Missing: Believed playing in the Middle East...
13 Footballers Who Ended Up Playing In The Arab States
1. Taribo West
Formerly of Inter Milan and Nigeria, now playing for Paykan FC in Iran.
2. Gabriel Batistuta
Formerly of Fiorentina and Argentina. Ended his career with Al-Arabi of Qatar in 2005.
3. Phillip Cocu
Formerly of Barcelona and the Netherlands. Now playing for Al-Jazira in the United Arab Emirates.
4. Talal El Karkouri
Moroccan international, formerly of Charlton Athletic. Now playing for Qatar Sports Club in Qatar.
5. Eric Djemba-Djemba
Formerly of Aston Villa, Manchester United and Cameroon. Now playing for Qatar Sports Club.
6. Christophe Dugarry
Formerly of Bordeaux and France. Ended his career playing for Qatar Sports Club in 2005.
7. Sérgio Conceição
Formerly of Inter Milan and Portugal. Now playing for Qadisiya Sports Club in Kuwait.
8. Marcel Desailly
Formerly of Chelsea and France. Ended his career playing for Qatar Sports Club in 2006.
9. Jay-Jay Okocha
Formerly of Bolton Wanderers and Nigeria. Played for Qatar Sports Club in the 2006/07 season. Signed for Hull City in September 2007.
10. Frank Leboeuf
Formerly of Chelsea and France. Ended his career playing for Al-Sadd Sports Club in Qatar in 2005.
11. Bill Tchato
Formerly of Kaiserslautern and Cameroon. Now playing for Qatar Sports Club.
12. Carlos Tenorio
Ecuador international. Now playing for Al-Sadd in Qatar.
13. Claudio Caniggia
Former Argentinian international. Ended his career playing for Qatar Sports Club in 2004.
So Qatar is officially the world's largest retirement home then?
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Qatar Sports Club have particularly cornered the market for some reason...
ReplyDeleteThere are certainly worse places to end up in the world (and indeed the Middle East) than Qatar.
ReplyDeleteIran is not an Arab country.
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