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Arjan Swinkels (born 15 October 1984 in Moergestel) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian club Lierse.
Armando Federico Renganeschi, or simply Renganeschi (born May 10, 1913, in Capitán Sarmiento, Buenos Aires; died October 12, 1983, Campinas) is a former Argentine football player at the position of centre back.
Benjamin Massing (born 20 June 1962 in Edéa) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Bevan Fransman (born 31 October 1983 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African footballer, currently playing as a centre back for SuperSport United and the South African national team.
Bryan Arturo Johnson Sacasa (born 9 October 1989 in El Progreso, Yoro, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who play as centre back for Platense.
Carlos Andrés García Cuña (born 6 November 1979 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Guangdong Sunray Cave, as a central defender.
A promising, versatile player who can deputise at centre back should the need arise, Cleidson was linked with several European clubs during the 2012 summer transfer window, most notably VfB Stuttgart of the German Bundesliga as well as Queens Park Rangers and Swansea City, both of the English Premier League.
Cristian Castells Ortega (born 19 October 1984 in Sueca, Valencia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Platanias F.C. in Greece, as a central defender.
Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a Centre Back/Left back for Peñarol.
Severino dos Ramos Durval da Silva or simply Durval (born July 11, 1980 in Cruz do Espírito Santo), is a Brazilian central defender.
Ediglê Quaresma Farias or simply Ediglê (born May 13, 1978, in Fortaleza, is a Brazilian central-defender who plays for Portuguesa.
Edson Henrique da Silva or simply Edson (born 6 July 1987) is a Brazilian fotball central defender playing with NK Slaven Belupo.
Manuel Eduardo Berizzo (born 13 November 1969 in Cruz Alta, Marcos Juárez, Córdoba) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a current coach.
Fabian Schär (born on 20 December 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a centre back for FC Basel.
Fabiano Eller dos Santos or simply Fabiano Eller (born 19 November 1977 in Linhares) is a Brazilian centre-back footballer.
Gabriel Armando de Abreu (born 26 November 1990), better known as Gabriel Paulista or simply Gabriel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a centre back.
Giovanni Vavassori (born January 16, 1952 in Arcene, Bergamo) is an Italian football manager and former centre back, last in charge of Verona.
Jorge Hernán Menosse Acosta (born 28 April 1987) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Recreativo de Huelva, on loan from Montevideo Wanderers F.C., as a central defender.
Hilder Jobany Colón Alvarez (born 6 April 1989 in Puerto Cortés) is a Honduran footballer who play as centre back for Real España in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.
Ignacio "Nacho" Ithurralde Sáez (born 30 May 1983 in Durazno) is a Uruguayan football centre back who currently plays for Blooming in Bolivia.
Ildefons Lima Solà (born 10 December 1979 in Andorra la Vella) is an Andorran footballer who plays for FC Andorra as a central defender.
Jacek Magiera (born 1 January 1977 in Częstochowa) is a former Polish footballer who played as a centre back or defensive midfielder.
Jens Daniel Nowotny (born 11 January 1974 in Malsch) is a retired German footballer who played as a central defender.
João Duarte Vieira Pereira (born 10 May 1990 in Santarém) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vejle in Denmark, as a central defender.
John Auld (born 7 January 1862 in Lugar, Scotland died 1932) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and Scotland as a central defender.
Julio César "Cata" Domínguez Juárez (born November 8, 1987 in Arriaga, Chiapas) is a Mexican football centre back.
Jürgen Romano Colin (born 20 January 1981) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. in Israel, as a central defender.
Luis Adolfo Galván (born 24 February 1948 in Fernández, Santiago del Estero) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played in the centre back position.
Matheus Henrique do Carmo Lopes (born March 8, 1985 in Sete Lagoas, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, is a Brazilian central defender.
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.
Nikola Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Максимовић; born 25 November 1991 in Bajina Bašta) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Torino and the Serbian national team.
Paulo Sérgio Braga Madeira (born 6 September 1970 in Luanda, Angola) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Risto Vidaković Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Pиcтo Bидaкoвић; born 5 January 1969 in Šekovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), known as Vidaković, is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender; he most recently coached C.D. Motagua.
Robert James Dazo "Rob" Gier (born 6 January 1981) is an English–Filipino footballer who plays mainly as a centre back for Ascot United and the Philippines national team where he is also the vice-captain.
Roberto Leandro Chen Rodríguez (born 24 May 1994 in Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro) is a Panamanian footballer with Chinese heritage who plays as a central defender for Zulte Waregem, on loan from Málaga.
Rogério Rodrigues da Silva (born 14 March 1984 in Americana) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Criciúma, as a Centre back.
