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With Qualifiers over for now and the Leagues to resume this weekend, I have some spare time to post another contest entry. This one took me forever to do, since there are 22 players in here, and there were even more I could have included. Again, you can vote for your top 3 picks from Serie A and the one with the most votes will win at the end. While I'm trying to avoid the same-old, same-old players that we always see, hence my "NO OLD-GUYS RULE", I am making a couple of exceptions here. See, we all have our weaknesses, and one of mine is Andrea Pirlo. Sorry, sorry. But you will see that most of these 22 midfielders are way younger than Andrea.
STEFANO MAURI
DOB: 8 JANURAY 1980
HEIGHT: 1.84 M
CLUB: LAZIO
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (2004-2007)






SAMUELE DALLA BONA
DOB: 6 FEBRUARY 1981
HEIGHT: 1.85 M
CLUB: NAPOLI
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-21)


RICARDO QUARESMA
DOB: 26 SEP 1983
HEIGHT: 1.73 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
PORTUGUESE INTERNATIONAL









MATHIEU FLAMINI
DOB: 7 MARCH 1984
HEIGHT: 1.78 M
CLUB: AC MILAN
FRENCH INTERNATIONAL






LUIS JIMENEZ
DOB: 17 JUNE 1984
HEIGHT: 1.80 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
CHILEAN INTERNATIONAL







FRANCESCO BOLZONI
DOB: 7 MAY 1989
HEIGHT: 1.89 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-21)






DANIELE MANNINI
DOB: 25 OCTOBER 1983
HEIGHT: 1.83 M
CLUB: NAPOLI
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-21)


DANIELE DE ROSSI
DOB: 24 JULY 1983
HEIGHT: 1.84 M
CLUB: ROMA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL








ANTONIO NOCERINO
DOB: 9 APRIL 1985
HEIGHT: 1.75 M
CLUB: PALERMO
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-23)



ANDREA PIRLO
DOB: 19 MAY 1979
HEIGHT: 1.78 M
CLUB: AC MILAN
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL










ALEXIS SANCHEZ
DOB: 19 DECEMBER 1988
HEIGHT: 1.71 M
CLUB: UDINESE
CHILEAN INTERNATIONAL






ALBERTO AQUILANI
DOB: 7 JULY 1984
HEIGHT: 1.86 M
CLUB: ROMA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL














TIAGO MENDES
DOB: 2 MAY 1981
HEIGHT: 1.83 M
CLUB: JUVENTUS
PORTUGUESE INTERNATIONAL





PABLO LEDESMA
DOB: 4 FEBRUARY 1984
HEIGHT: 1.75 M
CLUB: CATANIA
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL






MARIO SANTANA
DOB: 23 DECEMBER 1981
HEIGHT: 1.77 M
CLUB: FIORENTINA
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL (2004-2005)





MATTEO PARO
DOB: 17 MARCH 1983
HEIGHT: 1.79 M
CLUB: GENOA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-20)






MATUZALEM
DOB: 10 JUNE 1980
HEIGHT: 1.75 M
CLUB: LAZIO
BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-17)





KAKA
DOB: 22 APRIL 1982
HEIGHT: 1.86 M
CLUB: AC MILAN
BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL






BOSKO JANCOVIC
DOB: 1 MARCH 1984
HEIGHT: 1.84 M
CLUB: GENOA
SERBIAN INTERNATIONAL






CRISTIANO DONI
DOB: 1 APRIL 1973
HEIGHT: 1.85 M
CLUB: ATALANTA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (2001-2002)



DEJAN STANKOVIC
DOB: 11 SEPTEMBER 1978
HEIGHT: 1.81 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
SERBIAN INTERNATIONAL






ALBIN EKDAL
DOB: 28 JULY 1989
HEIGHT: 1.86 M
CLUB: JUVENTUS
SWEDISH NATIONAL
(He's only a puppy and has not yet been called for international duty.XDDD)







Next up - ARGENTINA!!!!
STEFANO MAURI
DOB: 8 JANURAY 1980
HEIGHT: 1.84 M
CLUB: LAZIO
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (2004-2007)






SAMUELE DALLA BONA
DOB: 6 FEBRUARY 1981
HEIGHT: 1.85 M
CLUB: NAPOLI
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-21)


RICARDO QUARESMA
DOB: 26 SEP 1983
HEIGHT: 1.73 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
PORTUGUESE INTERNATIONAL









MATHIEU FLAMINI
DOB: 7 MARCH 1984
HEIGHT: 1.78 M
CLUB: AC MILAN
FRENCH INTERNATIONAL






LUIS JIMENEZ
DOB: 17 JUNE 1984
HEIGHT: 1.80 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
CHILEAN INTERNATIONAL







FRANCESCO BOLZONI
DOB: 7 MAY 1989
HEIGHT: 1.89 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-21)






