Football players born in Leicester

Football in Leicester has deep roots — the earliest documented player in this dataset was born in 1864. In total, 172 players from Leicester, United Kingdom, appear on Wikidata. The most notable include Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton and Emile Heskey. Among them are 165 male and 7 female players. Documented players span more than 145 years, from 1864 to 2009.

Most notable players from Leicester

Gary Lineker

b. 1960United Kingdom83

Peter Shilton

b. 1949United Kingdom74

Emile Heskey

b. 1978United Kingdom74

David Icke

b. 1952United Kingdom70

Ché Adams

b. 1996United Kingdom65

All 172 players from Leicester

Dion Dublin

b. 1969United Kingdom61

Michael Robinson

b. 1958United Kingdom57

Lee Tomlin

b. 1989United Kingdom53

Charlie Savage

b. 2003United Kingdom52

Rachel Williams

b. 1988United Kingdom50

Joe Mattock

b. 1990United Kingdom50

Wes Harding

b. 1996United Kingdom50

Ashleigh Plumptre

b. 1998United Kingdom49

Luke Varney

b. 1982United Kingdom49

Colin Bell

b. 1961United Kingdom46

George Thomas

b. 1997United Kingdom46

Jeff Blockley

b. 1949United Kingdom44

Teddy Sharman-Lowe

b. 2003United Kingdom44

Harry Panayiotou

b. 1994United Kingdom44

Jonson Clarke-Harris

b. 1994United Kingdom44

Lewis Neal

b. 1981United Kingdom44

Ian Baraclough

b. 1970United Kingdom43

Harry Brophy

b. 1916United Kingdom43

Paul Barnes

b. 1967United Kingdom41

Ashley Chambers

b. 1990United Kingdom41

Ben Bull

b. 1873United Kingdom41

Darnell Johnson

b. 1998United Kingdom41

David Needham

b. 1949United Kingdom41

Matt Heath

b. 1981United Kingdom38

Courtney Sweetman-Kirk

b. 1990United Kingdom38

Will Alves

b. 2005United Kingdom38

Graham Cross

b. 1943United Kingdom38

Tom Williamson

b. 1984United Kingdom36

Aman Verma

b. 1988United Kingdom36

Bob Atkins

b. 1962United Kingdom36

Zayn Hakeem

b. 1999United Kingdom36

Alistair Asher

b. 1980United Kingdom36

Coral-Jade Haines

b. 1996United Kingdom36

Chris Charsley

b. 1864United Kingdom36

Lee Cox

b. 1990United Kingdom36

Scott Eustace

b. 1975United Kingdom36

Morgan Brown

b. 1999United Kingdom36

Ryan Baldacchino

b. 1981United Kingdom36

Brett Darby

b. 1983United Kingdom36

Callum Cockerill-Mollett

b. 1999United Kingdom36

Thomas Allsopp

b. 1880United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland36

Mark Ovendale

b. 1973United Kingdom36

Graham Brown

b. 1950United Kingdom36

Callum Ball

b. 1992United Kingdom36

Ian Bolton

b. 1953United Kingdom36

Rodney Smithson

b. 1943United Kingdom36

Joe Cobb

b. 1990United Kingdom33

Paul Dyer

b. 1953United Kingdom33

Jade Radburn

b. 1989United Kingdom33

Joe Norton

b. 1890United Kingdom33

Bob Iles

b. 1955United Kingdom33

Colin Bettany

b. 1932United Kingdom33

Ryan Amoo

b. 1983United Kingdom33

Neil Grewcock

b. 1962United Kingdom33

Archibald Rawlings

b. 1891United Kingdom33

Arthur Beadsworth

b. 1873United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland33

Elliott Moore

b. 1997United Kingdom33

Luca Scanlon

b. 2009United Kingdom33

Tony Thorpe

b. 1974United Kingdom33

Ben Starkie

b. 2002Tanzania33

Bill Garner

b. 1947United Kingdom33

David Cartlidge

b. 1940United Kingdom33

Marc Joseph

b. 1976United Kingdom33

David Hunt

b. 1959United Kingdom33

Bill Clarke

b. 1916United Kingdom30

Nathan Fox

b. 1992United Kingdom30

Stuart McMillan

b. 1896United Kingdom30

Terry Heath

b. 1943United Kingdom30

John Harrison

b. 1927United Kingdom30

Mike Foster

b. 1939United Kingdom30

Mick Farmer

b. 1944United Kingdom30

Tom Hurst

b. 1987United Kingdom30

