Temp the Revelator 0 Posted July 21, 2004 This summer''s signings got me thinking how many nationalities have represented the glorious canaires over the years (well, that and the fact it is a S L O W news day today!). Here''s my starter for 10, please feel free to add any players/nationalities I am missing......England (obviously)ScotlandWalesNorthern IrelandRepublic of IrelandFrance (Marc Libbra etc)Switzerland (Gaetano Giallanza)Spain (Victor Segura)Holland (Raymond De Waard, Fernando Derveld)Denmark (Steeno, David Neilsen)Norway (Erik Fugelstad etc)Sweden (Matty Svensson)Senegal (Pape Diop)Morocco (Youssef Safri)Canada (Jim Brennan)I know there are others, but please enlighten me coz they don''t spring to mind! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted July 21, 2004 Aha! I knew there was a reason I kept the Foreign Legion page up-to-date (obviously missing Safri):Top foreign players (appearances, goals)1 Sandy Kennon (South Africa, 59-64) 255/02 Dennis Van Wyk (Holland, 82-86) 155/43 Errol Crossan (Canada, 58-60) 116/324 Steen Nedergaard (Denmark, 00-03) 97/5 5 Alf Ackerman (South Africa, 51-53) 70/356 Erik Fuglestad (Norway, 97-00) 82/27 David Nielsen (Denmark, 01-present) 66/148 Aage Hareide (Norway, 82-84) 54/3 9 Marc Libbra (France, 01-02) 38/710 Jean Yves de Blasiis (France, 99-01) 38/0Other foreign players to have played for City: Victor Segura (Spain, 97-99) 33/0, Cedric Anselin (France, 98-01) 29/1, Fernando Derveld (Holland, 99-01) 25/1, Henrik Mortensen (Denmark, 89-91) 23/2, Drazen Muzinic (Yugoslavia, 80-81) 23/0, Mathias Svensson (Sweden, 03-?) 20/7, Gaetano Giallanza (Switzerland, 99-02) 18/5, Jim Brennan (Canada, 03-?) 16/2, Raymond de Waard (Holland, 99-01) 13/0, Pape Diop (Senegal, 99-00) 10/0, Jan Molby (Denmark, 95-96) 5/1, Ulf Ottoson (Sweden, 97) 5/1, Paul Peschisolido (Canada, 01) 5/0.Total: Denmark 4, Canada 3, France 3, Holland 3, Norway 2, South Africa 2, Sweden 2, Senegal 1, Spain 1, Switzerland 1, Yugoslavia 1.City players born abroad but British: Kevin Keelan (India), Dave Phillips (Germany), Jeremy Goss (Cyprus), George Laxton (Brazil), Francis Peed (Argentina) and Harold Osborne (South Africa).[link]http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/ForeignLegion.asp[/link] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Temp the Revelator 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Aha, very good Pete, but you''ve missed out Efan - he may have been born British, but played for Nigeria so technically that makes him Nigerian...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westoncanary. 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Didn''t we have Wynton Rufer from New Zealand? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted July 21, 2004 Think that list is based on those only born overseas, not those who switch nationalities because they''re not good enough to play for England. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Temp the Revelator 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Ouch! Good point though Pete!Okay, so taking this on a bit then, how do we rate those in the list? Who had the most impact? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted July 21, 2004 I''m too young to remember Dennis Van Wijk but I''d rate Steeno at Number One and as for impact, it has to be Nielsen when he first joined. Looking at that list, a lot more would sit in the "made little or no impression" category...De Waard and Derveld surely rank as two of City''s worst players? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0Amarillo<P><FONT color=#cccc00 size=4><EM> º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ Amarillo ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°<EM><FONT><P>ddMMyyyy0Falseen-US<P><FONT color=#cccc00 size=4><EM> º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ Amarillo ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°<EM><FONT><P>True 0 Posted July 21, 2004 I guess very recently you''d have to say that our Scottish players have made the biggest impact, and to a lesser extent the Northern Irish guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DumbleDelia is Magic 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Wow. All very informative and interesting! I''ve learned things I never knew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Farkes The Herald Angels 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Wynton Rufer came for a look see, but joined Werder Bremen (I think, or some other German side) instead and scored squillions of goals for them. I see to remember he got pissed of because he thought we didn''t show enough interest in him.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Freddy H 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Drazen Muzinic, oh dear, as bad as Fernando and Raymond, never rated Cedric either, nor Ulf. Aage, Steen, Dennis v W were the stars for me. Why have there been no Italians? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Brings back some memories. Has there ever been a faster City player than the crewcut Canadian Errol Crossan? As I remember his technique was to push the ball 15 yards ahead down the right touchline -giving the opposing left back up to a 5 yard start - and simply hare past him 9 times out of 10. A dangerous low cross or a fizzing shot would follow. To great effect too. Look at his record of 32 goals in 116 games as a winger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westoncanary. 0 Posted July 22, 2004 I looked into Rufer a bit deeper. He couldn''t get a work permit & never played for the first team. He now runs a soccer school in New Zealand. I remembered him from my 1982 world cup sticker album! Amazing I can remember that, I was 8 at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlies dad 0 Posted July 22, 2004 2 Rufers.. Winton and Shane both trialled and played for the reserves. Red tape stopped them joining despite being from the commonwealth.. and the better one (Winton) went on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt and in the 78 world cup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enfield Canary 0 Posted July 22, 2004 You''re right in that Wynton Rufer was refused a work permit after he and his brother had trialled for the Canaries and I saw them play in a friendly against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.Wynton went on to play for New Zealand in the 82 World Cup. Later had a playing career in Switzerland and Germany - where he won the European Cup Winners Cup with Werder BremenLater named as the Oceania Football Confederation''s Player of the CenturyMore can be found on my Flown From The Nest site at:http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/rufer.htmwhich also contains profiles for all players to have played for Norwich at any level (Schoolboy to first team) since 1980 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flick Fleck 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Shame that Justin Fashanu didn''t get a mention - I guess he was born here so was British after all...Come to think about it it''s a shame full-stop about Justin Fashanu! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Splendid Rush 2 Posted July 22, 2004 According to flown from the nest De Waard is now playing part time football in Holland. Now there''s a shock! the only 6''4 player to be so scared of heading a ball that he took corners! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted July 22, 2004 Sometimes see him wandering the streets of Norwich - not sure why he''s in the fine city so often... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knowwhatimean 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Can''t see any mention of that famous Argentinian centre forward, Frank Peed (aka Francisco Gonzalez), who made 19 appearances for with 6 goals in the 1930''s for City. Info - courtesey Canaries Giants 1902-1994. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Canary 0 Posted July 22, 2004 On that basis, wasn''t David Phillips born in Germany? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knowwhatimean 0 Posted July 22, 2004 Sure was, East Ender but I don''t know about Tony Wilcox - he was born at sea in international waters on the way to America and managed 9 appearances for City in 1905! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Godfrey 0 Posted May 12, 2005 Hi and greetings from down under in New Zealand.I stumbled across this site by accident, but would just like to clear up a few misconceptions about Wynton Rufer, sorry it''s late!In reply to Charlies Dad, the two German clubs Wynton played for was Werder Bremen and 1FC Kaiserslautern and NOT Eintracht Frankfurt. Also it was the 1982 World Cup he played in and NOT the 1978 World Cup. New Zealand has only qualified for the finals once and even if they did qualify in 78, Rufer would have only been 15 at the time and would not have played.In reply to Enfield Canary, it is a popular misconception that either FIFA or the Oceania Football Confederation awarded Wynton as Oceania Player of the Century. In fact it was actually awarded by the IFFHS, a German organisation, who probably knew him better than the other candidates.In reply to Kevin Keelan (I assume not the goalkeeper!!!), rather than score squillions of goals in Germany, Rufer had a pretty average figures of 59 goals in 174 Bundesliga league appearances for Werder Bremen and 4 goals in 14 Bundesliga division two league appearances for 1FC Kaiserlautern.There should have been no reason why Wynton could not have played for Norwich City, after all his NZ team mate from the 1982 World Cup, Ricki Herbert had a trial with Southampton and later played for Wolverhampton Wanderers. (For those that may be interested in trivia, Ricki has recently become New Zealand''s first national team manager that was actually born in New Zealand!). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow+Green Machine 0 Posted May 12, 2005 Damien Francis-Jamaica Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Canary 0 Posted May 12, 2005 [quote]Damien Francis-Jamaica[/quote]No, she wanted too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