DANIELE MANNINI
DOB: 25 OCTOBER 1983
HEIGHT: 1.83 M
CLUB: NAPOLI
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-21)


DANIELE DE ROSSI
DOB: 24 JULY 1983
HEIGHT: 1.84 M
CLUB: ROMA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL








ANTONIO NOCERINO
DOB: 9 APRIL 1985
HEIGHT: 1.75 M
CLUB: PALERMO
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-23)



ANDREA PIRLO
DOB: 19 MAY 1979
HEIGHT: 1.78 M
CLUB: AC MILAN
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL










ALEXIS SANCHEZ
DOB: 19 DECEMBER 1988
HEIGHT: 1.71 M
CLUB: UDINESE
CHILEAN INTERNATIONAL






ALBERTO AQUILANI
DOB: 7 JULY 1984
HEIGHT: 1.86 M
CLUB: ROMA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL














TIAGO MENDES
DOB: 2 MAY 1981
HEIGHT: 1.83 M
CLUB: JUVENTUS
PORTUGUESE INTERNATIONAL





PABLO LEDESMA
DOB: 4 FEBRUARY 1984
HEIGHT: 1.75 M
CLUB: CATANIA
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL






MARIO SANTANA
DOB: 23 DECEMBER 1981
HEIGHT: 1.77 M
CLUB: FIORENTINA
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL (2004-2005)





MATTEO PARO
DOB: 17 MARCH 1983
HEIGHT: 1.79 M
CLUB: GENOA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-20)






MATUZALEM
DOB: 10 JUNE 1980
HEIGHT: 1.75 M
CLUB: LAZIO
BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL (U-17)





KAKA
DOB: 22 APRIL 1982
HEIGHT: 1.86 M
CLUB: AC MILAN
BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL






BOSKO JANCOVIC
DOB: 1 MARCH 1984
HEIGHT: 1.84 M
CLUB: GENOA
SERBIAN INTERNATIONAL






CRISTIANO DONI
DOB: 1 APRIL 1973
HEIGHT: 1.85 M
CLUB: ATALANTA
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL (2001-2002)



DEJAN STANKOVIC
DOB: 11 SEPTEMBER 1978
HEIGHT: 1.81 M
CLUB: INTER MILAN
SERBIAN INTERNATIONAL






ALBIN EKDAL
DOB: 28 JULY 1989
HEIGHT: 1.86 M
CLUB: JUVENTUS
SWEDISH NATIONAL
(He's only a puppy and has not yet been called for international duty.XDDD)







