Random footballers from the 00's

[Hanshithispantz]

 

Zesh Rehman. Born in Birmingham on 14th October 1983, Zesh was the first British Asian to play in the Premier League when he made his Fulham bow in 2004. A trailblazer of his time, he opened the floodgates for British Asians playing in the Premier League. Soon followed him were stars such as Michael Chopra and Jesminder Bhamra.

 

Zesh continued his career playing for other English giants such as QPR, Brighton and Hove Albion and Bradford City before deciding to take his classy defending style abroad. Zesh joined Thai Premier League side Muangthong before moving on to Hong Kong giants Kitchee for the 2012-2013 season.

 

Zesh has made 10 appearances for the Pakistan national team and continues to represent his blood nation when he can be arsed. A true pioneer for the sport Zesh doesn't look like stopping any time soon and still has many years left in the tank!

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[Thespence]

Phil Stamp

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[Guest n4e]

Tijani Babangida

 

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Known for his pace, his playing style was sometimes compared to that of Marc Overmars.  At club level, Babangida spent nine years in Netherlands, playing for VVV-Venlo, Roda JC and Ajax, winning the Eredivisie plus KNVB Cup double with the latter sideOverall, he has played in five different countries on three different continents.

 

Two of his nine brothers, Ibrahim and Haruna are also footballers. In 2004, Babangida signed a $2 million contract to bring new footballs to Nigeria. The same year, he opened a shopping mall in Kaduna. Upon retiring from professional football, Babangida has also been working as a football agent.

 

He achieved cult status in the ISS/Pro Evolution Soccer game series, due to his lightening speed and incredible ball control. With 99 pace he was the original and still for many the king of sweat.

 

 

[TaylorJ_01]

 

Zesh Rehman. Born in Birmingham on 14th October 1983, Zesh was the first British Asian to play in the Premier League when he made his Fulham bow in 2004. A trailblazer of his time, he opened the floodgates for British Asians playing in the Premier League. Soon followed him were stars such as Michael Chopra and Jesminder Bhamra.

 

Zesh continued his career playing for other English giants such as QPR, Brighton and Hove Albion and Bradford City before deciding to take his classy defending style abroad. Zesh joined Thai Premier League side Muangthong before moving on to Hong Kong giants Kitchee for the 2012-2013 season.

 

Zesh has made 10 appearances for the Pakistan national team and continues to represent his blood nation when he can be arsed. A true pioneer for the sport Zesh doesn't look like stopping any time soon and still has many years left in the tank!

 

this is the sort of stuff we need

[TaylorJ_01]

And phil mitchell class

 

will add the good ones to the OP tomorrow when I'm not on my shitty phone.

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

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Hakan Yakin had ITV pundits spunking in their pants after a few good performances for Basel in the 02/03 Champions League where they pipped the bindippers to second spot in the group stages.  Insightful c***s such as Robbie Earle and Andy Townsend said Yakin was the better than Pele and Maradona put together and that all the top PL clubs should be looking at him.  Yakin, however, had other ideas and remained in Switzerland for most of his career where he is still pigging out on toblerone, wearing fancy watches, getting paid with Nazi gold and being a f***ing neutral bugger.  It's rumoured Hakan has volunteered to be sent round in the hadron collider with brother Mourat to create a "Super Yakin" which will save the world from the current recession.

[Superior Acuña]

Patrick M'Boma. Think he was going to be their saviour.

 

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[ponsaelius]

 

Elvis Hammond. Born in Accra (Ghana) on the 6th October 1980, Hammond was another product of Fulham's famous academy. A powerful, pacey striker Elvis soon rose his way througn Fulham's youth and academy sides before making his full debut in the Worthington Cup at the (Love Me) Tender age of 19, but found it difficult to dislodge Fulham's expensively assembled collection of forward players. He spent time on loan at Bristol Rovers in the 2001-2002 season, however after 7 games and no goals it was Return To Sender for Hammond as he went back to Fulham.

 

After more disappointing loan spells for Hammond at Norwich and RB Roosendall in Holland Hammond eventually decided It's Now Or Never and made a permanent move away from Fulham in 2005 - joining Leicester City for £250,000. Elvis' time at Leicester was the most successful period of his career to date scoring a commendable 8 goals in 58 appearances, even making his only appearance to date for the Ghana national team in 2006. However it wasn't to last as with the appointment of new manager Martin Allen things were All Shook Up for the Foxes and many players were made surplus to requirements. A spell with Cheltenham followed before finding himself on the Way Down the footballing pyramid playing for Sutton United, Woking and now finally Farnborough Town where he finds himself today.

 

Hammond's career path shows that talent and a Burning Love for the game isn't always enough, many players find the world of professional football simply Too Much to handle. On July 16th 2012 Hammond was imprisoned for a year after being found guilt of money-laundering scam back in his homeland - a sad end to a footballing tail of Heartbreak Hotel and ultimately Jailhouse Rock.

[TaylorJ_01]

fantastic stuff Elvis fucking Hammond. Extra points for fun puns.

[TaylorJ_01]

Super Yakin

[ponsaelius]

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Mart Poom (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈmɑrt ˈpoːm]), born on 2nd February 1972 is without doubt the finest Estonian to play in the Premier League. Born and raised in Tallin, Poom played for numerous local clubs before making the move to Switzerland and FC Wil in 1993. A year later and The Poom was on the move once more, sailing to England and to Portsmouth. He failed to make his breakthrough at Pompey and after a brief spell on loan back in his homeland he made the switch to Derby County, dropping into a a star studded squad including the likes of Mauricio Solis, Deon Burton, Francesco Baiano and Marc-Bridge Wilkinson. Poom quickly became a fan's favourite at Derby, despite being mercilessly booed by the home crowd after every save.

