Football
Famous figures in Football: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Antonio Arias Mujica
Chile
ChileChilean footballer, defender.
Dick Advokat
Netherlands
NetherlandsHead coach of Zenit
Gabi
Spain
SpainSpanish footballer, midfielder
Alain Giresse
France
FranceFrench footballer and coach
Gregoor Van Dijk
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer, midfielder
Marco Materazzi
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, defender; ex-Italian national team player
Jose Vanzzino
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan footballer, midfielder
Juan Arango
Venezuela
VenezuelaVenezuelan footballer, attacking midfielder
Mbarak Bussufa
Morocco
MoroccoFootball player
Bofo Bautista
Mexico
MexicoMexican footballer, striker
Nabil Abidallah
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer, midfielder and forward for Italian club Torres
Dorival Knipel
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer, goalkeeper, coach
Ever Hugo Almeida
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan and Paraguayan footballer, goalkeeper, coach
Jose Villalonga
Spain
SpainSpanish football coach. He coached Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and the Spanish national team.
Yesper Olsen
Denmark
DenmarkDanish footballer
Mirko Jozic
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian footballer, now coach.
Marco Ballotta
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, goalkeeper
Sascha Burchert
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer, goalkeeper.
Cor Geelhuizen
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer
Dun Fanchzho
China
ChinaChinese footballer, striker, playing for the English football club Manchester United. Participant of the 2008 Olympics.
Ahmed Fathi
Egypt
EgyptFootballer of the Egyptian national team and Egyptian club Al-Ahly
El Hadji Diouf
Senegal
SenegalSenegalese footballer, midfielder and forward
Liam Brady
Ireland
IrelandIrish footballer.
Sebastian Vazquez
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan footballer, midfielder
Akira Nishino
Japan
JapanJapanese coach
Bassem Srarfi
Tunisia
TunisiaTunisian footballer, midfielder
Manfred Kaltz
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer, played as a defender.
Pepe
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese-Brazilian footballer, defender of the Real Madrid football club.
Anatoliy Didenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian footballer, forward for the Volyn club.
Indra Shahdan Daoud
Singapore
SingaporeSingaporean footballer, striker
Alexander Volodko
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian football player
Shinji Kagawa
Japan
JapanJapanese footballer, midfielder for the German club Borussia Dortmund.
Henk Blomvliet
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer
Eugenio Canfari
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, striker.
Luis Islas
Argentina
ArgentinaFormer Argentine footballer, goalkeeper
Raul
Spain
SpainFootball player
Juan Maldonado
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer, left wing back
Ignazio Abate
Italy
ItalyItalian professional football player
Landon Donovan
USA
USAAmerican football player, attacking midfielder, forward.
Andrey Shandor
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian football referee
Hans-Jurgen Kreische
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer
Rodolfo Gamarra
Paraguay
ParaguayParaguayan footballer, striker
Albert Shesternev
Soviet football player, defender and football coach
Dick Duckworth
Great Britain
Great BritainHe played as a right midfielder.
Gian Piero Gasperini
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, midfielder, coach
Rodolfo Pizarro
Mexico
MexicoMexican footballer, attacking midfielder
Kaka
Brazil
BrazilFootball player
Denis Law
Great Britain
Great BritainOutstanding Scottish footballer, one of the best players in the history of British football.
Carlos Salcedo
Mexico
MexicoMexican footballer, defender
Tarcisio Burgnich
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer of Croatian origin, defender