| EDMILSON | 2000-07 Brazil midfielder and defender; 2002 FIFA World Cup Final winner |
| EDU | Former Brazil midfielder and 2001-05 Arsenal player (3) |
| TINGA | 2001-07 Brazil and 2006-10 Borussia Dortmund midfielder (5) |
| YOKOHAMA | Japanese city that hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup final (8) |
| SOCRATES | 1979-86 Brazil midfielder, their 1982 FIFA World Cup captain (8) |
| BETJEMAN | A 20th-century Poet Laureate and defender of Victorian architecture (8) |
| VENABLES | Chelsea, Spurs and QPR midfielder and '90s England manager, Terry ... (8) |
| BREHME | Andreas -, Germany midfielder and defender; 1990 FIFA World Cup Final scorer (6) |
| GREALISH | Jack, attacking midfielder and captain of Aston Villa (8) |
| STRACHAN | 80s Manchester Utd midfielder and 2013-17 Scotland manager, Gordon ... (8) |
| GILBERTO | Arsenal, Panathinaikos and Brazil midfielder (8,5) |
| LEONARDO | 1990-2001 Brazil midfielder; 2010-11 Internazionale coach (8) |
| RIVELINO | 1965-1 978 Brazil midfielder born Roberto Rivellino (8) |
| IMMODEST | One top midfielder and retiring forward (8) |
| CAFU | 1990-2006 Brazil, 1997-2003 Roma and 2003-08 Milan defender/midfielder born Marcos Evangelista de Morais; 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cup Final winner (4) |
| DELPH | Fabian ?, England and Manchester City FC midfielder and defender |
| RONALDO | 1994-2011 Brazil and 2002-2007 Real Madrid forward; 2002 Fifa World Cup Golden Boot winner (7) |
| RZASA | Tomasz ..... , 1999-2003 Feyenoord defender; 2002 UEFA Cup final winner (5) |
| CAPDEVILA | 2002-11 Spain, 2000-07 Deportivo La Coruna and 2007-11 Villarreal defender (9) |
| JOAN | 2002-11 Spain, 2000-07 Deportivo La Coruna and 2007-11 Villarreal defender (4) |
