Tiktukno: summary of the day's events in sports, 15.11 (Sport1)
831 -
players were invited to the World Cup, more than in any previous tournament, and the explanation is simple: the rosters were increased from 23 players to 26.
So why 831 and not 832 (32 national teams times 26 players)?
Because Iran published a squad with 25 players.
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Players in the World Cup come from the leagues in England (including the teams from Wales that are part of the league system in England).
19.61 percent - that is, almost every fifth player in the tournament plays in a league in England.
Next in line: Spain (86), Germany (81), Italy (70) and France (58).
17 -
Players come from Bayern Munich, which is the team with the biggest representation in the World Cup in Qatar.
It is followed by Barcelona and Manchester City (16, 21), Qatar's Al Sadd (15) and Manchester United (14). It is important to note that these figures do not include loan players.
0 -
Legionnaires in the squads of the national teams of Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
All the players of the two teams from the Gulf play in the local leagues, without exception.
England with only one legionnaire: Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund.
100
- percent.
The entire squad of the Senegal national team is made up of legionnaires, meaning players from outside the local league.
And she is the only one.
In Denmark's squad there is a single representative for the local league: Daniel Vas from Brondby.
19.61 percent of the players in the World Cup come from the leagues in England.
Xhaka and Bernardo Silva (Photo: GettyImages, RvS.Media/Basile Barbey)
39 -
or rather, 39 years and 285 days.
This is the age (on the opening day of the World Cup) of the oldest field players in the World Cup, the captain of the Canadian team, Atiba Hutchinson.
The veteran player of Besiktas actually breaks the record of the Argentinian Angel Lavorn, who was 39 years and 204 days old on the opening day of the 1958 World Cup.
The oldest player in the current World Cup is Mexico's substitute goalkeeper, Alfredo Talavera - 40 years and 63 days.
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The exact age of the young player of the 2022 World Cup on the opening day, Yusuf Mokoko from the German national team.
The Borussia Dortmund striker will celebrate his birthday on the very opening day.
28.9 -
the average age of the players of the Iran national team, which has the oldest squad in the 2022 World Cup. It is followed by Mexico (28.5), Argentina (27.9), Brazil (27.8) and Tunisia (27.8).
24.7 -
The average age of the players of the Ghana national team, which has the youngest squad in the World Cup.
After the USA (25.2), Ecuador (25.6), Spain (25.6) and Senegal (26.2).
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Coaches from Argentina, Portugal and Spain will each stand on the lines in the World Cup.
Argentina: Lionel Scaloni (Argentina), Gustavo Alfaro (Ecuador) and Tata Martino (Mexico).
Spain: Luis Enrique (Spain), Roberto Martins (Belgium), Felix Sanchez (Qatar).
Portugal: Fernando Santos (Portugal), Carlos Queiroz (Iran), Paulo Bento (South Korea).
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Hutchinson (Photo: GettyImages, Vaughn Ridley)
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Players come from Italian teams and the leagues from the land of the boot are the largest represented without the local team participating in the World Cup.
Next in line is Turkey, which sends 19 "representatives" to Qatar.
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Players out of the 26 in Qatar's squad were not born in the country.
There are two Iraqis, two Sudanese, an Algerian, a Portuguese, a French, a Bahraini, a Ghanaian and an Egyptian.
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National teams chose four goalkeepers for their squad instead of three: Switzerland, Iran and Tunisia.
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Lionel Messi has played in the World Cup, more than any other footballer in the current tournament.
He is followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with 17 and Fernando Muslera, Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer with 16 each.
If Argentina reaches the final (or the third place match) and Messi participates throughout the tournament, he will pass Luther Mathews, reach 26 and become the all-time leader in appearances.
Ronaldo and Co. have no chance of doing that.
0 - representatives to the Premier League.
For the first time since the 1998 World Cup, not one of the players in the World Cup ran and kicked in Israel.
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