2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Squads of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup played in Germany. Players in Groups A and B are listed below. Nations in Group A and B include: Argentina, Australia, Germany, Tunisia, Brazil, Greece, Japan, Mexico.

Group A

Argentina

Head coach: José Nestor Pekerman

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Leo Franco May 20, 1977 (aged 28) 3 Atlético Madrid 2 2DF Walter Samuel March 22, 1978 (aged 27) 46 Internazionale 3 2DF Juan Pablo Sorín May 5, 1976 (aged 29) 57 Villarreal 4 2DF Javier Zanetti August 10, 1973 (aged 31) 93 Internazionale 5 3MF Esteban Cambiasso August 18, 1980 (aged 24) 12 Internazionale 6 2DF Gabriel Heinze April 19, 1978 (aged 27) 20 Manchester United 7 4FW Carlos Tévez February 5, 1984 (aged 21) 12 Corinthians 8 3MF Juan Román Riquelme June 24, 1978 (aged 26) 17 Villarreal 9 4FW Javier Saviola December 11, 1981 (aged 23) 23 Monaco 10 3MF Pablo Aimar November 3, 1979 (aged 25) 32 Valencia 11 4FW César Delgado August 18, 1981 (aged 23) 17 Cruz Azul 12 1GK Germán Lux June 7, 1982 (aged 23) 1 River Plate 13 2DF Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez April 10, 1984 (aged 21) 3 Villarreal 14 2DF Gabriel Milito September 7, 1980 (aged 24) 9 Real Zaragoza 15 2DF Diego Placente April 24, 1977 (aged 28) 22 Bayer Leverkusen 16 2DF Fabricio Coloccini January 22, 1982 (aged 23) 12 Deportivo La Coruña 17 3MF Lucas Bernardi September 27, 1977 (aged 27) 6 Monaco 18 3MF Mario Santana December 23, 1981 (aged 23) 7 Palermo 19 3MF Maxi Rodríguez January 2, 1981 (aged 24) 12 Espanyol 20 2DF Martin Demichelis December 20, 1980 (aged 24) 2 Bayern Munich 21 4FW Luciano Figueroa May 19, 1981 (aged 24) 15 Villarreal 22 3MF Luciano Galletti April 9, 1980 (aged 25) 13 Real Zaragoza 23 1GK Wilfredo Caballero September 28, 1981 (aged 23) 0 Elche

Australia

Head coach: Frank Farina

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Mark Schwarzer October 6, 1972 (aged 32) Middlesbrough 2 2DF Kevin Muscat August 7, 1973 (aged 31) Millwall 3 2DF Craig Moore December 12, 1975 (aged 29) Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 2DF Lucas Neill March 9, 1978 (aged 27) Blackburn Rovers 5 2DF Tony Vidmar July 4, 1970 (aged 34) Cardiff City 6 2DF Tony Popović July 4, 1973 (aged 31) Crystal Palace 7 3MF Brett Emerton February 22, 1979 (aged 26) Blackburn Rovers 8 3MF Josip Skoko December 10, 1975 (aged 29) Gençlerbirliği 9 4FW Mark Viduka October 9, 1975 (aged 29) Middlesbrough 10 3MF Tim Cahill December 6, 1979 (aged 25) Everton 11 3MF Scott Chipperfield December 30, 1975 (aged 29) Basel 12 1GK Michael Petkovic July 16, 1976 (aged 28) Trabzonspor 13 3MF Luke Wilkshire October 2, 1981 (aged 23) Bristol City 14 2DF Simon Colosimo January 8, 1979 (aged 26) Perth Glory 15 4FW John Aloisi February 5, 1976 (aged 29) Osasuna 16 4FW David Zdrilic April 13, 1974 (aged 31) Sydney FC 17 2DF Jonathan McKain September 21, 1982 (aged 22) Naţional Bucureşti 18 1GK Željko Kalac December 16, 1972 (aged 32) Perugia 19 3MF Jason Čulina August 5, 1980 (aged 24) Twente 20 2DF Ljubo Miličević February 13, 1981 (aged 24) Thun 21 3MF Ahmad Elrich May 30, 1981 (aged 24) Fulham 22 4FW Archie Thompson October 23, 1978 (aged 26) Lierse 23 3MF Mile Sterjovski May 27, 1979 (aged 26) Basel

