Gervais, Frank, Quinta and more… the full list of Premier League squads and all the quirky middle names of your...
Gervais, Frank, Quinta and more… the full list of Premier League squads and all the quirky middle names of your favourite stars
The transfer window is shut and Premier League managers must now make do with what they have. Today the 20 clubs submitted the squads that will see them through to May.
Under Premier League rules, no more than 17 players who do not fulfill the ‘Home Grown Player’ criteria may be included.
It states that, ‘an HGP means a player who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21).’
Premier League squads
Clubs can also include any among of players under the age of 21, which explains the absence of the likes of Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Arsenal, Jonjo Shelvey from Liverpool, Eden Hazard from Chelsea, and John Guidetti from Manchester City.
The rules continues: ‘For the 2012/13 campaign Under-21 players will have been born on or after 1 January 1991.’
The lists submitted have thrown up few shocks, through inclusion of Aston Villa club captain Stiliyan Petrov as he continues his fight back to fitness from leukemia is a heart-warming note.
Now check to see who your club has included, and enjoy some of the more curious middle names of your favourite players.
ARSENAL
Arshavin, Andrey; Arteta Amatriain, Mikel; Cazorla, Santiago; Clarindo Dos Santos, Andre; Diaby, Vassiriki Abou; Fabianski, Lukasz; Yao, Gervais Kouassi (Gervinho); Gibbs, Kieran James Ricardo; Giroud, Olivier; Koscielny, Laurent; Mannone, Vito; Mertesacker, Per; Monreal, Ignacio; Podolski, Lukas; Ramsey, Aaron James; Rosicky, Tomas; Sagna, Bacary; Squillaci, Sebastien; Szczesny, Wojciech Tomasz; Vermaelen, Thomas; Walcott, Theo James; Eastmond, Craig Leon
ASTON VILLA
Agbonlahor, Gabriel; Albrighton, Marc Kevin; Bannan, Barry; Bent, Darren Ashley; Clark, Ciaran; Delph, Fabian; Dunne, Richard Patrick; El Ahmadi Aroussi, Karim; Given, Shay John James; Guzan, Bradley Edwin; Herd, Christopher; Holman, Brett; Sylla, Yacouba; Ireland, Stephen James; Lichaj, Eric Joseph; Lowton, Matthew John; Westwood, Ashley Roy; Marshall, Andrew John; N’Zogbia, Charles; Dawkins, Simon; Stevens, Enda; Vlaar, Ron Peter; Bennett, Joseph; Benteke, Christian; Petrov, Stiliyian Alyoshev
CHELSEA
Cech, Petr; Ivanovic, Branislav; Azpilicueta Tanco, Cesar; Cole, Ashley; Luiz Moreira Marinho, David; Santos Do Nascimento, Ramires; Lampard, Frank James; Torres Sanz, Fernando Jose; Mata Garcia, Juan Manuel; Moses, Victor; Mikel, John Obi; Malouda, Florent Johan; Ferreira, Paulo Renato Rebocho; Marin, Marko; Turnbull, Ross; Benayoun, Yossi; Cahill, Gary James; Terry, John George; Ba, Demba; Bertrand, Ryan; Hilario Meireles Alves Sampaio, Hen;
EVERTON
