Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

An Italian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Modena F.C., on loan from Genoa C.F.C.

An Italian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Modena F.C., on loan from Genoa C.F.C..

An Italian football striker/winger. He currently plays for Genoa CFC, co-owned by Juventus.The first

An Italian football striker/winger. He currently plays for Genoa CFC, co-owned by Juventus.The first team career of Palladino started in his native region of Campania where he played for Benevento in Serie C1. Including games played in Coppa Italia Serie C, his record at Benevento was 12 games played and 5 goals scored.It was not long before he gained the attentions of Juventus and was signed by the club in 2002, during his earlier years with Juventus he played in reserve and youth levels in competitions such as Torneo di Viareggio (which the club won in 2003 and 2004). However, during the 2003-04 season, he did make one appearance in the Coppa Italia. He scored 41 goals in 61 games in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera.

Was an Italo-Uruguayan football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay. He played club football m

Was an Italo-Uruguayan football player and coach from Montevideo, Uruguay. He played club football most notably for Bologna where he spent over a decade, winning Serie A four times. After that he moved to Napoli where he played one game before retiring, after that he became a manager.As well as playing for many years at club level, Sansone was also called up by the Italian national football team as an oriundo, he was allowed to play for Italy due to his ancestry. He turned out for the azzurri a total of three times.[2]

An Italian footballer, who plays as a centre back for U.S. Lecce.Schiavi's first club was Salernitan

An Italian footballer, who plays as a centre back for U.S. Lecce.Schiavi's first club was Salernitana, but he only played eight times before joining Lecce in 2005. He had to wait for a chance in the first team however, and had a loan spell at Brescia where he made four appearances. He is now a regular member of the Lecce first team.

Is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, express

Is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations. She won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985.

Was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.In 1952 he was part of the

Was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.In 1952 he was part of the Italian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played seven matches as goalkeeper.

Is a Singaporean footballer that is currently playing for Tampines Rovers. He is the part of the Sin

Is a Singaporean footballer that is currently playing for Tampines Rovers. He is the part of the Singapore national football team that won the 1998 Tiger Cup. He started his career with Geylang United.

Is a Moroccan football player who, as of 2007 was playing for Wydad Casablanca.His former clubs are

Is a Moroccan football player who, as of 2007 was playing for Wydad Casablanca.His former clubs are Olympique Khouribga and AS Salé.

Is a French-born Algerian player who is currently playing for French Ligue 1 side FC Lorient. On Sep

Is a French-born Algerian player who is currently playing for French Ligue 1 side FC Lorient. On September 30, 2009, he was loaned out to Algerian club ES Sétif until the end of the season.[2] On November 6, 2009, Bouderbal made his league debut for ES Sétif in a league game against USM El Harrach, coming as a substitute in the 55th minute.[3] On December 25, 2009, he scored his first goal for the club in a cup game against US Doucen.[4] Bouderbal made a total of 8 league appearances, scoring 1 goal, during his loan period with the club.

An Algerian football player who is currently playing as a forward for USM Alger in the Algerian leag

An Algerian football player who is currently playing as a forward for USM Alger in the Algerian league.His brother Mesbah Deghiche is also a football player and plays for JSM Béjaïa.

An Algerian football player currently playing as a Striker for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League.

An Algerian football player currently playing as a Striker for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League.Djebour started his career at La Louviere in 2003 before moving to Greece to play for the Beta Ethniki side Ethnikos Asteras. After impressing during his 6-month spell with Ethnikos Asteras, he was signed by the Greek Super League side Atromitos for a fee of €80K. He was offered a trial by the English Premier League side Watford on November 2006 but was not signed so in January 2007 he was signed by Panionios were he scored 18 times in 38 appearances catching the eye of a handful of top European clubs. On August 30 AEK Athens paid €3.15M to sign him on a three-year contract[1].