Germany

Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Oliver Kahn June 15, 1969 (aged 36) 78 Bayern Munich 2 2DF Andreas Hinkel March 26, 1982 (aged 23) 13 Stuttgart 3 2DF Arne Friedrich May 29, 1979 (aged 26) 26 Hertha Berlin 4 2DF Robert Huth August 18, 1984 (aged 20) 6 Chelsea 5 2DF Patrick Owomoyela November 5, 1979 (aged 25) 6 Arminia Bielefeld 6 3MF Marco Engelhardt December 2, 1980 (aged 24) 2 Kaiserslautern 7 3MF Bastian Schweinsteiger August 1, 1984 (aged 20) 14 Bayern Munich 8 3MF Torsten Frings November 22, 1976 (aged 28) 39 Bayern Munich 9 4FW Mike Hanke November 5, 1983 (aged 21) 1 Schalke 04 10 3MF Sebastian Deisler January 5, 1980 (aged 25) 24 Bayern Munich 11 4FW Thomas Brdaric January 23, 1975 (aged 30) 8 Wolfsburg 12 1GK Jens Lehmann November 10, 1969 (aged 35) 23 Arsenal 13 3MF Michael Ballack September 26, 1976 (aged 28) 53 Bayern Munich 14 4FW Gerald Asamoah October 3, 1978 (aged 26) 28 Schalke 04 15 3MF Fabian Ernst May 20, 1979 (aged 26) 16 Werder Bremen 16 3MF Thomas Hitzlsperger April 5, 1982 (aged 23) 6 Aston Villa 17 2DF Per Mertesacker September 29, 1984 (aged 20) 7 Hannover 96 18 3MF Tim Borowski May 2, 1980 (aged 25) 9 Werder Bremen 19 3MF Bernd Schneider November 17, 1973 (aged 31) 48 Bayer Leverkusen 20 4FW Lukas Podolski June 4, 1985 (aged 20) 11 Köln 21 2DF Christian Schulz April 1, 1983 (aged 22) 3 Werder Bremen 22 4FW Kevin Kurányi March 2, 1982 (aged 23) 24 Stuttgart 23 1GK Timo Hildebrand April 5, 1979 (aged 26) 2 Stuttgart

Tunisia

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ali Boumnijel April 13, 1966 (aged 39) Africain 2 2DF Karim Saidi March 24, 1983 (aged 22) Feyenoord 3 4FW Karim Essediri July 29, 1979 (aged 25) Tromsø IL 4 2DF Wissem Abdi April 2, 1979 (aged 26) Sfaxien 5 4FW Ziad Jaziri July 12, 1978 (aged 26) Gaziantepspor 6 2DF Hatem Trabelsi January 25, 1977 (aged 28) Ajax 7 4FW Imed Mhedhebi March 22, 1976 (aged 29) Etoile Sahel 8 3MF Mehdi Nafti November 28, 1978 (aged 26) Birmingham City 9 4FW Haykel Guemamdia December 22, 1981 (aged 23) Sfaxien 10 3MF Kaies Ghodhbane January 7, 1976 (aged 29) Samsunspor 11 4FW Francileudo Santos March 20, 1979 (aged 26) Sochaux 12 3MF Jawhar Mnari November 8, 1976 (aged 28) Espérance Sportive de Tunis 13 3MF Hamed Namouchi December 1, 1984 (aged 20) Rangers 14 3MF Adel Chedli September 16, 1976 (aged 28) Istres 15 2DF Radhi Jaïdi August 30, 1975 (aged 29) Bolton Wanderers 16 1GK Khaled Fadhel September 29, 1976 (aged 28) Diyarbakırspor 17 3MF Chaouki Ben Saada July 1, 1984 (aged 20) Sporting Bastia 18 3MF Selim Ben Achour September 8, 1981 (aged 23) Paris Saint-Germain 19 2DF Anis Ayari February 16, 1982 (aged 23) Samsunspor 20 2DF José Clayton March 21, 1974 (aged 31) Espérance Sportive de Tunis 21 4FW Issam Jemâa January 28, 1984 (aged 21) Espérance Sportive de Tunis 22 1GK Hamdi Kasraoui February 18, 1983 (aged 22) Espérance Sportive de Tunis 23 2DF Amir Hadj Massaoued February 8, 1981 (aged 24) Sfaxien

Group B

Brazil

Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Dida October 7, 1973 (aged 31) Milan 2 2DF Maicon July 26, 1981 (aged 23) Monaco 3 2DF Lúcio May 8, 1978 (aged 27) Bayern Munich 4 2DF Roque Júnior August 31, 1976 (aged 28) Bayer Leverkusen 5 3MF Emerson April 4, 1976 (aged 29) Juventus 6 2DF Gilberto April 25, 1976 (aged 29) Hertha Berlin 7 4FW Robinho January 25, 1984 (aged 21) Santos 8 3MF Kaká April 22, 1982 (aged 23) Milan 9 4FW Adriano February 17, 1982 (aged 23) Internazionale 10 3MF Ronaldinho March 21, 1980 (aged 25) Barcelona 11 3MF Zé Roberto July 6, 1974 (aged 30) Bayern Munich 12 1GK Marcos August 4, 1973 (aged 31) Palmeiras 13 2DF Cicinho June 24, 1980 (aged 24) São Paulo 14 2DF Juan February 1, 1979 (aged 26) Bayer Leverkusen 15 2DF Luisão February 13, 1981 (aged 24) Benfica 16 2DF Léo July 6, 1975 (aged 29) Benfica 17 3MF Gilberto Silva October 7, 1976 (aged 28) Arsenal 18 3MF Juninho Pernambucano January 30, 1975 (aged 30) Lyon 19 3MF Renato May 15, 1979 (aged 26) Sevilla 20 4FW Júlio Baptista October 1, 1981 (aged 23) Sevilla 21 4FW Ricardo Oliveira May 6, 1980 (aged 25) Real Betis 22 3MF Eduardo César Gaspar May 15, 1978 (aged 27) Arsenal 23 1GK Heurelho Gomes February 15, 1981 (aged 24) PSV

Greece

Head coach: Otto Rehhagel

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Antonios Nikopolidis October 14, 1971 (aged 33) Olympiacos 2 2DF Giourkas Seitaridis June 4, 1981 (aged 24) Porto 3 2DF Loukas Vyntra February 5, 1981 (aged 24) Panathinaikos 4 2DF Efstathios Tavlaridis January 25, 1980 (aged 25) Lille 5 2DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos July 23, 1979 (aged 25) Rangers 6 3MF Angelos Basinas July 3, 1976 (aged 28) Panathinaikos 7 3MF Theodoros Zagorakis October 27, 1971 (aged 33) Bologna 8 3MF Stelios Giannakopoulos July 12, 1974 (aged 30) Bolton Wanderers 9 4FW Angelos Charisteas February 9, 1980 (aged 25) Ajax 10 3MF Vassilios Tsiartas November 12, 1972 (aged 32) Köln 11 4FW Dimitrios Papadopoulos October 20, 1981 (aged 23) Panathinaikos 12 1GK Konstantinos Chalkias May 30, 1974 (aged 31) Panathinaikos 13 1GK Mihalis Sifakis September 11, 1984 (aged 20) Crete 14 2DF Takis Fyssas June 12, 1973 (aged 32) Benfica 15 4FW Zisis Vryzas November 9, 1973 (aged 31) Celta Vigo 16 3MF Pantelis Kafes June 24, 1978 (aged 26) Olympiacos 17 4FW Ioannis Amanatidis December 3, 1981 (aged 23) Kaiserslautern 18 2DF Yannis Goumas May 24, 1975 (aged 30) Panathinaikos 19 2DF Michalis Kapsis October 18, 1973 (aged 31) Bordeaux 20 3MF Giorgos Karagounis March 6, 1977 (aged 28) Internazionale 21 3MF Kostas Katsouranis June 21, 1979 (aged 25) AEK Athens 22 4FW Theofanis Gekas May 23, 1980 (aged 25) Panathinaikos 23 3MF Vassilis Lakis September 10, 1976 (aged 28) Crystal Palace

