- Clint Mathis
Clint Mathis (born November 25, 1976 in Conyers, Georgia) is a soccer forward/midfielder who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer after making his name with the MetroStars.
- Jay-Jay Okocha
Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha (born August 14, 1973 in Enugu) is a Nigerian football midfielder who currently plays in the Qatar league for Qatar SC, a move that was completed in July 2006.
- Claudio Reyna
Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American soccer player. He was the captain of the U.S. national team before retiring from international soccer immediately following the USA's exit from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Reyna currently plays for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer, where he is team captain.
- Landon Donovan
Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982 in Ontario, California), is an American professional soccer player, who is the co-all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team (along with Eric Wynalda). He also serves as captain of the Los Angeles Galaxy.
- Junichi Inamoto
is a Japanese football player who plays in midfield for Eintracht Frankfurt.
- Rudi Vata
Rudi Vata is a former Albanian footballer who played as a defender. His career in Western football began in France in 1991 when he claimed political asylum following an international match. He signed for Tours FC before playing for Celtic between 1992 and 1996. He went on to play for Apollon Limassol (1996-1998), Energie Cottbus (1998-2001) and Rot-Weiß Ahlen (2002). This was followed by a spell in Japan, from where he signed for St. Johnstone F.C.in 2004.
- Owen Hargreaves
Owen Lee Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a professional football midfielder. He plays for Manchester United in the Premier League and at international level for England.
- Ivica Vastić
Ivica Vastić is a Croatian-born Austrian football striker or attacking midfielder who is currently playing for LASK Linz. Born in Split, he started to play for local clubs Jugovinil (today GOŠK Adriachem) and NK Split before moving to Austria and joining First Vienna in 1991. He subsequently also played for VSE St. Pölten, Admira Wacker Mödling, MSV Duisburg from Germany, Sturm Graz for which he played for eight years between 1994 and 2002, …
- Alexander Frei
Alexander Frei (born July 15, 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer. He signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on June, 29th. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of approximately 5 million euros for him. He played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Until now he has been capped 54 times for his country (as of September 2006). Frei is only 3 goals short from being Switzerland's all time top scorer.
- Tranquillo Barnetta
Tranquillo Barnetta (born 22 May 1985 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen. His father and mother are Italian but he grew up near by St. Gallen, Switzerland and has played since 21 for the Swiss national team. Barnetta started his career with FC St. Gallen in Switzerland, but he was soon snapped up by the German side Leverkusen. He has also enjoyed a loan spell at Hannover 96.
- Wynton Rufer
Wynton Rufer was a New Zealand international footballer remembered as his country's greatest ever player, finishing his international career with 38 caps and 17 goals. After graduating from Rongotai College, Rufer began his playing career with Wellington United in his native New Zealand, before representing Stop Out and Miramar Rangers. Having made his debut for New Zealand on 16 October 1980 against Kuwait, Rufer quickly established himself in the All Whites side, …
- Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese football striker who currently plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga
- Ivica Mornar
Ivica Mornar is a Croatian football player, without a club after being released by Portsmouth. Mornar began his career with Hajduk Split before going on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla FC, CD Ourense and Standard Liège, then moved to Anderlecht in the summer of 2001. Mornar had enjoyed UEFA Champions League football in the months prior to his move to Fratton Park, scoring in a 1-1 draw at home to Bayern Munich.
- Yasuhiko Okudera
is a former Japanese footballer, and is currently the president of the J. League Division 1 club Yokohama FC. Okudera was the first Japanese footballer to play professionally in Europe and had 32 appearances and 9 goals with the Japanese national team.
- Marc Pfertzel
Marc Pfertzel is a French football defender who currently plays for Bochum.
