University of Bamberg

FIFA World Cup 2018

Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark

France

Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Place of birth:
Nice
Date of birth:
26.12.1986
Father of Catalan descent

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Place of birth:
Maubeuge
Date of birth:
28.03.1996

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Paris Saint-Germain
Place of birth:
Beaumont-sur-Oise
Date of birth:
13.08.1995
Congolese father, Haitian mother

Full name:
Raphaël Xavier Varane
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Real Madrid
Place of birth:
Lille
Date of birth:
25.04.1993
Vater from Martinique, French mother

Full name:
Samuel Yves Umtiti
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
FC Barcelona (Spain)
Place of birth:
Yaoundé (Cameroon)
Date of birth:
14.11.1993
Family moved to France when he was two

Full name:
Paul Labile Pogba
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Manchester United (England)
Place of birth:
Lagny-sur-Marne
Date of birth:
15.03.1993
Guinean parents

Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Atlético Madrid (Spain)
Place of birth:
Mâcon
Date of birth:
21.03.1991
German/Alsacian roots on the paternal side, Portuguese roots on the maternal side

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
AS Monaco (Monaco)
Place of birth:
Baie-Mahault (Guadeloupe)
Date of birth:
12.11.1995

Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Chelsea (England)
Place of birth:
Chambéry
Date of birth:
30.09.1986
both grandmothers of Italian heritage

Full name:
Kylian Mbappé Lottin
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Paris Saint-Germain
Place of birth:
Paris
Date of birth:
20.12.1998
Cameroonian father, Algerian mother

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
FC Barcelona (Spain)
Place of birth:
Vernon
Date of birth:
15.05.1997
Malian mother, Mother of Mauritanian and Senegalese descent

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Bayern München (Germany)
Place of birth:
Tarare
Date of birth:
03.08.1994
Togolese father

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Chelsea (England)
Place of birth:
Paris
Date of birth:
29.03.1991
Malian parents

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Paris Saint-Germain
Place of birth:
Toulouse
Date of birth:
09.04.1987
Angolan father, Congolese mother

Full name:
Steven Nkemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Sevilla FC (Spain)
Place of birth:
La Garenne-Colombes
Date of birth:
15.12.1988
Congolese father

Full name:
Steve Mandanda Mpidi
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Olympique de Marseille
Place of birth:
Kinshasa (DR Kongo)
Date of birth:
28.03.1985
Family moved to France when he was two

Arabic:
عادل رامي
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Olympique de Marseille
Place of birth:
Bastia
Date of birth:
27.12.1985
Moroccan parents

Arabic:
نبيل فقير
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Olympique Lyonnais
Place of birth:
Lyon
Date of birth:
18.07.1993
Algerian family

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
AS Monaco (Monaco)
Place of birth:
Troyes
Date of birth:
29.07.1992
Malian parents

Full name:
Florian Tristan Mariano Thauvin
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Olympique de Marseille
Place of birth:
Orléans
Date of birth:
26.01.1993

Full name:
Lucas François Bernard Hernández
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Atlético Madrid (Spain)
Place of birth:
Marseille
Date of birth:
14.02.1996
Father of Spanish-French heritage, raised in Spain
Alternative Pronunciation:
Spanish(90.2 KB)

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Manchester City (England)
Place of birth:
Longjumeau
Date of birth:
17.07.1994
Senegalese roots

Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Paris Saint-Germain
Place of birth:
Paris
Date of birth:
27.02.1993
Parents from the Philippines

Full name:
Didier Claude Deschamps
Place of birth:
Bayonne
Date of birth:
15.10.1968

France - Reservists

Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Girondins de Bordeaux
Place of birth:
Caen
Date of birth:
03.07.1987

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
AS Saint-Étienne
Place of birth:
Fretin
Date of birth:
28.07.1985

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
FC Barcelona (Spain)
Place of birth:
Meaux
Date of birth:
20.07.1993

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Crystal Palace (England)
Place of birth:
Paris
Date of birth:
13.02.1990
Senegalese parents

Full name:
Kurt Happy Zouma
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Chelsea (England)
Place of birth:
Lyon
Date of birth:
27.10.1994
Parents from the Central African Republic

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Paris Saint-Germain
Place of birth:
Saint-Maurice
Date of birth:
03.04.1995

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Place of birth:
Le Blanc-Mesnil
Date of birth:
16.08.1989
Malian parents

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Bayern München (Germany)
Place of birth:
Paris
Date of birth:
13.06.1996
Parents from Guadeloupe

Arabic:
وسام بن يدر
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Sevilla FC (Spain)
Place of birth:
Sarcelles
Date of birth:
12.08.1990
Tunisian parents

Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Arsenal (England)
Place of birth:
Lyon
Date of birth:
28.03.1991
Family from Guadeloupe

Full name:
Anthony Joran Martial
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Manchester United (England)
Place of birth:
Massy
Date of birth:
05.12.1995
Family from Guadeloupe

Australia

Full name:
Mathew David Ryan
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Brighton & Hove Albion (England)
Place of birth:
Plumpton
Date of birth:
08.04.1992

Cyrillic:
Милош Дегенек
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan)
Place of birth:
Knin (Croatia)
Date of birth:
28.04.1994
Croatian Serb parents, family emigrated to Australia in 2000

Full name:
James Gregory Meredith
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Millwall F.C. (England)
Place of birth:
Albury
Date of birth:
04.04.1988

Full name:
Timothy Filiga Cahill
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Millwall F.C. (England)
Place of birth:
Sydney
Date of birth:
06.12.1979
English father, Samoan mother, Irish grandfather

Full name:
Mark Daniel Milligan
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
an-Nādī al-Ahlī (Saudi Arabia)
Place of birth:
Sydney
Date of birth:
04.08.1985

Full name:
Matthew John Jurman
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (South Korea)
Place of birth:
Wollongong
Date of birth:
08.12.1989
Croatian father
Alternative Pronunciation:
Croatian(48.0 KB)

Full name:
Mathew Allan Leckie
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Hertha BSC (Germany)
Place of birth:
Melbourne
Date of birth:
04.02.1991

Full name:
Massimo Corey Luongo
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Queens Park Rangers (England)
Place of birth:
Sydney
Date of birth:
25.09.1992
Italian father, Indonesian mother

Full name:
Tomislav Jurić
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
FC Luzern (Switzerland)
Place of birth:
Sydney
Date of birth:
22.07.1991
Croatian parents

Full name:
Robbie Thomas Kruse
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
VfL Bochum (Germany)
Place of birth:
Brisbane
Date of birth:
05.10.1988

Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
Place of birth:
Melbourne
Date of birth:
17.12.1992
Lebanese parents

Full name:
Bradley Scott Jones
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Feyenoord (Netherlands)
Place of birth:
Armadale, Perth
Date of birth:
19.03.1982
English parents
Alternative Pronunciation:
England(32.0 KB)

Full name:
Aaron Frank Mooy
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Huddersfield Town (England)
Place of birth:
Sydney
Date of birth:
15.09.1990

Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Hibernian (Scotland)
Place of birth:
Melbourne
Date of birth:
29.07.1993
Scottish father, Maltese mother

Full name:
Michael John Jedinak
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Aston Villa (England)
Place of birth:
Camperdown
Date of birth:
03.08.1984
Croatian family
Alternative pronunciation:
Croatian(38.0 KB)

Full name:
Aziz Eraltay Behich
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Bursaspor (Turkey)
Place of birth:
Melbourne
Date of birth:
16.12.1990
Turkish Cypriot family (Behiç)

Persian:
دنیل ارزانی
Dāniyel-e Arzānī
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Melbourne City
Place of birth:
Ḫorramābād (Iran)
Date of birth:
04.01.1999
raised in Australia from age 7
Alternative Pronunciation:
Australia(36.0 KB)

Full name:
Daniel Vuković
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
K.R.C. Genk (Belgium)
Place of birth:
Sydney
Date of birth:
27.03.1985
Serbian family

Full name:
Joshua Risdon
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Western Sydney Wanderers
Place of birth:
Bunbury
Date of birth:
27.07.1992

Full name:
Trent Lucas Sainsbury
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Grasshopper Club Zürich (Switzerland)
Place of birth:
Thornlie
Date of birth:
05.01.1992

Full name:
Dimitrios Petratos
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Newcastle Jets
Place of birth:
Sydney
Date of birth:
10.11.1992
Greek roots

Full name:
Jackson Alexander Irvine
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Hull City (England)
Place of birth:
Melbourne
Date of birth:
07.03.1993
Scottish father

Cyrillic:
Томас Петар Рогић
Tomas Petar Rogić
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Celtic Glasgow (Scotland)
Place of birth:
Griffith
Date of birth:
16.12.1992
Croatian Serb father, Serbian mother

Full name:
Lambertus van Marwijk
Nationality:
Netherlands
Place of birth:
Deventer (Netherlands)
Date of birth:
19.05.1952

Australia - Part of the Preliminary Squad

Full name:
Mitchell James Langerak
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Nagoya Grampus (Japan)
Place of birth:
Emerald
Date of birth:
22.08.1988
Dutch father

Full name:
Bailey Colin Wright
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Bristol City (England)
Place of birth:
Melbourne
Date of birth:
28.07.1992

