Shamila Kohestani is an Afghani professional footballer who was the former captain of the Afghanistan women’s national football team. Kohestani was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and while growing up, she had a hard childhood growing up under the Taliban rule. Kohestani used football as a release and after the Taliban was removed from power she began playing football and worked... read full bio
Robbie Keane is an Irish retired professional footballer who played as forward for various teams and for the Republic of Ireland national team. He also served as captain for several years for the Republic of Ireland national team and since retiring as a player, Keane has gone on to be assistant manager of Middlesbrough. Keane was born in Dublin, Ireland,... read full bio
Christian Ramirez is an American professional soccer player who currently plays forward for the Houston Dynamo of the MLS. Ramirez was born in Santa Ana, California, and he began his career playing soccer in high school where he also played for the Olympic Development Program and earned the Golden Boot award. He went on to play college soccer first at... read full bio
Justin Meram is an Iraqi-American professional soccer player who currently plays as a winger, forward for Real Salt Lake of the MLS and for Iraq’s national team. Meram was born in Shelby Carter Township, Michigan, and he began his career playing soccer in high school before going on to play for the Yavapai Roughriders at Yavapai College in Arizona. During... read full bio
David Bingham is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for the LA Galaxy. Bingham was born in Castro Valley, California, and he began his career playing for the youth club, Mustang United, where he helped lead his team to the Super-Y league National Championships and was a member of the Super-Y national team two years... read full bio
Ola Kamara is a Norwegian professional footballer who currently plays for D.C. United in the Major League Soccer. Kamara was born in Oslo, Norway, and he began his career playing soccer for Frigg, a Norwegian sports club, and also went on to play for the youth team, Stabaek. Kamara went on to make his professional debut with Stabaek at the... read full bio
One of the top female goalkeepers in the world, Hope Solo went down in history when she started and played all possible minutes in the U.S. matches in the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup, which the U.S. won, with record-breaking television viewership. She has been goalkeeping for the United States womens national soccer team for over sixteen years, not counting... read full bio
Successful English-American soccer coach Jill Ellis has had a lasting impression on the world of women's soccer. Ellis has demonstrated her excellent leadership skills and strategic acumen at the college and international levels throughout the course of a multidecade career. Early in the 1980s, Ellis started her coaching career in the US, where she immediately established a reputation. The NC State... read full bio
Taylor Twellman is a retired American international soccer player who played as forward over the years and is now working as a soccer television commentator. Twellman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and he began his career playing soccer, baseball, basketball and football at his high school. He went on to play college soccer at the University of Maryland where he... read full bio
Whether she is playing in the Olympics or signing autographs for her adoring fans Tiffeny does it with energy and concern. She has given so much back to the game and continues to encourage young soccer players everywhere to follow their dreams. Professionally, Milbrett began her career in Japan, when she traveled to after graduating in 1995 and joined the... read full bio
Carles Puyol is a Spanish retired professional footballer who has player defender over the years. Puyol was born in La Pobla de Segur, Spain, and he began his career playing football for his hometown club as a goalkeeper, but after some injuries he switched to forward. After playing with his hometown club for a few years, Puyol went on to... read full bio
Rafael Marquez is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre back or defensive midfielder for various teams as well as for Mexico’s national team. Marquez was born in Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico, and he began his career playing for Atlas youth club. Marquez went on to turn professional with Atlas and over the course of his career he... read full bio
Roy Keane is an Irish football pundit, manager, and former professional player. Keane was born in Cork, Ireland, and he began his career as a youth playing for Rockmount. Keane went on to turn professional with Cobh Ramblers and from there, went on to play for teams such as Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and Celtic. Keane has also played for... read full bio
Roberto Baggio is an Italian former professional footballer who is also the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation. Baggio was born in Caldogno, Italy, and he began his career as a footballer playing for youth clubs Caldogno and L.R. Vicenza. Baggio went on to turn professional with L.R. Vicenza and from there, he went on... read full bio
English striker Harry Edward Kane MBE plays for Premier League Club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the England side. He is a professional football player. Kane is regarded as one of the top strikers in the world and is well-known for his ability to combine plays and prolific goal-scoring record. He is currently the second-highest goal scorer in Tottenham history and... read full bio
Clint Dempsey is now serving as a player for Seattle Sounders FC and has previously served as the captain of the United States national team. His previous teams include New England Revolution, Fulham, and Tottenham Hotspur. He began his career at Fulham. Since he began playing soccer at an early age, he was selected to join the Dallas Texans, which... read full bio
Mia Hamm is a retired American soccer player from Selma, Alabama. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team, is a co-owner of Los Angeles FC, is on the board of directors for A.S. Roma, and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. She has scored more international goals in her career... read full bio
Christine Sinclair is a Canadian soccer player and captain of the Canadian national team. Sinclair was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada and she has played as forward and attacking midfielder. Sinclair began playing soccer at 4 years old and she started playing with Burnaby South Secondary School where she helped lead them to three league championships. Sinclair went on... read full bio
Kaka is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for various teams and for the Brazilian national team. Kaka was born in Gama, Federal District, Brazil, and he began his career at only eight years old with Sao Paulo. He went on to turn professional with Sao Paulo and over the course of his professional career... read full bio
Megan Rapinoe is a professional soccer midfielder/winger who currently plays for Seattle Reign FC and the United States women’s national team. With the national team, she won gold at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and 2012 London Olympics, as well as silver at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She has recently started co-captaining the national team. Recognized worldwide... read full bio
