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SPEKZ · 23-06-2009, 10:26 PM

+ LIVERPOOL F.C SQUAD 2009-10

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+ MIDFIELDERS
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Yossi Benayoun

Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 05/05/1980
Height: 5'8
Weight: 9st 8
Former clubs: Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Racing Santander, West Ham United
Birth Place: Dimona, Israel
Squad Number: 15
FIFA Overall: 83

Yossi Benayoun signed for Liverpool in July 2007 from fellow Premiership team, West Ham United. The playermaker is regarded as a big star in Israel and he currently captains the national side. West Ham paid a intial fee of £2,500,000 for Benayoun and he instantly made a impact as he assisted two goals on his debut. His five goals and seven assists shot West Ham to a ninth place finish and into the FA Cup Final against Liverpool, where they went on to lose on penalties. In his last year with The Hammers, Benayoun scored three goals before moving to Liverpool. He made his debut in a UEFA Champions League Qualifier against Toulouse. Six weeks later, he scored his first Liverpool goal against Reading, more joy followed as he bagged a hat-trick in a Champions League game against Besiktas. He has gone on to score many goals and countless assists.
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Lucas Leiva

Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 09/01/1987
Height: 5'8
Weight: 11st 7
Former clubs: Gremio
Birth Place: Dourados, Brazil
Squad Number: 21
FIFA Overall: 76

Lucas Leiva signed in July, 2007 from Brazilian side, Gremio. With loads of intrest in the box-to-box midfielder, Lucas decided to move to Liverpool. Having broke onto the scene in October, 2005. Lucas became the youngest player to win the Bola de Ouro. Previous winners contain Zico, Romario, Kaka and Carlos Tevez. The nephew of Brazilian footballer Leivinha, captained his country's under 20's to the South American Youth Championship title, scoring four goals in the way. Brazilian manager Dunga decided to try out Lucas and he made his debut against Al-Kuwait in 2006. Due to the game not being a official FIFA tie, the international fixture did not count as his debut. His most famous goal would be in the 4-3 win against Havant and Waterloo when he scored a twenty-five yard curler into the top corner. He has become stiff competiation to Xabi Alonso and Javier Masacherano.
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Damien Plessis

Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 05/03/1988
Height: 6'3
Weight: 12st 7
Former clubs: Lyon
Birth Place: Neuville-aux-Bois, France
Squad Number: 28
FIFA Overall: 72

This holding midfielder has been dubbed as a 'promising youngster' by all the staff at Liverpool Football Club. He is one of the most exciting prospects at Melwood after signing from French side, Lyon in 2007. He has made a number of first team appearances including a shock decision by Rafael Benitez to start the midfielder against Arsenal in the 1-1 draw in 2008. Tall but cultured, Plessis played a important role in the reserve title winning side in the 2007-08 season.
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Sebastian Leto

Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 30/08/1986
Height: 6'2
Weight: 9st 2
Former clubs: Lanus, Olympiakos
Birth Place: Alejandro Korn, Argentina
Squad Number: 29
FIFA Overall: 74

Sebastian Leto started his career at Lanus before moving to Liverpool in 2007. Since then he has gone out on loan to Greek side Olympiakos where he made twenty-one appearances and scoring just the once. He made his debut against French side Toulouse in a UEFA Champions League qualifying game in which they won 4-0. He has yet to make his Premier League debut due to problems with his passport. This forced him to play in the reserves until he can get it sorted. As soon as he finally managed to get a Italian passport in 2007, it was late revoked, allowing the Argentian to apply for a work permit but this was later refused. Rafael Benitez cricticsed the decisio of UEFA.
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Ryan Flynn

Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 04/09/1988
Height: 5'7
Weight: 9st 6
Former clubs: Falkirk, Wrexham
Birth Place: Scotland
Squad Number: 35
FIFA Overall: 51

Central midfielder Ryan Flynn graduated from the Liverpool Academy and is now a regular in the reserve team. The Scottish ace, joined The Reds from Falkirk in 2006. He can also play as a second striker and was a key part of the clubs successive FA Youth Cup wins, scoring in the final vs Manchester City, making it three goals in total. He also helped Liverpool win the reserves league in 2007-08. Two seasons ago, the youngster was loaned out to Wrexham who play their football in the Blue Square Premier League. He notched up four goals in twenty-one games. He is yet to make his Liverpool debut but has played in various friendlies.
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Stephen Irwin

Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 29/09/1990
Height: 5'8
Weight: 10st 6
Former clubs: N/A
Birth Place: Liverpool
Squad Number: 36
FIFA Overall: 54

This Scouser was promoted to Melwood academy in 2008 after spending nine years in the youth team. The midfielder who can also play as a defender first caught the ey of the Liverpool staff when he came on as a substitute against Manchester United in the 2006 Youth Cup Final. From that day, he has captained the U18 squad and helped them win the 2007-08 title. Irwin said this after being called up to Melwood; "I would say centre midfield is my best position, just over right-back, "I've played in every single position during my time at Liverpool. I actually played in goal once against Wolves. The goalkeeper got injured after 10 minutes. I had loads of saves to make so I'll be pushing Pepe Reina soon!"
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Jay Spearing

Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 25/11/1988
Height: 5'6
Weight: 11st 1
Former clubs: N/A
Birth Place: Wirral
Squad Number: 26
FIFA Overall: 59

2007 was a big year for Jay as he finally graduated to Melwood after a decade in the Academy. The midfielder captained Liverpool's U18 to their second successive FA Youth Cup win in 2007. In the previous season, Jay suffered a set-back after he br. Palssonoke his leg but returned to beat Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup Final. He then went onto win the Torneo di Renate after he guided the U20's to back-to-back wins over AC Milan and Parma. Spearing made his first team debut in the UEFA Champions League against PSV Eindhoven in 2008. What the midfielder lacks in height, he makes up for in energy and hunger for the ball and titles. He even made a appearance in the 4-0 thrashing over Real Madrid which caused the fans to sing his name.
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+ ATTACKERS
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Fernando Torres

Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 20/03/1984
Height: 6'1
Weight: 12st 4
Former clubs: Atletico Madrid
Birth Place: Madrid, Spain
Squad Number: 9
FIFA Overall: 88

"We bought the lad from sunny Spain, he gets the ball and scores again" is the offcial chant for this great number nine. Fernando Torres is the new idol of the number nine shirt and he has succeeded the name of Robbie Fowler to break the thirty goal-barrier and is on his way to achieving the godlike status. Before joining The Kop, El Nino spent twelve years at Atletico Madrid. Torres became the youngest player in the clubs history to become captain at the age of just nineteen. He has represented the national squad at U16 and U19 level. His first goal for Spain came against Italy and from then has made a powerful partnership with David Villa. Torres scored his first Liverpool goal against Chelsea after a burst of pace from the striker. He helped Spain to win Euro 2008 after scoring the winner against Germany.
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Michael Owen

Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 14/12/1979
Height: 5'8
Weight: 11st 8
Former clubs: Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle
Birth Place: Chester, England
Squad Number: 10
FIFA Overall: 79

Michael Owen returned to Anfield after signing from Newcastle United in 2009 for £8,000,000. Owen scored 118 goals for Liverpool as he spent eight years at The Reds before leaving for Spanish club, Real Madrid. Madrid never worked well as he spent one year in Spain before moving to The Magpies. The England striker scored twenty-six goals for Newcastle before returning to the club of his heart, Liverpool F.C. His England career has gone down in the dumps since Fabio Capello was appointed new manager. He has featured once under the Italian's management which was in November 2008. His International record speaks for itself as he has netted forty times for England, including a hat-trick in the 5-1 demolition against rivals Argentina.
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Dirk Kuyt

Position: Striker
Date of Birth: 22/07/1980
Height: 6'0
Weight: 13st 2
Former clubs: FC Utrecht, Feyenoord
Birth Place: Katwijk, Netherlands
Squad Number: 18
FIFA Overall: 77

