- Samir Nasri
Samir Nasri (born 26 June 1987 in Marseille) is a French attacking midfielder. He is Algerian by ethnicity and like many other soccer stars in France comes from a family of immigrants who had settled in France.
- Harry Kewell
Harry Kewell (born September 22,1978 in Smithfield, Sydney), is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Liverpool F.C. in the English Premier League. An exceptional dribbler on the wing also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder and as a second striker, he is often regarded within the media as "Australia's finest football export", despite his career being blighted with injury.
- Ricardo Quaresma
Ricardo Andrade Quaresma is a Portuguese football midfielder who currently plays for Porto in the Portuguese BWINLIGA and the Portugal national football team. Nicknamed Mustang by former coach Laszlo Bölöni, Quaresma is often compared to fellow Portuguese, Cristiano Ronaldo for the similarities both possess in terms of their speed and dribbling abilities, as well as their style of play.
- Rui Costa
Rui Manuel César Costa, <small>OIH</small>, usually referred to simply as Rui Costa (pron.) (born March 29, 1972 in Lisbon), is a legendaryPortuguese football player. He is an attacking midfielder for Portuguese club SL Benfica and is also capable of playing as a deep-seated defensive midfielder. He is considered to be the best Portuguese playmaker of all times - for that, he is commonly known as the "maestro", or "The number 10", …
- Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle (born October 27, 1957 in Hayes, London) is a football manager and former player for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He has had spells as manager of Swindon Town, Chelsea, England, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and most recently Wolverhampton Wanderers. Although he has only enjoyed mixed success as a manager, he is arguably one of the finest British players his era, …
- Shaun Maloney
Shaun Richard Maloney was born (January 24, 1983) in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, and is a Scottish international footballer currently playing for English Premiership club Aston Villa. He plays as an attacking midfielder or striker and is also renowned for his ability at set-pieces.
- Mikel Arteta
Mikel Amatriain Arteta (born March 26 1982 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) is a professional Spanish footballer. He is an attacking midfield player, currently playing in the English Premiership for Everton.
- Marcelo Gallardo
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain having joined them from River Plate of Primera División Argentina in January 2007. He is an attacking midfielder in the role of playmaker.
- Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson (born August 29, 1976) is a Danish professional footballer, who plays for Spanish side Villarreal CF in the Spanish La Liga championship. Playing either as a striker or an attacking midfielder, Tomasson is known for his positional strength and fine finishing. His most notable run of football came in his years at Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam, with whom he won the 2002 UEFA Cup, and Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League.
- Stephen Appiah
Stephen Appiah is a Ghanaian International football midfielder and the captain of the Ghana national team. In his native Ghana he is well known as " the black tornado" due to the fact that he is very dominant in the midfield and is also very strong. As of 2007, he plays professionally for the Turkish club Fenerbahçe. A combative player, Stephen Appiah has a strong 'engine' and good tactical awareness.
- Thomas Buffel
Thomas Buffel (born February 19 1981 in Ruddervoorde, Belgium) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Rangers, he is an Attacking Midfielder and can play as a striker, also featuring regularly at international level for Belgium.
- Jari Litmanen
Jari Olavi Litmanen (born February 20 1971 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer, widely considered the country's greatest ever. He was chosen as the best Finnish player of the last 50 years by the Football Association of Finland in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003. Litmanen also finished 42nd in the 100 Greatest Finns voting in 2004. Litmanen currently plays for Malmö FF in the Swedish Allsvenskan, and is the captain of the Finnish national team.
- Nick Ward
Nick Ward (born March 24, 1985 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for League One side Brighton & Hove Albion, although he is on loan at the club from Q.P.R.. His efforts in the inaugural A-League season of 2005-06 resulted in him becoming the first player to win the A-League's Rising Star Award with Perth Glory, along with also winning the Perth Supporter's Player of the Year, …
- Nick Carle
Nicholas Alberto "Nicky" Carle is an Australian football (soccer) player of Chilean origin. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Gençlerbirliği S.K.. Futsal has been a huge part of Carles footballing development and can be seen in the style of game he plays, as a junior Carle won 5 national futsal titles. During his days as a teenage schoolboy, he played football for his high school, Patrician Brothers College, Fairfield.
