Martín Demichelis is a centre back who plays for German side Bayern München and Argentina. Demichelis arrived from Argentinian side River Plate to Bayern München in 2003. He used to play as a midfielder but was transformed to a defender at Bayern. Ahead of the 2010-11 season Demichelish had a fall-out with Bayern’s head coach Louis van Gaal. He has so far not played any matches this season and might be leaving the club. Demichelish had his debut for Argentina in 2007 and was part of the Argentinian squad in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Daniel Van Buyten is a centre back who plays for German side Bayern München and the Belgian national team. The early years of his professional career were with Belgian Clubs Sporting Charleroi and Standard Liège. In 2001 he went to Olympique de Marseille in France. While playing for Marseille he became a regular in Belgium’s national team.
Van Buyten had a brief spell with Manchester City in 2004, on loan from Marseille, but eventually made a move to Hamburger SV in Germany. He got a solid reputation while at HSV and rivals Bayern München secured his transfer ahead of the 2006-07 season. At Bayern he has enjoyed his greatest achievements, having won 2 Bundesliga titles, 2 German Cups and 1 German League Cup with the team. They were also runners-up in the 2010 UEFA Champions League final.

Sebastian Giovinco is an attacking midfielder on loan to Parma from Juventus. He made his debut for Juventus’ first-team in May 2007, at the age of 20. He spent the 2007-08 season on loan at Empoli, with several strong performances in both Serie A and in the UEFA Cup. Empoli were still relegated at the end of the season and he returned to Juventus. The next two season Giovinco found himself on the bench much of the time, despite delivering some excellent performances. Giovinco has also played U-21 football and in the 2008 Olympics for Italy.

Christian Poulsen is a midfielder who plays for French side Evian and the Danish national team.
Poulsen signed a 3-year contract for Liverpool F.C. in the week leading up to the 2010/11 season. He was acquired from Italian side Juventus for £4.5m. Poulsen had previously played for Spanish side Sevilla, German side Schalke 04 and Danish side FC Copenhagen. He has been a regular member in the Danish national team since his debut in 2001. After only one season with Liverpool Poulsen was sold on a one year deal to the newly promoted Ligue 1 side Evian.

David Trezeguet is a striker who plays for Spanish side Hércules. Trezeguet arrived at Hércules in August 2010 after having been released from his contract at Italian side Juventus. He spent a decade at Juventus after having just won his second Ligue 1 title with French side AS Monaco. With Juventus he won Serie A four times, the Italian Cup twice and they were runners-up in the 2003 UEFA Champions League. Trezeguet was also Serie A’s top-scorer and Player of the Year in the 2001-02 season.
From 1998 to 2008 Trezeguet played 71 matches and scored 39 goals for France. They won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and were runners-up in 2006. They also won the 2000 UEFA European Championship, from where Trezeguet is famous for scoring the golden goal in extra time in the final against Italy.