List of Arsenal F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

A black-and-white photograph of a smiling Don Howe, who played for Arsenal.
Don Howe, who played 74 games for Arsenal, managed the club from 1983 to 1986.[1]

Arsenal Football Club, an association football club based in Islington, London, was founded in 1886 as Dial Square. They became the first southern member[nb 1] admitted into the Football League in 1893, having spent their first four seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies.[4] The club's name, which shortly changed to Woolwich Arsenal, was shortened to Arsenal in 1914, a year after moving to Highbury.[5] Despite finishing fifth in the Second Division in 1914–15, Arsenal rejoined the First Division at the expense of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur when football resumed after the First World War.[6] Since that time, they have not fallen below the first tier of the English football league system and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the top flight.[7] The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played between 25 and 99 such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below.

Each player's details include the duration of his Arsenal career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in all senior competitive matches. Two of these players, Tom Whittaker and Don Howe, went on to manage Arsenal; the former died in 1956, while in the job.[8] The first player capped at full international level while with Arsenal was Caesar Jenkyns, when he appeared for Wales against Scotland on 21 March 1896.[9] Bernard Joy moved into journalism following his football career, and authored the club's first detailed history book, Forward, Arsenal![10] Ronnie Rooke made 94 appearances for Arsenal and scored 70 goals; at a goalscoring rate of 0.745, he is the club's second-most prolific goalscorer.[11]

Two players, Ray Daniel and Roger Ord, fell one short of 100 appearances for Arsenal. The list includes thirteen players who are still contracted to the club, and so can add to their totals.[12]

Key

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.[13]
Positions key
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Football League Centenary Trophy and European Super Cup. Matches in the United League, Southern District Combination, London League and wartime competitions are excluded.

Players

A black-and-white photograph of Abraham Foxall, posing for a team photo.
Abraham Foxall started 31 games for Arsenal, scoring three goals.
A black-and-white photograph of Denis Compton, who played cricket and football at a professional level.
As well as playing football for Arsenal, Denis Compton forged a successful career in test cricket.[14]
A black-and-white photograph of Peter Marinello, who was an Arsenal player for three years.
Peter Marinello scored on his Arsenal debut against Manchester United in January 1970.[15]
A photograph of Rémi Garde, standing in the managerial dugout.
Rémi Garde, who played 45 times for Arsenal, was the club's first foreign captain.[16]
A colour photograph of Eduardo, at a press conference.
Eduardo made 67 appearances for Arsenal between 2007 and 2010, scoring 22 times.
A colour photograph of Joel Campbell, in action for Arsenal in a Premier League game.
Joel Campbell made his debut for Arsenal as a substitute in the 2014 FA Community Shield.[17]
A colour photograph of Ainsley Maitland-Niles, in action for Arsenal.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles made his professional debut for Arsenal in December 2014.
A colour photograph of Matteo Guendouzi, in action for Arsenal.
Matteo Guendouzi joined Arsenal in the summer of 2018.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Arsenal.

