List of Arsenal F.C. players

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Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Arsenal. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes the club's founder members, players from the club's pre-Football League days, when they played fewer matches in a season than the present day, and some players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Rooke, Quinn, Anelka).

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of December 23, 2006.

Name	Nationality	Position	Arsenal career	Appearances	Goals
Fred Beardsley		GK	1886–1891	69	0
David Danskin		LB/RB	1886–1889	?	?
Morris Bates		MF	1888–1891	73	6
Gavin Crawford		RW/MF	1891–1898	138	18
Joe Powell		RB	1892–1896	92	2
Fred Davis		MF	1893–1899	150	10
John Anderson		MF	1896–1903	153	1
John Dick		MF	1898–1912	284	13
Duncan McNichol		RB/LB	1899–1903	122	1
Jimmy Jackson		LB/MF	1899–1905	204	1
Archie Cross		RB/LB	1900–1910	149	0
Jimmy Ashcroft		GK	1900–1908	303	0
Tommy Briercliffe		RW	1901–1905	133	34
Bill Gooing		FW	1901–1905	106	48
Tim Coleman		FW	1902–1908	196	84
Roddy McEachrane		MF	1902–1915	346	0
Percy Sands		CB	1902–1919	350	12
Archie Gray		RB	1904–1912	200	0
David Neave		LW	1904–1912	168	32
Charlie Satterthwaite		FW	1904–1910	141	48
Andy Ducat		MF	1905–1912	188	21
Jimmy Sharp		LB	1905–1908	116	5
Hugh McDonald*		GK	1906 1908–1910 1912–1913	103	0
Charles Lewis		FW	1907–1920	220	34
Joe Shaw		LB	1907–1923	326	0
David Greenaway		RW	1908–1921	170	13
Angus McKinnon		MF	1908–1922	217	4
Pat Flanagan		FW	1910–1917	121	28
Alex Graham		CB/LB	1911–1924	179	20
Jock Rutherford*		RW	1913–1923 1923–1926	232	27
Billy Blyth		MF	1914–1929	343	51
Frank Bradshaw		LB/MF	1914–1923	142	14
Jack Butler		CB	1914–1930	296	8
Arthur Hutchins		LB	1919–1923	108	1
Henry White		FW	1919–1923	109	45
Joe Toner		LW	1919–1926	100	6
Ernest Williamson		GK	1919–1923	113	0
Alf Baker		MF	1919–1931	351	26
Alec Mackie		RB	1921–1926	118	1
Billy Milne		MF	1921–1927	124	3
Jock Robson		GK	1921–1925	101	0
Bob John		MF	1922–1937	470	13
Andy Kennedy		LB	1922–1928	129	0
Jimmy Brain		FW	1924–1931	232	139
Sidney Hoar		LW	1924–1929	117	18
Dan Lewis		GK	1924–1931	167	0
Charlie Buchan		FW	1925–1928	102	49
Joe Hulme		RW	1926–1937	374	125
Jack Lambert		FW	1926–1933	161	109
Tom Parker		RB	1926–1932	294	17
Herbie Roberts		CB	1926–1937	335	5
Eddie Hapgood		LB	1927–1939	440	2
David Jack		MF	1928–1934	208	124
Charlie Jones		LW/MF	1928–1934	195	8
Cliff Bastin		LW	1929–1947	396	178
Alex James		MF	1929–1937	261	27
Leslie Compton		CB	1930–1950	273	6
George Male		RB	1930–1948	318	0
Frank Moss		GK	1931–1936	161	1
Ray Bowden		FW	1933–1937	138	47
Wilf Copping		MF	1934–1939	189	0
Jack Crayston		MF	1934–1939	187	17
Ted Drake		FW	1934–1939	184	139
Alf Kirchen		RW	1935–1939	101	45
Reg Lewis		FW	1935–1953	176	118
George Swindin		GK	1936–1953	297	0
Walley Barnes		RB/LB	1946–1955	294	12
Jimmy Logie		MF	1946–1955	328	76
Ian McPherson		RW/LW	1946–1951	163	21
Joe Mercer		MF	1946–1954	275	2
Ronnie Rooke		FW	1946–1949	94	70
Laurie Scott		RB	1946–1951	126	0
Archie Macaulay		MF	1947–1950	108	1
Don Roper		FW	1947–1956	321	95
Alex Forbes		MF	1948–1956	240	20
Doug Lishman		FW	1948–1955	244	137
Lionel Smith		LB	1948–1954	181	0
Peter Goring		FW/MF	1949–1959	240	53
Cliff Holton		FW/MF	1950–1958	217	88
Dave Bowen		MF	1951–1959	162	2
Dennis Evans		LB	1951–1960	207	12
Jack Kelsey		GK	1951–1962	352	0
Bill Dodgin		CB	1953–1960	207	1
Len Wills		RB	1953–1961	208	4
Jimmy Bloomfield		FW	1954–1960	227	56
Danny Clapton		RW	1954–1962	225	27
Joe Haverty		LW	1954–1961	122	26
Derek Tapscott		MF	1954–1958	132	68
Stan Charlton		RB	1955–1958	110	3
Vic Groves		MF	1955–1964	203	37
David Herd		FW	1955–1961	180	107
John Barnwell		MF	1957–1964	151	24
