Opposition Players
| Full Name sorted descending | Birthdate sortable | Era | Club(s) sortable | Apps sortable | Goals sortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Allen | 16 Oct 1891 | 1922-23 – 1926-27 | Manchester City, Southport | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Allen | 27 Nov 1939 | 1957-58 – 1968-69 | Stoke City | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Allen | 14 Mar 1990 | 2011-12 – 2017-18 | Stoke City, Swansea City | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Allcock | 10 Dec 1935 | 1960-61 – 1961-62 | Norwich City | 3 | 3 |
| H Allcock | 1895-96 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Allcock | 7 Sept 1925 | 1954-55 – 1955-56 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 0 |
| Len Allchurch | 12 Sept 1933 | 1954-55 – 1970-71 | Swansea City, Sheffield United | 18 | 5 |
| Ivor Allchurch | 16 Dec 1929 | 1954-55 – 1961-62 | Swansea City, Newcastle United | 8 | 0 |
| Marcus Allbäck | 5 Jul 1973 | 2002-03 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Allardyce | 19 Oct 1954 | 1978-79 – 1983-84 | Coventry City, Sunderland, Bolton Wanderers | 6 | 0 |
| Wally Allan | 1894-95 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 0 | |
| Thomas Allan | 1910-11 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | |
| Jack Allan | 28 Dec 1886 | 1908-09 – 1911-12 | West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle United | 2 | 1 |
| John Allan | 1904-05 | Manchester United | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Allan | 10 Nov 1953 | 1980-81 | Swindon Town | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Allan | 11 May 1890 | 1909-10 | Everton | 1 | 0 |
| John Allan | 1925-26 – 1926-27 | Leeds United | 3 | 0 | |
| John Allan | 1895-96 – 1897-98 | Notts County | 3 | 0 | |
| Adam Allan | 12 Sept 1904 | 1927-28 – 1928-29 | Sunderland | 3 | 0 |
| Allan | 8 Jan 1991 | 2018-19 – 2021-22 | Napoli, Everton | 7 | 0 |
| Stan Allan | 10 Apr 1946 | 1980-81 | Altrincham | 1 | 0 |
| Janez Aljanic | 29 Jul 1982 | 2003-04 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2 | 0 |
| Marian Aliuta | 4 Feb 1978 | 2003-04 | Steaua Bucharest | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Alison | 11 Oct 1923 | 1949-50 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 |
| Ezgjan Alioski | 12 Feb 1992 | 2020-21 | Leeds United | 1 | 0 |
| Georg Aliesch | 13 Oct 1952 | 1976-77 | FC Zürich | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremie Aliadiere | 30 Mar 1983 | 2003-04 – 2008-09 | Middlesbrough, Arsenal, West Ham United | 8 | 1 |
| Ali Al-Hamadi | 1 Mar 2002 | 2024-25 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Algérino | 28 Oct 1971 | 1996-97 | Paris St Germain | 2 | 0 |
| Alfredo Moreira | 1 Nov 1938 | 1969-70 | Vitoria Setubal | 2 | 0 |
| Alexsandro | 9 Aug 1999 | 2024-25 | Lille | 1 | 0 |
| Alekos Alexandris | 21 Oct 1968 | 2000-01 | Olympiacos | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandre Goulart | 24 Jul 1976 | 2001-02 | Boavista | 2 | 0 |
| Niclas Alexandersson | 29 Dec 1971 | 1998-99 – 2001-02 | Sheffield Wednesday, Everton | 6 | 1 |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | 7 Oct 1998 | 2025-26 | Real Madrid | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Alexander | 26 Jan 1963 | 1991-92 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 0 |
| Graham Alexander | 10 Oct 1971 | 2009-10 | Burnley | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Alexander | 19 Feb 1935 | 1955-56 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 |
| Alex | 17 Jun 1982 | 2006-07 – 2011-12 | Chelsea, PSV Eindhoven | 10 | 1 |
| Dmitri Alenichev | 20 Oct 1972 | 2000-01 | FC Porto | 1 | 0 |
| Carles Aleñá | 5 Jan 1998 | 2018-19 | Barcelona | 1 | 0 |
| Allan Aleman | 29 Jul 1983 | 2005-06 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1 | 0 |
| Ilya Aleksievich | 10 Feb 1991 | 2012-13 | Gomel | 1 | 0 |
| Milija Aleksic | 14 Apr 1951 | 1979-80 – 1981-82 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 0 |
| Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 13 Apr 1986 | 2014-15 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 1 | 0 |
| Mihail Aleksandrov | 11 Jun 1989 | 2014-15 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2 | 0 |
| John Aldridge | 18 Sept 1958 | 1985-86 – 1986-87 | Oxford United | 3 | 1 |
| Stan Aldous | 10 Feb 1923 | 1956-57 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 0 |
