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

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

• Alan Smith
• Alex James (footballer)
• Charlie George
• Cliff Bastin
• David Seaman
• Dennis Bergkamp
• Frank McLintock
• Liam Brady
• Pat Jennings
• Patrick Vieira
• Tony Adams

Related pages

• List of English Premier League clubs

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.

Other websites

• Arsenal website Archived 2010-06-24 at the Wayback Machine