Anichebe, Victor Chinedu; Baines, Leighton John; Gibson, Darron Thomas Daniel; Hibbert, Anthony James; Jagielka, Philip Nikodem; Neville, Philip John; Osman, Leon; Coleman, Seamus; Distin, Sylvain; Fellaini-Bakkioui, Marouane; Heitinga, John Gijsbert Alan; Howard, Timothy Matthew; Jelavic, Nikica; Mucha, Jan; Naismith, Steven John; Pienaar, Steven; Mirallas Y Castillo, Kevin Antonio Jo; Oviedo Jimenez, Bryan Josue; Hitzlsperger, Thomas
FULHAM
Schwarzer, Mark; Somogyi, Csaba; Stockdale, David Adam; Etheridge, Neil; Riether, Sascha; Emanuelson, Urby Vitorrio Diego; Hughes, Aaron William; Hangeland, Brede Paulsen; Senderos, Philippe; Riise, John Arne; Duff, Damien Anthony; Dejagah, Ashkan; Davies, Simon; Baird, Christopher; Sidwell, Steven James; Diarra, Mahamadou; Ruiz Gonzalez, Bryan Jafet; Richardson, Kieran Edward; Petric, Mladen; Rodallega Martinez, Hugo; Berbatov, Dimitar; Karagkounis, Georgios; Enoh, Eyong Takang; Manolev, Stanislav
LIVERPOOL
Agger, Daniel Munthe; Allen, Joseph Michael; Assaidi, Ossama; Carragher, James Lee; Coates Nion, Sebastian; Sturridge, Daniel; Downing, Stewart; Gerrard MBE, Steven George; Gulacsi, Peter; Henderson, Jordan Brian; Johnson, Glen McLeod Cooper; Jones, Bradley; Sanchez Diaz, Jose Enrique; Kelly, Martin Ronald; Pezzini Leiva, Lucas; Reina Paez, Jose Manuel; Skrtel, Martin; Suarez Diaz, Luis Alberto
MANCHESTER CITY
Hart, Charles Joseph John; Richards, Micah; Kompany, Vincent; Zabaleta Girod, Pablo Javier; Lescott, Joleon Patrick; Milner, James Philip; Nasri, Samir; Dzeko, Edin; Sinclair, Scott Andrew; Kolarov, Aleksandar; Aguero Del Castillo, Sergio; Barry, Gareth; Jimenez Silva, David Josue; Clichy, Gael; Toure, Kolo Abib; Wright, Richard Ian; Pantilimon, Costel Fane; Tevez, Carlos; Toure, Gnegneri Yaya; Sisenando, Douglas Maicon; Garcia Fernandez, Francisco Javier; Boyata, Anga Dedryck;
MANCHESTER UNITED
De Abreu Oliveira, Anderson Luis; Amos, Benjamin Paul; Buttner, Alexander; Carrick, Michael; Hernandez Balcazar, Javier; Cleverley, Thomas William; De Gea Quinta, David; Evans, Jonathan Grant; Evra, Patrice Latyr; Ferdinand, Rio Gavin; Giggs, Ryan Joseph; Kagawa, Shinji; Lindegaard, Anders Rozenkrantz; Almedia Da Cunha, Luis Carlos (Nani); Pereira da Silva, Rafael; Rooney, Wayne Mark; Scholes, Paul; Smalling, Christopher; Valencia Mosquera, Luis Antonio; Van Persie, Robin; Vidic, Nemanja; Welbeck, Daniel; Young, Ashley Simon
NEWCASTLE
Amalfitano, Romain; Ameobi, Foluwashola; Anita, Vurnon San Benito; Debuchy, Mathieu; Ben Arfa, Hatem; Cabaye, Yohan; Cisse, Papiss Demba; Coloccini, Fabricio; Elliot, Robert; Gosling, Daniel; Harper, Stephen Alan ; Gutierrez, Jonas Manuel; Krul, Timothy Michael; Marveaux, Sylvain; Obertan, Gabriel Antoine; Perch, James Robert; Simpson, Daniel Peter; Taylor, Ryan Anthony; Taylor, Steven Vincent; Tiote, Cheik Ismael; Williamson, Michael James; Yanga-Mbiwa, Mapou; Gouffran, Yoan; Sissoko, Moussa
NORWICH
