Any Indian origins in any of the FIFA World cup Teams?  Any Indian Origins as refrees?
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Vikash Dhorasoo(France) is of Indian origin. His parents  are from Mauritius, but migrated to France. \n\nMichael Chopra (Newcastle), tough not playing for England, is of Indian origin. There's your guy with an Indian origin in a major football team\n\nThere was an Indian linesman at the previous world cup. Had a pretty good tournament as well.
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The Tota Carbajal, from Mexico, and Lothar Matheus, from Germany. The Brazilian only played in four World Cups yoo hoo
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Hey Oracle football is also a "british based " sport. And as a matter of fact India has been playing football for over a 100 years. It was started by a man called Nogendra Prasad Sarbadhikari in Kolkata. In fact the IFA Shield win of Mohun Bagan In 1911 remains one of the brightest spot on Indian sporing history. However lack of success of the natinal team has turned people's attention away. But one must consider the fact that football is a game played by 202 nations it is harder to do well than in cricket where there are 10 nations. Also the WC win in 1983 changed a lot of things. But the scenerio is fast changing with the EPL , La Liga , Serie A, Bundesliga & Champions League being regularly broadcasted more & more People are falling for football.
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Unfortunately youngsters like Suresh Raina, Mohd. Kaif, Dinesh Karthik etc. are not making use of the opportunities given to them.\nYou can find lot of youngsters coming to India Team before the world cup starts.
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First of all ,cricket has overshadowed all other games .People even think that India's national game is cricket! Indians have turned a blind eye to all other games ,hence the dismal picture in football!\n Sunil Gulati,a person of Indian origin who is the head of US SOCCER FEDERATION ,is the only global desi touch to Indian football.And then we have mediocre performance in desi club football,namely Mohan Bagan ,Mahindra united ruling the roost.\nI feel Indians should recruit a latin/prominent european coach.look at australia,tHanks to the splendid coaching of a stellar leader ,namely Hiddink ,they have trespassed a strong team like Japan! Its all in the coach and the players.Next on the cross hair comes the management.It should be meticulously elected such that it agressively promotes football in INDIA ITSELF!! they should also acquaint themselves with modern football techniques and technology,not the faux pas back then when they wanted to play barefooted!\n if they do qualify,which i think will be only after a few more years, their chances of emerging as champions will depend on one critical factor: a perfect orchestration of consistent performance and what all they have imbibed till then!A football team gets better with age they are in the sport,parallel to wine!
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I really want to help you since it's my background. Here's some info from the book 'Sports' The Complete visual Reference':\n "It roots back to antiquity (called sphaira by the Greeks and ollis by the Romans); in Renaissance Italy, a more elaborate version, calcio, was played. Soccer as we know it today was invented in England in the mid 19th century (1848). The first club, Sheffield Football Club, was formed in 1863, and the first competition, the Football Association (FA) Challenge Cup, was organized in 1842. The Federation international de football association (FIFA) was founded in 1904. A demonstration sport in the Olympics of 1900 and 1904, soccer became an official Olympic event in 1908. Soccer is universal because its equipment and rules are simple and because of global coverage of the World Cup. No other international event is followed so closely, due mainly to television broadcasting of matches since 1958. (1.7 billion viewers watched the France-Brazil final in 1998). Today, 203 countries are FIFA members."\n\nHope this helps for some history. I have a lot more information I can give you, but my fingers for now are tired of typing. Anyways, you can write me at lasorna@hotmail.com and subject: 'I need Soccer Info' and I'll respond. I hope you do an excellent job on your project. Good Luck.
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I think India qualified for the 1950 World Cup, but were unable to participate as they refused to wear football boots. They are currently ranked 117th in the world.
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Please find the squad list for all 32 teams below. I have done my part, I leave the counting to you. That's not asking too much I hope?\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_%28squads%29#Player_representation_by_club
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Only 32 teams get the chance to play in the world cup. India failed to qualify. Competition on the soccer field is intense, and India excels at field hockey and rounders not soccer.
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Take it from past ;\n\nFrom first world cup in 1975 to world cup 2003, we indians won the cup only once and appointed twice non indian coach for the job.It all started from John Wright, he failed in finals and now Greg Chappel's turn to prove as a winner coach. Lets hope for the best !!!!! \nAlmost 25 years we were played with Indian coachs, what was the outcome only once we won (world cup 1983). \nI think we need to wait for the time to conclude who is best Indian or non Indians coachs.
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Russia,China,India,England,France for starters
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INDIA is generally NOT INTERESTED in football as much as cricket, hockey... bit like the Americans who loves their brand of football, baseball, basketball.\n\nFurthermore INDIAN youths prefer to concentrate on their education to increase their job prospect and improve their lives. Sports don't pay well unless you're some kind of superstar sports person.\n\nThe very poor or not educated will have little access to playing sports which is a luxury they cannot afford. Also INDIAN government / state authorities do very little to promote football. India seldom participate even in ASIAN football tournaments. So India football standard is very low. You may have the talents but you must also provide opportunities and expert training to develop the potential talents. Unless INDIA begin to do this India will never ever be good enough for the World Cup.
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Try this:\nhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/doc.html
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Indians do play football. However they are not good enough to qualify for the World Cup. They are the champions in the SAARC tournament, which involves teams from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc.\nGiven the craze of cricket and field-hockey, soccer is not much encouraged on a professional level much. Hence India lacks world-class players in the field.
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India qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup after a number of teams withdrew from the tournament. However, they declined to participate after FIFA prohibited playing barefoot. \n\nIndia's application for the 1954 tournament was not accepted and they did not compete in a qualifier until the preliminary stages of the 1986 tournament.
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Hey Guys be optimistic.Watz happening yaar everyone r going onto negative side. India will definitely win the World cup 2007. don't underestimate the team when it has lost a series ,it happens with every team. I think it will come back strongly and will definitely win the World cup 2007 as well as the champions trophy.Just watch out.
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SAUDI ARABIA - they r a good emerging team and i think they will be a team to watch in the asia cup . they were the only arab team who qualified for the owrld cup.\n\n\ntheir key players :-\n\ntheir world cup squad \n1 AL DEAYEA Mohammed (GK) -\n2 DOKHI Ahmed\n3 TUKAR Redha\n4 AL MONTASHARI Hamad\n5 AL QADI Naif\n6 AL GHAMDI Omar\n7 AMEEN Mohammed\n8 NOOR Mohammed\n9 AL JABER Sami\n10 AL SHLHOUB Mohammad\n11 AL HARTHI Saad\n12 KHATHRAN Abdulaziz\n13 SULIMANI Hussein\n14 KARIRI Saud\n15 AL BAHRI Ahmed\n16 AZIZ Khaled\n17 AL BISHI Mohamed\n18 AL TEMYAT Nawaf\n19 MASSAD Mohammed\n20 AL KAHTANI Yasser\n21 ZAID Mabrouk (GK)\n22 KHOJAH Mohammad (GK)\n23 AL HAWSAWI Malek\n\nfor their profiles http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/team/overview.html?team=ksa