List of Manchester City F.C. players

Billy Meredith made 394 appearances for Manchester City in two separate spells with the club between 1894–1906 and 1921–1924, scoring a total of 151 goals to make him the fifth all-time top goal scorer for the Blues.

Samir Nasri and Sergio Agüero have both won two Premier League titles with Manchester City.

Shaun Goater made 211 appearances for Manchester City between 1998 and 2003, scoring 103 goals.

Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football League in the 1892–83 season. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally-organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below, which encompasses all players who have been inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame. Also included are all winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually by the Manchester City Official Supporters Club, following a ballot of supporters, each season since 1967.^[1]

Alan Oakes holds the record for Manchester City league appearances, having played 564 matches between 1959 and 1976. If all senior competitions are included, Oakes has 676.^[2] As of 2 April 2011, the player who has won most international caps while at the club is Colin Bell with 48 for England.^[3]

The goalscoring record is held by Eric Brook with 178, scored between 1928 and 1939. Brook shares the league goalscoring record with Tommy Johnson; both players have 158 league goals. Johnson also holds the record for league goals in a single season, with 38 in 1928–29.^[3]

Key

• Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.
• Players listed in bold are inductees of one or more of the following: the Manchester City Hall of Fame,^[4] the National Football Museum Hall of Fame, or the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame.
• Players listed in italics are winners of the Player of the Year award (and the number of times they have each received this award is shown in the "PotY" column).
• Players whose names are post-flagged with an asterisk (*) have had two separate playing spells at the club.
• Appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Charity Shield, European Cup, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, and several now-defunct competitions, namely the European Cup Winners' Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup and Full Members' Cup. Wartime matches are excluded.
• Substitute appearances are included.
• Statistics are correct as of 11 May 2014.

List of players

The list of Manchester City players with over 100 appearances or winners of "Player of the Year"

