2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer tournament being held in Ravenna, Italy from 1 September until 11 September, 2011. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 12 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.

The squads were announced one week before the start of the World Cup on 25 August, 2011. Overall, 192 players have travelled to Ravenna to play in the World Cup.^[1]

Group A

Italy

Coach: Massimiliano Esposito

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Simone Del Mestre 28 August 1983 (aged 28) - - 2 DF Matteo Marrucci 18 October 1983 (aged 27) - - 3 DF Dario Ramacciotti 4 October 1987 (aged 23) - - 4 DF Michele Leghissa 21 October 1975 (aged 35) - - 5 FW Simone Feudi 5 February 1982 (aged 29) - - 6 FW Franco Palma 7 April 1981 (aged 30) - - 7 FW Sacha Di Tullio 7 January 1988 (aged 23) - - 8 FW Francesco Corosiniti 6 July 1984 (aged 27) - - 9 MF Giuseppe Soria 11 March 1978 (aged 33) - - 10 MF Gabriele Gori 10 October 1987 (aged 23) - - 11 MF Paolo Palmacci 17 May 1984 (aged 27) - - 12 GK Stefano Spada 2 August 1983 (aged 28) - -

Iran

Coach: Behzad Dadashzadeh

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Mohammad Rahaviezabadi 22 March 1986 (aged 25) - - 2 DF Amir Akbari 26 January 1992 (aged 19) - - 3 DF Hassan Abdollahi 11 September 1984 (aged 26) - - 4 DF Mehdi Hassani 29 April 1983 (aged 28) - - 5 DF Ali Naderi 30 April 1980 (aged 31) - - 6 FW Mohammad Mokhtari 4 July 1990 (aged 21) - - 7 DF Mehran Morshedi 6 March 1990 (aged 21) - - 8 FW Farid Boulokbashi 8 June 1983 (aged 28) - - 9 FW Abdollah Sahraei 31 December 1983 (aged 27) - - 10 FW Moslem Mesigar 17 September 1984 (aged 26) - - 11 FW Mohammad Ahmadzadeh 25 November 1986 (aged 24) - - 12 GK Hamed Ghorbanpour 21 September 1984 (aged 26) - -

Senegal

Coach: Amadou Diop

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Al Seyni Ndiaye 31 December 1989 (aged 21) - - 2 DF Cheikh Ba 21 March 1973 (aged 38) - - 3 DF Diakhate Assane 5 August 1983 (aged 28) - - 4 DF Ngalla Sylla 20 March 1986 (aged 25) - - 5 FW Isaac Thiam 11 November 1989 (aged 21) - - 6 DF Ibrahima Bakhoum 2 January 1981 (aged 30) - - 7 MF Babacar Fall 5 March 1989 (aged 22) - - 8 DF Libasse Diagne 11 February 1981 (aged 30) - - 9 FW Pape Koukpaki 2 April 1979 (aged 32) - - 10 MF Serigne Ndour 6 October 1986 (aged 24) - - 11 FW Ndiaga Mbaye 15 September 1981 (aged 29) - - 12 GK Eymard Diatta 3 March 1984 (aged 27) - -

Switzerland

Coach: Angelo Schirinzi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Nico Jung 9 March 1982 (aged 29) - - 2 DF Samuel Lutz 26 November 1981 (aged 29) - - 3 DF Kaspar Jaeggy 15 May 1984 (aged 27) - - 4 DF Dominik Ziegler 18 April 1983 (aged 28) - - 5 MF Michael Rodrigues 3 May 1990 (aged 21) - - 6 MF Stephan Leu 26 March 1982 (aged 29) - - 7 MF Sandro Spaccarotella 5 August 1982 (aged 29) - - 8 DF Mo Jaeggy 1 January 1983 (aged 28) - - 9 FW Dejan Stankovic 25 August 1985 (aged 26) - - 10 MF Stephan Meier 10 December 1981 (aged 29) - - 11 FW Angelo Schirinzi 5 November 1972 (aged 38) - - 12 GK Valentin Jaeggy 19 October 1986 (aged 24) - -

