- Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born February 14, 1951 in Armthorpe, South Yorkshire, England) is a former English football manager and is regarded as one of the all-time greatest football players. At every club that he managed, he won promotion as champions in his first season; and he is the only Englishman to be named European Footballer of the Year twice.
- Joey Barton
Joseph Anthony Barton (born 2 September 1982 in Liverpool, Merseyside), commonly known as Joey Barton, is an English football (soccer) player. He currently plays for the English club Newcastle United, as a midfielder. Barton was raised in a rough area and as a child saw football as a form of escapism. He began his football career in 2001 with Manchester City after working his way through their youth system. He became a regular player for Man City, …
- Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka, or Abdul-Salam Bilal (born March 14, 1979 in Versailles, France) is a French footballer, preferring to play in the forward position. He plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. He won the 1998-99 PFA Young Player of the Year award after making his name at Arsenal, and has since changed clubs many times. Anelka is the son of two parents from Martinique, Marguerite and Jean-Philippe, who emigrated to Metropolitan France in 1974.
- Stuart Pearce
Stuart Pearce MBE (born April 24, 1962 in Hammersmith, London) is an English football coach, a former manager of Manchester City and currently the England Under 21s, having been appointed as permanent manager of the former after a period as caretaker following the retirement of Kevin Keegan. On May 14 2007, he was sacked as manager of Manchester City because of a 'disappointing season'. As a player, Pearce had a long and distinguished career, …
- Robbie Fowler
Robert Bernard 'Robbie' Fowler, born 9 April 1975, and commonly known as "God" by Liverpool F.C. supporters, is a respected English footballer who is currently linked with a move to a number of clubs having been released by Liverpool FC. Fowler's career began with Liverpool, with whom he made his debut in 1993. Fowler scored 120 premiership goals for Liverpool in an eight year period. He subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City F.C., …
- Richard Dunne
Richard Dunne (born September 21 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays in the English Premier League as a defender for Manchester City. He is nicknamed "Honey Monster" because of his size (and therefore resemblance to the character who promotes Sugar Puffs). Having played schoolboy football in Dublin form Home Farm, Dunne started his professional career in 1996 with Everton, making his debut at the age of 16.
- Micah Richards
Micah Lincoln Richards (born June 24, 1988 in Birmingham) is a football player with Manchester City and England. Richards, a right full back, made his professional debut when he was 17 as a substitute against Arsenal in October 2005.
- Andy Cole
Andrew Alexander "Andy" Cole (born 15 October 1971 in Nottingham) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premiership side Portsmouth, and is one of the highest scoring players in the game's history. He is most well known by the name Andy Cole (which he was universally known as in the 1990s) but in 2000 he asked to be known as Andrew Cole. Although ranked second in the all time scoring charts of the FA Premier League, …
- Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson is a Swedish football manager. He is currently the football manager of Manchester City after agreeing a 3-year-deal with the club. He is set to earn £2million per year plus bonuses. Eriksson is so far the only manager who was won the Double (League and Cup in the same season), in three different countries, having won it in Sweden, Portugal and Italy.
- Rolando Bianchi
Rolando Bianchi (born February 15, 1983 in Port-De-Bouc, Bergamo) is an Italian footballer, currently playing for Manchester City. His position is centre forward. He is widely considered as one of the brightest promises of Italian football, and during the 2006-2007 season he showed why he is so highly regarded having been one of the only bright spots for Reggina. Bianchi began his career in 2000 with Atalanta. He played twenty games for the first team, without scoring, …
- Joe Hart
Charles Joseph "Joe" Hart (born April 19, 1987 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English football goalkeeper with Manchester City. He also plays for the England Under-21 team.
- Georgios Samaras
Georgios Samaras (Greek: Γιώργος Σαμαράς ; born February 21, 1985 in Heraklion) is a Greek footballer who currently plays as a striker for Manchester City. Samaras moved to the Netherlands at the age of 16, signing for Heerenveen. He made his first team debut in the 2003-04 season, starting a total of ten matches. In the 2005-06 season he scored 6 goals in 13 starts for Heerenveen before joining Manchester City for a fee of £5,250,000 (rising to £6,000,000).