- Kristian Sarkies
Kristian Sarkies (born October 25, 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays in midfield for Adelaide United as part of the A-League. Sarkies grew up in Dingley Village, a suburb in Melbourne's South-East. Upon scoring his first A-League goal, Sarkies handsignaled Dingley's postcode (3172) in his celebration.
- Andy van der Meyde
Andy van der Meyde (born September 30, 1979 in Arnhem, Gelderland) is a Dutch international footballer, who usually plays as a attacking midfielder. He currently plays his club football for Everton of the English Premiership. He is a right-footed winger, and can play on either wing, although for the Netherlands national football team and during his time at Ajax, he usually played on the right wing. He was signed up to the famous Ajax youth academy as a youngster, …
- Neil Kilkenny
Neil Kilkenny (born December 191985 in Enfield, Middlesex, England) is an English-born Australian footballer who currently plays for Birmingham City He is a goal-scoring attacking midfielder.
- Joel Griffiths
Joel Griffiths (born August 21, 1979) is an Australian football (soccer) player. A right sided attacking midfielder, he currently plays for Newcastle United Jets in his native Australia. He made this transfer on July 31st 2006 for an undisclosed fee after a brief spell in England with Leeds United, having signed from Swiss club Neuchatel Xamax on January 17, 2006. He only managed two substitute appearances for Leeds, …
- Piotr Trochowski
Piotr Trochowski (Born March 22, 1984 in Tczew, Poland) is a German footballer of Polish origin who currently is an attacking midfielder for Hamburger SV and Germany. He is known for his powerful shots. He played for the Germany Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He started his career with St. Pauli, a regional team in Hamburg. He then transferred to the Amateur team of Bayern Munchen.
- Ross Aloisi
Ross Aloisi (born April 17, 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who was known for being the captain of Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League - a team he guided to a premiership, a pre-season cup and 2 Asian Champions League campaigns. He has now come out of retirement and is playing for Wellington Phoenix FC in the A-League.
- Juan Román Riquelme
Juan Román Riquelme (born June 24, 1978 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine professional football attacking midfielder. Riquelme was part of the Argentina national football team that participated in the 2007 Copa América.
- Kenneth Perez
Kenneth Perez Dahl Jensen (born August 29, 1974) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a attacking midfielder for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. Perez scored two goals in 19 matches for the Danish national team from 2003 to 2006, and he was chosen to compete at the 2004 European Championship.
- Aliaksandr Hleb
Aliaksandr Paŭlavič Hleb, sometimes referred to in English as Alexander Hleb, Russian: Александр Павлович Глеб, born May 1, 1981 in Minsk), is a Belarusian footballer who plays in midfield for Arsenal and the Belarus national team. His natural position is attacking midfielder, but recently at Arsenal he has generally been used as a winger
- Juan Arango
Juan Arango (b. May 16/17, 1980 in Maracay) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a Attacking Midfielder for RCD Mallorca, in the first division of the professional football league in Spain, and for Venezuela's national team. Arango is known as "Arangol" in Venezuela, and has been nicknamed the "Caribbean Hurricane" by Luis Omar Tapia in ESPN's telecasts.
- Rivaldo
Vítor Borba Ferreira, commonly known as Rivaldo, is a Brazilian professional football (soccer) player, currently playing for AEK Athens in the Super League Greece. He most notably played five years with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he won the 1998 and 1999 Spanish La Liga championship and the 1998 Copa del Rey. He was honoured as FIFA World Player of the Year and European Footballer of the Year in 1999.
