Football players born in Belfast

How many professional footballers have come from Belfast? According to Wikidata, at least 380 association football players were born here. That list includes George Best, Jonny Evans and Chris Brunt. Among them are 375 male and 5 female players. Documented players span more than 154 years, from 1854 to 2008.

Most notable players from Belfast

George Best

b. 1946United Kingdom83

Jonny Evans

b. 1988United Kingdom74

Chris Brunt

b. 1984United Kingdom65

Danny Blanchflower

b. 1926United Kingdom65

Norman Whiteside

b. 1965United Kingdom65

All 380 players from Belfast

Craig Cathcart

b. 1989United Kingdom64

Corry Evans

b. 1990United Kingdom63

Pat Rice

b. 1949United Kingdom62

Vivian Campbell

b. 1962United Kingdom62

Conor McLaughlin

b. 1991United Kingdom61

Sammy McIlroy

b. 1954United Kingdom60

Billy Bingham

b. 1931United Kingdom59

George McCartney

b. 1981United Kingdom58

George Armstrong

b. 1944United Kingdom58

Ryan McLaughlin

b. 1994United Kingdom57

Mal Donaghy

b. 1957United Kingdom56

Terry Neill

b. 1942United Kingdom56

Sammy Nelson

b. 1949United Kingdom55

Gerry Armstrong

b. 1954United Kingdom55

Liam Boyce

b. 1991United Kingdom55

Derek Dougan

b. 1938United Kingdom54

Jackie Blanchflower

b. 1933United Kingdom54

David McCreery

b. 1957United Kingdom54

Michael Duff

b. 1978United Kingdom53

Billy Hamilton

b. 1957United Kingdom53

John McClelland

b. 1955United Kingdom53

Alan McDonald

b. 1963United Kingdom53

Jimmy Quinn

b. 1959United Kingdom52

Billy Simpson

b. 1929United Kingdom52

Elisha Scott

b. 1893United Kingdom52

Ethan Galbraith

b. 2001United Kingdom52

Tommy Cassidy

b. 1950United Kingdom52

Joe Bambrick

b. 1905United Kingdom52

John Hill

b. 1950New Zealand50

Dick Keith

b. 1933United Kingdom50

Ian Stewart

b. 1961United Kingdom50

Sammy Chapman

b. 1938United Kingdom50

Gavin Whyte

b. 1996United Kingdom50

George Dunlop

b. 1956United Kingdom50

Johnny Jameson

b. 1958United Kingdom50

Sammy McCrory

b. 1924United Kingdom50

Grant McCann

b. 1980United Kingdom50

Bobby Campbell

b. 1956United Kingdom50

Tommy Finney

b. 1952United Kingdom50

Jordan Thompson

b. 1997United Kingdom49

Jackie Scott

b. 1933United Kingdom49

Jim Magilton

b. 1969United Kingdom49

Pat Finucane

b. 1949United Kingdom49

Gerry Taggart

b. 1970United Kingdom49

Brian Quinn

b. 1960United States49

Philip Mulryne

b. 1978United Kingdom49

Alf McMichael

b. 1927United Kingdom49

Len Graham

b. 1925United Kingdom49

Roy Rea

b. 1934United Kingdom49

Mark Caughey

b. 1960United Kingdom49

Phil Hughes

b. 1964United Kingdom49

Steve Morrow

b. 1970United Kingdom47

Glenn Ferguson

b. 1969United Kingdom46

Martin Waddell

b. 1941Ireland46

Tony Kane

b. 1987United Kingdom46

Alan Snoddy

b. 1955United Kingdom46

Sammy Clingan

b. 1984United Kingdom44

Mark Sykes

b. 1997United Kingdom44

Billy McCracken

b. 1883United Kingdom44

Warren Feeney

b. 1981United Kingdom44

Fred Roberts

