List of celebrity players

2008-01-01T12:52:46Z

Nickfallin:

'''Celebrity players''', or [[players]] in [[Hattrick]] with the name of a real-life celebrity, have long been a popular commodity in Hattrick. Teams are willing to spend $100k just to have a player with a celebrity name on their team, however obscure the reference.

== International Celebrities ==
These are the celebrities that are international icons, like Madonna for instance.

*'''Dan Brown''' ''Author of Da Vinci Code, a worldwide culture phenomenon'' (69750006)
*'''Sean Connery''' ''The original James Bond, and a very well-known actor'' (7660926)
*'''Michael Jordan''' ''One of the greatest basketball players ever'' (4055107)
*'''John Lennon''' ''From The Beatles'' (58963286)
*'''Paul McCartney''' ''From The Beatles'' (42032093)
*'''George Harrison''' ''From The Beatles'' (13259877)
*'''Martin Gore''' ''From Depeche Mode'' (72080010)
*'''Diego Armando Maradona''' ''Argentinian Football Mogul'' (12468114)
*'''Federico Fellini''' ''Greatest Italian movie director'' (118058036)
*'''Michael Jackson''' ''King of Pop'' (127276936)
*'''Robert Plant''' ''From Led Zeppelin'' (123974053)
*'''Keith Richards''' ''From The Rolling Stones'' (116964335)
*'''David Bowie''' ''Spiders from Mars- Rock Icon'' (136706528)
*'''James Dean''' ''Actor and icon'' (120670615)
*'''Calvin Klein''' ''Fashion creator'' (59405659)
*'''Viggo Mortensen''' ''Actor - played Aragorn in LoTR '' (94608356)
*'''Shigeru Miyamoto''' ''Famous Nintendo game designer'' (168189242)
*'''Nikola Tesla''' ''One of the biggest world scientists'' (146076354)
*'''Chuck Norris''' ''Actor of Films and the most dangerous man of the Earth'' (178023778)

== Celebrities exclusive to a country or region ==
These celebrities aren't internationally famous, but they are quite famous in certain areas of the world. Players are indexed by their country of origin, unless they hold an office in a different country and they are considerably more famous in that country.

=== Argentina ===
*'''Carlos Saúl Menem''' ''President of Argentina 1989-1999'' (115182880)
*'''Che Guevara''' ''Famous Guerillia Fighter'' (58847264)
*'''David Nalbandian''' ''Tennis Player'' (119861043)
*'''Diego Armando Maradona''' ''Greatest Argentininan football player of all time'' (12468114)
*'''Gabriel Batistuta''' ''Batigol: Famous striker'' (115545117)
*'''Guillermo Vilas''' ''Tenis player'' (122538636)
*'''Jorge Luis Borges''' ''Famous writer'' (67798282)
*'''José De San Martín''' ''He is the Patriotical Father'' (155417284)
*'''Juan Domingo Perón''' ''President of Argentina 1946-1955 and 1973-1974'' (50825886)
*'''Julio Bocca''' ''Famous dancer'' (50632472)
*'''Juan Sebastián Veron''' ''Football player'' (123386765)
*'''Marcelo Gallardo''' ''Football player'' (122547674)

=== Australia ===
*'''Mel Gibson''' ''Hollywood Actor/Director'' (24131390)
*'''Michael Hussey''' ''Australian Cricketer'' (149917418)
*'''John Howard''' ''Prime minister'' (numerous amounts)
*'''Tim Cahill''' ''Australian and Everton Footballer'' (10998465)
*'''Ricky Ponting''' ''Captain of Australian Cricket Team'' (137300291)
*'''Brett Lee''' ''Australian Cricketer'' (24024215)
*'''Shaun Tait''' ''Australian Cricketer'' (27388616)

=== Belgium ===
*'''Luc Nilis''' ''A Red Devil who broke his leg pretty bad and can't play anymore'' (68604797)
*'''Jean-Claude Van Damme''' ''Moviestar, The Muscles from Brussels'' (98012952)
*'''Jan Ceulemans''' ''Belgian player from the golden 80's'' (11370199)
*'''Guy Verhofstadt''' ''The Belgian prime minister'' (107966241)
*'''Yves Leterme''' ''The Flemish minister-president'' (108915892)
*'''Filip Dewinter''' ''One of the leaders of the political party "Vlaams Belang"'' (50213462)
*'''Jean-Marie Dedecker''' ''Former judo-coach and VLD-senator.(92644545)
*'''Vincent Kompany''' ''Belgian football talent, defender of Hamburger SV'' (107843123)
*'''Timmy Simons''' ''Captain of the "Red Devils (Belgium)"'' (96736580)
*'''Kim Clijsters''' ''Famous Belgian female tennis player'' (71521977)
*'''Bart Goor''' ''Winger, playing for RSCA'' (24286478)
*'''Geert De Vlieger''' ''Belgian keeper, player of SV Zulte-Waregem'' (87920468)
*'''Frank Vercauteren''' ''Trainer of RSCA'' (95017894)
*'''Emilio Ferrara''' ''Trainer of Club Bruges'' (41815763)
*'''Hugo Broos''' ''Trainer of KRC Genk'' (108480360)
*'''Koen Daerden''' ''Winger of Club Bruges'' (13004368)
*'''François Duval''' ''Famous Belgian rally pilot'' (138233446)
*'''Patrick Janssens''' ''Politician for SP.A, mayor of Antwerp'' (90371581)
*'''Walter Baele''' ''Comedian'' (10926016)
*'''Tom Lenaerts''' ''Famous Belgian TV presentator'' (141182542)
*'''Jan Wauters''' ''Sports Journalist'' (55882765)
*'''Ben Crabbé''' ''Presenter of the daily TV Quiz "Blokken"'' (128636446)
*'''Geert Hoste''' ''Stand up comedian'' (90992065)
*'''Thomas Buffel''' ''Famous Belgian player'' (22511004)
*'''Moussa Dembele''' ''Young Belgian talent'' (138273052)
*'''Luk Zeebroek''' ''Comedian whose artist name is Kamagurka'' (116535714)
*'''Stefan Everts''' ''World champion motocross'' (30213704)
*'''Gert Verheyen''' ''Played for RSCA and Club Bruges, now he's the youth trainer of the latter'' (83606928)
*'''Silvio Proto''' ''Belgian keeper, plays for the "Red Devils (Belgium)", currently injured'' (123767516)
*'''Franky Van der Elst''' ''Assistant trainer of Club Bruges'' (107980859)
*'''Bob Peeters''' ''Famous Belgian player'' (80820967)
*'''Maarten Martens''' ''A young Belgian talent who plays at AZ (Netherlands)'' (114802683)
*'''Sandy Martens''' ''Midfielder of AA Gent'' (73236108)
*'''Frank Vandenbroucke''' ''A Belgian cyclist who was one of the best before he made some career changing mistakes'' (90504789)
*'''Rocky Peeters''' ''Belgian midfielder'' (126276108)
*'''Dirk Moerman''' ''Also known as "Moerbie", produces a radio program on Top-Radio'' (27145005)
*'''Mark Degryse''' ''Famous Belgian Player(ex-RSCA,Bruges)''(11497231)

