List of football (soccer) players

This article is concerned with Association football (soccer). This is a list of more or less famous players in that game.

A

• Tony Adams (England)
• Jeff Agoos (USA)
• Freddy Adu (USA)
• Ahn Jung-Hwan (South Korea)
• Pablo Aimar (Argentina)
• Michelle Akers (USA/Women)
• Bruno Akrapovic
• Alex (Japan)
• Ivor Allchurch
• Ronnie Allen
• Patrik Andersson (Sweden)
• Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
• Alan Ashman
• Jeff Astle (England)
• Roberto Ayala (Argentina)

B

• Roberto Baggio (Italy)
• Vítor Baía (Portugal)
• Marcelo Balboa (USA)
• Alan Ball
• Michael Ballack (Germany)
• Gordon Banks (England)
• Franco Baresi (Italy)
• John Barnes (England)
• Milan Baroš (Czech Republic)
• Bebeto (Brazil)
• Fabien Barthez (France)
• Billy Bassett
• Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina)
• Brendan Batson
• Peter Beardsley (England)
• DaMarcus Beasley (USA)
• David Beckham (England)
• Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
• Igor Belanov (USSR)
• Emre Belözoğlu (Turkey)
• Patrik Berger (Czech Republic)
• Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands)
• Giuseppe Bergomi (Italy)
• George Best (Northern Ireland)
• Josef Bican
• Oliver Bierhoff (Germany)
• Laurent Blanc (France)
• Danny Blanchflower
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico)
• Oleg Blokhin (USSR)
• Steve Bloomer
• Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
• Peter Bonetti (England)
• Mark Bosnich (Australia)
• Papa Bouba Diop (Senegal)
• József Bozsik (Hungary)
• Andreas Brehme (Germany)
• Paul Breitner (Germany)
• Billy Bremner
• Trevor Brooking (England)
• Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
• Terry Butcher (England)
• Emilio Butragueño (Spain)

C

• Cafú (Brazil)
• Paul Caligiuri (USA)
• Sol Campbell (England)
• Jorge Campos (Mexico)
• Eric Cantona (France)
• Careca (Brazil)
• Roberto Carlos (Brazil)
• Paulo César Carpegiani (Brazil)
• Jesse Carver
• Íker Casillas (Spain)
• Petr Čech (Czech Republic)
• Jan Ceulemans (Belgium)
• Cha Bum-Kun (South Korea)
• Stéphane Chapuisat (Switzerland)
• Angelos Charisteas (Greece)
• John Charles (Wales)
• Bobby Charlton (England)
• Jack Charlton (England)
• Brandi Chastain (USA/Women)
• Jack Chew
• José Luis Chilavert (Paraguay)
• Djibril Cissé (France)
• Ray Clemence (England)
• Fernando Couto (Portugal)
• Hernán Crespo (Argentina)
• Johan Cruijff (Netherlands)
• Teofilo Cubillas (Peru)
• Laurie Cunningham

D

• Ali Daei (Iran)
• Martin Dahlin (Sweden)
• Kenny Dalglish (Scotland)
• Edgar Davids (Netherlands)
• Ron Davies (Wales)
• Dixie Dean
• Frank de Boer (Netherlands)
• Deco (Portugal)
• Alessandro Del Piero (Italy)
• Derlei (Brazil)
• Marcel Desailly (France)
• Didier Deschamps (France)
• Kazimierz Deyna (Poland)
• Raúl Díaz Arce (El Salvador)
• Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina)
• El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
• Landon Donovan (USA)
• Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire)
• Jerzy Dudek (Poland)

E

• Edmundo (Brazil)
• Duncan Edwards (England)
• Preben Elkjær Larsen (Denmark)
• Brett Emerton (Australia)
• Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
• Eusébio (Portugal)
• Angus Eve (Trinidad and Tobago)

F

• Giacinto Facchetti (Italy)
• Lorrie Fair (USA/Women)
• Paulo Roberto Falcão (Brazil)
• Joy Fawcett (USA/Women)
• Miklós Fehér (Hungary)
• Rio Ferdinand (England)
• Barry Ferguson (Scotland)
• Elías Figueroa (Chile)
• Luis Figo (Portugal)
• Matildo Ubaldo Fillol
• Tom Finney (England)
• Klaus Fischer (Germany)
• Tore André Flo (Norway)
• Marc-Vivien Foé (Cameroon)
• Rolando Fonseca (Costa Rica)
• Just Fontaine (France)
• Julie Foudy (USA/Women)
• Robbie Fowler (England)
• Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay)
• Trevor Francis (England)
• Robin Friday
• Brad Friedel (USA)

G

• Gárate (Spain)
• Garrincha (Brazil)
• Paul Gascoigne (England)
• Archie Gemmill
• Francisco Gento (Spain)
• Steven Gerrard (England)
• Ryan Giggs (Wales)
• Jimmy Glass
• Goikoetxea (Spain)
• Gorostiza (Spain)
• George Graham
• Jimmy Greaves (England)
• Gunnar Gren (Sweden)
• Eidur Gudjohnsen (Iceland)
• Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)

