Manu del Moral

Profile Football Stars | Manu del Moral | After starting his formation with local Real Jaén, del Moral finished it with Atlético de Madrid, where he played alongside Braulio, and served a two-season loan in the second division at Recreativo de Huelva, only Appearing in five matches with one goal during his first season. Manuel del Moral Fernández, aka Manu, is a Spanish footballer plays for Sevilla FC who as either a forward or winger. 

In 2006-07, Manu joined Madrid neighbors Getafe CF, scoring his first top flight goal on 22 October 2006, in a 2-1 success at precisely Recre, finishing the season with eight (squad's second-best, behind Daniel Guiza). Following the season he teamed up again with Braulio, and scored seven during the league campaign (joint-top scorer alongside Uruguayan Juan Albín), while also Outskirts Madrid Helping the team to the UEFA Cup quarterfinals. On 24 January 2010, he scored the game's only goal, as Getafe Defeated former side Atletico Madrid for the first time at home in its history.  On 7 June 2011, after his best season at Getafe, del Moral made his debut for Spain, Replacing David Villa during half-time of a 3-0 friendly win with Venezuela.

Personal information
Full name Manuel Fernández del Moral
Date of birth 25 February 1984 (age 28)
Place of birth Jaén, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward

Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 20

Youth career
Jaén
2001-2002 Atlético Madrid

Senior career
years Team
2002-2006 Atlético B 71 (11)
2003-2005 Recreativo (loan) 33 (4)
2005-2006 Atlético Madrid 5 (0)
Getafe 2006-2011 159 (37)
2011-Sevilla 16 (5)

National team
2002-2003 Spain U19 4 (3)
2002-2003 Spain U20 9 (0)
2005 Spain U23 5 (2)
2011-Spain 1 (0)

Honours

Getafe
     Copa del Rey: Runner-up 2007-08

Spain U20
     FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2003

Spain U23
     Mediterranean Games: 2005

Jesús Navas

Profile Football Stars | Jesús Navas | In the 2004-05 season, Navas was Permanently Promoted to the first team, scoring two times from 22 appearances and, on 4 May 2005, his link to the club was extended until 2010, as he also made his debuts Spanish U21. In 2005-06, Navas once again impressed, being a crucial element as the Andalusians Their first UEFA Cup won; he Appeared in all 12 matches, Including the final against Middlesbrough. In August 2006, a deal was arranged for Navas 'transfer to Chelsea, but the player Declined the move, citing possible homesickness.

Born in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Province of Seville, Navas joined Sevilla FC's youth system at age 15. In 2003-04, he made his first team (and league) debut when he played 12 minutes in a 0-1 loss at RCD Espanyol on 23 November 2003, and added four more matches before the league was over, none complete. On 13 March 2011, he scored through a rare header in a 1-1 home draw against eventual champions FC Barcelona, for his only field goal of the campaign

On 9 November 2009, Navas was called-up by coach Vicente del Bosque for friendlies with Argentina and Austria .  Called-up for the World Cup final stages in South Africa by manager Vicente del Bosque, Navas scored his first goal as an international on 3 June 2010, in a warm-up friendly with South Korea, netting the game's only goal four minutes from time . In the final, a long dribble by Navas out of the Spanish half of the field began the sequence of events That led to the game winning goal by Andrés Iniesta.

Personal information
Full name Jesús Navas González
Date of birth 21 November 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Los Palacios, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Winger

Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 7

Youth career
1998-2000 Los Palacios
Sevilla 2000-2003

Senior career
years Team
Sevilla 2003-2004 B 32 (3)
2003-Sevilla 223 (19)

National team
2004-2005 Spain U21 5 (0)
2009-Spain 15 (1)

Honours

Club
Sevilla

     UEFA Cup: 2005-06, 2006-07
     UEFA Super Cup: 2006
     Copa del Rey: 2006-07, 2009-10
     Supercopa de España: 2007

Country
     FIFA World Cup: 2010

Álvaro Negredo

Profile Football Stars | Álvaro Negredo | Born in Madrid, Negredo started his career at local Rayo Vallecano, making his professional debuts in early 2005, with the team by then in the third level. In his last season, Negredo developed as a striker, scoring 18 league goals, although he Could not Prevent Castilla's drop from the second division. Finally, he made his debut for the first team in a friendly against Atletico Madrid. Nicknamed La Fiera de Vallecas (The Beast of Vallecas), his career was associated with Real Madrid, although he Could never become a part of its first-team setup, going on to Represent other teams in his country.

