Michael Essien Profile and Pictures

Profile :
Full Name : Michael Kojo Essien
Date of Birth : December 3, 1982 (1982-12-03) (age 26)
Place of Birth : Accra, Ghana
Height :1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing Position : Defensive midfielder
Career Club :
2000–2003 : Bastia
2003–2005 : Lyon
2005– : Chelsea
National team
2002– : Ghana

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Branislav Ivanovic : Defender from Chelsea

Profile :
Name: Branislav Ivanovic
Nationality: Serbian
Date of Birth: 22/02/1984
Height: 6' 2" (188cm)
Weight: 13st 8lbs (86.0kg)
Previous
Clubs: OFK Belgrade, Lokomotiv Mosc
Position: Defender

Signed from Lokomotiv Moscow on a three-and-a-half year contract, Branislav became then manager Avram Grant's second signing in the January 2008 transfer window, following on from the arrival of Nicolas Anelka.

The 23-year-old Serbian international is a versatile addition to the squad. He can play right back, centre back or defensive midfield, and has already shown his abilities in two of those three positions.

Having begun his career in his native Serbia at local club Sremska Mitrovica, he soon moved to the Serbian capital Belgrade to play for OFK Beograd where he remained for three seasons, joining Lokomotiv in the summer of 2006. He appeared for the Russian side in the Uefa Cup.

A star of Serbia's Under 21s in both the 2006 and 2007 European Championships, Branislav was voted into the Uefa Team of the Tournament for the more recent event, and has successfully graduated into a regular for the full national side.

He made his Serbia and Montenegro debut in June 2006, and is now a regular in the centre of the Serbian defence alongside Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic.

Branislav played twice for the Chelsea reserve team during the remainder of the 2007/08 season as he worked up to full fitness, ready to stake a claim for a place in the first team.

A debut came in the Carling Cup away at Portsmouth in late September, relieving Jose Bosingwa of right-back duties for the evening, before a lengthier spell in the heart of defence alongside John Terry, after injury to Ricardo Carvalho and Alex.

Now settled in London and his English steadily improving, the best is yet to come.

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Alex : Best Defender from Brazil

Profile :
Full Name : Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa
Date of birth : June 17, 1982 (1982-06-17) (age 26)
Place of birth : Niterói, Brazil
Height : 1.89 m
Playing position : Centre Back
Career Club :
2002–2004 : Santos 62 (12)
2004– 2007 PSV 47 0(4)
2007- :Chelse
National team
2003– Brazil

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Ashley Cole Profile and Picture

Profile :
Full Name : Ashley Cole
Date of birth : 20 December 1980
Place of birth : Stepney, England
Height : 5 ft 9 in [1]
Playing position : Left back/Left Winger
Career club :
1999-2006 : Arsenal
2006- : Chelsea

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MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD TEAM 2008-2009 PICTURES

MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD TEAM 2008-2009
1 Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar
2 Defender Gary Neville (captain)
3 Defender Patrice Evra
4 Midfielder Owen Hargreaves
5 Defender Rio Ferdinand
6 Defender Wes Brown
7 Midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo
8 Midfielder Anderson
9 Forward Dimitar Berbatov
10 Forward Wayne Rooney
11 Midfielder Ryan Giggs (vice-captain)
12 Goalkeeper Ben Foster
13 Midfielder Park Ji-Sung
14 Midfielder Zoran Tošić
15 Defender Nemanja Vidic
16 Midfielder Michael Carrick
17 Midfielder Nani
18 Midfielder Paul Scholes
19 Forward Danny Welbeck
20 Defender Fábio
21 Defender Rafael
22 Defender John O'Shea
23 Defender Jonny Evans
24 Midfielder Darren Fletcher
28 Midfielder Darron Gibson
29 Goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak
30 Midfielder Lee Martin
32 Forward Carlos Tévez
34 Midfielder Rodrigo Possebon
38 Goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler
40 Goalkeeper Ben Amos
41 Forward Federico Macheda
42 Defender Richard Eckersley
43 Midfielder Davide Petrucci