b. 1905United Kingdom43

Trevor Anderson

b. 1951United Kingdom43

Rory Donnelly

b. 1992United Kingdom43

Marissa Callaghan

b. 1985United Kingdom43

Paul Munster

b. 1982United Kingdom43

Tommy Wright

b. 1963United Kingdom41

Jimmy Nicholson

b. 1943United Kingdom41

Paul Smyth

b. 1997United Kingdom41

Stuart Elliott

b. 1978United Kingdom41

Mick McDermott

b. 1974United Kingdom41

Noel Bailie

b. 1971United Kingdom41

Olphert Stanfield

b. 1869United Kingdom41

Derek Spence

b. 1952United Kingdom41

Martin Harvey

b. 1941United Kingdom41

Charlie Tully

b. 1924United Kingdom41

Anton Rogan

b. 1966United Kingdom38

Daryl Fordyce

b. 1987United Kingdom38

Jordan Owens

b. 1989United Kingdom38

Ruairi McConville

b. 2005United Kingdom38

Jamie Mulgrew

b. 1986United Kingdom38

Jack Peden

b. 1863United Kingdom38

Andy Kirk

b. 1979United Kingdom38

Michael O'Connor

b. 1987United Kingdom38

Bryan Hamilton

b. 1946United Kingdom38

Carl Winchester

b. 1993United Kingdom38

Chris McGrath

b. 1954United Kingdom38

Ernie Crawford

b. 1891United Kingdom38

William Hood

b. 1914United Kingdom38

Peter Thompson

b. 1984United Kingdom38

Billy McAdams

b. 1934United Kingdom38

Robbie Weir

b. 1988United Kingdom38

Eric McMordie

b. 1942United Kingdom38

Darren Patterson

b. 1969United Kingdom38

Mickey Hamill

b. 1889Ireland38

Tommy Jackson

b. 1946United Kingdom38

Albert Watson

b. 1985United Kingdom38

Bobby Braithwaite

b. 1937United Kingdom38

Joe Gormley

b. 1989Ireland38

Andy Kennedy

b. 1897United Kingdom36

Paul McVeigh

b. 1977United Kingdom36

Dale Taylor

b. 2003United Kingdom36

Jim Boyce

b. 1944United Kingdom36

Sammy Smyth

b. 1925United Kingdom36

Danny Griffin

b. 1977United Kingdom36

George O'Boyle

b. 1967United Kingdom36

Ian Lawther

b. 1939United Kingdom36

Daniel Devine

b. 1992United Kingdom36

David Morgan

b. 1994United Kingdom36

Tommy Morrison

b. 1874United Kingdom36

Jason Mooney

b. 1989United Kingdom36

Jackie Vernon

b. 1918United Kingdom36

Harry Baird

b. 1913United Kingdom36

Phil Gray

b. 1968United Kingdom36

Boy Martin

b. 191436

Ronnie Briggs

b. 1943United Kingdom36

Colin Coates

b. 1985United Kingdom36

Michael Carvill

b. 1988United Kingdom36

Daniel Kearns

b. 1991United Kingdom33

Kirk Millar

b. 1992United Kingdom33

Vic Hooks

b. 1955United Kingdom33

Tom Watson

b. 1902Ireland33

Roy Essandoh

b. 1976United Kingdom33

Billy Marshall

b. 1936United Kingdom33

Colin Nixon

b. 1978United Kingdom33

Michael Collins

b. 1977United Kingdom33

Caolan Boyd-Munce

b. 2000United Kingdom33

Alan Blayney

b. 1981United Kingdom33

Sam Kirkwood

b. 1910United Kingdom33

Jim Feeney

b. 1921United Kingdom33

Rory McKeown

b. 1993United Kingdom33

Sammy McMillan

b. 1941United Kingdom33

Cecil Allen

b. 1914United Kingdom33

Paul Morgan

b. 1978United Kingdom33

Walter McFarland

b. 1945United Kingdom33

Wayne Buchanan

b. 1982United Kingdom33

Pat Sullivan

b. 1971Canada33

Jude Winchester

