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Philip Otele

Philip Porwei Otele

Philip Porwei Otele is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays primarily as a winger. He shared the Romanian SuperLiga top-scorer distinction in 2023-24 and later joined FC Basel, which reported his return in August 2026 after a half-season loan at Hamburger SV. He also…

Samuel Chukwueze

Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze

Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward. A senior Nigeria international, he is listed among AC Milan's first-team forwards for the 2026/27 season.

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Raphinha

Raphael Dias Belloli

Raphael Dias Belloli, known as Raphinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and has represented Brazil at senior international level. His career has taken him through clubs in Portugal, France and England, and he was named LALIGA's…

Chukwuebuka Enekwechi

Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi

Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi is a Nigerian shot put athlete and African record-holder. He won the men's shot put at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and has reached Olympic and World Athletics Championships finals.

Anthony Joshua

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua

Anthony Joshua is a British professional heavyweight boxer of Nigerian heritage. He won Olympic super-heavyweight gold for Great Britain at London 2012 and later became a two-time unified heavyweight world champion.

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Chet Holmgren

Chet Holmgren is an American professional basketball player and center-forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder. The second overall selection in the 2022 NBA Draft, he has won an NBA championship and earned All-Rookie, All-Defensive and All-NBA honors.

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Jalen Brunson

Jalen Marquis Brunson

Jalen Brunson is an American professional basketball guard and captain of the New York Knicks. A two-time NCAA champion at Villanova, he began his NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks, joined New York in 2022, and led the Knicks to the 2026 NBA championship while earning NBA…

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Eberechi Eze

Eberechi Eze is a London-born English professional footballer of Nigerian heritage who plays for Arsenal and represents England at senior international level. His career includes a breakthrough at Queens Park Rangers, five seasons with Crystal Palace, participation at UEFA EURO…

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Gift Orban

Gift Orban is a Nigerian professional football striker whose career has included clubs in Norway, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Türkiye. He helped Stabæk win promotion in 2022 and later set the record for the fastest hat-trick in UEFA men's club competition. As of 11…

Letsile Tebogo

Letsile Tebogo is a Botswana sprinter best known for winning the men's 200 metres at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, delivering Botswana's first Olympic gold medal. World Athletics named him its Men's World Athlete of the Year for 2024.

Cedric Bakambu

Cédric Bakambu

Cédric Bakambu is a France-born professional football forward who represented France at youth level before choosing the Democratic Republic of the Congo for senior international football.

Benjamin Fredrick

Benjamin Chiemela Fredrick

Benjamin Chiemela Fredrick is a Nigerian professional central defender who joined Brentford's first-team squad for the 2026/27 season. A former Nigeria under-20 player, he made his senior international debut in 2025.

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Ola Aina

Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina

Ola Aina is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender and wing-back for Nottingham Forest. A senior Nigeria international, he was selected for CAF's Best XI for the Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023.

Carlos Baleba

Carlos Noom Quomah Baleba

Carlos Baleba is a Cameroonian professional midfielder who is listed by Brighton & Hove Albion and has represented Cameroon at senior international level.

Sadio Mane

Sadio Mané

Sadio Mané is a Senegalese professional footballer and international forward who plays for Al Nassr. He is best known for his major club honours with Liverpool and his role in Senegal's first Africa Cup of Nations title.

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Gianluigi Donnarumma

Gianluigi Donnarumma is an Italian professional football goalkeeper who, as of 20 August 2026, is listed with Manchester City. FIGC materials published in June 2026 identify him as captain of Italy's senior men's team. His major achievements include winning UEFA EURO 2020 and…

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Cole Palmer

Cole Palmer is an English professional footballer who plays for Chelsea and represents England at senior international level. An attacking midfielder who can also play on the wing, he developed at Manchester City and has received major individual recognition for his domestic,…

Moses Simon

Moses Simon is a Nigerian professional footballer and senior international who plays for Paris FC's men's first team. His club career has taken him through Slovakia, Belgium, Spain and France.

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Ebenezer Akinsanmiro

Ebenezer Ajodun Akinsanmiro

Ebenezer Ajodun Akinsanmiro is a Nigerian professional midfielder who developed at Remo Stars before moving into Italian football. He made his Serie A debut for Inter in 2024 and his senior Nigeria debut in 2025. As of 19 August 2026, he is an AC Monza player on a temporary…

Rodri

Rodrigo Hernández Cascante

Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, known as Rodri, is a Spanish football midfielder and captain of Spain's men's national team. A former Atlético de Madrid, Villarreal and Manchester City player, he was reported to have joined FC Barcelona in August 2026. His major distinctions…

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Ese Brume

Ese Brume is a Nigerian long jumper whose international record includes Olympic bronze, World Athletics Championships silver and bronze, and two Commonwealth Games titles. Her personal best of 7.17 metres is listed by World Athletics as the African and Nigerian record.

Junto Nakatani

Junto Nakatani is a Japanese professional boxer and three-division world champion. He held major titles at flyweight, super flyweight and bantamweight, unifying the WBC and IBF bantamweight championships in 2025 before moving to super bantamweight.

Naoya Inoue

Naoya Inoue is a Japanese professional boxer and four-division world champion. He became the first boxer to unify the four principal bantamweight titles in the four-belt era and later became undisputed at junior featherweight, making him the second male boxer to achieve…

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen Brown is an American professional basketball player and Philadelphia 76ers guard-forward. Drafted third overall by Boston in 2016, he won the 2024 NBA championship and Finals MVP with the Celtics and also serves as a vice president of the National Basketball Players…

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