Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter S

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 Torpedo Armavir.He played for the main squad of FC Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League Cup and for the main squad of FC Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Cup.

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 Gazovik Orenburg.

Is a retired Soviet football player. The first team that he coached was FC Karpaty Lviv in 1990, 199

Is a retired Soviet football player. The first team that he coached was FC Karpaty Lviv in 1990, 1992, and then from 1999 to 2006. In 2007 he became a coach of FC Lviv from which he risigned in the late September of 2008 after the club's poor start in the Premier League. Yurchyshyn made his debut for USSR on September 5, 1979 in a friendly against East Germany. He played in UEFA Euro 1980 qualifiers (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).

Is an Armenian footballer who plays goalkeeper for FC Banants. Ghazaryan has played for the Armenia

Is an Armenian footballer who plays goalkeeper for FC Banants. Ghazaryan has played for the Armenia U-17 in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Is an Armenian football defender, who currently plays for Armenian Premier League club Mika FC.

Is an Armenian football defender, who currently plays for Armenian Premier League club Mika FC.

Is a Soviet-born Russian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics

Is a Soviet-born Russian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won the gold in the C-2 1000 m event.

Was a Ukrainian footballer. He perished in a car accident near a settlement of Novotroitske, Donetsk

Was a Ukrainian footballer. He perished in a car accident near a settlement of Novotroitske, Donetsk Oblast.

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC Amur Blagoveshchensk.

Was a multiple chess champion of Lviv, Paris and eventually, of the Ukrainians in North America (USA

Was a multiple chess champion of Lviv, Paris and eventually, of the Ukrainians in North America (USA and Canada). He was born in Komarniki, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) and died December 1987 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA). Stepan Popel was the nephew of an early master, Ignatz von Popiel (1863-1941), and took a liking to chess at an early age – he played in his first tournament at age 12.

Is a Moldovan footballer currently playing for FC Terek Grozny. He also holds Russian citizenship.

Is a Moldovan footballer currently playing for FC Terek Grozny. He also holds Russian citizenship.

March 22, 2001 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in th

March 22, 2001 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas.He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played all eight matches.

Is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in L

Is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he was defeated in the second round of the men's featherweight (– 57 kg) division by Ireland's Paul Fitzgerald. He is the bro

Was a Swiss football (soccer) player, who was nicknamed Kiki.He played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds from

Was a Swiss football (soccer) player, who was nicknamed Kiki.He played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1945-52 and 1954-65, winning three Swiss championships and six Swiss Cups. He also played for Lausanne Sports in 1953-54. For the Switzerland national football team, he played 56 matches and scored 22 goals, and took part in three World Cups: 1950, 1954 and 1962.

Is a Munich-born former footballer, the son of Franz Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer's career began with Ba

Is a Munich-born former footballer, the son of Franz Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer's career began with Bayern Munich, the same place where his father saw the most success, before he transferred to local rivals TSV 1860 Munich.

Is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.

Is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for SK Austria Kärnten. He formerly played for F

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for SK Austria Kärnten. He formerly played for FC Kärnten and on loan at ASKÖ Köttmansdorf.

A former German football player and manager.After retiring he worked as coach for 1. FC Köln (1995-

A former German football player and manager.After retiring he worked as coach for 1. FC Köln (1995-1996) and SBC Viktoria Köln (2004-2005).

Is a German football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Greuther Fürth. He was promoted

Is a German football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Greuther Fürth. He was promoted to Bayern Munich's main squad after playing 20 games in the 2005–06 season for Bayern's second team in the Regionalliga Süd. Fürstner has also played five

Is a German football player. As of January 2009, he plays for FC Augsburg.

Is a German football player. As of January 2009, he plays for FC Augsburg.

Is a German ski jumper who has competed since 2001. He won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Is a German ski jumper who has competed since 2001. He won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the Team Large Hill event. Hocke has one individual win in the World Cup with a victory in the Large Hill in 2001.

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.Swanepoel first played for th

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.Swanepoel first played for the Namibians at the Under-19s Cricket World Cup of 1998, and twice more at the same tournament in 2000 and 2002. He was present at the MCC's tour of Namibia

Is a former Swiss footballer.He played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1950 to 1962, winning two Swiss

Is a former Swiss footballer.He played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1950 to 1962, winning two Swiss league titles and five Swiss Cups. He also earned 41 caps and scored 1 goal for the Switzerland national football team, and participated in three World Cups.

Is a German alpine skier. Keppler grew up in Albstadt, a town on the Swabian Alb, in Baden-Württemb

Is a German alpine skier. Keppler grew up in Albstadt, a town on the Swabian Alb, in Baden-Württemberg. He learned skiing at his local winter sports club, WSV, of Ebingen. As an adult, he joined the Bundeswehr, the German military, as an army-sponsored at

Is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian side SCR Altach. He is a product of Baye

Is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian side SCR Altach. He is a product of Bayern Munich's youth system, and has represented Germany at under-21 level.

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as goalkeeper for FC Zurich in the Swiss Super

Is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as goalkeeper for FC Zurich in the Swiss Super League. He joined Zurich in May 2003, but did not become their first-choice keeper until the 2005-06 season.