b. 1993United Kingdom33

Kevin McAlinden

b. 1913United Kingdom33

Roy Coyle

b. 1946United Kingdom33

Sammy Todd

b. 1945United Kingdom33

Robert Garrett

b. 1988United Kingdom33

Danny Trainor

b. 1944United Kingdom33

Jackie Brown

b. 1914United Kingdom33

Sammy Morgan

b. 1946United Kingdom33

Tommy Dickson

b. 1929United Kingdom33

Nadene Caldwell

b. 1991United Kingdom33

Alan McNeill

b. 1945United Kingdom30

Elliot Morris

b. 1981United Kingdom30

George Reid

b. 1896United Kingdom30

Glenn Dunlop

b. 1968United Kingdom30

Jody Tolan

b. 1977United Kingdom30

Paul Millar

b. 1966United Kingdom30

Paul Williams

b. 1963United Kingdom30

Sean Cleary

b. 1983United Kingdom30

Bill Collins

b. 1920United Kingdom30

James Robinson

b. 1898United Kingdom30

Bobby McLaughlin

b. 1925United Kingdom30

Allan Mathieson

b. 1897United Kingdom30

David Magowan

b. 1983United Kingdom30

Dennis Shiels

b. 1938United Kingdom30

Hugh Forde

b. 1936United Kingdom30

Jamie Marks

b. 1977United Kingdom30

Liam Burns

b. 1978United Kingdom30

Ryan Maxwell

b. 1983United Kingdom30

Stephen McBride

b. 1983United Kingdom30

Gary Browne

b. 1983United Kingdom30

Johnny Flynn

b. 1989United Kingdom30

Bert Manderson

b. 1893United Kingdom30

Billy Neill

b. 1950United Kingdom30

Bobby Brennan

b. 1925United Kingdom30

Chris Morrow

b. 1985United Kingdom30

Chris Walker

b. 1973United Kingdom30

Johnny Johnston

b. 1947United Kingdom30

Martin Donnelly

b. 1988United Kingdom30

Sam Irving

b. 1893United Kingdom30

Andy Bothwell

b. 1900United Kingdom30

Chris Scannell

b. 1977United Kingdom30

Conor Downey

b. 1982United Kingdom30

James Sheridan

b. 1882Ireland30

Johnny McKenna

b. 1926United Kingdom30

Paul Heatley

b. 1987United Kingdom30

Alfred Jordan

b. 1900United Kingdom30

Colin Bailie

b. 1964United Kingdom30

Darren Fitzgerald

b. 1977United Kingdom30

Frank Loughran

b. 1931Australia30

Paul Leeman

b. 1978United Kingdom30

Seamus Heath

b. 1961United Kingdom30

Sean O'Neill

b. 1988United Kingdom30

Victor Moreland

b. 1957United Kingdom30

John Cowan

b. 1949United Kingdom30

Jamie McDonagh

b. 1996United Kingdom30

Eric Welsh

b. 1942United Kingdom30

Aidan O'Kane

b. 1979United Kingdom30

Albert Campbell

b. 1938United Kingdom30

Billy Caskey

b. 1954United Kingdom30

Billy Scott

b. 188230

Darren Lockhart

b. 1973United Kingdom30

Ezekiel Johnston

b. 1871United Kingdom30

Gerry McMahon

b. 1973United Kingdom30

Hugh Flack

b. 1903United Kingdom30

Malcolm Butler

b. 1913United Kingdom30

Paul Kee

b. 1969United Kingdom30

Ray Gaston

b. 1946United Kingdom30

Paul McKnight

b. 1977United Kingdom30

Gareth Graham

b. 1978United Kingdom30

Lindsay McKeown

b. 1957United Kingdom30

Jimmy Potter

b. 1941United Kingdom30

Norman Patterson

b. 1945Canada30

Ronan Hale

b. 1998United Kingdom30

Chris Casement

b. 1988United Kingdom30

Jack Hastings

b. 1858United Kingdom30

Barney Bowers

b. 1959United Kingdom30

Brian Close

