All 64 Men of the Match — All players nominated Man of the Match in Germany-2006
– June 9 to July 9, 2006 –
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Quarter Finals |
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Third Place Match |
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Players: in alphabetical order by country
– Players nominated at least twice are placed ahead of their team-mates
Matches: in order of occurence
Twenty-six–of the thirty-two World Cup contesting Teams–had at least one of their players elected 'Man of the Match.' These teams appear in italics, below, in the column displaying the respective matches in which these 'Men of the Match' have excelled.
The six teams missing below are 
CRC, 
SCG, 
IRN, 
CRO, 
TOG, & 
KSA, none having made it past the First Round, either.
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Man of the Match |
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Squads' 1st Matches in 1st Round |
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Joao Ricardo |
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Mexico x Angola |
Hannover |
| 40 |
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Zé Kalanga |
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Iran x Angola |
Leipzig |
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Javier Saviola |
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Argentina x Côte d'Ivoire |
Hamburg |
| 21 |
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Juan Riquelme |
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Argentina x Serbia and Montenegro |
Gelsenkirchen |
| 37 |
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Carlos Tevez |
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Netherlands x Argentina |
Frankfurt |
| 50 |
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Maxi Rodriguez |
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Argentina x Mexico |
Leipzig |
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| 12 |
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Tim Cahill |
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Australia x Japan |
Kaiserslautern |
| 44 |
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Harry Kewell |
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Croatia x Australia |
Stuttgart |
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| 27 |
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Zé Roberto |
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Brazil x Australia |
München |
| 55 |
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Zé Roberto |
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Brazil x Ghana |
Dortmund |
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| 11 |
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Kaká |
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Brazil x Croatia |
Berlin |
| 43 |
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Ronaldo |
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Japan x Brazil |
Dortmund |
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| 38 |
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Aruna Dindane |
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Côte d'Ivoire x Serbia and Montenegro |
München |
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Tomas Rosicky |
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United States x Czech Republic |
Gelsenkirchen |
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Agustin Delgado |
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Poland x Ecuador |
Gelsenkirchen |
| 18 |
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Agustin Delgado |
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Ecuador x Costa Rica |
Hamburg |
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| 3 |
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Frank Lampard |
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England x Paraguay |
Frankfurt |
| 19 |
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David Beckham |
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England x Trinidad and Tobago |
Nürnberg |
| 35 |
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Joe Cole |
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Sweden x England |
Köln |
| 51 |
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John Terry |
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England x Ecuador |
Stuttgart |
| 59 |
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Owen Hargreaves |
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England x Portugal |
Gelsenkirchen |
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| 45 |
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Patrick Vieira |
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Togo x France |
Köln |
| 56 |
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Patrick Vieira |
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Spain x France |
Hannover |
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| 13 |
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Claude Makelele |
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France x Switzerland |
Stuttgart |
| 60 |
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Zinédine Zidane |
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Brazil x France |
Frankfurt |
| 62 |
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Lilian Thuram |
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Portugal x France |
München |
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Miroslav Klose |
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Germany x Costa Rica |
München |
| 49 |
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Miroslav Klose |
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Germany x Sweden |
München |
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| 33 |
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Michael Ballack |
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Ecuador x Germany |
Berlin |
| 57 |
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Michael Ballack |
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Germany x Argentina |
Berlin |
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Philipp Lahm |
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Germany x Poland |
Dortmund |
| 63 |
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Bastian Schweinsteiger |
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Germany x Portugal |
Stuttgart |
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| 26 |
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Michael Essien |
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Czech Republic x Ghana |
Köln |
| 42 |
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Stephen Appiah |
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Ghana x United States |
Nürnberg |
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Andrea Pirlo |
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Italy x Ghana |
Hannover |
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Andrea Pirlo  |
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Germany x Italy |
Dortmund |
| 64 |
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Andrea Pirlo |
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Italy x France |
Berlin |
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Marco Materazzi |
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Czech Republic x Italy |
Hamburg |
| 53 |
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Gianluigi Buffon |
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Italy x Australia |
Kaiserslautern |
| 58 |
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Gennaro Gattuso |
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Italy x Ukraine |
Hamburg |
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| 28 |
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Hidetoshi Nakata |
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Japan x Croatia |
Nürnberg |
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Jung Hwan Ahn |
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Korea Republic x Togo |
Frankfurt |
| 29 |
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Ji Sung Park |
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France x Korea Republic |
Leipzig |
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Omar Bravo |
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Mexico x Iran |
Nürnberg |
| 39 |
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José Fonseca |
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Portugal x Mexico |
Gelsenkirchen |
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Arjen Robben |
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Serbia and Montenegro x Netherlands |
Leipzig |
| 22 |
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Arjen Robben |
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Netherlands x Côte d'Ivoire |
Stuttgart |
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| 36 |
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Julio dos Santos |
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Paraguay x Trinidad and Tobago |
Kaiserslautern |
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| 34 |
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Bartosz Bosacki |
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Costa Rica x Poland |
Hannover |
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Luis Figo |
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Angola x Portugal |
Köln |
| 24 |
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Deco |
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Portugal x Iran |
Frankfurt |
| 52 |
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Maniche |
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Portugal x Netherlands |
Nürnberg |
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Xavi |
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Spain x Ukraine |
Leipzig |
| 31 |
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Xabi Alonso |
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Spain x Tunisia |
Stuttgart |
| 47 |
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Juanito |
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Saudi Arabia x Spain |
Kaiserslautern |
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| 20 |
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Fredrik Ljungberg |
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Sweden x Paraguay |
Berlin |
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| 30 |
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Alexander Frei |
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Togo x Switzerland |
Dortmund |
| 46 |
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Alexander Frei |
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Switzerland x Korea Republic |
Hannover |
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Dwight Yorke |
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Trinidad and Tobago x Sweden |
Dortmund |
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| 16 |
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Zied Jaziri |
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Tunisia x Saudi Arabia |
München |
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| 32 |
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Maksym Kalinichenko |
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Saudi Arabia x Ukraine |
Hamburg |
| 48 |
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Anatoliy Tymoschuk |
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Ukraine x Tunisia |
Berlin |
| 54 |
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi |
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Switzerland x Ukraine |
Köln |
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| 25 |
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Kasey Keller |
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Italy x United States |
Kaiserslautern |
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