The “Sexiest” World Cup Players

You might have noticed by now that a lot of the pictures on our photos pages are of female footie fans. There are plenty of them in Germany and as hard hitting investigative reporters we feel it is our duty to deliver these images to you. In the interest of fair and balanced journalism, today we present the top 10 sexiest World Cup players as voted by people on the Internet. We did not vote in this poll and we will offer no opinions on whether the voting public got it right or wrong. Instead, we will simply present the players in their sexiest light.

1. Fabio Cannavaro, Italy

2. David Beckham, England

3. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

4. Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine

5. Kaka, Brazil

6. Dejan Stankovic, Serbia and Montenegro

7. Landon Donovan, United States

8. Luis Figo, Portugal

9. Nelson Valdez, Paraguay

10. Michael Ballack, Germany

Carlos Queiroz named his 24 on May 11th:
oalkeepers: Beto (Porto), Daniel Fernandes (Iraklis), Eduardo (Braga)

Defenders: Fabio Coentrao (Benfica), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Ze Castro (Deportivo La Coruna), Bruno Alves (Porto), Rolando (Porto), Ricardo Costa (Lille), Duda (Malaga), Pepe (Real Madrid), Miguel (Valencia)

Midfielders: Tiago (Atletico Madrid), Deco (Chelsea), Raul Meireles (Porto), Nani (Manchester United), Miguel Veloso (Sporting Lisbon), Pedro Mendes (Sporting Lisbon)

Forwards: Simao Sabrosa (Atletico Madrid), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen), Liedson (Sporting Lisbon), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Danny (Zenit St Petersburg).

Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojkovic (Wigan), Zeljko Brkic (Vojvodina Novi Sad), Bojan Isailovic (Cukaricki Belgrade), Andjelko Djuricic (Leiria).

Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea), Antonio Rukavina (Munich 1860), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund), Aleksandar Lukovic (Udinese), Ivan Obradovic (Saragossa), Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio).

Midfielders: Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan), Nenad Milijas (Wolverhampton), Miloss Krasic (CSKA Moscow), Milan Jovanovic (Standard Liege), Milos Ninkovic (Dynamo Kiev), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Stuttgart), Zoran Tosic (Cologne), Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax), Gojko Kacar (Hertha Berlin), Nemanja Matic (Chelsea), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade).

Forwards: Nikola Zigic (Valencia), Marko Pantelic (Ajax), Danko Lazovic (Zenith), Dragan Mrdja (Vojvodina), Dejan Lekic (Red Star Belgrade).

Goalkeepers: Jan Mucha (Legia Warsaw), Dusan Kuciak (Vaslui), Lubos Kamenar (Nantes), Dusan Pernis (Dundee United);

Defenders: Peter Pekarik (Wolfsburg), Martin Petras (Cesena), Martin Skrtel (Liverpool), Lubomir Michalik (Leeds), Jan Durica (Hannover), Radoslav Zabavnik (Mainz), Marek Cech (West Brom), Tomas Lubocan (Zenit St Petersburg), Kornel Salate (Slovan Bratislava);

Midfielders: Kamil Kopunek (Spartak Trnava), Jan Kozak (Timisoara), Juraj Kucka (Sparta Prague), Miroslav Karhan (Mainz), Marek Sapara (Ankaragucu), Mario Pecalka (Zilina), Stanislav Sestak (Bochum), Marek Hamsik (Napoli), Vladimir Weiss (Manchester City), Miroslav Stoch (Chelsea), Dusan Svento (Salzburg), Zdeno Strba (Xanthi);

Forwards: Erik Jendrisek (Schalke), Robert Vittek (Ankaragucu), Martin Jakubko (Saturn Moscow), Filip Holosko (Besiktas).

Matjas Kek named his 30 man preliminary squad for Sloveniaon May 11th:
Goalkeepers: Samir Handanovic (Udinese), Jasmin Handanovic (Mantova), Aleksander Seliga (Sparta Rotterdam), Jan Koprivec (Gallipoli).

Defenders: Bojan Jokic (Chievo Verona), Marko Suler (Ghent), Bostjan Cesar (Grenoble), Branko Ilic (Lokomotiv Moscow), Matej Mavric-Rozic (Koblenz), Dejan Kelhar (Cercle Brugge), Elvedin Dzinic (Maribor), Miso Brecko (Cologne), Aleksandar Rajcevic (Koper), Suad Filekovic (Maribor).

Midfielders: Andraz Kirm (Wisla Krakow), Andrej Komac (Maccabi Tel-Aviv), Rene Krhin (Inter Milan), Mirnes Sisic (Giannina), Darjan Matic (Rapid Bucharest), Dare Vrsic (Koper), Dalibor Stevanovic (Vitesse Arnhem), Robert Koren (West Bromwich Albion), Aleksander Radosavljevic (Larissa), Valter Birsa (Auxerre).

Forwards: Milivoje Novakovic (Cologne), Zlatko Dedic (Bochum), Zlatan Ljubijankic (Ghent), Nejc Pecnik (Nacional Funchal), Miran Burgic (AIK Solna), Tim Matavz (Groningen).

