HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 14: Thomas Hitzlsperger (R) of Germany and Roman Emerenko (L) of Finland battle for the ball during the FIFA 2010 World Cup Group 4 Qualifier match between Germany and Finland at the Hamburg Arena on October 14, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 14: Thomas Hitzlsperger (R) of Germany and Roman Emerenko (L) of Finland battle for the ball during the FIFA 2010 World Cup Group 4 Qualifier match between Germany and Finland at the Hamburg Arena on October 14, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.

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  2. Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter hold soccer uniforms with their names printed on during a party in a Tokyo hotel on Sunday Sept. 13, 2009. The party was to celebrate Blatter's conferment of a Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government in the spring.
  3. BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 09: Aaron Hughes of Northern Ireland reads out a FIFA fairplay statement before kick off during the FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifier between Northern Ireland and Slovakia at Windsor Park on September 9, 2009 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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  7. South American Soccer Confederation President Nicolas Leoz (R) and Argentina's Julio Grondona (L), vice-president of FIFA, gives a replica of the Copa Libertadores to president of the club Estudiantes de La Plata Ruben Matias Filipas before the drawing ceremony of the Copa Libertadores 2010 soccer tournament, in Luque November 27, 2009.
  8. FRANKFURT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 27: Manager Martin Bader of Nuernberg, Raphael Schaefer, laywer Volker Stoebele, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder of FIFA and laywer Christoph Schickhardt attend the DFB Court Appearance at the DFB headquarter on November 27, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany.
  9. STUTTGART, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 21: Thomas Hitzlsperger (C) of Stuttgart battles for the ball with Sascha Bigalke (behind) of Berlin and his team mate Lukasz Pisczek (R) during the Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and Hertha BSC Berlin at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on November 21, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany.
  10. GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 18: Thomas Hitzlsperger of Germany challenges Cheik Tiote of Ivory Coast during the international friendly match between Germany and Ivory Coast at the Schalke Arena on November 18, 2009 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
  11. GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 18: Thomas Hitzlsperger of Germany is tackled by Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast during the international friendly match between Germany and Ivory Coast at the Schalke Arena on November 18, 2009 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
  12. GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 18: Salomon Kalou of Ivory Coast and Thomas Hitzlsperger of Germany jump for a header during the international friendly match between Germany and Ivory Coast at the Schalke Arena on November 18, 2009 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
  13. MONCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 07: Roel Brouwers of Gladbach, Thomas Hitzlsperger (L) and his team mate Pavel Pogrebnyak of Stuttgart vie for a header during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and VfB Stuttgart at Borussia Park Stadium on November 7, 2009 in Monchengladbach, Germany.
  14. STUTTGART, GERMANY - OCTOBER 31: Thomas Hitzlsperger of Stuttgart (L) and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk of Bayern battle for the ball during the Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and FC Bayern Muenchen at Mercedes-Benz Arena on October 31, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany.
  15. HAMBURG, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 12: Mladen Petric (R) of Hamburg battles for the ball with Thomas Hitzlsperger (L) of Stuttgart during the Bundesliga match between Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart at HSH Nordbank Arena on September 12, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.
  16. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Thomas Hitzlsperger of VfB Stuttgart celebrates victory at the end of the UEFA Champions League Group G match between Rangers and VfB Stuttgart at Ibrox Stadium on November 24, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland.

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