2012–13 Arsenal F.C. season
Squad information
Last updated: 19 May 2013 Source:Arsenal F.C. and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee) Ordered by squad number.

2012–13 Arsenal F.C. season

Section Title: Squad information
Table Section Text: Last updated: 19 May 2013 Source:Arsenal F.C. and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee) Ordered by squad number.

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes

1	GK	Poland	Wojciech Szczęsny	23	EU	2007	106	0	2015	Youth system

2	MF	France	Abou Diaby	27	EU	2006 (Winter)	178	19	undisclosed	£2.0M

3	DF	France	Bacary Sagna	30	EU	2007	236	4	2014	£7.5M

4	DF	Germany	Per Mertesacker	28	EU	2011	71	3	2015	£8.0M

5	DF	Belgium	Thomas Vermaelen (captain)	27	EU	2009	129	15	2015	£10.0M

6	DF	France	Laurent Koscielny	27	EU	2010	119	10	undisclosed	£8.5M

7	MF	Czech Republic	Tomáš Rosický	32	EU	2006	182	22	2014	£6.8M

8	MF	Spain	Mikel Arteta (vice-captain)	31	EU	2011	81	12	2015	£10.0M

9	FW	Germany	Lukas Podolski	27	EU	2012	42	16	2016	£10.9M

10	MF	England	Jack Wilshere	21	EU	2008	97	5	2018	Youth system

11	DF	Brazil	André Santos	30	Non-EU	2011	33	3	undisclosed	£6.2M	On loan to Grêmio

12	FW	France	Olivier Giroud	26	EU	2012	47	17	undisclosed	£12.8M

14	FW	England	Theo Walcott	24	EU	2006 (Winter)	263	63	undisclosed	£9.0M

15	FW	England	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	19	EU	2011	59	6	undisclosed	£12.0M

16	MF	Wales	Aaron Ramsey	22	EU	2008	150	11	undisclosed	£4.8M

17	DF	Spain	Nacho Monreal	27	EU	2013 (Winter)	11	1	undisclosed	£8.5M

18	DF	France	Sébastien Squillaci	32	EU	2010	39	2	2013	£3.3M

19	MF	Spain	Santi Cazorla	28	EU	2012	49	12	undisclosed	£16.5M

20	DF	Switzerland	Johan Djourou	26	EU	2003	144	1	2015	Youth system	On loan to Hannover 96

21	GK	Poland	Łukasz Fabiański	28	EU	2007	67	0	undisclosed	£2.0M

22	MF	France	Francis Coquelin	22	EU	2008	43	0	undisclosed	Youth system

23	MF	Russia	Andrey Arshavin	31	Non-EU	2009 (Winter)	144	31	2013	£15.0M

24	GK	Italy	Vito Mannone	25	EU	2005	23	0	2014	£0.35M

25	DF	England	Carl Jenkinson	21	EU	2011	35	0	undisclosed	£1.0M

26	MF	Ghana	Emmanuel Frimpong	21	EU	2009	16	0	undisclosed	Youth system	On loan to Fulham

27	FW	Ivory Coast	Gervinho	25	Non-EU	2011	63	11	undisclosed	£10.5M

28	DF	England	Kieran Gibbs	23	EU	2007	106	3	undisclosed	Youth system

29	FW	Morocco	Marouane Chamakh	29	EU	2010	67	14	undisclosed	Free	On loan to West Ham United

30	FW	South Korea	Park Chu-young	27	Non-EU	2011	6	1	undisclosed	£1.8M	On loan to Celta Vigo

31	MF	Japan	Ryo Miyaichi	20	Non-EU	2011 (Winter)	2	0	undisclosed	Free

52	FW	Denmark	Nicklas Bendtner	25	EU	2004	157	45	undisclosed	Youth system	On loan to Juventus

MF	Brazil	Denílson	25	Non-EU	2006	153	10	undisclosed	£3.5M	On loan to São Paulo

FW	Costa Rica	Joel Campbell	20	Non-EU	2011	0	0	undisclosed	£0.9M	On loan to Real Betis

Sentence(s)

Arsenal transferred French Olivier Giroud for a reported fee of £12.8 million.

final_sentence: Arsenal transferred French Olivier Giroud for a reported fee of £12.8 million.