=== Bosnia ===
*'''Sergej Barbarez''' ''is a famous and popular Bosnian-Herzegovian football midfielder playing for Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga'' (127755059)
*'''Safet Susic''' ''is a football coach and former player from Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the best ever in former Yugoslavia'' (61198163)
*'''Ivica Osim''' ''is a Bosnian football manager and former player from the former Yugoslavia. He is currently the manager of Japan'' (134033822)
*'''Hasan Salihamidzic''' ''is a football all-round-midfielder from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently starring for Bayern Munich / 2007 Juventus'' (111135664)
*'''Edin Osmic''' ''is a rapper from Bosnia and Herzegovina, better known as Edo Maajka'' (111202477)
*'''Emir Obuca''' ''He is a football player, playing for FK Sarajevo'' (111157743)
*'''Zlatan Ibrahimovic''' ''is a Swedish football striker. He is currently playing for Inter Milan. His Parents are from Bosnia (father) and Croatia (mother)'' (87203196)
*'''Nikola Nikic''' ''is a ex Bosian football inner,played for Zeljo. He is currently Bosnian u-21 team coach'' (63990292)

=== Brazil ===
*'''Mané dos Santos''' ''alias Garrincha, legendary footballer'' (79429216)
*'''Marcelo José Bordon''' ''brasilian football player'' (69689775)
*'''Mauro Silva''' ''Midlefield of Brazil in 1994. Campeón del Mundo con Brasil en USA 94'' (87360941)
*'''Ronaldo Gaúcho''' ''Great Midlefield of Barcelona and World Champion in 2002 Cup'' (51150677)
*'''Julio Baptista ''' ''brasilian football player, Real Madrid Player.'' (113595656)

=== Bulgaria ===
*'''Vasil Kolarov''' ''Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 1949 to 1950'' (98768276)
*'''Simeon Sakskoburggotski''' ''Also known as Simeon II of Bulgaria, last Tsar of Bulgaria (1943-1946); from 2001 until August 2005 was Bulgarian Prime Minister'' (27748093)

=== Chile ===
*'''Marcelo Salas''' (53886493) - ''Famous striker ''
*'''Manuel Encalada''' (91401911) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Francisco Antonio Pinto''' (63649027) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Joaquín Prieto''' (37378940) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Manuel Bulnes''' (139921997) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Manuel Montt''' (55304144) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''José Joaquín Pérez''' (70257290) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Federico Errázuriz''' (102425421) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Aníbal Pinto''' (59259589) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Manuel Balmaceda''' (47167634) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Jorge Montt''' (55135809) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Germán Riesco''' (140147540) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Juan Luis Sanfuentes''' (120275887) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Emiliano Figueroa''' (68725187) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Carlos Ibáñez del Campo''' (91745969) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Esteban Montero''' (128012755) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Juan Antonio Ríos''' (132186856) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Gabriel González Videla''' (13401879) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Carlos Ibáñez del Campo''' (91745969) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Jorge Alessandri''' (89960056) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Eduardo Frei''' (102451446) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Salvador Allende''' (45059163) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Ricardo Lagos''' (55409854) - ''Former President of Chile''
*'''Michel Bachelet''' (11100197) - ''President of Chile''

=== China ===
*'''Jiang Zemin''' ''Former president of China'' (63752280))

=== Colombia ===
*'''Carlos Valderrama''' ''One of the greatest football players in Colombia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Valderrama_%28soccer_player%29]'' (79009114)

=== Croatia ===
*'''Marko Babić''' ''Croatian footballer, part of Croatian roster for FIFA World Cup in Germany'' (84015931)
*'''Ante Pavelić''' ''Croatian leader, USTAŠA'' (132136675)
*'''Zvonimir Boban''' ''Croatian influental captain, part of Croatian 3rd place on FIFA World Cup ´98'' (96709114) and (137469174)
*'''Franjo Tuđman''' ''1st Croatian president'' (83825969)
*'''Stipe Mesić''' ''Actual Croatian president'' (29823664)
*'''Zvonimir Soldo''' ''Part of Croatian 3rd place on FIFA World Cup ´98 , and yeah the biggest P.I.M.P. in the world :p (77989854)
*'''Eduardo Da Silva''' ''Actual player of Arsenal FC, ex- player NK Dinamo Zagreb; And plays for Croatia (99574507)