Statistics correct as of match played 18 December 2024

List of Arsenal F.C. players with between 25 and 99 appearances
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
David Howat  England HB 1889–1896 72 0 72 3
Charles Booth  England FW 1892–1894 26 0 26 10
Bob Buist  Scotland FB 1892–1894 27 0 27 1
William Jeffery  Scotland FB 1892–1894 31 0 31 0
James Henderson  Scotland FW 1892–1895 47 0 47 31
Arthur Elliott  England FW 1892–1894 34 0 34 19
Joe Powell  England FB 1893–1896 92 0 92 2
James Boyle  Scotland FB 1893–1897 66 0 66 9
Harry Storer  England GK 1894–1898 41 0 41 0
Jock Caldwell  Scotland FB 1894–1898 97 0 97 2
Peter Mortimer  Scotland FW 1894–1896 48 0 48 23
Henry Boyd  Scotland FW 1894–1896 41 0 41 32
Patrick O'Brien  Scotland FW 1894–1897 67 0 67 29
Robert Buchanan  Scotland FW 1894–1896 44 0 44 16
Caesar Jenkyns  Wales FB 1895–1896 27 0 27 6
Samuel Mills  England FW 1895–1896 25 0 25 3
Frank McAvoy  Scotland FW 1895–1898 48 0 48 10
William Fairclough  Scotland GK 1896–1897 27 0 27 0
Adam Haywood  England FW 1896–1899 91 0 91 36
Finlay Sinclair  Scotland FB 1896–1897 28 0 28 0
James Brock  Scotland FW 1896–1898 63 0 63 23
John Russell  Scotland FW 1896–1897 25 0 25 4
Roger Ord  England GK 1897–1900 99 0 99 0
James McAuley  Scotland FB 1897–1898 27 0 27 2
Fergus Hunt  England FW 1897–1903 77 0 77 33
Craig McGeoch  Scotland FW 1897–1899 39 0 39 14
William White  Scotland FW 1897–1899 42 0 42 16
David Hannah  Ireland HB 1897–1899 50 0 50 17
Alex McConnell  Scotland FB 1897–1899 38 0 38 1
James Moir  Scotland HB 1898–1900 45 0 45 0
John McAvoy  Scotland FB 1898–1899 26 0 26 0
Herbert Shaw  England FW 1898–1900 30 0 30 9
Joe Murphy  England FW 1899–1900 32 0 32 0
Andrew McCowie  Scotland FW 1899–1900 33 0 33 7
Paddy Logan  Scotland FW 1899–1901 29 0 29 7
James Tennant  Scotland FW 1899–1901 54 0 54 10
Ralph Gaudie  England FW 1899–1901 50 0 50 23
Sandy Main  Scotland FW 1899–1902 69 0 69 14
Walter Place  England FW 1900–1901 45 0 45 7
Tommy Low  Scotland FW 1900–1901 26 0 26 2
Peter Turner  Scotland FW 1900–1901 36 0 36 5
Freddie Coles  England HB 1900–1904 86 0 86 2
Abraham Foxall  England FW 1901–1902 31 0 31 3
Thomas Fitchie  Scotland FW 1902–1909 63 0 63 30
Walter Anderson  England FW 1902–1903 30 0 30 11
Billy Linward  England FW 1902–1905 50 0 50 10
Tommy Shanks  Ireland FW 1903–1904 48 0 48 29
James Bigden  England HB 1904–1908 87 0 87 1
Bob Templeton  Scotland FW 1904–1906 41 0 41 1
Jim Bellamy  England FW 1905–1907 29 0 29 4
Bertie Freeman  England FW 1905–1908 49 0 49 24
William Garbutt  England FW 1905–1908 65 0 65 14
Edwin Bateup  England GK 1906–1911 36 0 36 0
Peter Kyle  Scotland FW 1906–1908 60 0 60 23
Jackie Mordue  England FW 1907–1908 28 0 28 1
Harold Lee  England FW 1907–1909 41 0 41 15
Gordon Hoare  England FW 1908–1911 34 0 34 13
Sam Raybould  England FW 1908–1909 30 0 30 7
Matthew Thomson  Scotland HB 1909–1913 94 0 94 1
Walter Lawrence  England FW 1909–1910 26 0 26 0
Duncan McDonald  Scotland FB 1909–1910 27 0 27 0
