Saturday, February 24, 2007

Top Team of ex-Grêmio players - do you agree?


Grêmio's best known former player around the world is without a doubt, Ronaldinho Gaucho. But of the current active ex-Grêmio players around the world (playing outside of Brazil) who would be in your top 11??

Here are just some of them:

Goalkeepers
Fernando (Uniao Leiria/ Portugal); Darnlei (Beira Mar/ Portugal - until recently)

Defenders
George Lucas (Celta Vigo/ Spain); Anderson Polga (Sporting Lisbon/ Portugal)
Gilberto (Hertha Berlin/ Germany); Michel Bastos (Lille/ France)
Matheus Vivian (Grenoble Foot 38/ France); Fabio Bilica (Istres/ France)
Bolivar (Monaco/ France); Maicon (Inter Milan/ Italy); Adriano (Atalanta/ Italy)
Hernani (Kielce/ Poland); Gabriel (Rubin Kazan/ Russia); Rodrigo Costa (Cerro Porteno/ Paraguay)

Midfielders
Felipe Melo (Racing Santander/ Spain); Zinho (Miami fusion/USA); Anderson (Porto/ Portugal)
Amaral (MKS Pogon/ Poland); Yan (Penafiel/ Portugal); Sandro (Belenenses/ Portugal)
Rodrigo Alvim (Belenenses/ Portugal); Beto (Sanfreece Hiroshima/ Japan)
Eduardo Costa (Espanyol/ Spain); Emerson (Real Madrid/ Spain)
Ronaldinho Gaucho (Barcelona/ Spain); Fernando (Bordeaux/ France)
Tinga (Borussia Dortmund/ Germany)

Forwards
Adriano Chuva (Daejon Citizen/South Korea); Eduardo Marques (Daegu FC/ South Korea)
Grafite (Le Mans/ France); Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds/ Japan)
Basilio (Tokyo Verdy/ Japan); Rodrigo Gral (Omiya Ardija/ Japan)
Marcelinho Paraiba (Wolfsburg/ Germany); Magrao (Gamba Osaka/ Japan)
Adriano (MyPa/ Finland); Manduca (AEK Athens/ Greece); Adriano Padilha (Saturn/ Russia)
Leandro Machado (Ulsan Hyundai/ South Korea)

My 11-a-side team of ex-Grêmio players (currently active & outside of Brazil) in a 4-5-1 formation would be:
Goalkeeper: Darnlei (Beira Mar)Defenders:
George Lucas (Celta Vigo) Maicon (Inter Milan)Anderson Polga (Sporting Lisbon) Gilberto (Hertha Berlin)

Midfielders:
Anderson (Porto) Ronaldinho Gaucho (Barcelona) Emerson (Real Madrid)


Eduardo Costa (Espanyol) Tinga (Borussia Dortmund)


Forwards
:
Marcelinho Paraiba (Wolfsburg)

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