- Andreas Isaksson
Andreas Isaksson was born on October 3, 1981 in Trelleborg and is a Swedish football player (goalkeeper) and national team player for Sweden. He currently plays for Manchester City in England and for the Swedish national team, for whom he currently has 42 caps. His name is pronounced
- Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson (born February 24, 1988 in Urmston, Manchester) is a professional footballer with Manchester City. Johnson signed for Manchester City in 2004. Prior to signing for Manchester City, Johnson was a schoolboy at Everton., and supported Leeds United as a youth. He was part of the Manchester City youth team which reached the 2006 FA Youth Cup final. On 21 October 2006 he made his Premiership debut in the 4-0 defeat to Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium.
- Steve Sidwell
Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982 in Wandsworth, London) is a professional footballer for Chelsea in the English Premier League.
- Stephen Ireland
Stephen James Ireland (born August 22 1986 in Cobh, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish footballer playing in England for Manchester City.
- Darius Vassell
Darius Warren Vassell (born June 13 1980 to Jamaican parents in Sutton Coldfield) is an English international footballer who plays club football in the Premiership at Manchester City. Vassell was raised in from Wylde Green and went to the Yenton Primary School in Erdington and John Willmott School, in Falcon Lodge, Sutton Coldfield. He first played football with local junior team Romulus in the Birmingham Boys League, An Aston Villa fan, …
- Sylvain Distin
Sylvain Distin (born December 16, 1977 in Bagnolet, France) is a French footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth, having joined them on a free transfer on 23 May 2007.
- Dietmar Hamann
Dietmar Hamann (born August 27, 1973 in Waldsassen, Bavaria) is an ex-German international midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City.
- Peter Reid
Peter Reid (born June 20, 1956 in Whiston, Knowsley, Lancashire (Now Merseyside) is an English former professional football player, manager and pundit. In his playing career Reid played for Bolton Wanderers, Everton and QPR, as well as representing his country, after which he managed Manchester City, Sunderland, Leeds and Coventry. He currently works as a TV pundit and as a football agent.
- Ousmane Dabo
Ousmane Dabo (born 8 February 1977 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City. He has previously played for Rennes, Internazionale, Vicenza, Parma, Monaco, Atalanta and Lazio. He has represented France three times at full international level. His younger brother, Moussa, plays for Oldham Athletic and is also a midfielder.
- Steed Malbranque
Steed Malbranque (born January 6 1980 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a Belgian-born French footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
- Michael Ball
Michael John Ball is a professional footballer who currently plays as a left-back for English Premier League team Manchester City. Ball started his professional career at Everton, making his debut as a 17 year old in 1997. In 2001 he was capped by England, though he has not represented his country since. In the 2001 close season he joined Rangers in a £6.5m transfer. In December 2001 he suffered a knee ligament injury which took 18 months to heal.
- Paul Dickov
Paul Dickov (born November 1, 1972 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Manchester City. Dickov started his career with Arsenal, but was never a first team regular and in 1996 he moved to Manchester City, who were then in Division One. Over six seasons at the club, Dickov experienced two promotions and two relegations, playing in three different divisions.
- Sun Jihai
Sun Jihai (born September 30, 1977 in Dalian, China) is a Chinese football (soccer) player who currently plays for Manchester City as a defender and for the China national football team as a midfielder. Sun's main strengths are his speed, physical strength, crossing and attacking forays down the wings. He is a highly versatile player, having played on both wings, central defense, holding midfielder.
- Matt Busby
Sir Alexander Matthew Busby, CBE (born 26 May 1909 in Orbiston, Scotland; died 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Manchester United between 1945-1969 and again for the 1970-1971 season. He is the longest serving manager in the history of Manchester United, ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson.
