Soccer: Passports row - stars with dual nationality

Eighty footballers are to have their passports examined by police following claims that clubs could be fielding illegal players.

The cases of Newcastle United’s Nolberto Solano and Arsenal’s Tomas Danilevicius and Edu have come under the spotlight in recent weeks.

According to The Guardian the following players all have dual nationality, although there is no suggestion that they are playing in this country illegally:

Danny Tiatto (Man City) Australia/Italy

Joseph-Desire Job (Middlesbrough) Cameroon/France

Paul Okon (Middlesbrough) Australia/Italy

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough) Australia/Germany

Carlos Marinelli (Middlesbrough) Argentina/Italy

Horacio Carbonari (Derby) Argentina/Italy

Christian Bassedas (Newcastle) Argentina/Italy

Daniel Cordone (Newcastle) Argentina/Italy

Nolberto Solano (Newcastle) Peru/Greece

Diego Gavilan (Newcastle) Paraguay/Spain

Mustapha Hadji (Coventry) Morocco/France

John Aloisi (Coventry) Australia/Italy

Tomas Danilevicius (Arsenal) Lithuania/Greece

Edu (Arsenal) Brazil/Portugal

Lauren (Arsenal) Cameroon/Spain

Silvinho (Arsenal) Brazil/Portugal

Nelson Vivas (Arsenal) Argentina/Spain

Gus Poyet (Chelsea) Uruguay/Spain

Julio Arca (Sunderland) Argentina/Italy

Emerson Thome (Sunderland) Brazil/Portugal