List of Famous Sportspersons
Ersan İlyasova
Ersan İlyasova is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously played in Turkey, Spain and the NBA Development League.
Kyle Van Noy
Kyle Van Noy is an American football linebacker for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft after playing college football at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he was recognized as a third team All-American.
Ilie Năstase
Ilie Theodoriu Năstase is a Romanian former world No. 1 professional tennis player, and one of the world's top players of the 1970s. He was ranked world No. 1 from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974.
Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Robert Hennessey is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Wales national team.
Sergi Guardiola
Sergio "Sergi" Guardiola Navarro is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Valladolid as a forward.
Owen Hargreaves
Owen Lee Hargreaves is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known as a hard-working and "solid defensive midfielder who worked tirelessly to win the ball" and provide his teammates with possession. He played with Calgary Foothills as a youth before beginning his professional football career in Germany with Bayern Munich. After seven years with the Munich side – during which time he won four German league titles and the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League – Hargreaves signed for Manchester United in 2007, winning the Premier League and UEFA Champions League in his first season. However, his time at Manchester United was plagued with injuries and he was allowed to leave the club at the end of his contract in June 2011. Hargreaves posted YouTube videos in a bid to convince potential suitors of his fitness, and in August 2011, Manchester City offered a one-year contract to Hargreaves, which he accepted.
Robert Nkemdiche
Robert Chukwudumebi Nkemdiche is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He attended the University of Mississippi for three years until declaring early for the 2016 NFL Draft where he was picked 29th overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
Za'Darius Smith
Za'Darius Smith is an American football outside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky, and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
Mackenzie McDonald
Michael Mackenzie Lowe McDonald is an American male professional tennis player who won the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships in both singles and doubles. After the NCAA tournament, on June 16, 2016, he announced that he would not return to UCLA for his senior year, but turn professional.
Annabel Croft
Annabel Nicola Croft is a former professional British female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup.