World Football

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Name: Antonella RoccuzzoBorn: 26th of February 1988, Rosario, Argentina
Dating since: December 2008
Education: studied nutrition
Nationality: Argentinian
The most common is to think of a football player to run towards a super model. Like Cristiano Ronaldo! However, the best football player in the world, Lionel Messi throws away that concept and maintains a lasting relationship with his childhood friend, the former nutrition student Antonella Roccuzzo.

Messi and Antonella know each other since the
star of Barcelona was 5 years old. Both lived in the same town in Argentina, in Rosario. Antonella is cousin of Lucas Scaglia, a childhood friend of the Argentine star.

At 13, Messi traveled to Spain with the dream of becoming a Barcelona player, but left in Rosario all his affection for Antonella. Some time later, when visiting their hometown Messi promoted his relationship with the nutrition student from friendship to romance.

In January 2009, Messi announced publicly on a TV show in Spain that had a girlfriend: “She lives in Argentina, I’m happy.” Weeks later, the idol made his first public appearance alongside with Antonella in a Catalan Carnival event.
Antonella Roccuzzo is 1 year younger than Messi, she is Argentine but with Italian descent, and is a cheerful girl, but shy, whenever the media have called her door or phone, she and her parents have refused to answer. “They’re not famous”, argued one day. Known as the wife of Lionel Messi, Antonella began studying nutrition, but then went through with Social Communication studies and recently was studying English.

Like many young couples around the world, Lionel and Antonella lived its ups and downs in their relationship. Two years ago, the grandfather of Messi told to a radio that his grandson had finished his relationship with the beautiful Antonella. Antonio Cuccitini said at that time that the break was the best thing that could happen to the player who could now have fun!

However, the nostalgia of his childhood in Rosario and his feelings were stronger. Days after that statement of Messi’s grandfather, Messi went public to reassure he continued dating with Antonella Roccuzzo.

With 27 years old and only 1.57 m, 13 cm shorter than her lover, Antonella now have a son with Messi named Thiago. Just a few months ago Messi confessed that does not see football at home, since his wife is bored with it. “I go home, I say that I have scored two or three goals and she doesn’t hear me. And I go watch cartoons with Thiago, and she laughs a lot”, he confessed.

Antonella has been seen walking around Barcelona city center while Messi is training. However, in front of the cameras she continues shy and does not give interviews.
Messi Wife: Antonella Roccuzzo Pictures

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Chelsea FC football players wife and girlfriend

2015-12-11T09:02:00.003-08:00

List:
1. Petr Cech wife Martina Dolejsova

2. Filipe Luis wife Patricia Kasmirski
3. Cesc Fabregas wife Daniella Semaan
4. Ramires wife Islana Fabricia Rosa do Nascimento
5. Oscar wife Ludmila Emboaba
6. Eden Hazard wife Natacha Van Honacker
7. Didier Drogba wife Diakite Lalla

8. Thibaut Courtois girlfriend Marta Dominguez
9. Andre Schurrle girlfriend Montana Yorke
10. Mohamed Salah wife Magi
11. Diego Costa Ex-girlfriend Michele Zuanne
12. Nemanja Matic wife Aleksandra Pavic
13. Willian wife Vanessa Martins
14. Gary Cahill wife Gemma Acton
15. John Terry wife Toni Terry
16. Cesar Azpilicueta girlfriend

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Cristiano Ronaldo Pictures and Details

