List of Famous Footballers

Nélson Cabral Semedo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.

Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov is a Russian footballer who plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Cristian David Pavón is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Boca Juniors.

Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Fateh in the Saudi Professional League and the Peru national team.

José Diogo Dalot Teixeira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back and occasionally as a winger for Milan, on loan from Premier League club Manchester United.

Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan is a former Soviet football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir. As of 2016 he is the Russian football functionary First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union. Simonyan was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1954, the Honored Coach of Russia title in 1968, the Merited Coach of the USSR title in 1970 and the Commander of the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" award on 29 December 2011. Simonyan is the top scorer in the history of the club Spartak Moscow at 160 goals.

Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante Lamptey is an English professional footballer who plays predominantly as a right wing-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the England national under-21 team.

Mario Basler is a German former professional football winger and current manager. He is currently at TSG Eisenberg as a player and advisor.

Bote Ridle Nzuzi Baku is a German professional footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.

Mamadou Sakho is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the France national team. He is known for his tackling ability and his passing accuracy.