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Pepe (footballer, born 1983) Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira ComM (born 26 February 1983), known as Pepe ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpɛpi], European Portuguese: [ˈpɛpɨ] ), is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation. [ 3]
Florin Andone. Bruno Andrade (footballer, born 1993) Pierre-Yves André. Leon Andreasen. Martin Andresen. Ian Andrews. Keith Andrews (footballer) Wayne Andrews (footballer) Nicolas Anelka.
The Premier League and the English Football League (EFL) are the only fully professional football leagues in England. The Premier League is the top tier, and consists of 20 clubs at the top of the English football league system , while the remaining 72 clubs are split into three 24 team divisions of the EFL: the Championship , League One and League Two .
Jul. 22—A few area football players earned special recognition from a publication. VYPE Magazine released its annual Pigskin Preview, previewing the upcoming football season. A part of that ...
Wayne Rooney is the club's all-time top scorer with 253 goals. He captained the club from 2014 to 2017. Nemanja Vidić made 300 appearances for Manchester United and served as captain from 2011 to 2014. Patrice Evra made 379 appearances for United. David de Gea made 545 appearances for Manchester United, the seventh-most of all time.
The English football champions are the winners of the top level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa director William McGregor . [ 2 ]
The Football League consists of 68 professional association football clubs in England and 4 in Wales. It runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. It also organises two knockout cup competitions, the EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The Football League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor, originally ...
They became the first southern member [nb 1] admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies. [3] The club's name, which shortly changed to Woolwich Arsenal, was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury. [4]