In July 2007, Negredo was sold to La Liga UD Almería Newcomers, with Real Madrid having an option to rebuy. He made his debut topflight on 26 August, in a shock 3-0 win at Deportivo de La Coruña. On 2 February 2008, he scored from the penalty spot in a 2-0 home win against his former team. Negredo finished the season as Almeria's top scorer with 13 goals, as the side from Andalusia finished 8th.

Real Madrid exercised Their buyback option of a reported € 5 million on Negredo during the summer of 2009, and the player returned to first team training with the club, on 10 July. In the pre-season , he scored the fourth goal against LDU Quito, in a 4-2 Peace Cup win. Negredo was an Undisputed first-choice for Sevilla in the 2010-11 season - Fabiano also returned to São Paulo FC in March 2011 - scoring 27 goals official , 20 in the league. Highlights included braces against Villarreal CF (3-3 away draw in the cup, with his team eventually reaching the semifinals), Deportivo (3-3 away draw), Real Madrid (2-6 home loss,) Osasuna (2-3 loss, away) and RCD Espanyol (3-2 away win).

Personal information
Full name Álvaro Negredo Sánchez
Date of birth 20 August 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 9

Youth career
2000-2001 Escuela Fútbol A.F.E
Rayo Vallecano 2001-2004

Senior career
years Team
Rayo 2004-2005 B 15 (14)
2004-2005 Rayo Vallecano 12 (1)
2005-2007 Real Madrid B 65 (22)
Almería 2007-2009 70 (32)
2009-Sevilla 82 (35)

National team
2006 Spain U21 1 (0)
2009-Spain 7 (5)

Honours

Club
Sevilla
     Copa del Rey: 2009-10
     Supercopa de España: Runner-up 2010

    

Frédéric Kanouté

Profile Football Stars | Frédéric Kanouté | In 2000, Kanoute was signed by English Premier League side West Ham United on an initial loan basis. Kanoute was sold to Sevilla on 17 August 2005 for € 6.5 million. Sevilla won 4-0. Kanoute's first games for Sevilla against Tottenham Hotspur led to his scoring a penalty at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in a game marred by crowd trouble, and a goal at White Hart Lane, leaving the final aggregate score 4-3 to Sevilla.

Sevilla's title challenge That year Ultimately unravelled and Real Madrid took the title, with Kanoute's side in third.  Since then, Kanoute has been a consistent, if not explosive, member of the club, Helping Sevilla qualify for a UEFA Cup position in 2008 and a Champions League qualification in 2009 direct. The second yellow was for an altercation Between Kanoute and Cesc Fàbregas, Kanoute after Fabregas reportedly called a terrorist.  While playing for Lyon, Kanoute joined the French under-21 team. After turning 21 in 1998, Kanoute was not called up for the French national squad in 2000, 2002, or 2004.

Although eligible for either, Kanoute elected to play for Mali rather than for France. Kanoute was joint top goal scorer for Mali at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Kanoute scored four goals in four matches Helping Mali to the semi-finals, where They lost to Morocco. In October 2007, Kanoute, along with Mali international teammate Mamady Sidibe, were attacked by iRate Togolese fans after They knocked Togo out of the African Cup of Nations qualifier. Frederic Kanoute Announced his retirement from international football Following Mali's elimination from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

Personal information
Full name Frédéric Oumar Kanoute
Date of birth 2 September 1977 (age 34)
Place of birth Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Sevilla
Number 12

Senior career
years Team
1997-2000 Lyon 58 (9)
2000-2003 West Ham United 84 (29)
Tottenham Hotspur 2003-2005 60 (14)
2005-Sevilla 202 (87)

National team
1998-2001 France U21 16 (11)
Mali 2004-2010 39 (23)

