2010 FIFA World Cup squads - 30-Man Preliminary Squads - Group B

Group B

Argentina 30-Man Preliminary Squad

Coach: Diego Maradona

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Sergio Romero 22 February 1987 (aged 23) 5 AZ GK Mariano Andújar 30 July 1983 (aged 26) 4 Catania GK Diego Pozo 16 February 1978 (aged 32) 3 Colón DF Gabriel Heinze 19 April 1978 (aged 32) 63 Marseille DF Walter Samuel 23 March 1978 (aged 32) 54 Internazionale DF Fabricio Coloccini 22 January 1982 (aged 28) 33 Newcastle United DF Nicolás Burdisso 12 April 1981 (aged 29) 28 Roma DF Martín Demichelis 20 December 1980 (aged 29) 25 Bayern Munich DF Clemente Rodríguez 31 July 1981 (aged 28) 11 Estudiantes DF Nicolás Otamendi 12 February 1988 (aged 22) 6 Vélez Sársfield DF Ariel Garcé 14 July 1979 (aged 30) 3 Colón DF Juan Insaurralde 3 October 1984 (aged 25) 2 Newell's Old Boys MF Juan Sebastián Verón 9 March 1975 (aged 35) 69 Estudiantes MF Javier Mascherano (c) 8 June 1984 (aged 26) 56 Liverpool MF Maxi Rodríguez 2 January 1981 (aged 29) 35 Liverpool MF Jonás Gutiérrez 5 July 1983 (aged 26) 15 Newcastle United MF Ángel Di María 14 February 1988 (aged 22) 7 Benfica MF José Ernesto Sosa 19 June 1985 (aged 24) 6 Estudiantes MF Mario Bolatti 17 February 1985 (aged 25) 4 Fiorentina MF Jesús Dátolo 19 May 1984 (aged 26) 3 Olympiakos MF Juan Mercier 2 February 1980 (aged 30) 3 Argentinos Juniors MF Sebastián Blanco 15 March 1988 (aged 22) 2 Lanús MF Javier Pastore 20 June 1989 (aged 20) 0 Palermo FW Carlos Tévez 5 February 1984 (aged 26) 51 Manchester City FW Lionel Messi 24 June 1987 (aged 22) 44 Barcelona FW Sergio Agüero 2 June 1988 (aged 22) 20 Atlético Madrid FW Diego Milito 12 June 1979 (aged 30) 20 Internazionale FW Martín Palermo 7 November 1973 (aged 36) 13 Boca Juniors FW Ezequiel Lavezzi 3 May 1985 (aged 25) 6 Napoli FW Gonzalo Higuaín December 10, 1987 (aged 22) 4 Real Madrid

Nigeria 30-Man Preliminary Squad

Coach: Lars Lagerbäck

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Vincent Enyeama 29 August 1982 (aged 27) 51 Hapoel Tel Aviv GK Austin Ejide 8 April 1984 (aged 26) 16 Hapoel Petah Tikva GK Dele Aiyenugba 20 November 1983 (aged 26) 9 Bnei Yehuda GK Bassey Akpan 6 January 1984 (aged 26) 1 Bayelsa United DF Joseph Yobo (c) 6 September 1980 (aged 29) 64 Everton DF Taye Taiwo 16 April 1985 (aged 25) 35 Marseille DF Danny Shittu 2 September 1980 (aged 29) 23 Bolton Wanderers DF Chidi Odiah 17 December 1983 (aged 26) 21 CSKA Moscow DF Rabiu Afolabi 18 April 1980 (aged 30) 20 Red Bull Salzburg DF Onyekachi Apam 30 December 1986 (aged 23) 13 Nice DF Uwa Echiéjilé 20 January 1988 (aged 22) 9 Rennes DF Dele Adeleye 25 December 1988 (aged 21) 5 Sparta Rotterdam DF Terna Suswam 5 September 1991 (aged 18) 0 Lobi Stars MF John Utaka 8 January 1982 (aged 28) 41 Portsmouth MF John Obi Mikel 22 April 1987 (aged 23) 34 Chelsea MF Ayila Yussuf 4 November 1984 (aged 25) 24 Dynamo Kyiv MF Kalu Uche 15 November 1982 (aged 27) 18 Almería MF Sani Kaita 2 May 1986 (aged 24) 16 Alania Vladikavkaz MF Dickson Etuhu 8 June 1982 (aged 28) 11 Fulham MF Lukman Haruna 12 April 1990 (aged 20) 1 Monaco MF Peter Utaka 12 February 1984 (aged 26) 1 OB MF Ideye Brown 10 October 1988 (aged 21) 0 Sochaux FW Nwankwo Kanu 1 August 1976 (aged 33) 81 Portsmouth FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni 22 November 1982 (aged 27) 50 Everton FW Peter Odemwingie 15 July 1981 (aged 28) 43 Lokomotiv Moscow FW Victor Obinna 25 March 1987 (aged 23) 30 Málaga FW Obafemi Martins 28 October 1984 (aged 25) 28 Wolfsburg FW Ikechukwu Uche 5 January 1984 (aged 26) 23 Real Zaragoza FW Chinedu Obasi 1 June 1986 (aged 24) 22 Hoffenheim FW Victor Anichebe 23 April 1988 (aged 22) 4 Everton

