Oguchi Onyewu is an American defender who plays for Portuguese side Sporting Clube de Portugal and the USA. Onyewu played college soccer in the United States before moving to French club Metz in 2002. He struggled to get play time at Metz and was put on loan to Belgian clubs La Louvière in 203, and to Standard Liège the following year. He made his breakthrough at Liège and was voted best foreign player in the Belgian league. In his home country he was also voted 2006 US Soccer Athlete of the Year. In 2007 he had a brief loan spell with English side Newcastle in the Premier League. The Newcastle wasn’t a great success and Onyewu returned to Standard Liège, where he continued playing well and won two consecutive league titles.
In July 2009 Onyewu signed with AC Milan. Unfortunately he got injured early in the season, while playing for his country, and missed the remainder of the 2009-10 season. For the last half of the 2010-11 season Onyewu was on loan to Dutch side Twente. In June 2011 he was sold to Sporting Clube de Portugal where he signed a three year deal.
Onyewu made his debut for the United States national team in 2003. He played in both the 2006 and the 2010 FIFA World Championships.

UPDATE: 18 June 2011
CHELSEA HAVE UPPED THEIR BID FOR THE CROATIAN PLAYMAKER TO £25 MILLION. IN AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY MODRIC HAS ALSO STATED HE WANTS TO MAKE A MOVE TO CHELSEA.. THIS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY A STATEMENT FROM TOTTENHAM CHAIRMAN DANIEL LEVY, MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THEY WILL NOT SELL MODRIC OR ANY OTHER KEY PLAYER.

Luka Modrić is a central midfielder who plays for English side Tottenham and Croatia. Modrić signed with Dinamo Zagreb as a seventeen year old in 2002. He signed for Tottenham ahead of the 2008-09 season.
Modrić’s was absolutely brilliant as playmaker in his last two seasons at Dinamo Zagreb. He was Croatian Player of the Year after the 2006-07 season, and instrumental in winning the 2007-08 double in superior style. Fans liked to call him “the Croatian Cruyff” because of a resemblance in both looks and playing style with the legendary Johan Cruyff.
Tottenham signed Modrić ahead of the 2008-09 season for £16.5 million. After a few good matches in his playmaker role, manager Juande Ramos pulled him further back in a more holding midfielder kind of role which didn’t suit Modrić. He didn’t play to his capability and he was knocked about and picked up injuries. Tottenham had a disastrous start to the season and Ramos was eventually sacked. In came Harry Redknapp who immediately initiated Modrić into a more attacking influence. Tottenham’s improved results mirrored Modrić’s returned creativity in their attacking midfield. Modrić missed the first half of the 2009-10 season due to a broken leg. He returned to action in December and went on to be one of the key players for Tottenham finishing the season qualified for the Champions League. Several clubs were interested in getting Modrić’s signature, Manchester United in particular, but in May 2010 he signed a new six year contract with Spurs.
Internationally Modrić went up through Croatia’s youth ranks as a teenager. He made his senior debut at age 19 in March 2006. Modrić played in the 2006 FIFA World Championship and he was outstanding in Croatia’s qualifying campaign for Euro 2008. At the Euro 2008 he continued with some exceptional performances but ended disappointed when they lost their quarterfinal to Turkey on penalties. Croatia didn’t qualify for the 2010 World Cup but are currently second in their Euro 2012 qualifying group.

The Spanish national team’s kit has been manufactured by Adidas since 1992. Adidas were also the manufacturers between 1982 and 1984. (The period in between was contracted to Le Coq Sportif.)
Xavier Hernández is a central midfielder who plays for Barcelona and Spain.

Philippe Coutinho is an attacking midfielder who plays for Italian side Internazionale Milano and Brazil. Coutinho is a brilliant dribbler, with pace and creativity. He signed for Inter in 2008 as a 16 year old. He still stayed with his Brazilian club, Vasco da Gama, on a loan-basis until arriving at Inter before the 2010-11 season. Coutinho was on the Brazilian team winning the South American U17 Championship in 2009.
On October 7th 2010 he made his first team debut in a friendly match against Iran.

Maxi Rodríguez is a right winger who plays for English side Liverpool and Argentina. He came to Liverpool on a free transfer in January 2010 after almost 8 years in the Spanish La Liga. He first made a name for himself at Espanyol, followed by Atlético Madrid. At Atlético he was the captain after Fernando Torres left for Liverpool. Rodríguez was a member of the Argentinian U-20 team who won the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his senior debut against Japan in June 2003, in which he scored.