Football
Famous figures in Football: life stories, training, tournaments, notable performances and sporting milestones across generations.
Richard Keogh
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish footballer
Eyal Berkovic
Israel
IsraelIsraeli football player and sports commentator
Vitaliy Kutuzov
Belarus
BelarusMidfielder-forward
Lyle Alzado
USA
USAProfessional American football player.
Salif Keita Traore
Mali
MaliFormer Malian footballer, striker.
Patrick Vieira
France
FranceFootball player
Andrey Voronkov
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian footballer, striker
Martin Braithwaite
Denmark
DenmarkDanish footballer, striker
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Milan
Din Saunders
Great Britain
Great BritainFootball player
John Hartnett January
USA
USAAmerican football player
Gabriele Aldegani
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, goalkeeper
Entso Francheskoly
Uruguay
UruguayFootball player
Emilson Sanchez Cribari
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer, central defender
Eren Derdiyok
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss footballer
Jose Luis Perez Caminero
Spain
SpainSpanish footballer, midfielder
Pavel Kosinets
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian footballer, forward for FC Slonim.
Mark Lawrenso
Great Britain
Great BritainFormer professional footballer and manager
Roberto Belangero
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer, defensive midfielder.
Pietro Arcari
Italy
ItalyItalian footballer, right winger
Julio Britos
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan footballer, striker
Alexander Karabuta
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian footballer, striker
Jorg Berger
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer and coach.
Mohamed Elneny
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian footballer, midfielder
Bernd Leno
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer of Russian origin, goalkeeper
Zaza Dzhanashiya
Georgia
GeorgiaFootball player
Mario Zagallo
Brazil
BrazilConsultant and coordinator of the Brazilian national football team.
Oscar Duarte
Costa Rica
Costa RicaCosta Rican footballer, defender
Ottavio Bianchi
Italy
ItalyFormer Italian footballer, coach
Christian Vieri
Italy
ItalyItalian football player
Gianluca Vialli
Italy
ItalyFootball player
Marcelo Vieira
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian footballer who plays for Real Madrid
Jose Augusto Brandao
Brazil
BrazilFormer Brazilian footballer
Masoud Shojaei
Iran
IranIranian footballer, midfielder
Bonaventura Codjia
Benin
BeninBeninese football referee
Eshgin Elmidar Guliyev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani footballer, midfielder
Ulf Kirsten
Germany
GermanyFootball player
Leo Bertos
New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand footballer, right midfielder
Nurbol Jumaskaliev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakhstani footballer, attacking midfielder
Kevin-Prince Boateng
Germany
GermanyGerman footballer of Ghanaian descent
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch football player, later football coach.
Oleg Protasov
Turkey
TurkeyForward of Dnepr, Dynamo Kyiv
Alexander Golokolosov
Ukraine
UkraineTrainer
Wilmar Barrios
Colombia
ColombiaColombian footballer, midfielder
Timyr Partsvaniya
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian football player, defender of the Dynamo club
Gustav Shebesh
Hungary
HungaryHungarian football player and coach.
Giorgos Karagounis
Greece
GreeceGreek footballer, defensive midfielder of the Panathinaikos club.
Frits Walter
Germany
GermanyGerman football player
Willi Giesemann
Germany
GermanyFootball player, midfielder
Juraj Kucka
Slovakia
SlovakiaSlovak footballer, midfielder