HAMBURG - OCTOBER 14: Roman Eremenko of Finland (R) tackles Thomas Hitzlsperger of Germany 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 - OCTOBER 14: Roman Eremenko of Finland (R) tackles Thomas Hitzlsperger of Germany 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.
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  6. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown shakes hands with FIFA vice-president Jack Warner during a bilateral meeting in Port of Spain November 27, 2009. Brown is in Trinidad to attend the the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Rubin Kazan's Aleksandr Bukharov (R) challenges Dynamo Kiev's Roman Eremenko during their Champions League soccer match at the Central stadium in Kazan, November 24, 2009.
  14. Mario Balotelli of FC Inter (R) fights for a ball with Roman Eremenko of Dynamo Kiev during a UEFA Champions League, Group F football match with FC Dynamo in Kiev on November 4, 2009. Milan won 2:1.
  15. Dynamo Kiev's (L-R) Andriy Shevchenko , Roman Eremenko, Artem Milevskiy and Milos Ninkovic celebrate a goal against Inter Milan during their Champions League soccer match in Kiev November 4, 2009.
  16. Inter Milan's Mario Balotelli ,right, challenges for the ball with Dynamo Kiev Roman Eremenko during the Champions League, group F, soccer match between Dynamo Kiev and Inter Milan at the Valeriy Lobanovsky's stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.

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