Alex Kačaniklić | ||
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Full name | Alexander Kačaniklić | |
Date of birth | 13 Aug 1991 | |
Place of birth | Helsingborg, Sweden | |
Height | 5ft 11in (1.80m) | |
Playing position | Left wing, Central midfield | |
Current player? | ||
Number(s) worn | 37 (2010-2011) 19 (2011) 31 (2011-2013) 11 (2013-2016) | |
Debut | Norwich (h) (31 Mar 2012) | |
Last Appearance | Reading (a) (5 Mar 2016) | |
First goal | Norwich (h) (18 Aug 2012) | |
Last goal | Rotherham (h) (29 Dec 2015) | |
Joined from | Liverpool, part exchange - 28 Aug 2010 | |
Left for | Nantes, free - 1 Jul 2016 | |
League apps (gls) | 84 (10) | |
All apps (gls) | 100 (11) | |
Other clubs | Helsingborg IF (youth) Liverpool (youth) → Watford (loan) (from Fulham) → Burnley (loan) (from Fulham) → FC Copenhagen (loan) (from Fulham) Nantes (2016-2018) Hammarby (2018-2021) Hajduk Split (2021-present) | |
International | Sweden (2012-present) | |
Apps (gls) | 21 (3) |
Alex Kačaniklić was a midfielder who played at Fulham from 2010 until 2016. Usually occupying a left-sided position, he has also represented Sweden at full international level. Alex made his debut for Fulham as a first-half substitute, coming on for Pavel Pogrebnyak in a 2-1 win at home to Norwich in March 2012. He spent four more seasons in Fulham's first team setup before his eventual release in summer 2016, whereby he moved to Nantes on a free transfer.
Career[]
Before Fulham[]
Born in Helsingborg, Sweden, Alex was scouted as a 9-year-old to join his hometown club Helsingborg IF. He progressed steadily through the ranks here and around 2005/2006 began making appearances for the Swedish U16 and U17 squads. Throughout the 2006-07 season, he gradually began garnering interest from Manchester City, Cardiff and Liverpool after impressive displays for Helsingborg's youth side and for Sweden U17. As it was, Liverpool captured the young Kačaniklić in the summer transfer window of 2007 for £440,000. Alex remained at the club for the following three seasons, developing his style as a pacey left winger who is also adept at playing a central role in midfield, and progressed through to Liverpool's reserve team by the 2009-10 season.
Fulham (2010-2016)[]
At the beginning of the 2010-11 season, a deal was agreed between Liverpool and Fulham for Paul Konchensky to move to the merseyside club for a fee of just over £3.5 million plus two youth team players; Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex himself. Alex played with the Development squad over the next two seasons at Fulham, before given a chance to prove himself at a higher level whereby manager Martin Jol allowed him to move on loan for the rest of the season at Championship side Watford in January of 2011-12. His appearances for the Hornets had impressed and on 27th March 2012 he was recalled by Jol; this marked a minor breakthrough into the first team, making his debut only three days later against Norwich City at Craven Cottage. He began the day on the bench but was called into action after just 35 minutes after Pavel Pogrebnyak was injured, and nearly capped his day with a goal after striking a curling long-range effort onto the bar. Alex finished off the season with 4 appearances for the senior team, and was left in a good position to continue his establishment in the side at the commencement of 2012-13. On the first day of that season, he played the full 90 minutes on the left wing in place of Clint Dempsey (who refused to play due to wanting out of Craven Cottage) against Norwich and scored his debut goal in a 5-0 drubbing. A second goal followed in the London derby at Arsenal, where he scored Fulham's second in a thrilling 3-3 draw. He spent part of the season on loan at Championship side Burnley where he failed to impress heavily. On his return, he played out the second half of the season with Fulham scoring twice more, on New Years day away to West Brom and on the last game of the season away to Swansea.
The 2013-14 season brought about change as a new manager in René_Meulensteen had replaced Jol after his sacking. This meant Alex had to impress to ensure a place in the side, and on 23 January 2014 he was given an extension on his contract running an extra year until summer 2015. Meulensteen did not last long in the job adn soon Felix Magath was in charge, and it became clear that Alex did not feature in his plans. He was played sparingly for the latter half of a dreadful season which saw Fulham relegated to the Championship, and after only one appearance in the first month of the 2014-15 season, he was shipped out to FC Copenhagen on loan for the entire season. However, he also signed a contract extension on the same day that would see him remain at Craven Cottage until 2016.
