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All Football Athletes
Browse 185 of the greatest football players and personalities of all time.
Brazilian
Pelé
Forward
Three-time World Cup winner widely considered the greatest footballer of all time. Scored 757 career…
Argentine
Diego Maradona
Attacking Midfielder
Argentina's World Cup winner whose 1986 tournament performance and Napoli years cemented legendary s…
Argentine
Lionel Messi
Forward
Eight-time Ballon d'Or winner and 2022 World Cup champion, widely regarded as one of the two greates…
Portuguese
Cristiano Ronaldo
Forward
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner and all-time leading scorer in the Champions League and international f…
French
Zinedine Zidane
Attacking Midfielder
France's 1998 World Cup-winning captain whose technical mastery and composure made him one of the ga…
Brazilian
Ronaldo Nazário
Centre Forward
The Phenomenon — two-time World Cup winner whose combination of pace and technique made him the most…
English
David Beckham
Right Midfielder
England captain and Premier League icon whose set-piece delivery was unmatched, becoming a global cu…
French
Thierry Henry
Forward
Arsenal's all-time top scorer and a key member of the legendary Invincibles, combining explosive pac…
English
Alan Shearer
Centre Forward
Premier League all-time top scorer with 260 goals, a Newcastle United icon and England striker of ra…
English
Steven Gerrard
Central Midfielder
Liverpool's greatest modern captain, whose drive, passing range and goals defined the club's most ce…
English
Frank Lampard
Central Midfielder
Chelsea's all-time leading scorer from midfield, three-time Premier League champion and UEFA Champio…
English
Paul Scholes
Central Midfielder
Manchester United midfielder regarded by Xavi and Zidane as one of the finest passers in the history…
Welsh
Ryan Giggs
Left Winger/Midfielder
The most decorated player in English football history with 13 Premier League titles, known for longe…
French
Eric Cantona
Forward
The charismatic French king of Manchester United who transformed the club at the dawn of the Premier…
Ivorian
Didier Drogba
Centre Forward
Chelsea's greatest striker and Ivory Coast legend, scorer of two Champions League final goals includ…
English
John Terry
Centre Back
Chelsea captain and one of the Premier League's most commanding centre-backs across two decades at S…
English
Rio Ferdinand
Centre Back
Manchester United's commanding centre-back who formed one of England's finest ever defensive partner…
Serbian
Nemanja Vidić
Centre Back
Manchester United's ferocious Serbian centre-back, voted Premier League Player of the Season twice a…
Irish
Roy Keane
Central Midfielder
Manchester United's ferocious captain who drove the club's 1990s dominance through sheer force of wi…
Dutch
Dennis Bergkamp
Forward / Attacking Midfielder
Arsenal's non-flying Dutchman whose first touch, vision and technique placed him among football's mo…
French
Patrick Vieira
Central Midfielder
Arsenal's dominant French captain who embodied the Invincibles midfield with a combination of power,…
French
Robert Pirès
Left Midfielder / Forward
Arsenal's elegant French winger, voted FWA Footballer of the Year in 2002 and a key member of the In…
English
Wayne Rooney
Forward
Manchester United's all-time leading scorer and England's record goalscorer, a player of raw power a…
English
Michael Owen
Forward
Golden Boot winner at the 1998 World Cup aged 18, Ballon d'Or winner in 2001 and one of England's fi…
English
Robbie Fowler
Centre Forward
Liverpool's beloved "God" — one of the most clinical natural finishers English football has ever pro…
Spanish
Fernando Torres
Centre Forward
Liverpool's devastating striker at his peak and Spain's World Cup and Euro-winning centre-forward.…
Uruguayan
Luis Suárez
Centre Forward
One of the Premier League's most prolific scorers, La Liga title winner and Uruguay's all-time leadi…
Argentine
Sergio Agüero
Centre Forward
Manchester City's all-time top scorer and scorer of the most dramatic goal in Premier League history…
Egyptian
Mohamed Salah
Forward
Liverpool's record-breaking Egyptian King, three-time Premier League Golden Boot winner and Egypt's …
Belgian
Kevin De Bruyne
Central/Attacking Midfielder
Manchester City's creative heartbeat, twice named Premier League Player of the Season and widely reg…
Senegalese
Sadio Mané
Forward
Liverpool forward who lit up the Premier League and won the Champions League, league title and AFCON…
Dutch
Virgil van Dijk
Centre Back
Liverpool's transformative Dutch centre-back who finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or in 2019, cem…
Belgian
Vincent Kompany
Centre Back
Manchester City's beloved captain who led them to their first Premier League title in 44 years and w…
English
Raheem Sterling
Forward/Winger
One of England's most effective attackers of the modern era, Premier League champion five times with…
Belgian
Eden Hazard
Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Chelsea's most gifted player of the modern era and Belgium's greatest footballer — dribbler of excep…
Spanish
Xavi Hernández
Central Midfielder
The heartbeat of Spanish football's golden generation — World Cup and two-time Euro winner whose pas…
Spanish
Andrés Iniesta
Central Midfielder
The scorer of the 2010 World Cup winning goal and Barcelona's most celebrated playmaker — technicall…
Spanish
Sergio Busquets
Defensive Midfielder
The most underrated great of the golden generation — the defensive midfielder who made Xavi and Inie…
Spanish
Carles Puyol
Centre Back
Barcelona's lion-hearted captain who led the club to its greatest era with physical courage and exce…
Spanish
Gerard Piqué
Centre Back
Spain's World Cup winner and Barcelona defender who combined defensive excellence with a flair for t…
Spanish
Raúl González
Forward
Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer before Ronaldo and the most important Spanish striker of his g…
Brazilian
Roberto Carlos
Left Back
Real Madrid's attacking Brazilian left-back whose thunderous free-kicks and overlapping runs made hi…
Brazilian
Cafu
Right Back
Brazil's record-capped player and two-time World Cup winner — the most accomplished right-back in fo…
Brazilian
Ronaldinho
Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Barcelona's Brazilian magician who won the Ballon d'Or in 2004 and 2005 with a style of play that wa…
Spanish
David Villa
Centre Forward
Spain's all-time top scorer, World Cup winner and the finest Spanish striker of his generation.…
Spanish
Fernando Torres
Forward
El Niño — Liverpool's electric striker at peak, Spain's World Cup hero, and Atletico Madrid legend.…
Uruguayan
Luis Suárez
Forward
One of the most clinical strikers in football history — Liverpool hero, Barcelona's devastating part…
Italian
Paolo Maldini
Left Back/Centre Back
AC Milan's greatest ever player and arguably the finest defender in football history — elegant, inte…
Italian
Franco Baresi
Centre Back/Sweeper
AC Milan's imperious sweeper and Italy captain — arguably the greatest defensive organiser the game …
Italian
Andrea Pirlo
Deep-Lying Playmaker
Football's most elegant deep-lying playmaker — Italy's World Cup winner whose precision passing and …
Italian
Francesco Totti
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
Roma's one-club legend — Italy's World Cup winner and arguably Serie A's most gifted player of his g…
Italian
Alessandro Del Piero
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
Juventus' beloved attacking midfielder, Italy's World Cup winner and the club's all-time leading sco…
Italian
Roberto Baggio
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
The Divine Ponytail — Italy's 1994 World Cup Golden Boot winner whose missed penalty in the final de…
Italian
Fabio Cannavaro
Centre Back
Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning captain and Ballon d'Or winner — one of the finest defenders of his g…
German
Gerd Müller
Centre Forward
Der Bomber — Germany's World Cup winner and Bayern Munich legend whose 365 Bundesliga goals were a r…
German
Franz Beckenbauer
Sweeper/Defender
