List of Manchester United F.C. players

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Manchester United F.C. is an English association football club based in Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath L&YR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup. Since then, more than 800 players have made a competitive first team appearance for the club, of whom almost 200 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here, as well as those who have played fewer matches but have made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Billy Whelan).

For a list of all Manchester United players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Manchester United F.C. players. For the current Manchester United first-team squad, see the First-team squad section of the club's main article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded.

[edit] List of players

David Beckham made 394 appearances for Manchester United between 1992 and 2003.

Ryan Giggs has made more than 800 appearances for Manchester United. He has also scored in every season since the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

Table headers

• Apps – Number of games played as a starter
• Sub – Number of games played as a substitute
• Total – Total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute

Statistics correct as of match played 27 May 2009

Name	Nationality	Position	Manchester United career	Appearances		Goals
				Apps (Sub)	Total
Alf Farman		FW	1889–1895	121 (0)	121	53
Willie Stewart		HB	1890–1895	149 (0)	149	23
Bob Donaldson		FW	1892–1897	147 (0)	147	66
Fred Erentz		LB	1892–1902	303 (0)	303	9
Joe Cassidy		FW	1893, 1895–1900	167 (0)	167	99
James McNaught		HB	1893–1898	157 (0)	157	12
Dick Smith		FW/OL	1894–1898, 1900–1901	100 (0)	100	37
Walter Cartwright		HB	1895–1905	257 (0)	257	8
Harry Stafford		RB	1896–1903	200 (0)	200	1
William Bryant		FW	1896–1900	127 (0)	127	33
Frank Barrett		GK	1896–1900	132 (0)	132	0
Billy Morgan		HB	1897–1903	152 (0)	152	7
Billy Griffiths		HB	1899–1905	175 (0)	175	30
Alf Schofield		FW	1900–1907	179 (0)	179	35
Vince Hayes		RB	1901–1907, 1908–1910	128 (0)	128	2
Jack Peddie		FW	1902–1903, 1904–1907	121 (0)	121	58
Alex Downie		HB	1902–1909	191 (0)	191	14
Alex Bell		HB	1903–1913	309 (0)	309	10
Bob Bonthron		RB	1903–1907	134 (0)	134	3
Harry Moger		GK	1903–1912	266 (0)	266	0
Dick Duckworth		HB	1903–1915	254 (0)	254	11
Charlie Roberts		HB	1904–1913	302 (0)	302	23
Dick Holden		RB	1905–1914	117 (0)	117	0
Jack Picken		FW	1905–1911	122 (0)	122	46
George Wall		OL	1906–1915	319 (0)	319	100
Billy Meredith		OR	1907–1921	335 (0)	335	36
Sandy Turnbull		FW	1907–1915	247 (0)	247	101
George Stacey		LB	1907–1915	270 (0)	270	9
Harold Halse		FW	1908–1912	125 (0)	125	56
Arthur Whalley		HB	1909–1920	106 (0)	106	6
Enoch West		FW	1910–1916	181 (0)	181	80
Robert Beale		GK	1912–1919	112 (0)	112	0
Jack Mew		GK	1912–1926	199 (0)	199	0
Lal Hilditch		HB	1919–1932	322 (0)	322	7
Jack Silcock		LB	1919–1934	449 (0)	449	2
Joe Spence		FW	1919–1933	510 (0)	510	168
Charlie Moore		RB	1919–1921, 1922–31	328 (0)	328	0
John Grimwood		HB	1919–1927	205 (0)	205	8
Teddy Partridge		FW	1920–1929	160 (0)	160	18
Alf Steward		GK	1920–1932	326 (0)	326	0
Ray Bennion		HB	1921–1932	301 (0)	301	3