 

After 6 years at Pride Park, Poom finally had enough of this rough treatment and decided to move North to Sunderland. It was at Sunderland, and during the noughties where The Poom's career really took off. The 02/03 record breaking seasons was a highlight, as he watched helpessly from the bench as other goalkeepers conceded hundreds of goals. Then on 20th September 2003, Mart had his finest moment of his career - heading in a corner in the dying embers of a game against former tormenters Derby to earn a point for Sunderland. It didn't stop the abuse though, as POOOOOOOOOOOOOM rang out from both the away and home ends - the 6 foot 5 giant brought visibly to tears by the continued suffering.

 

Poom moved onto Arsenal the following season, finally finding a home to escape his abusers. He enjoyed a fine 2 seasons, serving bench duty and winning runners up medals in both the Champions League and League Cup. Poom keeps these in his trophy cabinet in his Tallin home, alongside his unprecedented 6 Estonian Player of the Year Trophies and Jack Stamps Derby Country player of the year award 1999/2000.

 

Mart Poom - a gentle giant who while never quite accepted at any of the clubs he played at enjoyed a fine career in English football.

[LRD]

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Hidetoshi Nakata

 

Asian's David Beckham and possibly the first true global football superstar from the continent. Retired at the age of 29 and switched to a career in fashion.

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

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Khalilou Fadiga

 

One of the bright stars that was instrumental for Senegal during their surprise 2002 World Cup run, Khalilou played for a host of Belgian and French clubs early in his career before moving to Inter Milan from Auxerre. It was at Inter that the heart problems which troubled the rest of his career were discovered. He moved to Bolton next, and collapsed with a heart attack during training. Fortunately Mr. Fadiga survived and amazingly continued playing football with a newly-installed defibrillator despite the protestations of medical professionals. Fadiga continued to ply his trade in England and Belgium until his eventual retirement.

 

I don't know how Sewelly is writing so many words. Too much effort for me.

[LRD]

I don't know how Sewelly is writing so many words. Too much effort for me.

 

I refuse to believe it's anything more than a C&P.

[LooneyToonArmy]

Milton Tyson Nunez

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Iván Guerrero (Coventry)

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Jairo Martinez (Coventry)

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Martin Herrera (Fuham)

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Nelson Vivas

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Carlos Marinelli

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[Guest TCD23]

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Edu. Played for Arsenal, I'll always remember when he scored against us in like the 80th minute to snatch away a victory for Arsenal.

 

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Antoine Siberski, remember him scoring a run of headers and being surprisingly good for us all things considered.

 

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Hleb. Massively overrated by manangers and not by fans. Somehow ended up playing at Barca for 12 mil where he was so bad they put him out on loan until they could get rid of him. Played for Birmingham for a bit and has now retired.

[Eddy Chibas]

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Razak Omotoyossi (Benin): playing in Egypt now.

 

I don't recall the exact year, but i saw this lad pull on the boots for the Benin U20's.

 

He looked a cracking prospect, but very raw: a muruading left-sided forward, with pace to burn. Decision making needed improving, because as a shooter the lad was trigger-happy, and this was further compounded by a lack composure in front of goal ie. used to brush over the ball & scuff his shots. Crashed & burned in France, and is now earning a paycheque in Egypt. He came through Benin's youth teams at the same as another Maiga (different to Fat Sam's Maiga). At the time both were rated (from that yth team) as the two kids to keep an eye on. I don't know what happened his forward-line sidekick ie. the Maiga mentioned.

[LooneyToonArmy]

 

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Hleb. Massively overrated by manangers and not by fans. Somehow ended up playing at Barca for 12 mil where he was so bad they put him out on loan until they could get rid of him. Played for Birmingham for a bit and has now retired.

 

plays for BATE Borisov in his native Belarus....was playing in the Champions League earlier in the season.

[Tooj]

Julius Agahowa.

[Guest Roger Kint]

robert prosinecki

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He starred in the 1990 World Cup, not a good example of 00's players tbh

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Yeah, I made that mistake with Paul Rideout.

[AlanSkÃrare]

Brett Ormerod - scored a hattrick at some point.

 

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Kevin Lisbie - scored a hattrick against Liverpool at some point.

 

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Hamilton Ricard - Boro talisman

 

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[Guest Roger Kint]

Yeah, I made that mistake with Paul Rideout.

 

First FA Cup final i watched in the pub that

[AlanSkÃrare]

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Razak Omotoyossi (Benin): playing in Egypt now.

 

I don't recall the exact year, but i saw this lad pull on the boots for the Benin U20's.

 

He looked a cracking prospect, but very raw: a muruading left-sided forward, with pace to burn. Decision making needed improving, because as a shooter the lad was trigger-happy, and this was further compounded by a lack composure in front of goal ie. used to brush over the ball & scuff his shots. Crashed & burned in France, and is now earning a paycheque in Egypt. He came through Benin's youth teams at the same as another Maiga (different to Fat Sam's Maiga). At the time both were rated (from that yth team) as the two kids to keep an eye on. I don't know what happened his forward-line sidekick ie. the Maiga mentioned.

 

Took the piss out of our league over here for a couple of months.

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Yeah, I made that mistake with Paul Rideout.

 

First FA Cup final i watched in the pub that

 

First Cup Final I remember in detail. Watched it start to finish, and had followed it from Round 1 with my Match FA Cup Wallchart.