List of Manchester City F.C. players

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Joey Barton made 130 appearances for Manchester City between 2002 and 2007, scoring 15 goals
Joey Barton made 130 appearances for Manchester City between 2002 and 2007, scoring 15 goals
Shaun Goater made 211 appearances for Manchester City between 1998 and 2003, scoring 103 goals
Shaun Goater made 211 appearances for Manchester City between 1998 and 2003, scoring 103 goals

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Manchester City. Generally, this means players that have either played 100 or more first-class matches for the club or have won the club's Player of the Year award. Players listed in bold are inductees of Manchester City's Hall of Fame,[1] and players listed in italics are winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually following a ballot of supporters each season since 1967.[2]

This list is not an exhaustive list; over 1000 players have represented Manchester City at competitive first-team level since the club joined the Football League in 1892. For a list of all Manchester City players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Manchester City F.C. players. For the current Manchester City first-team squad, see the current squad section of the Manchester City 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. Substitute appearances are included.

As of 11 May 2008.

Name Nationality Position Manchester City career Appearances Goals
Billy Meredith* Flag of Wales FW 1894–1906
1921-1924
394 151
Charlie Williams Flag of England GK 1894–1902 232 1
Bobby Moffatt Flag of Scotland MF 1895–1903 163 7
Billy Holmes Flag of England MF 1896–1904 166 4
Fred Williams Flag of England FW 1896–1902 130 38
Billie Gillespie Flag of England FW 1897–1905 231 132
William "Buxton" Smith Flag of England MF 1897–1902 153 8
Sammy Frost Flag of England MF 1901–1906 112 4
Tommy Hynds Flag of Scotland CB 1901–1906 171 9
Frank Booth Flag of England LW 1902–1912 107 19
Jack Hillman Flag of England GK 1902–1906 124 0
Johnny McMahon Flag of England CB 1902–1906 109 1
Sandy Turnbull Flag of Scotland CB 1902–1906 119 60
Billy Lot Jones Flag of Wales FW 1903–1915 302 74
Irvine Thornley Flag of England FW 1904–1912 204 93
James Buchan Flag of Scotland MF 1905–1911 164 10
George Dorsett Flag of England FW 1905–1912 211 65
Bill Eadie Flag of England MF 1906–1913 205 6
Tommy Kelso Flag of Scotland RB 1906–1913 151 3
George Stewart Flag of Scotland LW 1906–1911 102 13
Bertram Jackson Flag of England LB 1907–1911 101 0
Bill Bottomley* Flag of England MF 1908–1913
1919
103 2
Tom Holford Flag of England CB 1908–1914 183 38
George Wynn Flag of Wales FW 1909–1919 127 59
Joe Dorsett* Flag of England RW 1910–1915
1920
138 17
Eli Fletcher Flag of England LB 1911–1925 326 2
Jim Goodchild Flag of England GK 1911–1926 217 0
Billy Henry Flag of England CB 1911–1919 143 1
Harry Taylor Flag of England FW 1912–1921 101 28
Tommy Browell Flag of England FW 1913–1926 247 139
Horace Barnes Flag of England FW 1914–1924 235 125
Sam Cookson Flag of England CB 1919–1927 306 1
Tommy Johnson Flag of England FW 1919–1930 354 166
Billy "Spud" Murphy Flag of England LW 1919–1926 220 31
Micky Hamill Flag of England MF 1920–1924 128 2
Sammy Sharp Flag of England MF 1920–1928 182 1
James Mitchell Flag of England GK 1922–1926 109 0
Charlie Pringle Flag of Scotland MF 1922–1928 216 1
Frank Roberts Flag of England FW 1922–1929 237 130
Billy Austin Flag of England FW 1924–1931 172 47
Sam Cowan Flag of England MF 1924–1935 406 24
George Hicks Flag of England LW 1924–1928 135 48
Phillip McCloy Flag of Scotland FW 1925–1929 157 0
Jimmy McMullan Flag of Scotland MF 1925–1933 242 12
Matt Barrass Flag of England LW 1925–1933 172 15
Eric Brook Flag of England FW 1927–1940 494 178
Bobby Marshall Flag of England MF/FW 1927–1938 355 80
John Ridley Flag of England CB 1927-1933 184 0
Fred Tilson Flag of England FW 1927–1938 273 132
