Opposition Players
| Full Name sorted descending | Birthdate sortable | Era | Club(s) sortable | Apps sortable | Goals sortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Ashurst | 10 Mar 1939 | 1958-59 – 1969-70 | Sunderland | 18 | 0 |
| Jackie Ashurst | 12 Oct 1954 | 1973-74 – 1976-77 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 |
| Elias Ashurst | 28 Dec 1901 | 1922-23 – 1923-24 | Birmingham City | 3 | 0 |
| Herbert Ashton | 1913-14 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | |
| Dean Ashton | 24 Nov 1983 | 2005-06 – 2007-08 | West Ham United | 3 | 1 |
| George Ashmore | 5 May 1898 | 1923-24 – 1931-32 | West Bromwich Albion, Chesterfield | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Ashman | 19 May 1926 | 1950-51 – 1961-62 | Norwich City | 5 | 0 |
| Don Ashman | 9 Oct 1902 | 1929-30 – 1931-32 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 0 |
| Albert Ashley | 1936-37 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 0 | |
| Majeed Ashimeru | 10 Oct 1997 | 2019-20 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2 | 0 |
| Thommy Asher | 21 Dec 1936 | 1957-58 | Notts County | 1 | 0 |
| Armour Ashe | 14 Oct 1925 | 1955-56 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 0 |
| Jamie Ashdown | 30 Nov 1980 | 2004-05 – 2009-10 | Portsmouth | 4 | 0 |
| William Ashcroft | 1 Oct 1952 | 1977-78 – 1981-82 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ashcroft | 12 Sept 1878 | 1905-06 – 1910-11 | Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Ashby | 1875 | 1896-97 – 1905-06 | Leicester City, Burton Swifts | 2 | 0 |
| Ian Ashbee | 6 Sept 1976 | 2008-09 | Hull City | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ashall | 13 Dec 1933 | 1955-56 – 1960-61 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 |
| George Ashall | 29 Sept 1911 | 1935-36 – 1937-38 | Wolves | 5 | 1 |
| Marco Asensio | 21 Jan 1996 | 2017-18 – 2024-25 | Real Madrid, Aston Villa | 6 | 1 |
| Juan Manuel Asensi | 23 Sept 1949 | 1975-76 | Barcelona | 1 | 0 |
| Sergio Asenjo | 28 Jun 1989 | 2015-16 | Villarreal | 1 | 0 |
| Raúl Asencio | 13 Feb 2003 | 2024-25 | Real Madrid | 1 | 0 |
| Aljoša Asanovic | 14 Dec 1965 | 1996-97 | Derby County | 2 | 0 |
| Derek Asamoah | 1 May 1981 | 2015-16 | Carlisle United | 1 | 1 |
| Carl Asaba | 28 Jan 1973 | 2002-03 | Sheffield United | 1 | 0 |
| Arzu | 14 Nov 1981 | 2005-06 | Real Betis | 2 | 1 |
| Artur | 25 Jan 1981 | 2010-11 | Braga | 2 | 0 |
| Mikel Arteta | 26 Mar 1982 | 2005-06 – 2015-16 | Everton, Arsenal | 17 | 2 |
| Harry Arter | 28 Dec 1989 | 2013-14 – 2016-17 | Bournemouth | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Artell | 22 Nov 1980 | 2000-01 | Rotherham United | 1 | 0 |
| Toshko Arsov | 14 Dec 1957 | 1980-81 | CSKA Sofia | 1 | 0 |
| Tolgay Arslan | 16 Aug 1990 | 2014-15 | Besiktas | 1 | 1 |
| Andrey Arshavin | 29 May 1981 | 2008-09 – 2011-12 | Arsenal | 6 | 5 |
| Hreiðar Ársælsson | 20 Nov 1929 | 1964-65 | Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur | 2 | 0 |
| Arthur Arrowsmith | 1906-07 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 | |
| Kepa Arrizabalaga | 3 Oct 1994 | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | Chelsea, Bournemouth | 12 | 0 |
| Smart Arridge | 21 Jun 1872 | 1896-97 | Everton | 2 | 0 |
| Salim Arrache | 14 Jul 1982 | 2007-08 | Marseille | 1 | 0 |
| Yoann Arquin | 15 Apr 1988 | 2013-14 | Notts County | 1 | 1 |
| Frédéric Arpinon | 9 May 1969 | 1997-98 | Strasbourg | 1 | 0 |
| Pegguy Arphexad | 18 May 1973 | 1999-2000 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 |
| Salvatore Aronica | 20 Jan 1978 | 2010-11 | Napoli | 2 | 0 |
| Tolu Arokodare | 23 Nov 2000 | 2025-26 | Wolves | 3 | 0 |
| Peter Arntz | 5 Feb 1953 | 1981-82 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Arnott | 28 Sept 1958 | 1980-81 – 1982-83 | Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland | 2 | 0 |
| James Arnott | 1898-99 | Burnley | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Arnold | 30 Nov 1907 | 1933-34 | Fulham | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Arnold | 6 Aug 1950 | 1981-82 – 1982-83 | Everton | 2 | 0 |
| Marko Arnautovic | 19 Apr 1989 | 2013-14 – 2018-19 | Stoke City, West Ham United | 9 | 1 |
