Football
Famous figures in Football: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Roger William Byrne
Germany
GermanyEnglish footballer, full back
Zvonimir Vukic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian footballer, midfielder
Peter Biaksangzuala
India
IndiaIndian footballer who performed a deadly somersault
Lionel Messi
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine footballer who plays for the Spanish Barcelona, captain of the Argentina national team.
Ilya Tsymbalar
Russia
RussiaUkrainian and Russian football player
Didi
Brazil
BrazilFootball player
Gerald Vanenburg
Netherlands
NetherlandsFormer Dutch footballer, midfielder.
Roland Bergkamp
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer, striker
Javier Hernandez Balcazar
Mexico
MexicoMexican football player
Erjon Bogdani
Albania
AlbaniaAlbanian footballer, striker
Vitaliy Astafiev
Latvia
LatviaLatvian footballer, midfielder.
Tobias Weis
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer, midfielder
Thibaut Courtois
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian footballer, goalkeeper
Carlos Alejandro Villanueva
Peru
PeruPeruvian footballer, forward.
Claudio Marchisio
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Juventus and the Italian national team.
Vitor Baia
Portugal
PortugalFormer Portuguese footballer, goalkeeper
Maghnes Akliouche
France
FranceFrench footballer
Dino Drpic
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian footballer, defender.
Hirving Lozano
Mexico
MexicoMexican footballer, winger
Rolando Garcia
Chile
ChileChilean footballer, defender
Rodolfo Barteczko
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer
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.