He was recalled to Fulham in January 2015 by Kit Symons and scored his first goal in over a year when he grabbed the opener in a 2-1 victory over Reading at Craven Cottage. His second goal of the season came in bizarre fashion as he scored the opener in a 2-0 win away at Huddersfield Town after netting directly from a corner kick just over one minute in the match.
He became second choice to new signing Ben Pringle at the start of 2015-16, however he started and netted the solitary goal in a 1-0 victory at Wycombe Wanderers in the first round of the League Cup. His appearances were often sporadic and uninspiring throughout 2015-16, and new manager Slaviša Jokanović decided not to keep Alex and he was released at the end of the season.
After Fulham[]
Alex signed for Nantes ahead of the new season in summer 2016.
Fulham Statistics[]
Appearances[]
Reserves / U21 squad[]
Season | League | U21 PL Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
2011-12 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 3 |
2012-13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
2013-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2015-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
First team[]
Season | League | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
2011-12 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2012-13 | Premier League | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 4 |
2013-14 | Premier League | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 1 |
2014-15 | Championship | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 2 |
2015-16 | Championship | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 4 |
Total | 84 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 11 |
Fulham Matches[]
# | Season | Date | Comp | Opposition | Venue | Result | Score | Additional Information |
1 | 2011-12 | 31 Mar 2012 | PREM | Norwich | Home | Won | 2-1 | ![]() |
2 | 2011-12 | 7 Apr 2012 | PREM | Bolton | Away | Won | 3-0 | ![]() |
3 | 2011-12 | 9 Apr 2012 | PREM | Chelsea | Home | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
4 | 2011-12 | 1 May 2012 | PREM | Liverpool | Away | Won | 1-0 | ![]() |
5 | 2012-13 | 18 Aug 2012 | PREM | Norwich | Home | Won | 5-0 | ![]() |
6 | 2012-13 | 25 Aug 2012 | PREM | Man Utd | Away | Lost | 2-3 | ![]() |
7 | 2012-13 | 28 Aug 2012 | LC | Sheff Wed | Away | Lost | 0-1 | |
8 | 2012-13 | 1 Sept 2012 | PREM | West Ham | Away | Lost | 0-3 | ![]() |
9 | 2012-13 | 15 Sept 2012 | PREM | West Brom | Home | Won | 3-0 | ![]() |
10 | 2012-13 | 22 Sept 2012 | PREM | Wigan | Away | Won | 2-1 | ![]() |
11 | 2012-13 | 29 Sept 2012 | PREM | Man City | Home | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
12 | 2012-13 | 7 Oct 2012 | PREM | Southampton | Away | Drew | 2-2 | ![]() |
13 | 2012-13 | 3 Nov 2012 | PREM | Everton | Home | Drew | 2-2 | ![]() |
14 | 2012-13 | 10 Nov 2012 | PREM | Arsenal | Away | Drew | 3-3 | ![]() ![]() |
15 | 2012-13 | 18 Nov 2012 | PREM | Sunderland | Home | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() |
16 | 2012-13 | 10 Dec 2012 | PREM | Newcastle | Home | Won | 2-1 | ![]() |
17 | 2012-13 | 22 Dec 2012 | PREM | Liverpool | Away | Lost | 0-4 | ![]() |
18 | 2012-13 | 26 Dec 2012 | PREM | Southampton | Home | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
19 | 2012-13 | 1 Jan 2013 | PREM | West Brom | Away | Won | 2-1 | ![]() |
20 | 2012-13 | 5 Jan 2013 | FAC | Blackpool | Home | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
21 | 2012-13 | 12 Jan 2013 | PREM | Wigan | Home | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