| Evgeniy Aldonin | 22 Jan 1980 | 2005-06 | CSKA Moscow | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Aldis | 11 Apr 1927 | 1950-51 – 1953-54 | Aston Villa | 5 | 0 |
| Toby Alderweireld | 2 Mar 1989 | 2015-16 – 2020-21 | Tottenham Hotspur | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Alderton | 6 Dec 1924 | 1946-47 | Wolves | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Alderson | 28 Nov 1891 | 1925-26 – 1928-29 | Sheffield United | 8 | 0 |
| Brian Alderson | 5 May 1950 | 1972-73 – 1976-77 | Coventry City, Leicester City | 9 | 2 |
| Albert Alderman | 30 Oct 1907 | 1931-32 | Derby County | 1 | 0 |
| Omar Alderete | 26 Dec 1996 | 2025-26 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 |
| Aldair | 30 Nov 1965 | 2001-02 | Roma | 2 | 0 |
| Alcides | 13 Mar 1985 | 2005-06 | Benfica | 2 | 0 |
| Colin Alcide | 14 Apr 1972 | 1999-2000 | Hull City | 2 | 1 |
| Antolín Alcaraz | 30 Jul 1982 | 2010-11 – 2014-15 | Wigan Athletic, Everton | 7 | 0 |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 30 Nov 2002 | 2022-23 – 2025-26 | Everton, Southampton | 4 | 0 |
| Thiago Alcantara | 11 Apr 1991 | 2018-19 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 0 |
| Paco Alcácer | 30 Aug 1993 | 2021-22 | Villarreal | 2 | 0 |
| Marc Albrighton | 18 Nov 1989 | 2009-10 – 2023-24 | Leicester City, Aston Villa | 22 | 0 |
| Martin Albrechtsen | 31 Mar 1980 | 2004-05 – 2005-06 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 0 |
| Arthur Albiston | 14 Jul 1957 | 1976-77 – 1986-87 | Manchester United | 26 | 1 |
| Raúl Albiol | 4 Sept 1985 | 2018-19 – 2021-22 | Villarreal, Napoli | 4 | 0 |
| George Albinson | 14 Feb 1897 | 1920-21 – 1921-22 | Manchester City, Manchester United | 2 | 0 |
| Alberto Fonseca | 22 Aug 1956 | 1977-78 | Benfica | 2 | 0 |
| Philippe Albert | 10 Aug 1967 | 1994-95 – 1998-99 | Newcastle United | 7 | 0 |
| Florián Albert | 15 Sept 1941 | 1970-71 | Ferencvaros | 2 | 0 |
| David Albelda | 1 Sept 1977 | 2002-03 | Valencia | 2 | 0 |
| José Joaquín Albadalejo | 26 Jun 1955 | 1975-76 | Barcelona | 1 | 0 |
| Jordi Alba | 21 Mar 1989 | 2018-19 | Barcelona | 2 | 0 |
| Alanzinho | 22 Feb 1983 | 2010-11 | Trabzonspor | 2 | 0 |
| Alan | 10 Jul 1989 | 2010-11 | Braga | 2 | 1 |
| David Alaba | 24 Jun 1992 | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | Real Madrid, Bayern Munich | 4 | 0 |
| Ali Al Habsi | 30 Dec 1981 | 2010-11 – 2012-13 | Wigan Athletic | 6 | 0 |
| Lucas Akins | 25 Feb 1989 | 2016-17 | Burton Albion | 1 | 0 |
| Adebayo Akinfenwa | 10 May 1982 | 2014-15 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 1 |
| Igor Akinfeev | 8 Apr 1986 | 2005-06 | CSKA Moscow | 1 | 0 |
| Ade Akinbiyi | 10 Oct 1974 | 1994-95 – 2006-07 | Leicester City, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Norwich City | 7 | 1 |
| Nariman Akhundzade | 23 Apr 2004 | 2025-26 | Qarabağ FK | 1 | 0 |
| Ilzat Akhmetov | 31 Dec 1997 | 2015-16 | Rubin Kazan | 1 | 0 |
| Yunus Akgün | 7 Jul 2000 | 2023-24 – 2025-26 | Galatasaray, Leicester City | 4 | 0 |
| Nathan Aké | 18 Feb 1995 | 2015-16 – 2025-26 | Manchester City, Bournemouth, Watford | 18 | 3 |
| Manuel Akanji | 19 Jul 1995 | 2022-23 – 2025-26 | Manchester City, Inter Milan | 7 | 0 |
| Kanga Akale | 7 Mar 1981 | 2002-03 | Auxerre | 1 | 0 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | 17 Apr 1998 | 2021-22 – 2025-26 | Brentford | 6 | 0 |
| Semi Ajayi | 9 Nov 1993 | 2020-21 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Aizlewood | 1 Oct 1959 | 1986-87 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 0 |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | 6 Jun 2001 | 2020-21 – 2025-26 | Wolves, Manchester City | 12 | 1 |
| Walter Aitkenhead | 21 May 1877 | 1906-07 – 1914-15 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 4 |
| William Aitken | 2 Feb 1894 | 1920-21 – 1924-25 | Newcastle United, Preston North End | 9 | 1 |
| Samuel Aitken | 1903-04 – 1909-10 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 0 | |
| George Aitken | 28 May 1925 | 1951-52 – 1958-59 | Sunderland | 5 | 1 |
| George Aitken | 13 Aug 1928 | 1951-52 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Aitken | 1 May 1942 | 1962-63 – 1975-76 | Aston Villa | 12 | 0 |
| Andrew Aitken | 27 Apr 1877 | 1895-96 – 1908-09 | Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Leicester City | 18 | 1 |
| Sam Aiston | 21 Nov 1976 | 1995-96 | Sunderland | 1 | 0 |
Total: 16004 players | Page 159 of 161