List of Famous Sportspersons
Andros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the England national team.
Buster Posey
Gerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey III is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). Posey has also filled in at first base for the Giants.
Claudio Bravo
Claudio Andrés Bravo Muñoz is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Real Betis and the Chile national team.
Matej Delač
Matej Delač is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish club AC Horsens.
Bruce Bochy
Bruce Douglas Bochy is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He is best known for managing the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2019. During his playing career, Bochy was a catcher for the Houston Astros, New York Mets, and San Diego Padres. Prior to becoming the Giants' manager, he was the Padres' manager for 12 seasons. Bochy led the Giants to three World Series championships, and previously led the Padres to one World Series appearance. Bochy was the 11th manager in MLB history to achieve 2,000 wins.
Lasse Schöne
Lasse Schöne is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for the Denmark national team, and most recently at club level for Genoa. He is known for his free kick taking and shooting abilities.
Mathieu Valbuena
Mathieu Valbuena is a French professional footballer who plays for Greek club Olympiacos. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style of play. He is described by his former coach at Libourne Saint-Seurin Didier Tholot as "an explosive player who is capable of quickly taking two opponents out of the game to create space, above all due to his dribbling skills." Due to his small stature, Valbuena is nicknamed le petit vélo, which translates to "the little bike". This is a play on Valbuena's size and the fact that the home ground of Marseille, where he played for eight years, is called the Stade Vélodrome.
Francisco Trincão
Francisco António Machado Mota Castro Trincão is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Barcelona and the Portugal national team.
Antonio Armstrong
Antonio Donnell Armstrong was an American football linebacker who played professionally in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.
Lorenzo Insigne
Lorenzo Insigne is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Napoli, for which he is captain, and the Italy national team.