List of Arsenal F.C. players

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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[change | change source]

First-team squad[change | change source]

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

UEFA Reserve squad[change | change source]

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

Former players[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

Bergkamp at the unveiling of his statue at the Emirates Stadium on 22 February 2014

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  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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