Barnett, Leon Peter; Bassong Nguena, Sebastian Aymar; Bennett, Elliott; Bennett, Ryan; Bunn, Mark John; Butterfield, Jacob Luke; Fox, David Lee; Garrido, Javier; Holt, Grant; Hoolahan, Wesley; Howson, Jonathan Mark; Jackson, Simeon Alexander; Johnson, Bradley Paul; Camp, Lee Michael John; Kamara, Kei Ansu; Martin, Russell Kenneth Alexander; Becchio, Luciano Hector; Pilkington, Anthony Neil James; Ruddy, John Thomas Gordon; Snodgrass, Robert; Surman, Andrew Ronald Edward; Tettey, Alexander; Tierney, Marc Peter; Turner, Michael Thomas; Whittaker, Steven
QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Green, Robert Paul; Campbell, Dudley Junior; Traore, Armand; Derry, Shaun Peter; Bosingwa Da Silva, vk04.io Jose; Hill, Clinton Scott; Park, Ji-Sung; Bothroyd, Jay; Zamora, Robert Lester; Taarabt, Adel; Wright-Phillips, Shaun Cameron; Mackie, James Charles; Onuoha, Chinedum; Mbia Etoundi, Stephane; Jenas, Jermaine Anthony; Samba, Veijeany Christopher; Pereira da Silva, Fabio; Diakite, Samba; Hoilett, David Wayne; Murphy, Brian; Ben Haim, Tal; Soares De Espindola, Julio Cesar; Yun, Sukyoung; Granero Molina, Esteban Felix; Remy, Loic
READING
Blackman, Nicholas Alexander; Cummings, Shaun Michael; Gunter, Christopher Ross; Guthrie, Danny Sean; Harte, Ian Patrick; Karacan, Jem Paul; Kelly, Stephen Michael; Le Fondre, Adam James; Leigertwood, Mikele Benjamin; McAnuff, Joel Joshua Frederick Me; McCarthy, Alex Simon; McCleary, Garath James; Mariappa, Adrian Joseph; Pearce, Alexander James; Robson-Kanu, Thomas Hal; Roberts, Jason Andre Davis; Shorey, Nicholas; Tabb, Jay Anthony; Taylor, Stuart James; Martins Carrico, Daniel Filipe; Federici, Adam Jay; Gorkss, Kaspars; Hunt, Noel; Kebe, Jimmy; Pogrebnyak, Pavel Viktorovich
SOUTHAMPTON
Butterfield, Daniel Paul; Chaplow, Richard David; Cork, Jack Frank Porteous; Davis, Kelvin Geoffery; Davis, Steven; De Ridder, Steve Danny Marc; Forren, Vegard; Do Prado Raymundo, Guilherme; Fonte, Jose Miguel; Fox, Daniel; Hooiveld, Jos; Lallana, Adam David; Lambert, Rickie Lee; Lee, Tadanari; Mayuka, Emmanuel; Puncheon, Jason David Ian; Ramirez Pereyra, Gaston Exequiel; Richardson, Frazer; Rodriguez, Jay Enriqus; Schneiderlin, Morgan; Yoshida, Maya; Boruc, Artur; Martin, Aaron
STOKE CITY
Adam, Charles Graham; Begovic, Asmir; Cameron, Geoff Scott; Crouch, Peter James; Shea, Dane Brekken; Sidibe, Mamady; Etherington, Matthew; Huth, Robert; Jones, Kenwyne Joel; Kightly, Michael John; Nash, Carlo James; Palacios Suazo, Wilson Roberto; Pennant, Jermaine Lloyd; Rana-Jerome, Cameron Zishan; Shawcross, Ryan James; Shotton, Ryan Colin; Sorensen, Thomas; Walters, Jonathan Ronald; Whelan, Glenn David; Whitehead, Dean; Wilkinson, Andrew Gordon; Wilson, Marc David; Nzonzi, Steven Nkemboanza Mike C; Owen, Michael James
SUNDERLAND