Name	Nationality	Position	Manchester City career	Appearances[a]	Goals	PotY	Refs.
Billy Meredith*	Wales	Winger	1894–1906 1921–1924	393	151
Charlie Williams	England	Goalkeeper	1894–1902	232	1
Bobby Moffatt	Scotland	Half back	1895–1903	163	7
Billy Holmes	England	Half back	1896–1904	166	4
Fred Williams	England	Forward	1896–1902	130	38
Billie Gillespie	England	Forward	1897–1905	231	132
William "Buxton" Smith	England	Half back	1897–1902	153	8
Di Jones	Wales	Full back	1898–1902	118	1
Sammy Frost	England	Half back	1901–1906	112	4
Tommy Hynds	Scotland	Centre half	1901–1906	171	9
Frank Booth	England	Winger	1902–1912	107	19
Jack Hillman	England	Goalkeeper	1902–1906	124	0
Johnny McMahon	England	Centre half	1902–1906	109	1
Sandy Turnbull	Scotland	Centre half	1902–1906	119	60
Billy Lot Jones	Wales	Forward	1903–1915	301	74
Irvine Thornley	England	Forward	1904–1912	204	93
James Buchan	Scotland	Half back	1905–1911	164	10
George Dorsett	England	Forward	1905–1912	211	65
Bill Eadie	England	Half back	1906–1913	204	6
Tommy Kelso	Scotland	Full back	1906–1913	151	3
George Stewart	Scotland	Winger	1906–1911	102	13
Bertram Jackson	England	Full back	1907–1911	101	0
Bill Bottomley	England	Half back	1908–1919	103	2
Tom Holford	England	Centre half	1908–1914	183	38
George Wynn	Wales	Forward	1909–1919	127	59
Joe Dorsett	England	Winger	1910–1920	138	17
Eli Fletcher	England	Full back	1911–1925	326	2
Jim Goodchild	England	Goalkeeper	1911–1926	217	0
Billy Henry	Scotland	Centre half	1911–1919	157	1
Harry Taylor	England	Forward	1912–1921	101	28
Tommy Browell	England	Forward	1913–1926	247	139
Horace Barnes	England	Forward	1914–1924	235	125
Sam Cookson	England	Centre half	1919–1927	306	1
Tommy Johnson	England	Forward	1919–1930	354	166
Billy "Spud" Murphy	England	Winger	1919–1926	220	31
Micky Hamill	England	Half back	1920–1924	128	2
Sammy Sharp	England	Half back	1920–1928	182	1
James Mitchell	England	Goalkeeper	1922–1926	109	0
Charlie Pringle	Scotland	Half back	1922–1928	216	1
Frank Roberts	England	Forward	1922–1929	237	130
Billy Austin	England	Forward	1924–1931	172	47
Sam Cowan	England	Half back	1924–1935	407	24
George Hicks	England	Winger	1924–1928	135	48
Phillip McCloy	Scotland	Full back	1925–1929	157	0
Jimmy McMullan	Scotland	Half back	1925–1933	242	12
Matt Barrass	England	Winger	1925–1933	172	15
Eric Brook	England	Forward	1927–1940	493	178
Bobby Marshall	England	Half back/Forward	1927–1938	356	80
John Ridley	England	Centre half	1927–1933	184	0
Fred Tilson	England	Forward	1927–1938	275	132
Matt Busby	Scotland	Half back	1928–1936	227	14
Ernie Toseland	England	Winger	1928–1938	411	75
Jackie Bray	England	Half back	1929–1940	279	10
Len Langford	England	Goalkeeper	1930–1933	125	0
Bill Dale	England	Full back	1931–1938	271	0
Alec Herd	Scotland	Forward	1932–1947	288	125
Sam Barkas	England	Full back	1933–1947	196	1
Jack Percival	England	Half back	1933–1946	174	8
Frank Swift	England	Goalkeeper	1933–1950	375	0
Peter Doherty	Northern Ireland	Forward	1936–1945	131	80
Albert Emptage	England	Winger	1937–1951	144	1
Eric Westwood	England	Centre half	1937–1953	260	5
Les McDowall	England	Half back	1938–1948	126	8
Bert Sproston	England	Centre half	1938–1949	131	5
Billy Walsh	Ireland	Centre half	1938–1950	118	1
George Smith	England	Forward	1939–1951	179	80
Andy Black	Scotland	Forward	1946–1950	146	52
Joe Fagan	England	Centre half	1946–1950	158	2
Johnny Hart	England	Forward	1946–1961	178	73
Roy Clarke	Wales	Winger	1947–1958	370	79
Ken Branagan	England	Centre half	1948–1961	208	3
Roy Little	England	Full back	1949–1958	187	2
Bert Trautmann	West Germany	Goalkeeper	1949–1964	545	0
Ken Barnes	England	Half back	1950–1961	283	19
Roy Paul	Wales	Half back	1950–1957	294	9
Billy Spurdle	England	Winger	1950–1956	172	33
Jimmy Meadows	England	Winger/Forward	1951–1955	141	31
Don Revie	England	Forward	1951–1957	178	41
Dave Ewing	Scotland	Centre half	1953–1962	303	1
Paddy Fagan	Ireland	Winger	1953–1960	165	35
Joe Hayes	England	Forward	1953–1965	364	152
Bill Leivers	England	Full back	1953–1964	282	4
Billy McAdams	Northern Ireland	Forward	1953–1960	134	65
Bobby Johnstone	Scotland	Forward	1954–1959	139	51
Cliff Sear	Wales	Full back	1956–1967	279	1
Colin Barlow	England	Winger	1957–1963	189	80
Roy Cheetham	England	Winger	1957–1967	143	4
George Hannah	England	Forward	1958–1963	131	16
Alan Oakes	England	Midfielder	1959–1976	680	33	1
Barrie Betts	England	Defender	1960–1964	117	6
David Wagstaffe	England	Winger	1960–1964	161	8
Harry Dowd	England	Goalkeeper	1961–1970	219	1
Bobby Kennedy	Scotland	Defender/Midfielder	1961–1969	254	9
Glyn Pardoe	England	Defender	1961–1975	380	22[b]	1
Neil Young	England	Forward	1961–1972	416	108
David Connor*	England	Winger	1962–1972 1974–1975	168	10
Matt Gray	Scotland	Forward	1963–1967	101	23
Mike Doyle	England	Defender	1964–1978	570	41	2
Johnny Crossan	Northern Ireland	Forward	1965–1967	110	28[b]
George Heslop	England	Midfielder	1965–1972	203	3
