Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who is currently on a one-year loan to Stal Alchevsk

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who is currently on a one-year loan to Stal Alchevsk, a club in the Ukrainian First League. He is under contract with Chornomorets, for whom he played over the span of two seasons, including time in their reserves team. He joined Chornomorets during the winter transfer window, in January 2007, on a three-year contract. His debut for Stal Alchevsk came on August 23, 2008 in a 3:1 defeat of FC Knyazha Schaslyve.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Tyumen. He also holds Ukrainian citizenship.

A Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for Japan. With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a th

A Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for Japan. With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a three-time Japanese national champion and competed three times at the Four Continents and World Championships. They were unable to compete during the latter half of the 2001/2002 Olympic season due to an injury to Tsuzuki. Their partnership ended following that season. Farkhoutdinov now works as a coach and choreographer. He has coached Julia Golovina & Oleg Voiko, among others.

Is a Russian former football goalkeeper of Tatar ethnicity, who played in three World Cups with the

Is a Russian former football goalkeeper of Tatar ethnicity, who played in three World Cups with the Soviet national team. He is considered the second best Russian goalkeeper ever behind Lev Yashin, and one of the best in the world in the 1980s. He was awarded the title of the World’s Best Goalkeeper of the Year award in 1988 by the IFFHS. In 2004, he w

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Le

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third League in 1995 for FC Gornyak-Vanadiy Kachkanar. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC FSA Voronezh.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Volga Ulyanovsk.

Is a Tatar professional football coach and a former player. As of July 2009, he manages the Lokomoti

Is a Tatar professional football coach and a former player. As of July 2009, he manages the Lokomotiv Moscow youths squad.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of July 2009, he plays for FC Nizhny Novgorod.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of July 2009, he plays for FC Nizhny Novgorod.

A former football defender from the Netherlands, who played for Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles Almelo, De

A former football defender from the Netherlands, who played for Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles Almelo, De Graafschap and AZ Alkmaar. He retired in 1995, and soon afterwards became a football manager, who worked for Heracles Almelo, FC Twente, and currently AGOVV Apeldoorn. He was sacked at FC Twente on February 1, 2006.

A former Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder. Van Woerden made his debut at Feijenoord a

A former Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder. Van Woerden made his debut at Feijenoord and also played for DWS and Xerxes.

Is a former Soviet biathlete. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, he won a gold medal with the S

Is a former Soviet biathlete. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team.

Was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who won stages in all the three Grand Tours.

Was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who won stages in all the three Grand Tours.

Was an Italian football (soccer) player. He was one of five players selected to the Italian national

Was an Italian football (soccer) player. He was one of five players selected to the Italian national team for the 1954 World Cup that did not see any action (the others are Cervato, Costagliola, Gratton and Pivatelli). Nicknamed 'mobilia' for his rugby player-like physique (he was one of the biggest players ever on the national team to that point), Ferrario in defensive midfield was impossible to knock down, difficult to get by. With these talents he became a starter at Juventus winning the position from Carlo Parola. At Juventus he won two championships,

A former Italian football midfielder and manager from San Giuliano Milanese. Over the course of his

A former Italian football midfielder and manager from San Giuliano Milanese. Over the course of his career he played for five sides, spending the most of his time with Atalanta, Fiorentina and Lazio.He appeared for the Italian national football team twice, making his debut in a 4–1 victory over Argentina on 15 June 1961.

A retired Dutch footballer who was active as a right midfielder.Bennaars started his career at the t

A retired Dutch footballer who was active as a right midfielder.Bennaars started his career at the time that professional football in the Netherlands did not yet exist. On 25 November 1951, when playing for SV Dosko Bennaars played his first match for the Dutch national football team in Rotterdam versus Belgium. The Netherlands lost the match 7-6, but Bennaars managed to score one of the Dutch goals. Until 19 May 1954 he would play 10 times for the national team. At the time of the first professional football in the country Bennaars and SV Dosko started in the Dutch Second Division. After three years of professional football at Dosko Bennaars switched to NOAD where he stayed one season before making another switch,

A retired football (soccer) player and manager from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch title in 1949

A retired football (soccer) player and manager from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch title in 1949 with SVV by defeating Abe Lenstra's SC Heerenveen in De Kuip: 3-1. After his active career he became a football manager, who worked for Fortuna Vlaardingen, SVV, Heracles Almelo, FC Eindhoven and FC Den Bosch.

Is an English footballer. He plays at centre-back for Manchester United in the Premier League and at

Is an English footballer. He plays at centre-back for Manchester United in the Premier League and at the international level for the England national football team. He has achieved 70 caps for the English national team while being selected for three FIFA World Cup squads. He is currently the vice-captain of the England national team.

His bowling style is slow left arm offbreak, and is a right-handed batsman. He is a West Indies cric

His bowling style is slow left arm offbreak, and is a right-handed batsman. He is a West Indies cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He played at Stanford Cricket Ground, Coolidge, Antigua on 25 October 2008 where he took

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand bats

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm off breaks. She has played four Tests and six ODIs for India.

Is an international cricketer who made 4 One Day International appearances for South Africa national

Is an international cricketer who made 4 One Day International appearances for South Africa national women's cricket team in 1997.

Is a Macedonian football striker who currently plays for FK Viktoria Žižkov. His former teams are

Is a Macedonian football striker who currently plays for FK Viktoria Žižkov. His former teams are FK Cementarnica 55 Skopje and FK Vardar.Following his transfer from AC Omonia in January 2008 to Ethnikos Achnas, Naumov was a very polific goal-scorer, scor

Is a Macedonian professional basketball player.

Is a Macedonian professional basketball player.