b. 1982United Kingdom30

Cecil Moore

b. 1926United States30

Kim Turner

b. 1985United Kingdom30

Kirk Hunter

b. 1963United Kingdom30

Mark Todd

b. 1967United Kingdom30

Martin Donnelly

b. 1951United Kingdom30

Michael Halliday

b. 1979United Kingdom30

Roy Walker

b. 1957United Kingdom30

David Lyner

b. 1893United Kingdom30

Frank McMahon

b. 1950United Kingdom30

John Fraser

b. 1938United Kingdom30

Billy Campbell

b. 1944United Kingdom30

Jack Taggart

b. 1872United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland30

Billy Rice

b. 1938Australia30

David Craig

b. 1944United Kingdom30

Jimmy Todd

b. 1921United Kingdom30

John Morrow

b. 1971United Kingdom30

Stephen Baxter

b. 1965United Kingdom30

Billy Crone

b. 1863United Kingdom26

Jimmy Ferris

b. 1894United Kingdom26

Albert Aiken

b. 1914United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland26

Albert Larmour

b. 1947United Kingdom26

Bobby McIlvenny

b. 1926United Kingdom26

Jimmy McGeough

b. 1944United Kingdom26

Tommy Priestley

b. 1911United Kingdom26

Walter Bruce

b. 1938United Kingdom26

Bill Corkhill

b. 1910United Kingdom26

Martin Maybin

b. 1992United Kingdom26

David Agnew

b. 192526

Jimmy Grattan

b. 195826

Johnny Wright

b. 1975United Kingdom26

Samuel Johnston

b. 186626

Bill Purves

b. 1870United Kingdom26

John McVicker

b. 1868United Kingdom26

Tony McShane

b. 1927United Kingdom26

Tommy Stewart

b. 1935United Kingdom26

Willie Reid

b. 190326

Liam McStravick

b. 2004United Kingdom26

Archie Heggarty

b. 1884United Kingdom26

Gerry Burrell

b. 1924United Kingdom26

Paddy Hasty

b. 1934United Kingdom26

Walter McMillen

b. 1913United Kingdom26

Peter Rafferty

b. 1948United Kingdom26

Ryan McCurdy

b. 199126

Eddie Patterson

b. 1968United Kingdom26

Kevin Braniff

b. 1983United Kingdom26

Paul McAreavey

b. 1980United Kingdom26

Trevor Adair

b. 1961United States26

Harry Buckle

b. 1882Ireland26

Jordan Stewart

b. 1995United Kingdom26

Billy McKeag

b. 1945United Kingdom26

Terry McCavana

b. 192126

Stephen Mallon

b. 1999United Kingdom26

Tom Brolly

b. 191226

Mark Glendinning

b. 1970United Kingdom26

Sean Connor

b. 1967United Kingdom26

Jimmy McAlinden

b. 1917United Kingdom26

Paddy McIlvenny

b. 1900United Kingdom26

Jimmy Hasty

b. 1934United Kingdom26

Toni Leigh Finnegan

b. 2002United Kingdom26

Conall Murtagh

b. 1985United Kingdom26

Daniel McKinney

b. 1898United Kingdom26

Mark Dickson

b. 1981United Kingdom26

Mark Miskimmin

b. 1988United Kingdom26

Tom Willighan

b. 1903United Kingdom26

Eric Ross

b. 194426

Charlie Govan

b. 194326

David Rainey

b. 1976United Kingdom26

John Lavery

b. 1919Ireland26

Thomas McMurray

b. 1911United Kingdom26

Gerry Morgan

b. 1899United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland26

Archie Goodall

b. 1864United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland26

Billy McCandless

b. 189426

Gary Smyth

b. 1969United Kingdom26

Ryan Burns

b. 1992United Kingdom26

