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We knew about all of the first team regulars that would be going out on international duty, but a couple of our other players are pleasant (slight) surprises. Sandro has been part of Meno Menezes' team multiple times, but it's still great to see him get called into the Brazil team with all of the competition he has for that squad. Slightly more surprising is the call-up of Younes Kaboul to Laurent Blanc's France team, where he could get his first international cap. The full list of Tottenham Hotspur players who will be going on international duty in the next two weeks is after the jump, grabbed from TottenhamHotspur.com.
Brazil - Sandro
v. Holland, friendly, Saturday June 4, Goiania
v. Romania, friendly, Tuesday June 7, Sao Paulo
Copa America, July 1-24, ArgentinaCameroon - Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Sebastien Bassong
v. Senegal, Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Saturday June 4, Yaounde
v. Russia, friendly, Tuesday June 7, SalzburgCroatia - Vedran Corluka, Luka Modric, Stipe Pletikosa (Niko Kranjcar suspended)
v. Georgia, Euro qualifier, Friday June 3, SplitEngland - Peter Crouch, Kyle Walker (Jermain Defoe withdrawn injured)
v. Switzerland, Euro qualifier, Saturday June 4, WembleyFrance - Younes Kaboul
v. Belarus, Euro qualifier, Friday June 3, Minsk
v. Ukraine, friendly, Monday June 6, Donetsk
v. Poland, friendly, Thursday June 9, WarsawHonduras - Wilson Palacios
v. El Salvador, friendly, Sunday May 29, Houston
CONCACAF Gold Cup, June 5-25, USAMexico - Giovani Dos Santos
v. Ecuador, friendly, Saturday May 28, Seattle
v. New Zealand, friendly, Wednesday June 1, Denver
CONCACAF Gold Cup, June 5-25, USARepublic of Ireland - Robbie Keane
v. Scotland, Carling Nations Cup, Sunday May 29, Dublin
v. Macedonia, Euro qualifier, Saturday June 4, Skopje
v. Italy, friendly, Tuesday June 7, LiegeRussia - Roman Pavlyuchenko
v. Armenia, Euro qualifier, Saturday June 4, St Petersburg
v. Cameroon, friendly, Tuesday June 7, SalzburgSouth Africa - Steven Pienaar (Bongani Khumalo out injured)
v. Egypt, Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Sunday June 5, Cairo
As it says above, Khumalo is injured and Kranjcar is suspended, which is why they are not with their national teams. That Cameroon-Senegal ANC match is huge, as Senegal top the group while Cameroon have just four points from three games. We'll do our best here at CFC to keep an eye on our players on international duty and report back to you on their performances.