Der Kaiser — German footballer and manager who won the World Cup both as player (1974) and manager (…
Polish
Robert Lewandowski
Centre Forward
One of football's most prolific strikers of the modern era — winner of two Bundesliga top scorer rec…
German
Miroslav Klose
Centre Forward
The FIFA World Cup's all-time leading scorer with 16 goals — Germany's World Cup winner in 2014 and …
German
Thomas Müller
Forward
Bayern Munich's legendary "Raumdeuter" (space interpreter) — World Cup winner and one of football's …
French
Franck Ribéry
Left Winger
Bayern Munich's dazzling French winger and UEFA Best Player in Europe 2013 — direct, rapid and a cre…
Dutch
Arjen Robben
Right Winger
Bayern Munich's Dutch winger whose trademark left-foot cut-in became one of football's most unstoppa…
French
Michel Platini
Attacking Midfielder
Three-time European Footballer of the Year and France's greatest player of his generation — a playma…
French
Jean-Pierre Papin
Centre Forward
Marseille's prolific forward and Ballon d'Or winner in 1991 whose volleys and acrobatic strikes beca…
French
Kylian Mbappé
Forward
France's World Cup winner and the most expensive player in football history — a striker of extraordi…
French
Karim Benzema
Centre Forward
Real Madrid's Ballon d'Or winner in 2022 and the club's all-time Champions League scorer — a complet…
Dutch
Johan Cruyff
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
The architect of Total Football — three-time Ballon d'Or winner whose influence on the modern game i…
Dutch
Marco van Basten
Centre Forward
AC Milan's three-time Ballon d'Or winner whose 1988 European Championship final volley is widely con…
Dutch
Ruud Gullit
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
AC Milan's dreadlocked Dutch forward — Ballon d'Or winner in 1987 and part of one of the most celebr…
Argentine/Spanish
Alfredo di Stéfano
Centre Forward
Real Madrid's greatest ever player whose five consecutive European Cups set the standard for club do…
Brazilian
Garrincha
Right Winger
Brazil's right winger who never lost a match in which he and Pelé played together — a dribbler of su…
Hungarian/Spanish
Ferenc Puskás
Forward
Real Madrid's Golden Age striker and captain of the Mighty Magyars — one of the greatest scorers in …
Brazilian
Romário
Centre Forward
Brazil's 1994 World Cup winner and scorer of over 1,000 career goals — a natural finisher of almost …
Brazilian
Rivaldo
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
Brazil's World Cup winner and Ballon d'Or holder whose bicycle kick goals and creative brilliance li…
Brazilian
Kaká
Attacking Midfielder
AC Milan's Brazilian maestro — Ballon d'Or winner in 2007 and the most celebrated midfielder of the …
Argentine
Gonzalo Higuaín
Centre Forward
One of Serie A's most prolific strikers — holder of the single-season Serie A scoring record with 36…
Cameroonian
Samuel Eto'o
Forward
Africa's greatest footballer of his era — four-time African Player of the Year and Champions League …
Ivorian
Didier Drogba
Centre Forward
Chelsea's iconic Ivorian striker — the scorer of the 2012 Champions League final goal and one of Afr…
Algerian
Riyad Mahrez
Right Winger
Leicester City's PFA Player of the Year during their miraculous 5000-1 title win and Manchester City…
Scottish
Kenny Dalglish
Forward
One of football's greatest ever forwards and managers — King Kenny who won six league titles with Li…
Scottish
Denis Law
Forward
The King — Manchester United's Scottish legend and European Footballer of the Year 1964, scorer of 2…
Northern Irish
George Best
Forward
Manchester United's mercurial genius — European Footballer of the Year 1968 and arguably the most na…
Brazilian
Neymar Jr.
Forward
Brazil's record goalscorer and one of football's most technically gifted players — La Liga, Champion…
Polish
Robert Lewandowski
Centre Forward
Football's most prolific striker of the modern era, record Bundesliga scorer and Poland's all-time l…
Norwegian
Erling Haaland
Centre Forward
Manchester City's Norwegian goal machine who broke the Premier League's single-season scoring record…
Brazilian
Vinícius Jr.
