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26th March 2008, 23:13
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United's international captains
With Rio being chosen as captain of England, it got me wandering how many captains we have had that have led their respective countries?
I can think of the following: Rio Ferdinand Roy Keane Darren Fletcher Ryan Giggs Going back I can think of: David Beckham Bryan Robson Mark Hughes Juan Seb Veron We've also had two of our black players as England captain: Rio tonight and Paul Ince who was the first black player to captain England. Others? |
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26th March 2008, 23:16
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Ronaldo was portugal captain recently if I remember correctly
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26th March 2008, 23:55
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Henning Berg - Norway.
Eric Cantona, Fabien Barthez & Laurent Blanc - France. Tim Howard - USA. Phil Neville - England (for a portion of the second half in one game). Keith Gillespie and David Healy, Northern Ireland. EDIT: added a few more. |
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26th March 2008, 23:59
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27th March 2008, 00:04
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27th March 2008, 00:25
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Gary Neville captained England in the Portugal game ahead of the likes of Gerrard, Terry when Beckham got taken off. He commanded himself pretty well and shook all the Portuguese players hands at the end of the game.
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27th March 2008, 00:40
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Norman Whiteside & Sammy McIlroy, Northern Ireland
Gordon Strachan, Scotland. Paul McGrath, Ireland. David Platt, England (United youth team, never senior squad). Frank Stapleton, Ireland. |
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27th March 2008, 08:40
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27th March 2008, 10:32
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Phil Neville captained England once in a freidly. Cant remember who it was against, but i remember the armband was passed around about 4 times.
Not sure if he was at United then. Did Jip Jaap Stam ever captain Holland? |
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27th March 2008, 10:57
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Park captained Korea at the World Cup in 2006 iirc. |
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27th March 2008, 14:34
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Current Captains:
Ferdinand Ronaldo Van der Sar -Fletcher has only captained the squad once or twice in absence of Barry Ferguson and others. -Kim Nam-Il is the captain of Korea Republic -Stankovic captains Serbia |
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27th March 2008, 14:47
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Ronaldo VDS Those are the only consistent captains of their respective countries in this current squad. |
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