2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

none July 2023 The following is a list of squads for each nation who competed at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Each squad consisted of 23 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national team. Caps, goals and ages as of 14 June 2009, before 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Group A Iraq Head coach: SRB Bora Milutinović 1 GK Noor Sabri 2009 6 14 1984 6 18 y 63 0 Al-Talaba IRQ 2 DF Mohammed Ali Karim 2009 6 14 1986 6 25 y 6 0 Al Jazira UAE 3 DF Bassim Abbas 2009 6 14 1982 7 1 y 60 2 Al-Talaba IRQ 4 MF Fareed Majeed 2009 6 14 1986 4 10 y 5 0 Al-Talaba IRQ 5 MF Nashat Akram 2009 6 14 1984 9 12 y 75 10 Al-GharafaNashat Akram joined Twente after the tournament. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1060940.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090822154616/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1060940.html dead August 22, 2009 Iraq's Akram signs for Twente FIFA.com 21 May 2009 9 June 2009 QAT 6 MF Salih Sadir 2009 6 14 1981 8 21 y 47 11 Al-Ahed LIB 7 FW Emad Mohammed 2009 6 14 1982 7 24 y 76 23 Sepahan IRN 8 FW Luay Salah 2009 6 14 1982 2 7 y 17 3 Erbil IRQ 9 MF Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail 2009 6 14 1975 12 21 y 67 8 Sepahan IRN 10 FW Younis Mahmoud (c) 2009 6 14 1983 2 3 y 70 28 Al-Gharafa QAT 11 MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed 2009 6 14 1981 6 1 y 72 15 Anorthosis Famagusta CYP 12 GK Mohammed Gassid 2009 6 14 1986 12 10 y 11 0 Al-Zawraa IRQ 13 MF Karrar Jassim 2009 6 14 1987 6 11 y 22 1 Al-Wakrah QAT 14 DF Salam Shaker 2009 6 14 1986 7 31 y 11 0 Al-Khor QAT 15 DF Ali Rehema 2009 6 14 1985 8 8 y 45 1 Al-Wakrah QAT 16 DF Dara Mohammed 2009 6 14 1987 7 16 y 1 0 Sulaymaniya IRQ 17 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra 2009 6 14 1987 12 22 y 10 1 Al-Khor QAT 18 MF Mahdi Karim 2009 6 14 1983 12 10 y 64 10 Al-Khor QAT 19 DF Essam Yassin 2009 6 14 1987 3 11 y 1 0 Al-Amana IRQ 20 MF Samer Saeed 2009 6 14 1987 7 1 y 7 0 Al Ahli Tripoli LBY 1977 21 GK Oday Taleb 2009 6 14 1981 7 1 y 5 0 Duhok IRQ 22 DF Muayad Khalid 2009 6 14 1987 9 3 y 3 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 23 MF Halgurd Mulla Mohammed 2009 6 14 1988 7 1 y 5 0 Sulaymaniya IRQ New Zealand Head coach: Ricki Herbert 1 GK Mark Paston 2009 6 14 1976 12 13 y 17 0 Wellington PhoenixWellington Phoenix are a team from New Zealand, but play in the Australian A-League. NZL 2 DF Aaron Scott 2009 6 14 1986 7 19 y 2 0 Waitakere United NZL 3 DF Tony Lochhead 2009 6 14 1982 1 12 y 20 0 Wellington Phoenix NZL 4 MF Duncan Oughton 2009 6 14 1977 6 14 y 24 2 Columbus Crew USA 5 DF Ben Sigmund 2009 6 14 1981 2 3 y 8 1 Wellington Phoenix NZL 6 DF Ivan Vicelich 2009 6 14 1976 9 3 y 59 6 Auckland City NZL 7 MF Simon Elliott 2009 6 14 1974 6 10 y 54 6 San Jose Earthquakes USA 8 MF Tim Brown (c) 2009 6 14 1981 3 6 y 17 0 Wellington Phoenix NZL 9 FW Shane Smeltz 2009 6 14 1981 9 29 y 20 13 Gold Coast United AUS 10 FW Chris Killen 2009 6 14 1981 10 8 y 24 10 Celtic SCO 11 MF Leo Bertos 2009 6 14 1981 12 20 y 24 0 Wellington Phoenix NZL 12 GK Glen Moss 2009 6 14 1983 1 19 y 11 0 Melbourne Victory AUS 13 MF Andrew Barron 2009 