Soccer: Passports row - stars with dual nationality
Eighty footballers are to have their passports examined by police following claims that clubs could be fielding illegal players.
The cases of Newcastle United’s Nolberto Solano and Arsenal’s Tomas Danilevicius and Edu have come under the spotlight in recent weeks.
According to The Guardian the following players all have dual nationality, although there is no suggestion that they are playing in this country illegally:
Danny Tiatto (Man City) Australia/Italy
Joseph-Desire Job (Middlesbrough) Cameroon/France
Paul Okon (Middlesbrough) Australia/Italy
Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough) Australia/Germany
Carlos Marinelli (Middlesbrough) Argentina/Italy
Horacio Carbonari (Derby) Argentina/Italy
Christian Bassedas (Newcastle) Argentina/Italy
Daniel Cordone (Newcastle) Argentina/Italy
Nolberto Solano (Newcastle) Peru/Greece
Diego Gavilan (Newcastle) Paraguay/Spain
Mustapha Hadji (Coventry) Morocco/France
John Aloisi (Coventry) Australia/Italy
Tomas Danilevicius (Arsenal) Lithuania/Greece
Edu (Arsenal) Brazil/Portugal
Lauren (Arsenal) Cameroon/Spain
Silvinho (Arsenal) Brazil/Portugal
Nelson Vivas (Arsenal) Argentina/Spain
Gus Poyet (Chelsea) Uruguay/Spain
Julio Arca (Sunderland) Argentina/Italy
Emerson Thome (Sunderland) Brazil/Portugal