22 | 2012-13 | 15 Jan 2013 | FAC | Blackpool | Away | Won | 2-1 | ![]() |
23 | 2012-13 | 26 Jan 2013 | FAC | Man Utd | Away | Lost | 1-4 | |
24 | 2012-13 | 20 Apr 2013 | PREM | Arsenal | Home | Lost | 0-1 | ![]() |
25 | 2012-13 | 27 Apr 2013 | PREM | Everton | Away | Lost | 0-1 | |
26 | 2012-13 | 4 May 2013 | PREM | Reading | Home | Lost | 2-4 | ![]() |
27 | 2012-13 | 12 May 2013 | PREM | Liverpool | Home | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() |
28 | 2012-13 | 19 May 2013 | PREM | Swansea | Away | Won | 3-0 | ![]() |
29 | 2013-14 | 24 Aug 2013 | PREM | Arsenal | Home | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() |
30 | 2013-14 | 27 Aug 2013 | LC | Burton | Away | Drew | 2-2* | ![]() |
31 | 2013-14 | 31 Aug 2013 | PREM | Newcastle | Away | Lost | 0-1 | |
32 | 2013-14 | 14 Sept 2013 | PREM | West Brom | Home | Drew | 1-1 | |
33 | 2013-14 | 21 Sept 2013 | PREM | Chelsea | Away | Lost | 0-2 | ![]() |
34 | 2013-14 | 24 Sept 2013 | LC | Everton | Home | Won | 2-1 | |
35 | 2013-14 | 28 Sept 2013 | PREM | Cardiff | Home | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
36 | 2013-14 | 26 Oct 2013 | PREM | Southampton | Away | Lost | 0-2 | ![]() |
37 | 2013-14 | 29 Oct 2013 | LC | Leicester | Away | Lost | 3-4 | |
38 | 2013-14 | 2 Nov 2013 | PREM | Man Utd | Home | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() ![]() |
39 | 2013-14 | 9 Nov 2013 | PREM | Liverpool | Away | Lost | 0-4 | ![]() |
40 | 2013-14 | 23 Nov 2013 | PREM | Swansea | Home | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
41 | 2013-14 | 4 Dec 2013 | PREM | Tottenham | Home | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
42 | 2013-14 | 8 Dec 2013 | PREM | Aston Villa | Home | Won | 2-0 | ![]() |
43 | 2013-14 | 14 Dec 2013 | PREM | Everton | Away | Lost | 1-4 | ![]() |
44 | 2013-14 | 26 Dec 2013 | PREM | Norwich | Away | Won | 2-1 | ![]() |
45 | 2013-14 | 28 Dec 2013 | PREM | Hull | Away | Lost | 0-6 | ![]() |
46 | 2013-14 | 1 Jan 2014 | PREM | West Ham | Home | Won | 2-1 | ![]() |
47 | 2013-14 | 4 Jan 2014 | FAC | Norwich | Away | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
48 | 2013-14 | 14 Jan 2014 | FAC | Norwich | Home | Won | 3-0 | ![]() |
49 | 2013-14 | 18 Jan 2014 | PREM | Arsenal | Away | Lost | 0-2 | ![]() |
50 | 2013-14 | 28 Jan 2014 | PREM | Swansea | Away | Lost | 0-2 | |
51 | 2013-14 | 4 Feb 2014 | FAC | Sheff Utd | Home | Lost | 0-1 | ![]() |
52 | 2013-14 | 12 Feb 2014 | PREM | Liverpool | Home | Lost | 2-3 | ![]() |
53 | 2013-14 | 8 Mar 2014 | PREM | Cardiff | Away | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() |
54 | 2013-14 | 15 Mar 2014 | PREM | Newcastle | Home | Won | 1-0 | |
55 | 2013-14 | 22 Mar 2014 | PREM | Man City | Away | Lost | 0-5 | ![]() |
56 | 2013-14 | 19 Apr 2014 | PREM | Tottenham | Away | Lost | 1-3 | |
57 | 2013-14 | 11 May 2014 | PREM | Crystal Palace | Home | Drew | 2-2 | ![]() |
58 | 2014-15 | 23 Aug 2014 | CHMP | Derby | Away | Lost | 1-5 | ![]() |
59 | 2014-15 | 10 Jan 2015 | CHMP | Cardiff | Away | Lost | 0-1 | ![]() |
60 | 2014-15 | 17 Jan 2015 | CHMP | Reading | Home | Won | 2-1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
61 | 2014-15 | 21 Jan 2015 | CHMP | Nottm Forest | Home | Won | 3-2 | ![]() |
62 | 2014-15 | 24 Jan 2015 | FAC | Sunderland | Away | Drew | 0-0 | ![]() |
63 | 2014-15 | 31 Jan 2015 | CHMP | Blackburn | Away | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
64 | 2014-15 | 3 Feb 2015 | FAC | Sunderland | Home | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() |
