Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he is the youth teams coordinat

Is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he is the youth teams coordinator with F.C. Hansa Rostock.

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that w

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Is an ethnic Macedonian professional footballer. He is a striker who currently plays in Australia fo

Is an ethnic Macedonian professional footballer. He is a striker who currently plays in Australia for Altona East Phoenix. He played an unknown number of matches for the national team of the Republic of Macedonia in 2001–2002.

Is a Croatian football defender, currently playing for Hajduk Split.

Is a Croatian football defender, currently playing for Hajduk Split.

Is a Slovenian-Croatian professional basketball player who has played with the Slovenia national bas

Is a Slovenian-Croatian professional basketball player who has played with the Slovenia national basketball team. He is 2.09 m (6 ft 10¼ in) in height and 111 kg (245 lbs.) in weight. He plays at both the power forward and center positions. He is currentl

Is a Croatian athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. A double Olympic competitor (2004, 2

Is a Croatian athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. A double Olympic competitor (2004, 2008) in his event, he also participated in bobsleigh at the 2006 Olympic Games.

Is a former Croatian footballer.During his club career he played for Hajduk Split, FC Zürich and FC

Is a former Croatian footballer.During his club career he played for Hajduk Split, FC Zürich and FC Lugano. He earned 42 caps and scored 6 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Euro 1976, and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Is a Croatian football defender who is currently a Flamurtari Vlore. He started to play for Hajduk S

Is a Croatian football defender who is currently a Flamurtari Vlore. He started to play for Hajduk Split at the age of 10 and stayed in the club until 2002,[1] when he went on to play one season for HNK Šibenik before signing with Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2003. He played in 15 Bundesliga matches and scored one goal for Eintracht.

Is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for Gençlerbirligi S.K. on loan from Werder Bremen of

Is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for Gençlerbirligi S.K. on loan from Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga. Vranješ was born in Osijek, Croatia. He started playing in NK Osijek where he played between 1997 and 1999. Vranješ was part of the Croatian national team in 2002 FIFA World Cup where he played in two games.

Is a Croatian football striker, currently unattached. Vucko started his professional career with hom

Is a Croatian football striker, currently unattached. Vucko started his professional career with hometown's Hajduk Split, playing five seasons as an important first-team element. Subsequently, he moved to Spain, joining Deportivo Alavés after the Basque side's European exploits. Vucko made his debut for the Croatia national football team in a 2000 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying match on 10 October 1998, against Malta. He received a further 3 caps.

Is a retired Slovenian basketball player and the current manager of the Slovenia national basketball

Is a retired Slovenian basketball player and the current manager of the Slovenia national basketball team.As junior he start to play for Comet Slovenske Konjice. He played for Olimpija Ljubljana, Virtus Bologna, CSP Limoges, Iraklis BC, Helios Domžale, Pa

Is a former footballer who is currently the manager of Liepajas Metalurgs. He was manager of the Lat

Is a former footballer who is currently the manager of Liepajas Metalurgs. He was manager of the Latvia national team from 2004 to 2007, having succeeded Aleksandrs Starkovs in December 2004.

Is a Latvian football manager and a former footballer.Jurijs Popkovs was born in Kiev, Ukraine. His

Is a Latvian football manager and a former footballer.Jurijs Popkovs was born in Kiev, Ukraine. His first professional club was Dynamo Minsk which he joined in 1980. In four years which he stayed with Dynamo he made only one appearance in the Soviet Top League.

Is a former Latvian football defender most notable for playing seven seasons with Zvejnieks Liepaja.

Is a former Latvian football defender most notable for playing seven seasons with Zvejnieks Liepaja.Ernštreits was a solid and reliable defender who cemented the defence not only of the Zvejnieks squad but also of the Latvia national team in the 1979 Spartakiad. For many football fans in Liepaja his decision to leave the club in the spring of 1983 came as a big surprise, but Ernštreits considered that he was capable of competing on the top level any more.

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. As of April 2007 he has played 80 international matches and sc

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. As of April 2007 he has played 80 international matches and scored 11 goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1998, and played at the Euro 2004. He started his career in FC Skonto and moved to Russian team CSKA Moscow after the 2000 season. He currently plays for RFS/Olimps.

An Italian football defender currently playing for Frosinone .

An Italian football defender currently playing for Frosinone .

A Dutch football player who currently, as of August 2007, plays for Cambuur.

A Dutch football player who currently, as of August 2007, plays for Cambuur.

Is a Indonesian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympic

Is a Indonesian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is a Finnish footballer, who plays as midfielder. He currently represents FK Haugesund in the Norweg

Is a Finnish footballer, who plays as midfielder. He currently represents FK Haugesund in the Norwegian Premier League. Savolainen represented Tampere United until January 2008. He moved to United for the season 2006 from AC Allianssi. He has also represe

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga.

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper who currently plays for English Premier League club Bolton Wanderer

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper who currently plays for English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the Finnish national team.

Is a Finnish ski jumper. He is the older brother of the more successful Matti Hautamäki.

Is a Finnish ski jumper. He is the older brother of the more successful Matti Hautamäki.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

Is a Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti.

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the Natio

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).Jokinen was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round, 192nd overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Jokinen spent his four seasons before his NHL debut playing for Kärpät of the SM-liiga, the top Finnish league.In his rookie year in the 2005–06 NHL season, Jokinen gained a great reputation in the NHL as one of the best shootout specialists in the league, until being stopped by Evgeni Nabokov.[1][2] He was a remarkable nine-for-nine in shootouts before his first unsuccessful attempt.[2] He can be seen pulling some unique dekes, such as the one handed slide in goal - also known as "The Paralyzer" - in shootouts.