- Djibril Cissé
Djibril Aruun Cissé is a French international football player of Ivorian descent who plays as a striker for both France and Olympique de Marseille. He is noted particularly for his speed and acceleration, as well as his often eye-catching hairstyles.
- Karim Ziani
Karim Ziani (born August 17, 1982 in Sèvres, France) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1. His father originally comes from Bejaia in the Kabylie region of Algeria while his mother is of French origin.
- Lorik Cana
Lorik Cana is an Albanian footballer. A midfielder, 1.85m tall and weighing 77kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and Olympique de Marseille of France at club level. He holds Albanian, French and Swiss citizenship.
- Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet is a professional French football player. He currently plays for Olympique de Marseille as a defender. He is married and has a son named Gabriel (born May 8, 2006) He played all his football with AS Monaco before joining l'OM, he made a name for himself in the 2003/04 season where he blossomed in the Monaco defense with the likes of Manchester United's Patrice Evra, current Marseille player Julien Rodriguez and Olympique Lyonnais rock Sebastien Squillaci.
- Boudewijn Zenden
Boudewijn "Bolo" Zenden (born August 15, 1976 in Maastricht) is a Dutch footballer who plays most often as a midfielder. Zenden is currently playing for Marseille. He has earned 54 caps and scored 7 goals for the Dutch national team, and he represented his country in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 tournaments. Prior to joining Marseille, Zenden played for PSV Eindhoven (1994-98), Barcelona (1998-2001), Chelsea (2001-03), …
- Laurent Bonnart
Laurent Bonnart is a French football (soccer) player. Bonnart played with Le Mans UC72, with whom he began his career. He was a regular in the team from the start of the 2001-02 season, having made his debut in Ligue 2 in the season's first match. He now plays for Olympique de Marseille.
- Ronald Zubar
Ronald Zubar (born September 20, 1985 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French footballer, currently playing for Olympique de Marseille. His position is defender who can play either centre back or as a left full back. He began his career in 2002 with SM Caen. He played ninety-six games for Caen, scoring twice. His performances impressed many Ligue 1 clubs, which linked him to Olympique Lyonnais in the media, …
- Julien Rodriguez
Julien Rodriguez is a French professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille. Rodriguez started his career at AS Monaco, making 135 appearances for the club, before joining Scottish Premier League club Rangers on August 4 2005 for £1m. He scored his first goal for Rangers on March 11 2006 in Rangers' 4-0 victory over Kilmarnock at Ibrox Stadium. He made a total of 30 appearances for Rangers in his debut season with the club.
- Alain Perrin
Alain Perrin, is a French association football coach and the manager of Olympique Lyonnais since May 30 2007. Perrin began his coaching career at AS Nancy in 1983, as junior coach to Arsène Wenger. Perrin built up a reputation as a talented young coach whilst at the club, and was appointed to run the club's academy. In 1993 Perrin had his first chance at management, taking over as manager of non-league club Troyes AC, …
- Laurent Blanc
Laurent Blanc is a retired French football defender, who scored the first golden goal in World Cup history. Blanc is considered to be one of the great centre-halves of the 90s, eclipsed only by Franco Baresi. For France, Blanc played in Euro 92, reached the semi-finals in Euro 96, and won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. He was also well-known for kissing good friend and goalkeeper Fabien Barthez's head before the start of every match, …
- Jacques Faty
Jacques Faty (born 25 February 1984 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who plays for french League 1 club Olympique de Marseille, he is a convert to Islam. He was a product of the well-known Clairefontaine Youth Centre. Faty's primary position is central defence but he has also been fielded in midfield. He is the elder brother of AS Roma player Ricardo Faty.
- Renato Civelli
Renato Civelli is an Argentine football defender. He was born on October 14 1983, in the city of Pehuajó in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. He currently plays for Marseille of Ligue 1 in France. Civelli started his career at Banfield in the Primera Division Argentina. After 2 years with the club he was signed by Marseille in January 2006, during the European winter transfer window.
- Cédric Carrasso
Cédric Carrasso is a French goalkeeper who currently plays club football with Olympique de Marseille. Carrasso has had two loan spells away from Marseille. In 2001-2002 he went to Crystal Palace and played only one match. He later went to Guingamp where he played regularly. During Fabien Barthez's long ban Carrasso filled in. During this time he greatly impressed the coaches, winning the starting job after Barthez departed the club.
- Bernard Tapie
Bernard Tapie is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was "Ministre de la Ville" (Minister of City Affairs) for two periods in 1992-1993, in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy. One of Tapie's businesses, a chain of health product stores known as "La Vie Claire", sponsored one of the strongest cycling teams of all time.
