Squad
Current Arsenal First Team Squad Members – (Excludes players out on loan)

1. Manuel Rivero Almunia
Nickname: -
Born: 19/05/1977, Pamplona – Spain
Previous Clubs: Osasuna, Cartagonova, Sabadell, Celta Vigo, Eibar, Recreativo Huelva, Albacete
Arsenal Record
Joined: 14/07/04
Debut: 27/10/04 – Man City (a), won 2-1
2. Vassiriki Abou Diaby
Nickname: Abou
Born: 11/05/1986, Paris – France
Previous Clubs: AJ Auxerre
Arsenal Record
Joined: 13/01/06
Debut: 21/01/06 – Everton (a), lost 1-0
3. Bacary Sagna
Nickname: Bac
Born: 14/02/1983, Sens – France
Previous Clubs: Auxerre
Arsenal Record
Joined: 11/07/07
Debut: 12/08/07 – Fulham (h), won 2-1
4. Francesc Fàbregas Soler (captain)
Nickname: Cesc, Fab, Cescy
Born: 04/05/1987, Catalonia – Spain
Previous Clubs: Barcelona
Arsenal Record
Joined: 09/11/03
Debut: 28/10/03 – Rotherham Utd (h), 1-1 (won on pens.)
5. Kolo Abib Touré
Nickname: Kolo
Born: 19/03/1981, Sokoura Bouake – Ivory Coast
Previous Clubs: ASEC Mimosas
Arsenal Record
Joined: 14/02/02
Debut: 11/08/02 – Liverpool (c/shield final), won 1-0
7. Tomáš Rosický
Nickname: Rosa, Little Mozart, Tom, Dumpling
Born: 04/10/1980, Prague – Czech Republic
Previous Clubs: CKD Kompensory, Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund
Arsenal Record
Joined: 23/05/06
Debut: 08/08/06 – Dinamo Zagreb (a), won 3-0
8. Samir Nasri
Nickname: Sam, Sammy
Born: 26/06/1987, Marseille – France
Previous Clubs: Marseille
Arsenal Record
Joined: 11/07/08
Debut: 16/08/08 – West Brom (h), won 1-0
9. Eduardo Alves da Silva
Nickname: Dudu, Eddy
Born: 25/02/1983, Rio De Janeiro – Brazil
Previous Clubs: CBF Nova Kennedy, Bangu Atletico Clube, Inter Zapresic, Dinamo Zagreb
Arsenal Record
Joined: 03/07/07
Debut: 19/08/07 – Blackburn (a), 1-1
10. William Gallas
Nickname: Willy, Bill, Billy, Big Willy
Born: 17/08/1977, Asnières-sur-Seine – France
Previous Clubs: Caen, Olympique Marseille, Chelsea
Arsenal Record
Joined: 31/08/06
Debut: 09/09/06 – Middlesbrough (h), 1-1
11. Robin van Persie
Nickname: RVP
Born: 06/08/1983, Rotterdam – Netherlands
Previous Clubs: Feyenoord
Arsenal Record
Joined: 17/05/04
Debut: 08/08/04 – Man Utd (c/shield final), won 3-1
12. Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido
Nickname:
Born: 01/03/1989, Cancún – Mexico
Previous Clubs: Guadalajara, Celta Vigo (loan), Salamanca (loan), Osasuna (loan)
Arsenal Record
Joined: 11/11/05
Debut: 30/08/08 – Newcastle (h), won 3-0

14. Theodore Walcott
Nickname: Theo
Born: 16/05/1989, London – England
Previous Clubs: Southampton
Arsenal Record
Joined: 20/01/2006
Debut: 19/08/06 – Aston Villa (h), 1-1

15. Denílson Pereira Neves
Nickname: -
Born: 16/02/1988, São Paulo – Brazil
Previous Clubs: Sao Paulo
Arsenal Record
Joined: 31/08/06
Debut: 24/10/06 – West Brom (a), won 2-0
16. Aaron Ramsey
Nickname: -
Born: 26/12/1990, Caerphilly – Wales
Previous Clubs: Cardiff City
Arsenal Record
Joined: 13/06/08
Debut: 13/08/08 – FC Twente (a), won 2-0