=== Czech Republic ===
*'''Vaclav Havel''' ''Czech president (1990 - 2002) (124248485)
*'''Vaclav Klaus''' ''Czech president (2002 - today) (124241672) and (124300328)
*'''Pavel Nedved''' ''captain of Czech Football Team (2002 - 2006), silver medal on Euro Cup 1996, bronze medal on Euro Cup 2004 (124215844)
*'''Josef "Pepi" Bican''' ''1913-2001; legendary czech-austrian striker who scored 643 league goals (78087313)

=== Denmark ===
*'''Brian Steen Nielsen''' ''former football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Steen_Nielsen]'' (56708925) (70787589)
*'''Martin Jørgensen''' ''football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_J%C3%B8rgensen]'' (41022357)
*'''Stig Tøfting''' ''football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_T%C3%B8fting]'' (40476877)
*'''Brian Laudrup''' ''former football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Laudrup]'' (73258547) (87392216)
*'''Michael Laudrup''' ''former football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Laudrup]'' (46870076)
*'''Mads Laudrup''' ''football player at F.C. Copenhagen. Son of Michael Laudrup (75631079)
*'''Peter Schmeichel''' ''former goalkeeper [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schmeichel]'' (95269245) (35285034)
*'''Kasper Schmeichel''' ''goalkeeper and son of Peter Schmeichel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasper_Schmeichel]'' (27416255)
*'''Thomas Gravesen''' ''football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gravesen]'' (112976329)
*'''Morten Andersen''' ''famous NFL player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Andersen]'' (80288481)
*'''Lars Ulrich''' ''Drummer and co-founder of Metallica [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Ulrich]'' (135930315) (8397651) (122436320) (55325816)
*'''Mads Mikkelsen''' ''danish actor [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads_Mikkelsen]'' (100292240)
*'''Poul Schlüter''' ''former danish prime minister [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_Schl%C3%BCter]'' (134284726)
*'''Hans Christian Hansen''' ''former danish prime minister [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.C._Hansen]'' (78549393)
*'''Hans Christian Andersen''' ''worldfamous danish author [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen]'' (92944120)
*'''Michael Silberbauer''' ''football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Silberbauer]'' (88192726)
*'''Harald Nielsen''' ''former football player [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Nielsen]'' (35486253)
*'''Kim Larsen''' ''singer/song writer [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Larsen]'' (50435452)
*'''Søren Kaster''' ''former host of the danish version of Jeopardy'' (45877238)
*'''Preben Elkjær-Larsen''' ''former football player [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preben_Elkj%C3%A6r]'' (90291619) (135340669) (78327416)
*'''Hans Engell''' ''former Justice Minister of Denmark (before DUI-scandal) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Engell]'' (96311300) (96025778) (110686304) (72942951)
*'''Gustav Hansen''' ''Gus "The Great Dane", 3 times WPT-champion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hansen]'' (115687113) (136449779) (110139881) (131559960) (90518490) (129443381) (130273858)

=== England ===
*'''Stephen Gerrard''' ''Liverpool F.C. all-star footballer and English national team starter (real-life player's name is spelled "Steven")'' (24623752)
*'''John Terry''' ''Chelsea and English national team captain'' (122769106) and (165619022)
*'''Michael Carrick''' ''Manchester United and national team player'' (185724663)
*'''Tony Blair''' ''Former prime minister'' (110215872)
*'''John Major''' ''Ex PM showed up for a new career in a team from the USA'' (74415682)
*'''David Cameron''' ''Conservative party leader (2005-)'' (122655532)
*'''Murray Walker''' ''Ex-Formula 1 commentator, switched nationality to American'' (118860267)
*'''Bill Bailey''' ''comedian'' (121648083)
*'''Stanley Matthews''' ''first footballer to be knighted, played till he was 50 "The Magician"'' (36306534)
*'''George Cohen''' ''right back in england 1966 world cup winning team'' (17480487)
*'''Jack Charlton''' ''centre back in england 1966 world cup winning team'' (99461849)
*'''Martin Peters''' ''midfield player in england 1966 world winning cup team''(111827998)
*'''Roger Hunt''' ''striker in england 1966 world cup winning team''(10319759)
*'''Ron Atkinson''' ''former manchester united manager''(60799172)
*'''Alan Shearer''' ''All-time top scorer in both Newcastle United F.C. and the Premiership'' (58377758)
*'''Andy Fordham''' ''darts player''(90379751)
*'''Sean Long''' ''English rugby player''(82014475)
*'''James May''' (128335553) ''Top Gear presenter along with'' *'''Richard Hammond*''' (76416141) ''make up the Top Gear tv show hosts along with '''Jeromy Clarkson''' (177280993)(real name spelt Jeremy)''
*'''Cliff Richard''' ''Legendary English pop singer'' (128581963)
*'''Ronald Biggs''' ''Train robber and fugitive'' (112151871)
*'''Boris Johnson''' ''English politician and pundit'' (109457866)
*'''William Joyce''' ''alias Lord Haw-Haw, wartime traitor'' (98147699)
*'''Tony Hadley''' (58032359), '''Martin Kemp''' (131321311), '''Gary Kemp''' (123331574), '''Steve Norman''' (142441861) ''Four-fifths of the band Spandau Ballet''
*'''Robbie Williams''' (97549957), '''Gary Barlow''' (98280879), '''Mark Owen''' (133751991), '''Howard Donald '''(91575787) ''Four-fifths of the band Take That''
*'''Paul McCartney''' (92633740), '''John Lennon''' (74675948), '''George Harrison''' (13243298), '''Richard Starkey''' (82411991) ''The complete band The Beatles''
*'''Rowan Williams''' ''The Archbishop of Canterbury'' (140603708)
*'''Gary Coleman''' ''Star of the television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes'' (142784684)
*'''Damon Hill''' ''English ex-Formula 1 driver (World Champion 1996)'' (123688939)
*'''Terry Wogan''' ''Radio presenter and television host'' (89410081)
*'''Ian Beale''' ''Walford weasel'' (75707558)
*'''Davide Beckham''' ''Famous english player. Player of a club owner of many well-known stars (31886)'' (22746939)
*'''Simon Le Bon''' (138289529), '''Nick Rhodes''' (143003151), '''Roger Taylor''' (150680606), '''John Taylor''' (78310671), '''Andy Taylor''' (147929780) ''The complete band Duran Duran''
*'''David Bowie''' ''famous singer'' (124722319) One of bowies managers Ken Pitt (171351328)
*'''Sean Bean''' ''Famous actor'' (55893305)