Next up - ARGENTINA!!!!
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Date: 2008-09-12 03:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-12 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-12 06:10 pm (UTC)But this is really hard, because I'll have to choose between him and a few others for the winner!
I'll be watching Inter very, very closely under Mourinho to see if he will put Bolzoni into the first team!!!
It's a bonus that he speaks Spanish! LOL.
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:37 pm (UTC)I hope, he will play this season much more than he played in a previous one.. He deserves this! And also he extended his contract this summer, so, I think, this means, that the club and, I hope, Jose need him...
It's a bonus that he speaks Spanish! LOL.
The most funny of this all is that we understood, that he is Italian just after we came home... :) But all the time he answered just in Spanish... And his friend, Gabriele Puccio, just stood and smiled... :)
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-12 07:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-12 03:50 pm (UTC)And Alessa! I know he is 'second striker' *lol*
He is one of the most fotogenic people!
ALBIN EKDAL at first pic! WOW!
RICARDO QUARESMA at first pic.
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:13 pm (UTC)Albin Ekdal is impossibly good-looking! I mean, only models look like that!
Quaresma is very good-looking too, and for me, he has a definite gay thing going on.
I thought Del Piero was a striker! He is hot, but I was also cutting out older guys (except for personal favourites. LOL.)
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Date: 2008-09-12 07:06 pm (UTC)I know Alessa is a striker but he is the ONLY italian player I like. He is not really good looking for me, but there is something that turns my on! OMG I'm so...
*is running to the River Plate players*
I need more user icon places!!!! They should give me >200!
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:43 pm (UTC)have huggies *huggies*
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Date: 2008-09-12 04:53 pm (UTC)But... You included Stankovic *DED* another one of my forbidden fruits, LOL.
I vote for Dejan Stankovic.
I can't choose a second. I am childish and hold too many football grudges. Aqualani is pretty, but I just cannot stand Roma.
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:17 pm (UTC)OMG you like Dejan Stankovic??? I LOVE him!!! He's got that super-masculine hotness that is just deadly!
Hey, I hear you on the Roma thing. I only like Aquilani when he's with the NT. LOL. And I don't like Totti anymore even though he used to be my first footie love. But anyone who does dirty stuff to my boys gets kicked to the curb by me. Even if they ooze sex like Aquilani does for me! LMAO.
Oh! Btw, I had my FIRST EVER sexual dream about a footballer last night and it was with Sergio!!!! I'll e-mail you about it, I'm still excited.
LOL&hearts
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:28 pm (UTC)LOLOLOL, Deki is a reason for me to watch Inter from time to time (the other one being Zlatan, LOL), he's just so masculine and hot and hilariously emo. Plus he's got a good sense of humour (or had no clue what the T-shirt text said) because I have this one pic of him wearing a T-shirt that says "Take a nap at the 69 motel, all you can eat breakfast buffet".
Uh-huh. Love the guy, srsly.
*sigh* Roma. Can't stand them. Grudge>hotness.
LOL OMG, you finally had a footballer dream? Tell me all about it!
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:57 pm (UTC)Mmmm....Deki. LMAO@his T-shirt!!! Hahahaha! That's so cute!
Yeah, Roma sucks. We better not let any Argies go there! LOL.
Yeah, I sent you an e-mail about my hot&sexy footballer dream.
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Date: 2008-09-12 07:54 pm (UTC)Deki's T-shirt FTW. What a delicious man.
Argies! LOL you just had to mention Argies &hearts
Heheheh, just read your email *fans self*
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:08 pm (UTC)hahah ok! KAKA' FTW!!!!!!!!
hmmm i'll have Ledesma...he's not Boca anymore so...
ok, one more *thinks* awwwwwww Aqui...well ok, he's not HOT but he's super cute, i feel like just hugging him *squee*
alrighty...i think u missed Legro and...well, it not my case but many girls LOVE Pato.
have huggies *huggies*
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:23 pm (UTC)I thought Ale was a striker!
Quaresma is so gay, but he did get a vote! LOL.
Kaka is Kaka. I don't want him to win because I'm almost sick of him but I had to include him in this.
Ahhhh.....Ledesma! He's so cute. I had to include some Argentines. But for me Alexis wins because he's my little River Plate sweetheart and I will always love him.
I thought Pato was a striker also, and I know the girls love him, but for me he can't compete with some of the other guys, so no Pato in here! LOL.
Thanks for voting. So Ledesma gets yours, huh?
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:41 pm (UTC)lol kaka' xD i have a gal that has the word "sexy" written all over it.
hahahah Ledi? no way jose! he's Boca, i put up my top 3, but if i have to choose i will have to say Aqui *points userpic*
have huggies *huggies*
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Date: 2008-09-12 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-13 02:07 am (UTC)Albin? HOLY SMOKES! He's younger than I am (and younger than my younger brother which puts him outside my reach, morally speaking, lol). That boy has BEAUTIFUL eyes! I want some of that in my kids' gene pool.
Mathieu Flamini's definitely attractive, too. He looks like someone... but I'm not sure who. I just love the prospect of us speaking french to eachother (well, him doing most of the talking, because France-french blows my Quebec-french out of the water). I very much enjoy those forearm muscle lines, too.
Wow do I ever sound superficial! That *is* the point though, right?
I definitely thought Kaka was way younger than that. I'm actually really surprised he was born in '82.
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Date: 2008-09-13 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-14 03:00 am (UTC)LOL.
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Date: 2008-09-14 03:06 am (UTC)Flamini has that gorgeous, irrestible (to me anyway) look that a lot of French guys have.
Hahhahaha, yes, the whole point of this is to be very superficial indeed!
Isn't it depressing that Kaka is getting old? I think it is! :(
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Date: 2008-09-14 02:17 pm (UTC)My choices: Bolzoni, Kaká and Ekdal. Yum.
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Date: 2008-09-14 03:07 pm (UTC)LOL! Yes, I know de Rossi is quite popular, but while I was downloading pics, I thought, 'WTF? Why am I doing this?' :P
GOOD choices!!!&herts;
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Date: 2008-09-14 06:41 pm (UTC)But here we go...
#1: Daniele Mannini. RAWR! Don't know him... but will keep an eye out for him now!
#2: Cristiano Doni. The hair! And he totally doesn't look his age. Not one day of it.
#3: Antonio Nocereno. The guy tatoo'd his own name on his own ass!!
And Honourable Mention just has to go to Del Piero. The guy just has to be a hard-rocker in an Alternate Universe... look at his eyes! Looks like he hasn't slept in weeks because he's been snorting/smoking too much in the tour bus, while having way too much fun with his young female groupies. And that pic of him in the tight white hi-cut briefs...
Tell me I'm wrong!
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Date: 2008-09-14 07:07 pm (UTC)LMAO. I suppose you are right about Del Piero! I can see him doing all the things you mentioned. Hahahahaha!