A broken metatarsal sustained in a clash with Spurs stopper Paul Robinson in December 2005 ruled him out until the last day of that season before disaster struck against Sweden at the World Cup last June.

• 在2005年12月与马刺比赛中与罗宾逊的碰撞受伤后便一直缺席那个赛季的比赛，而到去年世界杯上与瑞典的比赛中由于韧带受伤更是毁灭性的。