Preliminary 29 man Bafana squad announced April 30th:
Goalkeepers:
Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs)
Shu-Aib Walters (Maritzburg United)
Rowen Fernandez (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany)
Moeneeb Joseph (Orlando Pirates)
Defenders:
Matthew Booth (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Siboniso Gaxa (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Innocent Mdledle (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Bongani Khumalo (Supersport United)
Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa, Israel)
Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth, England)
Bryce Moon (PAOK, Greece)
Anele Ngcongca (Racing Genk, Belgium)
Siyabonga Sangweni (Golden Arrows)
Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates)
Midfielders:
Surprise Moriri (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Franklin Cale (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town)
Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham, England)
Andile Jali (Orlando Pirates)
Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates)
Reneilwe Letsholonyane (Kaizer Chiefs)
Siphiwe Tshabalala (Kaizer Chiefs)
Thanduyise Khuboni (Golden Arrows)
Steven Pienaar (Everton, England)
Macbeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan, Russia)
Strikers:
Benni McCarthy (West Ham United, England)
Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Siyabonga Nomvete (Moroka Swallows)
Bernard Parker (FC Twente, Holland)

Preliminary 30 man squad announced May 2nd.
Kim Young-Kwang (Ulsan), Lee Woon-Jae (Suwon), Jung Sung-Ryong (Seongnam); Kang Min-Soo (Suwon), Kwak Tae-Hwi (Kyoto), Kim Dong-Jin (Ulsan), Kim Hyung-Il (Pohang), Oh Beom-Seok (Ulsan), Lee Young-Pyo (Al Hilal), Lee Jung-Soo (Kashima Antlers), Hwang Jae-Won (Pohang), Cho Won-Hee (Wigan), Cha Du-Ri (SC Freiburg), Cho Yong-Hyung (Jeju); Koo Ja-Cheol (Jeju), Ki Sung-Yong (Celtic), Kim Bo-Kyung (Oita), Kim Nam-Il (Tom Tomsk), Shin Hung-Min (Pohang), Kim Jae-Sung (Pohang), Kim Jung-Woo (Gwangju), Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton) Kim Chi-Woo (Seoul), Ji-Sung Park (Manchester United); Park Ju-Young (AS Monaco), Ahn Jung-Hwan (Dalian Shide), Lee Seung-Ryul (Seoul), Yeom Ki-Hun (Suwon), Lee Keun-Ho (Jubilo Iwata), Lee Dong-Guk (Jeonbuk)

Vicente Del Bosque named his 30 man Spain squad on May 10th:
Goalkeepers:
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Pepe Reina (Liverpool FC)
Diego López (Villarreal FC)
Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona)
David De Gea (Atlético de Madrid)
Defenders:
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Raúl Albiol (Real Madrid)
Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid)
Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona)
Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona)
Carlos Marchena (Valencia CF)
Joan Capdevila (Villarreal CF)
César Azpilicueta (Osasuna)
Midfielders:
Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
Sergi Busquets (FC Barcelona)
Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona)
Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
David Silva (Valencia CF)
Juan Mata (Valencia CF)
Marcos Senna (Villarreal CF)
Cesc Fábregas (Arsenal)
Javi Martínez (Athletic de Bilbao)
Jesús Navas (Sevilla FC)
Santi Cazorla (Villarreal CF)
Strikers:
David Villa (Valencia CF)
Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
Dani Güiza (Fenerbahce)
Fernando Llorente (Athletic de Bilbao)
Pedro Rodríguez (FC Barcelona)

Ottmar Hitzfeld has released his final Switzerland World Cup squad list.
Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg), Johnny Leoni (Zurich), Marco Woelfli (Young Boys)

Defenders: Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lazio), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Steve Von Bergen (Hertha Berlin), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), Mario Eggimann (Hannover), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria).

Midfielders: Valon Behrami (West Ham), Gokhan Inler (Udinese), Benjamin Huggel (Basle), Gelson Fernandes (St. Etienne), Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel), Pirmin Schwegler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Marco Padalino (Sampdoria).

Forwards: Alex Frei (Basle), Blaise Nkufo (Twente), Eren Derdiyok (Bayer Leverkusen), Hakan Yakin (Lucerne), Marco Streller (Basle).

Plus seven reserves: Fabio Coltorti (Racing Santander), François Affolter (Young Boys), Albert Bunjaku (Nuremberg), Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin), Valentin Stocker (Basel), Nassim Ben Khalifa (Grasshoper), Ludovis Magnin (Zurich)

Bob Bradley’s 23-man USA World Cup squad, announced May 26th:

Keepers: Brad Guzan, Marcus Hahnemann, Tim Howard

Defenders: Calos Bocanegra, Jonathan Bornstein, Steve Cherundolo, Jay DeMerit, Clarence Goodson, Oguchi Onyewu (and beard), Jonathan Spector.

Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Stuart Holden, Jose Francisco Torres.

Forwards: Jozy Altidore, Edson Buddle, Robbie Findley, Herculez Gomez.

Oscar Tabarez named his 26 man squad on May 11th:
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Lazio, Italy), Juan Castillo (Deportivo Cali, Colombia), Martin Silva (Defensor Sporting, Uruguay)
Defenders: Diego Lugano (Fenerbahce, Turkey), Diego Godin (Villarreal, Spain), Andres Scotti (Colo Colo, Chile), Jorge Fucile (Porto, Portugal), Martin Caceres (Juventus, Italy), Mauricio Victorino (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Midfielders: Walter Gargano (Napoli, Italy), Egidio Arevalo Rios (Penarol, Uruguay), Sebastian Eguren (Alk Stockholm, Sweden), Diego Perez (Monaco, France), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica, Portugal), Alvaro Pereira (Porto, Portugal), Jorge Rodriguez (River Plate, Uruguay), Ignacio Gonzalez (Valencia, Spain), Nicolas Lodeiro (Ajax, Netherlands), Alvaro Gonzalez (Nacional, Uruguay), Alvaro Fernandez (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Strikers: Luis Suarez (Ajax, Netherlands), Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Sebastian Abreu (Botafogo, Brazil), Edinson Cavani (Palermo, Italy), Sebastian Fernandez (Banfield, Argentina), Jorge Martinez (Catania, Italy)