- Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May, 1980, Whiston, Merseyside) is an English football player. He is the captain of Liverpool, where he wears the number 8 shirt. He is the England vice captain, for which he usually wears the number 4. An inspirational and versatile midfielder known for his long-range shots and trademark defence-splitting passes, he is usually employed in the commanding "box-to-box" midfield role, …
- 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.
- 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, …
- Joey Barton
Joseph Anthony Barton (born 2 September 1982 in Liverpool, Merseyside), commonly known as Joey Barton, is an English football (soccer) player. He currently plays for the English club Newcastle United, as a midfielder. Barton was raised in a rough area and as a child saw football as a form of escapism. He began his football career in 2001 with Manchester City after working his way through their youth system. He became a regular player for Man City, …
- Phil Neville
Philip John "Phil" Neville (born January 21, 1977 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer, who has spent most of his professional career at Manchester United, the team he joined as a youngster, but now plays for Everton. He is younger brother of Manchester United captain Gary Neville, and the twin of England netball international Tracey Neville. A versatile player, Neville was much-decorated during his United career, winning six Premiership titles, …
- Barry Ferguson
Barry Ferguson MBE (born Hamilton, Scotland, February 2, 1978) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays in midfield. He currently plays for and captains both Scottish Premier League club Rangers and the Scotland national team.
- Clint Dempsey
Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey a.k.a "deuce" (born March 9, 1983 in Nacogdoches, Texas) is an American soccer player who plays midfield and forward for Fulham of the Premier League and the United States national team.
- Andy Reid
Andrew Matthew "Andy" Reid (born July 29 1982 in Dublin) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Charlton Athletic. He is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 11 stone. He usually plays left side of midfield but can also operate down the right side or just off the striker. Reid started his career with Nottingham Forest. He turned professional in August 1999 and went on to score 25 goals in 160 appearances, …
- Bobby Charlton
After quitting a job in a coal mine, Charlton applied to join the police, but was then offered a trial by Leeds United after they had spotted him playing as a central defender in an amateur match. The trial game clashed with his police interview, and Charlton chose to play in the game. He impressed enough to be offered an apprenticeship with Leeds, and then signed professional terms in 1952.
- Simon Davies
Simon Davies, (born October 23 1979), is a Wales international football player who currently plays for Fulham. His favoured position is the right side of midfield.
- Gary Speed
Gary Speed is a Welsh footballer, who plays in midfield. He is currently the player/coach for Bolton Wanderers, after a £750,000 switch from Newcastle United in July 2004. He was also captain for the Welsh national team until he retired from international football in 2004 after the side's 3-2 defeat to Poland in a World Cup qualifier. As a child, he went to Hawarden High School. Speed began his career with Leeds United, winning the title with them in 1992.
- Stephen Hunt
Stephen Patrick Hunt (born 1 August 1981 in County Laois, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer. His position is left midfield, and he plays professionally for Reading. He previously played for Brentford and Crystal Palace. His younger brother, Noel Hunt, is also a footballer, and plays for Dundee United.
- Edgar Davids
Edgar Steven Davids (born March 13, 1973 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch professional football player. He plays in the midfield position and is known for his hard work ethic. He is in his second stint at AFC Ajax, having joined them as an 18-year-old. He has also played for A.C. Milan, Juventus FC, FC Barcelona, Internazionale and Tottenham Hotspur. Davids suffers from glaucoma, which requires him to wear protective goggles during football matches.
- Pedro Mendes
Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes is a Portuguese footballer who plays in midfield for Portsmouth.
- Tom Huddlestone
Thomas Huddlestone is a professional English football player for Tottenham Hotspur. He can play either in defence or midfield, with the latter being the position considered his best. The North London club acquired his services from Derby County in July 2005 for an initial fee of £600,000 with possible add-ons taking the fee to around £2M, rumoured to be around £2.5 million.
- Kieran Richardson
Kieran Edward Richardson (born 21 October 1984 in Greenwich, London) is an English footballer currently playing for Sunderland. He is a left-sided midfielder who is also comfortable playing in central midfield. He has also played at left back during Manchester United's 2006-07 injury crisis.
- Michael Brown
Michael Robert Brown (born January 25, 1977 in Hartlepool, England), is a professional footballer who plays in a midfield position for Fulham in the English Premiership. Brown is notable for his competitiveness, after a series of vicious fouls on players such as Sean Davis, Ryan Giggs, Ashley Cole and most recently a head butt on Xabi Alonso.
- Phil Brown
Phil Brown, born January 16 1966 in Sheffield, England is an English professional footballer who is currently one of the player-managers of Northern Premier League Premier Division side Matlock Town along with Gareth Williams. He usually plays in midfield, but can also play as a striker. He started his career in 1982, coming through the ranks at Chesterfield where he stayed for 4 years. In 1986, he moved to Stockport County, but left soon after.
- Steve Ralston
Steve Ralston (born June 14, 1974 in Oakville, Missouri) is an American soccer player, who currently plays right midfield and right defense in Major League Soccer for the New England Revolution. Ralston was drafted 18th overall in the 1996 MLS College Draft by the Tampa Bay Mutiny out of Florida International University, and proceeded to become the first MLS player to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Ralston played for the Mutiny for six years, …
- Liam Brady
Liam Brady (born February 13, 1956 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer, who is now a coach and television pundit. He was renowned as a midfielder with elegant technical skills, most notably his left foot, his high-quality passing and close control. He found success both with Arsenal (one FA Cup title) and Juventus (two Serie A titles), and won 72 caps for the Republic of Ireland. He is currently Arsenal's Head of Youth Development.
- 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.
- Manuel Fernandes
Manuel Henriques Tavares Fernandes (born 5 February, 1986 in Lisbon), called Manuel Fernandes (pron.) for short, is a Portuguese football (soccer) player who plays in midfield for Benfica.
- James Harper
James Alan John Harper (born 9 November 1980 in Chelmsford, England) is a professional footballer playing in central midfield for Reading in the English Premier League. He attended the Anglo European School.
- Trevor Sinclair
Trevor Lloyd Sinclair (born March 2, 1973 in Dulwich, London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Cardiff City. The versatile winger is able to play on both the left and right flanks. Prior to Manchester City, Sinclair played for Blackpool (1989-93), Queens Park Rangers (1993-98), and West Ham United (1998-2003). He earned 12 caps for England, four of which came in the 2002 World Cup, in which he was a last-minute replacement for the injured Danny Murphy.
- Fabrice Muamba
Fabrice Muamba (born 6 April 1988 in Kinshasa) is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for Birmingham City.
- Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson is a professional footballer currently without a club. He plays in midfield and has been capped once by England (against Sweden in 2004). Thompson previously played for Celtic, joining them in 2000 for £2.75 million from Aston Villa during Martin O'Neill's first season. His other former clubs are Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United, the latter of which is his hometown club and the team he supported as a boy.
- David Platt
David Andrew Platt (born June 10 1966 in Chadderton, near Oldham, in Lancashire) is a former English footballer, who played in midfield.
- Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Juventus of the Italian Serie A. He is an attacking left back who has also played in midfield. Chiellini started his career with Livorno where he played for two years each in Serie C1 and Serie B. He was signed by Juventus in summer 2004, for €6.5 million, but immediately sold on co-ownership deal to Fiorentina for €3.5 million, where he played for 2004/05 season.
- Glen Little
Glen Matthew Little (born 15 October 1975, Wimbledon, England) is an English footballer. His position is right midfield, and he plays professionally for Reading. He previously played for Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Derry City, Glentoran and Crystal Palace.
- Steve Morrow
Stephen Joseph "Steve" Morrow (born July 2, 1970 in Belfast) is a Northern Ireland former football player. He is currently the head coach of FC Dallas in the United States' Major League Soccer. Morrow first played for Bangor as youth, before joining London club Arsenal in July 1987. A versatile utility man, who could play at full back, centre back or midfield, Morrow had loan spells at Reading, Watford and Barnet, …
- Marek Jankulovski
Marek Jankulovski is a Czech football left-back of partial ethnic Macedonian origin. He currently plays for A.C. Milan of the Italian Serie A. His father, Pando Jankulovski, emigrated to Czechoslovakia from the Republic of Macedonia; his mother is Czech. Before joining Milan, he played for Baník Ostrava (1994-2000), Napoli (2000-02), and Udinese (2002-05). For the Czech national team, he played in Euro 2000 and Euro 2004.
- Ronnie O'Brien
Ronnie O'Brien (born January 5, 1979 in Bray, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who currently plays right midfield for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer.
- Brad Davis
Bradley Joseph (Brad) Davis (born November 8, 1981 in St. Charles, Missouri) is an American soccer player, who currently plays left midfield for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. Davis attended high school at Chaminade College Preparatory School (Missouri), and Davis joined Saint Louis University in 2000, and played for the school for two seasons before leaving college soccer for the professional ranks.
- Chris Armas
Chris Armas (born August 27, 1972 in Brentwood, New York) is a Puerto-Rican-American soccer player, who currently plays defensive midfield for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. Chris Armas was born in Brentwood, New York on August 27, 1972. His main background is a Puerto Rican-American that has loved the game of soccer from a very young age. Armas attended Adelphi University from 1990-1993, amassing 17 goals and 15 assists over the four years, …
- Marcell Jansen
Marcell Jansen is a German professional footballer. The Bayern Munich player has represented his country on 14 occasions so far, showing up as left-back. On club-level he has also played on the left of midfield and, back in his youth years, also featured as left winger and even striker, a term declaring his versatility. Joining Borussia Mönchengladbach from local "SV Lürrip" in 1994, …
- Keith Gillespie
Keith Robert Gillespie (born 18 February 1975 in Larne, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who plays in midfield. He currently plays for Sheffield United of the English Football League Championship.
- Jim Brennan
James ("Jim") Brennan (born May 8, 1977 in East York, Ontario) is a professional Football (soccer) player from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada currently on the playing roster of Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. He is also one of only a handful of Canadian-born players to have ever played in the FA Premier League. A left-back defender who also has played the left side of the midfield, …
- Christian Wilhelmsson
Christian "Chippen" Wilhelmsson (born December 8, 1979 in Malmö) is a professional football player who plays for FC Nantes of the French Ligue 1 in midfield and for the Swedish national team Wilhelmsson started his career with Mjällby AIF in 1997 where he stayed for three seasons. In 2000 he played for Norwegian team Stabæk I.F. before joining Anderlecht in 2003. Wilhelmsson represented Sweden at Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Brahim Hemdani
Brahim Hemdani (born 15 March 1978) is a French professional football player of Algerian origin who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League. Hemdani, who has been capped for France under-21 football squad, may play for his home country or the national team of Algeria, though he has declined the chance to be included as part of their squad on several occasions.
- David Batty
David Batty (born December 2, 1968 in Leeds, England) was a professional football (soccer) player who played in a defensive midfield position. He is most famed for playing for Leeds United F.C, as well as being capped for the England national football team.