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Santiago Silva	Three years after his period at Gimnasia, the Uruguayan forward admitted to the press that the team lost on purpose a match against Boca Juniors, who were challenging the 2006 Apertura with Gimnasia's rivals Estudiantes de La Plata, after pressure from their own team's hooligans.
Mariano Trujillo	Jaguares's coach Jose Guadalupe Cruz saw him play during a training session with the other players so he convinced Mariano Trujillo to be a team player for the Copa Mexico where he gave an assist to Antonio Salazar in a 1-0 win at home against Necaxa on July 24, 2012.
Alex Bruce (footballer born 1984)	His form continued and this led to scouts from Italian club ACF Fiorentina looking at the player in November 2008.
Ari Freyr Sk?lason	Consequently Ari felt that he needed to change his position at club level and asked to be bought as a left-back when he was sold in July 2013, so he could play that position at club level to be able to hold his place as the first-choice left-back in the Iceland squad.
Sone Aluko	Aluko was called up to the Nigerian national team for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland on 29 May 2009, an offer which with the support of his family he chose to accept.
Jair Gon?alves Prates	; Tri-champion for Inter In 1974, the formation of the great Inter team headed by Rubens Minelli, Jair was already booking team principal, who had players like Falcão, Figueroa and Carpeggiani.
Raul Meireles	As another example, showing the opposite process, when Paulo Bento was appointed as the Portuguese head coach in 2010, Meireles, who was initially an attacking midfielder at the national team, started playing as a defensive midfielder.
James Harper (footballer)	Harper rejected the chance to go to the 2006 FIFA World Cup with Ghana, saying :'' I've never even been to Ghana.''
Arjan Beqaj	Beqaj was born in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia (in present-day Kosovo), but is an Albanian international and has been become Albania's first choice goalkeeper since legendary Albanian goalkeeper Foto Strakosha, who retired from both club and international football in early 2005.
M?rgim Mavraj	He received Albanian citizenship in September 2006 along with Besart Berisha, following the recommendations of Hans-Peter Briegel before he resigned from his role as the manager of the Albanian national team.
Johnny Hansen (footballer born 1943)	As the Danish rule of amateurism was abolished in 1971, Hansen returned to the national team.
Pascal Cygan	The attitude of Arsenal fans to their French centre-back can be summed up by the chant sung about him : He's bald He's s *** He plays when no one's fit Pascal Cygan, Pascal Cygan During the summer of 2006, Cygan was linked with moves to various other clubs in England and Europe.
Cl?udio Coutinho	Coutinho's relatively good performance in these places, and his history with the Brazilian Confederation of Sports, gave him the credentials to be a substitute for Osvaldo Brandão within the Brazilian National Soccer Team, and he would eventually apply for the vacant head coach position in anticipation the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.
Yahya Golmohammadi	In 2005, Yahya left Persepolis for a lucrative contract with Saba Battery, many critics were skeptical about his success in this newly formed team, but Saba Battery, with the help of Golmohammadi and Iranian national teammate Ali Daei, not only was a real surprise for winning the Hazfi Cup, but also for doing extremely well in the Asian Champions League, beating more experienced and seasoned campaigners.
Tim Cahill	In 1997, Cahill asked his parents to allow him to travel to England to play professionally.
Tsang Kam To	Tsang Kam To's performance impressed the football world of Hong Kong and he agreed a deal to sign for Kitchee in the summer of 2008.
Hayley Lauder	After joining fellow Scotland national team players Emma Mitchell and Jane Ross for trials in Sweden during the 2012 close season, Lauder agreed to join Damallsvenskan newcomers Mallbackens IF in December 2012.
Sigurd Rushfeldt	However in 2007 he reconsidered his decision and agreed with the national team coach Åge Hareide that he would make himself available for the game against Bosnia because John Carew was unavailable due to injury.
Vangelis Moras	Following some impressive performances for his club in the Serie A, Moras was called up to play for Greece on 11 February 2009 in a friendly against Denmark, where he made his international debut.
Giuseppe Rossi	In 2006, he was invited to a pre-World Cup training camp with the United States national team by then-coach Bruce Arena but declined, stating his desire to play for Italy.