65 | 2014-15 | 7 Feb 2015 | CHMP | Birmingham | Home | Drew | 1-1 | |
66 | 2014-15 | 10 Feb 2015 | CHMP | Bolton | Away | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() |
67 | 2014-15 | 14 Feb 2015 | CHMP | Ipswich | Home | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
68 | 2014-15 | 21 Feb 2015 | CHMP | Millwall | Away | Drew | 0-0 | ![]() |
69 | 2014-15 | 3 Mar 2015 | CHMP | Watford | Away | Lost | 0-1 | ![]() |
70 | 2014-15 | 18 Mar 2015 | CHMP | Leeds | Home | Lost | 0-3 | ![]() |
71 | 2014-15 | 21 Mar 2015 | CHMP | Huddersfield | Away | Won | 2-0 | ![]() ![]() |
72 | 2014-15 | 3 Apr 2015 | CHMP | Brentford | Home | Lost | 1-4 | ![]() |
73 | 2014-15 | 7 Apr 2015 | CHMP | Charlton | Away | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
74 | 2015-16 | 11 Aug 2015 | LC | Wycombe | Away | Won | 1-0 | ![]() ![]() |
75 | 2015-16 | 15 Aug 2015 | CHMP | Brighton | Home | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
76 | 2015-16 | 19 Aug 2015 | CHMP | Hull | Away | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
77 | 2015-16 | 22 Aug 2015 | CHMP | Huddersfield | Home | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
78 | 2015-16 | 25 Aug 2015 | LC | Sheff Utd | Home | Won | 3-0 | ![]() |
79 | 2015-16 | 29 Aug 2015 | CHMP | Rotherham | Away | Won | 3-1 | ![]() |
80 | 2015-16 | 22 Sept 2015 | LC | Stoke | Home | Lost | 0-1 | ![]() |
81 | 2015-16 | 21 Oct 2015 | CHMP | Leeds | Home | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
82 | 2015-16 | 24 Oct 2015 | CHMP | Reading | Home | Won | 4-2 | ![]() ![]() |
83 | 2015-16 | 3 Nov 2015 | CHMP | Burnley | Away | Lost | 1-3 | ![]() |
84 | 2015-16 | 7 Nov 2015 | CHMP | Birmingham | Home | Lost | 2-5 | ![]() ![]() |
85 | 2015-16 | 5 Dec 2015 | CHMP | Nottm Forest | Away | Lost | 0-3 | ![]() |
86 | 2015-16 | 12 Dec 2015 | CHMP | Brentford | Home | Drew | 2-2 | ![]() |
87 | 2015-16 | 15 Dec 2015 | CHMP | Ipswich | Home | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
88 | 2015-16 | 19 Dec 2015 | CHMP | Bolton | Away | Drew | 2-2 | |
89 | 2015-16 | 26 Dec 2015 | CHMP | Derby | Away | Lost | 0-2 | ![]() |
90 | 2015-16 | 29 Dec 2015 | CHMP | Rotherham | Home | Won | 4-1 | ![]() ![]() |
91 | 2015-16 | 2 Jan 2016 | CHMP | Sheff Wed | Home | Lost | 0-1 | ![]() |
92 | 2015-16 | 9 Jan 2016 | FAC | Sheff Wed | Away | Lost | 1-2 | ![]() |
93 | 2015-16 | 12 Jan 2016 | CHMP | Wolves | Away | Lost | 2-3 | ![]() |
94 | 2015-16 | 16 Jan 2016 | CHMP | Huddersfield | Away | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
95 | 2015-16 | 23 Jan 2016 | CHMP | Hull | Home | Lost | 0-1 | ![]() |
96 | 2015-16 | 6 Feb 2016 | CHMP | Derby | Home | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
97 | 2015-16 | 16 Feb 2016 | CHMP | Blackburn | Away | Lost | 0-3 | ![]() |
98 | 2015-16 | 20 Feb 2016 | CHMP | Charlton | Home | Won | 3-0 | ![]() |
99 | 2015-16 | 23 Feb 2016 | CHMP | Leeds | Away | Drew | 1-1 | ![]() |
100 | 2015-16 | 5 Mar 2016 | CHMP | Reading | Away | Drew | 2-2 | ![]() |
External links and references[]
2010-11 squad | |||||||||||||
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1. Schwarzer
2. Kelly
3. Konchesky / Salcido
4. Paintsil
5. Hangeland
6. Baird
7. Sidwell
8. A Johnson
11. Gera
12. Stockdale
13. Murphy
14. Senderos
15. Kamara
16. Duff
17. Riise
18. Hughes
19. Zuberbühler
20. Etuhu
21. E Johnson
22. Stoor / Guðjohnsen
23. Dempsey
24. Kakuta
25. Zamora
26. Dikgacoi
27. Greening
28. Briggs
29. Davies
30. Dembélé
31. Saunders
32. Halliche
33. Hoesen
35. Elm
36. Dalla Valle
37. Kačaniklić
38. Etheridge