Group B

Argentina

Coach: Hector Petrasso

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Cesar Mendoza 10 March 1983 (aged 28) - - 2 DF Agustin Dallera 28 December 1985 (aged 25) - - 3 DF German Spinelli 9 October 1984 (aged 26) - - 4 DF Rodrigo Lopez 8 June 1977 (aged 34) - - 5 DF Luciano Franceschini 4 April 1983 (aged 28) - - 6 DF Matias Galvan 27 December 1981 (aged 29) - - 7 MF Lucas Medero 13 January 1990 (aged 21) - - 8 MF Jonathan Levi 1 May 1986 (aged 25) - - 9 FW Miguel De Ezeyza 8 September 1984 (aged 26) - - 10 FW Javier Vivas 27 May 1985 (aged 26) - - 11 FW Sebastian Larreta 28 March 1986 (aged 25) - - 12 GK Sebastian Polatti 12 April 1989 (aged 22) - -

El Salvador

Coach: Rudis Gonzalez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK José Portillo 6 May 1989 (aged 22) - - 2 DF Wilber Alvarado 11 August 1987 (aged 24) - - 3 DF Medardo Lobos 27 February 1983 (aged 28) - - 4 DF Tomás Hernández 28 January 1985 (aged 26) - - 5 MF José Membreño 10 November 1980 (aged 30) - - 6 DF Elias Ramírez 4 April 1982 (aged 29) - - 7 FW Walter Torres 8 May 1991 (aged 20) - - 8 MF Elmer Robles 13 October 1990 (aged 20) - - 9 MF Darwin Ramírez 19 January 1986 (aged 25) - - 10 FW Agustín Ruiz 1 December 1987 (aged 23) - - 11 FW Frank Velásquez 12 February 1990 (aged 21) - - 12 GK Baudilio Guardado 25 October 1988 (aged 22) - -

Oman

Coach: Talib Al Thanawi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Abdullah Al Qasmi 10 May 1976 (aged 35) - - 2 DF Juma Al Wahaibi 2 March 1980 (aged 31) - - 3 DF Jalal Al Sinani 17 November 1986 (aged 24) - - 4 DF Yahya Al Araimi 1 May 1984 (aged 27) - - 5 DF Nasser Al Mukhaini 22 August 1977 (aged 34) - - 6 DF Khalid Al Rajhi 10 June 1980 (aged 31) - - 7 MF Haitham Al Araimi 6 January 1986 (aged 25) - - 8 FW Yaqoob Al Alawi 8 August 1980 (aged 31) - - 9 MF Faisal Al Bulushi 27 August 1980 (aged 31) - - 10 FW Hani Al Dhabit 15 October 1979 (aged 31) - - 11 MF Ishaq Al Qassmi 10 September 1985 (aged 25) - - 12 GK Harib Showan 3 July 1984 (aged 27) - -

Portugal

Coach: Ze Miguel Mateus

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Joao Carlos 23 June 1972 (aged 39) - - 2 DF Coimbra 14 April 1986 (aged 25) - - 3 MF Lucio 9 December 1986 (aged 24) - - 4 MF Bruno Torres 21 April 1980 (aged 31) - - 5 FW Jordan 2 July 1991 (aged 20) - - 6 MF Alan 21 June 1975 (aged 36) - - 7 FW Madjer 22 January 1977 (aged 34) - - 8 DF Marinho 27 August 1972 (aged 39) - - 9 MF Bruno Novo 4 May 1982 (aged 29) - - 10 FW Nuno Belchior 9 October 1982 (aged 28) - - 11 FW Duarte 4 May 1990 (aged 21) - - 12 GK Paulo Graça 13 September 1978 (aged 32) - -

