List of Arsenal F.C. players

The List of Arsenal F.C. players is evolving. The history of the team is created by its players.

Arsenal F.C.[1] is an English Premier League club in Holloway, North London.[2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 January 2018[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  France Mathieu Debuchy
4 DF  Germany Per Mertesacker (captain)
6 DF  France Laurent Koscielny (vice-captain)
8 MF  Wales Aaron Ramsey
9 FW  France Alexandre Lacazette
10 MF  England Jack Wilshere
11 MF  Germany Mesut Özil
12 FW  France Olivier Giroud
13 GK  Colombia David Ospina
16 DF  England Rob Holding
17 FW  Nigeria Alex Iwobi
18 DF  Spain Nacho Monreal
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  Spain Santi Cazorla
20 DF  Germany Shkodran Mustafi
21 DF  England Calum Chambers
22 MF  France Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
23 FW  England Danny Welbeck
24 DF  Spain Héctor Bellerín
29 MF  Switzerland Granit Xhaka
30 MF  England Ainsley Maitland-Niles
31 DF  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Kolašinac
32 FW  England Chuba Akpom
33 GK  Czech Republic Petr Čech
35 MF  Egypt Mohamed Elneny

UEFA Reserve squad

As of 24 September 2017[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
37 DF  Poland Krystian Bielik
39 DF  England Tolaji Bola
43 MF  England Josh Dasilva
44 MF  Romania Vlad Dragomir
45 DF  England Aaron Eyoma
46 FW  France Yassin Fortune
47 MF  Scotland Charlie Gilmour
49 GK  England Ryan Huddart
50 GK  Macedonia Dejan Iliev
51 DF  England Chiori Johnson
53 GK  Finland Hugo Keto
54 GK  England Matt Macey
No. Pos. Nation Player
58 MF  England Marcus McGuane
59 DF  England Tafari Moore
61 MF  England Reiss Nelson
62 FW  England Edward Nketiah
63 DF  England Jordi Osei-Tutu
64 DF  Spain Julio Pleguezuelo
65 MF  England Ben Sheaf
69 MF  England Joe Willock
70 MF  United States Gedion Zelalem
90 FW  England Emile Smith-Rowe
94 MF  England Nathan Tormey

Former players

The "100 Club" is an honour given by Arsenal. It is to formally recognise retired players with over 100 league appearances. As of September 2016, 75 living players have been inducted with a further 26 automatically enrolled once they end their careers.[6]

David O'Leary has played the most games. Between 1975 and 1993, he played 722 times for the club.[7]

Thierry Henry has the goalscoring record. He scored 228 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2007 and during a loan spell with the club in 2012.[8] The previous record was held by Ian Wright.

Famous former players

References

  1. FC is an acronym. FC stands for "Footbal Club".
  2. Soccerway.com, Arsenal FC; retrieved 2012-7-8.
  3. "Squad: First team". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. "Academy". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. "Arsenal - Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. "The Arsenal 100 Club". Arsenal F.C. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. Fearon, Matthew (18 March 2009). "Dream Teams: Arsenal". The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  8. "Thierry Henry Arsenal return would be a masterstroke – John Hartson". BBC Sport. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

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