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The Canadian Football Thread Mark 2
« on: October 28, 2011, 09:27:59 PM »
Now I know Canada isn't anywhere near as good at football as England, nor is it as good AS IT SHOULD BE AS A NATION OF FLIPPIN' 32 FLIPPIN' MILLION PEOPLE :tickedoff: but I still love my country, and I like to see my compatriots do well - which in fact was part of the reason I started supporting Spurs, because they were the first Premier League side to take a chance on Canadians, even if said Canadians weren't the most memorable Spurs ever. (The other part was guys like Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe, plus I'll admit, I thought the name was cool. ;) I always had a certain respect for Tottenham even when I was a glory-chasing Man U fan :P)

Anyway, here's a current list of Canadians abroad - we Canadian footy fans like to keep track of this stuff. You'll notice that Owen Hargreaves isn't listed, mainly because he has been adamant about the fact that he isn't Canadian in spite of the fact that he was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. W*nker. ::)



Argentina
Christopher Maidana - Racing Club (Argentina Primera) (1) Youth

Jorge Maradona Jr. - Rosario Central (Argentina Primera B Nacional) (2) Youth

Marco Rodrigues - Platense (Argentina Primera B Metropolitana) (3) Youth

Manny Gomez - Sportivo Barracas (Argentina Primera D Metropolitana) (5)

Australia
Issey Nakajima-Farran - Brisbane Roar (Australian A-League) (1)
Tommy Ples - Melbourne Knights (Australian Victoria State Premier League) (2)

Belgium
Dwayne Dild**k - KVV Coxyde (Belgian Division 3A) (3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bobby Kajgo - FK Leotar Trebinje (Bosnian Primijer Liga) (1)
Admir Salihovic - HNK Capljina (Bosnian Druga Liga) (2)

Cote D'Ivoire
Raheem Alibhai - ES Bingerville (Cote D'Ivoire Premiere Division) (1)

Croatia
Zach Mirosevic - NK Novalja (Croatian 3.HNL) (3)
Boris Gavric - NK HASK Zagreb (Croatian 3.HNL) (3)

Czech Republic
Andrew Kliment - Viktorie Jirny (Czech Divize) (4) on loan from FC Bohemian Praha (Czech Druha Liga) (2)
Niall Cousens - Ovcary (Czech Football League) (3) on loan from Slavia Praha B (Czech Divize) (4)

Denmark
Patrice Bernier - Lyngby BK (Danish Superliga) (1)

El Salvador
Cesar Santamaria - Once Municipal (El Salvador Primera Division) (1) Reserves

England
Junior Hoilett - Blackburn (English Premier League) (1)
Simeon Jackson - Norwich (English Premier League) (1)

David Edgar - Burnley (English Championship) (2)
Jordan Santiago - Cardiff City (English Championship) (2) Reserves
Ethan Gage - Reading (English Championship) (2) Reserves

Jaime Peters - Bournemouth (English League One) (3) on loan from Ipswich Town (English Championship) (2)
Iain Hume - Preston North End (English League One) (3)
Simon Thomas - Huddersfield Town (English League One) (3)

Gavin McCallum - Lincoln City (English Conference) (5)

Phil Appiah - Farnborough (English Conference South) (6)

Elliott Godfrey - Hendon (English Isthmian Premier) (7)

Finland
Frank Jonke - Inter Turku (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1)
Riley O'Neill - MyPa 47 (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1)
Luca Bellisomo - IFK Mariehamn (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1)
Mason Trafford - IFK Mariehamn (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1)
Tomer Chencinski - VPS (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1)

Randy Edwini-Bonsu - AC Oulu (Finnish Ykkonen) (2)
Kennedy Owusu-Ansah - FC PoPa (Finnish Ykkonen) (2)

France
Haidar Al-Shaibani - Nimes Olympique (France Championnat National) (3)

Germany
Kevin McKenna - FC Köln (German Bundesliga 1) (1)
Marcel de Jong - FC Augsburg (German Bundesliga 1) (1)

Rob Friend - Eintracht Frankfurt (German Bundesliga 2) (2) on loan from Hertha Berlin (German Bundesliga 1) (1)
Adam Straith - Energie Cottbus (German Bundesliga 2) (2)
Olivier Occean - Greuther Fuerth (German Bundesliga 2) (2)

Nikolas Ledgerwood - Wehen Wiesbaden (German 3.Liga) (3)
Jonathan Bourgault - Preussen Munster (German 3.Liga) (3)
Jonathan Lao - Rot-Weiss Erfurt (German 3.Liga) (3) U19
Chris Royal - Arminia Bielefeld (German 3.Liga) (3) U19

