IN – Mikel San Jose: The Athletic Bilbao man can play either center back or defensive midfield. OUT – Alvaro Arbeloa: The Real Madrid full-back was reportedly exiled from the Spain squad after a public on the field incident with the then Atletico Madrid and Spain forward Diego Costa. SHARE. Born in Italy to Brazilian parents the 25-year-old already has three Bundesliga titles, four La Liga winners medals as well as two European cups and three FIFA Club World Cups to his name. At the age of 25-years-old he has displaced stalwart Iker Casillas and is expected to occupy the number one jersey for some time. Can you name the Members of Spain's UEFA Euro 2008 Winning Squad? Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (FC Porto), David de Gea (Manchester United), Sergio Rico (Sevilla). Forwards: Jesus Navas (Sevilla), Pedro (Barcelona), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), Fernando Torres (Chelsea), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla). Spain have selected three English Premier League players in their initial 22-man football squad for London 2012. A great player in his own right, he is not quite at the same level as Iniesta or Xavi. The winger has broken into the first team squad at the Bernabeu this season after a season on-loan at Espanyol. Forwards: Pedro Rodriguez (Chelsea), Alvaro Morata (Juventus), Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Manuel “Nolito” Agudo (Celta Vigo), Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid). He rose through the youth ranks with Los Rojiblancos and has made the goalkeepers position his own since December 2014 procuring a vast amount of experience in La Liga, the Champions League and Europa league in the process. ( Log Out /  Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Winning feeling: Chelsea's Juan Mata was selected for the Spain squad after scoring the final goal of their victorious Euro 2012 campaign, American poet Louise Gluck wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, Paris hospitals prepare for 'major influx' of Covid patients as Lille and Lyon brace for clampdown. OUT – Xavi: The Barcelona-lifer made over 500 appearance for the La Liga champions and amassed an impressive 133 caps for Spain, leaving him in 2nd place behind Iker Casillas in Spain’s most capped players. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The midfield anchor also scored twice against France in the quarter-final on the way to Spain’s second successive European Championship. At 32-years-of-age he has spent his entire career with Los Submarinos Amarillos. ( Log Out /  The 34-year-old has a World Cup and two European Championships to his name. IN – Marc Bartra: After becoming disillusioned with the lack of first team opportunities at Barcelona the 25-year-old has just singed for Borussia Dortmund for fee thought to be in the region of an unbelievably thrifty $10 million due to a minimum release fee clause. The center back has amasses 10 caps for La Roja so far in a promising career and is considered to be a long term replacement for either Sergio Ramos or Gerard Pique. Casillas also captained Spain to 2010 World Cup and 2012 Euro triumphs. The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Spain coach Luis Milla' said: "I believe it would be unfair to demand that this team be at the same level as the full national team. After a baron year with AC Milan he was loaned back to Vicente Calderon where he showed glimpses of the form he was one capable of and was unlucky not to be selected for Euro 2016. OUT – Fernando Llorente: Another Athletic Bilbao forward, he made 262 appearances fro Los Leones between 2005 and 2013 before moving to Juventus. OUT – Pepe Reina: The Napoli keeper was an understudy to Iker Casillas during all of La Roja’s triumphs in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Defenders: Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), Jordi Alba (Valencia), Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao). OUT – Alvaro Negredo: The 30-year-old has collected some big name clubs to his resume including the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester City. In 2008 he signed for Barcelona but was unable to make it into the senior team playing predominantly in the reserves. Rate 5 stars Rate 4 stars Rate 3 stars Rate 2 stars Rate 1 star . Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Marc Bartra (Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Barcelona),Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Hector Bellerin (Arsenal), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid). Ashwin Hanagudu FOLLOW. The squad was filled with talent, youth, experience and amazing superstars who helped Spain lift the title without losing a single game in the tournament. Popular Quizzes Today. He is one of the world’s most in form strikers and expected to be the subject of a lengthy transfer saga this summer due to the fact Real Madrid inserted a buy back clause into his original sale to Juventus. IN – Bruno: The Villareal defensive midfielder was included in the squad to bring some physicality and defensive solidarity to La Roja’s midfield. Between Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 there has been 13 changes of personnel to the Spain squad.