Cyrillic:
Александар Шушњар
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
FK Mladá Boleslav (Czech Republic)
Place of birth:
Perth
Date of birth:
19.08.1995
Serbian family

Full name:
Alexander Joseph Gersbach
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Racing Club de Lens (France)
Place of birth:
Sutherland
Date of birth:
08.05.1997
Greek ancestry on the paternal side

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb (Croatia)
Place of birth:
Zagreb (Croatian)
Date of birth:
12.05.1996
Father born in Australia

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Sydney FC
Place of birth:
Bundaberg
Date of birth:
25.03.1993
Italian roots

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Melbourne Victory
Place of birth:
Rose Park
Date of birth:
03.07.1988
Italian father, Greek mother

Greek:
Απόστολος Γιάννου
Apóstolos Giánnou
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
AEK Lárnaka (Cyprus)
Place of birth:
Náousa (Greece)
Date of birth:
25.01.1990
raised in Australia from Age 9

Full name:
Мики́та Вади́мович Рукави́ця
Mykýta Vadýmovyč Rukavýcja
FIFA Display Name:
Nikita Vadymovych Rukavytsya
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Place of birth:
Mykoláїv (Ukraine)
Date of birth:
22.06.1987
Family emigrated to Australia when he was 14

Peru

Full name:
Pedro David Gallese Quiroz
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
23.04.1990

Full name:
Alberto Junior Rodríguez Valdelomar
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Atlético Junior (Colombia)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
31.03.1984

Full name:
Aldo Sebastián Corzo Chávez
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Universitario
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
20.05.1989

Full name:
Anderson Santamaría Bardales
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Club Puebla (Mexico)
Place of birth:
Tingo María
Date of birth:
10.01.1992

Full name:
Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Alianza Lima
Place of birth:
Villa María del Triunfo
Date of birth:
24.10.1994

Full name:
Miguel Ángel Trauco Saavedra
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Flamengo (Brazil)
Place of birth:
Tarapoto
Date of birth:
25.08.1992

Full name:
Cristopher Paolo César Hurtado Huertas
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Vitória de Guimarães (Portugal)
Place of birth:
Callao
Date of birth:
27.07.1990

Full name:
Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
São Paulo FC (Brazil)
Place of birth:
Trujillo
Date of birth:
23.11.1991

Full name:
José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Flamengo (Brazil)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
01.01.1984

Full name:
Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
FK Lokomotív Moskvá (Russia)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
26.10.1984

Full name:
Raúl Mario Ruidíaz Misitich
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Monarcas Morelia (Mexico)
Place of birth:
Villa María del Triunfo
Date of birth:
25.07.1990
Croatian mother (Misitić)

Full name:
Carlos Alberto Cáceda Ollaguez
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Deportivo Municipal
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
27.09.1991

Full name:
Renato Fabrizio Tapia Cortijo
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Feyenoord (Netherlands)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
28.07.1995

Full name:
Andy Jorman Polo Andrade
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Portland Timbers (USA)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
29.09.1994

Full name:
Christian Guillermo Martín Ramos Garagay
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
04.11.1988

Full name:
Wilder José Cartagena Mendoza
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico)
Place of birth:
Chincha Alta
Date of birth:
23.09.1994

Full name:
Luis Jan Piers Advíncula Castrillón
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Lobos BUAP (Mexico)
Place of birth:
Chincha Alta
Date of birth:
02.03.1990

Full name:
André Martín Carrillo Díaz
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Watford F.C. (England)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
14.06.1991

Full name:
Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Orlando City (USA)
Place of birth:
Callao
Date of birth:
07.04.1990

Full name:
Edison Michael Flores Peralta
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
AaB Fodbold (Denmark)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
14.05.1994

Full name:
José Aurelio Carvallo Alonso
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
01.03.1986

Full name:
Nilson Evair Loyola Morales
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
FCB Melgar
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
26.10.1994

Full name:
Pedro Jesús Aquino Sánchez
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Lobos BUAP (Mexico)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
13.04.1995

Full name:
Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi
Nationality:
Argentina
Place of birth:
Tapiales (Argentina)
Date of birth:
10.02.1958
Alternative Pronunciation:
Peru(63.3 KB)

Peru - Part of the Preliminary Squad

Full name:
Luis Alfonso Abram Ugarelli
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
27.02.1996

Full name:
Sergio Fernando Peña Flores
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Granada CF (Spain)
Place of birth:
Lima
Date of birth:
28.09.1995

Denmark

Full name:
Kasper Peter Schmeichel
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Leicester City (England)
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
05.11.1986
Polish grandfather, raised in England

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Deportivo de La Coruña (Spain)
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
06.06.1983

