List of Famous Footballers

Demba Ba is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir and the Senegal national team.

David Villa Sánchez is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Villa is regarded by pundits as one of the best forwards of his generation, and one of, if not the best Spanish striker of all time.

Yoshito Okubo is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Tokyo Verdy. He played for the Japan national team scoring 6 goals in 60 appearances

Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German retired professional footballer and manager. As a player, he spent the majority of his career as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and '70s, where he won many national championships and the DFB-Pokal, as well as the UEFA Cup. During this period the team played in its only European Cup final in 1977, losing to Liverpool. He is the fourth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Bundesliga, with 220 goals. He was a member of the West Germany national team that won the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup in the first half of the 1970s.

Saúl Ñíguez Esclápez, known as Saúl, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team.

Bojan Krkić Pérez, also known as simply Bojan, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.

Ander Herrera Agüera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Spain national team.

Rubén Estephan Vargas Martínez is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Switzerland national team.

Roberto Baggio is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. He is the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation. A technically gifted creative playmaker and set piece specialist, renowned for his curling free-kicks, dribbling skills, and goalscoring, Baggio is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. In 1999, he came fourth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, and was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002. In 1993, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players.

Martin Ødegaard is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal, on loan from Real Madrid, and the Norway national team.