- Robbie Williams
Robert "Robbie" Williams (born April 12, 1979 in Liverpool) is an English footballer playing for Accrington Stanley.
- Robbie Williams
Robert "Robbie" Ian Williams (born 2 October 1984 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Barnsley in the Coca-Cola Championship. He plays at left-back. Williams came through the youth ranks with Barnsley, playing over fifty first-team games. He made his debut on 5 October 2002, against Brentford. On March 22, 2007, Williams joined Blackpool on loan until the end of the season.
- Mark Hughes
Mark Anthony Hughes (born December 9, 1986 in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Northampton Town. Born in Merseyside, he joined Everton the age of seven and progressed to the rank of reserve team captain. Although he plays as a central defender, he is very capable of being a regular goal scorer, both from the penalty spot and in open play.
- Paolo Maldini
History: Paolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968, Milan) is a legendary Italian football player. He is the son of Cesare Maldini . Paolo Maldini plays as a defender and, despite being naturally right-footed, predominantly plays the position of left back, although he sometimes plays at centre back. Throughout his long career, he has remained a one club man with A.C. Milan.
- Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson (born December 14 1978 in Watford) is an English football player. He currently plays for West Bromwich Albion F.C.. He is a left-sided defender who can also play at centre back. Robinson, a product of Watford's youth system, made his debut against Watford's arch-rivals Luton Town on 29th October 1996, aged just 17. He went on to make 12 more appearances that season.
- Stephen Warnock
Stephen Warnock (born December 12, 1981 in Ormskirk, Lancashire), is an English footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers. His general position is left back, though he occasionally plays left midfield.
- Peter Vermes
Peter Joseph Vermes (born November 21, 1966 in Delran, New Jersey) is a retired American soccer player of Hungarian origin, who played for the US national team in the 1990 FIFA World Cup as a forward and later became one of the best defenders in Major League Soccer.
- 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.
- John Anderson
John Anderson (born November 7, 1959 in Dublin) is a former Irish international footballer. His position was defender. During his career he played for West Brom, Preston North End and Newcastle United. As of February 2007, he appears as a summariser for Newcastle United matches on BBC Radio Newcastle.
- Facundo Erpen
Facundo Adrian Erpen is an Argentine football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Erpen was part of the Boca Juniors youth system and played for Talleres de Córdoba before signing with DC United in the summer of 2005. He was traded to the Colorado Rapids for Greg Vanney in June of 2007. On August 8, 2006, Erpen was named as a replacement for injured Eddie Pope on the 2006 MLS All Star Team, …
- Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith (born October 5, 1986 in Sunderland, England) is a professional football (soccer) Defender, currently playing for the Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen F.C.. Smith was a trainee for the Black Cats, and signed professional in July 2004. Smith made his Sunderland debut on September 20, 2005, in the 1-0 English League Cup win over Cheltenham Town F.C..
- Steve Nicol
Stephen 'Steve' Nicol (born December 11 1961 in Irvine, Scotland) was a Scottish footballer, a tough and talented utility player who played in the all-conquering Liverpool team of the 1980s. He is currently coach of New England Revolution in MLS.
- Jonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Simon Woodgate (born January 22 1980 in Middlesbrough) is an English footballer, who plays as a defender for Premier League side Middlesbrough.
- Hayden Foxe
Hayden Vernon Foxe (born June 23, 1977 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for A-League club Perth Glory after being released from Leeds United. He has also been capped by the Australian national team, and was a member of the national squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Beginning his career at Sydney club Blacktown City he moved to Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he played from 1995-97.
- Anthony Lloyd
Anthony Francis Lloyd (born March 14, 1984 in Taunton, England) is an English footballer, currently a free agent after being released by York City.
- Richard Hastings
Richard Corey Hastings (born May 18, 1977 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle, for whom he has played during much of his career. Hastings began his career as a teenager with Caley Thistle, for whom he made 106 appearances as a defender. During this spell in Inverness he was an important player for the team and became Caley's first full time player.
- Gertjan Verbeek
Gertjan Verbeek (born August 1, 1962 in Deventer, Overijssel) is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who played his entire professional career for SC Heerenveen (1984-1994). Verbeek retired in 1994, and soon afterwards became a football manager, who worked as an assistant-coach for SC Heerenveen (1994-2001) and as the head coach of Heracles Almelo (2001-2004). In 2004 he was appointed as the successor of retiring head coach Foppe de Haan at SC Heerenveen.
- Paul Williams
Paul Williams (born September 11, 1969 in Leicester) was a professional footballer who is probably most remembered for his time at Plymouth Argyle in the mid-1990s.
- Eduardo Acevedo
Eduardo Mario Acevedo Cardozo (born September 25, 1959 in Montevideo) is a retired football defender from Uruguay, who obtained a total number of 42 international caps for the Uruguay national football team. He was a member of the team that competed at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. <br
- Edgardo Bauza
Edgardo Bauza is a retired football (soccer) defender from Argentina and current coach. He played most of his career for Rosario Central, but he also had short spells with Independiente in Argentina, Atlético Junior in Colombia and CD Veracruz in Mexico. Bauza scored 80 league goals in 310 league appearances for Rosario Central making him one of the highest scoring defenders in the history of Argentine football.
- Felipe Baloy
Felipe Baloy is a soccer defender who currently plays in Mexico for Primera División de México team Club de Fútbol Monterrey and is the current captain of the Panama national football team. For the 2007 Libertadores Cup, Baloy was loaned out to Club América. Felipe Baloy was named in the All-Tournament Team for the 2007 Gold Cup.
- Thomas Helveg
Thomas Lund Helveg (born June 24, 1971) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, a defensive midfielder and defender who plays for Odense Boldklub (OB) in the Danish Superliga. The most prominent period of his career was his five years with AC Milan, with whom he won the Serie A and the UEFA Champions League. A rock in the defense of the Denmark national football team since his debut in April 1994, Helveg was named 1994 Danish "Player of the Year".
- Doc Lawson
Doc Lawson (born Aldophus Lawson February 11, 1958) is a former American indoor soccer player of Liberian birth. Lawson played the third most games in the history of the original MISL. Lawson was the first ever All-American named from Southern Connecticut State University, an honor received in 1977-78. He played in the original MISL's first season of 1978-79 and was the last original MISL player to remain active.
- Billy McNeill
William "Billy" McNeill MBE (born 2 March, 1940) is a former Scottish footballer and manager. McNeill, known as Cesar, was arguably the greatest captain of Celtic. His nickname was derived from the actor Cesar Romero, who played the getaway driver in the (original) film "Ocean's Eleven", as McNeill was one of the few Celtic players to own a car at the time. He was signed by Celtic from nearby junior team, Blantyre Victoria, in 1957 as a defender.
- Pablo Contreras
Pablo Andrés Contreras Fica is a Chilean football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Celta de Vigo in Spain. Contreras has been with Celta since 2001-02. He debuted with Colo-Colo, a chilean club in first division. He appeared in 36 games and won two championships in the three years he spent with the club. He then made a move to France to club Monaco. He appeared in 28 games with Monaco winning the league championship and Trophée des champions in 2000.
- Leandro Grimi
Leandro Damian Grimi is an Argentine football (soccer) defender. He was signed in January 2007 by Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan from Racing Club de Avellaneda. He also owns an Italian passport. He started playing football for Club Atlético Huracán, being then sold to Racing Club de Avellaneda in 2006 for 750,000 €. Grimi, elected best young player of the 2006 Argentine Apertura tournament, was signed by AC Milan on January 2007 for a sum of €2m.
- Mauricio Wright
Mauricio Wright Reynolds is a former Costa Rican soccer defender and manager, a key member of the Costa Rican national team for over ten years. On May 7th was named manager of Brujas of Escazu, where his younger brother Bernie is signed to. As of early 2005, Wright has been capped 62 times for his country. After not playing at all in qualifying, he started in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and even scored a goal. He also played - and scored - in the 1997 and 2004 Copa Américas.
- 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.
- Iain Fraser
Iain Fraser (born April 3, 1964) is a former professional soccer player. Although born in Jedburgh, Scotland, he grew up in Burlington, Ontario and therefore featured for the Canadian national soccer team in the 1990s as a defender. He was capped 28 times in his career for Canada. Fraser is known as one of the first players drafted by Major League Soccer upon its creation, as well as for his role in a court case against the league.
- Lee Naylor
Lee Martyn Naylor (born 19 March 1980 in Bloxwich, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Celtic. Naylor was born in Bloxwich, and joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on leaving school in 1996. He made his debut against Birmingham City at St Andrews in 1997. He went on to represent England national football team Under-21s.
- Jack Hobbs
Jack Hobbs (born August 18, 1988 in Portsmouth) is a professional English football player, currently playing for Liverpool. From Moulton, a small village near Spalding, Lincolnshire, Hobbs played for Spalding Athletic from the age of 10. The former Spalding Grammar School student left Spalding Athletic a few years later when he joined the Lincoln City. At the age of just 16, Hobbs, a defender, …
- Douglas Sequeira
Douglas Sequeira Solano is a Costa Rican soccer defender, who currently plays for Norwegian team Tromsø I.L. Sequeira played for Deportivo Saprissa, and has also spent some time in Europe with Feyenoord Rotterdam and Karlsruher SC. He was originally acquired by Major League Soccer and Real Salt Lake from Saprissa in exchange for Pablo Brenes, and was immediately sent to Chivas USA for a draft pick, and spent a year with the team.
- Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin (born 22 April 1969 in Leicester) is an English footballer currently with Norwich City. He was capped four times for England. Dublin started his career and made his name as a goal-scoring centre forward but in recent years has shown his versatility by becoming an accomplished defender. He previously played for Norwich City, Cambridge United, Manchester United, Coventry City, Millwall, Aston Villa, Leicester City and Celtic.
- Sergio Brio
Sergio Brio (born 19 August 1956) is a former Italian footballer, in the role of centre back, who played for Juventus F.C. in the 1970s and the 1980s and was part of their European Cup victory in 1985. He recently had an unsuccessful spell in Belgium as R.A.E.C. Mons's head coach.
- Fabio Galante
Fabio Galante (born 20 November 1973 in Montecatini Terme, Province of Pistoia) is an Italian football (soccer) defender, currently playing for Serie A side A.S. Livorno Calcio. He started his professional career for Serie C1 side Empoli F.C., coached by Luciano Spalletti. He moved to Genoa C.F.C. in 1994, and Internazionale in 1996. With Internazionale, Galante played three seasons, winning also a UEFA Cup in 1998.
- Adrian Cann
Adrian Cann (born September 19, 1980 in Thornhill, Ontario) is a Canadian soccer defender, who currently plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps of the USL First Division. Cann had a distinguished college soccer career at the University of Louisville from 2000 to 2003. Cann immediately earned a place in the Cardinals' starting lineup as a freshman, starting 20 games for the team, and was named to first-team All-Conference USA.
- Brahim Thiam
Brahim Thiam (born February 24, 1974 in Bobigny) is a Malian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for SM Caen.
- Iván Guerrero
Mario Iván Guerrero Ramirez is a Honduran football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. Guerrero began his career with Motagua in Honduras, playing with the team from 1996 until transferring overseas in 2000. He moved to the English Premiership to play for Coventry City. He came back to Motagua in 2002 and then moved to Peñarol in Uruguay in 2004, before his move to MLS a year later.
- Alessandro Agostini
Alessandro Agostini (born 23 July, 1979 in Empoli) is an Italian football defender who currently plays for Cagliari Calcio.
- Danilo Gerlo
Danilo Gerlo is an Argentine football defender. He was born on March 7 1979, in the city of Los Quiruinchos in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. He currently plays for Club Atlético River Plate of the Primera Division Argentina. Gerlo started his career in the Argentine 2nd Divisionat Central Córdoba in Rosario in 2000. In 2002 he joined Quilmes and helped the team gain promotion to the Primera by beating Argentinos Juniors in an end of season promotion playoff.