EURO 2000: 50 listed for all-star team

June 25, 2000
SportsServer

ROTTERDAM - Fifty players were short-listed on Sunday by a UEFA panel for a Euro 2000 all-star team, which will be selected after the semifinals.

The panel is made up of seven former national team coaches, including Rinus Michels of the Netherlands, Berti Vogts of Germany and Gerard Houllier of France.

The list, which will be reduced to 33 players after Sunday's quarterfinals, is as follows:

Goalkeepers - Fabien Barthez (France), Francesco Toldo (Italy), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands)

Defenders - Laurent Blanc (France), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Cristian Chivu (Romania), Fernando Couto (Portugal), Frank de Boer (Netherlands), Marcel Desailly (France), Miroslav Djukic (Yugoslavia), Jorge Costa (Portugal), Paolo Maldini (Italy), Alessandro Nesta (Italy), Michael Reiziger (Netherlands), Jaap Stam (Netherlands), Lilian Thuram (France).

Midfielders - Demetrio Albertini (Italy), David Beckham (England), Sergio Conceicao (Portugal), Phillip Cocu (Netherlands), Edgar Davids (Netherlands), Luis Figo (Portugal), Pep Guardiola (Spain), Dietmar Hamann (Germany), Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Gaizka Mendieta (Spain), Dorinel Munteanu (Romania), Erik Mykland (Norway), Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic), Okan Buruk (Turkey), Paulo Bento (Portugal), Emmanuel Petit (France), Rui Costa (Portugal), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia), Francesco Totti (Italy), Marc Wilmots (Belgium), Zinedine Zidane (France).

Forwards - Nicolas Anelka (France), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands), Alessandro del Piero (Italy), Hakan Sukur (Turkey), Thierry Henry (France), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy), Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands), Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia), Nuno Gomes (Portugal), Marc Overmars (Netherlands), Raul (Spain), Vladimir Smicer (Czech Republic), Zlatko Zahovic (Slovenia).
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