=== Estonia ===
*'''Martin Müürsepp''' ''Basketball player'' (137930349)
*'''Andrus Veerpalu''' ''Cross-country skier, powerful specialty'' (99979475)
*'''Markko Märtin''' ''Ex rallye pilot, quick specialty'' (46639811)
*'''Michael Park''' ''Märtins co-driver IRL, in HT Märtin/Park form a forward duo'' (55486444)
*'''Urmo Aava''' ''Rallye pilot, quick specialty'' (23846022)
*'''Priit Pullerits''' ''Journalist'' (148298880)
*'''Tanel Sokk''' ''Basketball player'' (117418632)
*'''Andres Oper''' ''Football player'' (3865430)
*'''Mart Poom''' ''Football player'' (136794832)
*'''Tõnis Mägi''' ''Singer'' (139295957)
*'''Eino Baskin''' ''Actor and director'' (76786779)
*'''Henrik Normann''' ''Actor'' (121457376)
*'''Jaak Mae''' ''Cross-country skier, specialty unpredictable'' (132504185)
*'''Peeter Oja''' ''Journalist, actor'' (163585965)
*'''Üllar Jörberg''' ''Singer'' (131073178)
*'''Gunnar Graps''' ''Musician'' (136541323)
*'''Arnold Oksmaa''' ''Singer, artist'' (23845903)
*'''Rauno Pehka''' ''Basketball player'' (24056168)
*'''Tõnis Palts''' ''politician'' (117984660)
*'''Aivar Kuusmaa''' ''Basketball player'' (95141387)

=== Finland ===
*'''Ville Malja''' ''Lead vocalist in both Pedestrian's Motor & Lapko'' (72210407)
*'''Mikael Forsell''' ''Footballer'' (2996512)
*'''Jari Litmanen''' ''Footballer'' (46307867)
*'''Mika Kaurismäki''' ''Finnish movie director'' (23091080)
*'''Paavo Lipponen''' ''former finnish prime minister'' (160706786)
*'''Urho Kekkonen''' ''former president, leaded Finland over 25 years'' (7476220)
*'''Mauno Koivisto''' ''former president, after Kekkonen'' (150768784)
*'''Eero Saarinen''' ''Famous finnish architect, designer of flight station of Washington D.C.'' (153379119)
*'''Matti Nykänen''' ''Famous finnish ski jumping legend.'' (9084236)

=== France ===
*'''Didier Deschamps''' ''Former french soccer player - world champion 98'' (22854718)
*'''Fabien Barthez''' ''French goalkeeper - world champion 98'' (149028773)
*'''François Hollande''' ''Homme politique et mari de Ségolène royal'' (5336809)
*'''François Miterrand''' ''Ex-president of France'' (11950903)
*'''Florian Fritz''' ''International français de rugby''
*'''Gilbert Montagné''' ''chanteur aveugle''(13614445)
*'''Jacques Martin''' ''Animateur télé'' (117043864)
*'''Jean-Jacques Goldman''' ''French Singer'' (46051183)
*'''Francois Bayrou''' ''French Politician'' (7732072)
*'''Thierry Roland''' ''French Philosopher'' (12768609)
*'''Nicolas Hulot''' ''French Reporter Ecologist writer '' (137614666)
*'''Paul Le Guen''' ''French Coach Soccer'' (84414699)
*'''Alain Prost''' ''Former French F1 pilot'' (12303799)
*'''Luc Besson''' ''French Cinema Director'' (121555597)
*'''Guy Roux''' ''French Former (not for long) Soccer Coach and Economist'' (119775801)
*'''Alain Juppé''' ''Former and new French Politician'' (20540861)
*'''Bernard Montiel''' ''French Former TV presentator '' (120264381)
*'''Pierre Richard''' ''French Actor '' (11996377)
*'''Charles de Gaulle''' ''Former French President '' (38131152)
*'''Alain Giresse''' ''Former French Soccer Player'' (45388279)
*'''Jean Dujardin''' ''French Actor Brice of Nice'' (97693419)
*'''Michel Drucker''' ''French TV formidable'' (44709207)
*'''Michel Vaillant''' ''BD'' (11999221)
*'''Victor Hugo''' ''French Author'' (26592375)
*'''Alain Delon''' ''French Actor'' (37359020)
*'''Jean Pierre Foucault''' ''French TV presentator'' (25368975)
*'''Jean Lefebvre''' ''Most Famous French Actor'' (121245555)
*'''Alain Ducasse''' ''French cook'' (21447360)
*'''Dominique Rocheteau''' ''French Player Hair Man'' (64480396)
*'''David Douillet''' ''Judo'' (124661660)
*'''Michel Vautrot''' ''Former French International Referee'' (22754777)
*'''Pape Diouf''' ''soccer team president '' (120792244)
*'''Marcel Duchamp''' ''artist'' (83503186)
*'''Jacques Attali''' ''publicite'' (117726429)
*'''Bruno Solo''' ''French TV'' (109360680)
*'''Eric Cantona''' ''French soccer player, Actor, Painter'' (15189430)
*'''Clément Chantome''' ''French soccer player'' (136307593)
*'''Luis Fernandez''' ''Former French Soccer Player'' (134585821)
*'''Pierre Cardin''' ''The famous french fashion designer'' (158366949)
*'''Christian Lacroix''' ''French fashion designer'' (188010755)

