List of Famous Footballers

Ayoub El Kaabi is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a forward or winger for Hebei China Fortune and the Morocco national team. He was the top goalscorer of the CHAN 2018 taking place on home soil with 9 goals, thus making him the first player to reach that tally in a single competition, having surpassed the previous record set by Zambia's Given Singuluma who had scored 5 goals in 2009.

Raúl García Escudero is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a central midfielder.

Genki Omae is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thespakusatsu Gunma. Omae has made several appearances for Japan’s under 19 national team.

Pape Moussa Konaté is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Amiens SC and the Senegal national team. He was called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Łukasz Piotr Piszczek is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He is primarily positioned as a right back, but is capable of playing as a central defender.

Darren Ashley Bent is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Premier League and Football League for nine clubs, and at senior international level for the England national team.

Yoichiro Kakitani is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nagoya Grampus.

Joshua Brendan David Magennis is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Hull City. Having spent the majority of his youth career as a goalkeeper, he switched to striker in 2008 before turning professional in 2009. Magennis has previously played for Cardiff City, Grimsby Town, Aberdeen, St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Charlton Athletic and Bolton Wanderers.

Kyle Leonardus Walker-Peters is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Southampton.

Alessandro Del Piero is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a deep-lying forward, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for Sky Sport Italia. A technically gifted and creative supporting forward who was also a free-kick specialist, Del Piero is widely regarded by players, pundits, and managers as one of the greatest players of his generation and as one of the best Italian players of all time, winning the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 and 2008.