Michael Smith

English association football player | Charlie Patino

English association football player, born 2001 | Tommy Doyle

Russian footballer | Abu-Said Eldarushev

association football player | Boaringdao Bodo

English association football player (born 1999) | Michael Howard

association football player | Nikita Sergeyev

association football player | Rayvano van de Merwe

Czech association football player (1997-) | Václav Černý

Brazilian footballer | Rodrigo Bassani

association football player | Agustín Rogel

English association football player (born 1996) | Tyler Walker

Ukrainian association football player | Oleh Kudryk

English association football player (born 1996) | Josh Debayo

South Korean association football player | Park Ye-eun

Russian footballer | Aleksei Miranchuk

Greek association football player | Dimitris Giannoulis

Nigerian footballer | Ubong Moses Ekpai

Russian association football player | Anton Miranchuk

Catalán footballer | Raúl de Tomás

Czech association football player | Ondřej Kolář

Ghanaian association football player | Bernard Mensah

Chilean association football player | Camila Sáez

Kenneth Josiah Omeruo is a Nigerian professional footballer who most recently played as a defender for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa and the Nigeria national team. Omeruo signed for Chelsea from Standard Liège in January 2012 and upon signing went on loan to Dutch top-flight side ADO Den Haag. Then only 19, he impressed enough in the Eredivisie to earn a call up to the Nigerian national team. | Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer

Czech footballer | Eva Bartoňová

Spanish association football player | Andrés Prieto

Polish footballer | Michał Szewczyk

Burkinabe footballer | Louckmane Ouédraogo

Serbian footballer | Adam Marušić

Spanish footballer | Manu Trigueros

Ukrainian footballer | Volodymyr Tanchyk

Mexican association football player | Javier Güemez

Saki Kumagaiis a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Women's Championship club London City Lionesses and captains the Japan national team. A versatile defensive midfielder with keen sense of anticipation and exceptional tactical acumen, she is also able to be deployed as a central defender. She is regarded as one of the finest Asian female midfielders of all time. She is one of the most successful East Asian footballers, of any gender, at club and international level. | Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer

association footballer | Máté Vass

Colombian footballer | Wilmar Jordán Gil

Brazilian footballer | Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira Alves

Romanian footballer | Alexandru Mățel

Brazilian footballer | Marcos Antônio da Silva Gonçalves

David Timor Copoví is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for CD Eldense. | David Timor, Spanish footballer

English association football player | Dwight Gayle

Débora García Mateo, commonly known as Débora, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera División club Sevilla. In October 2012 she made her debut for the Spain national team at Glasgow's Hampden Park against Scotland in the 2013 European Championship's qualifying play-offs. | Débora García, Spanish footballer

American footballer | Sam Garza

Cameroonian footballer | Eric Ati

association football player | Jefferson Souza Arroz

Hideto Takahashiis a Japanese footballer who plays for Auckland United FC. | Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer

Ukrainian footballer | Vitaliy Vernydub

French footballer | Sarah Bouhaddi

Alexandre Bonnet is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. | Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer

Footballer (born 1986) | Sam Foley

English association football player, born 1986 | Jonathan Smith

Collins John is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Liberia, he represented the Netherlands national team. | Collins John, Dutch footballer

Hungarian Slovene footballer | Krisztián Pogacsics

football player | Kiril Akalski

German footballer | Marco Grüttner

English association football player (born 1985) | James Smith

Dutch footballer | Tim Konings

Italian footballer | Giovanni Marchese

French footballer | Laurent Merlin

association football player | Semalie Fotu

Japanese association football player | Toshihiro Matsushita

Ivan Ivanovich Saenko is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger. | Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer

Vitali Teleš is an Estonian footballer who plays for Estonian club Maardu Linnameeskond as a goalkeeper. | Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer

German association football player | Daniel Bauer

German footballer | Timo Ochs

Horacio Javier Cervantes Chávez is a former Mexican footballer, who last played as defender for Veracruz, on loan for Cruz Azul. His brother Diego Alberto Cervantes is also a footballer. | Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer

French footballer | Ulrick Chavas

German footballer | Peter Schyrba

Russian footballer | Yegor Kryshtafovich

Russian association football player (1980-2005) | Aleksei Musatov

German footballer and manager | Sandro Schwarz

British footballer (born 1978) | Kevin Lisbie

David "Dudu"Aouate is an Israeli retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. | Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer

Moroccan footballer | Noureddine Kacemi

Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo, nicknamed El Loco, is a Uruguayan football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. He is the head coach of Mexican club Tijuana. | Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer

Azerbaijani footballer | Rauf Mehdiyev

Darío Sala is an Argentine association football administrator and former player. A goalkeeper, he played with teams including Belgrano, Los Andes, and River Plate in Argentina; Deportivo Cali in Colombia; and FC Dallas in Major League Soccer (MLS), where he played from 2005 to 2010. He served as general manager of Jacksonville Armada FC of the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2013 to 2015. | Darío Sala, Argentine footballer

Russian association football player | Sergei Lapshin

Dutch football player/coach | Jean-Paul de Jong

Dutch footballer | Marciano Vink

Graeme Pierre Le Saux is an English former professional footballer and television pundit. | Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster

Argentine association football player | Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso

Pedro Alejandro González Vera is a Chilean football manager and former football player nicknamed "Heidi". A forward, with 212 goals, he is the second highest scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco "Chamaco"Valdés, who has 215 official goals. | Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer

Romanian footballer | Ilie Stan

Cypriot football manager | Pambos Christodoulou

German footballer | Jürgen Rollmann

Sergio Javier Goycochea is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is best known for helping his country reach the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final with his penalty kick saves. | Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist

football coach | Robert Procureur

Russian association football player | Sergej Shmundyak

Dutch association football player (born 1956) | Frans Hoek

French football manager (born 1956) | Guy Stéphan

Hungarian footballer (born 1956) | Antal Nagy

Swiss footballer | René Botteron

Omani footballer | Hamyar bin Nasser Al-Ismaili

Brazilian association football player (1947–2025) | Luís Carlos Galter

Leslie Green was an English footballer and manager. | Les Green, English footballer and manager (born 1941)

Dutch football player (1940-2015) | Harry Heijnen

James Michael Smith was an English footballer and manager. As a player, he made 249 appearances in the Fourth Division of the Football League, representing Aldershot, Halifax Town, Lincoln City and Colchester United, and played for 3+1⁄2 years for Boston United of the Northern Premier League. He began a long managerial career with Boston United, and went on to take charge of top division clubs such as Birmingham City, Newcastle United and Derby County. Smith served as a member of the board of directors of Oxford United for three years from 2006 to 2009. He served as the League Managers' Association's chief executive and was inducted into their Hall of Fame for managing over 1000 matches. He was nicknamed "The Bald Eagle". | Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (died 2019)

Belarusian association football player | Mikalay Charhinets

Danish footballer | Jørn Sørensen

John Norman Haynes was an English association footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 56 appearances for his country including 22 as captain. He was selected for three World Cup finals squads playing in the latter two of those. Nicknamed "the Maestro",his attacking play was noted for two-footed passing ability, vision and deftness of touch. Haynes is widely regarded as Fulham's greatest ever player, remaining loyal there for twenty years despite coming no nearer to a major trophy win than two FA Cup semi-final appearances. Immediately following the abolition of the £20 maximum wage in 1961, he became the first player to be paid £100 a week. He also had a spell on loan with Toronto City in 1961 and ended his playing days at Durban City, winning there the only trophy he won in his football career. | Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (born 1934)

Hungarian football player (1929-1977) | Miklós Dacsev

Chilean footballer (1927–1987) | Sergio Litvak

Italian football referee (1925-2002) | Antonio Sbardella

Giacomo Mari was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. | Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (died 1991)

Spanish association football player (1906-1994) | Luis María Uribe

English footballer (1894–1972) | Syd Puddefoot

Scottish association football player (1885-1961) | James Logan

Spanish association football player (1876-1931) | Luis de Ossó

Scottish footballer, born 1868 (1868–1918) | James Cowan

English footballer (1851-1939) | Reginald Courtenay Welch