Left Winger
Real Madrid's Brazilian winger — Champions League winner, Copa América winner and one of the most el…
English
Harry Kane
Centre Forward
England's all-time leading goalscorer and one of the Premier League's most prolific strikers — a com…
Croatian
Luka Modrić
Central Midfielder
Real Madrid's Croatian maestro — Ballon d'Or winner in 2018 who ended Messi and Ronaldo's decade-lon…
French
Karim Benzema
Centre Forward
Ballon d'Or winner 2022 and Real Madrid's all-time Champions League top scorer — one of the finest c…
Soviet
Lev Yashin
Goalkeeper
The Black Spider — the only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or, and the greatest goalkeeper in footba…
Italian
Gianluigi Buffon
Goalkeeper
Italy's World Cup-winning goalkeeper and Juventus's towering presence in goal across three decades —…
Spanish
Iker Casillas
Goalkeeper
Spain's World Cup-winning captain and the most capped Spanish player ever — a penalty-saving colossu…
Danish
Peter Schmeichel
Goalkeeper
Manchester United's giant Dane — the finest goalkeeper in English football history and architect of …
German
Manuel Neuer
Goalkeeper
Bayern Munich's sweeper-keeper who redefined the position with his ability to play as an additional …
Scottish
Sir Alex Ferguson
Manager
The most successful manager in British football history — 38 trophies with Manchester United includi…
Portuguese
José Mourinho
Manager
The Special One — winner of league titles in four countries and two Champions Leagues, the most deco…
Spanish
Pep Guardiola
Manager
Widely considered the finest manager of his generation — architect of tiki-taka at Barcelona and rec…
French
Arsène Wenger
Manager
The Professor — revolutionary Arsenal manager who transformed English football with his approach to …
Irish
Robbie Keane
Forward
Republic of Ireland's all-time leading scorer and one of the most consistent strikers to have played…
English
Steve McManaman
Attacking Midfielder/Winger
Liverpool's flying winger who became the first British player to win the Champions League with a non…
French
Zinedine Zidane
Attacking Midfielder
France's World Cup hero in 1998 — headed two goals in the final and created a dynasty at Real Madrid…
Scottish
Charlie Adam
Central Midfielder
Scotland's long-range specialist whose thunderbolt goals from distance made him one of the most dist…
British
Matthew Le Tissier
Attacking Midfielder
Southampton's one-club legend whose goals-to-appearances ratio and technically brilliant play made h…
Dutch
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Centre Forward
Dutch striker who terrorised Premier League defences at Chelsea and Leeds — twice Golden Boot winner…
British
Robbie Blake
Winger/Forward
Championship stalwart whose skilful wing play and clinical finishing made him one of the lower leagu…
Welsh
Dean Saunders
Centre Forward
Wales's most prolific striker of the late 1980s and 1990s — a quick, intelligent forward who scored …
British
Tony Cottee
Centre Forward
West Ham and Everton striker whose 213 top-flight goals across fifteen seasons made him one of the m…
Irish
John Aldridge
Centre Forward
Republic of Ireland legend and Liverpool striker who scored 330 professional goals — one of the most…
Welsh
Ian Rush
Centre Forward
Liverpool's greatest ever goalscorer — 346 goals for the club across two spells and Wales's all-time…
Welsh
Mark Hughes
Centre Forward
Sparky — one of the most competitive and technically accomplished centre-forwards of his era, winnin…
British
Kevin Keegan
Forward
Two-time European Footballer of the Year — England's most iconic player of the 1970s, a relentlessly…
British
Cyrille Regis
Centre Forward
West Brom and England striker who was one of the first Black players to represent England at senior …
British
Peter Beardsley
Attacking Midfielder/Forward
One of the most creative and underrated England players of his era — his intricate link play and dri…
British
Chris Waddle
Winger
England's dazzling winger who became a folk hero in Marseille — one of the most elegant dribblers En…
British
Paul Gascoigne
Attacking Midfielder
Gazza — the most naturally gifted English midfielder of his generation whose brilliance and personal…
British
Trevor Steven
Right Midfielder/Winger
Everton and England's elegant right midfielder who won two league titles with Everton and became one…
Swedish
Henrik Larsson
Centre Forward
Celtic's greatest modern striker — 174 goals in 221 appearances for the club and a Champions League …
Scottish
Ally McCoist
Centre Forward
Rangers' all-time leading scorer with 355 goals — the most prolific striker in Scottish football his…
Scottish
Paul McStay
Central Midfielder
Celtic's elegant one-club captain — the heartbeat of the team throughout the 1980s and 1990s and Sco…
Scottish
Jim Baxter
Left Midfielder
Slim Jim — Rangers' most gifted Scottish footballer of the 1960s whose performance against England a…
