Football Players Whose First Name Starts With Y

Discover the famous football players whose name starts with Y. The list includes people like Yaya Touré, Yann Sommer, Youri Tielemans, Yves Bissouma, Yassine Bounou and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. This list of football players whose names start with Y includes people from Japan, United States, Russia, France and other countries all over the world.
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 1 
Yaya Touré
(Ivorian Professional Football Coach and Former Player Who Played as a Midfielder)
Yaya Touré
19
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 13, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 2 
Yassine Bounou
(Moroccan Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Yassine Bounou
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 5, 1991
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 3 
Youri Tielemans
(Belgian Professional Football Midfielder)
Youri Tielemans
20
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 7, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 4 
Yann Sommer
(Swiss Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Yann Sommer
10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 17, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Morges, Switzerland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 5 
Yussuf Poulsen
(Danish Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
Yussuf Poulsen
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 15, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 6 
Yannick Carrasco
(Belgian Football Winger and Wing-Back)
Yannick Carrasco
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 4, 1993
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vilvoorde, Belgium
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 7 
Yannick Bolasie
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
Yannick Bolasie
14
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 24, 1989
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 8 
Yakubu
(Nigerian Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
Yakubu
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 22, 1982
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Benin City, Nigeria
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 9 
Yves Bissouma
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Defensive Midfielder)
Yves Bissouma
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 30, 1996
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Issia, Ivory Coast
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 10 
Yacine Brahimi
(Algerian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger and attacking midfielder)
Yacine Brahimi
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 8, 1990
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 11 
Younès Belhanda
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as an Attacking Midfielder)
Younès Belhanda
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 25, 1990
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Avignon, France
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 12 
Yuri Zhirkov
(Former Russian Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
Yuri Zhirkov
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 20, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tambov, Russia
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 13 
Youssef El-Arabi
(Football player - Striker)
Youssef El-Arabi
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 3, 1987
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caen, France
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 14 
Yassin Fekir
(Football player)
Yassin Fekir
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 5, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 15 
Youcef Atal
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Right-Back)
Youcef Atal
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 17, 1996
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Boghni, Algeria
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 16 
Youssef Msakni
(Tunisian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger / Forward)
Youssef Msakni
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 28, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tunis, Tunisia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 17 
Yaya Sanogo
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
Yaya Sanogo
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 27, 1993
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Massy, France
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 18 
Yevhen Konoplyanka
(Ukrainian Football Midfielder)
Yevhen Konoplyanka
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 29, 1989
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 19 
Yossi Benayoun
(Israeli Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Yossi Benayoun
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 5, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dimona, Israel
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 20 
Youcef Belaïli
(Algerian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Left Winger)
Youcef Belaïli
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 14, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oran, Algeria
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 21 
Yuto Nagatomo
(Japanese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Full Back)
Yuto Nagatomo
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 12, 1986
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 22 
Yang Xu
(Footballer Striker)
Yang Xu
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 12, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dalian, China
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 23 
Yoane Wissa
(Congolese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward / Left Winger)
Yoane Wissa
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 3, 1996
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Épinay-sous-Sénart, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 24 
Younis Mahmoud
(Iraqi Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Forward)
Younis Mahmoud
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 3, 1983
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dibis, Kirkuk, Iraq
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Celebrity Names:
 25 
Yoan Gouffran
(association football player)
Yoan Gouffran
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 25, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 26 
Yann Kermorgant
(Association football player)
Yann Kermorgant
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 8, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vannes
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 27 
Yoshimar Yotún
(Peruvian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder or Left-Back)
Yoshimar Yotún
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 7, 1990
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Callao, Peru
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 28 
Youssoufa Moukoko
(German Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
Youssoufa Moukoko
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 20, 2004
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 29 
Yasser Al-Qahtani
(One of the Greatest Saudi Footballers of the 21st Century)
Yasser Al-Qahtani
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 10, 1982
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 30 
Yevhen Khacheridi
(Ukrainian Footballer Who Plays as a Defender)
Yevhen Khacheridi
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 28, 1987
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melitopol', Ukraine
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 31 
Yun Jong-su
(North Korean Football Coach and Former Player)
Yun Jong-su
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 3, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pyongyang, North Korea
 32 
Yoichiro Kakitani
(Japanese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward or an Attacking Midfielder)
Yoichiro Kakitani
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 3, 1990
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 33 
Yksel Osmanovski
(Football player - Winger, Striker)
Yksel Osmanovski
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 24, 1977
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Malmö, Sweden
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 34 
Yohan Cabaye
(French Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Yohan Cabaye
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 14, 1986
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tourcoing, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 35 
Yunus Musah
(American Professional Football Midfielder)
Yunus Musah
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 29, 2002
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 36 
Yohan Mollo
(Football player)
Yohan Mollo
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 18, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Martigues, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 37 
Yann Karamoh
(Footballer forward position)
Yann Karamoh
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 8, 1998
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 38 
Yusuf Demir
(Turkish-Origin Austrian Football Player Who Plays as a Winger)
Yusuf Demir
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 2, 2003
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 39 
Youssouf Mulumbu
(Congolese Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Youssouf Mulumbu
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 25, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 40 
Youssouf Ndayishimiye
(Burundian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder or Central Defender)
Youssouf Ndayishimiye
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 27, 1998
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bujumbura, Burundi
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 41 
Yvon Mvogo
(Swiss Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Yvon Mvogo
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 42 
Youri Djorkaeff
(French Former Professional Footballer Who Played as an Attacking Midfielder / Forward)
Youri Djorkaeff
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 9, 1968
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 43 
Yūichi Komano
(Former Japanese Professional Footballer Who Last Play as a Defender)
Yūichi Komano
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 25, 1981
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kainan, Wakayama, Japan
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 44 
Yoann Gourcuff
(Association football player)
Yoann Gourcuff
17
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 11, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ploemeur
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 45 
Yacine Adli
(French-Algerian Professional Footballer Who Plays as an Attacking Midfielder)
Yacine Adli
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 29, 2000
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 46 
Yohann Thuram-Ulien
(Guadeloupean Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Yohann Thuram-Ulien
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 31, 1988
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Courcouronnes, France
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 47 
Yusuf Abdurisag
(Qatari Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
Yusuf Abdurisag
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 6, 1999
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Doha, Qatar
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 48 
Yassine Benzia
(French-Algerian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Attacking or a Central Midfielder)
Yassine Benzia
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 8, 1994
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 49 
Yōhei Kajiyama
(Former Japanese Football Player Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Yōhei Kajiyama
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 24, 1985
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 50 
Yōsuke Saito
(Japanese Football Forward Player)
Yōsuke Saito
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 7, 1988
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)