The Bundesliga will be very well represented at the World Cup in South Africa and not just by the players chosen for the Germany squad. There are 84 players from the Bundesliga, in total, who have accepted the challenge of representing their country at the highest level.
Well paid professionals from both of Germany's national leagues will take part in the world's elite tournament in South Africa from the 11th June until 11th July.
Alongside the superstars like FC Bayern players Arjen Robben (Holland) and Franck Ribery (France) certain Bundesliga youngsters will also be entering the mix: Neven Subotic, (Serbia), Joel Matip (Cameroon) or Elijero Elia (Holland) have as much chance of making an impression as some of the "golden oldies": Angelos Charisteas (Geece), Ricardo Osorio (Mexico) and Hans Sarpei (Ghana).
The Leverkusen player is aware that the experience he brings from the Bundesliga can be useful during his time with the Cameroon team. "The German mentality has been ground into me during my time in the country. For me, strength and discipline are the most important factors in football", stated the Sarpei.
List of Bundesliga players set to travel to South Africa: Germany: All 23 players
Switzerland: 7 (Diego Benaglio/VfL Wolfsburg, Steve von Bergen/Hertha BSC, Mario Eggimann/Hannover 96, Pirmin Schwegler/Eintracht Frankfurt, Tranquillo Barnetta, Eren Derdiyok/beide Bayer Leverkusen, Albert Bunjaku/1. FC Nürnberg)
Slovakia: 5 (Jan Durica/Hannover 96, Peter Pekarik/VfL Wolfsburg, Radoslav Zabavnik/1. FSV Mainz 05, Stanislav Sestak/VfL Bochum, Erik Jendrisek/1. FC Kaiserslautern)
Holland: 5 (Khalid Boulahrouz/VfB Stuttgart, Joris Mathijsen/Hamburger SV, Mark van Bommel/FC Bayern München, Eljero Elia/Hamburger SV, Arjen Robben/FC Bayern München)
Serbia: 5 (Antonio Rukavina/1860 München, Neven Subotic/Borussia Dortmund, Gojko Kacar/Hertha BSC, Zdravko Kuzmanovic/VfB Stuttgart, Zoran Tosic/1. FC Köln)
Cameroon: 4 (Georges Mandjeck/1. FC Kaiserslautern, Joel Matip/FC Schalke 04, Eric-Maxim Chuopo Moting/1. FC Nürnberg, Mohamadou Idrissou/SC Freiburg)
Slovenia: 4 (Miso Brecko/1. FCKöln, Matej Mavric/TuS Koblenz, Zlatko Dedic/VfL Bochum, Milivoje Novakovic/1. FC Köln)
Algeria: 3 (Anthar Yahia/VfL Bochum, Karim Ziani/VfL Wolfsburg, Karim Matmour/Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Denmark: 3 (Daniel Jensen/Werder Bremen, Thomas Kahlenberg/VfL Wolfsburg, Sören Larsen/MSV Duisburg)
Ghana: 3 (Isaac Vorsah, Prince Tagoe/beide 1899 Hoffenheim, Hans Sarpei/Bayer Leverkusen)
Paraguay: 3 (Lucas Barrios, Nelson Valdez/beide Borussia Dortmund, Jonathan Santana/VfL Wolfsburg)
USA: 3 (Steve Cherundolo/Hannover 96, Michael Bradley/Borussia Mönchengladbach, Ricardo Clark/Eintracht Frankfurt)
Brazil: 2 (Josué, Grafite/beide VfL Wolfsburg)
Ivory Coast: 2 (Arthur Boka/VfB Stuttgart, Guy Demel/Hamburger SV)
Greece: 2 (Theofanis Gekas/Hertha BSC, Angelos Charisteas/1. FC Nürnberg)
Nigeria: 2 (Obafemi Martins/VfL Wolfsburg, Chinedu Obasi/1899 Hoffenheim)
Argentina:1 (Martin Demichelis/FC Bayern München)
Australia: 1 (Dario Vidosic/MSV Duisburg)
Chile: 1 (Arturo Vidal/Bayer Leverkusen)
France: 1 (Franck Ribéry/FC Bayern München)
Japan: 1 (Makoto Hasebe/VfL Wolfsburg)
Mexico: 1 (Ricardo Osorio/VfB Stuttgart)
Portugal: 1 (Hugo Almeida/Werder Bremen)
South Korea: 1 (Cha Du-Ri/SC Freiburg)
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