List of Arsenal F.C. players

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The List of Arsenal F.C. players is evolving. The history of the team is created by its players.

Arsenal F.C.[1] is an English Premier League club in Holloway, North London.[2]

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 23 January 2018[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   France Mathieu Debuchy
4 DF   Germany Per Mertesacker (captain)
6 DF   France Laurent Koscielny (vice-captain)
8 MF   Wales Aaron Ramsey
9 FW   France Alexandre Lacazette
10 MF   England Jack Wilshere
11 MF   Germany Mesut Özil
12 FW   France Olivier Giroud
13 GK   Colombia David Ospina
16 DF   England Rob Holding
17 FW   Nigeria Alex Iwobi
18 DF   Spain Nacho Monreal
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   Spain Santi Cazorla
20 DF   Germany Shkodran Mustafi
21 DF   England Calum Chambers
22 MF   France Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
23 FW   England Danny Welbeck
24 DF   Spain Héctor Bellerín
29 MF   Switzerland Granit Xhaka
30 MF   England Ainsley Maitland-Niles
31 DF   Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Kolašinac
32 FW   England Chuba Akpom
33 GK   Czech Republic Petr Čech
35 MF   Egypt Mohamed Elneny

UEFA Reserve squad

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As of 24 September 2017[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
37 DF   Poland Krystian Bielik
39 DF   England Tolaji Bola
43 MF   England Josh Dasilva
44 MF   Romania Vlad Dragomir
45 DF   England Aaron Eyoma
46 FW   France Yassin Fortune
47 MF   Scotland Charlie Gilmour
49 GK   England Ryan Huddart
50 GK   Macedonia Dejan Iliev
51 DF   England Chiori Johnson
53 GK   Finland Hugo Keto
54 GK   England Matt Macey
No. Pos. Nation Player
58 MF   England Marcus McGuane
59 DF   England Tafari Moore
61 MF   England Reiss Nelson
62 FW   England Edward Nketiah
63 DF   England Jordi Osei-Tutu
64 DF   Spain Julio Pleguezuelo
65 MF   England Ben Sheaf
69 MF   England Joe Willock
70 MF   United States Gedion Zelalem
90 FW   England Emile Smith-Rowe
94 MF   England Nathan Tormey

Former players

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The "100 Club" is an honour given by Arsenal. It is to formally recognise retired players with over 100 league appearances. As of September 2016, 75 living players have been inducted with a further 26 automatically enrolled once they end their careers.[6]

David O'Leary has played the most games. Between 1975 and 1993, he played 722 times for the club.[7]

Thierry Henry has the goalscoring record. He scored 228 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2007 and during a loan spell with the club in 2012.[8] The previous record was held by Ian Wright.

Famous former players

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Bergkamp at the unveiling of his statue at the Emirates Stadium on 22 February 2014
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References

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  1. FC is an acronym. FC stands for "Footbal Club".
  2. Soccerway.com, Arsenal FC; retrieved 2012-7-8.
  3. "Squad: First team". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. "Academy". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. "Arsenal - Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. "The Arsenal 100 Club". Arsenal F.C. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. Fearon, Matthew (18 March 2009). "Dream Teams: Arsenal". The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  8. "Thierry Henry Arsenal return would be a masterstroke – John Hartson". BBC Sport. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

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