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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, GOIH, known as Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese
By the age of 22, Ronaldo had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year, in 2008, he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. He followed this up by winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014. He also won the 2013–14 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. In January 2014, Ronaldo scored his
400th senior career goal for club and country aged 28.[3]
Often ranked as the best player in the world, alongside rival Lionel Messi, and rated by some in the sport as the greatest of all time,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Ronaldo is the first Portuguese footballer to win three FIFA/Ballons d'Or,[12][13] and the second player to win three European Golden Shoe awards. In January 2015, Ronaldo was named as the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation, during its 100th anniversary celebrations.[14] With Manchester United and Real Madrid, Ronaldo has won three Premier Leagues, one La Liga, one FA Cup, two Football League Cups, two Copas del Rey, one FA Community Shield, oneSupercopas de España, two UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Super Cup and two FIFA Club World Cups.
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, before moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting CP. In 2003 he caught the attention ofManchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for £12.2 million (€15 million). In 2004, he won his first trophy, the FA Cup. In 2007, Ronaldo was the first player in England to win all four main PFA and FWA awards. In 2008, he won 3 of the 4 main PFA and FWA trophies and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year, FIFPro Player of the Year, World Soccer Player of the Year, and the Onze d'Or.[15][16][17] In 2007 and 2008, Ronaldo was named FWA Footballer of the Year. He was the inaugural winner of the FIFA Puskás Award for Goal of the Year in 2009. He became the world's most expensive player when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth £80 million (€94 million/$132 million). His buyout clause is valued at €1 billion.[18] In May 2012, he become the first footballer to score against every team in a single season in La Liga.[19] Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored in a single UEFA Champions League season, having scored 17 goals in the 2013–14 season.[20] In December 2014, Ronaldo became the fastest player to score 200 goals in La Liga when, in his 178th La Liga game, he scored a hat-trick against Celta Vigo; his 23rd hat-trick was also a La Liga record.[21]
Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal in August 2003, at the age of 18. He has since been capped over 100 times and has participated in 6 major tournaments: three UEFA European Championships (2004,2008 and 2012) and three FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010 and 2014). Ronaldo is the first Portuguese player to reach 50 international goals, making him Portugal's top goalscorer of all time as well as the country's top scorer in the European Championship with 6 goals. He scored his first international goal in the opening game of Euro 2004 against Greece, and helped Portugal reach the final. He took over captaincy in July 2008, and he led Portugal to the semi-finals at Euro 2012, finishing the competition as joint-top scorer in the process. In November 2014, Ronaldo became the all-time top scorer in the UEFA European Championship (including qualifying) with 23 goals.
pronunciation: [kɾɨʃtiˈɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid C.F. and is the captain for the Portugal national team.
Cristiano Ronaldo Pictures and Details

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Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft

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Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft1. Marcell Dareus

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft2. Nick Fairley

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft3. Robert Quinn

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft4. Adrian Clayborn

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft5. Ryan Kerrigan

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft6. Aldon Smith

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft7. Cameron Jordan

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft8. Da’Quan Bowers

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft9. JJ Watt

Top 10 Defensive Linemen in the NFL Draft10. Cameron Heyward

Champ Bailey pictures

2011-03-27T05:32:00.000-07:00

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Peyton Manning pictures

2011-03-27T05:02:00.000-07:00

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Football cheerleaders

2011-03-25T02:10:00.000-07:00

Cheerleaders football phenomenon distinct

increase of football Iitharp and beautiful and

exciting, but football cheerleaders became an

important part of the game of football,

And we see a football cheerleaders from around the world uniforms reflect a variety of interesting people and a passion for women and men in football. The football cheerleaders have become part of the public who follows football matches.

Football cheerleaders

History of Football

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The history of football is generally traced back to it's beginnings in rugby. The English game that is very similar to football and soccer which also began in England back in the early 1800's.
The college campuses of Ivy League schools all played similar variations of football through the mid 1800's. Then shortly after the end of the Civil War around the 1860's some of the colleges began playing organized football. Princeton University frontiered some of the basic rules of football and the game became patented. It seems odd to be able to patent a game but nonetheless the sport began to grow. The first football game in college football history was then played in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers with Rutgers as the victor thus producing football history.

College Football History took another big step in 1873 when a number of colleges met to form the first rules of the game and established the amount of players on each squad. The coach for Yale, Walter Camp assisted the final step in the change from rugby style football to the American style. He limited the number of players to eleven on each team and sized the football field to 110 yards. He then created the downs system in 1882 which was originally three downs to gain 5 yards and then changed to 4 downs to gain 10 yards.

Without proper safety equipment at the time the sport had become extremely brutal and dangerous to all the players. There were even a number of deaths that had taken place in the sport. It had become such a serious problem that the President of the time Teddy Roosevelt summoned a change and helped implement a group of 7 selected members to govern a rules organization and save football history. This committee eventually became the NCAA or National Athletic Association which we all know today.

The committee formed a number of new rules including the forward pass and a number of safety measures which penalized players for roughness and unsafe acts. Football history was changed when a common practice for the time of locking arms and blocking in unison which was rightfully made illegal as well. The game was shortened to the sixty minutes that we play today and a neutral zone between the offense and defense was also incorporated.

The development of the sport led to an inevitable expansion into the college football area. College football history has since flourished into an incredible weekly spectacle. Hundreds of college teams now compete each year under the guidelines of the NCAA. Numerous college divisions now have conferences and all have hopes of winning a major New Year's Day Bowl. The history of football and nostalgia are alive in well in college football today.

