- John Toshack
John Benjamin Toshack OBE (born 22 March 1949) is a football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Welsh national football team. He was famously quoted as being the "fattest, ugliest and most annoying man in wales" by Robyn Cooke in his latest book "The Toshack's Tales".
- Mark Hughes
Leslie Mark Hughes OBE (born November 1, 1963 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales), nicknamed "Sparky", is a former Welsh football player and currently a manager at Blackburn Rovers. As a Welsh international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals. He was a talented forward, able to hold up the ball for himself and bring other people into play.
- Simon Davies
Simon Davies, (born October 23 1979), is a Wales international football player who currently plays for Fulham. His favoured position is the right side of midfield.
- Jason Koumas
Jason Koumas (born September 25, 1979 in Wrexham) is a professional player for Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic. Formerly of Tranmere Rovers, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion, he is a current Welsh international. Koumas operates as a midfield playmaker, creating goals for others as well as scoring many himself. He was selected in both the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Football League Championship team of the season.
- James Collins
James "Jamie" Collins (b. August 23 1983, Newport, Wales) is a professional footballer currently playing for West Ham United and a Welsh international.
- Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Hennessey (born January 24, 1987, Anglesey, Wales) is a Wales international footballer. His position is goalkeeper. He plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers - having progressed through the club's youth-team system. He has been offered a new contract with Wolves running until 2008 Hennessey has been capped by Wales at Under-19 and Under-21 level. He made his full international debut for Wales in a friendly versus New Zealand in May 2007.
- Freddy Eastwood
Freddy Eastwood (born October 29, 1983 in Basildon, Essex) is an English-born footballer, currently playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is eligible to play for the Welsh national football team as his maternal grandfather was born in Wales.
- Brian Flynn
Brian Flynn, (born 1955) is a Welsh football manager and former Welsh international player. He was a midfield player and, at 161cm (5'3"), one of the shortest professional football players of modern times. He is currently in charge of all Welsh youth level teams including the Under-21s.
- John Hartson
John Hartson (born April 5, 1975, in Swansea, Wales) is a professional footballer, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion. As of 2005, he had made 50 appearances for Wales in international football. On 6 February, 2006 Hartson decided to retire from international football, only to take himself out of retirement in August 2006, if needed by Wales boss John Toshack. He is in the mould of a traditional centre forward and "target man".
- Gary Speed
Gary Speed is a Welsh footballer, who plays in midfield. He is currently the player/coach for Bolton Wanderers, after a £750,000 switch from Newcastle United in July 2004. He was also captain for the Welsh national team until he retired from international football in 2004 after the side's 3-2 defeat to Poland in a World Cup qualifier. As a child, he went to Hawarden High School. Speed began his career with Leeds United, winning the title with them in 1992.
- Lewin Nyatanga
Lewin John Nyatanga (born August 18 1988 in Burton upon Trent, England) is an English born Welsh football defender who plays for Wales at international level. He currently plays for Derby County in the English Premiership. Nyatanga qualifies for Wales through parentage, having been born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, to a Zimbabwean father and Welsh mother. His first team was Littleover Dazzlers, for whom he played as a youngster.
- Robert Earnshaw
Robert Earnshaw (born April 6, 1981) is a Zambian-born Welsh international football player. He is a striker presently playing for Derby County.
- Sam Ricketts
Samuel "Sam" Ricketts (born October 11, 1981 in Aylesbury, England) is a Welsh football player, currently playing for Hull City. His favoured position is full-back; he usually plays on the right for Hull, but is equally comfortable on the left. Ricketts began his career at Oxford United, making 35 first-team appearances (with a further 13 as substitute) in all competitions and scoring one goal, …
- Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage (born October 18 1974) is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Blackburn Rovers, and formerly played for the Welsh national team. Born in Wrexham, Savage plays in midfield, but when at Crewe Alexandra played as a striker. He has gained notoriety for his playing style; in particular, his close-at-the-heels defending tends to wind up opponents, and he is frequently singled out by opposition fans for invective.
- Mark Delaney
Mark Delaney (born May 13, 1976 in Haverfordwest) is a Welsh footballer who currently plays for Aston Villa F.C. as a defender. Having been rejected by Manchester United as a youngster, Delaney established himself as a fan favourite at Carmarthen Town, becoming club captain at just 20 years of age. Following this he moved to Cardiff City on June 1, 1998 on a free transfer.