Arthur Lochhead		FW	1921–1925	153 (0)	153	50
Harry Thomas		FW	1922–1931	135 (0)	135	13
Frank Barson		HB	1922–1928	152 (0)	152	4
Frank Mann		HB	1923–1930	197 (0)	197	5
Frank McPherson		OL	1923–1928	175 (0)	175	52
Tom Jones		FB	1924–1937	200 (0)	200	0
Jimmy Hanson		FW	1924–1931	147 (0)	147	52
Jack Wilson		HB	1926–1932	140 (0)	140	3
Hugh McLenahan		HB	1928–1937	116 (0)	116	12
Harry Rowley		FW	1928–1932, 1934–1937	180 (0)	180	55
Tom Reid		FW	1929–1933	101 (0)	101	67
George McLachlan		FW	1929–1933	116 (0)	116	4
Jack Mellor		HB	1930–1937	122 (0)	122	0
Tom Manley		HB	1930–1939	195 (0)	195	41
George Vose		HB	1933–1939	209 (0)	209	1
Jack Griffiths		LB	1934–1944	173 (0)	173	1
Bill McKay		HB	1934–1940	182 (0)	182	15
George Mutch		FW	1934–1937	120 (0)	120	49
Thomas Bamford		FW	1934–1938	109 (0)	109	57
Billy Bryant		FW	1934–1939	157 (0)	157	42
James Brown		HB	1935–1939	110 (0)	110	1
Johnny Carey		FB	1937–1953	344 (0)	344	17
Jack Rowley		FW	1937–1955	424 (0)	424	211
Stan Pearson		FW	1937–1954	343 (0)	343	148
Jack Warner		HB	1938–1950	116 (0)	115	2
John Aston, Sr.		LB	1946–1954	284 (0)	284	30
Allenby Chilton		HB	1946–1955	391 (0)	391	3
Henry Cockburn		HB	1946–1954	275 (0)	275	4
Jack Crompton		GK	1946–1956	212 (0)	212	0
Jimmy Delaney		OR	1946–1950	184 (0)	184	28
Billy McGlen		HB	1946–1952	122 (0)	122	2
Charlie Mitten		OL	1946–1952	162 (0)	162	61
John Downie		FW	1949–1953	116 (0)	116	37
Ray Wood		GK	1949–1958	208 (0)	208	0
Don Gibson		HB	1950–1955	115 (0)	115	0
Mark Jones		HB	1950–1958	121 (0)	121	1
Johnny Berry		OR	1951–1958	276 (0)	276	45
Jackie Blanchflower		HB	1951–1958	117 (0)	117	27
Roger Byrne		LB	1951–1958	280 (0)	280	20
David Pegg		OL	1952–1958	150 (0)	150	28
Bill Foulkes		HB/RB	1952–1970	685 (3)	688	9
Tommy Taylor		FW	1953–1958	191 (0)	191	131
Liam Whelan		FW	1953–1958	98 (0)	98	52
Duncan Edwards		HB	1953–1958	177 (0)	177	21
Dennis Viollet		FW	1953–1962	293 (0)	293	179
Freddie Goodwin		HB	1954–1960	107 (0)	107	8
Albert Scanlon		OL	1954–1960	127 (0)	127	35
Eddie Colman		HB	1955–1958	108 (0)	108	2
Ronnie Cope		HB	1956–1961	106 (0)	106	2
Bobby Charlton		FW	1956–1973	756 (2)	758	249
David Gaskell		GK	1956–1967	119 (0)	119	0
Harry Gregg		GK	1957–1966	247 (0)	247	0
Shay Brennan		RB	1958–1970	358 (1)	359	6
Albert Quixall		FW	1958–1963	183 (0)	183	56
Johnny Giles		CM	1959–1963	115 (0)	115	13
Nobby Stiles		HB	1959–1971	394 (0)	394	19
Maurice Setters		HB	1960–1964	194 (0)	194	14
Tony Dunne		FB	1960–1973	534 (1)	535	2
Noel Cantwell		LB	1960–1967	146 (0)	146	8
David Herd		FW	1961–1968	264 (1)	265	145
Denis Law		FW	1962–1973	398 (6)	404	237
David Sadler		Various	1962–1973	328 (7)	335	27
Pat Crerand		HB	1963–1971	397 (0)	397	15
George Best		FW/W	1963–1974	470 (0)	470	179
John Connelly		FW	1964–1966	112 (1)	113	35
John Fitzpatrick		RB	1965–1973	141 (6)	147	10
John Aston, Jr.		OL	1965–1972	166 (21)	187	27
Alex Stepney		GK	1966–1979	539 (0)	539	2
Brian Kidd		FW	1967–1974	257 (9)	266	70
Francis Burns		LB	1967–1972	143 (13)	156	7
Willie Morgan		OR	1968–1975	293 (3)	296	34
Steve James		HB	1968–1975	160 (1)	161	4
Sammy McIlroy		CM	1971–1982	391 (28)	419	71
Martin Buchan		CB	1972–1983	456 (0)	456	4
David McCreery		MF	1972–1979	57 (53)	110	8
Alex Forsyth		RB	1973–1978	116 (3)	119	5
Lou Macari		MF/FW	1973–1984	374 (27)	401	97