Professional football was first played around 1895 and in 1920 the APFA or American Professional Football Association was formed. It was renamed to what we all know today as the NFL or National Football League in 1922. The NFL started slow and in the mid forties only had ten teams. A major merger then took place in 1970 that combined the 16 NFL teams with the 10 AFL teams to make one large association with two conferences. The expansion continued to the now 32 team league and professional football has grown tremendously since it's beginnings in 1869 from one college game to a billion dollar empire. So goes the history of football.

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Who Invented Football?

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Football is a word that is confusing and entertaining and a sport that epitomized the pride of a nation and the strength of an athlete. In other places, football is a game known as soccer in America. Football in America is where the quarterback throws the ball to a receiver and everybody is running around the gridiron. And football in Europe and other parts of the world means soccer, where guys run around the field tossing a ball around their knees and head. Whew! That was confusing. So who really invented football?
AMERICA

The "Father of American Football", Walter C. Camp was a football coach and a sports writer and the one who invented football. His name became is legend in the American Football history. He took the rugby game to the next level and invented football. He borrowed term from the rugby game and applied it to football; in rugby, five guys lined-up and are called scrum; in football, he change the five guys to seven guys forming the offensive line, this is called the Line of Scrimmage. Get it? Scrum and scrimmage?

CANADA

Some claims the football is truly a Canadian game and it was a Canadian who invented football. Invented by the replacement for British troops entering Quebec in the 1600's. Canadian Universities then introduced the game to American Colleges. It is said that by the time America first heard of football, Canada already has their professional football league of sorts.

CHINA

Some say that football was invented by Chinese a thousand years ago. The ancient Chinese were said to have kick a ball back and forth for exercise and amusement. It is said that the English only re-invented the sport after explorers visited this far away land. So was it really the Chinese who invented football?

ROMANS

They say it all started in Rome. Romans started playing football quite differently at that time, it is said that they originally toss and throw the pig's head around staking a claim on it. They found it fun and engaging thus it became a sport and thus it was them who invented football.

ENGLAND

It was the English who invented the football, or did they? It has been reported that forms of football were played as early as 1200 in England. As evidence, they pointed out a game seen played in ancient Greece, it is believed to be the predecessor of football. But this game is said to be forbade by The King Henry VI and by the 19th century, it was split into two games; the soccer and the rugby. And because American football evolved from the rugby, the English are basically staking a claim on both football sports.

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Footballers’ Wives And Girlfriends (66-86)

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Alex Curran - Steven Gerrard

Coleen Rooney - Wayne Rooney

Radka Kocurova - Tomáš Rosický

Edita Hortová - ex-girlfriend of Milan Baroš

Amanda Harrington - ex-girlfriend of crazy Joey Barton

Eva González - Iker Casillas

Martina Colombari - Alessandro Costacurta

Sapphira O’Shannon - Paolo Vernazza

Nicola Tappenden - Simon Walton

Rosaria Cannavò - Christian Panucci

Giorgia Palmas - girlfriend of Davide Bombardini

Raica Oliveira - ex-girlfriend of Ronaldo

Noémie Lenoir - Claude Makélélé

Bianca Kajlich - Landon Donovan

Lorena Bernal - Mikel Arteta

Ilary Blasi - Francesco Totti

Alena Šeredová - Gianluigi Buffon

Sylvie Françoise van der Vaart - Rafael van der Vaart

Federica Ridolfi - Giuliano Giannichedda

Cheryl Cole - Ashley Cole

Abigail Clancy - Peter Crouch

Footballers’ Wives And Girlfriends (51-65)

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Melina Pitra - Fabián Assmann

Aída Yéspica - Matteo Ferrari

Anine Bing - Anders Svensson

Adriana Karembeu (née Sklenaříková) - Christian Karembeu

Amii Grove - Jermaine Pennant

Jennifer Metcalfe - Jermaine Pennant

Rachel Cole - Jonathan West

Sarah Brandner - Bastian Schweinsteiger

Nicola McLean - Tom Williams

Lindsey Strutt - Alex Bruce

Gemma Hiles - ex-girlfriend of Daniel Alston

Elena Santarelli - Bernardo Corradi

Jennifer Ellison - girlfriend of Steven Gerrard

Melissa Satta - ex-girlfirend of Christian Vieri

Helen Svedin - Luís Figo

Footballers’ Wives And Girlfriends (41-50)