Billy Humphries

b. 1936United Kingdom26

Norman Lockhart

b. 1924Ireland26

Barry Baggley

b. 2002United Kingdom26

Jimmy Dodds

b. 191426

Dylan Boyle

b. 200226

James Buckle

b. 1854United Kingdom20

Billy Joe Burns

b. 198920

Robert McAlea

b. 1920United Kingdom20

Charlie Currie

b. 192020

Sam Napier

b. 188320

Harry Wilson

b. 189620

Thomas Conway

20

Jimmy Walker

b. 193220

Brian Moore

b. 193320

Pat Reilly

b. 1873Ireland20

Sam Torrans

b. 1869United Kingdom20

Ray Gough

b. 193820

Johnny Jamison

b. 1948United Kingdom20

Kyle McClean

b. 1998United Kingdom20

Paddy McIlvenny

b. 192420

Pat McQuillan

b. 196120

Andy Hunter

b. 1883United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland20

Johnny Darling

b. 1887Ireland20

Jack Curran

b. 189820

Johnnie Mercer

b. 187720

George Gaffikin

b. 1868United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland20

Milo Beimers

b. 2008United Kingdom20

David Rollo

b. 189120

John Gough

20

Alan Campbell

b. 194420

Lee Doherty

b. 1963United Kingdom20

Ralph Lynas

b. 1904Ireland20

Bert Mehaffy

b. 1895Ireland20

Clancy McDermott

b. 1920United Kingdom20

Jack Doran

b. 1896Ireland20

Tucker Croft

20

Robert Forsythe

b. 1925United Kingdom20

Charlie Calow

b. 193120

Patrick Gavin

20

Rory Hale

b. 1996Ireland20

Gerard Storey

b. 200220

John Doherty

b. 1908United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland20

Bob Crone

b. 187020

Sean McGreevy

b. 1901United Kingdom20

Bill Gowdy

b. 190320

Colin McCurdy

b. 195420

Dave Stewart

b. 1958United Kingdom20

Tom Armstrong

b. 195420

David Proctor

b. 192920

Samuel Hamilton

b. 190220

Chris Johns

b. 1995United Kingdom20

Alec McCartney

b. 1879Ireland20

Davy Jordan

b. 1908United Kingdom20

Hugh Ferguson

b. 192620

John Murray

b. 1900Ireland20

William Clay

b. 188320

Darren Murray

b. 1991United Kingdom20

David Cushley

b. 198920

Joe Gowdy

b. 189720

Norman Kernaghan

b. 1917United Kingdom13

Brian McCaul

b. 1990United Kingdom13

Curtis Allen

b. 1988United Kingdom13

William Boyd Dalton

b. 187013

Tiarnan Mulvenna

b. 1988Ireland13

Richard Clarke

b. 1985United Kingdom13

Phil Scott

b. 1942United Kingdom13

Kevin McCloskey

United Kingdom13

Jim Lemon

b. 194913

David Addis

b. 1901United Kingdom13

Chris Morgan

b. 197613

Calum Birney

b. 199313

William Garrett

b. 199113

Sean Mackle

b. 1988United Kingdom13

Billy Ferguson

b. 1938United Kingdom13

Alfred Leonard Caiels

b. 1909United Kingdom13

Billy Smyth

b. 1925United Kingdom13

Bob Allen

b. 193913

Marcus Kane

b. 199113

Catherine Hyndman

b. 1990United Kingdom13

Gideon Baird

b. 1877United Kingdom13

James Hamilton

b. 1859United Kingdom13

Jackie McManus

b. 1947United Kingdom13

Stephen Fallon

b. 1997United Kingdom0

David Gallardo

b. 1991United Kingdom0

Oilibhéar McCart

b. 2007United Kingdom0

Darren Henderson

b. 19860

John Dobbie

b. 1970United Kingdom0

Paddy McNally

b. 1994United Kingdom0