- Garry Bocaly
Garry Bocaly (b. April 19, 1988 in Martinique) is a French Right-back who currently plays club football with Olympique de Marseille. Bocaly is still a youth player of Olympique de Marseille, and has a Professional contract running till June 30, 2009 He played his first league match against PSG during the Season 2005 2006, on March 5, 2006. In order to protest against security flaws, the Olympique de Marseille Presidents, Pape Diouf, …
- Leyti N'Diaye
Leyti N'Diaye is a Senegalese footballer. A defender, he joined Olympique de Marseille in 2004 but never managed to get much playing time. He was loaned to Créteil in January 2006 for six months, then loaned again to RC Strasbourg for the 2006-07 season.
- Wilson Oruma
Wilson Oruma is a football midfielder from Nigeria. He became the tournament top goalscorer when Nigeria won the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championships. Some people feel he has "never really blossomed" beyond that level — nonetheless, he has played international matches for Nigeria, and was part of the team that participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He also helped win the Olympic gold medal in 1996, a year after he debuted for Nigeria.
- Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Robert Louis-Dreyfus is a French billionaire. Mr. Louis-Dreyfus joined the family company, Louis Dreyfus Group in May 2000. He was chairman of Neuf Telecom until 2004 and serves on the board of directors of Neuf Cegetel. Up to February 2001, he was also the chief executive officer of Adidas-Salomon, the German-based sporting goods maker. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Louis-Dreyfus served as chief executive officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, the UK-based advertising agency.
- Benoît Cheyrou
Benoît Cheyrou is a footballer from France who currently plays as midfielder for Olympique de Marseille in the French Ligue 1. He signed for l'OM from AJ Auxerre on the 21st of June 2007, and was represented along with new recruits Gael Givet and Laurent Bonnart. His capture was announced the day before. He caught the eye of sporting director Jose Anigo during the 2006/07 season. He played a pivotal role in the AJA team, he was also the team captain that season.
- Taye Ismaila Taiwo
Taye Ismaila Taïwo is a Nigerian football (soccer) defender who currently plays for Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1). He is know for his ability to shoot with his left foot. Left-back Taiwo was part of the Nigerian team during the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He scored two decisive goals during the competition which enabled Nigeria to reach the final (lost 2-1 against Argentina).
- Jean-Pierre Papin
Jean-Pierre Papin (born November 5, 1963 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French former football player and now manager. Between 2006 and 2007 he was the manager of French club RC Strasbourg, but despite leading the club to promotion to Ligue 1, he resigned, citing internal relationship problems. Papin scored 30 goals for France in 54 matches. He played at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, where France finished third, and at the 1992 European Championships in Sweden.
- Habib Beye
Habib Beye (born October 19, 1977 in Suresnes (France), is a Senegalese footballer, who currently plays for French League 1 giants Olympique de Marseille, he is the current captain of the Mediterranean club, since the start of the 2006/2007 season. He made substitute appearances in Senegal's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, against Denmark, Uruguay and Sweden, and is a regular feature in the Senegalese starting line up.
- Amara Diané
Amara Diané is an Ivorian football striker who plays for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Côte d'Ivoire national team. He is thought to be one of the hottest prospects in Ivory Coast football today, having been dubbed 'The New Drogba'. At the start of his career Amara trained at the famous youth academy at Ivory Coast club ASEC Abidjan, before moving to the Parisian suburbs, where he joined French Club FC Mantes.
- Vincent Gragnic
Vincent Gragnic (born 23 June, 1983) is a footballer from France who currently plays as midfielder for Olympique de Marseille in the French Ligue 1, having signed from FC Libourne Saint-Seurin in June 2007.
- Toifilou Maoulida
Toifilou Maoulida is a French footballer player who plays for Olympique de Marseille. He was born in Mayotte, a small island in the Indian Ocean, close to the Comoro Islands and Reunion Island, and raised in Marseille. He started his professional career at Montpellier Hérault Sport Club in 1997. In 2002, he was transferred to Stade rennais after the club was relegated to French second division.
- François Clerc
François Clerc is a French footballer who plays right back for Olympique Lyonnais. He joined the reigning Ligue 1 titleholders in the summer of 2005 from Toulouse FC, and broke into the first team that season, making 19 appearances in the domestic league and in Europe. He also received a shock call-up (although he would not feature in the match) to the French national team for their March friendly against Slovenia, …
- Mickaël Pagis
Mickaël Pagis is a French football striker, currently playing for Rennes in Ligue 1. Pagis is 1.81 m tall and weighs 81 kg. Pagis' nickname is "Pagistral", based on his name and the french word "Magistral" (brilliant), and also based on the name of a famous wind and writer in Marseille "Mistral".
- Bruno Cheyrou
Bruno Cheyrou (born May 5, 1978 in Suresnes, France) is a professional football player for Rennes of the Ligue 1.
- Jack Kachkar
Jack Kachkar is CEO of Inyx, Inc, a speciality pharmaceutical company founded in 2003. Kachkar was born in Damascus, Syria. His father was of Syrian-Armenian ancestry (Mihran Missak Kachkar; nee Kachkarian). Jack immigrated to Canada in September, 1969. He attended School and University of Alberta in Edmonton prior to transferring to Hungary where he attained a medical degree. He tried to purchase Olympique de Marseille football club in early 2007.
- Sonny Anderson
Sonny Anderson da Silva Nilmar (born september 19, 1970 in Goiatuba) is a football (soccer) player from Brazil. He played as a forward for Olympique de Marseille, AS Monaco, FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais where he became a "legend" of the club with which he never ceased to keep contacts and where he still works now that his football career is over. He is considered to be the origin of the "Brazilian Connection" at the Olympique Lyonnais.
- Marcel Desailly
Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana as "Odenke Abbey") is a former French football player and a former star of the French national football team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He also enjoyed a distinguished career at club level with several European clubs.
- Michael Essien
Michael Essien (born December 3, 1982 in Accra) is a Ghanaian International footballer. He currently plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League. He is a central midfielder and plays as a deep-lying playmaker for the "Black Stars", the Ghana national football team.
- Habib Bamogo
Habib Bamogo (born 8 may 1982) is a French professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille.Since January 2007, he is loaned to Spanish side Celta de Vigo.
- Vedran Runje
Vedran Runje, is a Croatian football goalkeeper who currently plays for RC Lens. Vedran Runje began his career at Hajduk Split back in 1996. Between 1998 and 2001 he played for Standard de Liège before he went to Olympique de Marseille. In France, he had two great years, but during the third season he lost his place to Fabien Barthez and returned to Belgium to play for Standard de Liège, again.
- Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Lizarazu (Basque: //; French: //) (born December 9, 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a former football (soccer) left defender for Bayern Munich and three other professional teams, as well as the French national team. Lizarazu, a Basque, has been capped 97 times for France, scoring two goals, and helped them win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He has won six Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five German Cups, the Champions League, …
- Lamine Diatta
Lamine Diatta is a Senegalese footballer, who is currently a free agent, having left St. Étienne in France. Diatta is tall, strong and the holding force in the centre of Senegal's defence. He gives Senegal aerial power at the back as well as at attacking set pieces. Diatta played in all of Senegal's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Before moving to Lyon in 2004, Diatta played 142 games for Rennes, scoring 9 goals in that time.
- Basile Boli
Basile Boli is a French former footballer and current television sports presenter. Although born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Boli moved to France at an early age and began his career in local youth football in Paris before signing for AJ Auxerre in 1982. A powerful defender, Boli soon made his way into the Auxerre first team and soon made his debut for the French national team in 1986 (going on to win 45 caps altogether).
- Pascal Feindouno
Pascal Feindouno is a Guinean football player who plays for Birmingham City F.C.. He started his career at FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 1998-99, and scored the goal which gave the club the championship title in 1999. He spent the 2001-02 season at Lorient, and was sold by Bordeaux to Saint-Étienne during the 2004-05 season. He was a member of the Guinean national team that competed in the 2004 African Nations Cup, …
- Fabrizio Ravanelli
Fabrizio Ravanelli (born December 11, 1968) is a former Italian football player. Ravanelli was born in Perugia. He has played with a dozen European teams, among them Perugia, Juventus, Lazio, Marseille, Middlesbrough and Derby County, as well as getting 22 caps with the Italian national team. Known as the "White Feather" in recognition of his prematurely whitened hair, he was one of Europe's top goalscorers in the late 1990s.
- Sabri Lamouchi
Sabri Lamouchi (born 9 November 1971 in Lyon) is a French football midfielder of Tunisian descent. His first club was Ales in France. During his time there he impressed Auxerre and played with them for four years. He then when on to join Monaco before being snapped up by Parma of Italy. Even though he had an average season, he was again on the move this time to Italian giants Inter Milan. He also struggled there, and failed to win a place in the team.