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I made a list with the most impressive players from each European country based on their performances for both club and country in the last season. Many may disagree, but here how I see it:
Albania - Lorik Cana (Marseille)
Austria - Marc Janco (Red Bull Salzburg)
Belgium - Marouane Fellaini (Everton)
Bosnia & Herz. - Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg)
Bulgaria - Stilyan Petrov (Aston Villa)
Croatia - Dario Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Cyprus - Constantinos Makrides (Metalurh Donets)
Czech rep. - David Jarolim (Hamburger SV)
Denmark - Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City)
England - Wayne Rooney (Man United)
Estonia - Raio Piiroja (Fredrikstad)
Finland - Roman Eremenko (Dynamo Kiyev)
France - Yoann Goutkuff (Bordeaux)
Germany - Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen)
Greece- Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos)
Hungary - Tamás Hajnal (Dortmund)
Iceland - Hermann Hreiðarsson (Portsmouth)
Israel - Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool)
Italy - Daniele de Rossi (Roma)
Latvia - Andris Vanins (Sion)
Lithuania - Marius Stakevicius (Sampdoria)
Macedonia - Goran Pandev (Lazio)
Moldova - Alexandru Epureanu (FC Moscow)
Montenegro - Mirko Vucinic (Roma)
Northern Ireland - Aaron Hughes (Fulham)
Norway - Brede Hangeland (Fulham)
Poland - Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Rep. of Ireland - Stephen Ireland (Man City)
Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd)
Romania - Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina)
Russia - Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)
Scotland - Darren Fletcher (Man United)
Serbia - Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd)
Slovakia - Martin Skrtel (Liverpool)
Slovenia - Milivoje Novakovic (FC Koln)
Spain - Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona)
Switzerland - Gokhan Inler (Udinese)
Sweden - Zlatan Ibrahimovic ( Inter Milano)
The Netherlands - Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
Tyurkey - Tuncai Sanli (Middlesbrough)
Ukraine - Dmitro Chyhrynskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Wales - Simon Davies (Fulham)
Albania - Lorik Cana (Marseille)
Austria - Marc Janco (Red Bull Salzburg)
Belgium - Marouane Fellaini (Everton)
Bosnia & Herz. - Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg)
Bulgaria - Stilyan Petrov (Aston Villa)
Croatia - Dario Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Cyprus - Constantinos Makrides (Metalurh Donets)
Czech rep. - David Jarolim (Hamburger SV)
Denmark - Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City)
England - Wayne Rooney (Man United)
Estonia - Raio Piiroja (Fredrikstad)
Finland - Roman Eremenko (Dynamo Kiyev)
France - Yoann Goutkuff (Bordeaux)
Germany - Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen)
Greece- Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos)
Hungary - Tamás Hajnal (Dortmund)
Iceland - Hermann Hreiðarsson (Portsmouth)
Israel - Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool)
Italy - Daniele de Rossi (Roma)
Latvia - Andris Vanins (Sion)
Lithuania - Marius Stakevicius (Sampdoria)
Macedonia - Goran Pandev (Lazio)
Moldova - Alexandru Epureanu (FC Moscow)
Montenegro - Mirko Vucinic (Roma)
Northern Ireland - Aaron Hughes (Fulham)
Norway - Brede Hangeland (Fulham)
Poland - Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Rep. of Ireland - Stephen Ireland (Man City)
Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd)
Romania - Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina)
Russia - Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)
Scotland - Darren Fletcher (Man United)
Serbia - Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd)
Slovakia - Martin Skrtel (Liverpool)
Slovenia - Milivoje Novakovic (FC Koln)
Spain - Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona)
Switzerland - Gokhan Inler (Udinese)
Sweden - Zlatan Ibrahimovic ( Inter Milano)
The Netherlands - Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
Tyurkey - Tuncai Sanli (Middlesbrough)
Ukraine - Dmitro Chyhrynskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Wales - Simon Davies (Fulham)
, won his first game in the domestic league. Mattew Booth, that big defender plays there.
that's pretty embarassing.