Mike Summerbee	England	Winger	1965–1975	452	68	2
Tony Book	England	Defender	1966–1974	315	5	1
Colin Bell	England	Midfielder	1966–1979	501	153	1
Tommy Booth	England	Defender	1967–1981	491	37
Tony Coleman	England	Winger	1967–1969	104	16
Joe Corrigan	England	Goalkeeper	1967–1983	603	0	3
Francis Lee	England	Forward	1967–1974	330	148	1
Willie Donachie	Scotland	Defender	1968–1980	436	2
Tony Towers	England	Midfielder	1969–1974	165	12
Rodney Marsh	England	Midfielder/Forward	1971–1975	152	47
Kenny Clements*	England	Defender	1971–1979 1985–1988	282	2	1
Peter Barnes*	England	Forward	1974–1979 1987	161	22
Asa Hartford*	Scotland	Midfielder	1974–1979 1981–1984	321	36	1
Joe Royle	England	Forward	1974–1977	124	31
Dennis Tueart	England	Forward	1974–1983	275	109
Dave Watson	England	Defender	1975–1979	188	6	1
Paul Power	England	Defender/Midfielder	1975–1986	445	36	2
Gary Owen	England	Midfielder	1976–1979	124	23
Brian Kidd	England	Forward	1977–1979	128	57
Ray Ranson*	England	Defender	1978–1984 1993	235	1
Nicky Reid*	England	Defender	1978–1982 1982–1986	262	2
Tommy Caton	England	Defender	1979–1983	198	8	1
Bobby McDonald	Scotland	Defender	1980–1983	112	16
Kevin Reeves	England	Forward	1980–1983	158	39
Kevin Bond	England	Defender	1981–1984	124	12	1
Steve Kinsey	England	Forward	1981–1986	115	18
Alex Williams	England	Goalkeeper	1981–1985	125	0
Clive Wilson	England	Defender	1981–1987	126	11
Graham Baker	England	Midfielder	1982–1987	138	21
Andy May	England	Midfielder	1982–1987	174	8
Paul Simpson	England	Forward	1982–1988	155	24
Mick McCarthy	Ireland	Defender	1983–1987	163	3	1
Neil McNab	Scotland	Midfielder	1983–1990	266	19	2
Ian Brightwell	England	Defender/Midfielder	1986–1998	382	19
Steve Redmond	England	Defender	1986–1992	287	7	1
David White	England	Forward	1986–1994	341	96
Paul Lake	England	Midfielder	1987–1992	134	11
Andy Hinchcliffe	England	Defender	1987–1990	139	11
Andy Dibble	Wales	Goalkeeper	1988–1997	141	0
Ian Bishop*	England	Midfielder	1989 1998–2001	117	7
Colin Hendry	Scotland	Defender	1989–1991	77	10	1
Peter Reid	England	Midfielder	1989–1993	114	2
Niall Quinn	Ireland	Forward	1990–1996	244	77	1
Tony Coton	England	Goalkeeper	1990–1995	194	0	2
Andy Hill	England	Defender	1990–1995	113	6
Keith Curle	England	Defender	1991–1996	204	13
Michel Vonk	Netherlands	Defender	1991–1995	103	6
Mike Sheron	England	Forward	1991–1994	119	28
Garry Flitcroft	England	Midfielder	1992–1996	141	15	1
Terry Phelan	Ireland	Defender	1992–1995	122	2
Steve Lomas	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	1993–1997	137	11
Richard Edghill	England	Defender	1993–2001	210	1
Uwe Rösler	Germany	Forward	1994–1998	177	64	1
Nicky Summerbee	England	Defender/Midfielder	1994–1997	156	10
Georgiou Kinkladze[5]	Georgia	Midfielder	1995–1998	121	22	2
Kit Symons	Wales	Defender	1995–1998	139	4
Michael Brown	England	Midfielder	1995–2000	110	4	1
Paul Dickov*	Scotland	Forward	1996–2002 2006–2008	199	41		[6]
Jeff Whitley	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	1996–2001	141	8
Kevin Horlock	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	1996–2003	232	42
Gerard Wiekens	Netherlands	Defender	1997–2004	213	10	1
Nicky Weaver	England	Goalkeeper	1998–2007	207	0		[7]
Shaun Goater[8]	Bermuda	Forward	1998–2003	212	103	1
Danny Tiatto	Australia	Defender/Midfielder	1998–2004	159	4	1
Shaun Wright-Phillips*	England	Midfielder	1999–2005 2008–2011	275	47	1	[9]
Steve Howey	England	Defender	2000–2003	103	11
Richard Dunne[10]	Ireland	Defender	2000–2009	352	7	4	[11]
Ali Benarbia	Algeria	Midfielder	2001–2003	78	11	1
Sun Jihai	China	Defender	2002–2008	151	4		[12]
Nicolas Anelka	France	Forward	2002–2005	103	45
Sylvain Distin[13]	France	Defender	2002–2007	207	6	1	[14]
Antoine Sibierski	France	Midfielder	2003–2006	107	15
David James	England	Goalkeeper	2004–2006	100	0
Darius Vassell	England	Forward	2005–2009	124	22		[15]
Stephen Ireland[16]	Ireland	Midfielder	2005–2010	177	23	1	[17]
Micah Richards	England	Defender	2005–	244	10[18]		[19]
Nedum Onuoha	England	Defender	2004–2012	113	5		[20]
Joe Hart	England	Goalkeeper	2006–	293	0		[21]
Vincent Kompany	Belgium	Defender	2008–	272	12	1	[22]
Pablo Zabaleta	Argentina	Defender	2008–	272	10	1	[23]
Carlos Tevez[24]	Argentina	Forward	2009–2013	147	73	1	[25]
Nigel de Jong	Netherlands	Midfielder	2009–2012	137	2		[26]
Gareth Barry	England	Midfielder	2009–2014	175	8		[27]
Joleon Lescott	England	Defender	2009–2014	160	9		[28]
Kolo Toure	Ivory Coast	Defender	2009–2013	102	3		[29]
David Silva	Spain	Midfielder	2010–	218	38		[30]
Yaya Touré	Ivory Coast	Midfielder	2010–	213	62	1	[31]
James Milner	England	Midfielder	2010–	196	16		[32]
Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Forward	2011–	186	72		[33]
Sergio Agüero	Argentina	Forward	2011–	157	100	1	[34]
Aleksandar Kolarov	Serbia	Defender	2010–	161	15		[35]
Samir Nasri	France	Midfielder	2011–	158	25		[36]
Gaël Clichy	France	Defender	2011–	135	1		[37]