He plays in the centre back position and formed partnership with fellow centre back Stewart Greacen, although was sidelined by the arrival of Dominic Shimmin for season 2007-08.
Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson (born 18 February 1984 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic footballer, a centre back.
Sreten Sretenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Cpeтeн Cpeтeнoвић; born 12 January 1985) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Gyeongnam FC in South Korea, as a central defender.
In the 2009–10 season, under new manager Jim Gannon, Saunders has established himself as a regular starter in his preferred position of centre back.
Abraham Paz Cruz (born 29 June 1979) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Bnei Sakhnin F.C. in Israel, as a central defender.
Adrián López Rodríguez (born 25 February 1987), also known as Piscu, is a Galician professional footballer who plays for Montreal Impact in the Major League Soccer, as a central defender.
Gabriel 'Biel' Medina Piris (born 22 March 1980 in Mahón, Minorca, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Lleida Esportiu as a central defender.
Chad Edward Alesna Gould was born on September 30, 1982 is an English-Filipino footballer who plays as a central defender or striker for the Loyola Meralco Sparks and the Philippines national team.
Civard Sprockel (born 10 May 1983 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a Dutch Antillean footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Botev Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group.
He has had trouble cracking into the first team squad after Robert Cornthwaite and Iain Fyfe both regular at centre back.
David Rochela Calvo (born 19 February 1990 in As Pontes de García Rodríguez, Galicia) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Buriram United F.C. in the Thai Premier League, as a central defender.
On 6 July 2010, the 23-year-old centre-back signed a five-year deal to return to his former club Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of €15 million, making Shakhtar a profit of €10 million.
With the arrival of Lippo Hertzka (1947), Félix started being used as midfielder, but when Ted Smith arrived he changed the all tactical perspective of the team, putting Félix as a centre-back (the position he became famous at).
Gora Tall (born 20 May 1985 in Louga) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Ethnikos Achna FC in Cyprus, as a central defender.
When the 2009 league season began centre-back Wang Xiao was injured early within the campaign and the coach Zuo Shusheng immediately recalled He Yang back into the team as his replacement, with another chance to prove himself within the team He Yang showed considerable maturity and physical ability that was missing in his earlier career.
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.
Boateng made his debut in a pre-season friendly against Valencia for the first half, alternating between centre back and right back with Micah Richards.
Jervis Éarlson Drummond Johnson (born September 8, 1976) in Limón, is a retired Costa Rican footballer who played as a centre-back and wing-back for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican first division for his entire career.
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.
Leung, along with his Tuen Mun centre-back partner Čedomir Mijanović, joined fellow First Division club Yokohama FC Hong Kong.
Lionel Jesus Gonçalves Medeiros (born 14 April 1977 in Orléans, France) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Luis Carlos "Coroncoro" Perea (born 29 December 1963 in Turbo) is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Luis Gabriel Castro Pardo (born 28 July 1985 in Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Honduran league club C.D. Motagua.
Milton Palacios Suazo (born 1980) retired Honduran footballer who played as a centre-back
Even though Dimitriadis is an offensive midfielder and have played as a forward he was used as a centre-back in the 2012 season, due to the injuries on Alexander Gabrielsen and Yaw Ihle Amankwah, with great success.
Baumann is a product of the FC Basel youth system and usually plays as a centre-back but has also been deployed at right-back or in midfield.
Pavel Mareš (born 18 January 1976 in Otrokovice) is a retired Czech football player who played as a left-sided centre-back or left-back.
Péricles Santos Pereira (born 10 April 1993 in Mindelo, São Vicente), commonly known as Pecks, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Gil Vicente F.C. in Portugal, mainly as a central defender.
He overcame this setback and has recently remodelled himself as a defender, after manager Jim McInally used him as a utility centre-back in a 7–1 Tennent's Scottish Cup victory away to Cove Rangers.
Predrag Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Пpeдpaг Cтaнкoвић; born 17 September 1968 in Leskovac, Jablanica District) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Rafael Marques Pinto (born 1983), Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back
However, in mid-July, Afshin Ghotbi was re-appointed manager of Persepolis and cut the talks with Rezaei, stating that the club were not looking for a centre-back player at that moment in time.
Robson Severino da Silva (born 10 July 1983), simply known as Robson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Oud-Heverlee Leuven in the Belgian Pro League, as a central defender.
At Portuguesa, he was known as Samuel Lopes to disambiguate with his namesake, Samuel, centre-back.
William Paul Modibo (born 18 May 1979 in Ngaoundéré) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Osotspa Saraburi in Thai Premier League, as a central defender.