Caps: 50 Age: 39
Debut: 1997
Club: Portsmouth
Car: Chrysler 300 Pay £50,000 a week Most famous for being very old
Most infamous: for his wacky array of haircuts in many shapes and colours; his habit of panicking at corners
Sound clever: by admiring his collection of Raleigh Choppers
JOE HART
Caps: 3 Age: 23
Debut: 2008
Club: Man City
Pay: £30,000 a week
Most famous: for crucial role helping his loan club Birmingham City to record a 15-match unbeaten run this season
Most infamous: for frustrating opposition strikers. That is about as exciting as it gets
Sound clever: by telling everyone that his real name is Charles
ROBERT GREEN
Caps: 10 Age: 30
Debut: 2005
Club: West Ham
Pay: £20,000 a week
Most famous: for giving Fabio Capello a managerial headache over whom to play in goal
Most infamous: for being the first England goalkeeper to be sent off, in a match against Ukraine last year
Sound clever: by wondering if he will follow Gianfranco Zola by leaving West Ham in the summer
STEPHEN WARNOCK
Caps: 1 Age: 28
Debut: 2008
Club: Aston Villa
Pay: £35,000 a week
Most famous: for being unassuming and hard-working as a full back
Most infamous: for having only 8 minutes’ England experience
Sound clever: by knowing that he was briefly picked for Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League Final squad — in error
ASHLEY COLE
Caps: 78 Age: 29
Debut: 2001
Club: Chelsea
Pay: £120,000 a week
Car: Audi TT, which he donated to charity
WAG: Separated from Cheryl Cole
Most famous: for being one of the best left backs in the world
Most infamous: for the breakdown of marriage after infidelity claims
Sound clever: by suggesting he may follow Mourinho to Madrid
JAMIE CARRAGHER
Caps: 36 Age: 32
Debut: 1999
Club: Liverpool
Pay: £80,000 a week
Most famous: for coming out of international retirement after a call from the manager to go to South Africa
Most infamous: for missing a penalty in the 2006 World Cup quarter-final; more own goals than goals
Sound clever: by casually mentioning that he has no belly button
JOHN TERRY
Caps: 60 Age: 29
Debut: 2003
Club: Chelsea
Car: Bentley
Pay: £160,000 a week
WAG: Married to Toni Poole
Most famous: for leading Chelsea to three Premier League titles
Most infamous: for alleged infidelity with a former team-mate’s girlfriend, and loss of the England captaincy
Sound clever: by knowing that his brother plays for Rushden & Diamonds
GLEN JOHNSON
Caps: 22 Age: 25
Debut: 2003
Club: Liverpool
Pay: £139,000 a week
Most famous: for inheriting Gary Neville’s right-back position for England
Most infamous: for being fined £80 for trying to steal a lavatory seat from B&Q
Sound clever: by saying he might be better going forward than defending
LEDLEY KING
Caps: 20 Age: 29
Debut: 2002
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Pay: £60,000 a week
Most famous: for being the promising Spurs defender who did not break fans’ hearts by moving to Arsenal
Most infamous: for being the “man with no knees”
Sound clever: by wondering if his injury record means that he is a good choice as a back-up defender
RIO FERDINAND
Caps: 78 Age: 31
Debut: 1997
Club: Manchester United
Pay: £120,000 a week
Most famous: for being a stalwart at the heart of the Manchester United defence
Most infamous: for an eight-month ban after failing to show up for a routine drug test
Sound clever: by knowing that his brother Anton is also a Premier League defender
MATTHEW UPSON
Caps: 19 Age: 31
Debut: 2003
Club: West Ham
Pay: £70,000 a week
WAG: Ellie Darby
Most famous: for helping to save West Ham from relegation
Most infamous: for suffering a long list of injuries throughout his career
Sound clever: by knowing that Upson’s No 6 shirt at West Ham was retired in honour of Bobby Moore, who led England to World Cup glory
JAMES MILNER
Caps: 8 Age: 24
Debut: 2009
Club: Aston Villa
Pay: £45,000 a week
Most famous: for becoming the youngest player to score in the Premier League at the age of 16
