History Characters / CaptainTsubasaForeignRivals

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His nickname "Elle Sid" probably comes from UsefulNotes/ElCidCampeador (weird choice for a French, though), but that doesn't stop people of translate it as "Elle Sire" or something with a similar sound.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: ''Dieter'' is the German spelling. A recurrent spelling is "Deuter". Same with "Müller" and "Mueller", though ''both'' spellings are actually correct (the "ue" combination is the closest to a "ü", so it can be used effectively as a replacement).

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also spelled as "Hefner" or "Effner". The Spanish dub spelled it in a really odd way, sounding as either "Henger" or "Henffer" (maybe another case of DubNameChange).

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is often spelled as "Cruyfford" and "Kluivoort".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Caesar, Cesar, hm...?

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Spanish version of ''Dream Team'' spells his name "Micael", which matches the phonetic pronunciation of his name. His name has also been spelled as "Miguel", although this does not match the pronunciation.

* ForWantOfANail: The Japanese victory against Mueller's team. Their second goal happens when the force of the shot (a point blank Neo Tiger Shoot by Hyuuga, nothing less) tears away Mueller's glove and injures his hand. Said damage proceeds to plague him for the rest of the match and leads directly to the third and final Japanese goal.

->Voiced by: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (original series and ''Shin''), Creator/AkiraIshida (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game), Creator/KengoKawanishi (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame and 2023 anime); Creator/RicardoMendoza (''Captain Tsubasa''), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], David Robles (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (''Shin Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game), Creator/YukiOno (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame and 2023 anime); Eduardo Curiel (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (''Shin''), Creator/TakahiroMizushima (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game), Creator/JunyaEnoki (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame and 2023 anime); Creator/VictorUgarte (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

-->''Voiced by'': Creator/MasamiKikuchi (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame and 2023 anime); Roberto Mendiola (''Captain Tsubasa J''); Roberto Molina (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

-->Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiKusao (''Shin Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/MamoruMiyano (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game), Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame and 2023 anime); Claudio Velásquez and Rafael Pacheco (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Ricardo Escobar (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

-->''Voiced by'': Creator/MasamiKikuchi (''Shin Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game), Creator/DaikiYamashita (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame and 2023 anime); Creator/DianaPerez and Alan Fernando Velásquez (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/RyoHorikawa (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/HiroshiShimozaki (''Road to 2002''), Creator/TakahiroSakurai (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game), Creator/JunFukuyama (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame and 2023 anime); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa'' TV series), Creator/RicardoMendoza (''Captain Tsubasa'' movies), Creator/CarlosInigo (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub); Pablo Sevilla (''Captain Tsubasa'') [European Spanish dub]

-->Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiKusao (''Shin Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/MamoruMiyano (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game), Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (''Rise of New Champions'' videogame); Claudio Velásquez and Rafael Pacheco (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], Ricardo Escobar (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

-->''Voiced by'': Creator/MasamiKikuchi (''Shin Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game); Diana Pérez and Alan Fernando Velásquez (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (original series and ''Shin''), Creator/AkiraIshida (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game); Ricardo Mendoza (''Captain Tsubasa''), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub], David Robles (''Road to 2002'') [European Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (''Shin Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game); Eduardo Curiel (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (''Captain Tsubasa''), Creator/RyoHorikawa (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Creator/HiroshiShimozaki (''Road to 2002''), Creator/TakahiroSakurai (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game); Marcos Patiño (''Captain Tsubasa'' TV series), Creator/RicardoMendoza (''Captain Tsubasa'' movies), Creator/CarlosInigo (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub); Pablo Sevilla (''Captain Tsubasa'') [European Spanish dub]

-->Voiced by: Rubén León (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

->Voiced by: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (''Shin''), Creator/TakahiroMizushima (''Tatakae Dream Team'' smartphone game); Creator/VictorUgarte (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

[[folder:Gino Fernandez]]
-->''Voiced by'': Creator/MasamiKikuchi (''Captain Tsubasa J''); Roberto Mendiola (''Captain Tsubasa J''), Roberto Molina (''Road to 2002'') [Latin American Spanish dub]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While "Gino" is the officially recognized Italian name, some subs and videogame adaptations spell it as "Zino". His surname also alternates between "Fernández" and "Hernández" (as both are similarly pronounced in Japanese).

* PeekABangs

* PeekABangs

* EvilCounterpart: Continuing the trend of the evil foreign versions of established players, he is one to Wakashimazu, being an excellent but unknown goalkeeper with PeekABangs who shows up as backup for the arrogant main rival of the arc and who eventually gets scored by way of a Twin Shoot. The movies amp up the similarities by having Heffner use the Sankakugeri Defense.

