Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

A former Argentine football striker who was the topscorer in Copa América 1955.Micheli started his

A former Argentine football striker who was the topscorer in Copa América 1955.Micheli started his professionalplaying career with Argentino de Quilmes in 1950. He returned to Independiente in 1952, where he played 147 games for the club scoring 52 goals. In 1958 he joined River Plate but only played 2 games for the club before moving on to Club Atlético Huracán in 1959.

Is a professional boxer. He competes in the featherweight (126 lb) division. His record is 19-2-1 (1

Is a professional boxer. He competes in the featherweight (126 lb) division. His record is 19-2-1 (13 KOs), and he is the current WBC world featherweight champion.

Is a Cape Verde International footballer who is currently unattached after completing the 2007/08 se

Is a Cape Verde International footballer who is currently unattached after completing the 2007/08 season with FC Vihren Sandanski in A PFG in Bulgaria. The striker signed with the Bulgarian club after canceling his contract with SL Benfica, club he belon

Is a retired professional football defender from Peru. He competed for the Peru national football te

Is a retired professional football defender from Peru. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and obtained a total number of 22 caps for his native country in the years 1972 to 1978. He played club football for Deporti

An Argentine football player currently playing as a left back for Tigre in the Primera División Arg

An Argentine football player currently playing as a left back for Tigre in the Primera División Argentina. He has a Spanish passport."El Vasco" Arruabarrena (The Basque) debuted professionally in 1993 with Boca Juniors, where he played until 2000, except for the Apertura 1996, when he was loaned to Rosario Central for 6 months. After returning to Boca, he gained a place in the regular squad.

Is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Santiago Morning.

Is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Santiago Morning.

Was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is a former NABF Super Bantamweight, Ban

Was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is a former NABF Super Bantamweight, Bantamweight and the WBC Bantamweight Champion.

Was an Argentine football (soccer) midfielder who played for the Argentina national team between 192

Was an Argentine football (soccer) midfielder who played for the Argentina national team between 1927 and 1930.Orlandini played club football in Argentina for Sportivo Buenos Aires and Estudantil Porteño before moving to Italy in 1930 to play for Genoa C.F.C.. In 1936 he moved to France where he played for Nice.

Is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for A.D. Isidro Metapán. He is the brother of both AF

Is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for A.D. Isidro Metapán. He is the brother of both AFC Ajax and Uruguay's national team's star Luis Suárez. Rumours of Paolo Suárez joininng Real Espana has been circulating around but so far nothing has come of it.

Is a former Uruguayan footballer, who played for Club Nacional de Football.For the Uruguay national

Is a former Uruguayan footballer, who played for Club Nacional de Football.For the Uruguay national football team, he was part of the 1950 FIFA World Cup winning team, but did not play in any matches in the tournament.

Is a Costa Rican professional football midfielder playing for FK Haugesund in the Norwegian First Di

Is a Costa Rican professional football midfielder playing for FK Haugesund in the Norwegian First Division. He is currently on loan from Brujas FC.Rodríguez has made nine appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago on February 4, 2007.

Is a basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at

Is a basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

A Mexican football player who currently plays for Club San Luis.He made his debut on January 21, 200

A Mexican football player who currently plays for Club San Luis.He made his debut on January 21, 2007 against Club America in which San Luis lost 4-1. His number at the time was #98. He played 7 league games in the entire Clausura season. In the apertura season of 2007 he played 5 games and scored no goals. He scored his first goal against CF Monterrey on March 15, 2008 in which San Luis won 3-1. For the 2008-2009 season he has a starting postion. He scored his second goal against Puebla in which the game ended 1-1.

Is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper. He is the most capped player in the history of the Urugu

Is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper. He is the most capped player in the history of the Uruguayan national team with 78 appearances between 1976 and 1986. His youth player career began at Cerro in 1971 but he moved to Nacional in 1976. As goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team, Rodolfo Rodríguez won the 50th anniversary tournament of the first World Cup, the 1980 "Gold Cup". and the Copa América in 1983,. He also took part with the national squads that played the 1979, and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Is a Philippine (Filipino) chess International Master.In 1956, he won Philippine Junior Champioship.

Is a Philippine (Filipino) chess International Master.In 1956, he won Philippine Junior Champioship. In 1957, he took 5th in Toronto (4th World Junior Championship); William Lombardy won). In 1957 the Pepsi-Cola company sponsored an 8-game match in New York between Cardoso, the 19-year-old Philippine Junior Champion, and Bobby Fischer, the 14-year-old U.S. Junior Champion. Cardoso won only one game and Fischer claimed the $325 victor's prize with a 6-2 score (+5 –1 =2).

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was an Argentine Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1932 and

Was an Argentine Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a football forward from Paraguay.

Is a football forward from Paraguay.

Was an Italian professional footballer.He is the third goalscorer in A.S. Roma's history, having sco

Was an Italian professional footballer.He is the third goalscorer in A.S. Roma's history, having scored 103 goals in over 150 appearances.He played a non-official match with Fiorentina under the fake surname of Bolteni, this was due to the fact the he was serving the military service and couldn't do any onther activity.

Is a Jamaican football player who currently plays for the Norwegian Premier League side Brann. He al

Is a Jamaican football player who currently plays for the Norwegian Premier League side Brann. He also plays for the Jamaica national football team. Austin made his Brann debut in the 1-3 defeat against FK Bodø/Glimt on 31 August 2008 coming on as a substitute in the last 20 minutes. He debuted in the European cups three weeks later with a 2-0 win against Deportivo de La Coruña in the UEFA cup. Stoke City chose not to activate their option, and on February 27, 2009, Austin signed a four-year deal with Brann in a transfer worth £1,000,000.

Is a former French male professional tennis player. The left-handed Gilbert, who won over $1,100,00

Is a former French male professional tennis player. The left-handed Gilbert, who won over $1,100,000 in prize money, reached a doubles career high ranking of 50, in early 1996.

Was an Austrian, then French football goalkeeper, who became a coach in Italy after his playing care

Was an Austrian, then French football goalkeeper, who became a coach in Italy after his playing career.Born in Austria and nicknamed Rudi, he was a successful Austrian international and in 1930 Herbert Chapman's Arsenal tried to sign him, but the Players Union and the Football League in England prevented him from doing so

Is a French goalkeeper currently playing for Le Mans UC72.

Is a French goalkeeper currently playing for Le Mans UC72.

Was a Brazilian football striker.Of Polish origin, in his career (1930–1943) he played for Palestr

Was a Brazilian football striker.Of Polish origin, in his career (1930–1943) he played for Palestra Itália, Força e Luz, Nacional (where he won two Uruguayan championships in 1933 and 1934) and Botafogo. He won the Rio de Janeiro State Tournament in 1935.

Is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1st rou

Is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft.Rhodes played for the Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks in three NBA seasons. His best year as a professional came during his rookie year as a member of the Rockets, appearing in 58 games and averaging 5.8 ppg.