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DeAndre Yedlin Profile

DeAndre Roselle Yedlin
DeAndre Roselle Yedlin (born July 9, 1993) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Primarily a rightback, Yedlin has also featured as a wingback and wide midfielder. He represented the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
On January 11, 2013, after two seasons with Akron, Yedlin signed with Seattle Sounders FC as the club's first homegrown player. He made his debut on March 2 in a 1-0 home defeat to the Montreal Impact. Yedlin was named to the MLS Team of the Week for his performance, becoming the first rookie to earn the honor in his professional debut. On March 12 he scored his first professional goal for the club in a 3-1 win against Tigres in the second leg of the Sounders 3-2 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal aggregate victory.
On July 15, Yedlin was named to the MLS All-Star team for their match against Roma on July 31, making him the first rookie to be named to the All-Star team since 2005 when Michael Parkhurst was selected during his rookie season. Yedlin was ranked 3rd among MLS players under the age of 24 in 2013, according to MLSSoccer.com.
Yedlin scored his first professional league goal in a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids on July 20, 2013.
On August 13, 2014 it was confirmed that Yedlin had signed a four-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League. He will remain with Seattle before joining Tottenham in January 2015.
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Mesut Özil Profile

Mesut Özil
Mesut Özil (born 15 October 1988) is a German footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal and the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated for the Golden Ball Award, which is awarded to the tournament's best player. 

Özil started his senior career at hometown club Schalke in the Bundesliga in 2006, transferred to Werder Bremen in 2008 and transferred to Real Madrid in August 2010 following his breakout performance at the FIFA World Cup with Germany.

Özil is acclaimed for his finesse and improvisation as an attacking midfielder. His style and knack for providing assists for his team-mates has been compared to that of Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane. In 2011, he ranked first in assists in major European and domestic competitions with 25. In 2012, he ranked first in assists in La Liga with 17. He was also one of the top assist providers in the 2010 FIFA World Cup andUEFA Euro 2012 with 3 in both.

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Eden Hazard Profile

Eden Hazard
Eden Michael Hazard (born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer, who plays for Chelsea and the Belgium national team. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger. Hazard is known for his creativity, speed, and technical ability and has been described as a "fearless, explosive attacking midfielder who can change the game with a turn of pace or a dribble". He has also been described as "a superb passer" and has earned critical acclaim for his playing style, which has led to the media, coaches, and players drawing comparisons to FIFA Ballon d'Or winners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Hazard is regarded to be one of the best young players in the world.

Hazard is the son of former Belgian footballers and began his football career in Belgium playing for local clubs Royal Stade Brainois and Tubize. In 2005, he moved to France joining first division club Lille. Hazard spent two years in the club's academy and, at the age of 16, made his professional debut in November 2007. He went on to become an integral part of Lille under manager Rudi Garcia, racking up over 190 appearances. In his first full season as a starter, he won the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Young Player of the Year award becoming the first non-French player to win the award. In the 2009–10 season, Hazard captured the award again becoming the first player to win the award twice. He was also named to the league's Team of the Year.
In the 2010–11 season, he was a part of the Lille team that won the league and cup double and, as a result of his performances, was named the UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year becoming the youngest player to win the award. Hazard was also given the Bravo Award by Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo for his performances during the 2010–11 season. In June 2012, after over eight years at Lille, Hazard departed the club, amid much transfer speculation, to join English club Chelsea.
Hazard is a Belgium international, having represented his nation at under-17 and under-19 level. Prior to starring for the senior team, he played on the under-17 team that qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Hazard made his senior international debut in November 2008, at the age of 17 years and 316 days, in a friendly match against Luxembourg. Nearly three years after his debut, Hazard scored his first international goal against Kazakhstan in October 2011. He has since earned 50 caps, and was a member of the Belgian squad which reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Tom Cleverley Profile

Tom Cleverley
Thomas William "Tom" Cleverley (born 12 August 1989) is an English footballer who plays mainly as a central midfielder for Manchester United andEngland.

After starting his career in the youth setup at Bradford City, Cleverley joined Manchester United at the age of 12. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for Manchester United's reserve team, and occasionally in first team friendly matches. 

Cleverley was loaned to League One side Leicester City at the start of 2009, for whom he made his firstFootball League appearances, helping the team secure the League One title and promotion to theChampionship. He spent the 2009–10 season on loan with Watford in the Championship, where he scored 11 goals in 33 league games and was voted as their Player of the Season. 

On 31 August 2010, he joined Wigan Athletic on a season-long loan, where he scored four goals in 25 appearances and helped them to avoid relegation on the final day of the season. He returned to Manchester United for the start of the 2011–12 season and made his first competitive appearance in the Community Shield victory against Manchester City.

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Adam Taggart Profile

Adam Jake Taggart
Adam Jake Taggart (born 2 June 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Fulham as a striker and the Australia national team. Taggart is the current holder of the Nike A-League Golden Boot award, scoring 16 goals in 25 appearances for the Jets during the 2013/14 A-League season.