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Lauren Pope - Shaun Wright Phillips

Adelina Elisei - Cristian Chivu

Elisabetta Gregoraci - married to Flavio Briatore

Saba Wesser - Francesco Coco

Jamelia - Darren Byfield

Danielle Bux - Gary Lineker

Alessia Ventura - Filippo Inzaghi

Nereida Gallardo - ex-girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo

Melanie Slade - girlfriend of Theo Walcott

Milene Domingues - ex-wife of Ronaldo

Footballers’ Wives And Girlfriends (31-40)

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Pamela Camassa - Alberto Aquilani

Joanna Taylor - Danny Murphy

Kristina Liliana - Lothar Matthäus

Nives Celzijus - Dino Drpić

Magdalena Graaf - ex-wife of Magnus Hedman

Letizia Filippi - Cristiano Ronaldo

Anna Falchi - Matteo Ferrari

Belén Rodríguez - Marco Borriello

Romanela Amato - Javier Saviola

Debora Salvalaggio - Vitor Hugo Gomes Paço

Footballers’ Wives And Girlfriends (21-30)

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Clio Pajczer - Boudewijn Zenden

Claudine Palmer - Robbie Keane

Julieta Spina - Diego Simeone

Tanya Robinson - Steven Taylor

Alessia Merz-Fabio Bazzani

Valentina Zambrotta - Gianluca Zambrotta

Evangelina Anderson - Martín Demichelis

Elena Bonzanni - Valon Behrami

Klára Medková - Radoslav Kováč

Alice Bregoli - Alberto Gilardino

Footballers’ Wives And Girlfriends (11-20)

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Caroline Celico - Kaká

Susana Werner - Júlio César Soares Espíndola (Inter Milan)

Abi Titmuss - Lee Sharpe

Louise Redknapp - Jamie Redknapp

Michela Quattrociocche-dating Alberto Aquilani (A.S. Roma)

Tatjana Batinić - Ivan Rakitić (Schalke 04)

Amaia Salamanca - Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

Elisabeth Reyes - Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

Yésica Toscanini - Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors)

Oksana Andersson - Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal)

Footballers’ Wives And Girlfriends (1-10)

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Victoria Beckham - David Beckham
Victoria Beckham - David Beckham
Andreea Raicu -Cristian Chivu (Inter Milan)

Martina Stella - Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina)

Carly Zucker - Joe Cole (Chelsea)

Daniela Fontani - Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina)

Isabel Figueira - César Peixoto (Sporting Clube de Braga)

Diana Chaves - César Peixoto (Sporting Clube de Braga)

Kate Lawler - Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur)

Alessia Fabiani - Alessio Tacchinardi (Brescia )

Maggie Q - Hidetoshi Nakata

American football cheerleaders

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American football cheerleaders

US Football Girls

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US Football Girls

Girls Playing Football In Their Underwear

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Girls Playing Football In Their Underwear

American football

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American football, known in the United States as football, is a sport played between two teams of eleven. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by running with it or throwing it to a teammate. Points can be scored by carrying the ball over the opponent's goal line, catching a pass thrown over that goal line, kicking the ball through the opponent's goal posts or tackling an opposing ball carrier in his own end zone.
American football, known in the United States as football, is a sport played between two teams of eleven. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by running with it or throwing it to a teammate. Points can be scored by carrying the ball over the opponent's goal line, catching a pass thrown over that goal line, kicking the ball through the opponent's goal posts or tackling an opposing ball carrier in his own end zone.

In the United States, high school football, college football and professional football are played under slightly different rules. High school football is governed by the National Federation of State High School Associations, college football by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, while the major professional league is the NFL.

The sport is also played in Europe, Japan and Mexico. The International Federation of American Football acts as an international governing body for the sport. American football is closely related to Canadian football but with some differences in rules and the field.
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Bin Hammam vs Blatter

2011-03-19T05:08:00.000-07:00

Bin Hammam + Blatter

Qatari Bin Hammam the president of the Asian Football Confederation , will stand against Blatter in June's election.

Blatter has been in charge of football's governing body for 13 years and has been re-elected three times since first taking control in 1998.

Bin Hammam took command of the Qatar Football Association in 1992 and four years later was elected by the AFC to FIFA's executive. Bin Hammam is in his third and final term as Asian Football Confederation chief and there had been growing speculation in recent weeks that he would stand for football's top post.