- Chris Gunter
Chris Gunter (born July 21 1989 in Newport, Wales) is a Wales international football player and Football League Championship player with Cardiff City. He is the youngest Cardiff City player ever to play for the full Welsh team.
- Paul Jones
Paul Jones (born April 18 1967) is a Welsh international footballer. A goalkeeper, Jones is currently unattached, last representing Queens Park Rangers in the Football League Championship.
- David Cotterill
David Rhys George Best Cotterill is a Welsh footballer who currently plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic. He had played 57 games and scored 7 goals for Bristol City F.C. before the end of the 2005-06 season. He can also play on the right hand side of midfield. He was voted Bristol City's Young Player of the Season for the 2005/06 season. Cotterill joined Wigan Athletic on a three-year deal for £2 million on 31 August 2006.
- Craig Morgan
Craig Morgan (born June 16, 1985 in St Asaph, Wales) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a defender for Peterborough United He is also a Welsh international. He made his debut for Wales against Cyprus on October 11th, 2006 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. He signed permanently for Peterborough United on January 1st 2007 on a free transfer, having been on-loan since November 23rd 2006. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2-0 victory over Bury.
- Lewis Price
Lewis Peter Price (born July 19, 1984 in Bournemouth) is a Welsh international goalkeeper who currently plays for Ipswich Town. Price, who graduated through the Ipswich Town youth system, is an agile performer who became known for stepping in for Kelvin Davis during the 2004-05 season and saving a penalty against Coventry. After Davies returned from injury, Price played for Cambridge United on loan for part of the season. Davis departed at the end of the 2004-5 season, …
- Neal Eardley
Neal James Eardley (born November 6 1988 in Llandudno, Wales) is a highly rated young footballer, currently playing for Oldham Athletic. Made his professional debut for Oldham Athletic in the last game of the 2005/06 season against Scunthorpe United. He made his Wales U21 debut on August 16 2006 against Israel at the age of just 17, in a game played in Holland. This alerted top clubs such as Liverpool, who are scouting him.
- Vinnie Jones
Vincent Peter Jones (born 5 January 1965) is an English-born ex-footballer (and former captain of the Wales national football team). Jones is also a successful actor, famous for his scary and aggressive style of acting and very intimidating demeanour.
- Chris Coleman
Christopher "Chris" Coleman (born 10 June 1970 in Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh football manager and former footballer. Coleman is currently the Real Sociedad manager. As a player, he usually played in defence while also occasionally making a mark as a forward. His most significant achievements include winning 32 caps for Wales and attaining a very respectable ninth place finish in the Premier League as the manager of Fulham, who had been tipped for relegation, in 2004.
- Mark Jones
Mark Jones born on 15 August 1983 in Wrexham is a Welsh footballer who plays for his hometown club, Wrexham AFC, and has done so since he was a teenager. Despite being a midfielder, he is one of the club's most regular goalscorers, with a ratio of 0.2 goals per game as of the end of the 2005-06 season.. He joined the Wrexham AFC club as a trainee on 1 August 2002. He made his debut in the 2002-03 season, but only became an established player 2 seasons later.
- Neville Southall
Neville Southall (born September 16, 1958 in Llandudno, Wales) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Rhyl in the Welsh league. Southall's career spanned much of the 1980s and 1990s. Southall entered the game relatively late, and before becoming a professional worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier. Most famously he played for Everton where he made a club record 578 league appearances (over 750 in all competitions) and won two Football League championships, …
- David Vaughan
David Vaughan (born February 18, 1983 in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire) is a Welsh professional football player. He plays in a midfield role for Crewe Alexandra F.C., for whom he signed as a trainee on 1 August 2000. David actually started his career as an attacking full-back before manager Gradi turned him into a left-sided midfielder. As of April 2004, he has played several times for Wales, including the 0-2 defeat by the United States on 26 May 2003, …
- Ben Thatcher
Benjamin David Thatcher (born November 30, 1975 in Swindon, England) is a Welsh professional footballer, who currently plays for Charlton Athletic in the English Premier League. He has played for a number of English clubs, and has featured in more than 275 English league games from his position as a left-sided defender. He represented England's under-21 national youth team, but has chosen to represent the Wales national team in his senior years, …
- Mike Smith
Mike Smith became the first English-born manager of the Wales national football team, when he succeeded Dave Bowen in 1974. He was replaced by Mike England in 1979 and after managing Hull City A.F.C. (1979-1982), he later returned for a second spell with the national team.