=== Germany ===
*'''Lothar Matthäus''' ''Ex-German national team player (famous Libero) (16065831)
*'''Michael Ballack''' ''German national team player (69422749)
*'''Gerald Asamoah''' ''German national team player (129984485)
*'''Michael Schumacher''' ''7 times Formula 1 World Champion (141810638)
*'''Christoph Metzelder''' ''German national team player, Plays for 'Real Madrid'. (182866699)

=== Israel ===
*'''Shlomo Arazi''' (45688987) ''Israeli singer''
*'''Ben Artzi''' (89177978) ''Shlomo Arazi sun and Israeli singer''
*'''Shuki Nagar''' (63948060) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Pini Balili''' (82173068) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Shimon Gershon''' (58951081) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Liran Shtrauber''' (91032364) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Avi Nimni''' (78072093) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Nir Davidovich''' (32058254) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Arik Benado''' (47535889) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Tamir Cohen''' (72790990) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Liran Cohen''' (12463071) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Avi Strul''' (77317003) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Omri Afek''' (101934792) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Yossi Abuksis''' (20035894) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Ori Malmilyan''' (66203213) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Guy Azuri''' (86393960) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Nir Klinger''' (97304620) ''Israeli soccer player or former player and coach''
*'''Ttal Burstein''' (93492285) ''Israeli baketball player''
*'''Sharon Sason''' (109449962) ''Israeli baketball player''
*'''Pini Gershon''' (48700377) ''Israeli baketball team coach''
*'''David Amsalem''' (55168915) ''Israeli baketball team owner''
*'''Silvan Shalom''' (100127566) ''Israeli politic or former politic''
*'''Yitzhak Shamir''' (99992240) ''Israeli politic or former politic''
*'''David Ben-Gurion''' (99992338) ''Israeli politic or former politic''
*'''Ariel Sharon''' (47179495) ''Israeli politic or former politic''
*'''Shimon Peres''' (57496070) ''Israeli politic or former politic''
*'''Amir Pertz''' (69503165) ''Israeli politic or former politic''

=== Italy ===
*'''Nicola Berti''' ''Former Inter FC player'' (143794529)
*'''Enzo Ferrari''' ''Ferrari's founder'' (139533149)
*'''Paolo Maldini''' ''AC Milan player'' (128904515)
*'''Giuseppe Prisco''' ''Former Inter FC myth - aka Peppino Prisco'' (146111617)
*'''Vasco Rossi''' ''famous Italian singer'' (145749249)
*'''Alessandro Del Piero''' ''Juventus player'' (87111221)
*'''Andrea Pirlo''' ''AC Milan player'' (136008304)
*'''Bruno Conti''' ''Former AC Roma player'' (25494949)
*'''Gianluca Zambrotta''' ''Barcelona FC player'' (25484840)
*'''Fabio Cannavaro''' ''Real Madrid player'' (79143427)
*'''Gennaro Gattuso''' ''AC Milan player'' (83499258)
*'''Filippo Inzaghi''' ''AC Milan player'' (78153190)
*'''Marco Materazzi''' ''Internazionale FC player'' (132005608)
*'''Franco Baresi''' ''Former AC Milan player'' (112132393)
*'''Giuseppe Baresi''' ''Former Internazionale FC player'' (154333571)
*'''Luca Toni''' ''Fiorentina player'' (110654051)
*'''Roberto Mancini''' ''Internazionale FC trainer'' (28232723)
*'''Gianluca Vialli''' ''ex-player and Chelsea ex-trainer'' (67908488)
*'''Gianfranco Zola''' ''ex-player'' (153678415)

=== Liechtenstein ===
*'''Peter Jehle''' ''Boavista and Liechtenstein national team player''(109496559)
*'''Mario Frick''' ''Holds the guinness world record for youngest ever head of state(of Liechtenstein December 15, 1993 - April 5, 2001), Also the name of a famous footballer(135968320)
*'''Peter Kaiser''' ''Historian, statesman'' (129472356)
*'''Marco Büchel''' ''Popular Liechtenstein skiier'' (133878462)
*'''Walter Kieber''' ''Ex-head of state in Liechtenstein'' (129522163)
*'''Alexander Frick''' ''Ex-head of state in Liechtenstein'' (99030768)
*'''Andreas Wenzel''' ''Liechtenstein skiier''(8740528)

=== Misr ===
*'''Hossam Hasan''' ''Hossam Hassan is a legendary footballer who has 170 caps and 80 goals for the Egyptian national team. He currently plays in the UAE for Mido FC.'' (95008071)

=== Moldova===
*'''Vladimir Voronin''' ''Current Moldavian president.'' (95912657)
*'''Piotr Lucinski ''' ''Former Moldavian president.'' (3455312)
*'''Iurie Rosca ''' ''A Moldavian politiciat.'' (146705146)