Scottish
Kenny Miller
Centre Forward
The only player to have scored for both Celtic and Rangers — a goal-poacher of remarkable consistenc…
Scottish
Scott Brown
Central Midfielder
Celtic's warrior captain who led the club to nine consecutive Scottish league titles — one of the mo…
Dutch
Patrick Kluivert
Centre Forward
Ajax and Barcelona's Dutch striker who scored the Champions League-winning goal as a teenager and we…
Dutch
Edgar Davids
Defensive/Central Midfielder
The Pitbull — the most ferocious and technically exceptional defensive midfielder of the 1990s, famo…
Dutch
Clarence Seedorf
Central Midfielder
The only player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs — Ajax, Real Madrid and …
Dutch
Marc Overmars
Left Winger
Ajax and Arsenal's Dutch winger — one of the fastest players of his era whose contribution to Arsena…
Dutch
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Centre Forward
Manchester United's deadly Dutch striker who scored 150 goals in 219 games — one of the most clinica…
Dutch
Wesley Sneijder
Attacking Midfielder
Netherlands' 2010 World Cup finalist and Inter Milan's Champions League winner — one of the finest a…
Dutch
Dirk Kuyt
Forward/Right Midfielder
Liverpool's tireless Dutch forward whose work rate, pressing and big-match goals made him one of the…
Portuguese
Luís Figo
Right Winger
Ballon d'Or winner in 2000 whose controversial transfer from Barcelona to Real Madrid was the most a…
Portuguese
Rui Costa
Attacking Midfielder
Fiorentina and AC Milan's visionary Portuguese playmaker — one of the most technically gifted attack…
Portuguese
Nuno Gomes
Centre Forward
Portugal's record-scoring striker at major tournaments — a powerful and technically accomplished for…
Portuguese/Brazilian
Deco
Attacking Midfielder
Porto and Barcelona's Brazilian-born Portuguese international — a Champions League winner with two d…
Mozambican/Portuguese
Eusébio
Centre Forward
The Black Panther — Portugal's first global football superstar, top scorer at the 1966 World Cup and…
Turkish
Hakan Şükür
Centre Forward
Turkey's all-time leading scorer and owner of the fastest goal in World Cup history — 11 seconds aga…
Turkish
Tuncay Şanlı
Forward
Turkey's dynamic forward who made a significant impact in the Premier League and became one of the m…
Ivorian
Didier Zokora
Defensive Midfielder
Ivory Coast's midfield warrior and Tottenham's combative holding midfielder — a key figure in the re…
Brazilian
Zico
Attacking Midfielder
The White Pelé — one of Brazil's greatest ever players who won the Ballon d'Or and scored 52 goals f…
Brazilian
Sócrates
Attacking Midfielder
Doctor, philosopher and footballer — Sócrates was one of football's most extraordinary intellects wh…
Brazilian
Falcão
Defensive/Central Midfielder
The Eighth King of Rome — Brazilian midfielder who became Roma's greatest player and was considered …
Brazilian
Bebeto
Centre Forward
Brazil's 1994 World Cup winner whose baby-rocking celebration became one of football's most iconic g…
Brazilian
Roberto Firmino
Centre Forward/False 9
Liverpool's brilliant Brazilian False 9 — the unsung hero of Klopp's Champions League and Premier Le…
Brazilian
Adriano
Centre Forward
One of football's greatest what-ifs — Inter Milan's Brazilian striker whose combination of power, pa…
Brazilian
Rivaldo
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
Ballon d'Or winner and World Cup champion — Rivaldo's bicycle kick goals and creative brilliance mad…
Argentine
Gabriel Batistuta
Centre Forward
Batigol — the most prolific Argentine striker of his generation and one of the most feared centre-fo…
Argentine
Hernán Crespo
Centre Forward
Champions League finalist and two-time Italian league winner — one of the most clinical penalty box …
Argentine
Javier Zanetti
Right Back/Midfielder
Inter Milan's legendary one-club man — captain across 19 years, winner of the Treble and one of the …
Argentine
Juan Román Riquelme
Attacking Midfielder
One of football's last classic No.10 playmakers — a player of extraordinary technical quality who al…
Argentine
Carlos Tevez
Centre Forward
The warrior forward — Carlos Tevez's ferocious competitiveness and powerful running made him one of …
American
Landon Donovan
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
The greatest American footballer of his generation — MLS all-time top scorer and scorer of the most …
American
Clint Dempsey
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
The Deuce — American footballer who became the first from the USA to score 50 Premier League goals a…
American
Cobi Jones
Winger/Midfielder
The most capped American footballer of his era — LA Galaxy legend and one of the pioneers of America…
French
Thierry Henry MLS
Forward
Arsenal's all-time top scorer who revived his career at the New York Red Bulls and became one of MLS…