41. Bettinelli
44. Marsh-Brown
45. Smith
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2011-12 squad | |||||||||||||
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1. Schwarzer
2. Kelly
3. JA Riise
4. Sidwell
5. Hangeland
6. Baird
7. Pogrebnyak
8. Johnson
9. Sá
10. Kasami
11. Ruiz
12. Stockdale
13. Murphy
14. Senderos
15. Gecov
16. Duff
17. BH Riise
18. Hughes
19. Diarra
20. Etuhu
21. Frei
22. Somogyi
23. Dempsey
24. Dalla Valle
25. Zamora
26. Salcido / Grygera
28. Briggs
29. Davies
30. Dembélé
31. Kačaniklić
32. Halliche
33. Hoesen
34. Donegan
35. Peniket
36. Marsh-Brown / Mesca
37. Harris
38. Etheridge
39. Arthurworrey
40. Smith
41. Bettinelli
42. Trotta
43. Pritchard
44. Joronen
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2012-13 squad | |||||||||||||
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1. Schwarzer
2. Kelly
3. Riise
4. Senderos
5. Hangeland
6. Baird
7. Sidwell
8. Kasami
9. Berbatov
10. Petrić
11. Ruiz
12. Frimpong
13. Stockdale
14. Karagounis
15. Richardson
16. Duff
17. Briggs
18. Hughes
19. Diarra
20. Rodallega
21. Frei
22. Somogyi
24. Dejagah
25. Tavares / Manolev
27. Riether
28. Emanuelson
29. Davies
30. Dembélé
31. Kačaniklić
32. Halliche / David
33. Enoh
35. Bettinelli
36. Mesca
37. Burn
38. Etheridge
39. Trotta
40. Smith
41. Donegan
42. Banya
43. Tankovic
44. Grimmer
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2013-14 squad | |||||||||||||
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1. Stekelenburg
3. Riise
4. Senderos / Heitinga
5. Hangeland
6. Kvist
7. Sidwell
8. Kasami
9. Berbatov / Diarra
10. Ruiz / Holtby
11. Kačaniklić
13. Stockdale
14. Karagounis
15. Richardson
16. Duff
17. Briggs
18. Hughes / Mitroglou
19. Taarabt / Tunnicliffe
20. Rodallega
21. Frei / Cole
22. Zverotić
23. Boateng
24. Dejagah
25. Woodrow
26. Roberts
27. Riether
28. Parker
29. Trotta
30. David
32. Dempsey
33. Burn
34. Plumain
35. Amorebieta
36. Mesca
37. Christensen
38. Etheridge
39. Bent
40. Bettinelli
41. Joronen
42. Banya
43. Tanković
44. Grimmer
45. Dembélé
46. Passley
47. Rodák
48. Norman
49. Pritchard
52. G Williams
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2014-15 squad | |||||||||||||
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1. Király
2. Hoogland
3. Stafylidis
4. Hutchinson
5. Amorebieta
6. Bodurov
7. Eisfeld
8. Parker
9. Smith
10. Ruiz
11. Kačaniklić
12. Fofana
13. Zverotić / Guthrie
14. Roberts
15. Voser
16. Woodrow
17. Taggart
18. Mitroglou / Turner
19. Tunnicliffe
20. Rodallega
21. Christensen
22. Fazlić
23. Casasola
24. Husband
25. Dembélé
26. Fotheringham / Lee
27. G Williams
28. Hyndman
29. Trotta / Richards
30. David
31. Arthurworrey
32. Kavanagh
33. Burn
34. Chihi
36. Mesca
37. Grimmer
38. Burgess
39. R Williams
40. Bettinelli
41. Joronen
42. Rodák
43. Donnelly
44. McCormack
45. Evans
--. Stekelenburg
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2015-16 squad | |||||||||||||
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1. Bettinelli
2. Richards
3. Garbutt
4. Hutchinson
5. Stearman
6. Bodurov
7. Fredericks
8. Parker
9. Smith
10. Cairney
11. Kačaniklić
12. Lewis
13. Ream
14. Mattila
15. Voser / Madl
16. Woodrow
17. Williams
18. Pringle
19. Tunnicliffe
20. Labyad
21. Christensen
22. Taggart / Baird
23. O'Hara
24. Lonergan
25. Dembélé
26. Grimmer
27. Eisfeld
28. Hyndman
31. Ince
32. Kavanagh
33. Burn
34. Cole
38. Burgess
39. Evans
40. Husband / Sessegnon
41. Joronen
42. Rodák
43. Donnelly
44. McCormack
45. Amorebieta
46. Norman
47. Käit
--. Mitroglou
--. Stekelenburg
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