=== Netherlands ===
*'''Rafael van der Vaart''' ''Dutch national team player'' (30629721)
*'''Johan Cruijff''' ''Most famous soccer player from the Netherlands'' (16252925)
*'''Herman Brood''' ''(1946-2001) Famous artist, painter, poet...''(31165182)
*'''Marco van Basten ''' ''Current coach of dutch soccer team...''(13259349)
*'''Gerrit Zalm''' '' Former Dutch minister of Finance'' (26354460)
*'''Abe Lenstra''' ''Famous Frisan player'' (28419888,22713458)
*'''Johan Neeskens''' ''Famous dutch player'' (44225916)
*'''Frank de Boer''' ''Most capped dutch defender'' (8315453)
*'''Patrick Kluivert''' ''Topscorer all-time of the Dutch National Team and PSV Eindhoven striker'' (12443046)
*'''Edgar Davids''' ''Dutch national team player and Ajax Amsterdam midfielder. (146394817)
*'''Mark van Bommel''' ''Dutch national team player and Bayern Munich midfielder. Currently retired from international football because of a fight with Holland-manager Marco van Basten. (8354798)
*'''Maarten van Rossem''' ''Dutch historian and USA expert. (46460175)
*'''Paul de Leeuw''' ''Famous dutch tv-host and singer / actor'' (20322640)
*'''Otto Frank''' ''The father of Anne Frank, the world famous diary writer. He was the only member of the Frank family to survive the second World War'' (8951671)
*'''Piet Paulusma''' ''Famous dutch weatherman'' (21622036)
*'''Ruud Gullit''' ''Famous dutch player, World football player in 1987 and 1989'' (115862716)
*'''Wouter Bos''' ''Dutch Politician'' (29394512)
*'''Berry van Aerle''' Famous dutch player, winner European Championship 1988 and Europa Cup 1 with PSV Eindhoven, now making a living as a postman and prince carnival (26975166)
*'''Boudewijn de Groot''' ''Famous dutch singer'' (72610798)
*'''Hans Teeuwen''' '' Popular Dutch stand-up comedian.'' (26491900)
*'''Herman Finkers''' ''Popular Dutch comedian.'' (99949888)
*'''Wesley Sneijder''' ''Player of Real Madrid.'' (40386842)
*'''Danny Blind''' ''Famous dutch player'' (40343088)
*'''Jaap Stam''' ''Player for Ajax Amsterdam.'' (157038776)
*'''Bert van Marwijk''' ''Current Feyenoord Rotterdam coach'' (113054679)
*'''Kevin Hofland''' ''Player of Feyenoord Rotterdam'' (139470171)
*'''Nicky Hofs''' ''Player of Feyenoord Rotterdam'' (142089483)
*'''Theo Lucius''' ''Player of Feyenoord Rotterdam, Boem Boem Theo'' (55538667)
*'''Guus Geluk''' ''Cousin of Donald Duck'' (159547647)
*'''Ron Vlaar''' ''Player of Feyenoord Rotterdam'' (125467997)
*'''Henk Timmer''' ''Goalie for Feyenoord Rotterdam, and this player is also a goalie'' (13087467)

=== New Zealand ===

*'''Mark Gillespie''' ''New Zealand One-day Cricketer in real life (nationality is USA in-game), owned by [[Scooby FC]], managed by the real-life cricketer Mark Gillespie mentioned previously.'' (109863381)

=== Nippon ===

*'''Hidetoshi Nakata''' ''Famous Nippon player, World football player in World Cup 2006''. (73373833)
*'''Shinji Ono''' ''Famous Nippon Player, World football player in World Cup 2006''. (157804397)
*'''Shunsuke Nakamura''' ''Famous Nippon player, World football player in World Cup 2006''. (73371688)

=== Norway ===
*'''Pål Strand''' ''Lillestrøm S.K. winger in the Norwegian top division'' (115409348)
*'''John Carew''' ''Norwegian striker that plays for Aston Villa'' (81449150)
*'''Arne Scheie''' ''Norwegian football and ski jump commentator'' (27843135)
*'''Henning Berg''' ''Former Norwegian footballer with 100 caps for Norway'' (15518604)
*'''Ronny Johnsen''' ''Norwegian footballer that won the Champions League with Manchester United'' (130698167)
*'''Martin Andresen''' ''Norwegian international midfielder that plays for Brann'' (15140007)
*'''Harald Zwart''' ''Norwegian film director, directed Agent Cody Banks'' (133435967)
*'''Thomas Holm''' ''Norwegian midfielder,plays for Vålerenga'' (116221882)
*'''John Fredriksen''' ''Norwegian multi-billionaire who owns large companies in offshore, shipping and seafood'' (20739798)
*'''Åge Aleksandersen''' ''Famous rock artist who in October 2006 was knighted by the King of Norway. He also had a popular sang called Foitball=fotball'' (30094676)
*'''Erik Mykland''' ''Beloved Norwegian international midfielder who lived a bohemian lifestyle outside the football while playing great on the field. Rather funny that the two Eriks in Hattrick are [Head] and [Powerful] as the real Erik was a short, slim technical player'' (86304447) (134114645)
*'''Jens Stoltenberg''' ''Prime Minister of Norway 2000-2001 and 2005-today'' (64848721)
*'''Morten Abel''' ''Norwegian rock artist'' (5348886)
*'''Frode Grodås''' ''Former Norwegian goalkeeper with 50 caps for Norway'' (176952738)

=== Poland ===
*'''Władysław Gomułka''' ''Polish Communist leader from 1956 to 1970'' (54767414)
*'''Lech Kaczyński''' ''President of Poland'' (31727910)
*'''Andrzej Lepper''' ''Polish politician, one of the most controversial person in Poland'' (115605007)
*'''Adam Mickiewicz''' ''One of the best-known Polish poets and writers'' (104060231)
*'''Jarosław Kaczyński''' ''Lech's brother, Premier of Poland'' (126994534), (157610643), (155241575)
*'''Robert Kubica''' ''Polish F1 driver'' (155845810)
*'''Karol Wojtyła''' ''Pope John Paul II'' (127325155)

=== Portugal ===
*'''José Mourinho''' ''Ex FC Porto and current Chelsea manager''(83969487)
*'''Ricardo Carvalho''' '' Ex FC Porto and current Chelsea Player''(34436750)
*'''Jorge Costa ''' ''Ex FC Porto Player and current SC Braga Manager''(39730666)
*'''Fernando Couto''' ''Ex FC Porto and current Parma Player''(38239739)
*'''Paulo Ferreira''' ''Ex FC Porto and current Chelsea Player''(136608899)

=== Peru ===
*'''Abimael Guzmán''' ''Terrorist leader in Peru (63924740)

