- Luca Toni
Luca Toni, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian football striker who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. Something of a late bloomer who played for almost ten clubs before finally settling, Toni was also a part of the Italian winning team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack is a German football player. He is the current captain of the German national team, and plays club football for Chelsea F.C. in the English FA Premier League.
- Vahid Hashemian
Vahid Hashemian (born July 21, 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Hannover 96 in the German Bundesliga and the Iran national football team. He usually plays in the centre forward position. He is nicknamed "helicopter", or "hubschrauber" in German, due to his outstanding ability to hang in the air.
- Martin Petrov
Martin Ivaylov Petrov (born January 15, 1979 in Vratsa) is a Bulgarian football player currently playing for Atlético Madrid in Spain. He began his career for CSKA Sofia and after a successful two games against Servette in the UEFA Cup, the Swiss side bought the 19-year-old for 1.2 m. German marks. Soon he moved to the German Bundesliga and established himself as a very explosive player for VfL Wolfsburg.
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
Mehdi Mahdavikia is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. He is captain of the Iranian national football team and usually plays as a right winger or full-back.
- 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.
- Mike Hanke
Mike Hanke (born November 5, 1983) is a German football player who plays the position of striker. Hanke made his debut in the 2001/02 season of the German Bundesliga for Schalke 04. He was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg during the 2005/06 season upon request by then Wolfsburg manager Thomas Strunz. He was first capped for the Germany national football team on June 8, 2005 at the 2005 Confederations Cup in a 2-2 draw against Russia.
- Daniel Jensen
Daniel Monberg Jensen (born June 25, 1979) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for SV Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He has played more than 20 matches and scored two goals for the Danish national team, and represented his country at the 2004 European Championship. He is the younger brother of fellow national team player Niclas Jensen.
- Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese football striker who currently plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga
- Sibusiso Zuma
Sibusiso Zuma is a South African professional football player who currently plays for German club Arminia Bielefeld. He has represented the South Africa national football team in 52 matches. Zuma started his career for South African clubs Mighty Pa, African Wanderers and Orlando Pirates. In June 2000, he joined Danish club FC København, where he blossomed as a player.
- Leon Andreasen
Leon Hougaard Andreasen (born 23 April 1983) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a defender for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga. He has played two matches for the Denmark national football team.
- Pierre Wome
Pierre Nlend Wome (born March 26, 1979 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football defender who currently plays for German Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen. His contract runs until June 30th 2008.
- Ebbe Sand
Ebbe Sand (born July 19, 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who most notably played as a striker for FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the German Bundesliga top scorer in 2001, and he won the German Cup in 2001 and 2002 with Schalke. On the international stage, he represented the Denmark national football team at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup, …
- Luciano Emilio
Luciano Emilio is a Brazilian soccer player, who currently plays with MLS club DC United. Emilio started playing professional soccer at the age of 16 (1995). He played for XV de Piracicaba, a member of the state league of São Paulo. The next season he transferred to Rio Branco, another team in the state league of São Paulo. In 1997, Emilio signed with FC Cologne of the German Bundesliga.
- Matthew Amoah
Mathew Amoah (born October 24, 1980 in Tema, Ghana) is a Ghanaian International Striker who plays for Dutch Eredivisie side NAC Breda in The Netherlands after they reached a deal to sign him from German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. He formerly played for SBV Vitesse, where he has spent almost his entire career. He is currently the in-form striker for Ghana, a stark contrast to his club form, where he was recently booed by his own fans.
- Jonas Kamper
Jonas Kamper is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, currently playing for German club Arminia Bielefeld, in the position of right winger. He is a speedy player who holds the record of Denmark national youth team matches, with a combined 93 matches and 15 goals at various youth levels. He has played a single match for the Denmark national football team.
- Heath Pearce
Heath Pearce is an American professional soccer defender, who currently plays for the German Bundesliga side F.C. Hansa Rostock. After a successful three-year college career at the University of Portland, Pearce signed with FC Nordsjælland and began his professional career in the 2005-06 Danish Superliga season. He made his international debut in November 2005 against Scotland.
- Altin Lala
Altin Lala (born November 18, 1975) is an Albanian footballer, currently playing for German Bundesliga team Hannover 96. The defensive midfielder began his football career as a youth at Dinamo Tirana before moving to Germany with the third flight side Borussia Fulda in January 1994. In July 1998, he joined newly-promoted 2.Bundesliga team Hannover 96; making his debut on July 30, 1998, in a 1-0 victory over Karlsruher SC. Here, …
- Michael Zorc
Michael Zorc (born August 25, 1962) is a German former footballer who spent his entire career with Borussia Dortmund. A central midfielder, he played 463 games (a club record) between 1981 and 1998, where "Susi" (so named because of his long hair at the begin of his career) was for many years team captain and was hugely popular with the supporters. He is also the club's second top goalscorer of all-time, thanks in part to his excellent penalty-taking ability.
- Matthew Spiranovic
Matthew Spiranovic (born June 27, 1988 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a centre back for German Bundesliga club 1.FC Nürnberg.
