- Chris Kamara
Chris Kamara (born 25 December 1957 in Middlesbrough) is a former professional footballer in England. Since retiring from football in 1995 he is best known for his work at Sky Sports as a football analyst. After serving with the British Royal Navy, Kamara joined Portsmouth in 1975, beginning a professional footballing career that saw him move between 9 clubs, scoring 71 goals in 641 league appearances. After acquiring a reputation as a hard man as a player, …
- Steve McClaren
Stephen "Steve" McClaren is an English former professional footballer and the current manager of the England national football team, having succeeded Sven-Göran Eriksson on 1 August2006. He is also a former professional footballer and former manager of English Premiership team Middlesbrough. At Middlesbrough he won them their only trophy to date, winning the 2004 Carling Cup, knocking out Arsenal over two legs in the semi-final, …
- Gareth Southgate
Gareth Harold Southgate (born 3 September 1970 in Watford, Herts) is a former English footballer, currently manager of Middlesbrough in the English Premiership.
- David Bentley
David Michael Bentley (born August 27 1984 in Peterborough) is an English football player who plays for Blackburn Rovers. He can play in several positions across the midfield, but he has been utilised most effectively as a wide midfielder. Bentley started his career with Arsenal F.C., but saw his playing opportunities limited by a strong senior squad. He spent several seasons on loan with Norwich City F.C. and Blackburn, …
- Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer (born October 6, 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player. Schwarzer is an Australian international goalkeeper, who currently plays for English Premiership football team Middlesbrough. He is of German descent, his parents Hans-Joachim and Doris having emigrated to Australia in the 1960s. He speaks English, Spanish and German.
- Stewart Downing
Stewart Jason Downing (born July 22, 1984 in Middlesbrough) is an English football player, who currently plays for Middlesbrough, and is in the England squad. A natural left-footer, Downing plays on the left side of midfield in a traditional winger's role.
- George Boateng
George Boateng (born September 5, 1975 in Nkawkaw, Ghana) is a Dutch footballer. He is a central midfielder who currently plays for English Premiership football team Middlesbrough whom he captains.
- Mark Viduka
Mark Anthony Viduka (born October 9, 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian striker of Croatian and Ukrainian descent, who has signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League and also plays for the Australian national team. He is known for his strong physical presence and hold-up play. Viduka and his wife, Ivana, have two sons; Joseph, nicknamed 'Joey' (born 2002), and Lucas (born September 2006)
- Alan Smith
Alan Smith (born 1950, in Middlesbrough) is a former English footballer turned physiotherapist. He is currently the physio at Aston Villa.
- 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.
- Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE (born January 11, 1957) is a former England, West Bromwich Albion, and Manchester United footballer who also captained his country. He is the current manager of Sheffield United. He was born and brought up in Witton Gilbert, County Durham. The family moved to the nearby town of Chester-le-Street when he was six. Where he began playing football and supporting Newcastle United.
- Steed Malbranque
Steed Malbranque (born January 6 1980 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a Belgian-born French footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
- Lee Cattermole
Lee Cattermole (born 21 March, 1988 in Stockton-on-Tees) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Middlesbrough F.C. as a midfielder. He is a product of the club's celebrated youth academy - widely considered one of the best in the world. His Nickname of 'Clattermole' refers to his strong and sometimes clumsy challenges but his workrate and position is likened to that of a young Roy Keane.
- David Wheater
David Wheater (born February 14, 1987) is an English footballer, currently playing for Middlesbrough, having recently returned from loan at Darlington. He is a central defender. He had a brief but fruitful loan spell at League One side Doncaster Rovers from January to April 2006. By the end of the 2005 - 2006 season, he had played 6 games for Middlesbrough, had not scored, but had not been booked either.
- Darren Fletcher
Darren Barr Fletcher (born 1 February 1984 in Dalkeith, Midlothian) is a Scottish football player currently playing for Premier League club Manchester United.
- Robert Huth
Robert Huth (born 18 August 1984 in Berlin, Germany) is a German footballer who currently plays for Middlesbrough. He was signed for Chelsea from the youth system of German club Union Berlin in 2001 by then Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri. He is often referred to as "The Unstoppable Force".
- Emanuel Pogatetz
Emanuel Pogatetz (born January 16, 1983 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Middlesbrough as a defender.
- Julio Arca
Julio Andrés Arca is an Argentinian footballer, also former Argentinian Under-21 captain, currently playing for Middlesbrough. Arca's father was a bank manager. His Italian passport allows him to play in Europe without needing a work permit. Signed by Sunderland under Boss Peter Reid in 2000 from Argentinos Juniors with £3.5million five-year deal, while beat off competition from Newcastle United and Leeds United.
- Paul Gascoigne
Paul John Gascoigne (born 27 May, 1967 in Gateshead, England), often referred to as Gazza, is a retired English football player who is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation. He has also had spells as a manager and coach, most recently at Kettering Town in 2005. Playing in the position of midfield, his career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, …
- Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson (born February 24, 1988 in Urmston, Manchester) is a professional footballer with Manchester City. Johnson signed for Manchester City in 2004. Prior to signing for Manchester City, Johnson was a schoolboy at Everton., and supported Leeds United as a youth. He was part of the Manchester City youth team which reached the 2006 FA Youth Cup final. On 21 October 2006 he made his Premiership debut in the 4-0 defeat to Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium.
- Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson (born 14 July 1987 in Sunderland, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Middlesbrough F.C., where he was in the fringes of the first team. Johnson is one of many bright talents to emerge from Middlesbrough's acclaimed Youth Academy in recent years. The left winger is also an integral part of England's under-19's squad and been tipped as a future star of the game by many, including the coach, Nigel Hunter.
- Chris Riggott
Christopher Mark "Chris" Riggott (born September 1 1980) is an English association football player. He is a defender, who currently plays for English Premiership football team Middlesbrough as a centre back. His weight is 78.32 kg.
- Sean Davis
Sean Davis (born 20 September 1979 in Lambeth, London) is a professional English footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth as a midfielder. Davis is a product of Fulham youth system and was described by former Fulham and England boss Kevin Keegan as being a hot prospect for the future. He made his first-team debut for Fulham aged just 17 years and 25 days in 1996. Davis progressed under the watchful eye of managers Kevin Keegan, Jean Tigana and later Chris Coleman.
- Dean Windass
Dean Windass (born April 1, 1969 in Hull, England) is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for his hometown club, Hull City.
- Steve Gibson
Steve Gibson (born 1958) is an entrepreneur and the chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club. He is acclaimed in Middlesbrough for being a local working class man who made good.
- 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.
- Luke Moore
Luke Moore (born February 13, 1986 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is an English football player who currently plays for Aston Villa as a forward.
- Franck Queudrue
Franck Queudrue (born August 27, 1978 in Paris, France) is a French footballer, currently playing for Fulham. Queudrue is a French B international defender, who currently plays for English Premiership football team Fulham. He joined Middlesbrough on loan from French club Lens in October 2001 and stayed until the summer of 2006. His prefered position is left-back, though he is comfortable at centre-back and, on certain occasions, …
- 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), …
- Roberto di Matteo
Roberto Di Matteo is a Swiss-Italian former professional footballer. A midfielder, his career consisted of spells at Schaffhausen (1988-91), Zürich (1991-92), Aarau (1992-93), Lazio (1993-96), and Chelsea (1996-2002). He was capped 34 times, scoring two goals for the Italian national team, and played for his country in the Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup. Injury forced his retirement in 2002 but he retains strong links in London owning several restaurants.
- Peter Taylor
Peter Thomas Taylor, (July 2 1928 - October 4 1990), was an English football goalkeeper who played for Port Vale, Coventry City, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. More notably, he was a very successful coach at Derby County and Forest alongside Brian Clough. It was as a reserve goalkeeper at Middlesbrough that he first met Clough (and it was he who spotted Clough's potential as a forward and helped him break into the first team).
- James Morrison
James Clark Morrison (born May 25, 1986 in Darlington, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Middlesbrough. A former pupil at Hummersknott School, Morrison is a product of Middlesbrough's youth academy and played several times in the 2004/05 season. His ability to run with the ball at pace makes him an effective option through the middle, as an attacking midfielder, or more often as a right winger.
- Andrew Taylor
Andrew Taylor (born August 1, 1986 in Hartlepool) is an English football player who currently plays for Middlesbrough. Taylor was part of England's Under-19 Championship team in 2005, in which they finished runners-up to France. He was also selected for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Having missed most of the previous season, due in no small part to an ankle injury, he spent six months on loan to Bradford City at the start of the 2005-06 season, …
- Nick Barmby
Nicholas Jonathan "Nick" Barmby (born February 11, 1974 in Hull, England) is an English footballer currently playing for Hull City, who has amassed a total of 23 caps for his country. Growing up on the west side of Hull, he played for local teams Springhead and National Tigers as a boy, showing huge talent from a very early age. Consequently, he ended his education at the local Kelvin High School early in order to complete his studies at the FA's School Of Excellence, …
- Ugo Ehiogu
Ugochuku "Ugo" Ehiogu (born November 3 1972 in Homerton, London) is an English football player who currently plays for Rangers. A defender, Ehiogu (pronounced "Eheeog") has represented England at international level. Ehiogu started talks with Rangers over a proposed transfer from Middlesbrough and on 22 January, 2007, signed an eighteen-month deal with Rangers after completing a medical.
- Gaizka Mendieta
Gaizka Mendieta Zabala is a Basque Spanish football player. He is a midfielder who currently plays for Middlesbrough of the English Premiership. Mendieta, born in the Basque Country, started his club career with Castellón in 1991 and moved to Valencia a year later. He became one of the most sought-after players in Europe after leading his club to two consecutive Champions League finals in 2000 and 2001. That led to a €48 million transfer to Lazio in 2001, …
- Martin Taylor
Martin "Tiny" Taylor (born November 9, 1979 in Ashington, Northumberland) is an English footballer who currently plays for Birmingham City as a defender.
- Luke Wilkshire
Luke Wilkshire (born October 2, 1981 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie and is a regular for the Australian National Team. Wilkshire has also represented Australia at youth level earlier in his career, playing in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, and in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
- Ross Turnbull
Ross Turnbull (born 4 January 1985) is an English football goalkeeper. He joined Middlesbrough F.C. as a trainee in 2002. He represented England U20 in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
- Craig Fagan
Craig Anthony Fagan (born December 11, 1982) is a professional footballer currently playing for Derby County in England's Premier League. His preferred position is striker, but he can also play on the right wing. Fagan's career began at his hometown club, Birmingham City, from whom he moved to Colchester United on a free transfer in 2004, after a successful loan spell.