Football
Famous figures in Football: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Mathew Ryan
Australia
AustraliaAustralian footballer, goalkeeper
Slavi Kostenski
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian footballer
John Crompton
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish footballer, goalkeeper
Cacau
Brazil
BrazilGerman and Brazilian footballer
Branko Ilic
Slovenia
SloveniaSlovenian footballer, defender
Dmitriy Eremenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian football player, midfielder
Ronald Araujo
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan footballer, defender
Fabio Cudicini
Italy
ItalyFormer Italian footballer, goalkeeper
Megan Anna Rapinoe
USA
USAAmerican soccer player
Lukasz Fabianski
Poland
PolandPolish footballer, goalkeeper
Rafael Dudamel
Venezuela
VenezuelaFormer Venezuelan footballer, goalkeeper, coach of the Venezuelan team
Paolo Maldini
Italy
ItalyLegendary Italian football player
Adriano
Brazil
BrazilFootball player
Ilgar Abdurahmanov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanRussian and Azerbaijani footballer. Played for the Azerbaijani national team.
Ramiro Castillo
Bolivian footballer, midfielder.
Wilfred Bouma
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch footballer, defender
Samuel Adjei
Ghana
GhanaGhanaian footballer, goalkeeper.
Vitaliy Godylyan
Ukraine
UkraineFamous Ukrainian football referee
Ribeiru Manishe
Portugal
PortugalFootball player
Andreas Ivanschitz
Austria
AustriaAustrian footballer
Domenico Criscito
Italy
ItalyFootball player, central defender
Saulius Klevinskas
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian footballer, goalkeeper
Bernard Vukas
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian and Yugoslav footballer, played as a striker
Walter Crook
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish football coach, managed teams such as Ajax, Accrington Stanley and Wigan Athletic.
Mantorras
Professional football player
Ahmed Al-Bahri
Saudi Arabia
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabian footballer, defender
Juan Pablo Angel
Colombia
ColombiaColombian footballer, striker
Afonso Alves
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian football forward
Rene-Jean Jacquet
France
FranceFrench footballer, goalkeeper.
Ulises Segura
Costa Rica
Costa RicaCosta Rican footballer, midfielder
Danny Guthrie
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish footballer, midfielder
Victor Anichkin
Soviet football player
Yaroslav Baginskiy
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh footballer, goalkeeper.
Nacho Gonzalez
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan footballer, midfielder
Fritz Laband
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer, 1954 World Champion.
Fernandinho
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer, midfielder
Edson Buddle
USA
USAAmerican footballer, forward for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Giorgi Iluridze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian footballer, midfielder
Andrey Zygmantovich
Belarus
BelarusFootball player
Beram Kayal
Israel
IsraelIsraeli footballer of Arab descent
Hulk
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer
Hope Solo
USA
USAFootball player, participant of the 2008 Olympics
Vladimir Lysenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian footballer, forward
Hannes Porsteinn Sigurosson
Iceland
IcelandIcelandic footballer, forward for Spartak Nalchik.
Milan Dudic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian footballer, defender
Daniel Bogdanovic
Malta
MaltaMaltese footballer of Serbian descent, striker.
Franz Wagner
Austria
AustriaAustrian and German footballer, midfielder
Spomenko Bosnjak
Former Bosnian footballer, defender
Milan Jovic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian footballer
Velibor Vasovich
Football player