- Kasper Schmeichel
Kasper Schmeichel (born November 5, 1986) is a Danish goalkeeper currently contracted to Manchester City. He is the son of famous goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who finished his career with Manchester City. As of June 2007, Schmeichel has not made a first team appearance for Manchester City, though he has been an unused substitute. He made his professional first team debut while on loan at League Two side Darlington, …
- Tony Pulis
Anthony Richard "Tony" Pulis (born January 16, 1958 in Newport) is a Welsh former football player and is currently the manager of Stoke City. Pulis obtained his FA coaching badge at the age of 19, followed by his UEFA 'A' licence aged 21 - making him one of the youngest professional players ever to have obtained the qualification. Pulis took his first steps into management at Bounemouth, where he was a player/coach and then Harry Redknapp's assistant.
- Gelson Fernandes
Gelson Fernandes is a Swiss football player of Cape Verde descent. He is a midfielder, currently playing for Manchester City in the English Premier League, and captain of the Swiss U21 national team. He signed for Manchester City, from FC Sion on 14 July 2007. He signed for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around 6 millions euros (£ 4.2m), making him the highest transfer paid in the Swiss League.
- Bernardo Corradi
Bernardo Corradi (born 30 March, 1976 in Siena) is an Italian footballer, who plays in the position of striker. He plays in England for Manchester City.
- Damarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Lamont Beasley (born May 24, 1982 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American soccer player who is currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers. He plays mainly as a winger. Beasley was one of the most prominent players in MLS before making a move during the league's 2004 season to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven.
- Antoine Sibierski
Antoine Sibierski (born August 5, 1974 in Lille) is a French football player who currently plays for Wigan Athletic. He began his career at hometown club Lille, where he moved up the ranks and played for four complete seasons in the first team before playing for Auxerre and Nantes, where he won the French Cup in 2000. He then joined Lens, and he became club captain within his three years in the side.
- Danny Mills
Daniel John "Danny" Mills (born May 18 1977 in Norwich, Norfolk) is an English professional footballer, who currently plays for Manchester City. His main position is right-back though he can also play in central defence.
- Lee Cattermole
Lee Cattermole (born 21 March, 1988 in Stockton-on-Tees) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Middlesbrough F.C. as a midfielder. He is a product of the club's celebrated youth academy - widely considered one of the best in the world. His Nickname of 'Clattermole' refers to his strong and sometimes clumsy challenges but his workrate and position is likened to that of a young Roy Keane.
- Nedum Onuoha
Nedum Onuoha (born in Warri, Nigeria on November 12, 1986 and brought up in Manchester, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester City as a defender. Although most comfortable at centre back, he can also play at right-back or left-back. =Biography= An outstanding junior sprinter, he finished in second place in the final of the 2001 English School's Athletics Association Junior 100 metres contest, …
- David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal and most recently with Manchester City. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury. He was awarded the MBE in 1997 for services to the sport.
- Denis Law
Denis Law is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s. Law's career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, Manchester City signed him for a transfer fee of £55,000, setting a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, …
- Michael Brown
Michael Robert Brown (born January 25, 1977 in Hartlepool, England), is a professional footballer who plays in a midfield position for Fulham in the English Premiership. Brown is notable for his competitiveness, after a series of vicious fouls on players such as Sean Davis, Ryan Giggs, Ashley Cole and most recently a head butt on Xabi Alonso.
- Trevor Sinclair
Trevor Lloyd Sinclair (born March 2, 1973 in Dulwich, London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Cardiff City. The versatile winger is able to play on both the left and right flanks. Prior to Manchester City, Sinclair played for Blackpool (1989-93), Queens Park Rangers (1993-98), and West Ham United (1998-2003). He earned 12 caps for England, four of which came in the 2002 World Cup, in which he was a last-minute replacement for the injured Danny Murphy.
- Daniel Sturridge
Daniel Sturridge (born September 1, 1989) is a striker at football club Manchester City. Sturridge has excelled at youth level and has scored numerous times for the England Under-17 side, most notably at the European Under-17 Championship in the final against Italy. He has recently signed a new 3 year deal with Manchester City. He attracted Chelsea's interest after his incredible performances for Manchester City's U18's on their way to the FA Youth Cup Final.