The Favourites Revealed

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Only eight teams are left standing in this season's Champions League. Three English sides, two representatives of Spain's Liga and one each from Germany, Italy and Ukraine take their place at the quarter-final stage with the Wembley arch looming into view.

Favourites Barcelona take on Shakhtar Donetsk and will have one eye on a Clasico semi against Real Madrid. Los Blancos have to negotiate their way past Tottenham Hotspur to make it that far while Spurs' fellow Premier League sides, Manchester United and Chelsea, square off against each other. Defending champions Inter compete against rank outsiders Schalke and have a legitimate chance of defending their title successfully.
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transfers that have taken place in the January 2011 transfer window...

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SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA
Juan Manuel Salgueiro – Estudiantes to San Lorenzo £750,000
Giancarlo Carmona – Universitario (Per) to San Lorenzo £325,000
Diego Rivero – San Lorenzo to Boca Juniors
Matias Gimenez – Boca Juniors to San Lorenzo
Guillermo Barros Schelotto – Columbus Crew (USA) to Gimnasia (free)
Ariel Ortega – River Plate to All Boys (loan)
Pablo Velazquez – Libertad (Par) tp San Lorenzo (loan)
Ivan Velez – Once Caldas (Col) to Independiente (loan)
Matias Defederico – Corinthians (Bra) to Independiente (loan)

BRAZIL
Ronaldinho – Milan (Ita) to Flamengo £3m
Egidio Arevalo – Penarol (Uru) to Botafogo £2.5m
Jonathan – Cruzeiro to Santos £750,000
Mancini – Internazionale (Ita) to Atletico Mineiro (undisclosed)
Liedson – Sporting Lisbon (Por) to Corinthians
Ze Roberto – Vasco de Gama to Internacional
Fernando Cavenaghi – Bordeaux (Fra) to Internacional (loan)
Rivaldo – Mogi Mirim to Sao Paulo (loan)

CONCACAF

MEXICO
Jonathan Bornstein – Chivas (USA) to UNAL Tigres

USA
Omar Bravo – Guadalajara (Mex) to Sporting Kansas City
Juan Pablo Angel – New York Red Bulls to Los Angeles Galaxy (free)
Faryd Mondragon – Koln (Ger) to Philadelphia Union (free)

EUROPE

AUSTRIA
Douglas Da Silva – Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Isr) to Salzburg £2.4m

BELARUS
Filipp Rudik – Naftan Novopolotsk to BATE Borisov

BELGIUM
Jelle Van Damme – Wolverhapton W (Eng) to Standard Liege £2.5m
Rudy Riou – Marseille (Fra) to Charleroi

BULGARIA
Savio Nsereko – Fiorentina (Ita) to Chernomorets Burgas

CZECH REPUBLIC
Andrej Keric – Slovan Liberec to Sparta Prague £86,000
Tomas Zapotocny – Besiktas (Tur) to Sparta Prague
Ondrej Svejdik – Groningen (Hol) to Sparta Prague
Tomas Pekhart – Jablonec to Sparta Prague (loan)

DENMARK
George “Blackberry” Odhiambo – Gor Mahia (Ken) to Randers
Pierre Bengtsson – Nordsjaelland to Copenhagen
Johan Absalonsen – Odense to Copenhagen (free)
Jos Hooiveld – Celtic (Sco) to Copenhagen (loan)