Alf Common  England FW 1910–1912 80 0 80 23
Jackie Chalmers  Scotland FW 1910–1912 51 0 51 22
Tom Winship  England FW 1910–1915 56 0 56 7
George Burdett  England GK 1911–1912 28 0 28 0
Jack Peart  England FB 1911–1921 66 0 66 0
George Grant  England HB 1911–1915 57 0 57 4
Charles Randall  Scotland FW 1911–1913 44 0 44 12
Sidney Crawford  Scotland GK 1911–1913 27 0 27 0
Frederick Groves  England FW 1912–1921 53 0 53 7
Joe Fidler  England FB 1913 25 0 25 0
Stephen Stonley  England FW 1913–1914 39 0 39 14
Joe Lievesley  England GK 1913–1915 75 0 75 0
Wally Hardinge  England FW 1913–1920 55 0 55 14
George Jobey  England HB 1913–1914 28 0 28 3
Bob Benson  England FB 1914–1915 54 0 54 7
Chris Buckley  England FB 1914–1920 59 0 59 3
Harry King  England FW 1914–1915 39 0 39 29
Clem Voysey  England HB 1919–1926 37 0 37 6
Stephen Dunn  England GK 1919–1922 44 0 44 0
Fred Pagnam  England FW 1919–1921 53 0 53 27
Tom Whittaker  England HB 1920–1925 70 0 70 2
Jimmy Paterson  Scotland FW 1920–1926 77 0 77 2
Reg Boreham  England HB 1921–1923 53 0 53 18
Bob Turnbull  Scotland FW 1921–1924 66 0 66 28
Andrew Young  England FB 1922–1927 71 0 71 9
Harry Woods  England FW 1923–1926 75 0 75 22
Sam Haden  England FW 1923–1927 93 0 93 11
James Ramsay  Scotland FW 1924–1926 75 0 75 10
Andrew Neil  Scotland FW 1924–1926 57 0 57 10
Bill Harper  Scotland GK 1925–1931 73 0 73 0
Bill Seddon  England HB 1926–1931 76 0 76 0
Horace Cope  England FB 1926–1933 76 0 76 0
Harry Peel  England FW 1926–1929 52 0 52 6
Leonard Thompson  England FW 1928–1932 27 0 27 6
Ray Parkin  England FW 1929–1935 26 0 26 11
Charlie Preedy[nb 2]  England GK 1929–1932 40 0 40 0
Joey Williams  England FW 1929–1931 26 0 26 5
Alf Haynes  England HB 1929–1933 31 0 31 0
Ernie Coleman  England FW 1932–1934 46 0 46 26
Pat Beasley  England HB 1932–1936 89 0 89 24
Frank Hill  Scotland HB 1932–1936 81 0 81 4
Norman Sidey  England DF 1932–1938 45 0 45 0
Jimmy Dunne  Ireland/
 Republic of Ireland
FW 1933–1936 33 0 33 13
Alex Wilson  Scotland GK 1934–1938 90 0 90 0
Bobby Davidson  Scotland FW 1935–1937 63 0 63 15
Jackie Milne  Scotland FW 1935–1937 54 0 54 19
Bernard Joy  England DF 1936–1946 95 0 95 0
Denis Compton  England FW 1936–1950 60 0 60 16
Frank Boulton  England GK 1936–1938 42 0 42 0
David Nelson  Scotland HB 1936–1946 29 0 29 4
Leslie Jones  Wales FW 1937–1946 51 0 51 3
George Drury  England FW 1938–1946 40 0 40 3
Bryn Jones  Wales FW 1938–1949 76 0 76 8
Joe Wade  England FB 1946–1954 93 0 93 0
Paddy Sloan  Ireland/
 Republic of Ireland
HB 1946–1947 36 0 36 1
Ted Platt  England GK 1946–1952 57 0 57 0
Ronnie Rooke  England FW 1946–1949 94 0 94 70
Ray Daniel  Wales FB 1949–1953 99 0 99 5
Arthur Shaw  England HB 1949–1954 61 0 61 0
Freddie Cox  England FW 1949–1953 94 0 94 16
Ben Marden  England HB 1951–1955 42 0 42 11
Arthur Milton  England FW 1951–1955 84 0 84 21
Gerry Ward  England HB 1953–1962 84 0 84 10
Tommy Lawton  England FW 1953–1955 38 0 38 15
William Dickson  Northern Ireland HB 1953–1955 31 0 31 1
