- Alan Reeves (born 19 November 1967) is an English former football player. He was known primarily as a reliable centre half for Football League clubs, although he play FA Premier League football for four seasons with Wimbledon during the 1990s. He also played for Gillingham, Chester City, Rochdale and Swindon Town, where he spent the last eight years of his playing career before hanging up his boots in 2006, also as a player/coach, before becoming assistant manager. Reeves served as assistant manager for Brentford, from where he left with manager Scott Fitzgerald on 10 April 2007 after the club's relegation. He interviewed for the vacant Crawley Town manager role in May 2007, but was unsuccessful in receiving the job, reportedly due to differences with then chairman James Moore. His twin brother David, also played professional football for a number of clubs and has most recently been a coach at Gainsborough Trinity. Alan stated on an interview with LBC Radio that he sent letters to prospective clubs, purporting to be from his brother, in order to secure trials with them. On 19 June 2014, it was announced than Alan would become the new AFC Wimbledon Development Squad and Academy under-23 manager. After five years, he left the club by mutual consent on 14 May 2019.
- Aritz Aduriz Zubeldia (Basque: [aɾits̻ aðuɾis̻]; Spanish: [ˈaɾits aˈðuɾiθ]; born 11 February 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a striker. Known for his aerial ability and first touch, he spent most of his career with Athletic Bilbao, scoring over 150 goals across all competitions for the team over three spells. He also surpassed a century of goals in La Liga, in which he additionally represented Mallorca and Valencia. In addition to playing for Spain, Aduriz was a regular goalscorer for the Basque national side. He appeared for the former at Euro 2016, at the age of 35.
Aydın Yılmaz
Aydın Yılmaz (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈajdɯn jɯɫˈmaz], born 29 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Sakaryaspor.- Abdou Jammeh (born 13 February 1986) is a Gambian professional footballer.
Abdulsalam Jumaa Al Junaibi
Abdulsalam Jumaa Al Junaibi (born 23 May 1977) is a United Arab Emirati footballer who is a midfielder for Al Dhafra. He is a member of the United Arab Emirates national football team.Armando Cooper
Armando Enrique Cooper Whitaker (born 26 November 1987) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maccabi Petah Tikva in Israel.Bradley Grobler
Bradley Allan Grobler (born 25 January 1988) is a South African footballer who plays as a striker for Premier Soccer League club SuperSport United and the South Africa national team.Benjamin Longue
Benjamin Longue in Nouméa, New Caledonia is a footballer who plays as a Defender. He currently plays for AS Magenta in the New Caledonia Division Honneur and the New Caledonia national football team.Alexander Mendoza
Alexander Mendoza is a Salvadoran soccer player who plays for C.D. Universidad de El Salvador.- Albin Ekdal (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈalːbɪn ²eːkdɑːl]; born 28 July 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A side Sampdoria.
- Bastian Schweinsteiger (pronounced [ˈbasti̯an ˈʃvaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯ɡɐ] (listen); born 1 August 1984) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire. A right-footed player, he usually plays as central midfielder. Earlier in his career, he primarily played as a wide midfielder. He spent 17 seasons at Bayern Munich, playing in exactly 500 matches across all competitions and scoring 68 goals. His honours at the club include eight Bundesliga titles, seven DFB-Pokal titles, a UEFA Champions League title, a FIFA Club World Cup title and a UEFA Super Cup title. He joined Manchester United in 2015, playing sparingly for 18 months before moving to Chicago Fire. Schweinsteiger played for the German national team from 2004 to 2016. He is Germany's fourth most-capped player of all time, having earned 121 caps and scored 24 goals, in a 12-year international career starting in 2004. He was selected in their squads for four European Championships and three World Cups, including their victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Following Philipp Lahm's international retirement on 2 September 2014, Schweinsteiger was named captain of the national team. He played his last match for Germany against Finland on 31 August 2016, after which he retired from international football.
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Brice Jovial
Brice Jovial (born 25 January 1984) is a French football striker who is a free agent. He last played for Wuhan Zall and for the Guadeloupe national football team.Alberto Junior Rodríguez
Alberto Junior Rodríguez Valdelomar, nicknamed El mudo (mute) (born 31 March 1984), is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Club Universitario de Deportes and the Peru national team.Bakary Koné
Bakary Koné (French pronunciation: [bakaʁi kɔne], born 27 April 1988) is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a central defender for Russian club Arsenal Tula and the Burkina Faso national team.Ashad Ali
Ashad Ali (born 14 September 1986), nicknamed Adey or Adubarey, is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a forward for Maziya S&RC. He is a member of the Maldives national football team. He was the Maldivian National Team Captain in the most recent bangabandhu gold cup 2016, held in Bangladesh, Dhaka. Where he led his team to the Semi Finals.Alberto Costa
Alberto Facundo "Tino" Costa (born 9 January 1985) is an Argentinian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Atlético Nacional and is known for his technical skill, penalty-taking, his free kick ability and his pin-point passing.Bashar Bani Yaseen
Bashar Mustafa Bani Yaseen (Arabic: بشار مصطفى بني ياسين; born 1 June 1977) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a defender.Aleksei Schotkin
Anas Hijah
Anas Jamal Hijah Anas Hajji is a Jordanian footballer, of Palestinian and Jordanian descent, who is an attacking midfielder for Riffa S.C. of Bahrain and the Jordan national football team.Ahmed Salameh
Ahmed Salameh is a Palestinian footballer who plays for Al-Am'ary.- Aitor Ocio Carrión (born 28 November 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender. During his 18-year senior career, in which he amassed La Liga totals of 173 matches and five goals, he played mainly for Athletic Bilbao (seven years, two spells) and Sevilla (four), winning four major titles with the latter, including two UEFA Cups.
- Alexander Rudolfovich Geynrikh (Russian: Александр Рудольфович Гейнрих, Aleksandr Rudolfovich Geynrikh, German: Alexander Heinrich) (born 6 October 1984 in Angren) is a retired Uzbek professional footballer who played as a forward for the Uzbekistan national team.
- Borja Valero Iglesias (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈboɾxa βaˈleɾo]; born 12 January 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian club Inter Milan. Best known for his technique and passing ability, he began his career with Real Madrid but did not have any impact with its first team, and played for Mallorca and in England for West Bromwich Albion before joining Villarreal in 2010. He also spent several years in Serie A, with Fiorentina and Inter Milan. During five seasons, Valero amassed La Liga totals of 139 games and 16 goals.
Abdulla Al Marzooqi
Abdullah Al Marzooqi (Arabic: عبد الله المرزوقي, born December 12, 1980 Bahrain) is a Bahraini footballer.Andrey Krasnov
Andrey Krasnov (born 6 July 1981) is a retired Kyrgyzstani footballer who played for various clubs in his country including Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn. He was a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team.Agim Ibraimi
Agim Ibraimi (Macedonian: Агим Ибраими) (born 29 August 1988) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Shkëndija as a midfielder.Abraham Iniga
Abraham Iniga is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays for Marist F.C.Ashour El Teki
Ashour El Teki is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Wadi Degla FC.Adam Drury
Adam Drury may refer to: Adam Drury (footballer, born 1978), Retired English professional footballer active 1995–2014 Adam Drury (footballer, born 1993), English professional footballer active 2007–presentCollins Mbesuma
Collins Mbesuma (born 3 February 1984 in Luanshya) is a Zambian footballer who currently plays for South African club Maccabi FC. He is nicknamed The Hurricane or Ntofontofo.
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