The injury-prone 33-year-old Roma captain retired from international play after lifting the world Cup in Germany.
In 2006, the European Union stepped in over the way tickets were distributed for the World Cup in Germany.
Poised to become the United States' first home-grown soccer star if he has some breakout games in this year's World Cup in Germany.
Surinam-born Seedorf has won 77 caps for Holland but was not included by Van Basten for their squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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The team boasts seven players who are former or current Japan international representatives -- including several who appeared at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Eto'o was only 17 when he appeared in the 1998 tournament in France but the "Indomitable Lions" failed to qualify for the last World Cup in Germany.
Eriksson announced his decision to step down as England manager before the 2006 World Cup in Germany - two years before his contract was due to expire.
Gnassingbe, who is the brother of the country's President Faure Gnassingbe, was ousted two years ago after Togo's shambolic campaign at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Egypt will host the Nations Cup in 2006 and the qualifiers of the competition will also serve as elimination for the World Cup in Germany the same year.
"Since the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the media perception of German football and Germany in general has dramatically changed, " added Pfeiffer, who has lived in England since 1986.
The Elephants, who played at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, have reached the final phase of African qualifying from which five teams will qualify for the World Cup.
It was not until Ghana's first appearance at the FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006 that the four-times winners of the African Cup of Nations regained some of their lost glory.
On December 5th Michael Schumacher, six times champion of Formula One motor racing, and other glitterati are due to make the draw for qualifying tournaments for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
He was vilified in England in the summer of 2006 after his antics helped get United clubmate Wayne Rooney sent off as Portugal progressed to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Germany.
Parreira, who resigned as Brazil coach following the team's disappointing quarter-finals exit at the hands of France at the World Cup in Germany, is expected to be in Johannesburg in the next two weeks.
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Hitzfeld has retained nine of the players taken by predecessor Koebi Kuhn to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where the Swiss reached the last 16 before losing to Ukraine in a penalty shoot-out.
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In 2006, the FIFA World Cup in Germany tackled that with big police numbers, but restraint in their presence, setting environmental targets as part of the tournament while investing in transport improvements, and they tied in increased sporting and voluntary activity.
Sono has said he would like to be contracted until after the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
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But Renard, 42, believes the oil-producing country can reproduce the form that saw them rub shoulders with the world's elite at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
Angola's Ismael Kurtz and his counterpart from the Cape Verde Islands, Alexandre Alhinho, are both seeking to bolster their squads ahead of next month's start of the African qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
And part of his assignment is to take Ghana to the 2006 World Cup in his native Germany.
Even Clint Dempsey, who scored 23 goals for English Premier League Club Fulham last year, will have to work harder to truly impress his national coach, a former international star who won a World Cup for Germany in 1990.
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China has not been a happy hunting ground for the Brazilians recently as they lost the World Cup final to Germany in Shanghai last year.
Keegan quit England after a World Cup defeat against Germany in the last game at the old Wembley on October 2000, walking into a storm of criticism.
First trialled by FIFA at last year's Club World Cup in Japan, GLT will be used at July's Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup in Brazil, with Germany company GoalControl set to provide the technology on both occasions.
Midfielder Benjamin Huggel, meanwhile, will travel to his first World Cup after missing out in Germany because of the six-match Fifa ban he received for his part in the brawl that erupted after Switzerland's 2005 qualifying play-off victory over Turkey in Istanbul.
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Scotland finished second in Euro 2004 qualification to World Cup finalists Germany and lost out to the classy Dutch in the play-offs.
The football World Cup, hosted by Germany in the summer of 2006, seven months after she took office, bathed the country and the chancellor in laid-back patriotism.
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"I see myself coaching in the World Cup, " said Maradona, who helped Argentina win the 1986 World Cup finish as runner-up to Germany in 1990.
South Korea and Japan shared the 2002 World Cup and Germany was the host in 2006.
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