Player of the Year awards

Each season since the end of the 1966–67 season, the members of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his performances during that season. The following table lists all of the recipients of this award since its inception. All of these players are listed in italics font in the table presented in the previous section.

Year Winner 1967 Tony Book 1968 Colin Bell 1969 Glyn Pardoe 1970 Francis Lee 1971 Mike Doyle 1972 Mike Summerbee 1973 Mike Summerbee 1974 Mike Doyle 1975 Alan Oakes 1976 Joe Corrigan 1977 David Watson 1978 Joe Corrigan 1979 Asa Hartford

Year Winner 1980 Joe Corrigan 1981 Paul Power 1982 Tommy Caton 1983 Kevin Bond 1984 Mick McCarthy 1985 Paul Power 1986 Kenny Clements 1987 Neil McNab 1988 Steve Redmond 1989 Neil McNab 1990 Colin Hendry 1991 Niall Quinn 1992 Tony Coton

Year Winner 1993 Garry Flitcroft 1994 Tony Coton 1995 Uwe Rösler 1996 Georgi Kinkladze 1997 Georgi Kinkladze 1998 Michael Brown 1999 Gerard Wiekens 2000 Shaun Goater 2001 Danny Tiatto 2002 Ali Benarbia 2003 Sylvain Distin 2004 Shaun Wright-Phillips 2005 Richard Dunne

Year Winner 2006 Richard Dunne 2007 Richard Dunne 2008 Richard Dunne 2009 Stephen Ireland 2010 Carlos Tévez 2011 Vincent Kompany 2012 Sergio Agüero 2013 Pablo Zabaleta 2014 Yaya Toure

Former Manchester City players and managers inducted into Halls of Fame

A number of former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the club's own Hall of Fame (which was inaugurated in 2004) as well as the national football Halls of Fame of both Scotland (also inaugurated in 2004) and England / Wales (inaugurated in 2002). All of the honoured inductees listed below who were former players at the club are listed in bold font in the table presented in the previous section.