Julien Latendresse-Levesque - Energie Cottbus II (German Regionalliga North/Northeast) (4) on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps (Major League Soccer) (1)
Justin Maheu - Fortuna Dusseldorf II (German Regionalliga West) (4)
Janeil Hoilett - FSV Mainz II (German Regionalliga West) (4)
Maycoll Canizalez - Fortuna Koln (German Regionalliga West) (4)
Devon Van Yzerloo - FC Magdeburg (German Regionalliga North) (4) U19

Alex Elliott - Sportfreunde Siegen (German Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen) (5)
Mike D'Agostino - Sportfreunde Siegen (German Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen) (5)
Cody Cook - FSV63 Luckenwalde (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5)
Srdjan Gajac - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5)
Graham Fisher - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5)
Kevin Cobby - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5)
Stephen Kanu Famewo - SV Meppen (German Oberliga Niedersachsen) (5)

Ryan Gyaki - Rostocker FC (German Verbandsliga Mecklenburg Vorpommern) (6)
Massih Wassey - Eintracht Rheine (Verbandsliga Westfalen) (6)

Greece
Stathis Kappos - Agios Dimitrios (Greek Gamma Ethniki South) (3)
Dylan Hughes - Saronikos Aegina (Greek Gamma Ethniki South) (3)

Hong Kong
Michael Luk - Sun Hei (Hong Kong First Division) (1)
Paris Nakajima-Farran - South China (Hong Kong First Division) (1)

Hungary
Igor Pisanjuk - Kecskemeti TE (Hungarian NB I) (1)
Alex Schleer - FC Veszprem (Hungarian NB II West) (2)

Israel
Martin John - Maccabi Netanya (Israeli Premier League) (1)

Italy
Julian Uccello - Crotone (Italian Serie B) (2)

Roberto Stillo - Valenzana (Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione) (4) on loan from Genoa CFC (Italian Serie A) (1)
Rocco Placentino - Perugia (Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione) (4)

Marco South - Este (Italian Serie D) (5)
David Masciantonio - Monterotondo (Italian Serie D) (5)
Frank Damiano - Trento (Italian Serie D) (5)
Marcel Debellis - Trento (Italian Serie D) (5)

Jonathan Parolini - Bojano (Italian Eccellenza) (6)
Steven Fronzo - Repen (Italian Eccellenza) (6)

Doekele Matteo van Wieren - Prix Le Torri (Italian Promozione) (7)

Ireland
Victor Collins - Galway United (Irish Premier League) (1)

Japan
Matt Lam - JEF United (Japanese J-League 2) (2) on loan from Edmonton FC (North American Soccer League) (2)

Malta
Gaetano Gesualdi - FC Qormi (Maltese First Division) (1)

Netherlands
Atiba Hutchinson - PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie) (1)
Paco Deckers - SC Heerenveen (Dutch Eredivisie) (1) Youth

Andrew Ornoch - Telstar (Dutch Eerste Divisie) (2)
Alex Marello - BV Veendam (Dutch Eerste Divisie) (2)

Graham Ramalho - ACV Assen (Dutch Hoofdklasse) (4)

Norway
Lars Hirschfeld - Valarenga (Norwegian Tippeliga) (1) (Ex-Spur)
Chris Pozniak - FK Haugesund (Norwegian Tippeliga) (1)
Robbie Tice - Kjelsĺs (Norwegian Second Division) (3)
Rob Giacomi - IL Averřykameratene (Norwegian Third Division) (4)

Poland
Josh Gross - Górnik Zabrze (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves
Patrick Majcher - Slask Wroclaw (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves
Mike Krzeminski - Slask Wroclaw (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves

Michal Misiewicz - Polonia Bytom (Polish I Ligi) (2) Reserves

Robert Sing - Wisla Plock (Polish II Ligi) (3)
Dawid Kwiek - Resovia Rzeszow (Polish II Ligi) (3)

Radoslaw Pindiur - Przebój Wolbrom (Polish III Ligi) (4)
Woznik Karol - Kmita Zabierzow (Polish III Ligi) (4)

Portugal
Ricky Gomes - Vitoria Setubal (Portuguese Liga de Sagres) (1) U19
Pedro Pacheco - Santa Clara (Portuguese Liga de Honra) (2)
Kyle Oliveira - Vitoria do Pico (Portuguese III Divisăo) (4)

Romania
Tosaint Ricketts - FC Timisoara (Romanian Ligi II) (2)
Chris Suta - FC UTA Arad (Romanian Ligi II) (20

Russia
Joseph DiChiara - Kryliya Sovetov (Russian Premier League) (1)

