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unusual facts about Transfer window


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Transfer window, a footballing term for the period during which players can be transferred between two clubs


Douglas Rinaldi

Born in Erval Seco, Rio Grande do Sul, Rinaldi was signed on a six-month loan deal by Watford in the January 2007 transfer window from Brazilian club Veranópolis.

Giovanni Pérez Rodríguez

In the 2011 summer he signed with SKN St. Pölten in Austria for his first professional experience, but returned to his country in the immediately following transfer window.

Leandro Grimi

After the arrival of Evaldo Fabiano from S.C. Braga in the 2010 off-season, Grimi became a fringe player for Sporting, appearing in only four official matches during 2010–11 (two in the league, for a total of 253 minutes), and being loaned in the very last day of the 2011 summer transfer window to K.R.C. Genk in the Belgian Pro League.

Marcelo Moretto

In the following transfer window he changed teams – and countries – again, joining Arka Gdynia in Poland.

Prince Rajcomar

Valur, then champions of Iceland, made an approach to sign Rajcomar during the 2008 transfer window, but Breiðablik UBK declined, saying he was not for sale.


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Adi Rocha

He transferred to Energie Cottbus from Austria Kärnten in the 2009 winter transfer window after scoring 10 goals in 17 games.

Ali Adnan Kadhim

During the 2013 winter transfer window, the player received an offer from Saudi club Ittihad Jeddah FC, to replace Croatian player Anas Sharbini.

André Schembri

Marsaxlokk signed Schembri during the January transfer window of 2005, along with another exciting young Maltese player, Cleavon Frendo from Pietà Hotspurs, Schembri finished the 2004–05 making eight appearances for Marsaxlokk, scoring twice, with the club recording a fifth place finish.

Bruno Marioni

He then played for Toluca, and netted an Apertura-leading 11 goals, but in the January transfer window he moved to Boca Juniors.

Cleidson Rodrigues dos Santos

A promising, versatile player who can deputise at centre back should the need arise, Cleidson was linked with several European clubs during the 2012 summer transfer window, most notably VfB Stuttgart of the German Bundesliga as well as Queens Park Rangers and Swansea City, both of the English Premier League.

Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues

During the 2010–11 summer transfer window he signed a two-year contract until 2011–12, with Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows.

Damien Comolli

In the summer transfer window for the 2011/12 season Comolli 'helped' Liverpool FC sign Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam, Stewart Downing, Doni, José Enrique, Sebastián Coates and Craig Bellamy.

Dimas Teixeira

In another winter transfer window, Dimas left Fenerbahçe in 2000 and played six months at Standard Liège.

Douglas da Silva

On 19 December 2010, He agreed with the Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg where he joined in the transfer window on 11 January 2011, Hapoel Tel Aviv received 2.6 million for the deal, while Da Silva will earn 1 million per year with a five-year contract.

Ed Woodward

Woodward's first transfer window, where Manchester United completed the signing of Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini from Everton, but failed to acquire other transfer targets, was described as being "disastrous" by The Daily Telegraph.

Etien Velikonja

During the 2010 summer transfer window it was speculated for the first time that Velikonja could join 1.SNL Maribor, however, the deal was eventually not carried out and Velikonja stayed in Gorica for the start of the 2010–11 season.

Faouzi Chaouchi

whilst also confirming that he is still in contact with French club Le Mans since the previous transfer window.

Gergely Rudolf

Gergely Rudolf signed a one-year loan contract with Panathinaikos to become the fifth signing for the Greens this summer on the very last day of the transfer window on 31 August 2011.

Goran Lovre

After playing five seasons for Anderlecht, Lovre signed a two-year deal with Groningen in the 2006 summer transfer window, with a possibility of a two-year extension.

Grigoris Georgatos

The next season, he scored six goals in six games but was unsettled at AEK and in the January transfer window began his third spell at Olympiacos, helping them finish second.

Joe Anyinsah

Just one day before the transfer window deadline, Anyinsah, along with Paul Benson, signed for Charlton Athletic.

Karim Adel Abdel Fatah

Since the transfer window closes on 31 January in Egypt, some Egyptian league's clubs, such as Olympic Alexandria, showed their dissatisfaction towards that transfer and considered it illegitimate.

Khalid Hamdaoui

Among Hamdaoui's colleagues in the Japanese team was the well-known Brazilian star Edmundo, who signed for Tokyo Verdy 1969 during the 2001 J. League Division 1 mid-season transfer window.

Martín Cardetti

During the 2007 January transfer window Cardetti joined Deportivo Cali.

Mohammad Reza Khalatbari

In early 2012, he was moved to UAE Pro-League side Al Wasl during the winter transfer window which was under Diego Maradona's management.

Neil McCafferty

On 10 December 2008, Dungannon Swifts manager John Cunningham confirmed that McCafferty would be joining the Swifts squad, but was unavailable to play until the transfer window opened in January.

Nigel Adkins

During Adkins' first transfer window at the club, he secured the contract of highly rated winger Adam Lallana for a new 4 and a half-year contract.

Parviz Mazloomi

By the end of the transfer window, after the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he had brought eight new players to is new side: Javad Shirzad from Foolad, Farzad Ashoubi from Mes Kerman, Iman Mobali from Al-Nasr, Esmaeil Sharifat and Milad Meydavoudi from Esteghlal Ahvaz and three Brazilian player such as Anderson from FC Seoul.

Petros Zouroudis

After spending half of the 2010-2011 season playing for Diagoras F.C., he signed with Levadiakos F.C., during the winter transfer window.On January 2012 he was transferred to Kalloni F.C. a Greek football club, based in Kalloni, Lesbos where he played till the end of the season 2011-12.On 27 July 2012, he was officially announced from AEL 1964 FC signing a one-year contract.

Rahmatullo Fuzailov

During 2008 winter he returned to Russian First Division, but in the summer transfer window returned to Dushanbe to play for Energetik.

Reinaldo Elias da Costa

During the 2012 January transfer window, it was announced that Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan had bought the striker from Saudi Club Al-Raed for a reported $2 million over two years.

Šaćir Hot

During the January 2011 transfer window, he spent some time with Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund in hopes of signing his first professional contract.

Tom Boere

Returning to KAA Gent, where he spent much of his youth during the winter transfer window of the 2011-12 season as a free transfer, Boere made his senior debut in Belgium coming on as an 86th minute substitute for Rafinha in the Gent - Zulte Waregem home match on 21 January 2012.

Toni Pezo

This move came in the summer transfer window of 2006, he decided to play abroad in Bosnia-Herzegovina with Zrinjski Mostar.

Vincenzo Iaquinta

Under new coach Antonio Conte in 2011-12, Iaquinta, Amauri and Luca Toni did not play a single minute on the pitch, and all three ended up leaving the club during the January transfer window.