List of Famous Sportspersons
Willy Sagnol
Willy David Frédéric Sagnol is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Shaquil Barrett
Shaquil Akeem "Shaq" Barrett is an American football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He played college football at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Colorado State University.
Henrik Lundqvist
Henrik Lundqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played 15 seasons with the New York Rangers. Before winning the Vezina Trophy in 2012, he was nominated in each of his first three seasons, and is the only goaltender in NHL history to record 11 30-win seasons in his first 12 seasons. He holds the record for most wins by a European-born goaltender in the NHL. His dominating play during his rookie season resulted in the New York media and Rangers fans giving him the nickname "King Henrik". During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, he led the Swedish men's team to their second Olympic gold medal.
Trey Edmunds
Ferrell "Trey" Edmunds III is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Virginia Tech and Maryland and signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
Travis Frederick
Travis Frederick is a former American football center who played his entire seven-year career for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Wisconsin and was drafted 31st overall by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. In his time as a Cowboy he was elected to 5 Pro Bowls and he was an All-Pro in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Sergiy Vyacheslavovich Derevyanchenko, is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has challenged three times for world middleweight titles; the IBF title in 2018; the IBF and IBO titles in 2019; and the WBC title in September 2020. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal at middleweight at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. As of February 2021, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active middleweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, eighth by BoxRec and fourth by The Ring magazine.
Rivaldo
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira, known as Rivaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker. Often considered one of the best players of his generation, Rivaldo is also regarded as one of the greatest of all time. Labelled a "bandy-legged genius" by The Guardian, although he was predominantly left footed he was capable of playing on either flank, and was on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a winger.
Kelly Pavlik
Kelly Robert Pavlik is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. He won the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Jermain Taylor in 2007, and made three successful defenses before losing them to Sergio Martínez in 2010.
Júlio Baptista
Júlio César Clemente Baptista is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a forward. He is nicknamed "The Beast" due to his size and physical presence on the football field and "Hulio" due to an interview with former teammate Joaquín.
Conor Washington
Conor James Washington is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Charlton Athletic and the Northern Ireland national team.