Japan

Head coach: Zico

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Seigo Narazaki April 11, 1976 (aged 29) 48 0 Nagoya Grampus 2 DF Makoto Tanaka August 8, 1975 (aged 29) 22 0 Júbilo Iwata 3 DF Takayuki Chano November 23, 1976 (aged 28) 4 0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 4 MF Yasuhito Endō January 28, 1980 (aged 25) 33 3 Gamba Osaka 5 DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto February 7, 1977 (aged 28) 53 3 Gamba Osaka 6 MF Kōji Nakata July 9, 1979 (aged 25) 49 2 Marseille 7 MF Hidetoshi Nakata January 22, 1977 (aged 28) 64 10 Fiorentina 8 MF Mitsuo Ogasawara April 5, 1979 (aged 26) 36 5 Kashima Antlers 9 FW Keiji Tamada April 11, 1980 (aged 25) 26 5 Kashiwa Reysol 10 MF Shunsuke Nakamura June 24, 1978 (aged 26) 50 12 Reggina Calcio 11 FW Takayuki Suzuki June 5, 1976 (aged 29) 52 11 Kashima Antlers 12 GK Yoichi Doi July 25, 1973 (aged 31) 2 0 FC Tokyo 13 FW Atsushi Yanagisawa May 27, 1977 (aged 28) 47 14 Messina 14 DF Alessandro dos Santos July 20, 1977 (aged 27) 53 5 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 MF Takashi Fukunishi September 1, 1976 (aged 28) 48 6 Júbilo Iwata 16 FW Masashi Oguro May 4, 1980 (aged 25) 6 2 Gamba Osaka 17 MF Atsuhiro Miura June 24, 1974 (aged 30) 25 1 Vissel Kobe 18 MF Junichi Inamoto September 18, 1979 (aged 25) 4 West Bromwich Albion 19 MF Masashi Motoyama June 20, 1979 (aged 25) 22 0 Kashima Antlers 20 DF Keisuke Tsuboi September 16, 1979 (aged 25) 24 0 Urawa Red Diamonds 21 DF Akira Kaji January 13, 1980 (aged 25) 29 0 FC Tokyo 22 DF Teruyuki Moniwa September 8, 1981 (aged 23) 3 0 FC Tokyo 23 GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi August 15, 1975 (aged 29) 73 0 Júbilo Iwata

Mexico

Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Oswaldo Sánchez September 21, 1973 (aged 31) Guadalajara 2 2DF Aarón Galindo May 8, 1982 (aged 23) Cruz Azul 3 2DF Carlos Salcido April 2, 1980 (aged 25) Guadalajara 4 2DF Rafael Márquez February 13, 1979 (aged 26) Barcelona 5 2DF Ricardo Osorio March 30, 1980 (aged 25) Cruz Azul 6 3MF Gerardo Torrado April 30, 1979 (aged 26) Cruz Azul 7 3MF Sinha May 23, 1976 (aged 29) Toluca 8 3MF Pável Pardo July 26, 1976 (aged 28) América 9 4FW Jared Borgetti August 14, 1974 (aged 30) Pachuca 10 4FW Omar Bravo March 4, 1980 (aged 25) Guadalajara 11 3MF Ramón Morales October 10, 1975 (aged 29) Guadalajara 12 1GK Moisés Muñoz February 1, 1980 (aged 25) Monarcas Morelia 13 4FW Rafael Márquez Lugo November 2, 1981 (aged 23) Monarcas Morelia 14 3MF Gonzalo Pineda October 19, 1982 (aged 22) UNAM Pumas 15 2DF Hugo Sánchez Guerrero May 8, 1981 (aged 24) Tigres UANL 16 2DF Mario Méndez June 1, 1979 (aged 26) Toluca 17 4FW Francisco Fonseca October 2, 1979 (aged 25) Cruz Azul 18 2DF Salvador Carmona August 22, 1976 (aged 28) Cruz Azul 19 4FW Alberto Medina May 29, 1983 (aged 22) Guadalajara 20 3MF Juan Pablo Rodríguez August 7, 1979 (aged 25) Tecos UAG 21 3MF Jaime Lozano September 29, 1979 (aged 25) UNAM Pumas 22 3MF Luis Ernesto Pérez January 12, 1981 (aged 24) Monterrey 23 1GK José de Jesús Corona January 26, 1981 (aged 24) Tecos UAG

External links

• 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - FIFA.com