I’ve heard a few people discussing “What are the requirements for being on the World Cup Team?” . Do you have to live in the country? Play for a team in the country’s national league? Work in the country? It all seems a bit artificial, but you can see the increased ‘diversity’ of the various teams via this interactive chart over at Estadao (it’s in spanish Portuguese) which shows each team in the World Cup and the various locations their players work.
It is interesting to compare the 2010 teams to the 1998 and 1994 teams (available in the chart) and see how few of them ‘work’ in the country they are playing for this year.
Onde atuam os 736 jogadores da Copa 2010 : Especial – Esportes – Copa 2010 – Estadão.com.br ….
@Ana Paula da Rocha AAaahh.. I didn’t know that.. Thanks for the info! 🙂
No. SP stands for São Paulo which is the local news, whereas BR stands for Brazil, national news. Regards!
@Ana Paula da Rocha Ahh, sorry about that. I noticed up top you can switch it between BR & SP, guess it does both?
Hi Randall. It’s in portuguese, not in spanish. Congrats for your job! Ana.