Manchester City Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:

Inductees in MCFC Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC	Notes
	Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in January 2004
2004 [38]	Billy Meredith	right winger	player	1894 – 1906, 1921 – 1924	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Tommy Johnson	centre forward & inside left	player	1919 – 1930
	Eric Brook	left winger	player	1928 – 1939
	Frank Swift	goalkeeper	player	1933 – 1949	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Peter Doherty	inside left	player	1936 – 1945	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Roy Clarke	left winger	player	1947 – 1958	Lifetime achievement award
	Bert Trautmann, OBE	goalkeeper	player	1949 – 1964	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Roy Paul	half back	player	1950 – 1957
	Mike Summerbee	centre forward & right winger	player	1965 – 1975
	Tony Book	right back	player manager	1966 – 1974 1973, 1974–1979, 1980, 1989, 1993
	Colin Bell, MBE	attacking midfielder	player	1966 – 1979	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Francis Lee	forward	player chairman	1967 – 1974 1994 – 1998	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Joe Corrigan	goalkeeper	player	1967 – 1983
	Paul Lake	FW / MF / DF	player	1987 – 1996
	Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE	forward	player	1990 – 1996	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004
2005 [39]	Sam Cowan	centre half	player manager	1924 – 1935 1946 – 1947
	Ken Barnes	wing half	player	1950 – 1961	Lifetime achievement award
	Alan Oakes	midfielder	player	1958 – 1976
	Joe Mercer, OBE	left half	manager	1965 – 1971	Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Malcolm Allison	centre half	assistant mgr. manager	1965 – 1971 1971 – 1973, 1979 – 1980	Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame
2006 [40]	Ernie Toseland	right winger	player	1928 – 1938
	Johnny Hart	inside forward	player manager	1947 – 1960 1973	Lifetime achievement award
	Manchester City 1956 0000FA Cup-winning team	not applicable			en masse induction
	Mike Doyle	defender & defensive midfielder	player	1965 – 1978
	Shaun Goater	forward	player	1998 – 2003	Cult hero award
2008 [41]	Fred Tilson	centre forward	player	1928 – 1939
	Neil Young	inside left & left winger	player	1961 – 1972
	Alex Williams, MBE	goalkeeper	player	1980 – 1986	Lifetime achievement award
2009 [42]	Uwe Rösler	forward	player	1994 – 1998

Last updated: 8 April 2011.
Source: list of MCFC Hall of Fame inductees

National Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the English Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the National Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Inductees in NFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
	Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002	Peter Doherty	inside left	player	1936 – 1945
	Denis Law	forward & midfielder	player	1960 – 1961, 1973 – 1974
	Kevin Keegan, OBE	forward	manager	2001 – 2005
2003	Peter Schmeichel, MBE	goalkeeper	player	2002 – 2003
	Alan Ball, MBE	attacking midfielder	manager	1995 – 1996
2005	Bert Trautmann, OBE	goalkeeper	player	1949 – 1964
	Colin Bell, MBE	attacking midfielder	player	1966 – 1979
2007	Billy Meredith	right winger	player	1894 – 1906, 1921 – 1924
	Mark Hughes	forward	manager	2008 – 2009
2009	Frank Swift	goalkeeper	player	1933 – 1949
2010	Francis Lee	forward	player	1967 – 1974
2013	Mike Summerbee	forward	player	1965 – 1975
2014	Trevor Francis	centre forward	player	1981 – 1982
	Patrick Vieira	holding midfielder	player EDS manager	2010 – 2011 2011 – present
2015	Stuart Pearce, MBE	left back	player coach manager	2001 – 2002 2002 – 2005 2005 – 2007
	Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002	Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG	inside right & right half	player	1928 – 1936
2004	Don Revie, OBE	centre forward	player	1951 – 1956
2005	Howard Kendall	attacking midfielder	manager	1989 – 1990
2009	Joe Mercer, OBE	left half	manager	1965 – 1971
	Malcolm Allison	centre half	assistant mgr. manager	1965 – 1971 1971 – 1973, 1979 – 1980
	Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date
2007	Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE	forward	player	1990 – 1996
	Manchester City teams inducted to date
2009	Manchester City 1967–70	not applicable

Last updated: 14 April 2015.
Source: list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees

Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Inductees in SFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
	Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004	Denis Law	forward	player	1960 – 1961, 1973 – 1974
	Billy McNeill, MBE	defender	manager	1983 – 1986
2011	Bobby Johnstone	inside right	player	1955 – 1959
	Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004	Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG	inside right & right half	player	1928 – 1936

Last updated: 14 April 2015.
Source: list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees

Footnotes

References

• Julian Baskcomb (ed.) (1995). Manchester City Official Handbook 1995-96. Polar. 
• "MCFC Alumni". Retrieved December 31, 2006. 
• "MCFCstats". Retrieved December 31, 2006. 
• James, Gary (2006). Manchester City - The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.