Opposition Players
| Full Name sorted descending | Birthdate sortable | Era | Club(s) sortable | Apps sortable | Goals sortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Micklewhite | 21 Mar 1961 | 1983-84 – 1990-91 | Derby County, Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 0 |
| Míchel Salgado | 22 Oct 1975 | 1998-99 – 2010-11 | Blackburn Rovers, Celta Vigo | 4 | 0 |
| Heinz Michallik | 21 Jul 1947 | 1972-73 | Borussia Moenchengladbach | 1 | 0 |
| Rastislav Michálik | 14 Jan 1974 | 2000-01 | Slovan Liberec | 2 | 0 |
| Lubomir Michalik | 13 Aug 1983 | 2007-08 – 2009-10 | Leeds United, Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 |
| Raphael Miceli | 30 Apr 1976 | 1997-98 | Strasbourg | 1 | 0 |
| Fabrizio Miccoli | 17 Jun 1979 | 2005-06 | Benfica | 1 | 1 |
| Karim M'Ghoghi | 17 Sept 1971 | 1997-98 | Strasbourg | 2 | 0 |
| Maximiliano Meza | 15 Dec 1992 | 2019-20 | Club de Fútbol Monterrey | 1 | 0 |
| Albert Meyong | 19 Oct 1980 | 2010-11 | Braga | 2 | 0 |
| David Meyler | 29 May 1989 | 2013-14 – 2016-17 | Hull City | 5 | 2 |
| Barrie Meyer | 21 Aug 1932 | 1955-56 – 1957-58 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 0 |
| Max Meyer | 18 Sept 1995 | 2018-19 – 2019-20 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 |
| Philippe Mexes | 30 Mar 1982 | 2002-03 | Auxerre | 2 | 0 |
| John Mew | 30 Mar 1889 | 1919-20 – 1925-26 | Manchester United | 9 | 0 |
| Thomas Meunier | 12 Sept 1991 | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | Lille, Paris St Germain | 2 | 1 |
| Christoph Metzelder | 5 Nov 1980 | 2001-02 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 0 |
| Lucien Mettomo | 19 Apr 1977 | 2002-03 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 |
| Ned Mettam | 18 Aug 1868 | 1893-94 – 1895-96 | Lincoln City | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Methven | 7 Dec 1868 | 1894-95 – 1905-06 | Derby County | 19 | 0 |
| Irvin Methley | 22 Sept 1925 | 1946-47 | Walsall | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Metgod | 27 Feb 1958 | 1981-82 – 1987-88 | Nottingham Forest, AZ Alkmaar, Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Metchick | 14 Oct 1943 | 1974-75 | Brentford | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Metcalfe | 3 Feb 1922 | 1947-48 – 1959-60 | Huddersfield Town, Hull City | 18 | 6 |
| Stuart Metcalfe | 6 Oct 1950 | 1978-79 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 0 |
| Norbert Mészáros | 19 Aug 1980 | 2009-10 | Debrecen VSC | 2 | 0 |
| Sammy Meston | 16 Jan 1872 | 1894-95 – 1901-02 | Southampton, Stoke City | 2 | 0 |
| Junior Messias | 13 May 1991 | 2021-22 | AC Milan | 1 | 0 |
| Lionel Messi | 24 Jun 1987 | 2006-07 – 2018-19 | Barcelona | 4 | 2 |
| Illan Meslier | 2 Mar 2000 | 2020-21 – 2022-23 | Leeds United | 6 | 0 |
| Eyal Meshumar | 10 Aug 1983 | 2006-07 | Maccabi Haifa | 2 | 0 |
| Jasmin Mešanovic | 6 Jan 1992 | 2017-18 | NK Maribor | 2 | 0 |
| Roque Mesa | 7 Jun 1989 | 2017-18 | Swansea City | 1 | 0 |
| Per Mertesacker | 29 Sept 1984 | 2012-13 – 2015-16 | Arsenal | 8 | 0 |
| Dries Mertens | 6 May 1987 | 2010-11 – 2019-20 | Napoli, Utrecht | 6 | 2 |
| Paul Merson | 20 Mar 1968 | 1988-89 – 2001-02 | Arsenal, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough | 32 | 7 |
| Dave Merrington | 26 Jan 1945 | 1966-67 – 1969-70 | Burnley | 6 | 0 |
| Gil Merrick | 26 Jan 1922 | 1946-47 – 1954-55 | Birmingham City | 6 | 0 |
| Geoff Merrick | 29 Apr 1951 | 1974-75 – 1979-80 | Bristol City | 7 | 0 |
| Alan Merrick | 20 Jun 1950 | 1970-71 – 1972-73 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 0 |
| Mikel Merino | 22 Jun 1996 | 2017-18 – 2025-26 | Arsenal, Newcastle United | 5 | 2 |
| Camel Meriem | 18 Oct 1979 | 2003-04 | Marseille | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Meret | 22 Mar 1997 | 2019-20 – 2022-23 | Napoli | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Meredith | 28 Jul 1874 | 1893-94 – 1921-22 | Manchester United, Manchester City, Northwich Victoria | 32 | 2 |
| Trevor Meredith | 25 Dec 1936 | 1963-64 | Burnley | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Meredith | 5 Sept 1872 | 1901-02 – 1903-04 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 |
| Alain Merchadier | 13 Mar 1952 | 1976-77 | Saint-Étienne | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Mercer | 1924-25 – 1927-28 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 0 | |
| Billy Mercer | 14 Mar 1896 | 1921-22 – 1924-25 | Preston North End | 3 | 0 |