 Taggart made his senior debut in a 1-1 draw with Melbourne Heart in January 2011. He scored his first goal in a loss to Gold Coast United, 75 minutes into the game.

 On 2 March 2012, Taggart signed two-year contract with A-League club Newcastle Jets. In November 2013, Taggart scored a hat trick against Melbourne Heart with all three goals scored from outside the 18 yard box. Newcastle would go on and win the match. After a strong start to the season, Adam had a dry patch with a lack of goals around Christmas, before scoring a brace against the Wanderers to salvage a 2-2 draw.

 He became a focal point of the Newcastle Jets attack, heading the lineup alongside Emile Heskey, Joel Griffiths and Michael Bridges. In 2014, Taggart became the second Newcastle player to receive the golden boot of the A-League with 16 goals, after Joel Griffiths in 2008. He was also awarded the A-League Young Player of the Season Award at the same ceremony.

On 24 June 2014, Fulham signed Taggart from Newcastle Jets for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract but injury delayed his involvement with the first team by a number of months.

 Taggart made his debut for Australia in late 2012, in the second preliminary round of the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup against Hong Kong, coming off the bench in a narrow win. He scored his first two international goals days later in a win over Chinese Taipe.

 In 2013, Taggart played in the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup, scoring a goal in a loss to China.

 Taggart was a part of the Socceroos squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and played in matches against Netherlands and Spain.
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Adam Lallana Profile


Adam David Lallana
Adam David Lallana is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liverpool and the England national team.

 He began his youth career with Bournemouth before transferring to Southampton in 2000, where he became a professional in 2006. After a brief loan back to Bournemouth he broke into Southampton's first team as they earned two promotions from League One to the Premier League, becoming captain in 2012. After two seasons in the top flight and an international breakthrough, he joined Liverpool for an undisclosed fee in July 2014.

Lallana was given his senior international debut for England in 2013 and was selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Lallana was a member of the Bournemouth Centre of Excellence, where he was spotted by a talent scout from Southampton. He joined the Premier League club's Saints Academy as a 12-year old in 2000. Southampton paid £3,000 compensation to Bournemouth with further payments of £5,000 and £10,000 when he signed scholarship and professional contracts respectively. 

Lallana was involved in Southampton's FA Youth Cup squads of 2004–05 and 2005–06, when they reached the final and semi-final respectively.

He made his first Premier League appearance on the opening day of the 2012–13 season, setting up a goal and wearing the captain's armband in a 3–2 defeat against 2011-12 champions Manchester City. He scored his first Premier League goal in a 4–1 defeat away to West Ham United. His second goal of the season came on 25 November, as he opened the scoring in a 2–0 home win against Newcastle United. The 50th goal of his career came in a 2–0 victory at Reading.

On 11 April 2013, Lallana signed a new five-year contract with Southampton. In Southampton's 4–1 Premier League victory over Hull City on 9 November 2013, Lallana started with the ball 30 yards from goal and dribbled his way past five players into the left-hand side of the 18-yard box, before slotting it past Hull goalkeeper Steve Harper. 

On 18 April 2014, he was named as one of the six players on the shortlist for the PFA Player of the Year award. On 27 April 2014, he was named alongside teammate Luke Shaw in the PFA Team of the Year. 

On 6 May, he was crowned as both the Southampton Players’ Player and Fans’ Player of the year.

Prior to the World Cup, Lallana was subject to interest from Premier League runners-up Liverpool. After long periods of negotiation Liverpool placed a reported £25 million bid which was later accepted by Southampton. Following England's return from the World Cup, Lallana signed for Liverpool, and was handed the number 20 shirt, the number he wore during his time at Southampton. Bournemouth, Lallana's youth team, had originally included a 25% sell-on-clause in his contract when he joined Southampton, but only received £4 million after ageeing to a reduced fee with Southampton. Lallana was the second player to transfer from Southampton to Liverpool during the summer of 2014, behind Rickie Lambert and later followed by Dejan Lovren.

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Muhamed Bešić Profile

Muhamed Bešić
Muhamed Bešić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays for English club Everton and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team as a defensive midfielder.

 Born in Berlin to Bosniak parents, Bešić started playing for local club Tennis Borussia Berlin at age nine. He stayed until he was 16, when he signed for Hamburger SV. On 4 November 2010, Bešić extended his contract with Hamburg until 1 July 2013. After being named as a substitute in several matches in the 2010–11 season, he received his debut in the Bundesliga against Borussia Dortmund on 12 November. Bešić came on a substitute in the 80th minute when Dortmund was already leading 2–0. He started his first Bundesliga game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, and played all 90 minutes and they won 2–1.
In March 2012, Bešić was suspended from the first team, due to lack of discipline, Bosnian media also claimed that manager Torsten Fink "strangled" Bešić and threw him out of the dressing room.