Group C

Nigeria

Coach: Audu Adamu

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Abdullahi Isa 10 August 1985 (aged 26) - - 2 FW Nelson Nwosu 19 August 1989 (aged 22) - - 3 DF Ogbonnaya Okemmiri 13 June 1986 (aged 25) - - 4 DF Shehu Maijama'a 13 November 1989 (aged 21) - - 5 DF Emmanuel Kyande 25 August 1989 (aged 22) - - 6 MF Victor Tale 9 September 1989 (aged 21) - - 7 FW Isiaka Olawale 11 November 1983 (aged 27) - - 8 DF Azeez Abu 31 May 1994 (aged 17) - - 9 MF Musa Najare 16 January 1992 (aged 19) - - 10 MF Bartholomew Ibenegbu 22 February 1986 (aged 25) - - 11 FW James Okwuosa 14 September 1990 (aged 20) - - 12 GK Olalekan Oladepo 9 October 1991 (aged 19) - -

Russia

Coach: Mikhail Likhachev

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Andrey Bukhlitskiy 7 February 1982 (aged 29) - - 2 DF Yuri Gorchinskiy 5 May 1977 (aged 34) - - 3 DF Roman Zaikin 2 October 1979 (aged 31) - - 4 DF Alexey Makarov 20 August 1987 (aged 24) - - 5 DF Yuri Krasheninnikov 19 December 1984 (aged 26) - - 6 MF Dmitry Shishin 14 March 1986 (aged 25) - - 7 DF Anton Shkarin 15 November 1982 (aged 28) - - 8 DF Ilya Leonov 21 December 1979 (aged 31) - - 9 FW Egor Shaykov 23 June 1980 (aged 31) - - 10 DF Artur Paporotnyy 28 November 1985 (aged 25) - - 11 FW Egor Eremeev 8 December 1984 (aged 26) - - 12 GK Aleksandr Filimonov 15 October 1973 (aged 37) - -

Tahiti

Coach: Teva Zaveroni

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Jonathan Torohia 22 February 1985 (aged 26) - - 2 DF Steven Bennett 15 June 1975 (aged 36) - - 3 DF Marama Amau 13 January 1991 (aged 20) - - 4 DF Heimanu Taiarui 24 August 1986 (aged 25) - - 5 DF Angelo Tchen 8 March 1982 (aged 29) - - 6 MF Heiarii Tavanae 15 February 1992 (aged 19) - - 7 MF Raimana Li Fung Kuee 10 April 1985 (aged 26) - - 8 MF Tainui Lehartel 27 March 1991 (aged 20) - - 9 FW Naea Bennett 8 July 1977 (aged 34) - - 10 FW Tearii Labaste 19 July 1991 (aged 20) - - 11 FW Teva Zaveroni 10 October 1975 (aged 35) - - 12 GK Franck Revel 18 July 1984 (aged 27) - -

Venezuela

Coach: Roberto Cavallo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK César Vazquez 22 September 1973 (aged 37) - - 2 DF Gian Luca Cardone 24 September 1979 (aged 31) - - 3 MF Jose Centeno 22 September 1986 (aged 24) - - 4 DF Ronald Pérez 22 February 1987 (aged 24) - - 5 DF Pablo Ferreira 24 September 1977 (aged 33) - - 6 MF Kevin Camargo 18 August 1984 (aged 27) - - 7 DF Edgard Quintero 30 April 1978 (aged 33) - - 8 MF Francisco Landaeta 8 July 1980 (aged 31) - - 9 FW Marcos Monsalve 6 February 1979 (aged 32) - - 10 FW Pedro Romero 13 April 1989 (aged 22) - - 11 MF Carlos Longa 18 January 1979 (aged 32) - - 12 GK César Fermin 27 May 1982 (aged 29) - -

