2022 FIFA World Cup Country Squads Announcements! 📢

Muller in my opinion is one of the most underrated players of his generation. His records and feats are not talked about enough.

I don’t see him beeaking the World Cup goal record in Qatar though. It Depends on how far they’ll go. Plus, Muller won’t be their main goal scorer this time with the likes of Sané, Gnabry and Musiala in the team.

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Leading his country for one last World Cup :blue_heart::goat:

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:de: No goalkeeper has more clean sheets in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues than Marc-Andre ter Stegen this season (11)

:gloves: Does he deserve to start over Manuel Neuer for Germany at the World Cup?

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One last dance :trophy:

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Touchdown in Qatar :goat:

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England have the most valuable World Cup squad, according to CIES Football Observatory :moneybag:

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Ángel Correa is called up to Argentina’s World Cup squad replacing Nicolás González who suffered a muscle injury.

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:earth_americas: :trophy: All 32 teams have named their World Cup squad. Some facts and stats about the players who will be going to Qatar. :qatar:

:eagle:Iran :iran: is the only nation that chose to send 25 players rather than 26.

:dove:Clubs with the highest representation
:de: Bayern Munich - 17
:es: Barcelona - 16
:england: Man City - 16
:england: Man United - 16
:qatar: Al-Sadd - 15
:es: Real Madrid - 13
:england: Chelsea - 12
:saudi_arabia: Al-Hilal - 12
:fr: PSG - 11
:es: AtlĂŠtico Madrid - 11
In total, 298 clubs are represented.

:swan:Leagues sending the most players.
:england: Premier League - 135
:es: La Liga - 86
:de: Bundesliga - 81
:it: Serie A - 71
:fr: Ligue 1 - 58

:bat:Players on squad playing in the domestic league.
Most
:qatar: Qatar - 26
:saudi_arabia: Saudi Arabia - 26
:england: England - 25
:de: Germany - 20
:es: Spain - 18
:mexico: Mexico - 16
Fewest
:wales: Wales - 0
:canada: Canada - 0
:senegal: Senegal - 0

:giraffe:Senegal :senegal: is the only country to have 0 players whose club is in the country itself. Wales :wales: has players on Championship teams in Wales. Canada :canada: has players on MLS teams in Canada.

:parrot: Average age of each squad.
Oldest
:iran: Iran - 28.9
:mexico: Mexico - 28.5
:argentina: Argentina - 27.9
:tunisia: Tunisia - 27.8
:brazil: Brazil - 27.8

Youngest
:ghana: Ghana - 24.7
:us: USA - 25.1
:ecuador: Ecuador - 25.6
:es: Spain - 25.6
:morocco: Morocco - 26.2
:cameroon: Cameroon - 26.2

:duck:Experience at the national team level (average caps).
Most
:qatar: Qatar - 56.6
:belgium: Belgium - 51.5
:mexico: Mexico - 49.4
:uruguay: Uruguay - 45.5
:costa_rica: Costa Rica - 43.2

Fewest
:ghana: Ghana - 16.8
:morocco: Morocco - 20
:australia: Australia - 21.1
:cameroon: Cameroon - 23.5
:senegal: Senegal - 23.8

:rooster: Most goals scored by players at the tournament.
:portugal: Ronaldo - 117
:argentina: Messi - 90
:poland: Lewandowski - 76
:brazil: Neymar - 75
:belgium: Lukaku - 68
:uruguay: Suarez - 68
:uruguay: Cavani - 58
:england: Kane - 51
:serbia: Mitrovic - 50
:fr: Giroud - 49

:turkey:Most capped players at the tournament.
:portugal: Ronaldo - 191
:mexico: Guardado - 177
:qatar: Al-Haydos - 169
:argentina: Messi - 164
:uruguay: Godin - 159
:costa_rica: Borges - 154
:croatia: Modric - 154
:costa_rica: Ruiz - 144
:belgium: Vertonghen - 141
:es: Busquets - 139
:fr: Lloris - 139

:ram: Oldest players at the tournament.
40 :mexico: Talavera

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:portugal: Pepe
:brazil: Dani Alves
:canada: Hutchinson
:jp: Kawashima
:netherlands: Passveer

38
:brazil: Thiago Silva
:tunisia: Mathlouthi

:sheep: Youngest players at the tournament. Moukoko is the youngest player, turning 18 on the first day of the tournament.

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:es: Gavi
:ghana: Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
:costa_rica: Jewison Bennette
:australia: Garang Kuol
:de: Youssoufa Moukoko
:morocco: Bilal El Khannous

:rabbit2: 23 players have never featured at the international level. 13 teams are bringing such players, with Portugal :portugal:, Cameroon :cameroon:, Ghana :ghana:, and the Netherlands :netherlands: leading the way with 3 each.

:chipmunk: Most combined international goals scored by all players for each team
:belgium: Belgium - 246
:portugal: Portugal - 192
:qatar: Qatar - 192
:fr: France - 179
:uruguay: Uruguay - 173

:hedgehog: And lastly, a stat about the stats! Only two countries did not make any of these stats! Denmark :denmark: and Switzerland :switzerland:.

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Barcelona’s 19-year old left-back Alejandro Balde has been called up to Spain’s World Cup squad :es:

He only played his first official game for Barca a year ago :star:

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