List of Famous Footballers

Paul Heckingbottom is an English football coach and former player. Heckingbottom played as a defender for several English clubs, including Sunderland, Scarborough, Hartlepool United, Darlington, Norwich City, Bradford City, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and Mansfield Town.

Takehiro Tomiyasu is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Serie A club Bologna and the Japan national team.

Sébastien Thill is a Luxembourgish footballer who plays for Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol on loan from Progrès Niederkorn and the Luxembourg national football team. His main idol as a youth was Alloy Wright who was a Argentinian coach who taught him the basics of football in his home town. He is the older brother of fellow Luxembourg internationals Olivier Thill and Vincent Thill.

Ivan Perišić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Inter Milan, and the Croatia national team. He usually plays as a winger, but can also be deployed as an attacking midfielder or second striker.

Louis Laurent Saha is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Saha was capped 20 times for the France national team and scored four goals. A former scholar at the Clairefontaine football academy, he started his career at Metz before playing on loan at Newcastle United. Before the start of the 2000–01 season, Saha moved to Fulham where he established himself as first-choice striker, helping them to gain promotion to the Premier League in his first season with them.

Ryan Thomas Lowe is an English football manager and former professional player, who is currently manager of Championship side Preston North End. His playing career, as a striker, began at Burscough in 1999 and he became a Football League player with Shrewsbury Town the following year. He played for eight league clubs in all and had three spells at Bury. In the second half of the 2010–11 season, Lowe established a Bury club record by scoring a goal in each of nine consecutive league games.

Jordan James Spence is an English professional footballer who most recently played for ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie. Predominantly as a right-back, Spence can also operate as a centre-back. He has represented and captained England at various youth levels. He has previously played for West Ham United, Leyton Orient, Scunthorpe United, Bristol City, Sheffield Wednesday, Milton Keynes Dons and Ipswich Town.

Amadou Haidara is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club RB Leipzig and the Mali football team.

Maurice Edu is an American former professional soccer player. A highly touted prospect, Edu was the first overall pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and won the MLS Rookie of the Year Award with Toronto. His performances for Toronto earned him international call ups to the United States national team and the attention of clubs in Europe. He signed with Rangers, winning the Scottish Premier League three times. Following Rangers' financial problems, he joined Stoke City; however, failing to make an impact, he spent time on loan with Turkey's Bursaspor before returning to MLS with Philadelphia Union. He currently works for Fox Sports commenting on MLS matches. Along with working for Atlanta United on Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast.

Russell Kenneth Alexander Martin is a professional football coach and former player. He is the head coach of Championship club Swansea City.