Matt Busby Flag of Scotland MF 1928–1936 226 14
Ernie Toseland Flag of England RW 1928–1938 409 75
Jackie Bray Flag of England MF 1929–1940 280 9
Len Langford Flag of England GK 1930–1933 125 0
Bill Dale Flag of England CB 1931–1938 269 0
Alec Herd Flag of Scotland FW 1932–1947 290 124
Sam Barkas Flag of England CB 1933–1947 195 1
Jack Percival Flag of England MF 1933–1946 174 8
Frank Swift Flag of England GK 1933–1950 372 0
Peter Doherty Flag of Northern Ireland FW 1936–1945 133 81
Albert Emptage Flag of England RW 1937–1951 144 1
Eric Westwood Flag of England CB 1937–1953 263 5
Les McDowell Flag of England MF 1938–1948 126 8
Bert Sproston Flag of England CB 1938–1949 134 5
Billy Walsh Flag of Ireland CB 1938–1950 118 1
George Smith Flag of England FW 1939–1951 269 125
Andy Black Flag of Scotland FW 1946–1950 146 52
Joe Fagan Flag of England CB 1946–1950 158 2
Johnny Hart Flag of England FW 1946–1961 178 73
Roy Clarke Flag of Wales LW 1947–1958 369 79
Ken Branagan Flag of England CB 1948–1961 208 3
Roy Little Flag of England RB 1949–1958 186 2
Bert Trautmann Flag of Germany GK 1949–1964 545 0
Ken Barnes Flag of England RM 1950–1961 283 19
Roy Paul Flag of Wales CB 1950–1957 293 9
Billy Spurdle Flag of England RW 1950–1956 172 33
Jimmy Meadows Flag of England RW/FW 1951–1955 141 31
Don Revie Flag of England FW 1951–1957 177 41
Dave Ewing Flag of Wales CB 1953–1962 302 1
Paddy Fagan Flag of Ireland LW 1953–1960 165 35
Joe Hayes Flag of England FW 1953–1965 363 152
Bill Leivers Flag of England MF 1953–1964 281 4
Billy McAdams Flag of Northern Ireland FW 1953–1960 134 65
Bobby Johnstone Flag of Scotland FW 1954–1959 139 51
Cliff Sear Flag of Wales LB 1956–1967 279 1
Colin Barlow Flag of England RW 1957–1963 189 80
Roy Cheetham Flag of England MF 1957–1967 143 4
George Hannah Flag of England FW 1958–1963 131 16
Alan Oakes Flag of England MF 1959–1976 668 33
Barrie Betts Flag of England CB 1960–1964 117 6
David Wagstaffe Flag of England LW 1960–1964 161 8
Harry Dowd Flag of England GK 1961–1970 219 1
Bobby Kennedy Flag of Scotland RB/MF 1961–1969 254 9
Glyn Pardoe Flag of England LB 1961–1975 376 22
Neil Young Flag of England FW 1961–1972 412 107
David Connor* Flag of England LW 1962–1972
1974-1975
163 10
Matt Gray Flag of England FW 1963-1967 101 23
Mike Doyle[3] Flag of England CB 1964–1978 558 40
Johnny Crossan Flag of Northern Ireland FW 1965–1967 110 27
George Heslop Flag of England MF 1965–1972 198 1
Mike Summerbee[3] Flag of England RW 1965–1975 443 67
Tony Book Flag of England RB 1966–1974 308 5
Colin Bell Flag of England MF 1966–1979 492 152
Tommy Booth Flag of England CB 1967–1981 478 36
Tony Coleman Flag of England FW 1967–1969 101 16
Joe Corrigan[4] Flag of England GK 1967–1983 592 0
Francis Lee Flag of England FW 1967–1974 321 143
Willie Donachie Flag of Scotland LB 1968–1980 425 2
Tony Towers Flag of England MF 1969–1974 165 12
Rodney Marsh Flag of England MF/FW 1971–1975 144 56
Kenny Clements* Flag of England RB 1971–1979
1985-86
274 2
Paul Power[3] Flag of England LB/MF 1973–1986 437 35
Peter Barnes* Flag of England FW 1974–1979
1986-1988
161 22
Asa Hartford* Flag of Scotland MF 1974–1979
1981-1984
318 36
Joe Royle Flag of England FW 1974–1977 120 31
Dennis Tueart Flag of England FW 1974–1983 267 107
Dave Watson Flag of England CB 1975–1979 185 6
Gary Owen Flag of England MF 1976–1979 124 23
Brian Kidd Flag of England FW 1977–1979 128 57
Ray Ranson* Flag of England RB 1978–1984
1993
236 1
Nicky Reid* Flag of England RB 1978–1982
1982-1986
255 2
Tommy Caton Flag of England CB 1979–1983 184 8
Bobby McDonald Flag of Scotland LB 1980–1983 112 16
Kevin Reeves Flag of England FW 1980–1983 158 39
Kevin Bond Flag of England CB 1981-1984 124 12
Steve Kinsey Flag of England FW 1981–1986 114 17
Alex Williams Flag of England GK 1981–1985 125 0
Clive Wilson Flag of England LB 1981–1987 120 11
Graham Baker Flag of England MF 1982–1987 138 21
Andy May Flag of England MF 1982–1987 166 8
