List of Famous Sportspersons
Darius Vassell
Darius Martin Clarke Vassell is an English retired footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Ankaragücü and Leicester City.
Wayne Ellington
Wayne Robert Ellington Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the University of North Carolina from 2006 to 2009. He chose to forgo his final season of college eligibility to declare for the 2009 NBA draft, and was drafted 28th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Adrian Devine
Paul Adrian Devine was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher in 1973 and from 1975 through 1980 for the Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers. He batted and threw right-handed and served primarily as a relief pitcher.
Ion Țiriac
Ion Țiriac, also known as the 'Brașov Bulldozer' is a Romanian businessman and former professional tennis and ice hockey player. He is the current president of the Romanian Tennis Federation.
Nigel Adkins
Nigel Howard Adkins is an English professional football manager and former player and physiotherapist who was most recently the manager of League One club Hull City.
Albert Adomah
Albert Danquah Adomah is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Queens Park Rangers as well as the Ghana national team.
Noussair Mazraoui
Noussair Mazraoui is a Dutch-born Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch club Ajax and the Morocco national team.
Mbark Boussoufa
Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa is a Moroccan-Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe for the second time in 2010. He represented the Morocco national team from 2006 to 2019 making 70 appearances and scoring 8 goals.
P. K. Banerjee
Pradip Kumar Banerjee was a former Indian professional footballer who played as a striker for the India national football team. He also captained the national team and later on became the coach of the national team. He represented India in 45 official matches and scored 15 official goals for the country. He was one of the first recipients of Arjuna Award, when the awards were instituted in 1961. He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri in 1990 and was named Indian Footballer of the 20th century by IFFHS. In 2004, he was awarded the FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA.
Jesper Blomqvist
Lars Jesper Blomqvist is a Swedish former footballer who played as a left midfielder or left winger.