Liberian
George Weah
Centre Forward
The only African player to win the Ballon d'Or — later became President of Liberia in one of sport's…
Ghanaian
Abedi Pelé
Attacking Midfielder/Winger
Ghana's greatest ever footballer and African Player of the Year three times — a key figure in Marsei…
Nigerian
Nwankwo Kanu
Forward
Arsenal's Nigerian magician who underwent open-heart surgery at 17 and went on to win the Champions …
Nigerian
Jay-Jay Okocha
Attacking Midfielder
So good they named him twice — PSG's Nigerian wizard whose skill and flair made him one of football'…
Ivorian
Yaya Touré
Central Midfielder
Manchester City's midfield engine — four-time African Player of the Year and a key figure in City's …
Ghanaian
Michael Essien
Central Midfielder
Chelsea's Ghanaian powerhouse — African Player of the Year and one of the most complete midfielders …
Ivorian
Wilfried Bony
Centre Forward
Swansea City's powerful Ivorian striker who set a Premier League goals record for the club before be…
Japanese
Hidetoshi Nakata
Attacking Midfielder
Japan's most celebrated footballer and the player who first brought Asian talent to European attenti…
South Korean
Park Ji-sung
Midfielder
Manchester United's South Korean dynamo — the first Asian player to win the Champions League and one…
Iranian
Ali Daei
Centre Forward
The first player in history to score 100 international goals — Iran's greatest footballer and a pion…
Japanese
Shunsuke Nakamura
Attacking Midfielder
Celtic's brilliant Japanese playmaker whose free-kick against Manchester United in the Champions Lea…
Swedish
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Centre Forward
Football's most colourful self-publicist and one of the sport's most complete strikers — winner of 1…
Danish
Peter Schmeichel
Goalkeeper
Manchester United's giant Dane — the finest goalkeeper in English football history and the architect…
Swedish
Freddie Ljungberg
Midfielder
Arsenal's red-haired Swedish marauder — an iconic figure in the Invincibles season whose goals from …
Danish
Michael Laudrup
Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Denmark's greatest ever player — Johan Cruyff's successor at Barcelona and later Real Madrid, combin…
Yugoslav/Serbian
Dragan Džajić
Left Winger
The Magic Dragan — Yugoslavia's greatest ever player and Red Star Belgrade legend voted the best Eur…
Croatian
Davor Šuker
Centre Forward
Croatia's World Cup Golden Boot winner in 1998 — one of the finest finishers of his era whose goals …
Yugoslav/Croatian
Robert Prosinečki
Attacking Midfielder
One of football's most technically gifted midfielders — the only player to score World Cup goals for…
North Macedonian
Goran Pandev
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
The greatest player in North Macedonian history — the man who scored the goal that sent tiny North M…
Polish
Dariusz Dziekanowski
Centre Forward
Poland and Celtic's goal-scoring forward whose hat-trick for Celtic against Partizan Belgrade in 198…
Ukrainian
Andriy Shevchenko
Centre Forward
Ukraine's greatest footballer — Ballon d'Or winner and Champions League winner with AC Milan, and 48…
Soviet/Ukrainian
Oleg Blokhin
Forward/Winger
Ballon d'Or winner in 1975 and the Soviet Union's greatest footballer — 112 international goals is a…
Cameroonian
Roger Milla
Centre Forward
The dancing goalscorer who captivated the 1990 World Cup — the first African to truly capture global…
Bulgarian
Hristo Stoichkov
Forward
Bulgaria's greatest footballer — Ballon d'Or winner and Golden Boot at the 1994 World Cup who guided…
French
Just Fontaine
Centre Forward
Owner of the most extraordinary single-tournament record in football history — 13 goals in 6 games a…
Peruvian
Teófilo Cubillas
Attacking Midfielder
Peru's greatest footballer and one of the finest players of the 1970s — scored 10 World Cup goals ac…
Italian
Salvatore Schillaci
Centre Forward
Toto Schillaci — the most celebrated one-tournament wonder in football history who came from nowhere…
Italian
Gianfranco Zola
Forward/Attacking Midfielder
Chelsea's beloved Italian maestro — voted by fans as the greatest Chelsea player ever and a forward …
British
Eric Cantona Era - Les Ferdinand
Centre Forward
Sir Les — Newcastle's beloved centre-forward whose combination of power and technique made him one o…
French
David Ginola
Left Winger
Tottenham's French flying winger — FWA and PFA Player of the Year in the same season, widely conside…
British
Ian Wright
Centre Forward
Arsenal's most beloved striker — club record goal-scorer until Thierry Henry, Ian Wright's explosive…
British
Jimmy Bullard
Central Midfielder
Championship and Premier League cult hero — one of the most entertaining and likeable players of his…
British
Rickie Lambert
Centre Forward
The ultimate football fairytale — a former Morrisons delivery worker who became England's starting c…