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Fifa confirm 'Madiba squads'
12/07/2007 22:01 - (SA)
Berne - Fifa have unveiled
the full list of players taking part in next week's charity
match in honour of former South African president Nelson
Mandela.
Pele, Ruud Gullit and French World Cup winner Christian
Karembeu head the line-up for the Rest of the World team, most
of whom are retired.
Pele, the world's greatest ever player who retired in 1977
but still looks in remarkably good shape at 66, is expected to
make a cameo appearance in the match.
Three-time African Player of the Year Samuel Eto'o and
former Fifa World Player of the Year George Weah are among the
22 players selected to represent Africa, whose squad, like the
Rest of the World's is mainly comprised of former stars.
The game is due to be held at Cape Town's Newlands Stadium
on July 18, Mandela's 89th birthday, with proceeds going to
local charities.
The squads named by Fifa are:
Rest of the World:
Goalkeeper: Andoni Zubizaretta
Defenders: Zoubaier Baya, Christian Karembeu, Gary Mabbutt,
Patrick M'Boma, Santos Muntubile, Lucas Radebe
Midfielders/Forwards: Ali Daei, Emilio Butragueno, Stephane
Chapuisat, Youssouf Fofana, Julen Guerrero, Ruud Gullit, Joo
Sung Kim, Leonardo, Pele, Fernando Redondo, Wynton Rufer, Ivan
Zamorano
Coaches: Roy Hodgson, Claude Le Roy
Africa:
Goalkeepers: Ezaki Badou, Jacques Songo'o
Defenders: Owen Augustine Eguavoen, Mark Fish, Stephen
Keshi, Doctor Khumalo, David Obua, Stephen Tataw, Okechukwu
Uche.
Midfielders/Forwards: Abedi Pele, Daniel Amokachi, Kalusha
Bwalya, Samuel Eto'o, Hossam Hassan, Lomana Lualua, Rabah
Madjer, Pedro Mantorras, Phil Masinga, Francois Oman Biyik,
Dennis Oliech, Samson Siasia, George Weah
Coaches: Jean Manga, Jomo Sono.
- Reuters
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