* PeekABangs: His bangs cover one of his eyes, though not by falling over it like most examples, but by being so ridiculously large.

* HotBlooded
* PintSizedPowerhouse

* BadassBaritone: More so in ''Captain Tsubasa J'' when using his one-liners before doing supershots.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Applied to [[spoiler: Napoleon]] in the manga, but only when he ''seriously'' crossed the line.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: In the original movies.

[[folder:Juan Diaz]]

* CanonForeigner: Was created for the first anime and the films, where he occupies Robson's role.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His nickname "Elle Sid" probably comes from El Cid Campeador, but that doesn't stop people of translate it as "Elle Sire" or something with a similar sound.

* BeyondTheImpossible: In his first match against the heroes he did things that were unimaginable up to that point, including stopping a combined shoot by Tsubasa and Hyuuga and defeating the latter in an arm-vs-leg duel.
* TheBrute: Big, mean (in the fields, as he isn't particularly jerkish otherwise) and absurdely good in his job.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He became probably the best individual keeper in the series through an equally insane training regime. This turns out to be a deconstruction, though, as it is revealed that his training has made him stronger than his own body, meaning that even although he can resist almost every shot, his hands cannot.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: His feats as a keeper are unparalelled in the series. He stopped the Japanese team's best individual techniques, managed to frustrate a combined shoot by Tsubasa and Kojiro of all people, overcame his own weak spot on the fly after it was discovered, and generally made both Wakabayashi and Wakashimazu look like total novices. The only real reason the German team lost the match was that Mueller's hand muscles broke in a very extreme moment and made the difference on two hard-fought goals.

* ForWantOfANail: The Japanese victory against Mueller's team. Their second goal happens when the force of the shot (a point blank Neo Tiger Shoot by Hyuuga, nothing less) tears away Mueller's glove and injures his hand; said damage proceeds to plague him for the rest of the match and leads directly to the third and final Japanese goal.

* OneManArmy: Unlike most goalies in the series, Mueller will not concede a goal if facing a single player, whoever he is, which forces his opponents to basically gang on him with teamwork. Exceptions are done by Tsubasa and Levin by finding weak spots on him.
* PuzzleBoss: A non-videogame example. After Mueller's goalkeeping exhibition, Tsubasa and pals realize that Mueller is simply too good to be traditionally beaten and that they have to find all together way to score him. Their first answer to the puzzle, a weird weak spot that Mueller happens to have, is successful only for one goal, as Mueller then adapts to it. The second and final solution comes only by a combination of high-level teamwork, heavy pressure and an opportune injury by the German.

* EvilCounterpart: To Wakashimazu, being an excellent but unknown goalkeeper with PeekABangs who shows up as backup for the arrogant main rival of the arc and who eventually gets scored by way of a Twin Shoot. The movies amp up the similarities by having Heffner use the Sankakugeri Defense.

* ManlyTears: In the manga, after not only [[spoiler: Wakashimazu blocks his shot and France is eliminated ''because'' of that]], but [[spoiler: Pierre and his companions ''don't'' blame him for the loss, even telling him he did his best.]] [[CryCute It softens his image quite a bit]].

* CryCute: [[spoiler:Blames himself so much for the loss of the Thai team that he breaks down crying in the airport. Tsubasa cheerfully tells him to not give up.]]

* CryCute: And ''how''!

* NiceHat: Better said, nice white headscarf.

* {{Bishonen}}: Cracked UpToEleven and to ''narm'' extents in ''Road to 2002''.

* {{Bishonen}}: Especially in ''Road to 2002'', where his prettiness is empathized.

* OOCIsASeriousBusiness: Owairan is a fair defender who relies on his capability to read the game instead of brute force, but a play-off match between Saudi Arabia vs. South Korea to determine the second Asian representative for WYC shows him using two-legged tackle on Cha Inchon who hasn't completely recovered from his past injury. Granted, Owairan didn't raise his studs and he went for the ball, but it's still a drastic method compared to his usual game.

->Voiced by: Shinya Otaki

* BlondesAreEvil: In the first film, he is blond-haired and a nasty piece of work.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:The fate his beloved girlfriend Karen suffered in his {{Backstory}}, by being hit by a truck. It made him the sports version of a CrusadingWidower.]])

* MixedAncestry: Half Japanese, half Uruguayan. He first plays in the Real Japan 7, then refuses an offer to stay in the Japanese team to both honor his Uruguayan side and to keep his budding rivalry with Hyuga.