 On 28 July 2014 Bešić signed a five-year contract with Everton for a fee of £4 million. On his debut for Everton against Chelsea, he attempted a backheel on his very first touch of the ball, which was intercepted by an opponent and resulted in a goal. Two weeks later, he made his full Everton debut, starting in the Merseyside derby.

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Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior Profile

Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior

Born: September 9, 1991, Americana, São Paulo, Brazil
Height: 1.80 m

 Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior, born 9 September 1991, known as Oscar, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Brazil national team.
Oscar began his career at São Paulo FC, where he won the Brazilian Serie A in 2008. In 2009, he went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract. After a series of controversies he left for Internacional, where he spent the next three years of his career. His displays for club and country led to him signing for Premier League club Chelsea in 2012.
Oscar is a Brazil international and has represented his country at the under-20 level, at the 2012 London Olympics and at senior level. On 20 August 2011, Oscar scored three goals in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup final win against Portugal, becoming the first player to score a hat-trick in the FIFA U-20 World Cup final. Oscar later described his performances at the tournament as being a "gateway to the senior side." He earned his first cap for the national team against Argentina. His first goal also came against Argentina in a 4–3 defeat in June 2012. In 2012, Oscar was ranked 37th in The Guardian's 100 Best Footballers.
His playing style and ability have drawn comparison to Brazil international Kaká and Germany international Mesut Özil. He is a very good crosser for Chelsea.
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Yaya Sanogo Profile

Yaya Sanogo
Personal information:
  1. Born: January 27, 1993 , Massy, Essonne, France
  2. Height: 1.91 m
  3. Weight: 74 kg
Yaya Sanogo (born 27 January 1993 in Massy) is a French footballer who plays for English assosiation football club Arsenal in the English Premier League. He is a French youth international having represented his country at under-16, under-17, and under-19 level. Sanogo formerly served as captain of the under-17 team. He plays as a striker. Sanogo was born in the commune of Massy in Essonne to parents of Ivorian and Malian descent and began his career at age seven playing for CMS Pantin, a multi-sports club based in the northeastern suburbs of Paris.

After two years in Pantin, he departed the club for CS Municipal d'Eaubonne, another sports club, this time based in Eaubonne. Sanogo spent only a year at the club and, the following year, joined Montrouge CF 92, a local club in the southern suburbs and the same club that had the honor of training young starlets Hatem Ben Arfa and Issiar Dia. After failing to earn selection into the prestigious Clairefontaine academy, Sanogo joined another local Parisian club CO Les Ulis, the same club that produced France national team's all-time leading goalscorer Thierry Henry. He spent only a year at the club before being signed up on an aspirant (youth) contract with first division club Auxerre at age 13.

Sanogo quickly established himself in the club's youth system scoring 25 goals in 14 matches and also providing 17 assists in the 2006–07 edition of the Championnat Federal des 14 ans. While playing with the under-16 team, the following season, in the Championnat National des 16 ans, Sanogo averaged a goal a game. Alongside his positive displays domestically, Sanogo's prolific scoring on the international stage led to him being declared Auxerre's best overall prospect. He drew the interest of Premier League clubs Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur before signing his first professional contract for three years on 27 October 2009.

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Diafra Sakho Profile

Diafra Sakho
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  1. Born: December 24, 1989, Guédiawaye, Senegal
  2. Height: 1.84 m
  3. Weight: 79 kg


Born in the suburb of Guediawaye in Senegal's capital Dakar, he grew up in neighbouring Guinea-Bissau before returning to his homeland in 2003.

 Joined local club Medina, where he was scouted and invited to attend the Generation Foot Academy, which was set up by Metz in 2000 as a means of developing and providing an education to young footballers in the West African country. Spent just six months at Generation Foot, which also produced Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse.

 Before moving to France at the age of 17 in 2007, when he started training with Metz two-and-a-half years later, he made his first-team debut in a goalless Ligue 2 draw at home to Brest on 19 January 2010.

 His maiden senior goal arrived eight months later on 10 September in a 1-1 home draw with Nantes, after featuring mainly as a substitute in his first three seasons as a professional and being loaned to Ligue 2 club Boulogne in January 2012, made his breakthrough following Metz's relegation to the Championnat National - Division Three - in May of the same year.

 Handed a regular starting place by new manager Albert Cartier, he smashed in 19 goals in 33 league appearances to fire Metz to second place and promotion back to Ligue 2 at the first attempt.

 In 2013/14 continued his rise to prominence by banging in 20 goals in 36 appearances as Metz romped to the Ligue 2 title. His outstanding form saw him handed a senior international debut by Senegal in a friendly meeting with Burkina Faso on 21 May 2014. Four days later, he netted his first goal for his country in a 3-1 win over Kosovo.

 Quick, strong and an outstanding athlete, Sakho was voted Ligue 2 Player of the Year for 2013/14, when his 20 goals helped Les Grenats - The Maroons - win the title by eleven points.

 14 August 2014 Sakho signed four-year contract with Premier League club West Ham United and debut 23 August 2014 against Crystal Palace in 3-1 victory.

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