Football Sweepstake.com is the place to come to find out about the players who will write the story of the 18th FIFA World Cup. From the tournament's eight new teams to the silken-footed stars of Brazil, we have compiled a comprehensive collection of player profiles.
Of the 736 players, there are seven preparing for their fourth FIFA World Cup: Cafu and Ronaldo ( both Brazil ), Oliver Kahn ( Germany ) Mohammed Al Deayea and Sami Al Jaber ( both Saudi Arabia ), and Kasey Keller and Claudio Reyna ( both USA ). Only Cafu, Al Deayea and Al Jaber actually appeared in all three previous tournaments while USA goalkeeper Keller is the only player going to Germany who was at the 1990 finals.
Keller may be a veteran at 36 but he is a youngster compared to Tunisia goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel, the tournament's oldest player. He turned 40 in April and in the entire history of the FIFA World Cup, only Roger Milla, Pat Jennings, Peter Shilton and Dino Zoff have been older.
By contrast the youngest player in the competition, England's Theo Walcott, is just 17 and will become the FIFA World Cup's youngest ever scorer if he finds the back of the net in Germany.
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