Bardsley, Phillip Anthony; Bramble, Titus Malachi; Brown, Wesley Michael; Graham, Daniel Anthony William; Cattermole, Lee Barry; Colback, Jack Raymond; Cuellar Jimenez, Carlos Javier; Fletcher, Steven Kenneth; Gardner, Craig; Johnson, Adam; Kilgallon, Matthew; Larsson, Sebastian Bengt Ulf; McClean, James; Mignolet, Simon; O’Shea, John Francis; Rose, Daniel Lee; Sessegnon, Stephane; Vaughan, David Owen; Westwood, Keiren; Mangane, Abdou Kader; N’Diaye, Alfred John Momar
SWANSEA CITY
Agustien, Germaine; Britton, Leon James; De Guzman, Jonathan Alexander; Dyer, Nathan Antone Jonah; Flores Moreno, Jose Manuel; Gower, Mark; Tiendalli, Dwight Marciano; Hernandez Dominguez, Pablo; Ki, Sung Yueng; Lamah, Roland Conde; Perez Cuesta, Miguel; Monk, Garry Alan; Moore, Luke Isaac; Obeng, Curtis; Routledge, Wayne Neville Anthony; Shechter, Etey Menachem; Tate, Alan; Taylor, Neil John; Tremmel, Gerhard; Vorm, Michel; Williams, Ashley Errol; Zaragoza, Angel Rangel
TOTTENHAM
Obika, Jonathan; Friedel, Bradley Howard; Lloris, Hugo; Kaboul, Younes; Gallas, William; Adebayor, Emmanuel; Vertonghen, Jan; Assou-Ekotto, Benoit; Cordiero, Sandro Raniere Guimarae; Holtby, Lewis Harry; Sigurdsson, Gylfi Thor; Dempsey, Clinton Drew; Lennon, Aaron; Walker, Kyle Andrew; Naughton, Kyle; Dawson, Michael Richard; Dembele, Moussa; Huddlestone, Thomas Andrew; Parker, Scott Matthew; Livermore, Jake Cyril; Bale, Gareth Frank; Defoe, Jermain Colin; Bentley, David Michael;
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Brunt, Christopher; Daniels, Luke Matthew; Dawson, Craig; Dorrans, Graham; Fortune, Marc-Antoine; Foster, Ben; Gera, Zoltan; Jones, Billy; Long, Shane Patrick; McAuley, Gareth Gerald; Morrison, James Clark; Mulumbu, Youssouf; Myhill, Glyn Oliver; Odemwingie, Peter; Olsson, Jonas; Popov, Goran; Reid, Steven John; Ridgewell, Liam Matthew; Rosenberg, Nils Markus; Tamas, Gabriel Sebastian; Thomas, Jerome William; Yacob, Claudio
WEST HAM
Carroll, Andrew Thomas; Cole, Carlton; Collins, James Michael; Collison, Jack David; Demel, Guy Roland; Diame, Mohamed; Pogatetz, Emanual; Henderson, Stephen; Jaaskelainen, Juusi Albert; Jarvis, Matthew Thomas; Maiga, Modibo; McCartney, George; Noble, Mark James; Nolan, Kevin Anthony Jance; O’Brien, Joseph Martin; O’Neil, Gary Paul; Reid, Winston Wiremu; Spence, Jordan James; Taylor, Matthew Simon; Tomkins, James Oliver Charles; Vaz Te, Ricardo Jorge; Chamakh, Maroune; Cole, Joseph John; Pereira Do Nascimento, Wellington
WIGAN
Al-Habsi, Ali; Alcaraz, Antolin; Beausejour Coliqueo, Jean Andre E; Scharner, Paul Josef Herbert; Boyce, Emmerson Orlando; Caldwell, Gary; Crusat Domene, Albert; Di Santo, Franco; Figueroa Rochez, Maynor Alexis; Gomez Garcia-Penche, Jordi; Jones, David Frank Llwyd; Kone, Arouna; Lopez Rodriguez, Adrian; Maloney, Shaun Richard; McArthur, James; McCarthy, James; Pollitt, Michael Francis; Ramis Barrios, Ivan Andres; Stam, Ronnie Theodorous; Watson, Ben; Espinoza Ramirez, Roger; Robles Blazquez, Joel
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