| Craig Armstrong | 23 May 1975 | 1998-99 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Armstrong | 31 Jan 1959 | 1983-84 – 1985-86 | Birmingham City, Southampton | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Armstrong | 3 Jun 1924 | 1947-48 – 1953-54 | Chelsea | 13 | 3 |
| Keith Armstrong | 11 Oct 1957 | 1980-81 – 1981-82 | Oulu Palloseura | 4 | 1 |
| Jimmy Armstrong | 6 Sept 1901 | 1922-23 – 1927-28 | Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 1 |
| Jack Armstrong | 4 Feb 1884 | 1905-06 – 1910-11 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 |
| Harold Armstrong | 1907-08 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 0 | |
| Gerry Armstrong | 23 May 1954 | 1976-77 – 1985-86 | Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 0 |
| Gordon Armstrong | 15 Jul 1967 | 1990-91 – 1991-92 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 |
| George Armstrong | 9 Aug 1944 | 1963-64 – 1976-77 | Arsenal | 27 | 1 |
| David Armstrong | 26 Dec 1954 | 1974-75 – 1986-87 | Middlesbrough, Southampton | 31 | 4 |
| Chris Armstrong | 19 Jun 1971 | 1992-93 – 2000-01 | Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace | 14 | 3 |
| Chris Armstrong | 5 Aug 1982 | 2006-07 | Sheffield United | 2 | 0 |
| Alun Armstrong | 22 Feb 1975 | 1999-2000 – 2002-03 | Ipswich Town, Huddersfield Town | 6 | 1 |
| Adam Armstrong | 10 Feb 1997 | 2014-15 – 2025-26 | Southampton, Wolves, Newcastle United | 9 | 2 |
| Stuart Armstrong | 30 Mar 1992 | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | Southampton | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Armitage | 21 Aug 1897 | 1924-25 – 1925-26 | Burnley | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Armfield | 21 Sept 1935 | 1962-63 – 1970-71 | Blackpool | 11 | 0 |
| Sammy Armes | 30 Mar 1908 | 1936-37 – 1938-39 | Leeds United | 6 | 1 |
| Pablo Armero | 2 Nov 1986 | 2012-13 – 2013-14 | Udinese, West Ham United | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Armand | 11 Aug 1898 | 1924-25 – 1926-27 | Leeds United | 4 | 1 |
| Giedrius Arlauskis | 3 Dec 1987 | 2009-10 | Unirea Urziceni | 2 | 0 |
| Thomas Arkesden | 1898-99 – 1904-05 | Derby County, Manchester United | 5 | 1 | |
| Arieta | 6 Jan 1946 | 1968-69 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Aribo | 21 Jul 1996 | 2022-23 – 2024-25 | Southampton | 5 | 0 |
| Jhon Arias | 21 Sept 1997 | 2025-26 | Wolves | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Argue | 26 Nov 1911 | 1934-35 – 1946-47 | Chelsea | 6 | 2 |
| Estanislao Argote | 21 Oct 1956 | 1983-84 | Athletic Bilbao | 2 | 0 |
| José María Argoitia | 18 Jan 1940 | 1968-69 | Athletic Bilbao | 2 | 1 |
| Scott Arfield | 1 Nov 1988 | 2014-15 – 2022-23 | Burnley, Rangers | 7 | 2 |
| Alphonse Areola | 27 Feb 1993 | 2015-16 – 2025-26 | West Ham United, Fulham, Paris St Germain, Villarreal | 10 | 0 |
| Preben Arentoft | 1 Nov 1942 | 1968-69 – 1970-71 | Newcastle United | 3 | 0 |
| Neal Ardley | 1 Sept 1972 | 1991-92 – 2004-05 | Wimbledon, Watford | 16 | 0 |
| George Ardley | 1919-20 | Sunderland | 1 | 0 | |
| Ossie Ardiles | 3 Aug 1952 | 1978-79 – 1988-89 | Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 0 |
| Arda Turan | 30 Jan 1987 | 2006-07 | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Arconada | 26 Jun 1954 | 1975-76 | Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 |
| Troy Archibald-Henville | 4 Nov 1988 | 2011-12 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Archibald | 27 Sept 1956 | 1980-81 – 1983-84 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 6 |
| James Archibald | 18 Sept 1892 | 1920-21 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Archibald | 23 Aug 1895 | 1927-28 | Darlington | 1 | 0 |
| Theo Archibald | 5 Mar 1998 | 2020-21 | Lincoln City | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Archer | 3 Sept 1933 | 1955-56 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 |
| Arthur Archer | 1895-96 – 1907-08 | Brighton & Hove Albion, Birmingham City, Burton Wanderers | 6 | 0 | |
| Cameron Archer | 9 Dec 2001 | 2023-24 – 2025-26 | Southampton, Sheffield United | 5 | 1 |
| John Archbold | 1982-83 | Dundalk | 2 | 0 | |
| Arcanjo | 27 Nov 1944 | 1969-70 | Vitoria Setubal | 2 | 0 |
| Julio Arca | 31 Jan 1981 | 2000-01 – 2008-09 | Sunderland, Middlesbrough | 7 | 0 |
| Oliver Arblaster | 5 May 2004 | 2023-24 | Sheffield United | 1 | 0 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | 17 Jan 1983 | 2014-15 | Real Madrid | 2 | 0 |
Total: 16004 players | Page 156 of 161