Edgar Davids	Davids was selected to appear on the cover of the football game FIFA Football 2003 alongside Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs and Brazilian international Roberto Carlos.
Udo Fortune	Thessenson Khalsa FC (Singapore) Jan 2007 -- May 2007 Udo was called on to play for Thessenson Khalsa FC as soon as his contract with Sporting Afrique ended and the club, due to controversy, did not carry on in the league the following season.
Welliton	Welliton has not been called up by Brazil and has expressed interest in representing Russia, in November 2011 Spartak Moscow announced they were in the process of helping Welliton acquire a Russian passport.
Vincenzo Camilleri	On March 2008, after his 16th birthday, he left Reggina to move to England and join the Chelsea club academy ; he consequently received a two-month ban by the Italian Federation due to breach of transfer rules, caused by Camilleri's parents not having asked permission to Reggina before entering talks with Chelsea ; the ban applied only on Italian domestic games.
Jim McAlister (Scottish footballer)	On 21 July 2009, after a friendly loss to Romania's champions Unirea Urziceni, Jim was approached by head coach Dan Petrescu to join Unirea, also offering him the chance to play in the UEFA Champions League.
M?ris Verpakovskis	His excellent performance was being recognized by many top European clubs, and in the late 2003 he signed a contract with the Ukrainian top team Dynamo Kyiv.
Mario Balotelli	Italian national football team | Italy manager -LSB- -LSB- Cesare Prandelli (centre) meeting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (right) in November 2011. -RSB- -RSB-
Jeff Hendrick	In January 2013, it was reported the Ireland head coach Giovanni Trappatoni was watching Hendrick with the view of giving the his first call up into the senior side.
Islam Feruz	A resident of Scotland and naturalized citizen of the United Kingdom, Feruz declared in 2009 that he would play for the Scotland national football team, and has represented the country at several youth levels.
Andy Vargas	After representing Australia at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he was transferred to the junior divisions of Chilean club Colo-Colo.
Daniel Devine (footballer)	In May 2011 the BBC reported that Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington had been informed by Devine that he intended to switch his allegiance to the Republic of Ireland.
Sofyane Cherfa	In summer 2011, there was a strong competition in Cyprus on which Cypriot football team will integrate Cherfa in its roster.
Chad Bond	In early 2008 he was loaned out to Spanish side CF Balaguer and during the summer of 2008 was involved in first-team preparations for the Championship, which included a few appearances on the club's tour of Spain.
Giuseppe Marotta	Together, and with new money at their disposal, Marotta and Novellino revamped the Sampdoria squad in the 2002 transfer window, adding both experienced Serie A veterans, like Massimo Paganin, Sergio Volpi, Fabio Bazzani, and Stefano Bettarini, along with several promising young players, such as Angelo Palombo, Maurizio Domizzi and Andrea Gasbarroni.
Juan Rom?n Riquelme	Former manager Sergio Batista stated he would have liked for Riquelme to return to international play, hinting at the possibility of the player appearing in a friendly with Spain in August 2010, which eventually did not happen.
Eddie Firmani	Later in 1955 he moved to Italian team Sampdoria for # 35,000, which at the time was a record transfer fee involving a British club, beginning an eight-year spell in Italy when he gained three caps for the Italian national team, qualifying for the national team because his grandfather was Italian.
Gaetano Vasari	In 2003, despite not a brilliant season in a lower division, Vasari proposed himself to Palermo, citing a promise made to his father's deathbed to bring Palermo back to Serie A ; the club then accepted to sign him, with a salary proportional with the caps he would have gained with the first team.
Dayro Moreno	thumb | left | 250px | Dayro Moreno alongside team-mate and fellow countryman Steaua Bucureşti and Pandurii Târgu Jiu Juan Carlos Toja | Juan Toja during half-time in a match between Steaua Bucureşti and Pandurii Târgu Jiu In January 2008 after an outstanding season with Once Caldas and a legendary performance against Argentina in the South American Qualifiers where he scored the game-winning goal (2 -- 1), he joined Romania n team Steaua Bucureşti playing alongside Colombia ns Róbinson Zapata and Pepe Moreno, who was part of the team at the time.