Gerry Daly		CM	1973–1977	137 (5)	142	32
Brian Greenhoff		CB	1973–1979	268 (3)	271	17
Stewart Houston		LB	1974–1980	248 (2)	250	16
Stuart Pearson		FW	1974–1979	179 (1)	180	66
Arthur Albiston		LB	1974–1988	467 (18)	485	7
Steve Coppell		RM	1975–1983	393 (3)	396	70
Jimmy Nicholl		RB	1975–1982	235 (13)	248	6
Gordon Hill		LM	1975–1978	133 (1)	134	51
Jimmy Greenhoff		FW	1976–1980	119 (4)	123	36
Ashley Grimes		LB	1977–1983	77 (30)	107	11
Joe Jordan		FW	1978–1981	125 (1)	126	41
Gordon McQueen		CB	1978–1985	229 (0)	229	26
Gary Bailey		GK	1978–1987	375 (0)	375	0
Mickey Thomas		LM	1978–1981	110 (0)	110	15
Kevin Moran		CB	1979–1988	284 (5)	289	24
Ray Wilkins		CM	1979–1984	191 (3)	194	10
Mike Duxbury		RB	1980–1990	345 (33)	378	7
John Gidman		RB	1981–1986	116 (4)	120	4
Frank Stapleton		FW	1981–1987	267 (21)	288	78
Remi Moses		CM	1981–1988	188 (11)	199	12
Bryan Robson		CM	1981–1994	437 (24)	461	99
Norman Whiteside		FW/CM	1982–1989	256 (18)	274	67
Paul McGrath		CB	1982–1989	192 (7)	199	16
Mark Hughes		FW	1983–1986, 1988–1995	453 (14)	467	163
Graeme Hogg		CB	1984–1988	108 (2)	110	1
Clayton Blackmore		Various	1984–1994	201 (44)	245	26
Jesper Olsen		LM	1984–1988	149 (27)	176	24
Gordon Strachan		RM	1984–1989	195 (6)	201	38
Peter Davenport		FW	1986–1988	83 (23)	106	26
Brian McClair		FW	1987–1998	398 (73)	471	127
Steve Bruce		CB	1987–1996	411 (3)	414	51
Lee Martin		LB	1988–1994	84 (25)	109	2
Lee Sharpe		LM	1988–1996	213 (50)	263	36
Mal Donaghy		CB/LB	1988–1992	98 (21)	119	0
Mike Phelan		Various	1989–1994	127 (19)	146	3
Neil Webb		CM	1989–1992	105 (5)	110	11
Gary Pallister		CB	1989–1998	433 (4)	437	15
Paul Ince		CM	1989–1995	276 (5)	281	29
Denis Irwin		FB	1990–2002	511 (18)	529	33
Ryan Giggs		LM/CM	1991–	697 (109)	806	148
Andrei Kanchelskis	/	RM	1991–1995	132 (29)	161	36
Paul Parker		RB	1991–1996	137 (9)	146	2
Peter Schmeichel		GK	1991–1999	398 (0)	398	1
Gary Neville		RB	1992–	538 (32)	570	7
David Beckham		RM	1992–2003	356 (38)	394	85
Nicky Butt		CM	1992–2004	307 (79)	386	26
Eric Cantona		FW	1992–1997	184 (1)	185	82
Roy Keane		CM	1993–2005	458 (22)	480	51
David May		CB	1994–2003	98 (20)	118	8
Paul Scholes		CM	1994–	497 (108)	605	142
Andrew Cole		FW	1995–2001	231 (44)	275	121
Philip Neville		Various	1995–2005	301 (85)	386	8
Ronny Johnsen		CB/CM	1996–2002	131 (19)	150	9
Ole Gunnar Solskjær		FW	1996–2007	216 (150)	366	126
Teddy Sheringham		FW	1997–2001	101 (52)	153	46
Henning Berg		CB	1997–2000	81 (22)	103	3
Wes Brown		RB/CB	1998–	278 (40)	318	4
Jaap Stam		CB	1998–2001	125 (2)	127	1
Dwight Yorke		FW	1998–2002	120 (32)	152	66
Quinton Fortune		LM/LB	1999–2006	88 (38)	126	11
Mikaël Silvestre		LB/CB	1999–2008	326 (35)	361	10
John O'Shea		Various	1999–	257 (85)	342	14
Fabien Barthez		GK	2000–2004	139 (0)	139	0
Ruud van Nistelrooy		FW	2001–2006	200 (19)	219	150
Rio Ferdinand		CB	2002–	306 (4)	310	7
Darren Fletcher		CM/RM	2003–	163 (51)	214	13
Cristiano Ronaldo		W/FW	2003–2009	244 (48)	292	118
Louis Saha		FW	2004–2008	76 (48)	124	42
Wayne Rooney		FW	2004–	210 (28)	238	97
Edwin van der Sar		GK	2005–	191 (0)	191	0
Park Ji-Sung		RM/LM	2005–	84 (39)	123	12
Patrice Evra		LB	2006–	130 (16)	146	2
Nemanja Vidić		CB	2006–	146 (7)	153	12
Michael Carrick		CM	2006–	124 (20)	144	12
Carlos Tévez		FW	2007–2009	73 (26)	99	34

