Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter F

A Spanish footballer, who currently plays for UD Almería of the Spanish first division, as a tirele

A Spanish footballer, who currently plays for UD Almería of the Spanish first division, as a tireless, hard-working central midfielder.A product of hometown Real Zaragoza's youth ranks, Soriano was loaned to second division side Recreativo de Huelva before appearing with the first team, which would befall during the following season, also in the second level.

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for SK Dynamo Ceské Budejovice.

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for SK Dynamo Ceské Budejovice.

A former Spanish football player and manager.Yosu made over 400 league appearances playing for Racin

A former Spanish football player and manager.Yosu made over 400 league appearances playing for Racing de Santander, Rayo Cantabria, Valencia CF, Athletic Bilbao, Pontevedra CF, Calvo Sotelo and Gimnástica de Torrelavega.

A Spanish footballer that currently plays for RCD Mallorca of the Spanish first division, as a right

A Spanish footballer that currently plays for RCD Mallorca of the Spanish first division, as a right-sided defender/midfielder, noted for his pace and long-range strikes.Varela was a youth player at Seville club based Real Betis, and debuted for the first team in 1996-97's closing stages, at Valencia CF (1-1).

American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan Ame

American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious" and "The Aztec Warrior".

Was a Portuguese former footballer and coach. Vaz played for Casa Pia, but ended his footballer care

Was a Portuguese former footballer and coach. Vaz played for Casa Pia, but ended his footballer career at the age of 22. Vaz coached Belenenses, Vitória F.C., Porto Braga, Portugal, Vitória S.C., Caldas, Sporting Clube de Portugal, GD CUF, Académica de Co

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for Real Betis of the Spanish first division, as a left def

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for Real Betis of the Spanish first division, as a left defender. He is known for his exhaustive physical display.Incidentally, Vega started his career with Sevilla FC, playing 69 matches for its B team. In 2005-06 he played with modest Lorca Deportiva CF in the Segunda División.

Was an Italian football (soccer) player and manager.Veneranda, a forward, started his professional c

Was an Italian football (soccer) player and manager.Veneranda, a forward, started his professional career for Fiorentina, where he played from 1960 to 1963. He never played a single Serie A match, but appeared in a Cup Winners' Cup match, as well as in the Coppa Italia and Mitropa Cup. He owns the record of being the Fiorentina players with the highest number of appearances without having ever played a league match.[3] He then played for a number of Serie A, B and C clubs. Veneranda ended his playing career in 1970 for Matera, and soon became manager of the same club.

Is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is currently ranked number 9 in the world. Verdasco s

Is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is currently ranked number 9 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight. As of 2009, Verdasco has been working in Las Vegas with Andre Agass

Is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-r

Is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 June 2000, when he became the World Number 29. He is especially known for having one of the weakest backhands on the ATP Tour which fellow pla

Is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Super Bantamweight division.

Is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Super Bantamweight division.

Is a retired Cuban-American Major League Baseball second baseman and current MLB analyst for ESPN. F

Is a retired Cuban-American Major League Baseball second baseman and current MLB analyst for ESPN. From 1993 through 2005, Viña played for the Seattle Mariners (1993), New York Mets (1994), Milwaukee Brewers (1995-1999), St Louis Cardinals (2000-2003), and Detroit Tigers (2004).A National League All-Star in 1998, Viña was a two-time Gold Glove winner (2001-2002). He was limited to 29 games for the Tigers: a serious leg injury ended his first season with Detroit, and Viña missed the entire 2005 season because of a strained right hamstring and patellar tendinitis in his left knee. Many believe Viña concealed the extent of prior injuries from the Tigers in order to obtain a lucrative contract from them, but his signing was the first of several major acquisitions that led to the Tigers' resurrection to a playoff contender.

A football striker who, despite being born and raised in Argentina, now has dual nationality with Ar

A football striker who, despite being born and raised in Argentina, now has dual nationality with Armenia.He played for Argentinos Juniors (1998-02), FC Pyunik (2002-03), Atlético Brown (2003-04), Emelec (2004-05), Deportivo Morón (2005-06), Atlético Brown (2006-pre) again and Club Atlético Talleres de Remedios de Escalada.