Aden Flint	Due to a sell on clause his previous club Alfreton Town with get 20 % of the fee, 20 % is # 60,000 Flint's form at Alfreton Town during the early 2010 -- 11 campaign earned him his first international call-up when Paul Fairclough named his within his 16-man England C squad for the friendly with Wales national semi-professional football team.
Bassim Abbas	However, after his great performance in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, he moved to the Turkish team Diyarbakirspor.
Felipe Melo	An outstanding season led to the attraction of several European clubs, scouting the defensive midfielder, and in the summer of 2008, Melo transferred to the Serie A to play for Fiorentina.
John Mensah	On 31 January 2006 during the winter transfer window, he moved to Rennes on loan after having played in Italy for most of his career, at the behest of their former player Philippe Redon who brought him to fill the gap in defence caused by an injury to another African, the Moroccan Abdeslam Ouaddou.
Tarek Elrich	After accepting an invitation from the Lebanese Football Federation to play for the Lebanon national football team, Elrich eventually debuted for Lebanon in a non-official friendly match against Lebanese Premier League club Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley on 20 April 2012.
Maxwell Cabelino Andrade	UEFA started to investigate the case in August 2010, but in fact Inter signed him as domestic transfer and arrived Italy as non-EU player for Empoli, and had not violated Italian Football Federation (FIGC) regulation.
Patrice Evra	UEFA Euro 2012 As a result of being captain, Evra bore the brunt of the criticism ; however, despite the public ridicule, Evra maintained his stance regarding his future with the national team stating'' I ca n't see my future without the France team''.
Andr?s Guardado	He was then called up to represent his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, where he appeared in the round-of-16 1 -- 2 loss against Argentina ; coach Ricardo Lavolpe's contract expired and was not renewed, but his replacement Hugo Sánchez kept the player in his setup.
Rafael van der Vaart	In the summer of 2009, Real Madrid wanted to sell Van der Vaart, but the player decided to stay in Madrid because his wife was undergoing cancer treatment there.
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	On Wednesday 24 January 2007, the Dutch youth international decided to pledged his senior international future to Ghana.
Salou Ibrahim	After deciding to represent his native country, in 2006 Salou was called up for Ghana but decided not to join the national side due to a dispute involving obtaining his visa.
Atila Turan	Despite Grenoble's performance during the 2010 -- 11 season, Turan earned individual praise for his performances and was, subsequently, scouted by several clubs abroad, most notably Spanish club Barcelona and Italian club Fiorentina.
John Aldridge	Aldridge had already been recruited to play for the Republic of Ireland by the time he was approached by Liverpool at the start of 1987.
Mohammad Nosrati	There had been some notable interest shown in him from outside Iran -- most notably he was officially linked to 2003 Croatian champions, Dinamo Zagreb, but rejected the offer citing that he wanted to play in a better European league.
Jlloyd Samuel	He claimed that he wanted to change back to represent Trinidad and Tobago in the 2006 World Cup, but the application rejected by FIFA.
Tab Ramos	Ramos and several other national team players signed contracts with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to play exclusively for the national team as it prepared for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Ibrahima Bald?	On 23 August 2012 Ibrahima signed for Russia's FC Kuban Krasnodar, penning a three-year contract -- he stated he would not have problems adapting to the new reality even though his move was delayed due to visa issues.
Alou Diarra	After appearing in a November 2006 friendly match against Greece, Diarra was absent from the national team for nearly two years, partly due to his struggle for playing time in Lyon.
Sulley Muntari	Transfer consultants Marco Branca and Gabriele Oriali were looking around Europe for possible options and Muntari seemed to be their man at the insistence of coach Roberto Mancini, although Muntari ultimately went to Portsmouth in the summer of 2007.
Carlos Rivas Godoy	In a recent interview, when asked about his offers from multiple teams within South America for the 2010 season, Carlo expressed his desire to play in North America.
Paul Okon	These performances captured the attention of some of Europe's biggest clubs, and in 1996 Dino Zoff -- then coach of Italian giants Lazio -- flew out to Belgium to personally sign the Australian, stipulating in his contract that Okon would play sweeper and promising first team football.
