2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer tournament being held in Ravenna, Italy from 1 September until 11 September, 2011. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 12 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.

The squads were announced one week before the start of the World Cup on 25 August, 2011. Overall, 192 players have travelled to Ravenna to play in the World Cup.[1]

Contents

Group A

Italy

Coach: Massimiliano Esposito

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Simone Del Mestre 28 August 1983 (aged 28) - -
2 2DF Matteo Marrucci 18 October 1983 (aged 27) - -
3 2DF Dario Ramacciotti 4 October 1987 (aged 23) - -
4 2DF Michele Leghissa 21 October 1975 (aged 35) - -
5 4FW Simone Feudi 5 February 1982 (aged 29) - -
6 4FW Franco Palma 7 April 1981 (aged 30) - -
7 4FW Sacha Di Tullio 7 January 1988 (aged 23) - -
8 4FW Francesco Corosiniti 6 July 1984 (aged 27) - -
9 3MF Giuseppe Soria 11 March 1978 (aged 33) - -
10 3MF Gabriele Gori 10 October 1987 (aged 23) - -
11 3MF Paolo Palmacci 17 May 1984 (aged 27) - -
12 1GK Stefano Spada 2 August 1983 (aged 28) - -

Iran

Coach: Behzad Dadashzadeh

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Mohammad Rahaviezabadi 22 March 1986 (aged 25) - -
2 2DF Amir Akbari 26 January 1992 (aged 19) - -
3 2DF Hassan Abdollahi 11 September 1984 (aged 26) - -
4 2DF Mehdi Hassani 29 April 1983 (aged 28) - -
5 2DF Ali Naderi 30 April 1980 (aged 31) - -
6 4FW Mohammad Mokhtari 4 July 1990 (aged 21) - -
7 2DF Mehran Morshedi 6 March 1990 (aged 21) - -
8 4FW Farid Boulokbashi 8 June 1983 (aged 28) - -
9 4FW Abdollah Sahraei 31 December 1983 (aged 27) - -
10 4FW Moslem Mesigar 17 September 1984 (aged 26) - -
11 4FW Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 25 November 1986 (aged 24) - -
12 1GK Hamed Ghorbanpour 21 September 1984 (aged 26) - -

Senegal

Coach: Amadou Diop

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Al Seyni Ndiaye 31 December 1989 (aged 21) - -
2 2DF Cheikh Ba 21 March 1973 (aged 38) - -
3 2DF Diakhate Assane 5 August 1983 (aged 28) - -
4 2DF Ngalla Sylla 20 March 1986 (aged 25) - -
5 4FW Isaac Thiam 11 November 1989 (aged 21) - -
6 2DF Ibrahima Bakhoum 2 January 1981 (aged 30) - -
7 3MF Babacar Fall 5 March 1989 (aged 22) - -
8 2DF Libasse Diagne 11 February 1981 (aged 30) - -
9 4FW Pape Koukpaki 2 April 1979 (aged 32) - -
10 3MF Serigne Ndour 6 October 1986 (aged 24) - -
11 4FW Ndiaga Mbaye 15 September 1981 (aged 29) - -
12 1GK Eymard Diatta 3 March 1984 (aged 27) - -

Switzerland

Coach: Angelo Schirinzi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Nico Jung 9 March 1982 (aged 29) - -
2 2DF Samuel Lutz 26 November 1981 (aged 29) - -
3 2DF Kaspar Jaeggy 15 May 1984 (aged 27) - -
4 2DF Dominik Ziegler 18 April 1983 (aged 28) - -
5 3MF Michael Rodrigues 3 May 1990 (aged 21) - -
6 3MF Stephan Leu 26 March 1982 (aged 29) - -
7 3MF Sandro Spaccarotella 5 August 1982 (aged 29) - -
8 2DF Mo Jaeggy 1 January 1983 (aged 28) - -
9 4FW Dejan Stankovic 25 August 1985 (aged 26) - -
10 3MF Stephan Meier 10 December 1981 (aged 29) - -
11 4FW Angelo Schirinzi 5 November 1972 (aged 38) - -
12 1GK Valentin Jaeggy 19 October 1986 (aged 24) - -

