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For fans of white sportsmen theres good news and bad news in the soccer world.
First the bad news (to get it over with). The premier league is looking less white than ever this year. Over the last few years it has fluctuated either way but this year goes down as the worst ever. An increasing number of clubs are fielding teams in which less than half of the players are white - the most notable being Arsenal, Portsmouth and Wigan. Even worse, there doesn't seem to be any white players coming through into the English national team at the moment; in the last year almost all the new recruits have been non-white, and now 11 out of the 23 current squad members are non-white (7 of which are actually mixed race).
Now for the good news:
The shortlist for the FIFpro player of the year 2008 (voted for by professional footballers) was dominated by whites; 43 out of the 54 shortlist were white, the winner was white (Cristiano Ronaldo), and the world team has 10 whites and one mixed-race player:
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid)
Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid); John Terry (England/Chelsea); Carles Puyol (Spain/ Barcelona); Rio Ferdinand (England/Manchester United)
Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool); Xavi (Spain/Barcelona); Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan).
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona); Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool); Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United)
Even better, the shortlist of the FIFA world player of the year is also white dominated; only 3 of the 23 players are non white:
Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Deco (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Kaká (Brazil), Frank Lampard (England), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Franck Ribéry (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), John Terry (England), Fernando Torres (Spain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).
In conclusion, although non-whites are becoming ever more prevalent in, at least, English football, it is the whites that are on top of the world in this sport.
First the bad news (to get it over with). The premier league is looking less white than ever this year. Over the last few years it has fluctuated either way but this year goes down as the worst ever. An increasing number of clubs are fielding teams in which less than half of the players are white - the most notable being Arsenal, Portsmouth and Wigan. Even worse, there doesn't seem to be any white players coming through into the English national team at the moment; in the last year almost all the new recruits have been non-white, and now 11 out of the 23 current squad members are non-white (7 of which are actually mixed race).
Now for the good news:
The shortlist for the FIFpro player of the year 2008 (voted for by professional footballers) was dominated by whites; 43 out of the 54 shortlist were white, the winner was white (Cristiano Ronaldo), and the world team has 10 whites and one mixed-race player:
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid)
Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid); John Terry (England/Chelsea); Carles Puyol (Spain/ Barcelona); Rio Ferdinand (England/Manchester United)
Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool); Xavi (Spain/Barcelona); Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan).
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona); Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool); Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United)
Even better, the shortlist of the FIFA world player of the year is also white dominated; only 3 of the 23 players are non white:
Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Deco (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Kaká (Brazil), Frank Lampard (England), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Franck Ribéry (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), John Terry (England), Fernando Torres (Spain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).
In conclusion, although non-whites are becoming ever more prevalent in, at least, English football, it is the whites that are on top of the world in this sport.
