Know your muslim players at EURO 2008...

Hakan Yakin - Switzerland

Rami Shaaban-Sweden

Robin Van Persie-Netherland

The most eagerly awaited EURO 2008 and probably second greatest show on earth which began on Sunday, June 8, has the number of largest muslim players over history European football championship.


Apart from Turkey, French squad has the largest number of muslim players the likes of Franck Ribery Nicolas/Belal Anelka, a French muslim convert and also Lassana Diarra, a Malian origin with French nationality.

These are the lists of muslim players who are representing their respective country in EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.

France :

• Nicolas Anelka - Forward
• Franck Ribery - Midfielder
• Samir Nasri - Midfielder
• Karim Benzema -Forward
• Lassana Diarra - Midfielder

Austria :

• Ramazan Ozcan- Goalkeeper
• Umit Korkmaz-Midfielder

Switzerland:

• Hakan Yakin - Forward

Netherlands:

• Robin Van Persie- Forward
• Ibrahim Affelay - Midfielder
• Khalid Bouhlarouz-Defender

Sweden :

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Forward
• Rami Shaaban - Goalkeeper

The question is, who's gonna win this edition of EURO Championship? Myself personally want Turkey to win it because their squad comprises largest number of muslim players. Go muslims go!