- Darren Ambrose
Darren Paul Ambrose is an English professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Charlton Athletic. He joined Charlton in July 2005 for a fee estimated to be in the region of £1.5m. Ambrose started his career at Ipswich Town and made his debut against Arsenal in April of 2002, replacing Martijn Reuser. Ipswich lost their Premiership status that year but Ambrose started brightly in the next season, …
- Attila Filkor
Attila Filkor is an attacking midfielder who can also play as a striker plays for Inter Milan in Italy's Serie A. He joined them in the summer of 2006 from Maltese club Pietà Hotspurs FC and has been called-up for the Hungary national football team. He was on the bench against Canada national football team, November 15, 2006 and made his debut on February 7, 2007 in the last 5 minutes of a 2-0 win against Latvia in a friendly. He has also captained the Hungarian U-19 side.
- Júlio Baptista
Júlio César Baptista is a football player from Brazil. Nicknamed "la Besta" (the Beast) or "the Tank", he plays as an attacking midfielder for Real Madrid.
- Albin Ekdal
Albin Ekdal (born July 28, 1989 in Bromma), is a Swedish attacking midfielder. He currently plays for IF Brommapojkarna and is currently an Under-18 international with Sweden.
- Anderson Luís De Abreu Oliveira
Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, best known as Anderson, is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Manchester United. His regular position is as an attacking midfielder.
- Nuno Assis
Nuno Assis Lopes Miranda is a Portuguese football attacking midfielder, currently playing for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
- Davor Vugrinec
Davor Vugrinec is a Croatian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker. He was born in Varaždin, Croatia and started his professional career at local club NK Varteks in 1992, becoming a regular at the club in his second professional season and playing for them until June 1997, when he transferred to Italy, before he ran away from big Turkish club Trabzonspor. He made his debut for the Croatian national team on April 10, …
- George O'Callaghan
George Paul O'Callaghan, Jr., (born 5 September 1979) is an Irish football player currently at Ipswich Town F.C. whose former clubs include Port Vale FC and Cork City FC. O'Callaghan is a attacking midfielder who can also play as a striker.
- Dario Vidosic
Dario Vidosic is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently is under contract with German Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg as an attacking midfielder.
- Domenico Morfeo
Domenico Morfeo (born 16 January, 1976) is an Italian professional football (soccer) player. He plays in the position of attacking midfielder or striker, and he who currently plays for Parma F.C. in the Italian Serie A championship. He started his career at Atalanta B.C. before playing short spells at many Italian top clubs, including Fiorentina, AC Milan and Internazionale.
- Tümer Metin
Tümer Metin is a Turkish international footballer. He is an attacking midfielder, and currently plays for Fenerbahçe S.K.. Metin was born in Zonguldak. After playing for four years at Samsunspor, he was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K., along with teamate Ilhan Mansiz in 2001. He signed a contract with Fenerbahçe in June 2006 after spending five years at Beşiktaş.
- Steven Schumacher
Steven Thomas Schumacher (born April 30, 1984 in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Crewe Alexandra. His position is central midfielder. Steven began his career at Everton and was captain of the England Under 19s while he was playing in the club's youth team. He was unable to break into the first team, however, and after a couple of minor loan spells with Carlisle United and Oldham Athletic, signed for Bradford City in 2004.
- Rickie Lambert
Richard "Rickie" Lambert (born 16 February 1982 in Fazakerley, Merseyside) is an English football player who currently plays for Bristol Rovers. Lambert currently plays as striker, but can also play as an attacking midfielder.
- Mikel John Obi
Mikel John Obi (born April 22 1987 in Jos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer. He is a central midfielder who currently plays for Chelsea. He was born "John Michael Nchekube Obinna", the son of a former civil servant. Mikel was playing top-flight football for Plateau United aged 15 and, by 2003, was gaining headlines for his country at the FIFA Under-17 World Championships held in Finland. After a brief spell in South Africa with Ajax Cape Town, …
- Marc Pugh
Marc Anthony Pugh (born April 2, 1987 in Bacup, England) is a professional English footballer, currently playing for Shrewsbury Town in the English League Two. He plays mainly as an attacking midfielder but can play as a striker and on the wing. He has represented England in the North-West of England team and attended the All Saints High School in Rossendale.