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Abel José Carvalho Pereira

Abel José Carvalho Pereira (born 15 April 1990 in Alijó, Vila Real) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Doxa Katokopias F.C. in Cyprus, as a right defender.

Alexander Viveros

Alexander Viveros Sánchez (born 8 October 1977 in Cali) is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a left defender.

Bruno Silva

Bruno Ramón Silva Barone (born 29 March 1980 in Cerro Largo), is an Uruguayan footballer who played as a defensive right back for his hometown side Cerro Largo.

Charley Roussel Fomen

Charley Roussel Fomen (born 9 July 1989 in Buea) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for French club Clermont Foot as a left defender.

Chris Sulley

Christopher Stephen "Chris" Sulley (born 3 December 1959 in Camberwell) is an English footballer who played as a left back.

Danni Jensen

Danni Jensen (born 10 June 1989 in Taastrup) is a Danish footballer who plays as a right back for Boldklubben Frem.

Danny Frawley

Recruited from Ballarat, after attending St Patrick's College, Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer which led to his nickname of Spud, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back.

Dennis Cagara

Dennis Mengoy Cagara (born 19 February 1985) is a DanishFilipino professional footballer who plays for Lyngby as left back.

Dúber Zapata

Dúber Alexander Zapata Carrillo (born 2 November 1976 in Zorritos) is a Peruvian footballer who plays primarily as a full back.

Florian Riedel

Florian Riedel (born 9 April 1990 in Werdau) is a German footballer who plays as a right back for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Frank Haydock

He also played in the same position in the next three matches, before the number 5 jersey was usurped, first by Ronnie Cope and then Bill Foulkes, a convert from right full back.

Garry Bocaly

Garry Bocaly (born 19 April 1988 in Schœlcher, Martinique) is a French footballer who plays for Montpellier, as a right back.

Gerardo Miranda

Gerardo Miranda Concepción (born 16 November 1956 in Nouakchott, French West Africa), simply Gerardo, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right defender.

Hans Sarpei

Hans Adu Sarpei (born 28 June 1976 in Tema) is a Ghanaian-German ex-footballer who played as a full back.

Hirotoki Onozawa

Hirotoki Onozawa (小野澤宏時) (born March 29, 1978 in Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan) is rugby union who plays at wing (and sometimes full back) Suntory Sungoliath and the Japan national rugby union team.

Jacques Momha

Jacques Momha (born 7 August 1982 in Edéa) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a left defender.

Jean Sony

Jean Sony Alcénat (born 23 January 1986 in Port-au-Prince), commonly known as Sony, is a Haitian footballer who plays as a right defender for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.

John Edward Smith

John Edward Smith, commonly known as Ted Smith, was an English full back who represented Millwall F.C. in the late 1930s, and then coached Benfica from 1948 to 1952 guiding Benfica to their first internacional trophy.

Léo Medeiros

But the player did not take the chance offered by then-coach Andrade, who used improvised on the left back and ended up forgotten in the red-black cast.

Marco Airosa

Marco Ibraim de Sousa Airosa (born 6 August 1984 in Luanda) is an Angolan footballer who plays for AEL Limassol on loan from C.D. Nacional in Portugal, as a right defender.

Markus Steinhöfer

Markus Steinhöfer (born 7 March 1986 in Weißenburg in Bayern) is a German footballer, who plays for TSV 1860 Munich in 2.Bundesliga, mainly as a right defender (he can also play as a right midfielder).

Matthew Foschini

Matthew Foschini (born 19 October 1990) is an Australian footballer who plays as a defender for Salgaocar F.C. in the I-League.

Matthew Hartmann

Matthew James Calibjo "Matt" Hartmann was born on August 19, 1989, is an EnglishFilipino footballer who plays as a left back or left midfielder for Loyola Meralco Sparks.

Michael Parkhurst

2009–10 season, with the arrival of Andreas Bjelland and injury to Henrik Kildentoft, Parkhurst was inserted in to a variety of new positions, including full back and centre midfielder, becoming adept at playing at right back.

Milan Mišůn

Milan Mišůn (born 21 February 1990 in Příbram) is a Czech footballer who currently plays as a left back or centre back for 1. FK Příbram in the Gambrinus Liga.

Mirsad Baljić

Mirsad "Žvaka" Baljić (born 4 March 1962 in Sarajevo) is a former Bosnian football player who played as an offensive full-back.

Santiago Arias

Santiago Arias Naranjo (born 13 January 1992 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

Stephan Lichtsteiner

An attacking right back, he is known for his energetic runs down the right wing and athleticism, which earned him the nicknames "Forrest Gump" and "The Swiss Express".

Tomás Costa

Costa made his official debut against Unión La Calera in a 1–2 top division defeat at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán, starting the match as right back, and being replaced by Santiago Dittborn, as Mirosevic eventually did not leave the club.

Tomás Dabó

Tomás Soares Dabó (born 20 October 1993 in Bissau), is a Guinea-Bissauan born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Braga B as a right defender.

Valdir Cardoso

Hugo Valdir Romão Cardoso (born 1 January 1984), known as Valdir, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.R.D. Libolo in Angola, as a left defender.


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1966–67 in English football

Noel Cantwell, 35-year-old Manchester United and Ireland international full-back, joined the club in 1960 from West Ham United and was captain of the 1963 FA Cup winning side.

1978–79 Birmingham City F.C. season

Jim Smith, in his first full season as Birmingham's manager, brought Argentina's World Cup-winning full-back Alberto Tarantini to the club.

1984 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Paddy Barry of Cork’s 1952 team was followed by Wexford’s Nick O'Donnell, who had recently been named on the GAA Hurling Team of the Century as the greatest full-back in the history of the game and was captain of Wexford’s 1955 and 1960 All-Ireland winning teams.

2011 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final

Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald made three changes to the team that overcame Limerick in the semi-final with Jerome Maher picked at full-back and making his Championship debut.

António Pedro de Brito Lopes

António Pedro de Brito Lopes, aka Toni (born 23 July 1979 in Setúbal), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for AEK Larnaca F.C. in Cyprus, as a right defender.

Billy Frith

In preparation for the first season of post-war football, he signed experienced forward Colin Lyman from Tottenham Hotspur for 'fairly substantial fee', full-back Garth Butler from Derby County, and half-back Norman Hallam from Chelsea.

Brian Makepeace

Brian Makepeace (born 6 October 1931 in Rossington) was an English footballer who captained and played as a right back for Doncaster Rovers.

Bruno Saltor Grau

Bruno Saltor Grau (born 1 October 1980), simply known as Bruno, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion in England, as a right defender.

Cédric Soares

Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares (born 31 August 1991 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a right defender.

Colin Tartt

He was a key member of the side that lifted the last ever instalment of the Anglo-Scottish Cup, despite Rangers manager John Greig calling him "the worst full-back in Europe".

Daniel Bowles

In 9 September's edition of the Courier Mail, it was reported that Bowles would trial at Right Back for Gold Coast United in a pre season match later in the month.

Darren Glass

Playing mainly as a full-back, Glass is considered one of the best players in his position in the AFL, having been named in the All-Australian team on four occasions, including as captain of the 2012 team.

David Cerrajería

David Cerrajería Rubio, aka Cerra (born 4 June 1983 in Valencia), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Platanias F.C. in the Superleague Greece, as a defender (either right of left back).

Dean Moxey

Dean Moxey (born 14 January 1986) is an English Footballer who plays at the full back position for Premier League side Crystal Palace.

Dejan Stefanović

Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), (born 28 October 1974 in Vranje, Serbia) is a Serbian football player who plays for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville He is a central defender who can also play at full back.

Gareth Widdop

In mid-September he was once again called up to the England squad but this time for the Four Nations, he started at Full Back in the 18-18 draw in the warm up match against New Zealand Māori side in which he kicked 3 goals.

Geoff Bent

After several seasons playing in the reserve and youth sides, he became a professional in 1951 and over the decade made 12 league appearances as full-back cover for Roger Byrne on the left and Bill Foulkes on the right.