Ruud van Nistelrooy (left) is Manchester United's eighth highest all-time goalscorer.

[edit] Club captains

Dates	Name	Notes
1878–1882	Unknown
1882	E. Thomas	First known club captain
1882–1883	Unknown
c.1883–1887	Sam Black
c.1887–1890	Jack Powell	First known non-English club captain
1890–1892	Unknown
1892–1893	Joe Cassidy
1893–1984	Unknown
c.1894	James McNaught
1894–1896	Unknown
c.1896–1903	Harry Stafford	First captain of Manchester United
1903–1904	Unknown
c.1904–1905	Jack Peddie
c.1905–1912	Charlie Roberts
1912–1913	George Stacey
1913	Dick Duckworth
1914	George Hunter
1914–1915	Patrick O'Connell
1915–1919	None	No football was played during the First World War
1919–1922	Unknown
c.1922–1928	Frank Barson
c.1928–1931	Jack Wilson
1931–1932	George McLachlan
1932	Louis Page
1932–1935	Unknown
c.1935–1939	Jimmy Brown
1939–1945	None	No football was played during the Second World War
1945–1953	Johnny Carey	First post-war captain, and first from outside the United Kingdom
1953–1954	Stan Pearson
1954–1955	Allenby Chilton
1955–1958	Roger Byrne	Died in the 1958 Munich air disaster
1958–1959	Bill Foulkes
1959–1960	Dennis Viollet
1960–1962	Maurice Setters
1962-1964	Noel Cantwell
1964–1967	Denis Law
1967–1973	Bobby Charlton
1973	George Graham
1973–1975	Willie Morgan
1975–1982	Martin Buchan
1982	Ray Wilkins
1982–1994	Bryan Robson	Longest-serving captain in United's history
1994–1996	Steve Bruce
1996–1997	Eric Cantona	First United captain from outside the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland
1997–2005	Roy Keane	Won more trophies than any other United captain
2005–present	Gary Neville	First club captain to be born in Greater Manchester since Dennis Viollet

[edit] References

• "Players & Staff". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={C04A2C83-66A3-4F51-9183-CE06BBABF071}. Retrieved on 17 May 2009. 
• "Stretford End – The Website of Dreams". http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/players.html. Retrieved on 17 May 2009.