=== Romania ===
*'''Gheorghe Hagi''' ''former Romanian national team captain'' (55686620), (120859850)
*'''Mircea Sandu''' ''president of the Romanian Football Federation'' (11816640), (82596390)
*'''Stefan Iovan''' ''former Steaua player'' (27309988), (68780190)
*'''Petre Roman''' ''Romanian politician'' (24620658), (49635319)
*'''Ion Antonescu''' ''Romania leader during World War II'' (150038539), (94880347)

=== Russia ===
*'''Vladimir Putin''' ''Russian President'' (57633405), (45983824)
*'''Eduard Limonov''' ''Russian writer'' (92273550)
*'''Egor Titov''' ''Spartak Moscow and Russian national team midfielder'' (137995525)

=== Scotland ===
*''' Alexander Huntley''' [''known familiarly as Alex Kapranos''] (151260256) '''Robert Hardy''' (144069006) '''Nick McCarthy''' (133714928) '''Paul Thomson''' (142760124) '''Andy Knowles''' (82240599) ''The complete band Franz Ferdinand''
*'''Lee McCulloch''' ''Wigan and Scotland midfielder''(123682134)
*'''Darren Fletcher''' ''Manchester United and Scotland midfielder'' (117494620)
*'''Alex Ferguson''' ''Manchester united manager who masterminded their 1999 treble''(112799095)
*'''Darren Ferguson''' ''Son of Alex and current peterborough manager''(122148641)
*'''William Wallace''' ''Scottish patriot and inspiration for the film Braveheart''(67392557)

=== Serbia ===
*'''Slobodan Milošević''' ''President of Serbia (1989-1997) and of Yugoslavia (1997-2000)'' (86619870)
*'''Radovan Karadžić''' '' former Serbian politician indicted for war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague'' (70062540)
*'''Dražo Mihajlović''' ''WW2 Chetnik Leader (141673634)
*'''Dejan Stanković''' ''Inter Milan player. (168373892)

=== Spain ===
*'''Fernando Torres''' ''Spanish international football player'' (97716716)
*'''Alfredo Di Stefano''' ''Legendary football player'' (137165526)
*'''Raúl González Blanco''' ''Spanish international football player'' (144226057)
*'''Raúl ''' ''See above'' (57412536)
*'''Rafael Benitez''' ''Coach of Liverpool FC''(12626073)
*'''Pedro Munitis''' ''Fantastic forward Racing de Santander'' (80467734)
*'''Iker Casillas''' ''Great goalkeeper of Real Madrid'' (23441330)
*'''Enrique Iglesias''' ''Latin Pop Star'' (75151573)
*'''Sergio Ramos''' ''Spanish international football player'' (169969165)

=== Sweden ===
*'''Henrik Larsson''' ''Ex-Celtic, Barcelona, Feyenoord, Sweden, Manchester Utd and current Helsingborg striker'' (134747303)
*'''Lars Lagerbäck''' ''National teamcoach of Sweden'' (131823003)
*'''Patrik Sjöberg''' ''Former World Champion in High Jump'' (151422344)
*'''Göran Eriksson''' ''Famous England coach'' (150124757)

===Switzerland===
*'''Moritz Leuenberger''' ''Member of swiss government'' (47591155)
*'''Jakob Kuhn''' ''Current trainer of swiss football team'' (78935159)
*'''Alex Frei''' ''Current forward of swiss football team'' (13715609)
*'''Samuel Schmid''' ''Member of swiss government'' (11056809)
*'''Christoph Blocher''' ''Member of swiss government'' (145967650)
*'''Beni Thurnherr''' ''Cult-Showmaster Swiss TV'' (53916824)
*'''Sven Epiney''' ''Showmaster (a bit to often) on Swiss TV'' (82971396)

===Turkey===
*'''Recep Tayyip Erdoğan''' ''Turkish Prime minister'' (179826501), (151362363), (166349653), (180318445)
*'''Abdullah Gül''' ''President of Turkish republic'' (142309013), (112579829)
*'''Cem Yılmaz''' ''Most famous Turkish comedian'' (165875047)
*'''Yılmaz Erdoğan''' ''Famous Turkish comedian'' (48298013)
*'''Bülent Ersoy''' ''Famous Turkish singer'' (186253585)

=== Wales ===
*'''Gareth Bale''' ''Welsh international but english on hattrick'' (8916974)
*'''Craig Bellamy''' ''Controversial Welsh International''(44211516), (74675793)
*'''Robbie Savage''' ''Captain of Wales, one of the most combative players in the Premier League, now in Blackburn Rovers.'' (78530672)

=== Ukraine ===
*''' Andriy Shevchenko''' ''Ukrainian and Chelsea footballer'' (161032464)

=== Uruguay ===
*'''Pedro Petrone''' ''Former uruguayan international striker who won the world cup in 1930 and olympic gold in Paris 1924 and in Amsterdam 1928. Serie A topscorer in the 1931-32 season with Fiorentina.'' (68774240)
*'''Carlos Gardel''' ''Famous tango singer'' (55203369)
*'''Rodolfo Rodriguez''' ''Famous Goalkeeper'' (99651467)
*'''Diego Forlán''' ''Famous stiker'' (84235946)
*'''Marcelo Zalayeta''' ''Famous stiker'' (58006171)
*'''Rubén Olivera''' ''Famous middel'' (91878528)
*'''Sebastian Taborda''' ''Famous stiker''(126288859)
*'''Fabian Estoyanoff''' ''Famous stiker''(132781403)
*'''Enzo Francescoli''' ''Famous stiker''(109263539)
*'''Carlos Bueno''' ''Famous stiker''(90531458)

