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Carlos Hoyos

Carlos Mario Hoyos Jaramillo (born February 28, 1962 in Medellín) is a retired football defender who was capped 24 times for Colombia between 1985 and 1990.

Carlos Salcido

Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores (born 2 April 1980 in Ocotlán, Jalisco) is a Mexican international football defender who currently plays for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Mexican National Team, mainly as a center midfielder.

Christoph Schößwendter

Christoph Schößwendter (born July 16, 1988) is an Austrian football defender for FC Admira Wacker Mödling.

Eduardo Jiguchi

Eduardo Jiguchi Machicado (born August 24, 1970 in Mineros, Santa Cruz) is a retired football defender from Bolivia, who played his entire career in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson

Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson (born 14 December 1981 in Keflavík) is an Icelandic professional football defender who plays for Keflavík in Iceland.

Juan Torales

Juan Bautista Torales, nicknamed Téju (born 9 March 1956 in Luque) is a retired football defender from Paraguay.

Lambros Lambrou

Lambros Lambrou (born September 9, 1977 in Famagusta, Cyprus) is a former international Cypriot football defender who last played for Nea Salamis Famagusta FC and previously for Ermis Aradippou and the national team of Cyprus.

Luis Fernando Herrera

Luis Fernando Herrera Arango (born June 12, 1962 in Medellín, Colombia) is a retired football defender.

Marcelo Carballo

Marcelo Antonio Carballo (born December 7, 1974 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian football defender currently playing for first division club Wilstermann.

Marco Sandy

Marco Antonio Sandy Sansusty (born August 29, 1971 in Cochabamba) is a former Bolivian football defender.

Michael Ofosu-Appiah

Michael Ofosu-Appiah (born March 31, 1983 in Accra) is a Ghanaian football defender, he currently plays for Asante Kotoko.

Nicole Brandebusemeyer

Nicole Brandebusemeyer (born 9 October 1974 in Georgsmarienhütte, Lower Saxony) is a retired German football defender.

Øyvind Svenning

Øyvind Svenning (born 29 January 1980) is a Norwegian football defender who currently plays for the Norwegian team Randaberg.

Rigoberto Cisneros

Rigoberto Cisneros Dueñas (born 15 August 1953) is a Mexican football defender who played for Mexico in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Ronald Arana

Ronald Arana Céspedes (born January 18, 1977 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football defender currently playing for La Paz F.C..


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Age fraud in association football

One of the best known examples of a player falsifying documentations is Cameroon's international football defender Tobie Mimboe who held several documents during the course of his career that indicated he became younger as time went by.

Aleš Schuster

Aleš Schuster (born 26 October 1981) is a Czech football defender who currently plays for FC Zbrojovka Brno.

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, usually referred to as Altair (born January 22, 1938 in Niterói, Brazil) was a football defender and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1962 World Cup.

Ane Stangeland Horpestad

Ane Stangeland Horpestad (born 2 June 1980 in Stavanger) as Ane Stangeland, is a woman footballer from South-West Norway who has captained the Norwegian national team for three seasons and plays for Klepp in the top Norwegian league, the Toppserien, as a central defender.

Bashar Bani Yaseen

Bashar Mustafa Bani Yaseen (born 1 June 1977) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a defender for Sur Club of Oman.

Camille Oponga

Herman Camille Oponga Ayessa (born January 24, 1978 in Brazzaville) is a Congolese football defender currently playing for ES Viry-Châtillon in the French Championnat de France Amateurs.

César Vega

César Javier Vega Perrone (born September 2, 1959 in Montevideo) is a retired football defender from Uruguay.

Cristian Álvarez

Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez (born 1978), Argentine football defender/midfielder

Daniel Killer

Daniel Pedro Killer (born 21 December 1949 in Rosario) is a retired Argentine football defender who was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Dannes Coronel

Dannes Arcenio Coronel Campoverde (born May 24, 1973 in Naranjal) is a retired football defender from Ecuador, who made 27 appearances for the Ecuador national team between 1992 and 2000.

Deportivo Iztacalco

Only 5 were selected, Diego "El Gato" Reynoso (goalkeeper), Guillermo "RBD" Guzmán (defender), Carlos "Piwi" Godínez and Anibal "Robinho" Cruz (midfielder) and Giovanni "Guardadito" Pérez (striker).

Edmund Twórz

Edmund Franciszek Twórz (born 1914, date of death unknown) was a Polish footballer (defender) who was in the Polish squad called up for the 1938 FIFA World Cup, but was left in Poland prior to the beginning of the tournament, as only 15 players went to Strasbourg.

Eduardo Luján Manera

Eduardo Luján Manera (22 August 1944 - 15 August 2000) was an Argentine football defender, and a manager who won the Argentine Primera with Estudiantes de La Plata as player and manager.

Eligio Echagüe

Eligio Silvestre Echagüe Delgado (born 31 December 1938 in Concepción, Paraguay) is a former football defender; most commonly playing in the left-back position.

Felipe Baloy

Felipe Abdiel Baloy Ramírez (born 24 February 1981, in Panama City) is a football defender who currently plays for Monarcas Morelia of Mexico and is the current captain of the Panama national football team.

Frane Poparić

Frane Poparić (born January 4, 1959 in Sinj, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian former football defender who played for several Croatian and foreign football clubs.

Gonzalo Sebastián García

Gonzalo Sebastián García (born 6 February 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Club Olimpo in the Primera B Nacional.

Huỳnh Quang Thanh

Huỳnh Quang Thanh (born on October 10, 1984 in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese footballer who is a defender for Becamex Bình Dương.

Ivković

Milutin Ivković (1906–1943), Serbian football defender, played for Yugoslavia at 1928 Summer Olympics

James Omondi

James Omondi Oduor (born December 30, 1980 in Nairobi) is a former Kenyan football defender who last played for Mathare United, and currently manages Karuturi Sports in the Tusker Premier League.

Jean-Patrick Wakanumuné

Jean-Patrick Wakanumuné (born 13 March 1980) in New Caledonia is a footballer who plays as a Defender.

Jhonnes

Jhonnes Marques de Souza (born 22 April 1984) is a Brazilian football defender who plays for FC Tobol in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

Joachim Standfest

Joachim Standfest (born 30 May 1980) is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder / defender for Wolfsberger AC in the Austrian First League.

José Miguel Granadino

José Miguel Granadino León (born September 28, 1988) is a Salvadoran football Defender who played for FAS.

Jozić

Nikola Jozić (born 1982), German born Serbian football defender

Juan Zacarías Ramírez

Juan Zacarías Ramírez Candia (born 25 May 1965 in Encarnación, Paraguay) is a former football defender and coach.

Larry Lloyd

Laurence Valentine Lloyd (born 6 October 1948 in Bristol, England) was a footballer, a burly and tough central defender who won honours for both Bill Shankly's Liverpool and Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest, both highly successful sides of the 1970s.

Limber Perez

Limber Omar Pérez Mauricio (born July 26, 1976 in Iriona), his first name also spelled Limbert or Limberth, is a retired Honduran football defender.

Malcolm Licari

Malcolm Licari (born 18 April 1978 in Pietà, Malta) is a professional footballer currently playing for Rabat Ajax in the Maltese Premier League, where he plays as a striker, and also occasionally as a defender.

Marcel Elame

Jason Marcelo Elame (born 4 January 1982 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football defender who currently plays for Vereya Stara Zagora.

Miguel Rimba

Miguel Ángel Rimba Alvis (born November 1, 1967 in Riberalta) is a former Bolivian football defender.

Mondésir Alladjim

Mondesir Alladjim (born 10 February 1986) is a Chadian football defender who currently plays for Renaissance FC.

Murphy Komunple Nagbe

Murphy Kumonple Nagbe (born on June 7, 1984 in Monrovia) is an Liberian footballer (defender) who played for LISCR FC.

Nelson David Cabrera

Nelson David Cabrera (born 22 April 1983 in Itauguá) is a Paraguayan football defender who last played for Club Bolivar in Bolivia.

Nicolas Ezequiel Gorosito

Nicolás Ezequiel Gorosito (born 17 August 1988) is an Argentine football defender who currently plays for Corgoň Liga club ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

Omar Flores

Omar Alejandro Flores Serrano (born 6 May 1979 in Acapulco) is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Chiapas in the Mexican Primera División.

Pablo Aguilar

Pablo César Aguilar (born 1987), Paraguayan football defender who plays for Club Tijuana in the Liga MX (Mexican Primera División)

Paulo Duarte

Paulo Jorge Rebelo Duarte (born 1969), Portuguese football defender and manager

Pēteris Lauks

Pēteris Lauks (10 February 1902 in Riga - 15 March 1984 in Kitchener, Canada) was a Latvian football defender, one of the most capped footballers for Latvia national football team before World War II.

Petr Kašpar

Petr "Kafé" Kašpar (born 26 June 1960 in Kolín) is a retired Czech football defender and currently executive currently serving as Director General of Slovak football club Slovan Bratislava.

Qvist

Anders Qvist (born 1987), Danish professional football defender

Ricardo Ferreira

Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva (born 1980), Cape Verdean football defender nicknamed Ricardo

Rick Hooijboer

Even though the AZ staff appeared to want him badly, the defender c.q. midfielder was not given a chance to show his skills.

Rodolfo Manzo

Rodolfo Manzo (born June 5, 1949 in Cañete) is a retired professional football defender from Peru.

Salvador Medina

Salvador Medina Cárcamo (born January 27, 1988 in Distrito Federal) is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Pumas Morelos in the Liga de Ascenso.

Sergio Jáuregui

Sergio Antonio Jáuregui Landivar (born March 13, 1985 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football defender who last played for San José in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

Thomson Ferrans

Thomson “Tommy” Ferrans (May 13, 1916 in Scotland – October 21, 2006 in Rochester Hills, Michigan) is a former U.S.-Scottish soccer defender.

Valentin Năstase

Vasile Valentin Năstase (born 4 October 1974 in Călineşti) is a Romanian football (soccer) player who plays as a defender.

Víctor Diogo

Víctor Hugo Diogo Silva (born April 9, 1958 in Treinta y Tres) is a retired football defender from Uruguay.