6 14 1980 12 24 y 8 1 Team Wellington NZL 14 MF Jeremy Christie 2009 6 14 1983 5 22 y 17 1 Wellington Phoenix NZL 15 FW Jeremy Brockie 2009 6 14 1987 10 7 y 13 0 North Queensland Fury AUS 16 MF Chris James 2009 6 14 1987 7 4 y 10 0 Tampere United FIN 17 DF Dave Mulligan 2009 6 14 1982 3 24 y 21 3 Wellington Phoenix NZL 18 DF Andrew Boyens 2009 6 14 1983 9 18 y 8 0 New York Red Bulls USA 19 DF Steven Old 2009 6 14 1986 2 17 y 17 1 Kilmarnock SCO 20 FW Chris Wood 2009 6 14 1991 12 7 y 2 0 West Bromwich Albion ENG 21 FW Kris Bright 2009 6 14 1986 9 15 y 3 1 Panserraikos GRE 22 FW Jarrod Smith 2009 6 14 1984 6 20 y 12 0 Seattle Sounders FC USA 23 GK James Bannatyne 2009 6 14 1975 6 30 y 3 0 Team Wellington NZL South Africa Head coach: BRA Joel Santana 1 GK Rowen Fernández 2009 6 14 1978 2 28 y 19 0 Arminia Bielefeld GER 2 DF Siboniso Gaxa 2009 6 14 1984 4 6 y 20 0 Mamelodi Sundowns RSA 3 DF Tsepo Masilela 2009 6 14 1985 5 5 y 18 0 Maccabi Haifa ISR 4 MF Aaron Mokoena (c) 2009 6 14 1980 11 25 y 85 1 Blackburn RoversAaron Mokoena joined Portsmouth after the tournament. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1062143.html Mokoena to join Portsmouth FIFA.com 25 May 2009 9 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618094004/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid%3D1062143.html 18 June 2009 dead ENG 5 DF Benson Mhlongo 2009 6 14 1980 11 9 y 27 1 Orlando Pirates RSA 6 MF MacBeth Sibaya 2009 6 14 1977 11 25 y 48 0 Rubin Kazan RUS 7 MF Lance Davids 2009 6 14 1985 4 11 y 16 0 Supersport United RSA 8 DF Siphiwe Tshabalala 2009 6 14 1984 9 25 y 28 3 Kaizer Chiefs RSA 9 FW Katlego Mphela 2009 6 14 1984 11 29 y 11 4 Mamelodi Sundowns RSA 10 MF Steven Pienaar 2009 6 14 1982 3 17 y 39 2 Everton ENG 11 FW Elrio van Heerden 2009 6 14 1983 7 11 y 27 3 Club BruggeElrio van Heerden joined Blackburn Rovers after the tournament. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/8078524.stm Blackburn seal Van Heerden deal BBC Sport 2 June 2009 9 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090605091940/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/8078524.stm 5 June 2009 live BEL 12 FW Teko Modise 2009 6 14 1982 12 22 y 33 9 Orlando Pirates RSA 13 MF Kagisho Dikgacoi 2009 6 14 1984 11 24 y 19 2 Golden Arrows RSA 14 DF Matthew Booth 2009 6 14 1977 3 14 y 20 1 Mamelodi Sundowns RSA 15 DF Innocent Mdledle 2009 6 14 1985 11 12 y 5 0 Orlando Pirates RSA 16 GK Itumeleng Khune 2009 6 14 1987 6 20 y 14 0 Kaizer Chiefs RSA 17 MF Bernard Parker 2009 6 14 1986 3 16 y 13 5 Red Star Belgrade SRB 18 FW Thembinkosi Fanteni 2009 6 14 1984 2 2 y 17 2 Maccabi Haifa ISR 19 MF Bryce Moon 2009 6 14 1986 4 6 y 15 1 Panathinaikos GRE 20 DF Bongani Khumalo 2009 6 14 1987 1 6 y 5 0 Supersport United RSA 21 FW Katlego Mashego 2009 6 14 1982 5 18 y 9 1 Orlando Pirates RSA 22 GK Brian Baloyi 2009 6 14 1974 3 16 y 24 0 Mamelodi Sundowns RSA 23 DF Morgan Gould 2009 6 14 1983 3 23 y 2 0 Supersport United RSA Spain Head coach: Vicente del Bosque 1 GK Iker Casillas (c) 2009 6 14 1981 5 20 y 92 0 Real Madrid ESP 2 DF Raúl Albiol 2009 6 14 1985 9 4 y 13 0 Valencia ESP 3 DF Gerard Piqué 2009 6 14 1987 2 2 y 3 1 Barcelona ESP 4 DF Carlos Marchena 2009 6 14 1979 7 31 y 51 2 Valencia ESP 5 DF Carles Puyol 2009 6 14 1978 4 13 y 73 2 Barcelona ESP 6 MF Pablo HernándezPablo Hernández was called up as a replacement for the injured Andrés Iniesta on 5 June 2009. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12010_5366031,00.html Iniesta out of Spain squad Sky Sports 5 June 2009 9 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090609100451/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12010_5366031%2C00.html 9 June 2009 live 2009 6 14 1985 4 11 y 0 0 Valencia ESP 7 FW David Villa 2009 6 14 1981 12 3 y 44 28 Valencia ESP 8 MF Xavi 2009 6 14 1980 1 25 y 72 8 Barcelona ESP 9 FW Fernando Torres 2009 6 14 1984 3 20 y 62 19 Liverpool ENG 10 MF Cesc Fàbregas 2009 6 14 1987 5 4 y 38 1 Arsenal ENG 11 DF Joan Capdevila 2009 6 14 1978 2 3 y 33 4 Villarreal ESP 12 MF Sergio Busquets 2009 6 14 1988 7 16 y 2 0 Barcelona ESP 13 GK Diego López 2009 6 14 1981 11 3 y 0 0 Villarreal ESP 14 MF Xabi Alonso 2009 6 14 1981 11 25 y 57 4 Liverpool ENG 15 DF Sergio Ramos 2009 6 14 1986 3 30 y 49 4 Real Madrid ESP 16 FW Fernando Llorente 2009 6 14 1985 2 26 y 3 1 Athletic Bilbao ESP 17 FW Dani Güiza 2009 6 14 1980 8 17 y 15 3 Fenerbahçe TUR 18 MF Albert Riera 2009 6 14 1982 4 15 y 9 3 Liverpool ENG 19 DF Álvaro Arbeloa 2009 6 14 1983 1 17 y 6 0 Liverpool ENG 20 MF Santi Cazorla 2009 6 14 1984 12 13 y 16 1 Villarreal ESP 21 MF David Silva 2009 6 14 1986 1 8 y 23 3 Valencia ESP 22 MF Juan Mata 2009 6 14 1988 4 28 y 1 0 Valencia ESP 23 GK Pepe Reina 2009 6 14 1982 8 31 y 14 0 Liverpool ENG Group B Brazil Head coach: Dunga 1 GK Júlio César 2009 6 14 1979 9 3 y 34 0 Inter Milan ITA 2 DF Maicon 2009 6 14 1981 7 26 y 44 4 Inter Milan ITA 3 DF Lúcio (c) 2009 6 14 1978 5 8 y 79 3 Bayern Munich GER 4 DF Juan 2009 6 14 1979 2 1 y 70 5 Roma ITA 5 MF Felipe Melo 2009 6 14 1983 6 26 y 5 1 Fiorentina ITA 6 DF Kléber 2009 6 14 1980 4 1 y 18 1 Internacional BRA 7 MF Elano 2009 6 14 1981 6 14 y 32 6 Manchester City ENG 8 MF Gilberto Silva 2009 6 14 1976 10 7 y 74 3 Panathinaikos GRE 9 FW Luís Fabiano 2009 6 14 1980 11 8 y 26 17 Sevilla ESP 10 MF Kaká 2009 6 14 1982 4 22 y 65 24 MilanKaká joined Real Madrid after the tournament. Kaka completes Real Madrid move https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1068197.html FIFA.com 9 June 2009 9 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090612023641/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid%3D1068197.html 12 June 2009 dead ITA 11 FW Robinho 2009 6 14 1984 1 25 y 65 18 Manchester City ENG 12 GK Victor 2009 6 14 1983 1 21 y 0 0 Grêmio BRA 13 DF Dani Alves 2009 6 14 1983 5 6 y 23 2 Barcelona ESP 14 DF Luisão 2009 6 14 1981 2 13 y 30 2 Benfica POR 15 DF Miranda 2009 6 14 1984 9 7 y 1 0 São Paulo BRA 16 DF André Santos 2009 6 14 1983 3 8 y 0 0 Corinthians BRA 17 MF Josué 2009 6 14 1979 7 19 y 24 1 VfL Wolfsburg GER 18 MF Ramires 2009 6 14 1987 3 24 y 2 0 CruzeiroRamires joined Benfica after the tournament. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-05-21-1211392641_x.htm Brazil's Cruzeiro sells Ramires to Benfica USA Today 21 May 2009 9 June 2009 BRA 19 MF Júlio Baptista 2009 6 14 1981 10 1 y 40 4 Roma ITA 20 MF Kléberson 2009 6 14 1979 6 19 y 28 2 Flamengo BRA 21 FW Alexandre Pato 2009 6 14 1989 9 2 y 7 1 Milan ITA 22 FW Nilmar 2009 6 14 1984 7 14 y 7 2 Internacional BRA 23 GK Heurelho Gomes 2009 6 14 1981 2 15 y 9 0 Tottenham Hotspur ENG Egypt Head coach: Hassan Shehata 1 GK Essam El-Hadary 2009 6 14 1973 1 15 y 88 0 Sion SUI 2 DF Mahmoud Fathalla 2009 6 14 1982 2 13 y 20 0 Zamalek EGY 3 MF Ahmed Elmohamady 2009 6 14 1987 9 9 y 23 0 ENPPI EGY 4 DF Ahmed Said 2009 6 14 1984 3 13 y 2 0 Haras El Hodood EGY 5 DF Ahmed Khairy 2009 6 14 1987 10 1 y 1 0 Ismaily EGY 6 DF Hany Said 2009 6 14 1980 4 22 y 59 0 Zamalek EGY 7 DF Ahmed Fathy 2009 6 14 1984 11 10 y 53 2 Al Ahly EGY 8 MF Hosny Abd Rabo 2009 6 14 1984 11 1 y 56 8 Al-Ahli Dubai UAE 9 FW Mohamed Zidan 2009 6 14 1981 12 11 y 21 4 Borussia Dortmund GER 10 MF Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek 2009 6 14 1980 5 15 y 21 4 Haras El Hodood EGY 11 MF Mohamed Shawky 2009 6 14 1981 10 5 y 56 4 Middlesbrough ENG 12 MF Homos 2009 6 14 1979 1 1 y 15 0 Ismaily EGY 13 MF Abdelaziz Tawfik 2009 6 14 1986 5 24 y 2 0 ENPPI EGY 14 DF Sayed Moawad 2009 6 14 1979 5 25 y 35 2 Al Ahly EGY 15 MF Ahmed Samir Farag 2009 6 14 1986 5 20 y 6 0 Ismaily EGY 16 GK Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed 2009 6 14 1977 6 3 y 26 0 Zamalek EGY 17 MF Ahmed Hassan (c) 2009 6 14 1975 5 2 y 153 26 Al Ahly EGY 18 FW Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 2009 6 14 1981 12 1 y 4 1 Haras El Hodood EGY 19 FW Mohamed Mohsen Abo GreshaMohamed Mohsen Abou Greisha was called up as a replacement for the injured Amr Zaki on 5 June 2009. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8093927.stm Zaki out of Confederations Cup BBC Sport 10 June 2009 11 June 2009 2009 6 14 1981 8 4 y 6 0 Ismaily EGY 20 DF Wael Gomaa 2009 6 14 1975 8 3 y 74 0 Al Ahly EGY 21 FW Ahmed Raouf 2009 6 14 1982 9 15 y 3 0 ENPPI EGY 22 MF Mohamed Aboutrika 2009 6 14 1978 11 7 y 56 20 Al Ahly EGY 23 GK Mohamed Sobhy 2009 6 14 1981 8 30 y 0 0 Ismaily EGY Italy Head coach: Marcello Lippi 1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 2009 6 14 1978 1 28 y 92 0 Juventus ITA 2 DF Davide Santon 2009 6 14 1991 1 2 y 2 0 Inter Milan ITA 3 MF Fabio Grosso 2009 6 14 1977 11 28 y 42 3 Lyon FRA 4 DF Giorgio Chiellini 2009 6 14 1984 8 14 y 18 1 Juventus ITA 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro (c) 2009 6 14 1973 9 13 y 124 2 Real MadridFabio Cannavaro joined Juventus after the tournament. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1059468.html Cannavaro rejoins Juventus FIFA.com 19 May 2009 9 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090530093300/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid%3D1059468.html 30 May 2009 dead ESP 6 DF Nicola Legrottaglie 2009 6 14 1976 10 20 y 13 1 Juventus ITA 7 MF Simone Pepe 2009 6 14 1983 8 30 y 7 0 Udinese ITA 8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 2009 6 14 1978 1 9 y 67 1 Milan ITA 9 FW Luca Toni 2009 6 14 1977 5 26 y 44 16 Bayern Munich GER 10 MF Daniele De Rossi 2009 6 14 1983 7 24 y 45 7 Roma ITA 11 FW Alberto Gilardino 2009 6 14 1982 7 5 y 32 12 Fiorentina ITA 12 GK Morgan De Sanctis 2009 6 14 1977 3 26 y 3 0 GalatasarayMorgan De Sanctis was on loan at Galatasaray from Sevilla. TUR 13 DF Alessandro Gamberini 2009 6 14 1981 8 27 y 6 0 Fiorentina ITA 14 GK Marco Amelia 2009 6 14 1982 4 