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Carvalho : Defender on Chelse, Profile, Pictures

Profile :
Name : Ricardo Carvalho
Nationality : Portuguese
Date of Birth : 18/05/1978
Height :5' 11" (181cm)
Weight : 12st 4lbs (78.0kg)
Position: Defender
Career Club :
2001-2004 : Fc Porto
2004-2009 : Chelsea

An important part of Chelsea's rock-solid defence in his first two Chelsea seasons when back-to-back championships were won, Ricardo has taken his personal performances onto a new level the last two campaigns and was voted Players' Player of the Year for the 2007/08 season.

Rising to the challenge of a holding together a rearguard during John Terry's unfortunate two year run of injuries, he has consistently been outstanding in defence while also making vital contributions on striding further up the pitch.

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Jose Bosingwa Profile, Biography and Pictures

Profile :
Name: Jose Bosingwa
Nationality: Portuguese
Date of Birth: 24/08/1982
Height: 6' 0" (183cm)
Weight: 11st 11lbs (75.0kg)
Position: Defender

Career Club :
2001-2003 : Boavista
2003-2008 : Fc Porto
2008- : Chelsea

Biography :
José Bosingwa agreed terms with Chelsea Football Club on May 12 and officially joined after Euro 2008. He agreed a three-year contract.

The 25-year-old joined us from Porto, where he spent the past five seasons since signing from Boavista in 2003.

While with Porto, he played alongside our own Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira, and established himself as first choice right-back upon Ferreira's switch to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2004.

Used just 13 times in his first season by José Mourinho, Bosingwa became a regular during 2004/5 and has kept his place since, playing over 100 times.

He played twice against Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge in September 2004 in our 3-1 group stage win over the reigning European champions (he was an unused sub for the away fixture) and in the first leg of last season's first knockout round, a 1-1 draw in Porto with Andriy Shevchenko scored for the Blues.

However injury ruled Bosingwa out of the second leg when Chelsea progressed.

The player's consistency for club allowed him to break into the Portugal squad, where he faces a battle with Valencia's Miguel for the starting berth, Ferreira a regular on the left, while Carvalho plays in the centre.

Born in Mbandaka, Congo, the same birthplace as Claude Makelele, José Bosingwa da Silva moved to Portugal at an early age, and was recruited by Boavista where he developed his all-round game - solid at the back, energetic down the flanks and incisive in attack. Used mainly in defence now, he can also be employed as a right-sided midfielder.

He made 41 league appearances in two seasons for Boavista before joining Porto in the summer of 2003.

He has also represented his country at under-21 level, as well as playing in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and to date he has four Superliga championships and a Portuguese Cup to his name, as well as a Champions League winners' medal from 2004, when he was an unused substitute as Porto triumphed 3-0 against Monaco.

In the season just finished, he was part of a championship-winning Porto side that conceded just 13 goals in 30 games.

Bosingwa became the fourth Portuguese in our first team squad, with Hilario also involved, and quickly established himself as first choice right-back with his energetic displays on the wing. Demonstrating a keenness to get forward and support attacks, he was instrumental in our early season form, creating a host of chances for team-mates while also scoring his first Chelsea goal at Stoke in September.

This was followed by a long-range, left-footed curler at West Brom in mid-November, as Bosingwa continued to impress into the new year

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John Terry, Best Defender from England : Profile and Pictures

Profile :
Full Name : John George Terry
Date of Birth : 7 December 1980
Place of Birth : London, England
Playing Position : Centre Back

Career Club :
1998-2009 : Chelsea
National Team :
2000–2002 : England U21
2003– : England

Brief Biography :
John Terry, a native Floridian, discovered acting through a series of fortunate events while building custom log homes in North Carolina.

After performing in a few local theater productions, he moved to Alaska where he helped starting a river rafting company. On his 30th birthday, he moved to New York and tried full time acting and stayed with that.

After living in New York, London, Los Angeles he resides 2007 in Park City, Utah, together with his children, son JT and daughter Hannah, who is an active soccer player

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