- Bernd Dreher
Bernd Dreher (born November 2 1966 in Leverkusen) is a German football (soccer) player. He is currently the third goalkeeper as well as a goalkeeper coach for Bayern Munich. The 40-year-old keeper originally hung up his gloves in summer 2003, taking up the role of Bayern youth goalkeeping coach and lending a hand to senior counterpart Sepp Maier in his efforts to keep Oliver Kahn and Michael Rensing in peak form.
- 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
- 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.
- Matthieu Delpierre
Matthieu Delpierre (born February 4, 1981 in Nancy, France) is a French professional football player. Delpierre plays as a centre back previously for Lille OSC and currently for VfB Stuttgart. He has represented France at the U-18, U-20 and under-21 levels, making appearances during the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
- Marek Nikl
Marek Nikl is a former Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the German Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg. Nikl spent most of his early footballing years with Prague-based club Bohemians - with a short spell at Sparta Krc in the 1994/95 season - before joining then newly promoted Bundesliga side Nuremberg in November 1998 for the remainder of the 1998-99 season.
- Neven Subotic
Neven Subotić (born on December 10, 1988 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a American football defender. Currently, Subotić plays for Mainz 05 in the German Fußball-Bundesliga.
- Nikolce Noveski
Nikolče Noveski (transliterated Николче Новевски in Macedonian) (born April 28, 1979 in Bitola) is a Macedonian footballer. He is 190cm tall and weighs 87kgs. He plays as a defender (either centre back or left back) for German Bundesliga outfit 1. FSV Mainz 05, who finished in eleventh place in the 2005/06 Bundesliga season. Noveski scored 2 goals for Mainz in 2005/06 season and is a first team player.
- Søren Larsen
Søren Larsen is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for FC Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga. He has scored six goals in nine games for the Danish national team.
- Marcus Lantz
Marcus Lantz is a Swedish professional footballer, who plays as a holding midfielder for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga championship. He has played five matches for the Sweden national football team. Born in Kristianstad, Lantz started playing football with amateur club IFÖ/Bromölla IF. After one season, he moved on to Helsingborgs IF in the top-flight Allsvenskan championship. He helped Helsingborgs win the 1998 Svenska Cupen and 1999 Allsvenskan titles, …
- Damir Vrancic
Damir Vrančić is a Bosnian football player. Currently, Vrančić plays for Mainz 05 in the German Fußball-Bundesliga. He has a brother, Mario Vrančić, who also plays for Mainz 05.
- Knut Kircher
Knut Kircher (born February 2, 1969), is a German football referee. In 1998 he became a referee in the 2nd Bundesliga (zweite bundesliga). Kircher was then elevated to a referee in the German Bundesliga for the 2001/2002 season. In 2004 he became a FIFA-referee. He officiated his first match on September 8, 2004; the World Cup qualifying match between Andorra and Romania (1-5)
- Michael Langer
Michael Langer (born January 6, 1985 in Bregenz, Austria) is an Austrian football player. He is 193 cm (6'4") and 87 kg (192 pounds). Currently a goalkeeper for the German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart, he made his debut in the highest German division on March 10, 2007 in a game against Wolfsburg, as a replacement for regular goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand. He has also played twice for the Austrian Under-21 national team.
- Bo Svensson
Bo Svensson is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a defender for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. He has played a single game for the Denmark national football team.
- Steve Gohouri
Steven Lohoré Gohouri, known as "Steve Gohouri", is a France born Côte d'Ivoire footballer who currently plays as defender for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. He left BSC Young Boys for Borussia on a three and a half year contract on December 28 2006 with a transfer fee of €1.5 million. He had been linked with other clubs prior to the transfer, including Rangers, Wigan and Newcastle.
- Mikkel Thygesen
Mikkel Thygesen (born 22 October 1984) is a Danish professional football midfielder who plays for FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga. He has played one match for the Danish national team. Thygesen plays the role as attacking midfielder, mostly in a central role, but also as a winger.
- Peter Løvenkrands
Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands is a professional footballer who plays for the German Bundesliga team Schalke 04. He is a centre forward who can also play as a winger. Løvenkrands has played more than ten games and scored a single goal for the Danish national team, and he represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004 tournaments. He is the younger brother of Danish footballer Tommy Løvenkrands.
- Valdas Ivanauskas
Valdas Ivanauskas is the former Head Coach of Hearts football club and a former football striker from Lithuania. He played 28 international matches and scored 8 goals for the national team, and also played 5 matches for the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1990. Ivanauskas started his playing career and soon became a regular with FK Žalgiris, a club that was a respected member of the old Soviet Premier Division.
- Alexander Baumjohann
Alexander Baumjohann is a German footballer who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach since January 2007. He started playing with Schalke 04 in 2000 and in contracted until 2007. In his youth he was signed up to Teutonia Waltrop (between 1991 and 2000). He is 5'10" tall and 11 stone. Baumjohann occupies the midfield and sports the number 29. He also has the distinction of being the player most likely to improve in the Winning Eleven / Pro Evolution Soccer games.
- Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues
Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues, also known as Naldo (born September 10, 1982), is a Brazilian football player who plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga.
- Arie Haan
Arie Haan is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven. He participated seven times in European Cup finals with five victories and two defeats.