2 y 9 0 Palermo ITA 15 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta 2009 6 14 1979 11 21 y 28 4 Juventus ITA 16 MF Mauro Camoranesi 2009 6 14 1976 10 4 y 44 4 Juventus ITA 17 FW Giuseppe Rossi 2009 6 14 1987 2 1 y 5 1 Villarreal ESP 18 MF Angelo Palombo 2009 6 14 1981 9 25 y 10 0 Sampdoria ITA 19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 2009 6 14 1977 2 19 y 84 2 Milan ITA 20 MF Riccardo Montolivo 2009 6 14 1985 1 18 y 6 0 Fiorentina ITA 21 MF Andrea Pirlo 2009 6 14 1979 5 19 y 56 8 Milan ITA 22 DF Andrea Dossena 2009 6 14 1981 9 11 y 9 0 Liverpool ENG 23 FW Fabio Quagliarella 2009 6 14 1983 1 31 y 13 3 UdineseFabio Quagliarella joined Napoli after the tournament. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1064978.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090616155927/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1064978.html dead June 16, 2009 Quagliarella joins Napoli FIFA.com 1 June 2009 9 June 2009 ITA United States Head coach: Bob Bradley 1 GK Tim Howard 2009 6 14 1979 3 6 y 39 0 Everton ENG 2 DF Jonathan Bornstein 2009 6 14 1984 11 7 y 15 1 Chivas USA USA 3 DF Carlos Bocanegra (c) 2009 6 14 1979 5 25 y 67 11 Rennes FRA 4 FW Conor Casey 2009 6 14 1981 7 25 y 10 0 Colorado Rapids USA 5 DF Oguchi Onyewu 2009 6 14 1982 5 13 y 42 5 Standard Liège BEL 6 DF Heath Pearce 2009 6 14 1984 8 13 y 23 0 Hansa Rostock GER 7 MF DaMarcus Beasley 2009 6 14 1982 5 24 y 87 17 Rangers SCO 8 FW Clint Dempsey 2009 6 14 1983 3 9 y 51 13 Fulham ENG 9 FW Charlie Davies 2009 6 14 1986 6 23 y 6 1 Hammarby SWE 10 MF Landon Donovan 2009 6 14 1982 3 4 y 110 39 LA Galaxy USA 11 DF Marvell Wynne 2009 6 14 1986 5 8 y 3 0 Toronto FCToronto FC are a team based in Canada, but who play in the United States' Major League Soccer. CAN 12 MF Michael Bradley 2009 6 14 1987 7 31 y 29 5 Borussia Mönchengladbach GER 13 MF Ricardo Clark 2009 6 14 1983 2 10 y 19 1 Houston Dynamo USA 14 DF Danny Califf 2009 6 14 1980 3 17 y 23 1 Midtjylland DEN 15 DF Jay DeMerit 2009 6 14 1979 12 4 y 10 0 Watford ENG 16 MF Sacha Kljestan 2009 6 14 1985 9 9 y 17 3 Chivas USA USA 17 FW Jozy Altidore 2009 6 14 1989 11 6 y 11 6 XerezJozy Altidore was on loan to Xerez from Villarreal. ESP 18 GK Brad Guzan 2009 6 14 1984 9 9 y 12 0 Aston Villa ENG 19 FW Freddy Adu 2009 6 14 1989 6 2 y 13 1 MonacoFreddy Adu was on loan at Monaco from Benfica. FRA 20 MF José Francisco Torres 2009 6 14 1987 10 29 y 5 0 Pachuca MEX 21 DF Jonathan Spector 2009 6 14 1986 3 1 y 13 0 West Ham United ENG 22 MF Benny Feilhaber 2009 6 14 1985 1 19 y 17 2 AGF DEN 23 GK Luis Robles 2009 6 14 1984 5 11 y 0 0 1. FC Kaiserslautern GER Player statistics Player representation by club PlayersClubs7NZL Wellington Phoenix6ENG Liverpool, ESP Valencia5EGY Al Ahly, EGY Ismaily, ITA Juventus, ITA Milan, ESP Barcelona, ESP Villarreal4ITA Fiorentina, RSA Mamelodi Sundowns, RSA Orlando Pirates Player representation by club nationality PlayersNations24ITA Italy21ESP Spain19EGY Egypt18ENG England14RSA South Africa10USA United States * Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the tournament. Notes and references 2 External links FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 at fifa.com Category:FIFA Confederations Cup squads Squads