Group B

Argentina

Coach: Hector Petrasso

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Cesar Mendoza 10 March 1983 (aged 28) - -
2 2DF Agustin Dallera 28 December 1985 (aged 25) - -
3 2DF German Spinelli 9 October 1984 (aged 26) - -
4 2DF Rodrigo Lopez 8 June 1977 (aged 34) - -
5 2DF Luciano Franceschini 4 April 1983 (aged 28) - -
6 2DF Matias Galvan 27 December 1981 (aged 29) - -
7 3MF Lucas Medero 13 January 1990 (aged 21) - -
8 3MF Jonathan Levi 1 May 1986 (aged 25) - -
9 4FW Miguel De Ezeyza 8 September 1984 (aged 26) - -
10 4FW Javier Vivas 27 May 1985 (aged 26) - -
11 4FW Sebastian Larreta 28 March 1986 (aged 25) - -
12 1GK Sebastian Polatti 12 April 1989 (aged 22) - -

El Salvador

Coach: Rudis Gonzalez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK José Portillo 6 May 1989 (aged 22) - -
2 2DF Wilber Alvarado 11 August 1987 (aged 24) - -
3 2DF Medardo Lobos 27 February 1983 (aged 28) - -
4 2DF Tomás Hernández 28 January 1985 (aged 26) - -
5 3MF José Membreño 10 November 1980 (aged 30) - -
6 2DF Elias Ramírez 4 April 1982 (aged 29) - -
7 4FW Walter Torres 8 May 1991 (aged 20) - -
8 3MF Elmer Robles 13 October 1990 (aged 20) - -
9 3MF Darwin Ramírez 19 January 1986 (aged 25) - -
10 4FW Agustín Ruiz 1 December 1987 (aged 23) - -
11 4FW Frank Velásquez 12 February 1990 (aged 21) - -
12 1GK Baudilio Guardado 25 October 1988 (aged 22) - -

Oman

Coach: Talib Al Thanawi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Abdullah Al Qasmi 10 May 1976 (aged 35) - -
2 2DF Juma Al Wahaibi 2 March 1980 (aged 31) - -
3 2DF Jalal Al Sinani 17 November 1986 (aged 24) - -
4 2DF Yahya Al Araimi 1 May 1984 (aged 27) - -
5 2DF Nasser Al Mukhaini 22 August 1977 (aged 34) - -
6 2DF Khalid Al Rajhi 10 June 1980 (aged 31) - -
7 3MF Haitham Al Araimi 6 January 1986 (aged 25) - -
8 4FW Yaqoob Al Alawi 8 August 1980 (aged 31) - -
9 3MF Faisal Al Bulushi 27 August 1980 (aged 31) - -
10 4FW Hani Al Dhabit 15 October 1979 (aged 31) - -
11 3MF Ishaq Al Qassmi 10 September 1985 (aged 25) - -
12 1GK Harib Showan 3 July 1984 (aged 27) - -

Portugal

Coach: Ze Miguel Mateus

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Joao Carlos 23 June 1972 (aged 39) - -
2 2DF Coimbra 14 April 1986 (aged 25) - -
3 3MF Lucio 9 December 1986 (aged 24) - -
4 3MF Bruno Torres 21 April 1980 (aged 31) - -
5 4FW Jordan 2 July 1991 (aged 20) - -
6 3MF Alan 21 June 1975 (aged 36) - -
7 4FW Madjer 22 January 1977 (aged 34) - -
8 2DF Marinho 27 August 1972 (aged 39) - -
9 3MF Bruno Novo 4 May 1982 (aged 29) - -
10 4FW Nuno Belchior 9 October 1982 (aged 28) - -
11 4FW Duarte 4 May 1990 (aged 21) - -
12 1GK Paulo Graça 13 September 1978 (aged 32) - -