Con Sullivan  England GK 1954–1957 32 0 32 0
Jim Fotheringham  Scotland FB 1954–1958 76 0 76 0
Mike Tiddy  England FW 1955–1958 52 0 52 8
Gordon Nutt  England FW 1955–1960 51 0 51 10
Jim Standen  England GK 1957–1960 38 0 38 0
John Petts  England DF 1958–1962 32 0 32 1
Tommy Docherty  Scotland FW 1958–1961 90 0 90 1
Mel Charles  Wales FW 1959–1962 64 0 64 28
John Snedden  Scotland DF 1960–1964 94 0 94 0
Jack McClelland  Northern Ireland GK 1961–1964 49 0 49 0
Dave Bacuzzi  England DF 1961–1964 48 0 48 0
Ian McKechnie  Scotland GK 1961–1963 25 0 25 0
Fred Clarke  Northern Ireland DF 1962–1965 28 0 28 0
Terry Anderson  England MF 1963–1965 26 0 26 7
Don Howe  England DF 1964–1966 74 0 74 1
Tony Burns  England GK 1964–1965 33 0 33 0
Colin Addison  England FW 1966–1967 31 1 32 10
David Jenkins  England DF 1966–1968 24 1 25 9
George Johnston  Scotland FW 1967–1969 20 5 25 3
Bobby Gould  England FW 1968–1970 72 11 83 23
Jimmy Robertson  Scotland FW 1968–1970 58 1 59 8
John Roberts  Wales DF 1969–1972 77 4 81 5
Geoff Barnett  England GK 1969–1975 49 0 49 0
Peter Marinello  Scotland FW 1970–1973 43 8 51 5
Jeff Blockley  England DF 1972–1974 62 0 62 1
Brian Hornsby  England DF 1973–1975 23 3 26 6
Richie Powling  England DF 1973–1977 54 5 59 3
John Matthews  England MF 1974–1978 48 9 57 5
Brian Kidd  England FW 1974–1976 90 0 90 34
Terry Mancini  Republic of Ireland DF 1974–1976 62 0 62 1
Alex Cropley  Scotland MF 1974–1976 33 1 34 6
Trevor Ross  England MF 1975–1977 66 1 67 9
Alan Hudson  England MF 1977–1978 46 1 47 0
Steve Walford  England DF 1977–1981 78 20 98 4
Steve Gatting  England DF 1978–1981 65 11 76 6
Paul Vaessen  England FW 1978–1982 27 14 41 9
Brian McDermott  England FW 1979–1984 44 28 72 13
George Wood  Scotland GK 1980–1983 70 0 70 0
Peter Nicholas  Wales MF 1981–1983 77 3 80 3
Raphael Meade  England FW 1981–1985 32 19 51 16
Lee Chapman  England FW 1982–1983 17 11 28 6
Colin Hill  Northern Ireland DF 1983–1984 51 0 51 1
Tommy Caton  England DF 1983–1986 95 0 95 3
Paul Mariner  England FW 1984–1986 60 10 70 17
Niall Quinn  Republic of Ireland FW 1985–1990 81 13 94 20
Gus Caesar  England DF 1985–1990 31 20 51 0
Brian Marwood  England FW 1988–1990 60 1 61 17
Colin Pates  England DF 1990–1992 16 9 25 1
Jimmy Carter  England MF 1991–1994 21 11 32 2
Steve Morrow  Northern Ireland DF 1992–1997 52 33 85 3
Ian Selley  Scotland MF 1992–1997 51 9 60 2
Paul Dickov  Scotland FW 1993–1996 9 17 26 7
Scott Marshall  Scotland DF 1993–1997 21 6 27 1
Eddie McGoldrick  Republic of Ireland MF 1993–1995 44 13 57 1
Stefan Schwarz  Sweden MF 1994–1995 49 0 49 4
Stephen Hughes  England MF 1994–2000 36 41 77 7
John Hartson  Wales FW 1995–1997 55 16 71 17
Glenn Helder  Netherlands FW 1995–1996 33 16 49 1
Rémi Garde  France MF 1996–1999 27 16 43 0
Nicolas Anelka  France FW 1997–1999 74 17 91 28
Luís Boa Morte  Portugal MF 1997–1999 13 26 39 4
Christopher Wreh  Liberia FW 1997–2000 18 28 46 5
Alex Manninger  Austria GK 1997–2001 63 1 64 0
