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| Current League: Premier League (Eng) | | Nickname: The Citizens | | Year Founded: 1894 | | Location: Manchester, England | | Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium | | Capacity: 48000 | | Official Website: mcfc.co.uk | | Record Transfer Fees Paid: £13m for Nicolas Anelka from Paris-SG in 2002 | | Record Transfer Fees Received: £21m for Shaun Wright-Phillips from Chelsea in 2005 | | Average age of players: 25 years | | Number of foreigners: 17 | | Longest serving player: Danny Mills (3 years) | | | |
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| Rolando Bianchi (Reggina, £8.8m), Martin Petrov (Atletico Madrid, £4.7m), Benjani (Portsmouth, £3.87m), Javi Garrido (Real Sociedad, £1.5m), Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina, Undisc.), Elano Blumer (Shakhtar Donetsk, Undisc.), Geovanni (Un-attached, Free), Felipe Caicedo (FC Basel, £?), Vedran Corluka (Dinamo, Undisc.), Gelson Fernandes (FC Sion, Undisc.), Neri Alberto Castillo (Shakhtar Donetsk, Loan) | Rolando Bianchi (Lazio, Loan), Bernardo Corradi (Parma, Loan), Ousmane Dabo (Lazio, £?), Danny Mills (Charlton Athletic, Loan), Georgios Samaras (Celtic, Loan), Nicky Weaver (Charlton Athletic, Bosman), Ishmael Miller (West Bromwich Albion, Loan), Paul Dickov (Blackpool, Loan), Kelvin Etuhu (Leicester City, Loan), Ched Evans (Norwich City, Loan), Marc Laird (Millwall, £?), Shaleum Logan (Grimsby Town, Loan), Matthew Mills (Doncaster Rovers, Loan), Stephen Jordan (Un-attached), Trevor Sinclair (Un-attached) | | | |
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee | | Staff | | - | Hans Backe (Swe) | Ast | 56 | - | - | - | - | 2007 | Un-attached | Hired | | - | Sven-Goran Eriksson (Swe) | Mgr | 60 | Torsby | - | - | 06/2010 | 2007 | Un-attached | Hired | | - | Tord Grip (Swe) | Ast | 70 | - | - | - | - | 2007 | Djurgardens IF (Swe) | Hired | | - | Stefano Marrone (Ita) | Coa. | - | - | - | - | - | 2007 | Un-attached | Hired | | - | Eric Steele | Coa. | - | - | - | - | - | 2007 | Un-attached | Hired | | Goalkeepers | | 1 | Andreas Isaksson (Swe) | GK | 26 | - | 199 | 88 | - | 2006 | Rennes (Fra) | £2m | | 19 | Kasper Schmeichel (Den) | GK | 21 | - | 181 | 78 | - | 2004 | Youth | Free | | 25 | Joe Hart (Eng) | GK | 21 | Shrewsbury | 190 | 80 | - | 2006 | Shrewsbury Town (Eng) | ?? | | Defenders | | 4 | Nedum Onuoha (Eng) | RB | 21 | Warri | 187 | 78 | 06/2011 | 2004 | Youth | Free | | - | Vedran Corluka (Cro) | RB | 22 | Doboj | 193 | 84 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Dinamo (Cro) | Undisc. | | - | Danny Mills (Eng) | RB | 30 | Norwich | 183 | 75 | 06/2008 | 2004 | Leeds United (Eng) | Free | | 3 | Michael Ball (Eng) | LB | 28 | Liverpool | 177 | 77 | 06/2009 | 2007 | PSV (Ned) | Undisc. | | 22 | Richard Dunne (Ire) | CD | 28 | Dublin | 188 | 100 | 06/2009 | - | - | - | | 2 | Micah Richards (Eng) | DF | 19 | Birmingham | 180 | 82 | 06/2010 | - | - | - | | 17 | Sun Jihai (Chi) | DF | 30 | Dalian | 175 | 79 | - | - | - | - | | - | Javi Garrido (Spa) | DF | 23 | Ir?n | 178 | 75 | 06/2011 | 2007 | Real Sociedad (Spa) | £1.5m | | Midfielders | | 21 | Dietmar Hamann (Ger) | CM | 34 | Waldsasson | 190 | 80 | 06/2009 | 2006 | Bolton Wanderers (Eng) | £400k | | 6 | Michael Johnson (Eng) | MF | 20 | Urmston | - | - | 06/2011 | - | - | - | | 15 | Martin Petrov (Bul) | MF | 29 | Vratza | 180 | 76 | 06/2010 | 2007 | Atletico Madrid (Spa) | £4.7m | | 28 | Gelson Fernandes (Swi) | MF | 21 | - | 183 | 70 | - | 2007 | FC Sion (Swi) | Undisc. | | - | Elano Blumer (Bra) | MF | 26 | Iracem?polis [SP] | 174 | 65 | 06/2011 | 2007 | Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr) | Undisc. | | 7 | Stephen Ireland (Ire) | AM | 19 | Cork | - | - | 06/2009 | 2004 | Youth | Free | | 8 | Geovanni (Bra) | RW | 27 | Acaiaca | 172 | 67 | 06/2008 | 2007 | Un-attached | Free | | - | Neri Alberto Castillo (Mex) | LW | 23 | San Luis Potosi | 170 | 60 | 12/2008 | 2008 | Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr) | Loan | | Forwards | | 9 | Emile Mpenza (Bel) | ST | 29 | Brussels | 177 | 74 | - | 2007 | Un-attached | Free | | 11 | Darius Vassell (Eng) | ST | 27 | Birmingham | 170 | 76 | 06/2009 | 2005 | Aston Villa (Eng) | £2m | | 27 | Benjani (Zim) | ST | 29 | Bulawayo | 188 | 78 | 06/2010 | 2008 | Portsmouth (Eng) | £3.87m | | 36 | Daniel Sturridge (Eng) | ST | - | - | - | - | 06/2009 | - | - | - | | - | Valeri Bojinov (Bul) | ST | 22 | Goriahovitza | 180 | 78 | 06/2011 | 2007 | Fiorentina (Ita) | Undisc. | | - | Felipe Caicedo (Ecu) | ST | 19 | Guayaquil | 185 | 78 | - | 2008 | FC Basel (Swi) | £? |
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