This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Manchester City. Generally, this means players that have either played 100 or more first-class matches for the club or have won the club's Player of the Year award. Players listed in bold are inductees of Manchester City's Hall of Fame,[1] and players listed in italics are winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually following a ballot of supporters each season since 1967.[2]
This list is not an exhaustive list; over 1000 players have represented Manchester City at competitive first-team level since the club joined the Football League in 1892. For a list of all Manchester City players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Manchester City F.C. players. For the current Manchester City first-team squad, see the current squad section of the Manchester City article.
Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.
As of 18 August 2010.
- a ^ For players whose Manchester City career ended in the 2005–06 season or earlier, appearances and goals sourced to James, Complete Record and/or Baskcomb, Official Handbook 1995-96. For players who played for the club in 2006–07 or later, appearances and goals sourced to Soccerbase. This list excludes games played in the abandoned 1939–40 season, which were expunged from official records.
Footnotes
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Manchester City official website. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pagegid={F4698C75-95FF-4A3E-936A-4F9BBBADDA74}. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
- ^ All player of the year data for 1967-1995 from Julian Baskcomb (ed.) (1995). Manchester City Official Handbook 1995-96. Polar.
- ^ a b c d e f Won the Player of the Year award twice.
- ^ Corrigan has won the Player of the Year award three times.
- ^ Baskcomb, Julian (ed.) (1997). Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997-98. Leicester: Polar.
- ^ "Brown spurred by the big city". Independent on Sunday. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20040125/ai_n9690807. Retrieved December 31, 2006.
- ^ "Paul Dickov". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2044. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Tonight's visitors: Manchester City". TNS v Manchester City match magazine. http://www.saints-alive.co.uk/PDF/tns_mancity.pdf. Retrieved December 31, 2006.
- ^ "Nicholas Weaver". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9154. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ Goater, Shaun; & Clayton, David (2006). Feed the Goat: the Shaun Goater story. Stroud: Sutton. p. 97. ISBN 0-7509-4502-8.
- ^ "Tiatto tops poll". Manchester City official website. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=192186&siteid=&pageno=1132&newscategory=1051&frommonth=12&fromyear=2000&tomonth=12&toyear=2010. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ^ "Wrighty Misses Out On Euro Finals". Manchester City official website. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=190105&siteid=&pageno=452&newscategory=1051&frommonth=12&fromyear=2000&tomonth=12&toyear=2010. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ^ "Shaun Wright-Phillips". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=14982. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ Dunne has won the Player of the Year award four times, a club record
- ^ "Dunnie is Player of the Year". Manchester City official website. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=325820&siteid=&pageno=14&newscategory=&frommonth=&fromyear=&tomonth=&toyear=. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ^ "Richard Dunne". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=10583. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Player of the Year Awards". Manchester City official website. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=193349&siteid=&pageno=944&newscategory=1051&frommonth=12&fromyear=2000&tomonth=12&toyear=2010. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ^ "Sun Jihai". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=15056. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Sylvain Distin". ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/profile?id=10438&cc=5739. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ^ "Sylvain Distin". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=22745. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Joey Barton". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=34138. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Darius Vassell". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=14156. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Stephen Ireland is City's Player of the Year". Manchester City official website. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pagegid=%7BDBD12D53-8346-431D-A04F-5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=6632946. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ "Stephen Ireland". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=41708. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Dubious Goals: 15th Aug to 6th Oct". Premier League official website. http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1879590,00.html. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ "Micah Richards". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=41665. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Nedum Onuoha". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=39849. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Double delight for Carlos". Manchester City official website. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2010/May/Double-delight-for-Carlos. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
- ^ "Carlos Tevez". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=37250. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
References
- Julian Baskcomb (ed.) (1995). Manchester City Official Handbook 1995-96. Polar.
- "MCFC Alumni". http://www.uit.no/mancity/alumni.html. Retrieved December 31, 2006.
- "MCFCstats". http://www.mcfcstats.com. Retrieved December 31, 2006.
- James, Gary (2006). Manchester City - The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.
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