Top Ten Foreign Born Chicago Athletes (Current)

Chicago is full of foreign born studs and these are the top ten...

10. Israel Idonije

http://www.israelhighway.org/highway-images/football-player.jpg


Idonije was born in Lagos, Nigeria and has been killing people ever since. Need I say more?

9. Cubs Rookies

http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/0f/02/20080428015509990013

Kosuke Fukudome and Geovany Soto have been playing lights out this year. Fuk has brought his Japanese game over to America and has filled the five-hole void nicely. Even though he doesn’t hit a ton of HR’s, he gets on base and seems to get the clutch hit every game. Soto, a Purto Rican, has separated himself as the best offensive catcher in the MLB. As a rookie he is just putting up stupid numbers and is playing a solid catcher as well.

8. Aramis Ramirez

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/writers/em_swift/11/21/cubs.tribune/t1_aramis_si.jpg


This Dominican third basemen picks up the necessary base runners everyday. He is an RBI machine and has played a solid third base the last couple years. Plus he loves to fight cocks.

7. Carlos Marmol

http://z.about.com/d/baseball/1/7/v/4/-/-/cubs20.jpg


This Dominican is 100% lights out. When Marmol steps into the game, it is pretty much over. He has the ability to K anybody in the league. Oh and he has a 1.69 ERA and 46 K’s in 32 innings.

6. Patrick Sharp

http://www.nancarrow-webdesk.com/warehouse/storage2/2007-w46/img.75523_t.jpg

Oh Canada, thanks for our future. Unfortunately for the Hawks once Rose comes to Chitown hockey will become obsolete again.

5. Alfonso Sorianohttp://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper736/stills/v351z49o.jpg

I had no idea where to put him on this list because of his streakiness, but this Dominican can literally become the scariest offensive force in the big leagues so being in the middle seems to fit his two sided offensive attack.

4. Jonathan Toews
http://www.fanatique.ca/images/_profils/image/90_jonathantoews3.jpg

As a rookie he led all rookies in goals…the sky is the limit with this Canadian and next year will be a big year for the Toews and the Hawks as they look to move from a young team to a consistent playoff team.


3. Luol Deng
http://www.jamati.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/deng.jpg

A member of the Dinka tribe of Sudan, he was raised in Great Britain and learned basketball from Manute Bol in Egypt…interesting, right? Anyway, until this year the Bulls have put their franchise hopes on his back and it will be interesting to see if he can turn into something special.


2. Javier Vazquez
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44080000/jpg/_44080971_javier_getty.jpg

I was shocked to see the lack of players from other countries on the Sox. Sure there are players like Cabrera, but he has not played up to his capabilities so Vazquez seemed like the only viable candidate. His 3.52 ERA and 5-3 record prove the he is the man. To add to that he has strucken out 67 and only walked 15 in 71.2 innings.


1. Carlos Zambrano
http://mydobber.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/CarlosZambrano.jpg

7-1 with a 2.47 ERA. Pretty good, right? Now that Brandon Webb has lost his second game in a row, Zambrano might have taken the lead in the NL Cy Young voting. The Venezuelan has dropped his K numbers but he is attacking the strike zone and limiting his walks, leading to a low ERA and high win percentage. And don't forget "Big Z" also drops bombs...he's just good.