This energetic striker was signed from Feyenoord for £10,000,000 in 2006. When the Dutch flyer was twelve, he was too choose from being a fisherman with his dad or to be a footballer. Thankfully, he chose to be a footballer and started his career at Young Boys. In the FIFA World Cup in 2006, Kuyt made three appearances, mostly on the right wing to his dislike. After months of uncertainty of his future, he finally signed for Liverpool. He had his debut against West Ham United and despite scoring, he was clapped as he chased every ball. His first goal came agains Newcastle United and he went on to score thirteen in his first season. The season ended in the UEFA Champions League Final, where he scored the winning penalty against Chelsea in the semi-finals.
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23-06-2009, 10:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
SPEKZ EA Veteran Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England Age: 16 Gender: Male Posts: 12,489	+ LIVERPOOL F.C SQUAD 2009-10 ------------------------------------ + MIDFIELDERS ------------------------------------- Yossi Benayoun Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 05/05/1980 Height: 5'8 Weight: 9st 8 Former clubs: Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa, Racing Santander, West Ham United Birth Place: Dimona, Israel Squad Number: 15 FIFA Overall: 83 Yossi Benayoun signed for Liverpool in July 2007 from fellow Premiership team, West Ham United. The playermaker is regarded as a big star in Israel and he currently captains the national side. West Ham paid a intial fee of £2,500,000 for Benayoun and he instantly made a impact as he assisted two goals on his debut. His five goals and seven assists shot West Ham to a ninth place finish and into the FA Cup Final against Liverpool, where they went on to lose on penalties. In his last year with The Hammers, Benayoun scored three goals before moving to Liverpool. He made his debut in a UEFA Champions League Qualifier against Toulouse. Six weeks later, he scored his first Liverpool goal against Reading, more joy followed as he bagged a hat-trick in a Champions League game against Besiktas. He has gone on to score many goals and countless assists. ------------------------------------- Lucas Leiva Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 09/01/1987 Height: 5'8 Weight: 11st 7 Former clubs: Gremio Birth Place: Dourados, Brazil Squad Number: 21 FIFA Overall: 76 Lucas Leiva signed in July, 2007 from Brazilian side, Gremio. With loads of intrest in the box-to-box midfielder, Lucas decided to move to Liverpool. Having broke onto the scene in October, 2005. Lucas became the youngest player to win the Bola de Ouro. Previous winners contain Zico, Romario, Kaka and Carlos Tevez. The nephew of Brazilian footballer Leivinha, captained his country's under 20's to the South American Youth Championship title, scoring four goals in the way. Brazilian manager Dunga decided to try out Lucas and he made his debut against Al-Kuwait in 2006. Due to the game not being a official FIFA tie, the international fixture did not count as his debut. His most famous goal would be in the 4-3 win against Havant and Waterloo when he scored a twenty-five yard curler into the top corner. He has become stiff competiation to Xabi Alonso and Javier Masacherano. ------------------------------------- Damien Plessis Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 05/03/1988 Height: 6'3 Weight: 12st 7 Former clubs: Lyon Birth Place: Neuville-aux-Bois, France Squad Number: 28 FIFA Overall: 72 This holding midfielder has been dubbed as a 'promising youngster' by all the staff at Liverpool Football Club. He is one of the most exciting prospects at Melwood after signing from French side, Lyon in 2007. He has made a number of first team appearances including a shock decision by Rafael Benitez to start the midfielder against Arsenal in the 1-1 draw in 2008. Tall but cultured, Plessis played a important role in the reserve title winning side in the 2007-08 season. ------------------------------------- Sebastian Leto Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 30/08/1986 Height: 6'2 Weight: 9st 2 Former clubs: Lanus, Olympiakos Birth Place: Alejandro Korn, Argentina Squad Number: 29 FIFA Overall: 74 Sebastian Leto started his career at Lanus before moving to Liverpool in 2007. Since then he has gone out on loan to Greek side Olympiakos where he made twenty-one appearances and scoring just the once. He made his debut against French side Toulouse in a UEFA Champions League qualifying game in which they won 4-0. He has yet to make his Premier League debut due to problems with his passport. This forced him to play in the reserves until he can get it sorted. As soon as he finally managed to get a Italian passport in 2007, it was late revoked, allowing the Argentian to apply for a work permit but this was later refused. Rafael Benitez cricticsed the decisio of UEFA. ------------------------------------- Ryan Flynn Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 04/09/1988 Height: 5'7 Weight: 9st 6 Former clubs: Falkirk, Wrexham Birth Place: Scotland Squad Number: 35 FIFA Overall: 51 Central midfielder Ryan Flynn graduated from the Liverpool Academy and is now a regular in the reserve team. The Scottish ace, joined The Reds from Falkirk in 2006. He can also play as a second striker and was a key part of the clubs successive FA Youth Cup wins, scoring in the final vs Manchester City, making it three goals in total. He also helped Liverpool win the reserves league in 2007-08. Two seasons ago, the youngster was loaned out to Wrexham who play their football in the Blue Square Premier League. He notched up four goals in twenty-one games. He is yet to make his Liverpool debut but has played in various friendlies. ------------------------------------- Stephen Irwin Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 29/09/1990 Height: 5'8 Weight: 10st 6 Former clubs: N/A Birth Place: Liverpool Squad Number: 36 FIFA Overall: 54 This Scouser was promoted to Melwood academy in 2008 after spending nine years in the youth team. The midfielder who can also play as a defender first caught the ey of the Liverpool staff when he came on as a substitute against Manchester United in the 2006 Youth Cup Final. From that day, he has captained the U18 squad and helped them win the 2007-08 title. Irwin said this after being called up to Melwood; "I would say centre midfield is my best position, just over right-back, "I've played in every single position during my time at Liverpool. I actually played in goal once against Wolves. The goalkeeper got injured after 10 minutes. I had loads of saves to make so I'll be pushing Pepe Reina soon!" ------------------------------------- Jay Spearing Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 25/11/1988 Height: 5'6 Weight: 11st 1 Former clubs: N/A Birth Place: Wirral Squad Number: 26 FIFA Overall: 59 2007 was a big year for Jay as he finally graduated to Melwood after a decade in the Academy. The midfielder captained Liverpool's U18 to their second successive FA Youth Cup win in 2007. In the previous season, Jay suffered a set-back after he br. Palssonoke his leg but returned to beat Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup Final. He then went onto win the Torneo di Renate after he guided the U20's to back-to-back wins over AC Milan and Parma. Spearing made his first team debut in the UEFA Champions League against PSV Eindhoven in 2008. What the midfielder lacks in height, he makes up for in energy and hunger for the ball and titles. He even made a appearance in the 4-0 thrashing over Real Madrid which caused the fans to sing his name. ------------------------------------- + ATTACKERS ------------------------------------ Fernando Torres Position: Striker Date of Birth: 20/03/1984 Height: 6'1 Weight: 12st 4 Former clubs: Atletico Madrid Birth Place: Madrid, Spain Squad Number: 9 FIFA Overall: 88 "We bought the lad from sunny Spain, he gets the ball and scores again" is the offcial chant for this great number nine. Fernando Torres is the new idol of the number nine shirt and he has succeeded the name of Robbie Fowler to break the thirty goal-barrier and is on his way to achieving the godlike status. Before joining The Kop, El Nino spent twelve years at Atletico Madrid. Torres became the youngest player in the clubs history to become captain at the age of just nineteen. He has represented the national squad at U16 and U19 level. His first goal for Spain came against Italy and from then has made a powerful partnership with David Villa. Torres scored his first Liverpool goal against Chelsea after a burst of pace from the striker. He helped Spain to win Euro 2008 after scoring the winner against Germany. ------------------------------------- Michael Owen Position: Striker Date of Birth: 14/12/1979 Height: 5'8 Weight: 11st 8 Former clubs: Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle Birth Place: Chester, England Squad Number: 10 FIFA Overall: 79 Michael Owen returned to Anfield after signing from Newcastle United in 2009 for £8,000,000. Owen scored 118 goals for Liverpool as he spent eight years at The Reds before leaving for Spanish club, Real Madrid. Madrid never worked well as he spent one year in Spain before moving to The Magpies. The England striker scored twenty-six goals for Newcastle before returning to the club of his heart, Liverpool F.C. His England career has gone down in the dumps since Fabio Capello was appointed new manager. He has featured once under the Italian's management which was in November 2008. His International record speaks for itself as he has netted forty times for England, including a hat-trick in the 5-1 demolition against rivals Argentina. ------------------------------------- Dirk Kuyt Position: Striker Date of Birth: 22/07/1980 Height: 6'0 Weight: 13st 2 Former clubs: FC Utrecht, Feyenoord Birth Place: Katwijk, Netherlands Squad Number: 18 FIFA Overall: 77 This energetic striker was signed from Feyenoord for £10,000,000 in 2006. When the Dutch flyer was twelve, he was too choose from being a fisherman with his dad or to be a footballer. Thankfully, he chose to be a footballer and started his career at Young Boys. In the FIFA World Cup in 2006, Kuyt made three appearances, mostly on the right wing to his dislike. After months of uncertainty of his future, he finally signed for Liverpool. He had his debut against West Ham United and despite scoring, he was clapped as he chased every ball. His first goal came agains Newcastle United and he went on to score thirteen in his first season. The season ended in the UEFA Champions League Final, where he scored the winning penalty against Chelsea in the semi-finals. ---------------------------------------- Last edited by SPEKZ; 12-07-2009 at 12:45 PM..