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany)
Place of birth:
Hvidovre
Date of birth:
03.08.1992
Danish father, German mother

Full name:
Simon Thorup Kjær
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Sevilla FC (Spain)
Place of birth:
Horsens
Date of birth:
26.03.1989

Full name:
Jonas Hjort Knudsen
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Ipswich Town (England)
Place of birth:
Esbjerg
Date of birth:
16.09.1992

Full name:
Andreas Bødtker Christensen
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Chelsea (England)
Place of birth:
Lillerød
Date of birth:
10.04.1996

Full name:
William Vitved Kvist
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
FC København
Place of birth:
Odder
Date of birth:
24.02.1985
born: William Kvist Jørgensen

Full name:
Thomas Joseph Delaney
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Werder Bremen (Germany)
Place of birth:
Frederiksberg
Date of birth:
03.09.1991
US-American grandfather, Irish roots

Full name:
Nicolai Mick Jørgensen
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Feyenoord (Netherlands)
Place of birth:
Ballerup
Date of birth:
15.01.1991

Full name:
Christian Dannemann Eriksen
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Place of birth:
Middelfart
Date of birth:
14.02.1992

Full name:
Martin Braithwaite Christensen
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Girondins de Bordeaux (France)
Place of birth:
Esbjerg
Date of birth:
05.06.1991
Guyanese father, Danish mother

Full name:
Kasper Dolberg Rasmussen
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
AFC Ajax (Netherlands)
Place of birth:
Silkeborg
Date of birth:
06.10.1997

Full name:
Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Huddersfield Town (England)
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
23.04.1990
Gambian father, Danish mother

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Brentford (England)
Place of birth:
Roum
Date of birth:
27.07.1989

Full name:
Viktor Gorridsen Fischer
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
FC København
Place of birth:
Aarhus
Date of birth:
09.06.1994

Full name:
Jonas Bybjerg Lössl
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Huddersfield Town (England)
Place of birth:
Kolding
Date of birth:
01.02.1989
Grandparent of German heritage

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Udinese Calcio (Italy)
Place of birth:
Sakskøbing
Date of birth:
21.02.1992

Full name:
Lukas Lerager Reiff
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Girondins de Bordeaux (France)
Place of birth:
Gladsaxe
Date of birth:
12.07.1993

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
AFC Ajax (Netherlands)
Place of birth:
Glostrup
Date of birth:
27.05.1986

Full name:
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
RB Leipzig
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
15.06.1994
Tanzanian father, Danish mother

Full name:
Andreas Evald Cornelius
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Atalanta B.C. (Italy)
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
16.03.1993

Full name:
Frederik Riis Rønnow
Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
Brøndby IF
Place of birth:
Horsens
Date of birth:
04.08.1992

Full name:
Pione Sisto Ifolo Emirmija
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Celta de Vigo (Spain)
Place of birth:
Kampala (Uganda)
Date of birth:
04.02.1995
South Sudanese parents, raised in Denmark

Full name:
Åge Fridtjof Hareide
Nationality:
Norway
Place of birth:
Hareid (Norway)
Date of birth:
23.09.1953

Denmark - Part of the Preliminary Squad

Playing position:
Goalkeeper
Club:
FC Midtjylland
Place of birth:
Slangerup
Date of birth:
31.03.1985

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Real Betis (Spain)
Place of birth:
Ishøj
Date of birth:
08.01.1994
Albanian family
Alternative Pronunciation:
Albanian(58.2 KB)

Full name:
Nicolai Møller Boilesen
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
FC København
Place of birth:
Ballerup
Date of birth:
16.02.1992

Full name:
Peter Svarrer Ankersen
Playing position:
Defender
Club:
FC København
Place of birth:
Esbjerg
Date of birth:
22.09.1990

Playing position:
Defender
Club:
Brentford (England)
Place of birth:
Fredensborg
Date of birth:
11.07.1988
Norwegian father, Danish mother

Full name:
Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Southampton F.C. (England)
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
05.08.1995
Danish father, French mother

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Celta de Vigo (Spain)
Place of birth:
Gladsaxe
Date of birth:
31.05.1989

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
FC Nordsjælland
Date of birth:
01.01.1996

Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
FC København
Date of birth:
20.05.1996

Full name:
Mike Lindemann Jensen
Playing position:
Midfielder
Club:
Rosenborg BK (Norway)
Place of birth:
Herlev
Date of birth:
19.02.1988

Full name:
Albin Kenneth Dahrup Zohore
Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Cardiff City (Wales)
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
31.01.1994
Ivorian father, Danish mother

Playing position:
Striker
Club:
Rosenborg BK (Norway)
Place of birth:
København
Date of birth:
16.01.1988