Football Players Whose First Name Starts With Z

Discover the famous football players whose name starts with Z. The list includes people like Zlatan Ibrahimović, Zinedine Zidane, Zećira Mušović, Zico, Zvonimir Boban and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. This list of football players whose names start with Z includes people from United States, China, Russia, Hungary and other countries all over the world.
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 1 
Zlatan Ibrahimović
(One of the Greatest Football Strikers of All Time)
Zlatan Ibrahimović
130
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 3, 1981
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Malmo, Sweden
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 2 
Zinedine Zidane
(French Professional Football Manager and Former Player Who Played as an Attacking Midfielder)
Zinedine Zidane
58
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 23, 1972
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: La Castellane, Marseille, France
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 3 
Zico
(Brazilian Retired Footballer and One of the Most Clinical Finishers and Best Passers Ever)
Zico
14
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 3, 1953
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 4 
Zakaria Aboukhlal
(Moroccan Professional Footballer Who Plays as Forward)
Zakaria Aboukhlal
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 18, 2000
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 5 
Zvonimir Boban
(Croatian Former Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Zvonimir Boban
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 8, 1968
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Imotski, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 6 
Zbigniew Boniek
(Polish Former Footballer and Manager)
Zbigniew Boniek
11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 3, 1956
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 7 
Zlatko Zahovič
(Slovenian Former Professional Footballer Who Played as an Attacking Midfielder)
Zlatko Zahovič
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 1, 1971
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Maribor, Slovenia
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 8 
Zakaria Labyad
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as an Attacking Midfielder)
Zakaria Labyad
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 9, 1993
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Utrecht, Netherlands
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 9 
Zubayr Amiri
(Afghan Professional Footballer)
Zubayr Amiri
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 2, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 10 
Željko Petrović
(Montenegrin Football Coach and Former Player)
Željko Petrović
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 13, 1965
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Niksic, Montenegro
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 11 
Zinho
(Brazilian Football Pundit and Retired Footballer.)
Zinho
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 17, 1967
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 12 
Zlatko Kranjčar
(Croatian Professional Football Manager and Football Player Who Played as Forward)
Zlatko Kranjčar
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 15, 1956
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Died: March 1, 2021
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 13 
Zito
(Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Zito
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 8, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roseira, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Died: June 14, 2015
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 14 
Zé Roberto
(Brazilian Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Left Wing-Back or as a Midfielder)
Zé Roberto
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 6, 1974
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 15 
Zenon Andrusyshyn
(American football player)
Zenon Andrusyshyn
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 25, 1947
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Günzburg, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 16 
Zlatko Junuzović
(Austrian Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Zlatko Junuzović
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 26, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Loznica, Serbia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 17 
Zah Rahan Krangar
(Liberian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Zah Rahan Krangar
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 7, 1985
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Monrovia, Liberia
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 18 
Zoran Tošić
(Serbian Football Midfielder)
Zoran Tošić
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 28, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Zrenjanin, Serbia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 19 
Zoltán Gera
(Hungarian Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Zoltán Gera
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 22, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pécs, Hungary
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 20 
Zé Luís
(Cape Verdean Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
Zé Luís
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 24, 1991
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Fogo, Cape Verde
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 21 
Zarina Kapustina
(Belarusian Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Zarina Kapustina
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 15, 1998
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Belarus
 22 
Zdravko Kuzmanović
(Serbian Footballer Who Plays as a Defensive / Central Midfielder)
Zdravko Kuzmanović
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 22, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Thun, Switzerland
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 23 
Zion Suzuki
(Japanese Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Zion Suzuki
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 21, 2002
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 24 
Željko Kalac
(Former Australian Soccer Player Who Played as a Goalkeeper)
Željko Kalac
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 16, 1972
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
Celebrity Names:
 25 
Zdeněk Grygera
(Czech Retired Footballer Who Played as a Defender)
Zdeněk Grygera
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 24, 1980
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Přílepy, Czechia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 26 
Zhang Linpeng
(Association football player)
Zhang Linpeng
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 9, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Jinan
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 27 
Zouhair Feddal
(Moroccan Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Central Defender)
Zouhair Feddal
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 23, 1989
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tétouan, Morocco
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 28 
Zizi Roberts
(Liberian Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
Zizi Roberts
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 19, 1979
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Monrovia, Liberia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 29 
Zymer Bytyqi
(Norwegian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
Zymer Bytyqi
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 11, 1996
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 30 
Zsolt Lőw
(Hungarian Professional Football Coach and Former Player Who Played as a Defender)
Zsolt Lőw
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 29, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 31 
Zećira Mušović
(Swedish Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
Zećira Mušović
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 26, 1996
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Falun, Sweden
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 32 
Zezinho
(Bissau-Guinean Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Zezinho
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 23, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 33 
Zhang Chengdong
(Association football player)
Zhang Chengdong
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 9, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Baoding
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 34 
Zvezdan Terzić
(Serbian Football Administrator and Former Player)
Zvezdan Terzić
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 21, 1966
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vrbas, Serbia
 35 
Zaine Francis-Angol
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Left-Back or Left Winger)
Zaine Francis-Angol
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 30, 1993
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Waltham Forest, England
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 36 
Zafar Babajanow
(Turkmen Professional Footballer)
Zafar Babajanow
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 9, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dashoguz, Turkmenistan
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 37 
Zoran Filipović
(Montenegrin Former Football Coach and Player)
Zoran Filipović
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 6, 1953
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Podgorica, Montenegro
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 38 
Zlatan Ljubijankič
(Former Slovenian Footballer Who Played as a Forward)
Zlatan Ljubijankič
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 15, 1983
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 39 
Zarko Tomasevic
(Montenegrin Footballer Who Plays as a Central Defender)
Zarko Tomasevic
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 22, 1990
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pljevlja, Montenegro
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 40 
Zahra Mahmoodi
(Afghan Football Player)
Zahra Mahmoodi
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1990 AD
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
 41 
Zé Turbo
(Bissau-Guinean Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward)
Zé Turbo
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 22, 1996
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 42 
Zayn Hakeem
(Antiguan Footballer Who Plays as a Forward)
Zayn Hakeem
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 15, 1999
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Leicester, England
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 43 
Zephaniah Thomas
(Football player Forward, Midfielder)
Zephaniah Thomas
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 14, 1989
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bradford, England
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 44 
Zaine Pierre
(Saint Lucian International Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Zaine Pierre
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 21, 1993
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dennery, Saint Lucia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 45 
Zesh Rehman
(Footballer defender)
Zesh Rehman
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 14, 1983
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 46 
Zainadine Júnior
(Mozambican Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Centre Back)
Zainadine Júnior
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 24, 1988
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maputo, Mozambique
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 47 
Zeiko Lewis
(Bermudian Footballer)
Zeiko Lewis
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 4, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Spanish Point, Bermuda
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 48 
Zakaria Sanogo
(Burkinabé Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
Zakaria Sanogo
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 11, 1996
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 49 
(São Toméan Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
Zé
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 22, 1991
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe