Tony Meola is a renowned American soccer legend who is well-known for being a former goalie and part of the US national team. Meola, who was up in Belleville, New Jersey, started playing soccer in high school, where he excelled as a goalie and a forward before deciding to pursue a professional goalkeeping career. Meola continued his soccer studies at the... read full bio
Tony Mowbray is an English former professional footballer who is currently the head coach of the Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Mowbray was born in Saltburn, England, and he began his career playing for Middlesbrough. After a few years playing with Middlesbrough, Mowbray became captain and helped them be runner-up in the Football League Third Division and place third in the... read full bio
Tony Sanneh is a retired American soccer player who played for several teams over the course of his career as well as for the United States national team. Sanneh was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and he began his career playing at St. Paul Academy and Summit School where he was selected to the All State team twice. From there,... read full bio
Torsten Frings is a German former footballer and former manager who has previously been head coach of Darmstadt 98. Frings was born in Wurselen, West Germany, and he began his career playing at youth clubs such as Rot-Weib Alsdorf, Rhenania Alsdorf and Alemannia Aachen. Frings went on to turn professional with Alemannia Aachen and over the course of his career... read full bio
Ventura Alvarado is an American soccer player who has played for various teams as well as the United States national team. Alvarado was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and he began his career playing with Club America as a teenager. Throughout the years he moved up in rank and helped them place third in the U-20 Copa Libertadores. He went on... read full bio
Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch professional footballer that plays as centre-back for the English Premier League club Liverpool and he also captains the Netherlands national team. Virgil was born in Breda, Netherlands, and he began his career as a youth playing for teams Willem II and Groningen. He went on to begin playing professionally with Groningen where he scored... read full bio
Walker Zimmerman is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a center-back for Nashville SC of the Major League Soccer as well as for the United States national team. Zimmerman was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and he began his career playing soccer in the youth academy of Gwinnett Soccer Association before going on to play college soccer with... read full bio
Wayne Rooney is an English professional footballer and captain for the Championship club, Derby County. Rooney was born in Croxteth, England, and he began his career playing for youth clubs such as Liverpool Schoolboys, Copplehouse Boys, and Everton. Rooney went on to turn professional with Everton and while with them, he played in the League Cup, was the youngest goalscorer... read full bio
Wesley Sneijder is a former Dutch professional footballer who has played for various teams as well as Netherlands national team. Sneijder was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, and he began his career playing for Ajax’s youth academy before going on to turn professional with Ajax. During his time playing with Ajax, Sneijder helped them to win the Eredivisie, two KNVB Cups,... read full bio
Whitney Engen is an American soccer player who has been a FIFA Women’s World Cup champion. Engen was born in Torrance, California, and she began her career playing for the youth club Slammers FC. Engen has gone on to play soccer college for the University of North Carolina where she won the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship three times. While in... read full bio
Zinedine Zidane is a French former professional football player who has played as attacking midfielder. Zidane is currently the manager of the La Liga club Real Madrid and he is known for being one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was born in Marseille, France, and he began his career playing for youth clubs such as AS Foresta,... read full bio
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish soccer player who plays as a striker for Serie A club A.C. Milan. He is known for being one of the greatest strikers of his generation and has won 31 trophies so far in his career. Zlatan was born in Malmo, Sweden, and began playing football at the age of six after earning his first... read full bio