=== USA ===
*'''Ron Reagan''' ''40th President of the United States'' (127154878)
*'''Dan Brown''' ''Famous writer, author of Da Vinci Code'' (69750006)
*'''Mike Tyson''' ''Boxer from the USA'' (38589956)
*'''George Washington''' ''Founding father of the USA'' (128890417)
*'''Brad Pitt''' ''Hollywood Actor'' (48665275)
*'''Bruce Lee''' ''Kung Fu Icon'' (44619255)
*'''Jon Stewart''' ''Host of The Daily Show'' (47508820)
*'''Tom Cruise''' ''Hollywood Actor'' (55573963)
*'''Jack White''' ''Singer and Guitarist of The White Stripes'' (79383552)
*'''Jerry Cantrell''' ''Guitarist and Singer of Alice in Chains'' (48347237)
*'''Will Ferrell ''' ''Hollywood Actor'' (112906408)
*'''Tony Parker''' ''Famous french basketball player'' (21953197)
*'''Curtis Jackson''' ''aka 50-cent''(10301550)
*'''Terrell Owens''' ''NFL-player Cowboys''(39219734)
*'''Michael Jordan''' ''NBA Star'' (123678177)
*'''Terry Gilliam''' ''Monty Python animator and film director (70267353)
*'''Larry King''' ''Talk show host '' (93951042)
*'''Mohamed Ali''' ''Famous Boxing Legend ''(99341827), (147676426)
*'''Will Smith''' ''Hollywood Actor ''(130242191)
*'''Paul Schofield''' ''Oscar winning actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006890/]'' (157807374)
*'''Robert Shuler''' ''Preacher, Founder of the Crystal Cathedral'' (141975289)
*'''Benjamin Franklin''' ''One of the Founding fathers'' (22889781)
*'''George Fisher''' ''Lead singer of Cannibal Corpse Provides voices for cartoon Metalocalypse'' (171351344)
*'''Ted Lowry''' ''One of few boxers not to be knocked out by Rocky Marciano'' (171385261)
*'''Alex Rodriguez''' ''Famous Baseball player'' (147930048)

=== Venezuela ===

*'''Hugo Chávez''' ''President of Venezuela'' (130758907)
*'''Gustavo Cisneros''' ''Industralist of Venezuela'' (142685995)
*'''Carlos Andrés Pérez''' ''Former President of Venezuela 1973-1978 and 1989-1993'' (45000397)
*'''Marcos Pérez Jiménez''' ''Former President of Venezuela 1953-1958'' (141884908)
*'''Israel Rubio''' ''Winner of Bronze medal in Athens 2004'' (74313458)
*'''Simón Bolívar''' ''Independence Hero in Venezuela, also called "El Libertador"''(63644723)
*'''Rafael Caldera''' ''Former President of Venezuela 1969-1973 and 1993-1998'' (63693583)

=== Vietnam ===
*'''Norman Morrison''' ''On November 2, 1965 he committed suicide by self-immolation to protest the United States involvement in the Vietnam War'' (58745545)

==Fictional Characters==
These aren't really celebrities, but fictional characters, though many of them are just as famous as the other celebrities.

*'''[[Homer Simpson]]''' ''from The Simpsons — had a U.S. national team cap and a special memorable moments entry before he was fired. Now he was last seen at Moe's Tavern downing mug after mug of Duff's Beer. His days of glory are clearly over.'' (10262441), (97824060) and (95305380) bought for 1.5 mil
*'''Thomas Anderson''' ''Neo(a.k.a. Thomas Anderson, a.k.a. the One) Neo’s Matrix name, Thomas Anderson, suggests a parallel with Christ.''(153899363)
*'''Peter Griffin''' ''from Family Guy'' (95500586 et al.)
*'''Brian Griffin''' ''from Family Guy'' (80861461)
*'''Dorian Gray''' ''from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (52766376)
*'''Bart Simpson''' ''from The Simpsons'' (75793518) and (34882792)
*'''Monty Burns''' ''from The Simpsons'' (24121091)
*'''Moe Szyslak''' ''from The Simpsons'' (114261377)
*'''Al Bundy''' ''Love Polke High and played football'' (41964160)
*'''Harry Potter''' ''from the series of books by J.K. Rowling'' (10315054)
*'''Freddy Krueger''' ''fictional character from the Nightmare on Elm Street series of horror films'' (10352435)
*'''Peter Parker''' ''The civilian name of Spider-Man'' (96615443)
*'''Will Parry''' ''Character of the trilogy "His Dark Materials"'' (79251090)
*'''John Connor''' ''Last hope of the humans in "terminator"'' (109417103)
*'''Kyle Rees''' ''Father of John Connor and only human to have travelled the time in "terminator"'' (95636722)
*'''Henry Pope''' ''From "Prison Break"'' (8030340)
*'''Fernando Sucre''' ''From "Prison Break"'' (83971021)
*'''Benjamin Franklin''' ''From "Prison Break"'' (22889781)
*'''Charles Westmoreland''' ''From "Prison Break"'' (79553086)
*'''Paul Kellermann''' ''From "Prison Break"'' (7280561)
*'''Danny Hale''' ''From "Prison Break"'' (121838014)
*'''Jack Bauer''' ''From "24"'' (67201808), (94690177)
*'''Eric Cartman''' ''from the animated show "South Park"'' (30463567)
*'''Jesús Quintana''' ''From the movie "The Big Lebowski"'' (130355591)
*'''Timmy Turner''' ''From "Fairly odd parents"'' (122120228)
*'''Lloyd Irving''' ''Lead character of the NGC/PS2 game "Tales of Symphonia"'' (48867761)
*'''Tommy Oliver''' ''The most famous Power Ranger in all of the Ranger history.'' (123882530)
*'''Charles Xavier''' ''Known better as "Professor X", the leader and founder of the X-Men'' (161971392)

==See Also==
[[Funny names]]

[[category:Players]]

Hattrick - User contributions [en]

Goalkeeper

Defensive positions

List of celebrity players