Honours
Sevilla
     UEFA Cup: 2006, 2007
     Copa del Rey: 2007, 2010
     UEFA Super Cup: 2006
     Supercopa de Espana: 2007

Personal
     African Footballer of the Year: 2007

Seydou Keita

Profile Football Stars | Seydou Keita | Keita made his Ligue 1 debut for L'OM on 19 September 1999 in a 1-0 home win against Troyes AC, adding three games in the season's UEFA Champions League. Keita signed for FC Lorient in Ligue 2, being instrumental (37 games, one goal) as the club Promoted to the top level in 2001. Born in Bamako, Mali, Keita finished his football formation in France with Olympique de Marseille, joining the club at the age of 17. In 2002, Keita joined fellow league side RC Lens, eventually Becoming team captain, and scoring a career-best 11 goals in the 2006-07 season - his fifth and last - Helping Les Sang et Or to the fifth position in the league and the last-16 in the UEFA Cup.

On 11 July 2007, Keita signed for Sevilla FC in Spain, for four years. He Appeared in both legs of the season's Supercopa de España, a 6-3 aggregate win against Real Madrid. Keita was an automatic first-choice for the Andalusians during the 2007-08 season, Helping the team to the fifth position in the league. On 3 November 2007, he scored from long-distance in a 2-0 home win against Real Madrid also, and added three in nine games in the Champions League - Including one against Arsenal in a 3-1 group stage home success , the which was the Gunners' first loss of the campaign.

Keita made his official debut for Barcelona in a Champions League qualifier against Poland's Wisła Kraków on 13 August 2008, a 4-0 home win.  Keita scored his first goal for Barcelona on 16 November 2008, in a 2-0 win at Recreativo de Huelva. On 25 October 2009, Keita scored his first career hat-trick, in a 6-1 home win against Real Zaragoza, and Contributed with 29 games - 23 starts as Barcelona renewed its domestic supremacy. In the 2010-11 season, he made more appearances than any other outfield player and, on 31 August, aged 31, signed a contract extension That would link him to the club until 2014. Keita made his debut for Mali in 2000, aged 20.

Personal information
Full name Seydou Keita
Date of birth 16 January 1980 (age 32)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder

Club information
Current club Barcelona
Number 15

Youth career
Salif Keita Centre 1995-1997
Marseille 1997-1999

Senior careeryears Team
Marseille 1999-2000 6 (0)
2000-2002 Lorient 58 (1)
Lens 2002-2007 156 (19)
Sevilla 2007-2008 31 (4)
2008 - Barcelona 110 (14)

National team
2001 - Mali 70 (19)

Club

Lorient
     Coupe de France: 2001-02

Sevilla
     Supercopa de España: 2007
     UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up 2007

Barcelona
     La Liga: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
     Copa del Rey: 2008-09: Runner-up 2010-11
     Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011
     UEFA Champions League: 2008-09, 2010-11
     UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011
     FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011

Country
     FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third-place 1999
     Africa Cup of Nations: Third-place 2012

Individual
     FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1999 Golden Ball

Adriano Correia

Profile Football Stars | Adriano Correia | Adriano struggled with some injuries during the 2009-10 season, but still Contributed with 27 games (no goals) as Sevilla finished fourth and returned to the UEFA Champions League. Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Adriano started professionally for his hometown club, Coritiba Foot Ball Club, making his first team debuts at not yet 18. In January 2005, he joined Sevilla FC in a four 1/2-year deal, his La Liga debut arriving on the 29th, a 0-4 home loss against eventual champions FC Barcelona. In the following seasons, Adriano continued to feature in Several positions for Sevilla with equal success, as it won back-to-back UEFA Cups, with the player contributing with 25 matches and four goals in both editions combined.

Adriano spent the vast majority of the his first season with Barça as a substitute. On 2 February 2011, in a rare start, he scored his first goal for the Catalans, netting in a 3-0 semifinal win at UD Almería for the season's Copa del Rey (8-0 on aggregate).  In 2011 - 12, Adriano was again mostly a reserve for the Josep Guardiola-led side.  Shortly after the U-20s Helping win the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, Adriano made his full squad debuts in That year also.

