List of Famous Footballers

Dean Smith is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Aston Villa.

Fernando José Torres Sanz is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Gianluigi Donnarumma is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan and the Italy national team.

Alphonso Boyle Davies is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a left-back or winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Canadian national team. He is widely considered a highly promising prospect in the media due to his combination of his explosive pace, acceleration, dribbling, flair, agility, feints, creativity, passing, and vision.

Frank James Lampard is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea. As a player, he is widely considered to be one of Chelsea's greatest ever players, and one of the greatest midfielders of his generation.

Riyad Karim Mahrez is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and captains the Algerian national team.

Dimitri Payet is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille and the France national team. A set-piece specialist, known for his accurate, bending free kicks, he primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, and is described as a player who is "blessed with terrific technique and dribbling skills".

Mikel Arteta Amatriain is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Premier League club Arsenal.

Mathieu Valbuena is a French professional footballer who plays for Greek club Olympiacos. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style of play. He is described by his former coach at Libourne Saint-Seurin Didier Tholot as "an explosive player who is capable of quickly taking two opponents out of the game to create space, above all due to his dribbling skills." Due to his small stature, Valbuena is nicknamed le petit vélo, which translates to "the little bike". This is a play on Valbuena's size and the fact that the home ground of Marseille, where he played for eight years, is called the Stade Vélodrome.

Maximiliano "Maxi" Gastón López is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Italian club Sambenedettese.