The 'where are they now?' files

[magicalbarnes]

Where's that Spanish lad Rafa bought, F. Torres i think?

[Norbs]

I managed to find this website while google searching Rob Jones

http://www.liverweb.org.uk/totalapps.asp

Adolf Hanson

[Resu]

Krisztian Nemeth came on as a sub for Hungary vs Norway yesterday.
He didn`t score, but he did well. Since he left for Olympiacos in 2010 he`s scored a massive seven goals for various clubs. Including one for Roda, where he plays now.

[Tee]

He plays for his national team?! #progression

[Shaggy]

Krisztian Nemeth came on as a sub for Hungary vs Norway yesterday.
He didn`t score, but he did well. Since he left for Olympiacos in 2010 he`s scored a massive seven goals for various clubs. Including one for Roda, where he plays now.

What happened to that other Hungarian? Played at an international youth tournament for Hungary, alongside Nemeth, and threaded some wonderful through balls for Nemeth to finish. Think he was at Sampdoria - looked a great prospect. Anyone remember his name?

[Phoenix07]

Andras Simon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Simon

[Shaggy]

Andras Simon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Simon

Nah not him! He was a lumbering striker, I mentioned him on the last page. http://www.est1892.co.uk/forums/show...&postcount=346

The fella I mean didn't play for us - played for Hungary U19s or summat. And Sampdoria I think.

[Shaggy]

Vladimir Koman. That's him. Looks like he's bombed too. Playing for FC Krasnodar.

[RedReet]

I remember thinking Hungary were gonna be the next superpowers of International football when we were stocking up.

Ahh well, I still won some money on them when they were overpriced against Italy or someone in one of those youth tournaments.

[Resu]

I think they are steadily improving. 30th place in the rankings and secund in their WC group, after the dutch.

[Fivex]

Didn't we have a link up with an African team during Rafa's reign, Ashanti Gold IIRC. And when they eventually produced a decent player he went elsewhere.

Daniel Opare?

[kev776]

Dean Saunders stands next to my brother every week watching their sons play footie in the same team. Dean still lives in an old club house in Winsford in Cheshire.

[Pablo]

With Kacaniklic doing so well at Fulham, I began thinking about the other players Rafa brought in at around the same time. The likes of San Jose (doing well at Bilbao), Pacheco etc.

Marvin Pourie - remember him? Big German striker. According to Wiki...17 goals in 32 games for Silkeborg in Denmark. Also says..."in "September 2011 he was voted most valuable player in the Danish Superliga".

Andras Simon. Lumbering Hungarian hitman. He is 22 and according to Wiki has still never scored a goal in his life. Went to Cordoba on loan, 0 goals in 9 games. Signed for Excelsior and scored 0 goals in 1 game. He then signed for Győri ETO FC in Hungary, scoring 0 goals in 4 games, and he is now on loan at Lombard-Pápa TFC where he has scored 0 goals in 5 games.

Nemeth is at Roda JC in the Eredivisie. 1 goal in 12 games (Wiki).

I really thought Nemeth was going to end up doing better than that!

[RedReet]

Le Tallec regrets youthful mistake in leaving Liverpool

PARIS (Reuters) - Anthony Le Tallec believes he could have emulated the feats of Fernando Torres or Carlos Tevez had he not wasted the opportunity he had as a young striker at Liverpool, he said on Friday.

Le Tallec, now 28, moved to Liverpool, under French compatriot Gerard Houllier, from Le Havre when he was still a teenager in 2001 after excellent performances for France's Under-17 World Cup winning team.


he told sports daily L'Equipe that he regretted having asked the then-Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez to leave the club in 2004 when he was still only 20.

He now plays for Valenciennes in France's Ligue 1 but explained why it did not work out in England when he was younger.

"I had an agent who kept telling me St Etienne wanted me. Benitez was recruiting Spanish players. I told myself I would not have my chance.

"It hurts when, after Liverpool, you play in smaller clubs. I did not realise that I was in a great club. I have regrets. When I see Torres, Tevez, who are of the same generation, I say to myself 's***'.

"My agent tells me: 'Torres stole your career!," he added, laughing.

"I'm not jealous but I say to myself that I could have done like him."

While on Liverpool's books he was loaned to St Etienne, Sunderland, Sochaux and Le Mans, signing a permanent deal with Le Mans in 2008 before moving to AJ Auxerre in 2010 and Valenciennes this season.

He has scored five goals from seven Ligue 1 appearances with Valenciennes, who are sixth in the standings ahead of Friday's trip to St Etienne.

[Shaggy]

28. **** me.