An Algerian footballer who currently plays as a central defender for CD Nacional in the Portuguese L

An Algerian footballer who currently plays as a central defender for CD Nacional in the Portuguese Liga on loan from SL Benfica.In the winter transfer market in 2007-2008, Halliche received interest from a number of French clubs, namely AJ Auxerre and Valenciennes FC. However, on January 30, 2008 he signed a 4-year contract with Portuguese side SL Benfica, which immediately loaned him to fellow Portuguese Liga outfit CD Nacional until the end of the season.On March 30, Halliche made his debut for Nacional coming on at halftime in a league game against União de Leiria. He would go on to make 2 more appearances as a starter for the club before going back to Benfica at the end of his loan.

An Algerian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a forward for French club FC Lorient.

An Algerian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a forward for French club FC Lorient.Starting his career at MC Alger in his home city and after helping the team capture the Algerian league title he moved to France in 1999 at the age of 24 to join Troyes AC. He stayed with Troyes for five seasons, including the 2003-04 season after their relegation to Ligue 2.Moving back into Ligue 1 with a transfer to newly-promoted FC Istres in 2004, Saïfi played 35 matches before leaving following the club's relegation. In 2005 he joined AC Ajaccio, also newly-promoted, and suffered a third relegation in four years.

Is an Uzbek amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at junior flyweight but was edged out by

Is an Uzbek amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at junior flyweight but was edged out by French southpaw Nordine Oubaali 7:8.

Is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs in the 1986 Asia Cup. In his debut match, (ag

Is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs in the 1986 Asia Cup. In his debut match, (against Pakistan), he scored 14. He followed this with 10 against Sri Lanka. He was a member of the Bangladesh team that took part in the 2nd ICC Trophy tournament in England. From the late 70's onto the early 90's Rafiqul Alam was one of the most consistent performers in domestic cricket arena. Unfortunately, he failed to achieve the same consistency in international arena. After serving as junior national selector in the 1990s, Rafiqul Alam concentrated on coaching club sides. In particular his success as head coach of Kalabagan Krira Chakra in the late 1990s and 2000, 2001 and 2002 are worth mentioning. In 2007, he became chief national team selector and has been serving this post till date. He is also the coaching director of Dhanmondi Cricket Academy since its inception.

Is a Malaysian footballer who currently plays for Kedah FA in the Malaysia Super League.He was one o

Is a Malaysian footballer who currently plays for Kedah FA in the Malaysia Super League.He was one of bright youngster produced by our Malaysian youth coaches at football academy by FAM until he gets six month training with Bundesliga champions, FC Bayern Munich. He was 16 years old by then.

Is a Kenyan cricketer and allrounder who currently plays for Sussex and Kenya. He became Kenya's thi

Is a Kenyan cricketer and allrounder who currently plays for Sussex and Kenya. He became Kenya's third captain in two months in October and November 2004 in Sharjah in place of Hitesh Modi. In 2008, having acquired a British passport, Ragheb signed a one

Was an Indian hockey player.

Was an Indian hockey player.

Is an Indian field hockey player.

Is an Indian field hockey player.

Is a former professional American football player, who played wide receiver at the University of Not

Is a former professional American football player, who played wide receiver at the University of Notre Dame and in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League.

A Turkish footballer currently playing for Kayserispor. He is playing all position of midfield area.

A Turkish footballer currently playing for Kayserispor. He is playing all position of midfield area. He wears the number 8 jersey.Ragip, is a product of Trabzonspor youth system. Since he is being professional for 11 years, he is one of the experienced players. In 2005 Summer, Galatasaray SK attempted to sign him from relegated Sakaryaspor but finally Kayserispor landed him.

Was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he eliminated in the second r

Was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he eliminated in the second round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to Poul Kops.

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. Heurlin also competed in the K-2 1

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1950s. Heurlin also competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but was eliminated in the heats and did not advance to the final.

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, for AZ Alkmaar. He plays

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, for AZ Alkmaar. He plays the position of defender or midfielder and is 1.86 m tall. He is also a member of the Estonia national football team. His father Dzintar also was an international footballer.

Is a Icelandic football striker. Margrét Lára is currently part of Icelands national team. On the

Is a Icelandic football striker. Margrét Lára is currently part of Icelands national team. On the club level, Margrét Lára plays for Valur.