INTERESTING EURO 2004 FACTS & STATISTICS

Here are some interesting statistics about the squads for Euro 2004 :

Most caps (player): Marcel Desailly, France 115

Most caps (team): Latvia 1,006

Fewest caps (team): Russia 380

Uncapped players: 4 (Valeri Bojinov, Bulgaria; Joey Didulica, Croatia; Moreira, Portugal; Tranquillo Barnetta, Switzerland)

Most goals (player): Patrick Kluivert, Netherlands 40

Most goals (team): Netherlands 149

Fewest goals (team): Croatia 32

Centurions (100+ caps): 6 (Marcel Desailly, France 115; Vitalis Astafjevs, Latvia 102; Frank de Boer, Netherlands 110; Fernando Couto, Portugal 107; Luís Figo, Portugal 104; Stéphane Chapuisat, Switzerland 101)
Note: Lilian Thuram of France currently has 99 caps

Most caps without goal (non-goalkeeper): Theodoros Zagorakis, Greece 89

Youngest player: Igor Akinfeev, Russia (born 8 April 1986)

Oldest player: Jörg Stiel, Switzerland (born 3 March 1968)

Most-represented clubs: Bayern Munich, Juventus 9

Highest percentage based domestically: Italy 100% (23 of 23 players)
Highest percentage foreign-based: Croatia 95.7% (22 of 23 players)
Most represented league: English Premier League 57 players

Most capped player (by team):
Bulgaria – Daniel Borimirov 65
Croatia – Dario Šimic 65
Czech Republic – Karel Poborský 94
Denmark – Thomas Helveg 84
England – David Beckham 68
France – Marcel Desailly 115
Germany – Christian Ziege 72
Greece – Theodoros Zagorakis 89
Italy – Fabio Cannavaro 78
Latvia – Vitalis Astafjevs 102
Netherlands – Frank de Boer 110
Portugal – Fernando Couto 107
Russia – Alexander Mostovoi 64
Spain – Raúl 72
Sweden – Henrik Larsson 74
Switzerland – Stéphane Chapuisat 101

Leading scorer (by team):
Bulgaria – Dimitar Berbatov 19
Croatia – Niko Kovac, Ivica Olic 6
Czech Republic – Jan Koller 27
Denmark – Jon Dahl Tomasson 28
England – Michael Owen 25
France – David Trezeguet 28
Germany – Michael Ballack 19
Greece – Demis Nikolaidis 17
Italy – Alessandro Del Piero 23
Latvia – Marians Pahars 15
Netherlands – Patrick Kluivert 40
Portugal – Luís Figo 31
Russia – Alexander Mostovoi 13
Spain – Raúl 38
Sweden – Henrik Larsson 25
Switzerland – Stéphane Chapuisat 21