Graham Coldrick

Throughout his stay at Ninian Park he was constantly troubled by knee injuries and he eventually lost his place in the side to the on form full back pairing of David Carver and Gary Bell.

İbrahim Kaş

İbrahim Kaş (born 20 September 1986 in Karabük) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Sanica Boru Elazığspor as either a central or right defender.

James Welldon

After school, he played as full-back in association football with the Old Etonians F.C. and took part in the first match (score 1-1 draw) of the 1876 FA Cup Final at Kennington Oval, which they ultimately lost after a replay to Wanderers when his place in team was taken by Edgar Lubbock.

Jérémie Rodrigues

Jérémie Rodrigues (born 1 November 1980 in Schiltigheim) is a French footballer who plays as a right defender for Lokomotiv Sofia in Bulgaria.

Jeremy Staunton

He enjoyed five successful seasons with Munster, playing in both the fly-half and full back positions, helping Munster to win the Celtic League in February 2002.

Joe Kilroy

He also played full-back in the Halifax team which surprised everyone in English rugby league by winning the Rugby Football League Championship in 1985-86 under player/coach Chris Anderson.

John Cuffe

Playing with Glossop North End between 1905 and 1914, Cuffe played 282 matches as a full-back.

José Catalá

José Manuel Catalá Mazuecos (born 1 January 1985 in Villajoyosa, Alicante) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, as a central or left defender.

Ken Shellito

In the summer of 1977, he was appointed manager of Chelsea, succeeding his former partner at full-back, Eddie McCreadie.

Lars Jacobsen

He established himself at right full back, and in FCK's 2005–06 season, he played full-time as the club won the Superliga championship; 2,970 minutes in 33 matches.

Lavinia Byrne

Her great-uncle, J. F. Byrne, captained Warwickshire in first-class cricket and was full back of the England rugby union team

Leandro Salino

Leandro Salino do Carmo, known as Salino (born 22 April 1985 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Olympiacos F.C. in the Superleague Greece, mainly as a right defender.

Marc Bernaus

Marc Bernaus Cano (born 2 February 1977 in Andorra la Vella) is an Andorran footballer who plays as a left defender.

Milan Milinković

Speedy right-back began in local club Budućnost Arilje, but was observed by Partizan scouts, and continued his football education in black-white jersey.

Mohamed Soumaïla

He plays for Olympic Nimaey as a left back.

Murray Hofmeyr

Playing as a full-back, Hofmeyr appeared in three of England's four Tests in the 1950 Five Nations Championship, against Wales, France and Scotland.

Ollie Moran

At underage, he was more into rugby and played at full back for Ireland U18s, the Irish Colleges, and Munster U18s and U20s.

Pat Devery

He was a teacher at Oakes Elementary school in Huddersfield in the late 1940s and early 1950s at the same time as Bon Spence the former Huddersfield Town Full-back.

Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro

Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro (born 8 February 1979 in Aveiro) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for SC Alba as a right defender.

Peter Suswam

Peter Terna Suswam (born 5 September 1991 in Konshisha) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a right defender.

Phil Boersma

The final proved to be the lowest point of Phil's season, and probably career, expecting to get the nod for the substitute role he was overlooked for Chris Lawler, a full-back.

Raúl Llorente

Raúl Llorente Raposo (born 2 April 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Kalloni F.C. in the Superleague Greece, as a left defender.

Roger Hosen

His preferred position was full back, but the competition provided by John Willcox and Don Rutherford confined Hosen to ten caps in 1963–67, of which seven were on the wing.

Thomas McGhee

Portsmouth's manager Eddie Lever was impressed with the full back when he turned out for a senior service side against a FA eleven on 31 December 1953.

Tomasz Kiełbowicz

Tomasz Kiełbowicz (born February 21, 1976 in Hrubieszów) is a retired Polish footballer (midfielder or full-back), who played for Unia Hrubieszów, Siarka Tarnobrzeg, Raków Częstochowa, Widzew Łódź, Polonia Warsaw and Legia Warsaw.