Michael Mifsud	His form earned him his first call up to the national team, and this alerted the Bundesliga club Kaiserslautern to his potential and he signed for the club in the summer of 2001.
Sulley Muntari	But on 21 July 2008 Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that with the probable failure of new Inter coach José Mourinho to land his former Chelsea protégé Frank Lampard, Muntari was now his first choice central midfielder.
Mauricio Castro	He was said to have left Choloma in summer 2012 after playing only two matches into the 2012 Apertura season, since he had received only half of his salary but later declared that a talk with manager Edwin Pavón made him stay with the club.
Nikos Galis	Galis would later be offered NBA contracts by the Celtics and the New Jersey Nets while he was playing in Greece, but he turned the offers down because at the time FIBA did not have professional status, something it did not gain until the year 1989, and therefore Galis would not have been allowed to play for the Greek national team if he was an NBA player.
Kosovare Asllani	After receiving offers from many clubs, Asllani agreed a move to Damallsvenskan team Linköpings FC in 2007, where she made quick progress.
Kevin-Prince Boateng	2010 World Cup In May 2010 Boateng was cleared to play for Ghana by FIFA, and attended training with the national side for the first time in the same month.
Benny Feilhaber	His performances in the tournament caught the attention of scouts from several European teams and, after representing the U. S. in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, Feilhaber signed for Hamburg in July 2005.
George O'Boyle	He returned to Northern Ireland to play for Glenavon and Ards, only to return to Scotland in 2004 to play for junior clubs Bo' ness and Kelty Hearts.
Mbulelo Mabizela	Call for International Return : - A call for his return to international football was made in early December 2009, Platinum Stars coach Cesc Lukuko says he is happy with the progress made by Mabizela and reiterated his call for his inclusion in the Bafana Bafana set-up.''
Pablo Zeballos	On 12 December 2010, it was reported that former club Oriente Petrolero and various clubs from Bolivia's Liga de Fútbol Profesional had shown there interest in Zeballos.
Aldo Corzo	His consistent performances convinced Markarian to include him in Peru's squad for the 2011 Copa America.
Richard Garcia	In an interview with Australia's Sun-Herald newspaper in April 2008, Garcia said he had ambitions to play for the Socceroos, Australia's national team, and hoped that his good form for Hull in their push for promotion to the Premier League would help him to achieve this.
Blas P?rez	After his impressive display in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Al Wasl FC of Dubai was able to secure Blas Pérez services to play in the UAE League based on AlWasl's new coach Alexandre Guimarães recommendation.
Taras Mykhalyk	During the winter transfer season of 2008 -- 09, Mykhalyk was linked with the Serie A team A. C. Milan and even nicknamed the'' Ukrainian Gattuso'' due to his impressive performances in Dynamo Kyiv and internationally.
Alberto Aquilani	In spite of this, the national team manager Marcello Lippi opted not to include him in the 23-man Italian squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Henning Boel	When the Danish rule of amateurism was abolished in May 1971, Boel was a part of the first Danish national team composed of professional players.
Dean Sturridge	In 1998, René Simões attempted to call up Sturridge for international duty with the Jamaica national football team for the 1998 World Cup but the offer was rejected.
Marcus Olsson	Marcus Olsson was called up to the annual January tour of the Swedish national team in 2012, facing Bahrain and Qatar U23.
Robert Stambolziev	Despite attending training camps with the under-20 side in 2008, it had been stated by Stambolziev that the Football Federation Australia's youth team's had neglected him for selection which resulted in his interest of representing Macedonia.
Oscar Furlong	In 1957 while playing for Villa del Parque, Furlong was forced to take an early retirement at the age of 30, after the new military government and Amador Barros Hurtado (President of the Argentine Basketball Confederation), determined the controversial decision that all members of the world championship team should be considered professional, as they had breached the ` Amateurism Code' of the IOC after receiving cars as gifts.
Michael Uchebo	In October 2011 U-23 coach Austin Eguavoen visited the Netherlands and met with officials of VVV Venlo to secure the release of Uchebo to participate the inaugural edition of the CAF U-23 championship in Morocco.
Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria	Malaysian media reported in early March 2012 that Wan Zaharulnizam, along with teammate Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor is to attend trial with Japan Football League side F. C. Ryūkyū after impressing the Japanese side talent spotter during Malaysia's 2-0 defeat to Japan in the 2012 Olympic qualifiers match in Tosu.
Alexey Smertin	There was speculation Smertin might return to the national team but that died away since Smertin began to lose playing time at Fulham and Russia qualified for UEFA Euro 2008 with a young team on the last day of qualifying.
Reinaldo Navia	Shortly after his arrival he looked his move to Quito as a chance for return to the Chilean national team after an abrupt departure after of the Copa América 2007.
Israel (footballer)	During the 2006 off-season, in August, vastly underplayed at Betis due to the presence of Joaquín in his position, Israel spent time at Chelsea on trial, after a move to Real Madrid Castilla failed to materialise.
Juan Cruz Mascia	He has also been favourably compared to 2010 FIFA World Cup star Diego Forlán in the English and South American media.
Javi Moreno	Moreno's performances and goals during the 2000 -- 01 campaign convinced Serie A's A. C. Milan to buy him, amid attention from Europe's other elite clubs.
Adriano Leite Ribeiro	In December 2007, Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra expressed interest in bringing Adriano to the club during the January transfer window, commenting,'' Adriano was a top player, but he lost form when his father died, and he put on weight.''
Kevin Gordon	Gordon returned in Round 4, 2012 against the New Zealand Warriors and since has been in terrific form Gordon is eligible for selection for several national teams as his mother of Chinese descent was born in the Philippines and his father is of Scottish descent.
Henk Timmer (footballer)	Somewhat of a late bloomer in the Dutch national side, Timmer did not get his first call-up for until February 2005, being summoned by Marco van Basten for a friendly with Turkey in Birmingham.
Jo?o Moutinho	During the 2004 -- 05 pre-season, at only 17 years old, Moutinho was called by manager José Peseiro to the main squad, where he played some games and displayed some talent early on.
Cristiano Ronaldo	In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Ronaldo pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira between the Primeira Liga club FC Porto and players from Madeiran based clubs Marítimo and Nacional.
Thiago Motta	Subsequently, reported claims that he wanted to be called up for Italy and possibly to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as he possessed dual nationality -- both grandparents from his mother and father's side being Italian.
David O'Leary	After being left out of a squad for a mini tournament in Iceland in May 1986, O'Leary booked a family holiday which he decided not to cancel when he was eventually asked up to the squad following several withdrawals.
Giovani dos Santos	On 29 August 2007, dos Santos received dual nationality and was included in the official first team squad.
Noh Alam Shah	However in January 2008, the Football Association of Malaysia confirmed that under FIFA rules, member associations are required to respect domestic bans imposed by other associations, and therefore Alam Shah would not be eligible to play club-level football in Malaysia until his ban was completed.
Riccardo Montolivo	S. S. Lazio | Lazio During the 2005 -- 06 season, Montolivo's first-team chances were limited, partly due to the fact that he was still an inexperienced player and partly because manager Cesare Prandelli had a relatively stable and reliable squad of players at his disposal.
Franco Caraccio	Manager Player is Marcos Garzia Manager Argentine Players (GarziaSoccer) Caraccio trained with the Argentine U-20 national team that worked with the Argentina national team prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Andis Shala	In late December 2009, Shala was the subject of interest from Albania, with national team manager Josip Kuže confirming he was intending to watch the player.
Daniel Bilos	Since he is of Croatian descent, Bilos (originally Biloš) was offered in 2006 the chance to play for Croatia in the World Cup Germany 06, but he declined the offer because he felt he still had a chance to play for the country of his birth.
Cyril Rioli	Approaching the end of the 2009 season, Rioli bought his first apartment and declared his allegiance to spending his whole career with Hawthorn, he also revealed his intentions to help bring more players down from the Northern Territory ;'' That's the real goal for me, to get more kids drafted from the Northern Territory.''