Paul Simpson Flag of England FW 1982–1988 147 25
Mick McCarthy Flag of Ireland CB 1983-1987 163 0
Neil McNab[3] Flag of Scotland MF 1983–1990 256 19
Ian Brightwell Flag of England RB/MF 1986–1998 374 19
Steve Redmond Flag of England CB 1986–1992 276 7
David White Flag of England RW 1986–1994 334 94
Paul Lake Flag of England MF 1987–1992 129 10
Andy Hinchcliffe Flag of England LB 1987–1990 135 10
Andy Dibble Flag of Wales GK 1988–1997 139 0
Ian Bishop* Flag of England MF 1989
1998-2001
115 7
Colin Hendry Flag of Scotland CB 1989-1991 77 10
Peter Reid Flag of England MF 1989–1993 114 2
Niall Quinn Flag of Ireland FW 1990–1996 241 76
Tony Coton[3] Flag of England GK 1990–1995 191 0
Andy Hill Flag of England RB 1990–1995 107 19
Keith Curle Flag of England CB 1991–1996 203 13
Michel Vonk Flag of the Netherlands CB 1991–1995 103 6
Mike Sheron Flag of England FW 1991–1994 118 28
Garry Flitcroft Flag of England MF 1992–1996 141 15
Terry Phelan Flag of Ireland LB 1992–1995 122 2
Steve Lomas Flag of Northern Ireland MF 1993–1997 137 11
Richard Edghill Flag of England RB 1993–2001 207 1
Uwe Rösler Flag of Germany FW 1994–1998 177 64
Nicky Summerbee Flag of England RB/RW 1994–1997 156 10
Georgiou Kinkladze[3][5] Flag of Georgia (country) MF 1995–1998 121 22
Kit Symons Flag of Wales CB 1995–1998 139 4
Michael Brown[6] Flag of England MF 1995–2000 106 4
Paul Dickov* Flag of Scotland FW 1996–2002
2006-
199 41
Jeff Whitley Flag of Northern Ireland MF 1996–2001 137 8
Kevin Horlock Flag of Northern Ireland MF 1996–2003 229 41
Gerard Wiekens[7] Flag of the Netherlands CB 1997–2004 210 10
Nicky Weaver Flag of England GK 1998–2007 207 0
Shaun Goater[8] Flag of Bermuda FW 1998–2003 211 103
Danny Tiatto[9] Flag of Australia LB/MF 1998–2004 158 4
Shaun Wright-Phillips[10] Flag of England RW 1999–2005 181 31
Steve Howey Flag of England CB 2000–2003 103 11
Richard Dunne[11][12] Flag of Ireland CB 2000– 303 6
Ali Benarbia[13] Flag of Algeria MF 2001-2003 78 11
Sun Jihai Flag of the People's Republic of China RB 2002– 151 4
Nicolas Anelka Flag of France FW 2002–2005 103 45
Sylvain Distin[14] Flag of France CB 2002–2007 207 6
Joey Barton Flag of England MF 2003–2007 153 17
Antoine Sibierski Flag of France MF 2003–2006 107 15
David James Flag of England GK 2004–2006 100 0
Darius Vassell Flag of England FW 2005– 109 21

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Hall of Fame. Manchester City official website. Retrieved on August 29, 2006.
  2. ^ All player of the year data for 1967-1995 from Julian Baskcomb (ed.) (1995). Manchester City Official Handbook 1995-96. Polar. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f Won the Player of the Year award twice.
  4. ^ Corrigan has won the Player of the Year award three times.
  5. ^ Baskcomb, Julian (ed.) (1997). Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997-98. Leicester: Polar. 
  6. ^ Brown spurred by the big city. Independent on Sunday. Retrieved on December 31, 2006.
  7. ^ Tonight's visitors: Manchester City. TNS v Manchester City match magazine. Retrieved on December 31, 2006.
  8. ^ Goater, Shaun; & Clayton, David (2006). Feed the Goat: the Shaun Goater story. Stroud: Sutton, 97. ISBN 0-7509-4502-8. 
  9. ^ Tiatto tops poll. Manchester City official website. Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
  10. ^ Wrighty Misses Out On Euro Finals. Manchester City official website. Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
  11. ^ Dunne has won the Player of the Year award four times, a club record
  12. ^ Dunnie is Player of the Year. Manchester City official website. Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
  13. ^ Player of the Year Awards. Manchester City official website. Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
  14. ^ Sylvain Distin. ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved on December 28, 2006.

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