Group C

Nigeria

Coach: Audu Adamu

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Abdullahi Isa 10 August 1985 (aged 26) - -
2 4FW Nelson Nwosu 19 August 1989 (aged 22) - -
3 2DF Ogbonnaya Okemmiri 13 June 1986 (aged 25) - -
4 2DF Shehu Maijama'a 13 November 1989 (aged 21) - -
5 2DF Emmanuel Kyande 25 August 1989 (aged 22) - -
6 3MF Victor Tale 9 September 1989 (aged 21) - -
7 4FW Isiaka Olawale 11 November 1983 (aged 27) - -
8 2DF Azeez Abu 31 May 1994 (aged 17) - -
9 3MF Musa Najare 16 January 1992 (aged 19) - -
10 3MF Bartholomew Ibenegbu 22 February 1986 (aged 25) - -
11 4FW James Okwuosa 14 September 1990 (aged 20) - -
12 1GK Olalekan Oladepo 9 October 1991 (aged 19) - -

Russia

Coach: Mikhail Likhachev

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Andrey Bukhlitskiy 7 February 1982 (aged 29) - -
2 2DF Yuri Gorchinskiy 5 May 1977 (aged 34) - -
3 2DF Roman Zaikin 2 October 1979 (aged 31) - -
4 2DF Alexey Makarov 20 August 1987 (aged 24) - -
5 2DF Yuri Krasheninnikov 19 December 1984 (aged 26) - -
6 3MF Dmitry Shishin 14 March 1986 (aged 25) - -
7 2DF Anton Shkarin 15 November 1982 (aged 28) - -
8 2DF Ilya Leonov 21 December 1979 (aged 31) - -
9 4FW Egor Shaykov 23 June 1980 (aged 31) - -
10 2DF Artur Paporotnyy 28 November 1985 (aged 25) - -
11 4FW Egor Eremeev 8 December 1984 (aged 26) - -
12 1GK Aleksandr Filimonov 15 October 1973 (aged 37) - -

Tahiti

Coach: Teva Zaveroni

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Jonathan Torohia 22 February 1985 (aged 26) - -
2 2DF Steven Bennett 15 June 1975 (aged 36) - -
3 2DF Marama Amau 13 January 1991 (aged 20) - -
4 2DF Heimanu Taiarui 24 August 1986 (aged 25) - -
5 2DF Angelo Tchen 8 March 1982 (aged 29) - -
6 3MF Heiarii Tavanae 15 February 1992 (aged 19) - -
7 3MF Raimana Li Fung Kuee 10 April 1985 (aged 26) - -
8 3MF Tainui Lehartel 27 March 1991 (aged 20) - -
9 4FW Naea Bennett 8 July 1977 (aged 34) - -
10 4FW Tearii Labaste 19 July 1991 (aged 20) - -
11 4FW Teva Zaveroni 10 October 1975 (aged 35) - -
12 1GK Franck Revel 18 July 1984 (aged 27) - -

Venezuela

Coach: Roberto Cavallo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK César Vazquez 22 September 1973 (aged 37) - -
2 2DF Gian Luca Cardone 24 September 1979 (aged 31) - -
3 3MF Jose Centeno 22 September 1986 (aged 24) - -
4 2DF Ronald Pérez 22 February 1987 (aged 24) - -
5 2DF Pablo Ferreira 24 September 1977 (aged 33) - -
6 3MF Kevin Camargo 18 August 1984 (aged 27) - -
7 2DF Edgard Quintero 30 April 1978 (aged 33) - -
8 3MF Francisco Landaeta 8 July 1980 (aged 31) - -
9 4FW Marcos Monsalve 6 February 1979 (aged 32) - -
10 4FW Pedro Romero 13 April 1989 (aged 22) - -
11 3MF Carlos Longa 18 January 1979 (aged 32) - -
12 1GK César Fermin 27 May 1982 (aged 29) - -

Group D

Brazil

Coach: Alexandre Soares

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Mão 6 December 1978 (aged 32) - -
2 2DF Anderson 11 August 1983 (aged 28) - -
3 4FW Fred 11 February 1989 (aged 22) - -
4 2DF Betinho 16 December 1977 (aged 33) - -
5 4FW Bruno 29 March 1980 (aged 31) - -
6 3MF Jorginho 19 October 1974 (aged 36) - -
7 4FW Sidney 19 June 1980 (aged 31) - -
8 2DF Souza 27 November 1984 (aged 26) - -
9 4FW André 26 May 1977 (aged 34) - -
10 3MF Benjamin 29 May 1969 (aged 42) - -
11 2DF Buru 14 April 1976 (aged 35) - -
12 1GK Leandro 6 May 1985 (aged 26) - -

Japan

Coach: Ruy Ramos

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Shingo Terukina 8 September 1984 (aged 26) - -
2 3MF Takashi Arakaki 26 May 1979 (aged 32) - -
3 3MF Hirofumi Oda 30 December 1979 (aged 31) - -
4 4FW Shinji Makino 29 May 1976 (aged 35) - -
5 4FW Teruki Tabata 16 April 1979 (aged 32) - -
6 3MF Tomoya Uehara 22 March 1984 (aged 27) - -
7 4FW Takeshi Kawaharazuka 1 February 1975 (aged 36) - -
8 3MF Masahito Toma 16 March 1981 (aged 30) - -
9 3MF Shunta Suzuki 1 January 1984 (aged 27) - -
10 4FW Shusei Yamauchi 9 September 1985 (aged 25) - -
11 3MF Masayuki Komaki 30 August 1982 (aged 29) - -
12 1GK Tomoya Ginoza 2 April 1985 (aged 26) - -

Mexico

Coach: Ramon Raya

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Hector Robles 24 April 1981 (aged 30) - -
2 3MF Angel Rodríguez 21 February 1985 (aged 26) - -
3 2DF Christian Fragoso 6 March 1985 (aged 26) - -
4 2DF Francisco Cati 18 December 1981 (aged 29) - -
5 2DF Benjamin Mosco 2 September 1985 (aged 25) - -
6 3MF José Luis Navarrete 12 January 1973 (aged 38) - -
7 4FW Antonio Barbosa 13 May 1977 (aged 34) - -
8 4FW Jose Cervantes 27 September 1985 (aged 25) - -
9 4FW Ricardo Villalobos 2 February 1981 (aged 30) - -
10 3MF Gustavo Rosales 26 February 1981 (aged 30) - -
11 3MF Morgan Plata 11 December 1981 (aged 29) - -
12 1GK Miguel Estrada 11 July 1983 (aged 28) - -

Ukraine

Coach: Sergiy Kucherenko

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Vitaliy Sydorenko 22 December 1981 (aged 29) - -
2 2DF Sergiy Bozhenko 11 June 1979 (aged 32) - -
3 4FW Oleg Mozgovyy 24 March 1982 (aged 29) - -
4 2DF Anton Butko 4 February 1981 (aged 30) - -
5 2DF Igor Borsuk 6 April 1983 (aged 28) - -
6 2DF Andriy Borsuk 16 December 1985 (aged 25) - -
7 3MF Maksym Nazarenko 20 October 1983 (aged 27) - -
8 3MF Roman Pachev 10 September 1987 (aged 23) - -
9 4FW Oleg Zborovskyi 31 March 1982 (aged 29) - -
10 4FW Andriy Yevdokymov 29 October 1984 (aged 26) - -
11 3MF Oleksandr Korniychuk 13 August 1983 (aged 28) - -
12 1GK Volodymyr Gladchenko 14 November 1984 (aged 26) - -

Statistics

Player Statistics
Name Nation DoB/Age Age difference
Youngest Player Azeez Abu Nigeria 31 May 1994 (aged 17) 25 years
Oldest Player Benjamin Brazil 29 May 1969 (aged 42)
Average age of squads
Average age Country(ies)
22 Nigeria
24 El Salvador
25 Iran
26 Argentina, Tahiti
27 Senegal
28 Italy, Switzerland, Ukraine
29 Oman, Mexico, Russia
30 Japan, Portgual, Venezuela
31 Brazil

References