ENGLAND
Fernando Torres – Liverpool to Chelsea £45m (plus £5m add ons)
Andy Carroll – Newcastle United to Liverpool £35m (plus £1m add on)
Edin Dzeko – Wolfsburg (Ger) to Manchester City £27m
David Luiz – Benfica (Por) to Chelsea £25m
Luis Suarez – Ajax (Hol) to Liverpool £22.8m
Darren Bent – Sunderland to Aston Villa £18m (plus £6m add ons)
Jean Makoun – Lyon (Fra) to Aston Villa £6m
Stephane Sessegnon – Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) to Sunderland £6m
Hatem Ben Arfa – Marseille (Fra) to Newcastle United £5.75m
Curtis Davies – Aston Villa to Birmingham City £3.5m
Anders Lindegaard – Aalesund (Nor) to Manchester United £3.5m
Mauro Formica – Newell’s Old Boys (Arg) to Blackburn Rovers £3m
Steven Pienaar – Everton to Tottenham Hotspur £3m
David Wheater – Middlesbrough to Bolton Wanderers £2.3m
Jermaine Pennant – Real Zaragoza (Spa) to Stoke City £1.725m
Bongani Khumalo – SuperSport United (SAf) to Tottenham H £1.5m
Gary O’Neill – Middlesbrough to West Ham United £1.5m
Andy Reid – Sunderland to Blackpool £1m
Conor Sammon – Kilmarnock (Sco) to Wigan Athletic £600,000
Demba Ba – Hoffenheim (Ger) to West Ham United £500,000
Adam Hammill – Barnsley to Wolverhampton Wanderers £500,000
Steve Sidwell – Aston Villa to Fulham £500,000
James Beattie – Rangers (Sco) to Blackpool (loan)
David Bentley – Tottenham H to Birmingham City (loan)
Michael Bradley – Borussia Monchengladbach (Ger) to Aston Villa
Wayne Bridge – Manchester City to West Ham United (loan)
John Carew – Aston Villa to Stoke City (loan)
Eidur Gudjohnsen –Stoke City to Fulham (loan)
Stephen Ireland – Aston Villa to Newcastle United (loan)
Jermaine Jones – Schalke (Ger) to Blackburn Rovers (loan)
Gael Kakuta – Chelsea to Fulham (loan)
Robbie Keane – Tottenham Hotspur to West Ham United (loan + £1m)
Sergei Kornilenko – Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) to Blackpool (loan)
Sulley Muntari – Internazionale (Ita) to Sunderland (loan)
Jamie O’Hara – Tottenham H (Eng) to Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
Obafemi Martins – Rubin Kazan (Rus) to Birmingham City (loan)
Roque Santa Cruz – Manchester City to Blackburn Rovers (loan)
Daniel Sturridge – Chelsea to Bolton Wanderers (loan)
Carlos Vela – Asrenal to West Bromwich Albion (loan)
Kyle Walker – Tottenham Hotspur to Aston Villa (loan)

FRANCE
Rod Fanni – Rennes to Marseille £3.25m
Razak Boukari – Lens to Rennes (undisclosed)
Jung Jo-gook – Seoul (SKo) to Auxerre (undisclosed)
Azbe Jug – Interblock (Sln) to Bordeaux (undisclosed)
John Utaka – Portsmouth (Eng) to Montpellier (undisclosed)
Mauro Formica – Newell’s Old Boys (Arg) to Monaco
Bobo Balde – Valenciennes to Arles-Avignon (free)
Mahamadou Diarra – Real Madrid (Spa) to Monaco
Andre – Dynamo Kyiv (Ukr) to Bordeaux (loan)
David Bellion – Bordeaux to Nice (loan)

GERMANY
Luiz Gustavo – Hoffenheim to Bayern Munich £12m
Patrick Helmes – Bayer Leverkusen to Wolfsburg £10.2m
Ryan Babel – Liverpool (Eng) to Hoffenheim £6m
Tuncay Sanli – Stoke City (Eng) to Wolfsburg £4.5m
Anthony Annan – Rosenborg (Nor) to Schalke £1.7m
Koo Ja-cheol – Jeju United (SKo) to Wolfsburg £1.7m
Erik Jendrisek – Schalke to Freiburg £765,000
Denni Avdic – Elfsborg (Swe) to Werder Bremen (undisclosed)
Edson Braafheid – Bayern Munich to Hoffenheim
Mike Hanke – Hannover to Borussia Monchengladbach
Patrick Helmes – Bayer Leverkusen to Wolfsburg
Tomoaki Makino – Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Jap) to Koln
Michael Rensing – unattached to Koln
Amidu Salifu – Vicenza to Fiorentina
Martin Stranzl – Spartak Moscow (Rus) to Borussia Monchengladbach
Cristiano Zanetti – Fiorentina to Brescia
Srdjan Lakic – Kaiserslautern to Wolfsburg (free)
Shinji Okazaki – Shimizu S-Pulse (Jap) to Stuttgart (free)
David Alaba – Bayern Munich to Hoffenheim (loan)
Danilo Avelar – Karpaty Lviv (Ukr) to Schalke (loan)
Nassim Ben Khalifa – Wolfsburg to Nurnberg (loan)
Adam Hlousek – Slavia Prague (CzR) to Kaiserslautern (loan)
Dieumerci Mbokani – Monaco (Fra) to Wolfsburg (loan)
Slawomir Peszko – Lech Poznan (Pol) to Koln (loan)

GREECE
Daisuke Sakata – Yokohama F-Marinos (Jap) to Aris
Nery Castillo – Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr) to Aris (loan)
Michel – Birmingham City (Eng) to AEK (loan)
Bernard Parker – Twente (Hol) to Panserraikos (loan)

