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Black Players Used by Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello, since his first match in charge, no. 861, has used 14 different black players, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Carlton Cole, Jermain Defoe, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey, David James, Jermaine Jenas, Glen Johnson, Joleon Lescott, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Ashley Young.  He used them on 98 different occasions.  Since the 16 players he used against Switzerland on 6 February 2008, Fabio Capello has used 232 players in his 15 matches in charge.  Capello's usage of black players make 42% of the total players used.

Season 2007-08

No. Date

Match

Venue

Type Used %
861 06-Feb-2008 England 2 Switzerland 1 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr 7/16 43.75
Notes David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermaine Jenas started.  Shaun Wright-Phillips replaced Jenas after 57 minutes. Cole was replaced after 73 minutes and Ashley Young came on after 87 minutes.  Wright-Phillips and Jenas scored.
862 26-Mar-2008 France 1 England 0 [1-0] Stade de France, Saint-Denis Fr 6/17 35.29
Notes David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started.  Joleon Lescott was a half-time substitute and Glen Johnson replaced Brown after 63 minutes.
863 28-May-2008 England 2 USA 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr 6/17 35.29
Notes David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.  Glen Johnson replaced Brown after 57 minutes.  Defoe was replaced after 68 minutes, Cole after 83 minutes.
864 01-Jun-2008 Trinidad & Tobago 0 England 3 [0-2] Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Fr 6/18 33.33
Notes David James, Glen Johnson, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started. Defoe scored twice.  James and Ferdinand were replaced at half-time. Ashley Young was a 58th minute substitute and Theo Walcott replaced Defoe after 69 minutes.

Season 2008-09

No. Date

Match

Venue

Type Used %
865 20-Aug-2008 England 2 Czech Republic 2 [1-1] The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr 7/17 41.18
Notes David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.  Emile Heskey replaced Defoe at half time. Ferdinand came off after 58 minutes. Jermain Jenas came on after 79.
866 06-Sep-2008 Andorra 0 England 2 [0-0] Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain WCP 7/14 50.00
Notes David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe all started.  Emile Heskey replaced Defoe as a half-time substitute.
867 10-Sep-2008 Croatia 1 England 4 [0-1] Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb WCP 7/14 50.00
Notes David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.  Jermaine Jenas was a 56th minute substitute.  Walcott scored a hat-trick, before coming off after 85 minutes.
868 11-Oct-2008 England 5 Kazakhstan 1 [0-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 8/14 57.14
Notes David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a half-time minute substitute.  Walcott was replaced after 79 minutes, before Jermain Defoe came on after an 87 minutes. Ferdinand and Defoe scored.  Ferdinand was captain.
869 15-Oct-2008 Belarus 1 England 3 [1-1] Dinamo Stadion, Minsk WCP 6/14 42.86
Notes David James, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.  Shaun Wright-Phillips replaced Walcott as a 68th minute substitute.  Heskey was replaced after 70 minutes. Ferdinand was captain.
870 19-Nov-2008 Germany 1 England 2 [0-1] Olympiastadion, Berlin Fr 7/15 46.67
Notes David James, Glen Johnson, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermain Defoe and Gabriel Agbonlahor all started. Darren Bent was an half-time substitute in place of Defoe.  James was also replaced at half-time. Ashley Young replaced Agbonlahor after 77 minutes.  Wright-Phillips was replaced in the last minute.
871 11-Feb-2009 Spain 2 England 0 [1-0] Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla Fr 7/17 41.18
Notes David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Emile Heskey and Gabriel Agbonlahor all started. James and Heskey were replaced at half-time, Carlton Cole replaced Agbonlahor as a 75th minute substitute.
872 28-Mar-2009 England 4 Slovakia 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr 6/17 35.29
Notes David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Aaron Lennon and Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey scored and was replaced by Carlton Cole after 15 minutes.  Carlton Cole was then replaced after 35 minutes.  James and Lennon were replaced at half-time.
873 01-Apr-2009 England 2 Ukraine 1 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 6/14 42.86
Notes David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Aaron Lennon all started.  Lennon was replaced after 58 minutes as Shaun Wright-Phillips came on after 79. Ferdinand was replaced after 88.
874 06-Jun-2009 Kazakhstan 0 England 4 [0-2] Ortalyk Tsentralnyi Stadium, Almaty WCP 6/14 42.86
Notes Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Theo Walcott & Emile Heskey started.  Wright-Phillips was a half-time substitute for Walcott, Defoe replaced goalscorer Heskey after 80 minutes.
875 10-Jun-2009 England 6 Andorra 0 [3-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 6/14 42.86
Notes Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott & Theo Walcott started.  Ashley Young & Jermain Defoe were half-time substitutes, Defoe scoring twice.  Cole was substituted after 64 minutes.

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