Personal information
Full name Claro Adriano Correia
Date of birth 26 October 1984 (age 27)
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Full back / Midfielder

Club information
Current club Barcelona
Number 21

Youth career
Coritiba

Senior career
years Team
Coritiba 2002-2004 81 (2)
Sevilla 2005-2010 157 (11)
2010-Barcelona 30 (1)

National team
2003 Brazil U20
2003-Brazil 13 (0)

Honours

Club
Coritiba
     Campeonato Paranaense: 2003, 2004

Sevilla
     UEFA Cup: 2005-06, 2006-07
     UEFA Super Cup: 2006: Runner-up 2007
     Copa del Rey: 2006-07, 2009-10
     Supercopa de España: 2007

Barcelona
     UEFA Champions League: 2010-11
     FIFA Club World Cup: 2011
     La Liga: 2010-11
     Supercopa de España: 2010, 2011
     UEFA Super Cup: 2011
     Copa del Rey: Runner-up 2010-11

Country
     FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2003
     Copa América: 2004

Daniel Alves

Profile Football Stars | Daniel Alves | Born in Juazeiro, Bahia, Dani Alves made his professional debut for Esporte Clube Bahia in a match against Paraná Clube, for the 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Bahia won 3-0, with two assists and Providing Alves winning a penalty for the other goal. Alves won the Treble in his first season with the club and a further Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup, Thus Spake Achieving the Sextuple. Also, Alves has held a Spanish passport since 2005.

Daniel Alves da Silva, commonly known as Dani Alves, is a Brazilian footballer. He plays as an attacking right defender for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team. Before joining Barcelona, Alves spent a Successful six-year spell with Sevilla FC, winning two UEFA Cups and the Copa del Rey with the Andalusian side. 

 

After 2002-03, on loan to Sevilla from Bahia, Alves traveled to play in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship where he impressed as Brazil won the tournament. After a public war of words Between Alves and del Nido and the death of team-mate Antonio Puerta, Alves Decided to stay with Sevilla, with player and president Appearing reconciled.

On 2 July 2008, Alves joined FC Barcelona. He left Sevilla in tears and said That he would love to play for Sevilla again. Alves made his competitive and European debuts for Barcelona against Wisła Kraków in the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League third-round qualifiers on 13 August 2008. Dani Alves missed the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final due to a yellow-card suspension; Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 and Thus Spake completed The Treble. In his second season at FC Barcelona, the club retained the La Liga title, and in the 2010-11 La Liga season, Alves was instrumental in Barca's winning of Their third consecutive La Liga title and fourth Champions League title. Alves made his Brazil debut as a substitute in an unofficial friendly match against Kuwait club Al-Kuwait Selection on 7 October 2006.

Personal information
Full name Daniel Alves da Silva
Date of birth 6 May 1983 (age 28)
Place of birth Juazeiro, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back

Club information
Current club Barcelona
Number 2

Youth career
Juazeiro

Senior career
years Team
2001-2002 Bahia 25 (2)
Sevilla 2002-2008 175 (11)
2008 - Barcelona 121 (12)

National team
2006 - Brazil 55 (5)

Honours

Club
Bahia
     Campeonato do Nordeste: 2
         2001, 2002
     Campeonato Baiano: 1
         2001

Sevilla
     UEFA Cup: 2
         2005-06, 2006-07
     UEFA Super Cup: 1
         2006
     Copa del Rey: 1
         2006-07
     Supercopa de España: 1
         2007

Barcelona
     La Liga: 3
         2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
     Copa del Rey: 1
         2008-09
     Supercopa de España: 3
         2009, 2010, 2011
     Champions League: 2
         2008-09, 2010-11
     UEFA Super Cup: 2
         2009, 2011
     FIFA Club World Cup: 2
         2009, 2011

Brazil
     FIFA World Youth Championship: 1
         2003
     Copa América: 1
         2007
     FIFA Confederations Cup: 1
         2009

individual
     UEFA Cup Most Valuable Player: 1
         2006
     UEFA Super Cup Most Valuable Player: 1
         2006
     FIFPro World XI: 2
         2009, 2011
     ESM Team of the Year: 4
         2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
     UEFA Team of the Year: 2
         2007, 2009
     La Liga's Best Defender: 1
         2009