Karadeniz Gökdeniz Bio

Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980 in Giresun) is a Turkish football player for the team Rubin Kazan. He is also a member of the Turkish national team.

On 13 March 2008, he signed 5 years deal with Russian club Rubin Kazan for € 8.7 million.Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in Europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him.Karadeniz also said that another factor that persuaded him is that the region the club is from has a large Muslim population and Karadeniz feels comfortable living amongst people of the same religion as him. With the team he won the Russian Premier League 2008.

On the 20th October 2009, Gokdeniz scored the winning goal to shock the Barcelona fans at Camp Nou to win the match for Rubin Kazan.

Aleksandr Ryazantsev Bio

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Ryazantsev (Russian: Александр Александрович Рязанцев, born September 5, 1986 in Moscow, Russia) is a professional football midfield player currently playing for Rubin Kazan.

Maxime Gonalons Bio

Maxime Gonalons (born 10 March 1989 in Vénissieux) is a French footballer who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais. A graduate of the Olympique Lyonnais youth academy, he plays as a defensive midfielder.

Gonalons has been with Olympique Lyonnais since the age of 9 climbing through the club's youth sections. For the 2007–08 season, at the age of 18, he was promoted to the club's Championnat de France amateur team appearing in 26 matches scoring two goals. Lyon finished in a respectable 7th in their group, but weren't allowed progression to the playoffs. The next season, he again spent with the CFA squad, however, during the summer leading up to the season, Gonalons picked up a staph infection on his ankle, which was, at one point, deemed career threatening with reportedly future diagnosis of sepsis and amputation. However, over the course of the season, Gonalons gradually got back into playing shape and eventually returned to the team. He made 24 appearances scoring 3 goals, one each against local rivals AS Lyon Duchère and Saint-Étienne, and one against Marignane. Lyon finished first among professional clubs in the group and qualified for the playoffs. Gonalons started both the 4–3 semi-final win on penalties and the 3–0 victory over Sochaux in the final picking up a yellow card.

Following the season, on 6 July 2009, Gonalons signed his first professional contract agreeing to a one-year deal with the club. The club does have the option to keep him for the next two seasons over after the one-year deal expires. Gonalons was assigned the number 41 shirt and trained with the senior team during pre-season. He made his professional debut on 25 August 2009 in the second leg of the club's UEFA Champions League playoff round match against Anderlecht appearing as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Jérémy Toulalan.

On 20 October, Gonalons scored his first professional goal against Liverpool at Anfield in the UEFA Champions League. The equalizing goal drew the match at 1–1 and Lyon went on to win the match 2–1 with a goal from César Delgado in injury time.

Steven Defour Bio

Steven Defour (born 15 April 1988 in Mechelen) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Standard de Liège.

After playing youth football at Hombeek and KV Mechelen, Defour had been with KV Mechelen since 2002. His first-team debut was as a substitute in the 2004–05 season but his big breakthrough came the next season, when the 17 year old showed himself a player able to deploy his skills in the interest of the whole team, creating opening with his astute passing. Now Defour is on a five-year contract at Standard, learning from Portuguese star Sérgio Conceição and Milan Rapaić in the 2006–07 season. For the 2007–08 season, despite being only 21 years old, the right-sided Belgian international is now Standard's captain.

During the 2007–08 season Defour received the Golden Shoe, the official award for most valuable player in the Belgian League, of the year 2007. The form that won him this award would continue as Defour led Standard to the Jupiler League title, for the first time in 25 years.

Since making his international debut for Belgium against Saudi Arabia on 11 May 2006 he also has become a regular choice for national coach René Vandereycken.

Alan Kardec Bio

Alan Kardec de Souza Pereira Junior, usually known as Alan Kardec (born January 12, 1989 in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state), is a Brazilian football striker currently playing for Internacional of the Série A. He is named after the systematizer of Spiritism, Allan Kardec.

On February 14, 2007, in Manaus, Alan Kardec played his first match for Vasco, when his club beat Fast Clube 2–1 for the Copa do Brasil. On April 11, 2007, he scored his first goal for Vasco, when his club and Botafogo drew 4-4 in a Campeonato Carioca match. On July 21, 2007, Alan Kardec scored his first Série A goal, when Vasco beat Atlético Mineiro 4-0. He played 26 Série A matches and scored eight goals in 2007, while in 2008, he played 19 matches and scored two goals in that competition.

He was loaned to Internacional on September 1, 2009.

Alan Kardec played eight South American Youth Championship matches for the Brazilian under-20 team beween January 20, 2009 and February 8, scoring two goals, respectively against Uruguay and Argentina. He scored two goals in Brazil's first 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup game, played on September 27, 2009, against Costa Rica.