17. Alexandre Song
Nickname: Alex
Born: 09/09/1987, Douala – Cameroon
Previous Clubs: Bastia, Chalrton (loan)
Arsenal Record
Joined: 12/08/05
Debut: 19/09/05 – Everton (h), won 2-0
18. Mikael Silvestre
Nickname: -
Born: 09/08/1977, Chambray-les-Tours – France
Previous Clubs: Rennes, Inter Milan, Manchester United
Arsenal Record
Joined: 21/08/08
Debut: 18/10/08 – Everton (h), won 3-1
19. Jack Wilshere
Nickname: -
Born: 01/01/1992, Stevenage – England
Previous Clubs: -
Arsenal Record
Joined: 01/10/01
Debut: 13/09/08 – Blackburn (a), won 4-0
20. Johan Agwawandre Djourou
Nickname: -
Born: 18/01/1987, Abidjan – Ivory Coast
Previous Clubs: Etoile Carouge FC, Birmingham (loan)
Arsenal Record
Joined: 01/08/03
Debut: 27/10/04 – Man City (a), won 2-1
21. Łukasz Fabiański
Nickname: -
Born: 18/04/1985, Poland
Previous Clubs: Polonia Słubice, MSP Szamotuły, Lubuszanin Drezdenko, Sparta Brodnica, Mieszko Gniezno, Lech Poznań, Legia Warszawa
Arsenal Record
Joined: 26/05/07
Debut: 25/09/07 – Newcastle (h), won 2-0
22. Gaël Clichy
Nickname: -
Born: 26/07/1985, Toulouse – France
Previous Clubs: Cannes
Arsenal Record
Joined: 04/08/03
Debut: 28/10/03 – Rotherham Utd (h), 1-1 (won on pens.)
23. Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin
Nickname: -
Born: 29/05/1981, Leningrad – Russia
Previous Clubs: Zenit Saint Petersburg
Arsenal Record
Joined: 03/02/09
Debut: 15/03/09 – Blackburn (h), won 4-0
24. Vito Mannone
Nickname: -
Born: 02/03/1988, Desio – Italy
Previous Clubs: Atlanta, Barnsley (loan)
Arsenal Record
Joined: 01/07/05
Debut: -
25. Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor
Nickname: Manu, Ade
Born: 26/02/1985, Lomé – Togo
Previous Clubs: Metz, Monaco
Arsenal Record
Joined: 13/01/06
Debut: 04/02/06 – Birmingham (a), won 2-0
26. Nicklas Bendtner
Nickname: Nick
Born: 16/01/1988, Copenhagen, Denmark
Previous Clubs: FC Copenhagen, Birmingham (loan)
Arsenal Record
Joined: 01/08/04
Debut: 25/10/05 – Sunderland (a), won 3-0
27. Emmanuel Eboué
Nickname: -
Born: 04/06/1983, Abidjan – Ivory Coast
Previous Clubs: Asec Mimosas, Beveren
Arsenal Record
Joined: 02/01/05
Debut: 29/01/05 – Stoke City (h), won 2-1
28. Amaury Bischoff
Nickname: -
Born: 31/03/1987, Colmar – France
Previous Clubs: SR Colmar, Strasbourg, Werder Bremen
Arsenal Record
Joined: 30/07/08
Debut: 11/11/08 – Wigan (h), won 3-0
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hey! im a gooner from bangalore, India,i love your blog, you are absolutely raw and brutal with your comments, thats the way it should be!! its an awesome blog!!
jus a suggestion, could you make the squad pages and the rest open in a new window, instead of the curent window?
Up the irons! gooners rule all!!
great blog! i too am from India… this one and Arseblog are the bestest gooner blogs around!! up the irons!!!!!!!!!!!1
love the kits page
What’s all this up the irons bussiness?
in reply to lasagnechef i said up the irons coz im a iron maiden fan, and maiden always say up the irons in their cd booklets, they also say hail and kill. The up the irons bit is kinda arsenal dont you think?
I guess so ashish, whatever makes you happy
you could have said up the arse but that’s just a personal favourite too…
yes i guess you could say dat, lasagnechef. you know whats acting like a pole up my arse? its that i cant get an Arsenal jersey anywhere in me city, tried in a coupla others too, just out of stock, neways off to Chennai (another city), hope to find one there!
up the arse or watever!
Haha! umm yeah can’t you just buy it off the internet?
i dont think they deliver it here, so thats out of the question. i wll have to wait till thay get new stock… so waiting…. waiting, just checked this weekend as well, needless to say im very well known at all nike stores now!!!
Keep up the Good work LasagneChef your the man!
I always read your blog daily.
Superb
Mr. Chef de Lasagna
how about Billy for Gallas
viperPersie, for his venemous shots
Scwartzenneger for Hleb, last year AW said that the boys were joking that Hleb was looking like Arnie in his rehab from injury
vavavoom for TH14
just Denilson, for Denilson blah blah
Flimflam for Flamini
I like Song’s but camarounian kaka would also work (although 1 day he will prove us all wrong)
Gilberto for Gilberto Blah da Blah
SwissKolo for Djourou
Double Deuce for Clichy… …sorry but Gael!
Manuel Faulty for Faulty Manuel
Manu for Adebayor (that is what TH14 calls him)
Garinchinho for Eboue
Just a thought
Yeah cheers, i’ll add a few of them!
chef, ta, really do like the site
Arsenal stuff is sold in almost all Nike Stores in Bangalore….
i bought the jersey and a tshirt and cap =)
wud love to get my hands on the arsenal keds they have on the arsenal shop website…
keds? what’s that?
uh.. sneakers =) now sold out
great stuff Chef
Kenyans love the gunners. Was wondering when you would post the porto report but now am releaved after reading it.
Your blog is a must read for gooners !
Great future for TT and the boys.
SWAY WITH ME NOW.
up the irons? what the shit?
dan x
oh yeah, still a cracking blog.
arsenal are the best especially TH14 and manu also aw is a magic manager all thegals in ma school think th14 is peng…………..peace …………….starsky reppin N18
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all i have in this world is my balls and my world and i dont brake ‘em’ for no body
fully sik blog mate
Hi.I don’ like Arsenal
Hi everybody! I do not like Arsenal….
You are missing the most popular nickname for Adebayor; “Ade”.
And I think you’re being a little too harsh on Song, it’s not his fault he’s being played. I love the rest of the nicknames.
Hmm maybe you’re right, changes ’shit’ to ‘useless’. And as for Ade I must’ve forgot, I use that nickname but forgot to put it on here, wll done for spotting
Love your blog: The layout and display of information is great.
I would recommend this blog to any Arsenal fan!
I particularly like this squad section: It gives you brief details of the information you really want to know (and impress your mates with).
Cheers for an enjoyable blog. I look forward to regular returns. Keep it up.
i would like to know more about the mexican teenager who Arsene Wenge bout and was sent to spain.(Calos Vella)
wow, sweet squad page..i think ill make one on my site too lol
i would like to appriciate all the effort you put in making this website and updating it on Freq..I make it a piont to visit often …keep up the good works Cheers Steven