Korea Republic 30-Man Preliminary Squad

Coach: Huh Jung-Moo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Lee Woon-Jae 26 April 1973 (aged 37) 129 Suwon Bluewings GK Kim Young-Kwang 28 June 1983 (aged 26) 14 Ulsan Hyundai GK Jung Sung-Ryong 4 January 1985 (aged 25) 13 Seongnam Ilhwa DF Lee Young-Pyo 23 April 1977 (aged 33) 112 Al-Hilal DF Kim Dong-Jin 29 January 1982 (aged 28) 58 Ulsan Hyundai DF Cha Du-Ri 25 July 1980 (aged 29) 42 Freiburg DF Oh Beom-Seok 29 July 1984 (aged 25) 36 Ulsan Hyundai DF Kang Min-Soo 14 February 1986 (aged 24) 31 Suwon Bluewings DF Cho Yong-Hyung 3 November 1983 (aged 26) 30 Jeju United DF Lee Jung-Soo 8 January 1980 (aged 30) 23 Kashima Antlers DF Kwak Tae-Hwi 8 July 1981 (aged 28) 11 Kyoto Sanga DF Hwang Jae-Won 13 April 1981 (aged 29) 3 Pohang Steelers DF Kim Hyung-Il 27 April 1984 (aged 26) 3 Pohang Steelers MF Kim Nam-Il 14 March 1977 (aged 33) 91 Tom Tomsk MF Park Ji-Sung (c) 25 February 1981 (aged 29) 86 Manchester United MF Kim Jung-Woo 9 May 1982 (aged 28) 56 Gwangju Phoenix MF Cho Won-Hee 17 April 1983 (aged 27) 35 Suwon Bluewings MF Kim Chi-Woo 3 November 1983 (aged 26) 23 FC Seoul MF Lee Chung-Yong 2 July 1988 (aged 21) 21 Bolton Wanderers MF Ki Sung-Yong 24 January 1989 (aged 21) 19 Celtic MF Gu Ja-Cheol 27 February 1989 (aged 21) 8 Jeju United MF Kim Jae-Sung 3 October 1983 (aged 26) 5 Pohang Steelers MF Kim Bo-Kyung 6 October 1989 (aged 20) 4 Oita Trinita MF Shin Hyung-Min 18 July 1986 (aged 23) 3 Pohang Steelers FW Lee Dong-Gook 29 April 1979 (aged 31) 78 Jeonbuk Motors FW Ahn Jung-Hwan 27 January 1976 (aged 34) 68 Dalian Shide FW Park Chu-Young 10 July 1985 (aged 24) 38 Monaco FW Lee Keun-Ho 11 April 1985 (aged 25) 31 Júbilo Iwata FW Yeom Ki-Hun 30 March 1983 (aged 27) 30 Suwon Bluewings FW Lee Seung-Ryul 6 March 1989 (aged 21) 5 FC Seoul

Greece 30-Man Preliminary Squad

Coach: Otto Rehhagel

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Kostas Chalkias 30 May 1974 (aged 36) 27 PAOK GK Alexandros Tzorvas 12 August 1982 (aged 27) 6 Panathinaikos GK Michalis Sifakis 9 September 1984 (aged 25) 1 Aris DF Giourkas Seitaridis 4 June 1981 (aged 29) 67 Panathinaikos DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos 23 July 1979 (aged 30) 56 Liverpool DF Loukas Vyntra 5 February 1981 (aged 29) 27 Panathinaikos DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 June 1985 (aged 25) 25 Olympiakos DF Nikos Spiropoulos 10 October 1983 (aged 26) 17 Panathinaikos DF Avraam Papadopoulos 3 January 1984 (aged 26) 12 Olympiakos DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos 9 June 1988 (aged 22) 10 Genoa DF Vangelis Moras 18 August 1981 (aged 28) 10 Bologna DF Georgios Galitsios 8 June 1986 (aged 24) 0 Olympiakos DF Stelios Malezas 11 March 1985 (aged 25) 0 PAOK DF Kostas Manolas 14 June 1991 (aged 18) 0 AEK DF Stergos Marinos 17 September 1987 (aged 22) 0 Panathinaikos DF Georgios Tzavelas 26 November 1987 (aged 22) 0 Panionios MF Giorgos Karagounis (c) 3 June 1977 (aged 33) 91 Panathinaikos MF Kostas Katsouranis 21 June 1979 (aged 30) 67 Panathinaikos MF Christos Patsatzoglou 19 March 1979 (aged 31) 41 Omonia MF Alexandros Tziolis 13 February 1985 (aged 25) 17 Siena MF Grigoris Makos 18 January 1987 (aged 23) 3 AEK MF Sotiris Ninis 3 April 1990 (aged 20) 3 Panathinaikos MF Sakis Prittas 9 January 1979 (aged 31) 0 Aris FW Angelos Charisteas 9 February 1980 (aged 30) 82 Nuremberg FW Theofanis Gekas 23 May 1980 (aged 30) 46 Hertha Berlin FW Dimitris Salpigidis 18 August 1981 (aged 28) 34 Panathinaikos FW Georgios Samaras 21 February 1985 (aged 25) 32 Celtic FW Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 19 December 1986 (aged 23) 3 Panathinaikos FW Pantelis Kapetanos 8 June 1983 (aged 27) 1 Steaua Bucureşti FW Kostas Mitroglou 12 March 1988 (aged 22) 1 Olympiakos