HOLLAND
Wilfried Bony – Sparta Prague (CzR) to Vitesse £3.4m
Henri Toivomaki – Lahti (Fin) to Ajax
Oguchi Onyewu – Milan to Twente (loan)
Marti Riverola – Barcelona (Spa) to Vitesse (loan)
Gill Swerts – AZ to Feyenoord (loan)

ITALY
Giampaolo Pazzini – Sampdoria Internazionale £11.2m
Andrea Ranocchia – Genoa to Internazionale £10.7m
Abdoulay Konko – Sevilla (Spa) to Genoa £5m
Victor Ruiz – Espanyol (Spa) to Napoli £5m
Didac Vila – Espanyol (Spa) to Milan £3.4m
Valon Behrami – West Ham United (Eng) to Fiorentina £3m
Juraj Kucka – Sparta Prague (CzR) to Genoa £3m
Giuseppe Sculli – Genoa to Lazio £2.9m
Urby Emanuelson – Ajax (Hol) to Milan £2.55m
Neto – Atletico Paranaense (Bra) to Fiorentina £2.5m
Joel Ekstrand – Helsingborg (Swe) to Udinese £1.5m
Jonathan Biabiany – Internazionale to Sampdoria £1m
Andrea Barzagli – Wolfsburg (Ger) to Juventus £250,000
Abdoulay Konko - Seville (Spa) to Genoa (undisclosed)
Federico Marchetti – Cagliari to Genoa (undisclosed)
Raffaelle Palladino – Genoa to Parma (undisclosed)
Luca Antonelli – Parma to Genoa
Nicola Legrottaglie – Juventus to Milan
Francesco Modesto – Genoa to Parma
Zsolt Laczko – Debrecen (Hun) to Sampdoria
Massimo Maccarone – Palermo to Sampdoria
Luca Toni – Genoa to Juventus (free)
Mark Van Bommel – Bayern Munich (Ger) to Milan (free)
Antonio Cassano – Sampdoria to Milan (free)
Amauri – Juventus to Parma (loan)
Mauro Boselli – Wigan Athletic (Eng) to Genoa (loan)
Toni Calvo – Aris (Gre) to Parma (loan)
Antonio Floro Flores – Udinese to Genoa (on loan)
Kamil Glik – Palermo to Bari (loan)
Houssine Kharja – Genoa to Internazionale (loan)
Davide Lanzafame – Juventus to Brescia (loan)
Federico Macheda – Manchester United (Eng) to Sampdoria (loan)
Alessandro Matri – Cagliari to Juventus (loan)
Yuto Nagatomo – Cesena to Internazionale (loan)
Alessandro Rosina – Zenit St Petersburg to Cesena (loan)
Davide Santon – Internazionale to Cesena (loan)

NORWAY
Magnus Eikrem – Manchester United (Eng) to Molde
Fredrik Stoor – Fulham (Eng) to Valerenga (free)

POLAND
Rafal Murawski – Rubin Kazan (Rus) to Lech Poznan £860,000
Kew Jaliens – AZ (Hol) to Wisla
Deniss Rakels – Liepajas Metalurgs (Lat) Zaglebie Lubin

PORTUGAL
Jose Luis Fernandez – Racing (Arg) to Benfica (undisclosed)
Jardel – Olhanense to Benfica (undisclosed)
Cristiano Oliveira – PAOK (Gre) to Sporting Lisbon (free)
Edinho – Malaga (Spa) to Maritimo (loan)
Kaka – Hertha Berlin (Ger) to Braga (loan)

RUSSIA
Senijad Ibricic – Hajduk Split (Cro) to Lokomotiv Moscow £4.2m
Walter Chala – CD Cuenca (Ecu) to Rubin Kazan £600,000
Andrei Ivanov – Spartak Moscow to Lokomotiv Moscow
Emin Makhmudov – Saturn to Spartak Moscow
Artur Valikaev – Rostov to Spartak Moscow
Viktor Vasin – Spartak Nalchik to CSKA Moscow
Lasha Salukvadze – Rubin Kazan to Volga Nizhny Novgorod (free)

SCOTLAND
Kris Commons – Derby County (Eng) to £300,000
Akpo Sodje – Charlton Athletic (Eng) to Hibernian £300,000
David Healey – Sunderland (Eng) to Rangers
Fredrik Ljungberg – Chicago Fire (USA) to Celtic (free)
Nick Blackman – Blackburn Rovers (Eng) to Aberdeen (loan)
El Hadji Diouf – Blackburn Rovers (Eng) to Rangers (loan)

