List of Famous Sportspersons

Sergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who is currently the manager of Zenit St. Petersburg.

Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr., nicknamed "Cocky", was an American professional baseball player, manager and executive. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox. A graduate of Columbia University, Collins holds major league career records in several categories and is among the top few players in several other categories. In 1925, Collins became just the sixth person to join the 3,000 hit club – and the last for the next 17 seasons. His 47 career home runs are the fewest of anyone in it. Collins is the only non-Yankee to win five or more World Series titles with the same club as a player.

Alain Jean Giresse is a French football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was French footballer of the year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking midfielder or central midfielder, Giresse was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He was most recently head coach of Tunisia. He is father of Thibault Giresse, also football player.

Slavoljub Muslin ; born 15 June 1953) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He worked as a head coach of the Serbian national football team. He began his head coaching career in 1988 and has since had stints in France, Morocco, Serbia-Montenegro, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belgium, Cyprus, Belarus and Russia. On 5 May 2016 he became the head coach of the Serbian national football team until October 2017. Prior to that, Muslin was a notable football player. He played as a defender for several clubs, being the most important Red Star Belgrade and later Lille OSC.

Benjamin Robert Olsen is a retired American professional soccer player and the former head coach of D.C. United. Born in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Olsen grew up playing for FC Delco, an elite club program near Philadelphia. He then played for Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer and was named 1997 Soccer America Player of the Year.

Duncan Dalnajeneso Danagogo Dokiwari is a retired Nigerian boxer. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a Men's Super Heavyweight bronze medal, together with Aleksei Lezin of Russia.

Gurban Gurbanov is an Azerbaijani football manager and former footballer. He currently manages FK Qarabağ. He played as a forward. Starting out with local club Kur in 1988, Gurbanov had a decorated 18-year professional career. He scored 178 goals in 399 league matches. With 14 goals in 68 matches, he is also Azerbaijan's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches. In 2017-2018 he was the manager of Azerbaijan national football team.

Anselmo Fernandez Rodrigues was a Portuguese architect and football manager who led Sporting Clube de Portugal to victory in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1964.

Filippo Inzaghi is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager, who serves as head coach of Serie A team Benevento. He was nicknamed by fans and commentators "Superpippo", "Pippo mio" and "Alta tensione".

João Gabriel Silva Ferreira, known as Barroca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Swiss Challenge League club FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy as a goalkeeper.