Famous Soccer Players

• Adu, Freddy

  Ghanian-American teenage soccer phenom

• Altidor, Jozy

  The fleet young striker for the 2010 US World Cup squad

• Beasley, DaMarcus

  Left winger for PSV Eindhoven

• Beckham, David

  English soccer star and pop culture celebrity

• Crouch, Peter

  The 6'7" striker for the English national team

• Donovan, Landon

  Star forward for the Los Angeles Galaxy

• Eusebio

  Portugal's all-time top-scoring footballer

• Figo, Luis

  2001 FIFA World Player of the Year

• Hamm, Mia

  Star of the 1996 and 2004 Olympic soccer champs

• Henry, Thierry

  The superstar whose handball put the French into World Cup 2010

• Lloyd, Carli

  The midfielder who scored 3 goals in the 2015 World Cup finals

• Maradona, Diego

  The hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup win

• Messi, Lionel

  The Argentine football legend who has won the Ballon d'Or seven times

• Morgan, Alex

  Speedy, goal-scoring forward for the U.S. National women's soccer team

• Neymar

  The star forward of Brazil's 2014 World Cup team

• Owen, Michael

  English hero of the 1998 World Cup

• Pelé

  Brazil's most famous soccer star

• Ronaldinho

  Curly-haired Brazilian midfielder for FC Barcelona

• Ronaldo

  The Brazilian soccer star who was thrice FIFA's Player of the Year

• Ronaldo, Cristiano

  Portugal's biggest 21st-century soccer star

• Rooney, Wayne

  Young superstar forward for Manchester United, 2004-

• Solo, Hope

  The goalie for the winning U.S. Women's Soccer Team in the 2015 World Cup

• Wambach, Abby

  The soccer player with the most international goals in history

• Zidane, Zinedine

  The MVP of World Cup 1998

See: Index by Occupation