SPAIN
Elias – Corinthians (Bra) to Atletico Madrid £6m
Gary Medel – Boca Juniors (Arg) to Sevilla £5m
Adil Rami – Lille (Fra) to Valencia (then loan back til July) £5m
Diego Buonanotte – River Plate (Arg) to Malaga £3.8m
Juanfran – Osasuna to Atletico Madrid £3.5m
Ibrahim Afellay – PSV (Hol) to Barcelona £2.5m
Julio Baptsista – Roma (Ita) to Malaga £1.7m
Ignacio Camacho – Atletico Madrid to Malaga £1.7m
Ivan Rakitic – Schalke (Ger) to Sevilla £1.3m
Jonas Goncalves – Gremio (Bra) to Valencia £1m
Alvaro Cejudo – Las Palmas to Ossasuna £350,000
Paulo Da Silva – Sunderland (Eng) to Real Zaragoza (undisclosed)
Jesus Datolo – Napoli (Ita) to Espanyol
Martin Demichelis – Bayern Munich (Ger) to Malaga
Enzo Maresca – Olympiakos (Gre) to Malaga
Emmanuel Adebayor – Manchester City (Eng) to Real Madrid (loan)
Sergio Asenjo – Atletico Madrid to Malaga (loan)
Cicinho – Roma (Ita) to Villarreal (loan)
Giovani Dos Santos – Tottenham H (Eng) to Racing Santander (loan)
Javito – Aris (Gre) to Deportivo La Coruna (loan)
Jefferson Montero – Villarreal to Levante (loan)
Guirane N’Daw – Saint-Etienne (Fra) to Real Zaragoza (loan)
Jose Sand – Al-Ain (UAE) to Deportivo La Coruna (loan)
Wellington – Arsenal (Eng) to Levante (loan)
Xisco – Newcastle United (Eng) to Deportivo La Coruna (loan)

SWEDEN
David Elm – Fulham (Eng) to Elfsborg

SWITZERLAND
Alexander Farnerud – Brondby (Den) to Young Boys (undisclosed)
Federico Almerares – Basle to Neuchâtel Xamax
Markus Steinhofer – Eintracht Frankfurt (Ger) to Basle

TURKEY
Bogdan Stancu – Steaua Bucharest (Rom) to Galatasaray £4.75m
Yekta Kurtulus – Kasimpasa to Galatasaray £3m
Hugo Almeida – Werder Bremen (Ger) to Besiktas £1.7m
Juan Culio – CFR Cluj (Rom) to Galatasaray £1.7m
Piotr Brozek – Wisla Krakow to Trabzonspor £1.5m*
Pawel Brozek – Wisla Krakow to Trabzonspor £1.5m*
Simao – Atletico Madrid (Spa) to Besiktas £750,000
Kenny Miller – Rangers (Sco) to Bursaspor £400,000
Nordin Amrabat – PSV (Hol) to Kayserispor
Robinson Zapata – Steaua Bucharest (Rom) to Galatasaray
Colin Kazim-Richards – Fenerbahce to Galatasaray (free)
Manuel Fernandes – Valencia (Spa) to Besiktas (loan)
Filip Holosko – Besiktas to Istanbul BB (loan)
Karim Ziani – Wolfsburg (Ger) to Kayserispor (loan)
* fee for the two players, who are twins

UKRAINE
Guilaino – International (Bra) to Dnipro £8.6m
Samuel Inkoom – Basle (Swi) to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk £5m
Ivan Strinic – Hajduk Split (Cro) to Dnipro £3.5m
Sebastian Blanco – Lanus (Arg) to Metalist Kharkiv (undisclosed)
Jonathan Cristaldo – Velez Sarsfield (Arg) to M’list Kharkiv (undisclosed)
Sergei Veremko – BATE (Bls) to Sevastopol (free)

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA
Rowen Fernandez – Arminia Bielefeld (Ger) to SuperSport United

ASIA

AUSTRALIA
Shane Smeltz – Genclerbirligi (Tur) to Gold Coast United

JAPAN
Adriano – Internacional (Bra) to Gamba Osaka

SOUTH KOREA
Choi Sung-kuk – Seongnam to Suwon Bluewings

UAE
Karim El Ahmadi – Feyenoord (Hol) Al Ahli (loan).

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