- Paul Parry
Paul Parry (born August 19, 1980) is a Welsh football player who currently plays for Cardiff City. Parry was born in Chepstow and attended Chepstow Comprehensive School. He plays as a left-winger. Parry started his career at Hereford United as a YTS trainee, turning professional in the 1998-99 season. His profile was raised after an excellent FA Cup performance against Leicester City in the 1999/00 season.
- Mickey Thomas
Mickey Thomas (born July 7, 1954 in Mochdre, Wales), is a former football player. As a Welsh international, he made 51 appearances and scored four goals
- Terry Yorath
Terence Charles Yorath (born in Cardiff, Wales on March 27, 1950) is a former footballer and manager. He represented Leeds United, Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur, Bradford City, Swansea City and the Welsh national team. He later became a football manager for Bradford City, Swansea City, Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town, and also managed the Wales national football team, as well as the Lebanon national football team.
- Craig Davies
Craig Martin Davies (born 9 January 1986 in Burton upon Trent, England) is an English-born Welsh international footballer who currently plays as a striker for English club Oldham Athletic. He was a member of the youth team at Shrewsbury Town, and then Manchester City, before moving in August 2005 to Oxford United where he scored 8 goals in 29 appearances for the first team. He scored goals galore for the youth and reserve teams at Oxford United.
- Andy Melville
Andy Melville is a former Welsh professional football player. In the early years of his career, he played in midfield. He was later converted into a central defender. He started his career at Swansea City before earning a move to Oxford United in July 1990 for £275,000. He later went on to play for Sunderland and Fulham, before finishing his career with short spells at West Ham United and Nottingham Forest. He won 65 caps for the Welsh national team, scoring 3 times.
- Owain Tudur-Jones
Owain Tudur-Jones is a professional footballer who currently plays for Swansea City. A midfielder, Tudur-Jones was signed from Bangor City for £5,000 prior to the 2005/06 season after a successful trial period. During his first full season as a professional he made 21 league appearances, scoring three goals. He also made his debut for the Welsh Under-21 side and at the end of the season also received a call up to the full international squad.
- Robert Page
Robert Page (born September 3 1974), is a Welsh professional footballer currently playing for Coventry City. Prior to this he spent 8 seasons at Watford before being transferred to Sheffield United and played there for a further 3 seasons. He moved to Cardiff City in 2004, but left after only making a handful of appearances. After leaving Cardiff he was signed on a free transfer by Coventry manager Micky Adams. He is now enjoying a successul spell at Coventry, …
- Arron Davies
Arron Rhys Davies (born June 22 1984 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh footballer, currently playing as a forward for Nottingham Forest. He can play on either wing or as a striker.
- John Lewis
John Richard Lewis (born Aberystwyth August 1881, died Burton upon Trent 12 September 1954) was a Welsh international footballer, who played his club football as a forward for various clubs in the south of England. He started his career with Bristol Rovers in September 1899, before moving to the South coast to join Southern League Portsmouth in May 1900.
- Daniel Nardiello
Daniel Anthony Nardiello (born October 22, 1982 in Coventry, England) is an English-born Welsh football player. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers and wears the number 8 shirt. His father, Donato Nardiello, was a winger at West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City in the late 1970's and won two caps for Wales.
- Dai Davies
William David Davies, better known as Dai Davies (born April 1 1948 in Glanaman, South Wales), was a professional footballer, who played in goal between 1969 and 1987. He made 52 appearances for the Wales national football team, and played for Everton, Wrexham (twice), Tranmere Rovers and three spells at Swansea.
- Rob Edwards
Rob Edwards is a Wales international footballer. Rob started his career as an apprentice at Birmingham based club Aston Villa. However, after making only 9 appearances for the Villans, plus loan spells at Derby County and Crystal Palace, Edwards made the short journey across the Midlands to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 July 2004 for £250,000. Edwards's Molineux career made a slow start. At times he was left out in favour of Keith Lowe or Mark Clyde.