List of Famous Sportspersons
Jacob deGrom
Jacob Anthony deGrom is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to playing professionally, deGrom attended Stetson University and played college baseball for the Stetson Hatters.
Joshua King
Joshua Christian Kojo King is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championship club Bournemouth and the Norway national team.
Adriano
Adriano Leite Ribeiro, commonly known simply as Adriano "Emperor", is a Brazilian former professional footballer. A striker known for his long range left footed strikes, Adriano's career was however marked by inconsistency. One of the best strikers in the world in the mid 2000s, he had five prolific seasons in Italy with Parma and Inter Milan, earning the nickname L'Imperatore, before a decline in his performances which coincided with the death of his father. Adriano won four Scudetti for Inter Milan, and after moving back to his native Brazil he won two Brasileirão for Flamengo and Corinthians.
Thomas Meunier
Thomas Meunier is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Borussia Dortmund and the Belgium national team.
Tommy Hanson
Thomas J. Hanson Jr. was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Hanson made his MLB debut with Atlanta on June 7, 2009 and played with the Braves through 2012. He pitched his final Major League season in 2013 with the Angels, who had acquired him in a trade.
Diego Forlán
Diego Forlán Corazzo is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. At club level, Forlán is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe. With the Uruguay national team, he had huge individual success at the 2010 World Cup, finishing as joint top scorer with five goals, including the goal of the tournament, and winning the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player.
Phil Simms
Phillip Martin Simms is a former American football quarterback who spent his entire 15-year professional career playing for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After playing college football at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) with the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft. Simms was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39–20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, completing 22 of 25 passes (88%), a record that still stands. He also was named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons.
John Fashanu
John Fashanu is a British television presenter and former professional footballer. In his former career, he was a powerful centre-forward from 1978 until 1995, most notably in an eight-year spell at Wimbledon F.C. in which he won the FA Cup in 1988 and scored over 100 goals in all competitions. He was also capped twice at senior level by England.
JaMarcus Russell
JaMarcus Trenell Russell is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons with the Oakland Raiders. Highly coveted at LSU, where he won the Sugar Bowl in 2007 and received the game's MVP honors, he was selected by the Raiders first overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Fernando Santos
Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was the manager of the Portugal national team from 2014 until his sacking in June 2021.