Group D

Brazil

Coach: Alexandre Soares

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Mão 6 December 1978 (aged 32) - - 2 DF Anderson 11 August 1983 (aged 28) - - 3 FW Fred 11 February 1989 (aged 22) - - 4 DF Betinho 16 December 1977 (aged 33) - - 5 FW Bruno 29 March 1980 (aged 31) - - 6 MF Jorginho 19 October 1974 (aged 36) - - 7 FW Sidney 19 June 1980 (aged 31) - - 8 DF Souza 27 November 1984 (aged 26) - - 9 FW André 26 May 1977 (aged 34) - - 10 MF Benjamin 29 May 1969 (aged 42) - - 11 DF Buru 14 April 1976 (aged 35) - - 12 GK Leandro 6 May 1985 (aged 26) - -

Japan

Coach: Ruy Ramos

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Shingo Terukina 8 September 1984 (aged 26) - - 2 MF Takashi Arakaki 26 May 1979 (aged 32) - - 3 MF Hirofumi Oda 30 December 1979 (aged 31) - - 4 FW Shinji Makino 29 May 1976 (aged 35) - - 5 FW Teruki Tabata 16 April 1979 (aged 32) - - 6 MF Tomoya Uehara 22 March 1984 (aged 27) - - 7 FW Takeshi Kawaharazuka 1 February 1975 (aged 36) - - 8 MF Masahito Toma 16 March 1981 (aged 30) - - 9 MF Shunta Suzuki 1 January 1984 (aged 27) - - 10 FW Shusei Yamauchi 9 September 1985 (aged 25) - - 11 MF Masayuki Komaki 30 August 1982 (aged 29) - - 12 GK Tomoya Ginoza 2 April 1985 (aged 26) - -

Mexico

Coach: Ramon Raya

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Hector Robles 24 April 1981 (aged 30) - - 2 MF Angel Rodríguez 21 February 1985 (aged 26) - - 3 DF Christian Fragoso 6 March 1985 (aged 26) - - 4 DF Francisco Cati 18 December 1981 (aged 29) - - 5 DF Benjamin Mosco 2 September 1985 (aged 25) - - 6 MF José Luis Navarrete 12 January 1973 (aged 38) - - 7 FW Antonio Barbosa 13 May 1977 (aged 34) - - 8 FW Jose Cervantes 27 September 1985 (aged 25) - - 9 FW Ricardo Villalobos 2 February 1981 (aged 30) - - 10 MF Gustavo Rosales 26 February 1981 (aged 30) - - 11 MF Morgan Plata 11 December 1981 (aged 29) - - 12 GK Miguel Estrada 11 July 1983 (aged 28) - -

Ukraine

Coach: Sergiy Kucherenko

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Vitaliy Sydorenko 22 December 1981 (aged 29) - - 2 DF Sergiy Bozhenko 11 June 1979 (aged 32) - - 3 FW Oleg Mozgovyy 24 March 1982 (aged 29) - - 4 DF Anton Butko 4 February 1981 (aged 30) - - 5 DF Igor Borsuk 6 April 1983 (aged 28) - - 6 DF Andriy Borsuk 16 December 1985 (aged 25) - - 7 MF Maksym Nazarenko 20 October 1983 (aged 27) - - 8 MF Roman Pachev 10 September 1987 (aged 23) - - 9 FW Oleg Zborovskyi 31 March 1982 (aged 29) - - 10 FW Andriy Yevdokymov 29 October 1984 (aged 26) - - 11 MF Oleksandr Korniychuk 13 August 1983 (aged 28) - - 12 GK Volodymyr Gladchenko 14 November 1984 (aged 26) - -

Statistics

Player Statistics

	Name	Nation	DoB/Age	Age difference
Youngest Player	Azeez Abu	Nigeria	31 May 1994 (aged 17)	25 years
Oldest Player	Benjamin	Brazil	29 May 1969 (aged 42)

Average age of squads

Average age	Country(ies)
22	Nigeria
24	El Salvador
25	Iran
26	Argentina, Tahiti
27	Senegal
28	Italy, Switzerland, Ukraine
29	Oman, Mexico, Russia
30	Japan, Portugal, Venezuela
31	Brazil

References

• "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Ravenna/Italy 2011 - List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

1. "Squad lists announced for Ravenna". FIFA.com. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.