| John Mercer | 1903-04 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe Mercer | 21 Jul 1890 | 1910-11 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Mercer | 9 Aug 1914 | 1935-36 – 1953-54 | Arsenal, Everton | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Mercer | 20 Mar 1893 | 1921-22 – 1927-28 | Sheffield United | 14 | 0 |
| Arthur Mercer | 1927-28 | Sheffield United | 1 | 0 | |
| Gabriel Mercado | 18 Mar 1987 | 2017-18 | Sevilla | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Mepham | 5 Nov 1997 | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | Bournemouth | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Menzies | 10 Jul 1901 | 1924-25 – 1930-31 | Leeds United | 10 | 0 |
| Alexander Menzies | 25 Nov 1882 | 1906-07 – 1907-08 | Manchester United | 3 | 0 |
| Juan Carlos Menseguez | 18 Feb 1984 | 2008-09 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 |
| John Mensah | 29 Nov 1982 | 2010-11 | Sunderland | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Menlove | 8 Dec 1892 | 1922-23 – 1925-26 | Sheffield United | 3 | 2 |
| Giampaolo Menichelli | 29 Jun 1938 | 1965-66 | Juventus | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Menham | 1896-97 | Everton | 1 | 0 | |
| Teden Mengi | 30 Apr 2002 | 2023-24 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 |
| Bernard Mendy | 20 Aug 1981 | 2002-03 – 2009-10 | Hull City, Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 0 |
| Benjamin Mendy | 17 Jul 1994 | 2017-18 – 2019-20 | Manchester City | 3 | 0 |
| Édouard Mendy | 3 Jan 1992 | 2020-21 – 2021-22 | Chelsea | 5 | 0 |
| Ferland Mendy | 8 Jun 1995 | 2020-21 – 2024-25 | Real Madrid | 4 | 0 |
| Nampalys Mendy | 23 Jun 1992 | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | Leicester City | 4 | 0 |
| Clive Mendonca | 9 Sept 1968 | 1998-99 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 1 |
| Gaizka Mendieta | 27 Mar 1974 | 1998-99 – 2005-06 | Middlesbrough, Valencia | 5 | 0 |
| Peter Mendham | 9 Apr 1960 | 1979-80 – 1986-87 | Norwich City | 10 | 1 |
| Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | 15 Apr 1992 | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | Derby County, Cardiff City | 2 | 0 |
| Alberto Mendez | 24 Oct 1974 | 1997-98 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 |
| Pedro Mendes | 26 Feb 1979 | 2004-05 – 2007-08 | Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 0 |
| Nuno Mendes | 19 Jun 2002 | 2024-25 – 2025-26 | Paris St Germain | 4 | 0 |
| Caspar Memering | 1 Jun 1953 | 1977-78 | Hamburg SV | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Melville | 15 Mar 1909 | 1931-32 – 1932-33 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Melville | 29 Nov 1968 | 1989-90 – 2003-04 | Fulham, Sunderland, Swansea City | 9 | 0 |
| Les Melville | 29 Nov 1930 | 1958-59 | Worcester City | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Melrose | 7 Oct 1958 | 1980-81 – 1986-87 | Charlton Athletic, Leicester City, Manchester City | 5 | 1 |
| Arthur Melo | 12 Aug 1996 | 2018-19 | Barcelona | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Mellors | 30 Apr 1880 | 1903-04 – 1912-13 | Bradford City, Notts County | 3 | 0 |
| William Mellor | 3 Apr 1886 | 1913-14 – 1914-15 | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Mellor | 20 Nov 1947 | 1969-70 – 1980-81 | Burnley, Portsmouth | 3 | 0 |
| Neil Mellor | 4 Nov 1982 | 2008-09 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 |
| John Mellor | 1930-31 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | |
| Ian Mellor | 19 Feb 1950 | 1970-71 – 1972-73 | Manchester City, Norwich City | 3 | 2 |
| David Mellor | 10 Jul 1993 | 2012-13 – 2013-14 | Oldham Athletic | 2 | 0 |
| James Mellon | 1927-28 | Darlington | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry Melling | 24 Jan 1940 | 1966-67 | Watford | 2 | 1 |
| Melli | 6 Jun 1984 | 2005-06 | Real Betis | 2 | 0 |
| Olof Mellberg | 3 Sept 1977 | 2001-02 – 2007-08 | Aston Villa | 14 | 0 |
| Maor Melikson | 30 Oct 1984 | 2006-07 | Maccabi Haifa | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Melia | 1 Nov 1937 | 1966-67 – 1970-71 | Southampton, Aldershot | 5 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Melgarejo | 8 Aug 1990 | 2017-18 | Spartak Moscow | 2 | 0 |
| Mario Melchiot | 4 Nov 1976 | 1999-2000 – 2009-10 | Chelsea, Wigan Athletic, Birmingham City | 18 | 0 |
| Max Melbourne | 24 Oct 1998 | 2020-21 | Lincoln City | 1 | 0 |
| Olexandr Melaschenko | 13 Dec 1978 | 2001-02 | Dynamo Kiev | 2 | 0 |
| Hannibal Mejbri | 21 Jan 2003 | 2021-22 – 2025-26 | Burnley, Manchester United | 4 | 0 |
Total: 16004 players | Page 63 of 161