Jackie Henderson		FW	1958–1961	111	29
Billy McCullough		LB	1958–1966	268	5
Jimmy Magill		RB/LB	1959–1965	131	0
George Eastham		FW	1960–1966	223	41
Terry Neill		CB	1960–1970	275	10
Alan Skirton		RW	1960–1966	154	54
Geoff Strong		FW	1960–1964	137	77
Laurie Brown		CB	1961–1963	109	2
Johnny MacLeod		RW	1961–1964	112	28
George Armstrong		RW/LW	1962–1977	621	68
Joe Baker		FW	1962–1966	156	100
David Court		MF	1962–1970	204	18
Jim Furnell		GK	1963–1968	167	0
Jon Sammels		MF	1963–1971	270	52
Ian Ure		CB	1963–1969	202	2
Bob Wilson		GK	1963–1974	308	0
Frank McLintock		RB	1964–1973	403	32
John Radford		FW	1964–1976	481	149
Peter Simpson		CB	1964–1978	477	15
Peter Storey		RB/MF	1965–1977	501	17
George Graham		FW	1966–1972	308	77
Bob McNab		LB	1966–1975	365	6
Pat Rice		LB	1967–1980	528	13
Charlie George		FW	1969–1975	179	49
Eddie Kelly		MF	1969–1975	222	19
Ray Kennedy		FW	1969–1974	212	71
Sammy Nelson		LB	1969–1981	339	12
Alan Ball		MF	1971–1976	217	52
Liam Brady		MF	1973–1980	307	59
David Price		MF	1973–1981	176	19
Jimmy Rimmer		GK	1974–1977	146	0
David O'Leary		CB	1975–1993	722	14
Frank Stapleton		FW	1975–1981	300	108
John Devine		RB	1976–1983	111	0
Malcolm Macdonald		FW	1976–1979	108	58
Pat Jennings		GK	1977–1984	327	0
Graham Rix		LW	1977–1988	464	51
Alan Sunderland		FW	1977–1983	281	92
Willie Young		CB	1977–1981	237	19
John Hollins		MF	1979–1983	173	13
Brian Talbot		MF	1979–1985	327	49
Paul Davis		MF	1980–1994	447	37
Kenny Sansom		LB	1980–1988	394	6
Stewart Robson		MF	1981–1986	186	21
Chris Whyte		CB	1981–1985	113	8
Tony Woodcock		FW	1982–1986	169	68
Tony Adams		CB	1983–2002	668	48
Ian Allinson		MF	1983–1987	106	23
Charlie Nicholas		FW	1983–1987	184	54
Viv Anderson		RB	1984–1987	150	15
Steve Williams		MF	1984–1988	121	5
John Lukic*		GK	1984–1990 1996–2000	298	0
Martin Hayes		LW	1985–1990	132	34
Niall Quinn		FW	1985–1990	94	20
David Rocastle		MF	1985–1992	277	34
Martin Keown*		CB	1985–1986 1993–2004	449	8
Perry Groves		RW	1986–1992	202	28
Paul Merson		FW/RW	1986–1997	425	99
Alan Smith		FW	1987–1995	347	115
Kevin Richardson		MF	1987–1990	122	8
Michael Thomas		MF	1987–1991	208	30
Steve Bould		CB	1988–1999	369	22
Kevin Campbell		FW	1988–1995	228	59
Lee Dixon		RB	1988–2002	618	28
Nigel Winterburn		LB	1988–2000	584	12
David Hillier		MF	1990–1996	142	2
Anders Limpar		LW	1990–1994	116	21
Andy Linighan		CB	1990–1996	156	8
David Seaman		GK	1990–2003	563	0
Ian Wright		FW	1991–1998	288	185
John Jensen		MF	1992–1996	138	1
Ray Parlour		MF	1992–2004	464	32
Dennis Bergkamp		FW	1995–2006	423	121
David Platt		MF	1995–1998	108	15
Nicolas Anelka		FW	1996–1999	90	28
Patrick Vieira		MF	1996–2005	407	33
Gilles Grimandi		CB/MF	1997–2002	169	6
Marc Overmars		LW	1997–2000	143	41
Emmanuel Petit		MF	1997–2000	118	11
Fredrik Ljungberg		LW	1998–	316	71
Ashley Cole		LB	1999–2006	228	9
Thierry Henry		FW	1999–	359	221
Nwankwo Kanu		FW	1999–2004	197	44
Oleg Luzhny		RB	1999–2003	120	0
Lauren		RB	2000–2007	241	9
Robert Pirès		LW	2000–2006	284	84
Sylvain Wiltord		FW	2000–2004	176	49
Sol Campbell		CB	2001–2006	197	11
Edu		MF	2001–2005	127	15
Gilberto Silva		MF	2002–	186	19
Kolo Touré		CB	2002–	217	8
Jens Lehmann		GK	2003–	166	0
Cesc Fàbregas		MF	2003–	126	11
José Antonio Reyes		FW	2004–2006	110	23
Mathieu Flamini		MF	2004–	102	5
Robin van Persie		FW	2004–	104	30

[edit] Key

• GK — Goalkeeper
• RB — Right back
• LB — Left back
• CB — Centre back
• MF — Midfielder
• RW — Right winger
• LW — Left winger
• FW — Forward

An asterisk (*) next to a name denotes that the player had more than one spell at the club.

[edit] References

• Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4. 
• Gunnermania - Arsenal FC archive. Retrieved on March 8, 2006.

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