Tom Bloxham

b. 2003United Kingdom30

Arthur Leonard

b. 1874United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland30

Tommy Benfield

b. 1889United Kingdom30

Norman Leet

b. 1962United Kingdom30

Jimmy Harrison

b. 1921United Kingdom30

Scott Oakes

b. 1972United Kingdom30

Dick Pegg

b. 1878United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland30

Guy Branston

b. 1979United Kingdom30

Luke Blakely

b. 1988United Kingdom30

Ryan Robbins

b. 1988United Kingdom30

Matt Piper

b. 1981United Kingdom30

Spencer Weir-Daley

b. 1985United Kingdom30

Liam Hurst

b. 1994United Kingdom30

Ronnie Burbeck

b. 1934United Kingdom30

Carl Muggleton

b. 1968United Kingdom30

Stefan Oakes

b. 1978United Kingdom30

John Kirk

b. 1922United Kingdom30

Jorrin John

b. 1990United Kingdom30

Ernest Bacon

b. 1896United Kingdom30

Tom Bayliss

b. 1999United Kingdom30

Walter Smith

b. 1884United Kingdom26

Jason Peake

b. 1971United Kingdom26

Lathaniel Rowe-Turner

b. 1989United Kingdom26

Levi Porter

b. 1987United Kingdom26

Tommy Goodwin

b. 1979United Kingdom26

Neil Lyne

b. 1970United Kingdom26

Matt Robinson

b. 1993United Kingdom26

Ted Jelly

b. 1921United Kingdom26

Harry Bradshaw

b. 1896United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland26

Bill Towers

b. 1920United Kingdom26

Greg Mills

b. 1990United Kingdom26

John Hodges

b. 1980United Kingdom26

Jon Stevenson

b. 1982United Kingdom26

Mark Radford

b. 1968United Kingdom26

George Taft

b. 1993United Kingdom26

Bradley Wood

b. 1991United Kingdom26

Stuart Wilson

b. 1977United Kingdom26

Holly Morgan

b. 1993United Kingdom26

Rob Purdie

b. 1982United Kingdom26

Winston White

b. 1958United Kingdom26

Mark Wells

b. 1971United Kingdom26

Brian Jayes

b. 1932United Kingdom26

Archie Hubbard

b. 1883United Kingdom26

Carl Heggs

b. 1970United Kingdom26

Mark Rawle

b. 1979United Kingdom26

Teddy King

b. 1884United Kingdom26

Cleveland Taylor

b. 1983United Kingdom26

Dean Yates

b. 1967United Kingdom26

Ian Osborne

b. 1952United Kingdom26

Neville Hamilton

b. 1960United Kingdom26

Dean Smith

b. 1958United Kingdom26

Frederick Osborn

b. 1889United Kingdom20

Jack Palethorpe

b. 1909United Kingdom20

Shirley Hubbard

b. 1885United Kingdom20

Mike Harrison

b. 1952United Kingdom20

Kyron Stabana

b. 1998United Kingdom20

Jozsef Keaveny

b. 199920

Bobby Svarc

b. 1946United Kingdom20

Keith Mason

b. 1958United Kingdom20

Robert Atherley

b. 1878United Kingdom20

Bert Trueman

b. 1882United Kingdom20

Paul Williams

b. 1969United Kingdom20

Scott Partridge

b. 1974United Kingdom20

Luther Wildin

b. 1997United Kingdom20

Ethan Francois-Ravalier

b. 1996United Kingdom20

Arthur Howes

b. 187620

Natasha Prior

b. 1998Australia20

Brian Macready

b. 1942United Kingdom20

Len Staples

b. 1926United Kingdom20

Charlie Walker

b. 199220

Doug Taft

b. 1926United Kingdom20

Danny Maye

b. 1982United Kingdom20

Nick Platnauer

b. 1961United Kingdom20

Blaize Punter

b. 199620

Lewis Gibbens

b. 200020

Owen Green

b. 199820

Dermot McGrane

United Kingdom13

Ken Mellor

b. 1934United Kingdom13

Callum Rowe

b. 199913

Layton Ndukwu

b. 199813

Gary Pick

b. 1966United Kingdom13

Walter Essom

b. 1895United Kingdom13

Norman Whitfield

b. 189613

Ben Stephens

b. 199713

Andy Newman

b. 1978United Kingdom13

Tom Fielding

b. 199913

Ethan Hill

b. 200213

Brian Quailey

b. 1978United Kingdom13

Cecil Phipps

b. 189613

Steve Wright

b. 1893Jamaica13

Cornelius White

b. 190113

Paul Matthews

b. 1946United Kingdom13

Ashley Edkins

b. 19860

Jason Trinder

b. 1970United Kingdom0

Wesley York

b. 19930