Most infamous: for being at centre of £25 million battle as Manchester City tried to lure him from Villa
Sound clever: by pretending to be as clever as Milner, who has 11 GCSEs
MICHAEL CARRICK
Caps: 22 Age: 28
Debut: 2001
Club: Man Utd
Pay: £70,000 a week
WAG: Married to Lisa Roughead
Most famous: for graduating with Frank Lampard and Joe Cole from the West Ham academy
Most infamous: for disappointing Spurs fans by leaving for Man United
Sound clever: by knowing that he got married on same day as Gerrard
SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS
Caps: 31 Age: 28
Debut: 2004
Club: Man City
Pay: £60,000 a week
Most famous: for the lowest centre of gravity in football
Most infamous: for going to Chelsea
Sound clever: by saying he has flair to rival Ian Wright, his adoptive father
STEVEN GERRARD
Caps: 80 Age: 30
Debut: 2000
Club: Liverpool
WAG: Married to Alex Curran
Salary: £125,000 a week
Most famous: for being, at times, a one-man team at Liverpool and, at other times, for his partnerships with Michael Owen and Fernando Torres
Most infamous: for making court appearances on charges of assault and affray, though he was acquitted
Sound clever: by wondering if he will stay at ’Pool after a disastrous season
FRANK LAMPARD
Caps: 78 Age: 31
Debut: 1999
Club: Chelsea
Pay: £125,000 a week
Most famous: for hatfuls of goals
Most infamous: for being “Big Fat Frank”, but hugely fit
Sound clever: by pointing out that Jamie Redknapp is his cousin
JOE COLE
Caps: 54 Age: 28
Debut: 2001
Club: Chelsea
Pay: £80,000 a week
WAG: Married to Carly Zucker, a fitness instructor
Most famous: for superb goal against Sweden in last World Cup
Most infamous: for never being satisfied with a simple pass when an over-elaborate piece of skill would do
Sound clever: by mentioning he has been linked with a move to Arsenal
AARON LENNON
Caps: 17 Age: 23
Debut: 2006
Club: Tottenham
Pay: £45,000 a week
Most famous: for his cheetah-like speed
Most infamous: for his awful hairstyle
Sound clever: by saying Walcott was left out because of his similar style
GARETH BARRY
Caps: 36 Age: 29
Debut: 2000
Club: Man City
Pay: £120,000 a week
Most famous: for working very hard
Most infamous: for moving to City
Sound clever: by sounding thankful that he passed a late fitness test
WAYNE ROONEY
Caps: 60 Age: 24
Debut: 2003
Club: Manchester United
Pay: £110,000 a week
WAG: Married to his childhood sweetheart, Coleen
Most famous: for his arrival at 16 with a superb goal against Arsenal
Most infamous: for breaking his foot before the 2006 World Cup; a stamp with his other foot that got him sent off in the quarter-final
Sound clever: by asking if he can bear to be the only on-form striker
JERMAIN DEFOE
Caps: 40 Age: 27
Debut: 2004
Club: Tottenham
Pay: £80,000 a week
WAG: Formerly dated the glamour model Danielle Lloyd
Car: Black Ferrari Cabriolet
Most famous: for a deadly eye for goal if there is space to shoot from distance
Sound clever: by knowing he played for Senrab, the same Sunday league team as John Terry and Ashley Cole
EMILE HESKEY
Caps: 58 Age: 32
Debut: 1999
Club: Aston Villa
Pay: £80,000 a week
Most famous: for scoring in England’s 5-1 demolition of Germany in 2001, and using his size to create opportunities for fellow strikers
Most infamous: for his poor scoring record for club and country
Sound clever: by pointing out that his middle name is Ivanhoe
PETER CROUCH
Caps: 38 Age: 29
Debut: 2005
Club: Tottenham
Pay: £80,000 a week
WAG: The lingerie model Abbey Clancy
Most famous: for being 6ft 7in
Most infamous: for his goal against Trinidad in last World Cup when he held defender’s ponytail as he jumped
Sound clever: by quoting him. When asked: “What would you be if not a footballer?”, he replied: “A virgin.”
The 'Unlucky' Seven :
Theo Walcott, Darren Bent, Scott Parker, Leighton Baines, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson and Michael Dawson.
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