- Igor Dobrovolski
Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski - or Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi - (born August 27, 1967 in village Markovo, Rozdilnianskyi Raion, Odessa Oblast) is a Russian (and former Soviet) football (soccer) player in the wide attacking midfielder role. In his early years he trained at Tiraspol Children and Youth Sport School N4. In career he played for FC Nistru Chişinău (1984-1985), FC Dynamo Moscow (1986-1990 and 1993-1994), Servette FC, Genoa C.F.C. (1992-1993), …
- Yang Chen
Yang Chen is a professional football player.
- Steve Cherundolo
Steve Cherundolo (born February 19, 1979 in Rockford, Illinois) is an American soccer player, who currently plays defender for Hannover 96 of the First Bundesliga. Steve Cherundolo grew up in San Diego and attended Mt. Carmel High School in Rancho Penasquitos. As a youth he played for the La Jolla Nomads club team which won the California State Championship six times with him on the roster.
- Samuel Kuffour
Samuel Osei 'Sammy' Kuffour (born September 3, 1976 in Kumasi, Ghana) is a football defender for A.S. Roma. Arguably the greatest African defender of all-time, Kuffour is known for his great power and tactical awareness as well as a physical presence and nous to unsettle the strongest of attacking players. A Ghana International for 13 years, he won his 1st Cap as a 17-year old when Ghana played Sierra Leone on 28th November, 1993.
- Kasey Keller
Kasey Keller, (born November 29, 1969 in Lacey, Washington, United States) is a football goalkeeper, four time World Cup participant and one of the first American goalkeepers to become a regular in the English Premier League. Keller played his college career at the University of Portland. As a freshman in 1988, he backstopped the team to the NCAA men's soccer final four. He earned first team All American as a senior and was the 1991 Adidas Goalkeeper of the Year.
- Hakan Yakın
Hakan Yakın is a Swiss-Turkish football player. Hakan plays in the Swiss Super League with Young Boys. His career has been overshadowed by some trouble regarding his club transfers, as his engagements outside Switzerland (Paris St. Germain, Galatasaray and VfB Stuttgart) were not accompanied by luck. Nonetheless he has been one of the best and most important Swiss football players for almost 10 years.
- Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Santa Cruz is a Paraguayan football striker, who currently plays for Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga.
- Fernando Meira
Fernando Meira, pron., is a Portuguese football player. He has won numerous caps for the Portugal national football team before establishing himself as a regular in the national side's defence. After being left out of the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he earned a recall under new coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
- Jan Koller
Jan Koller (born March 30, 1973 in Smetanova Lhota, Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia) is a Czech football player, who currently stars as a striker for the Czech Republic national team and the Ligue 1 club AS Monaco. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 48 goals in 75 caps as of February 8, 2007. Koller has an impressive physical presence (height: 2.02 m, nearly 6'8" and weight 100 kg, about 220 pounds).
- Hasan Salihamidžić
Hasan Salihamidžić is a football all-round-midfielder. He is currently playing for Juventus of Italy. On 15 January 2007 he signed a 4 year deal with Juventus and will join them in the summer. Salihamidžić is well known for his versatility because he can play in almost every part of the pitch. His career started flourishing while he was playing as a striker, then he played as both a right winger and left back in Bayern, …
- Roy Makaay
Roy Rudolphus Antonius Makaay (born March 9, 1975 in Wijchen, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer who is a striker for the Netherlands and Feyenoord. While playing for FC Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname "Das Phantom" (the Phantom), for his ability to score out of nowhere.
- Gregg Berhalter
Gregg Berhalter (born August 1, 1973, in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for 1860 Munich in the German Second Bundesliga. Berhalter is currently captain of 1860 Munich.
- Ned Zelic
Nediljko Zelić, short form Ned Zelić, is an Australian football (soccer) player who most recently played for the Newcastle United Jets. He previously played for the Australian team but made himself unavailable after disagreements with coach Frank Farina. Zelic was a member of the Australian team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is of Croat origin.