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,

Is a Cuban sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he finished ninth in the C-2 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event.

A former Argentine football defender.Zappia started his career with River Plate after a short spell

A former Argentine football defender.Zappia started his career with River Plate after a short spell with Lanús he joined Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck in 1978.From 1980 until 1990 Zappia played in France for a number of teams, he had two spells with AS Nancy and also played for Metz and Lille OSC.

A field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the Men's National Team in 1997, an

A field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who made his debut for the Men's National Team in 1997, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. After a short spell at Dutch club Hurley, he played club hockey in Spain, at Atlético San Sebastián, since 2002.

A Dutch professional footballer currently playing for RKC Waalwijk. Previously he has played in Scot

A Dutch professional footballer currently playing for RKC Waalwijk. Previously he has played in Scotland for Aberdeen after a loan move from his club at the time Feyenoord.

Is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He enjoyed most of his tennis success w

Is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 42 in 1997.

Was, at the time of his death, the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of

Was, at the time of his death, the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of U.S. athlete James Rockefeller in 2004. He was part of British India's Olympic hockey team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, who won the gold medal for the event. After his death, Roger Beaufrand of France became the oldest living Olympic gold medal winner.In his later years, he moved to Pakistan where he served as a well-respected coach. He died of natural causes at the age of 100.

A Spanish footballer who plays forward for RCD Espanyol in La Liga.A product of RCD Espanyol's youth

A Spanish footballer who plays forward for RCD Espanyol in La Liga.A product of RCD Espanyol's youth system, Coro debuted with the first team on November 2, 2003, in a 2-0 home loss to Real Zaragoza.In the 2005-06 season, on May 13, 2006 (the last matchday), Coro scored a last-minute goal against Real Sociedad, with that 1-0 win saving Espanyol's first division status, as Deportivo Alavés was relegated instead. In the season's cup final he added another, in a 4-1 routing of Zaragoza.

Is an alpine skier from Spain. He competed for Spain at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result wa

Is an alpine skier from Spain. He competed for Spain at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was 27th in the Super-G.

A Dutch footballer who plays for Swansea City.Bodde started his senior career with Dutch side ADO De

A Dutch footballer who plays for Swansea City.Bodde started his senior career with Dutch side ADO Den Haag, signing professional forms with them in July 2000 at the age of 18. Bodde spent seven years with the club, playing over 150 games and scoring ten goals. On Jun 13, 2007, Bodde signed for Den Haag's sister club Swansea City for an initial fee of £50,000, rising to £85,000 if the club were promoted. They also negotiated a clause which would see 50% of any future transfer fee Swansea received go to Den Haag.Ferrie made his Swansea City debut against 1st division Swedish side Östersunds FK in a pre-season friendly on July 14, 2007 scoring his first goal helping the Swans win their first game on Swedish soil 5-2, with his competitive debut coming a month later in a League One match against Oldham, which Swansea lost 2-1. His first goal for the club came in a 2-1 win away to Yeovil in October 2007. Bodde was sent off twice during the 2007/08 campaign, once against Doncaster Rovers for a headbutt, the other against Leeds United for an alleged stamp. Despite this he played 33 league matches as Swansea marched to the League One title and promotion to the Football League Championship. He was also included, alongside four of his Swansea City team-mates, in the PFA League One team of the year.

Was an American professional wrestler, referee, promoter and trainer who spent his career mostly in

Was an American professional wrestler, referee, promoter and trainer who spent his career mostly in the Western United States and Canada. Under the name as Sandy Barr, he was best known for his presence in the Portland, Oregon wrestling scene.Barr began r

Was an Australian rugby league footballer who represented his country in 8 test matches. Ferris was

Was an Australian rugby league footballer who represented his country in 8 test matches. Ferris was also a member of the Royal Australian Navy(RAN) during the Second World War.In 1951 he played for NSW before gaining selection for Australia the following

Is an Italian former bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s.

Is an Italian former bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s.