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List of footballers

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This is a list of the 600 best-known footballers, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#NameAge
101
Bobby CharltonEnglish association football player and manager (1937–2023)
1937–2023
102
Gianni InfantinoSwiss-Italian-Lebanese football administrator
56
103
Michael BallackGerman association football player (born 1976)
50
104
Oliver KahnGerman association football player (born 1969)
57
105
Percy LizaPeruvian footballer
26
106
RaúlSpanish association football player
49
107
Vinícius JúniorBrazilian association football player (born 2000)
26
108
Joachim LöwGerman footballer and manager
66
109
Sergio BusquetsSpanish association football player (born 1988)
38
110
David de GeaSpanish association football player
35
111
Ivan RakitićCroatian footballer
38
112
Paolo MaldiniItalian association football player (born 1968)
58
113
CasemiroBrazilian association football player
34
114
Eric CantonaFrench footballer and actor (born 1966)
60
115
John TerryEnglish association football player (born 1980)
45
116
Jordi AlbaSpanish association football player
37
117
Jude BellinghamEnglish footballer (born 2003)
23
118
Luís FigoPortuguese football player and philatelist (born 1972)
53
119
Marcelo VieiraBrazilian association football player
38
120
Michael OwenEnglish association football player
46
121
Paulo DybalaArgentine association football player (born 1993)
32
122
RomárioFormer Brazilian footballer, politician and Senator of Brazil since 2015
60
123
Carles PuyolSpanish footballer (born 1978)
48
124
GarrinchaBrazilian association football player (1933–1983)
1933–1983
125
Jérôme BoatengGerman association football player
38
126
RivaldoBrazilian association football player
54
127
Didier DeschampsFrench association football player and coach
58
128
Edwin van der SarDutch association football player (born 1970)
56
129
Hernán CrespoArgentine footballer
51
130
Marco ReusGerman association football player (born 1989)
37
131
Nemanja VidićSerbian association football player (born 1981)
45
132
Raphaël VaraneFrench footballer (born 1993)
33
133
Riyad MahrezAlgerian footballer (born 1991)
35
134
Son Heung-minSouth Korean association football player (born 1992)
34
135
Dennis BergkampDutch association football player (born 1969)
57
136
Jordan HendersonEnglish association football player (born 1990)
36
137
Jürgen KlinsmannGerman footballer and manager
62
138
Louis van GaalDutch footbal player and manager
75
139
Mario GötzeGerman association football player
34
140
N'Golo KantéFrench footballer (born 1991)
35
141
RobinhoBrazilian former association football player (born 1984)
42
142
Wesley SneijderDutch association football player (born 1984)
42
143
Arturo VidalChilean association football player
39
144
Bastian SchweinsteigerGerman association football player
42
145
Carlos TevezArgentine footballer (born 1984)
42
146
David SilvaSpanish association football player
40
147
Diego GodínUruguayan association football player (born 1986)
40
148
Mario MandžukićCroatian association football player (born 1986)
40
149
PepePortuguese association football player
42
150
Philippe CoutinhoBrazilian association football player
34
151
Raheem SterlingEnglish association football player (born 1994)
31
152
Ruud van NistelrooyDutch association football player and coach
50
153
Sami KhediraGerman association football player
39
154
Yaya TouréIvorian association football player
43
155
ZicoBrazilian association football player and manager
73
156
Alan ShearerEnglish footballer
56
157
Gonzalo HiguaínArgentine association football player
38
158
Mats HummelsGerman footballer (born 1988)
37
159
Pepe ReinaSpanish association football player
44
160
Petr ČechCzech footballer (born 1982)
44
161
Ruud GullitDutch association football player and manager
64
162
Achraf HakimiMoroccan-Spanish footballer (born 1998)
27
163
Alexis SánchezChilean footballer (born 1988)
37
164
Alisson BeckerBrazilian association football player
34
165
Boyko BorissovPrime Minister of Bulgaria (2009–2013; 2014–2017; 2017–2021)
67
166
Henrikh MkhitaryanArmenian association football player (born 1989)
37
167
Javier MascheranoArgentine association football player and manager
42
168
Juan Mata PataSpanish association football player (born 1988)
38
169
Keisuke HondaJapanese association football player
40
170
Lilian ThuramFrench footballer (born 1972)
54
171
NaniPortuguese association football player
39
172
Rio FerdinandEnglish association football player (born 1978)
47
173
RodriSpanish association football player (born 1996)
30
174
Víctor ValdésSpanish association football player
44
175
Virgil van DijkDutch association football player (born 1991)
35
176
David LuizBrazilian association football player
39
177
Diego CostaBrazilian association football player
38
178
Giorgio ChielliniItalian sports executive and former association football player
42
179
Kevin KeeganEnglish association football player and manager (1951–2026)
1951–2026
180
Paul ScholesEnglish footballer (born 1974)
51
181
Pierre-Emerick AubameyangGabonese-French footballer (born 1989)
37
182
Thiago SilvaBrazilian association football player
42
183
Aaron RamseyWelsh association football player and manager (born 1990)
35
184
Arda TuranTurkish association football player (born 1987)
39
185
Ashley ColeEnglish association football player (born 1980)
45
186
Bukayo SakaEnglish footballer (born 2001)
25
187
Diogo JotaPortuguese footballer (1996-2025)
1996–2025
188
Harry MaguireEnglish association football player (born 1993)
33
189
Hidetoshi NakataJapanese association football player
49
190
Ivan PerišićCroatian footballer (born 1989)
37
191
Javier ZanettiArgentine association football player (born 1973)
53
192
Keylor NavasCosta Rican association football player
39
193
Mario GómezGerman-Spanish association football player (born 1985)
41
194
Patrick VieiraFrench association football player and coach
50
195
Roberto FirminoBrazilian association football player
35
196
Wojciech SzczęsnyPolish association football player
36
197
Álvaro ArbeloaSpanish football manager and player (born 1983)
43
198
Andrey ArshavinRussian association football player
45
199
Edvard BenešCzechoslovak politician (1884-1948)
1884–1948
200
Emmanuel AdebayorTogolese soccer player
42