- Stefan Majewski
Stefan Majewski (born January 31, 1956 in Bydgoszcz) is a retired Polish football player and later a football manager. He played for clubs such as Gwiazda Bydgoszcz, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Legia Warszawa, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (West Germany), Arminia Bielefeld (West Germany) or Apollon Limassol (Cyprus). He played for Polish national team, for which he played 40 matches and scored 4 goals. He was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, …
- Lúcio Ferreira da Silva
Lucimar Ferreira da Silva more commonly known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for FC Bayern Munich He is also known for being a part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup winning Brazilian national team. He is married to Dione with whom he has three children: Victoria, João Victor, and Valentinna. He is widely considered as Brazil's best central defender and a key member of the Brazilian squad's defense.
- Craig Moore
Craig Andrew Moore (born December 12, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales), is a defender from Australia, who plays for the Australia national football (soccer) team. Moore, a product of the Rangers youth system, became an important player in Rangers' defence up until 2004 (although he did spend most of the 1998/99 season at Crystal Palace, where he was also highly successful, despite the Eagles' relegation).
- Evans Wise
Evans Wise (born November 23, 1973 in Saint Joseph) is a Trinidadian football player, who currently plays for the German football club SV Waldhof Mannheim. His first professional club was Tampa Bay Mutiny, who drafted him as number 4 in the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft. Wise has 18 caps and 3 goals for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. He was called up to for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, replacing the injured Silvio Spann.
- Tore Pedersen
Tore Pedersen is a former Norwegian international footballer, who notably played for Wimbledon, St. Pauli, Oldham Athletic, IFK Göteborg, Eintracht Frankfurt and Blackburn Rovers.
- Pirmin Schwegler
Pirmin Schwegler (born March 9 1987) is a Swiss football player who currently plays as midfielder for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga. He is he brother of Christian Schwegler
- Vits Rimkus
Vits Rimkus is a football striker from Latvia. As of February 2007 he has played 63 international matches and scored 10 goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1995, and played at Euro 2004. He started his career in DAG Riga, has since played for Amstrig, FC Winterthur, 1. FC Nürnberg, Erzgebirge Aue, FC Skonto, FK Ventspils, FK Valmiera and FC Rostov, and has now returned to FK Ventspils.
- Ludovic Magnin
Ludovic Magnin (born 20 April 1979 in Sion) is a Swiss football defender who currently, as of May 2007, plays for VfB Stuttgart. He has got 27 caps and 2 goals for the Swiss national team since his debut in 2000. He has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and also participated at the 2004 European Football Championship.
- David Mitchell
David "Dave" Mitchell (born 1962 in Scotland) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He moved to Australia as a teenager. He began his professional career with Adelaide City in 1981, and made his Australia debut against Taiwan that same year. He made 44 appearances for the national team, scoring 13 goals. In a journeyman career, Mitchell played for clubs in England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Malaysia and Hong Kong, …
- Srečko Katanec
Srečko Katanec was a Slovenian and Yugoslavian football player and is the current coach of the Republic of Macedonia national football team. He stands at 190cm tall. Srečko, with Croatian roots, started playing football at the age of 7 at NK Ljubljana. In 1981 he went to Olimpija Ljubljana, in 1985 to Dinamo Zagreb and next year to Partizan Belgrade and was a Yugoslav champion in 1987. In 1988 he joined VfB Stuttgart.
- Willy Sagnol
William "Willy" Sagnol is a French international Defender currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany's Bundesliga. He was part of the French squad at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and 2006 World Cup. He is considered as one of the best right backs in professional football.
- Boubacar Sanogo
Boubacar Sanogo is an Ivorian football player. Starting his career in Tunisia, he went to Al-Ain in UAE, where he became well-known winning the Asian Cup and being a top goalscorer in the UAE League. An attacker, he played for FC Kaiserslautern during the 2005/06 season, scoring 10 goals in 24 games, a performance that caught the attention of high level German clubs. Then he was transferred to Hamburger SV in the summer of 2006.