H

• Gheorghe Hagi (Romania)
• Dietmar Hamann (Germany)
• Mia Hamm (USA/Women)
• Helmut Haller (Germany)
• John Harkes (USA)
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Netherlands)
• Thomas Häßler (Germany)
• Gabriel Heinze (Argentina
• Thierry Henry (France)
• Carlos Hermosillo (Mexico)
• Luis Hernández (Mexico)
• Andreas Herzog (Austria)
• Emile Heskey (England)
• Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
• Ico Hitrec
• Glenn Hoddle (England)
• Moussa Hojeij
• Hong Myung-Bo (South Korea)
• Tim Howard (USA)
• Emlyn Hughes
• Geoff Hurst (England)
• Sami Hyypiä (Finland)

I

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
• David Icke
• Paul Ince (England)
• Atik Ismail

J

• Jairzinho (Brazil)
• Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland)
• Jens Jeremies (Germany)
• Stern John (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Cliff Jones
• Cobi Jones (USA)

K

• Oliver Kahn (Germany)
• Kaká (Brazil)
• Henryk Kasperczak (Poland)
• Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
• Robbie Keane (Ireland)
• Roy Keane (Ireland)
• Kevin Keegan (England)
• Kasey Keller (USA)
• Harry Kewell (Australia)
• Mario Kempes (Argentina)
• Ulf Kirsten (East Germany/Germany)
• Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany)
• Miroslav Klose (Germany)
• Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)
• Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)
• Jürgen Kohler (Germany)
• Jan Koller (Czech Republic)
• Raymond Kopa (France)
• Bülent Korkmaz (Turkey)
• Hans Krankl (Austria)
• Ruud Krol (Netherlands)
• Joe Kinnear

L

• Alexi Lalas (USA)
• Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
• Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
• Brian Laudrup (Denmark)
• Michael Laudrup (Denmark)
• Lauren (Cameroon)
• Denis Law (Scotland)
• Tommy Lawton
• Abe Lenstra (Netherlands)
• Eddie Lewis (USA)
• Li Tie (China)
• Nils Liedholm
• Kristine Lilly (USA/Women)
• Gary Lineker (England)
• Jari Litmanen (Finland)
• Bixente Lizarazu (France)
• Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden)
• Hanna Ljungberg (Sweden/Women )
• Lee Chun-Soo (South Korea)
• Włodzimierz Lubański (Poland)

M

• Mehdi Mahdavikia (Iran)
• Sepp Maier (Germany)
• Roy Makaay (Netherlands)
• Paolo Maldini (Italy)
• Wilf Mannion
• İlhan Mansız (Turkey)
• Diego Maradona (Argentina)
• Kate Markgraf (USA/Women)
• Rodney Marsh
• Roque Máspoli
• Clint Mathis (USA)
• Lothar Matthäus (Germany)
• Stanley Matthews (England)
• Valentino Mazzola (Italy)
• Gary McAllister
• Brian McBride (USA)
• Benni McCarthy (South Africa)
• Paul McGrath (Ireland)
• Giuseppe Meazza (Italy)
• Tony Meola (USA)
• Míchel (Spain)
• Mido (Egypt)
• Borislav Mikhailov (Bulgaria)
• Tiffeny Milbrett (USA/Women)
• Roger Milla (Cameroon)
• Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro)
• Kazuyoshi Miura (Japan)
• Andreas Möller (Germany)
• Luis Monti
• Bobby Moore (England)
• Joe-Max Moore (USA)
• Stan Mortensen (England)
• Gerd Müller (Germany)
• Adrian Mutu (Romania)

N

• Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)
• Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic)
• Johan Neeskens (Netherlands)
• Oliver Neuville (Germany)
• Ray Newland
• Antonios Nikopolidis (Greece)
• Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden)

O

• John O'Brien (USA)
• Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
• Morten Olsen (Denmark)
• Martin O'Neill
• Shinji Ono (Japan)
• Viktor Onopko (Russia)
• Wolfgang Overath (Germany)
• Michael Owen (England)
• Alpay Özalan (Turkey)

P

• Marian Pahars (Latvia)
• Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
• Park Ji-Sung (South Korea)
• Cindy Parlow (USA/Women)
• Daniel Passarella (Argentina)
• Pauleta (Portugal)
• Carlos Alberto Pavón (Honduras)
• Morten Gamst Pedersen (Norwegian national football team)
• Pelé (Brazil)
• Martin Peters (England)
• Dan Petrescu (Romania)
• Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium)
• Pichichi
• Silvio Piola (Italy)
• Robert Pirès (France)
• Frantisek Planicka (Czechoslovakia)
• Michel Platini (France)
• David Platt (England)
• Karel Poborský (Czech Republic)
• Lukas Podolski (Germany)
• Toni Polster (Austria)
• Gheorghe Popescu (Romania)
• Preki (USA)
• Birgit Prinz (Germany/Women)
• Ferenc Puskás (Hungary/Spain)

Q

• Franck Queudrue (France)
• Niall Quinn (Ireland)
• Nigel Quashie (Scotland)

R

• Helmut Rahn (West Germany)
• Carsten Ramelow (Germany)
• Tab Ramos (USA)
• Alf Ramsey (England)
• Raúl (Spain)
• Rüştü Reçber (Turkey)
• Thomas Ravelli (Sweden)
• Fernando Redondo (Argentina)
• Cyrille Regis (England)
• Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands)
• Claudio Reyna (USA)
• Ricardo (Portugal)
• Hege Riise (Norway/Women )
• John Arne Riise (Norway)
• Luigi Riva (Italy)
• Rivaldo (Brazil)
• Roberto Rivelino (Brazil)
• Gianni Rivera (Italy)
• Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina)
• Roberto Carlos (Brazil)
• Robinho (Brazil)
• Bobby Robson (England)
• Bryan Robson (England)
• David Rocastle (England)
• Romário (Brazil)
• Ronaldinho (Brazil)
• Ronaldo (Brazil)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• Wayne Rooney (England)
• Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic)
• Paolo Rossi (Italy)
• Arthur Rowley
• Rui Costa (Portugal)
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)

S

• Marcelo Salas (Chile)
• Louis Saha (France)
• Hasan Şaş (Turkey)
• Walter Samuel (Argentina)
• Hugo Sanchez (Mexico)
• Kenny Sansom (England)
• Djalma dos Santos (Brazil)
• Nílton Santos (Brazil)
• Javier Saviola (Argentina)
• Héctor Scarone (Uruguay)
• Juan Schiaffino
• Imre Schlosser (Hungary)
• Mehmet Scholl (Germany)
• Peter Schmeichel (Denmark)
• Paul Scholes (England)
• Toni Schumacher (Germany)
• Enzo Scifo (Belgium)
• Gaetano Scirea
• David Seaman (England)
• Uwe Seeler (Germany)
• Seol Ki-hyun (South Korea)
• Alan Shearer (England)
• Teddy Sheringham (England)
• Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
• Peter Shilton (England)
• Mikael Silvestre (France)
• Diego Pablo Simeone (Argentina)
• Lennart Skoglund
• Vladimír Šmicer (Czech Republic)
• Sócrates (Brazil)
• Santiago Solari (Argentina)
• Mauricio Solís (Costa Rica)
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Norway)
• Jürgen Sparwasser
• Gary Speed (Wales)
• Guillermo Stábile (Argentina)
• Steve Staunton (Ireland)
• Earnie Stewart (USA)
• Nobby Stiles (England)
• Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
• Claudio Suárez (Mexico)
• Davor Šuker (Croatia)/(Yugoslavia)
• Hakan Şükür (Turkey)
• Sun Jihai (China)
• Sun Wen (China/Women )
• Frank Swift
• Dmitri Sychev (Russia)

T

• Claudio Taffarel (Brazil)
• Carlos Tévez (Argentina)
• Lilian Thuram (France)
• Jean Tigana (France)
• Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)
• Jan Tomaszewski (Poland)
• Francesco Totti (Italy)
• Bert Trautmann
• David Trézéguet (France)
• Walter Tull
• Toni Turek
• Tostão (Brazil)

V

• Carlos Valderrama (Colombia)
• Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
• René van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
• Willy van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
• Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands)
• Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands)
• Juan Sebastián Verón (Argentina)
• Maris Verpakovskis (Latvia)
• Mark Viduka (Australia)
• Patrick Vieira (France)
• Christian Vieri (Italy)
• Berti Vogts (Germany)
• Rudi Völler (Germany)

W

• Chris Waddle (England)
• Fritz Walter (Germany)
• Abby Wambach (USA/Women)
• Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica)
• Andrew Watson (Scotland)
• Arthur Wharton
• George Weah (Liberia)
• David Weir
• Ray Wilkins (England)
• Marc Wilmots (Belgium)
• Bob Wilson(Scotland)
• Ray Wilson
• Matthew Wolfenden
• Vivian Woodward (England)
• Billy Wright (England)
• Ian Wright (England)
• Eric Wynalda (USA)

Y

• Lev Yashin (USSR)
• Dwight Yorke (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Nigeria)

Z

• Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)
• Zlatko Zahovic (Slovenia)
• Ricardo Zamora (Spain)
• Iván Zamorano (Chile)
• Javier Zanetti (Argentina)
• Zarra (Spain)
• Zico (Brazil)
• Zinedine Zidane (France)
• Zizinho (Brazil)
• Dino Zoff (Italy)
• Gianfranco Zola (Italy)
• Andoni Zubizarreta (Spain)

Other Football/Soccer Player Lists

• List of Soccer Players with a Century of Caps
• List of Soccer Players with 30 or more International Goals
• List of famous soccer goalkeepers
• List of English footballers
• List of current MLS players

See also

• List of people
• List of people by occupation
• List of American football players
• List of footballers (Australian Rules football)
• List of footballers (Gaelic football)
• List of footballers (Rugby Union)