEROON

Goalkeepers: Andre Eboue (Beaucaire, France), Idriss Kameni (St Etienne, France), Eric Kwekeu (Bamboutos)

Defenders: Timothee Atouba (FC Basel, Switzerland), Perrier Ndoumbe (Auxerre, France), Lucien Mettomo (Manchester City, England), Pierre Njanka (Sedan, France), Rigobert Song (Lens, France), Bill Tchato (Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Midfielders: Eric Djemba Djemba (Nantes, France), Joel Epalle (Aris Salonika, Greece), Marc-Vivien Foe (Manchester City, England), Geremi (Middlesbrough, England), Mohamadou Idrissou (Hanover, Germany), Valery Mezague (Montpellier, France), Modeste Mbami (Sedan, France), Salomon Olembe (Marseille, France)

Strikers: Achille Emana (Toulouse, France), Samuel Eto'o (Real Mallorca, Spain), Joseph Desire Job (Middlesbrough, England), Pius Ndiefi (Sedan, France), Parfait Ngon Adjam (Canon Yaounde), Gustave Bahoken (Livingston, Scotland)

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TURKEY

Goalkeepers: Rustu Recber (Fenerbahce), Omer Catkic (Gaziantepspor), Murat Sahin (Adanaspor)

Defenders: Fatih Sonkaya (Roda Kerkrade, Netherlands), Bulent Korkmaz (Galatasaray), Fatih Akyel (Fenerbahce), Alpay Ozalan (Aston Villa, England), Ahmet Yildirim (Besiktas), Deniz Baris (Genclerbirligi), Ibrahim Uzulmez (Besiktas), Servet Cetin (Denizlispor)

Midfielders: Ergun Penbe (Galatasaray), Tayfun Korkut (Real Sociedad, Spain), Volkan Arslan (Galatasaray), Yildiray Basturk (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Selcuk Sahin (Istanbulspor), Ibrahim Toraman (Gaziantepspor), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor)

Forwards: Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce), Okan Yilmaz (Bursaspor), Huseyin Kartal (Ankaragucu), Neacti Ates (Adanaspor), Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad, Spain)

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UNITED STATES

Goalkeepers: Joe Cannon (RC Lens, France), Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, England), Tim Howard (New York/New Jersey)

Defenders: Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, Germany), Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago), Dan Califf (Los Angeles), Steve Cherundolo (Hanover 96, Germany), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus), Greg Vanney (Bastia, France), Cory Gibbs (St Pauli, Germany)

Midfielders: Chris Armas (Chicago), DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago), Bobby Convey (D.C. United), Chris Klein (Kansas City), Eddie Lewis (Preston, England), Kyle Martino (Columbus), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado), Earnie Stewart (D.C. United)

Forwards: Jeff Cunningham (Columbus), Landon Donovan (San Jose), Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham City, England), Clint Mathis (New York/New Jersey), Taylor Twellman (New England).

 

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