List of Famous Footballers

Franchino Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club Milan, captaining the club for 15 seasons. He is considered one of the greatest defenders of all-time and was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. With Milan, he won three UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A titles, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups and two Intercontinental Cups.

Anghel Iordănescu, also known as "Tata Puiu", is a Romanian former footballer and former manager of the Romania national team, who played as a forward. In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following February, after his predecessor resigned, he became a member of the Romanian Senate, sitting on the Social Democratic Party benches. On 26 December 2011, he became an independent senator, affiliated to the National Union for the Progress of Romania. His son, Edward Iordănescu, is also a former footballer and current manager.

Ryan Gauld is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Portuguese club Farense.

Maxime Le Marchand is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Fulham.

James Murphy is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership side Hibernian, and the Scotland national team.

Vakoun Issouf Bayo is a Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Toulouse, on loan from Celtic, and the Ivory Coast national team. He is nicknamed The Crow.

Michael Zorc is a German football executive and former player who played as a central midfielder.

Kevin Nisbet is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian and the Scotland national team. He has previously played for Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic, as well as East Stirlingshire, Ayr United and Dumbarton on loan.

Naïm Sliti is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Ettifaq and the Tunisia national team.

Dan-Axel Zagadou is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.