Scotland
Luca Gasparotto - Glasgow Rangers (Scottish Premier League) (1)
Marcus Haber - St. Johnstone (Scottish Premier League) (1)
Danny Paton-Cavanagh - Dundee FC (Scottish First Division) (2) Youth

Serbia
Milan Bozic - FK Beograd (Srpska Liga Belgrade) (3)
Filip Prostran - FK Mladost Apatin (Srpska Liga Vojvodina) (3)

Singapore
Jordan Webb - Hougang United (Singapore S-League) (1)
Adrian Butters - Woodlands Wellington FC (Singapore S-League) (1)
Sherif El-Masri - Home United (Singapore S-League) (1)

Spain
Mario Fernandez - Santa Pola CF (Spanish Regional Preferente de Valencia Group 4) (5)
Carlos Fernandez - Santa Pola CF (Spanish Regional Preferente de Valencia Group 4) (5)

Sweden
Kenny Stamatopoulos - AIK Stockholm (Swedish Allsvenskan) (1)

Vladimir Vukovic - Bodens BK (Swedish Division 1 Norra) (3)

Troy Pennycooke-Morgan - Ostersunds FK (Swedish Division 2) (4)

Nima Beik - IF Haga (Swedish Division 3) (5)

Damion Scott - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6)
Kyle Hall - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6)
Shondell Busby - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6)

Switzerland
Daniel Imhof - St. Gallen (Swiss Challenge League) (2)
Dominic Imhof - FC Tuggen (Swiss 1. Liga Group 3) (3)

Turkey
Josh Simpson - Manisaspor FC (Turkish Super Liga) (1)
Mike Klukowski - Manisaspor FC (Turkish Super Liga) (1)
Milan Borjan - Sivasspor (Turkish Super Liga) (1)

United States
Nana Attakora - San Jose Earthquakes (Major League Soccer) (1)
Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer) (1)
Ante Jazic - Chivas USA (Major League Soccer) (1)
Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake (Major League Soccer) (1)
Dejan Jakovic - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1)
Pat Onstad - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1)
Dwayne DeRosario - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1)
Edson Edward - FC Dallas (Major League Soccer) (1)
Jack Stewart - FC Dallas (Major League Soccer) (1) on loan from NSC Minnesota (North American Soccer League) (2)
Josh Janniere - Colorado Rapids (Major League Soccer) (1)

Andres Arango - FC Tampa Bay (North American Soccer League) (2)
Mozesh Gyorio - FC Tampa Bay (North American Soccer League) (2)
Gino Mauro - NSC Minnesota (North American Soccer League) (2)

Tyler Rosenlund - Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL Pro) (3)
Nigel Marples - Charleston Battery (USL Pro) (3)
Evan Harding - Richmond Kickers (USL Pro) (3)
Josiah Snelgrove - FC New York (USL Pro) (3)

Uruguay
Andres Fresenga - Racing Club Montevideo (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Reserves
Andy Correa - El Tanque Sisley (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Youth
Jonathan Osorio - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Youth
Lucas Cavallini - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Youth
Tristan Grant - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Youth
Josh Portillo - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Youth

Jorge Vacani - Huracan de Paso (Uruguayan Ascenso Division) (2)

Wales
John Toner - Rhyl (Welsh Football League First Division) (2)
Jeff MacLean - Barry Town F.C. (Welsh Football League Second Division) (3)


Now with all that being said, I'm going to post a monthly Canadian Power Ranking to state who I think are Canada's 10 best players at any given point in time.

Currently:

1. CM Atiba Hutchinson
2. ST Junior Hoilett
3. ST Dwayne de Rosario
4. ST Simeon Jackson (who sadly has struggled to find playing time this season with Norwich :()
5. DM Julian de Guzmán
6. ST/AM Josh Simpson
7. LWB Marcel de Jong
8. GK Milan Borjan
9. CB/ST Kevin McKenna
10. ST Randy Edwini-Bonsu (only here because he's scoring like a demon in Finland's Ykkönen. :P)

Some guys I think have potential: (no real order here)

- MF Joseph di Chiara
- ST Tossaint Ricketts
- MF Boban Kajgo
- GK Haidar al-Shaibani
- ST Marcus Haber
- DF Nana Attakora
- ST Randy Edwini-Bonsu (he's not going to realise it playing in Finland's second division :P)
- ? Janeil Hoilett (Junior's kid bro)
- DF Martin John (who may also be eligible for England one day - hopefully he doesn't bash Canada in the same way that Hargreaves and Jonathan de Guzman did in opting to not play for us. Asmir Begovic and Teal Bunbury didn't hate on us :P Heck, I still cheer for the former even though he opted to play for Bosnia in the end.)

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