List of Famous Footballers

Weston James Earl McKennie is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus, on loan from Bundesliga club Schalke 04, and the United States national team. A versatile player, McKennie is capable of playing in a multitude of positions in midfield—mainly as a box-to-box or as a deep-lying defensive midfielder.

Santiago Hernán Solari Poggio is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a left midfielder and is currently the manager of Mexican side Club América.

Marco Verratti is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Italy national team.

Allan Irénée Saint-Maximin is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Newcastle United.

Felipe Melo de Carvalho is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for and captains Palmeiras.

Ilias Akhomach Chakkour is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Barcelona B.

Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima, or simply Lucas Paquetá, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for French Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Brazil national team.

Ivan Rakitić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Sevilla.

Sir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish is a Scottish former football player and manager. During his career, he made 322 appearances for Celtic and 502 for Liverpool and earned a record 102 full caps for the Scotland national team scoring 30 goals, also a joint-record. Dalglish won the Ballon d'Or Silver Award in 1983, the PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1983, and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1983. In 2009, FourFourTwo named Dalglish the greatest striker in post-war British football, and in 2006, he topped a Liverpool fans' poll of "100 Players Who Shook the Kop". He has been inducted into both the Scottish and English Football Halls of Fame.

Milan Borjan is a professional soccer player who plays for and captains Red Star Belgrade. He plays for the Canadian national soccer team internationally.