Matthew Upson  England DF 1997–2003 39 17 56 0
Nelson Vivas  Argentina DF 1998–2001 29 40 69 1
Davor Šuker  Croatia FW 1999–2000 15 24 39 11
Sylvinho  Brazil DF 1999–2001 66 14 80 5
Jermaine Pennant  England FW 1999–2005 12 14 26 3
Stuart Taylor  England GK 2000–2003 26 4 30 0
Igors Stepanovs  Latvia DF 2000–2003 29 2 31 1
Giovanni van Bronckhorst  Netherlands MF 2001–2003 39 25 64 2
Francis Jeffers  England FW 2001–2003 13 26 39 8
Jérémie Aliadière  France FW 2001–2007 19 32 51 9
Pascal Cygan  France DF 2002–2006 80 18 98 3
Justin Hoyte  England DF 2003–2008 50 18 68 0
Júlio Baptista  Brazil FW 2006–2007 17 18 35 10
Armand Traoré  Senegal DF 2006–2011 28 4 32 0
Eduardo  Croatia FW 2007–2010 41 26 67 22
Łukasz Fabiański  Poland GK 2007–2014 75 3 78 0
Carlos Vela  Mexico FW 2008–2011 19 43 62 11
Mikaël Silvestre  France DF 2008–2010 37 6 43 3
Marouane Chamakh  Morocco FW 2010–2012 36 31 67 14
Sébastien Squillaci  France DF 2010–2012 35 4 39 2
Gervinho  Ivory Coast FW 2011–2013 44 19 63 11
Carl Jenkinson  England DF 2011–2019 55 15 70 1
Yossi Benayoun  Israel MF 2011–2012 15 10 25 5
André Santos  Brazil DF 2011–2013 21 12 33 3
Emiliano Martinez  Argentina GK 2012–2020 36 2 38 0
Lukas Podolski  Germany FW 2012–2014 55 27 82 31
Mathieu Debuchy  France DF 2014–2018 29 1 30 2
Joel Campbell  Costa Rica FW 2014–2016 23 17 40 4
David Ospina  Colombia GK 2014–2019 67 3 70 0
Gabriel  Brazil DF 2015–2017 53 11 64 1
Reiss Nelson  England FW 2017– 35 55 90 8
Joe Willock  England MF 2017–2021 40 38 78 11
Henrikh Mkhitaryan  Armenia MF 2018–2020 43 16 59 9
Sokratis Papastathopoulos  Greece DF 2018–2021 65 4 69 6
Matteo Guendouzi  France MF 2018–2022 57 25 82 1
Lucas Torreira  Uruguay MF 2018–2022 55 34 89 4
Dani Ceballos  Spain MF 2019–2021 48 29 77 2
David Luiz  Brazil DF 2019–2021 69 4 73 4
Cédric Soares  Portugal DF 2020–2024 45 19 64 2
Willian  Brazil FW 2020–2021 21 16 37 1
Aaron Ramsdale  England GK 2021–2024 89 0 89 0
Nuno Tavares  Portugal DF 2021– 17 11 28 1
Albert Sambi Lokonga  Belgium MF 2021– 26 13 39 0
Takehiro Tomiyasu  Japan DF 2021– 50 34 84 2
Gabriel Jesus  Brazil FW 2022– 57 33 90 23
Oleksandr Zinchenko  Ukraine DF 2022– 55 22 77 2
Fábio Vieira  Portugal MF 2022– 17 32 49 3
Leandro Trossard  Belgium FW 2023– 50 41 91 22
Jorginho  Italy MF 2023– 38 28 66 1
Jakub Kiwior  Poland DF 2023– 30 22 52 2
Kai Havertz  Germany MF 2023– 63 11 74 24
Declan Rice  England MF 2023– 68 3 71 8
David Raya  Spain GK 2023– 64 0 64 0

Footnotes

  1. ^ A club located in the southern counties of England. Initially these were amateur clubs, as professionalism in football was not as readily accepted in the south as in the north. In the 1893–94 season, Arsenal (under its former name Woolwich Arsenal) turned professional and became the first southern club admitted to the northern-oriented Football League. The following year saw the creation of the Southern Football League, which was composed of amateur and professional teams. By the 1920–21 season, the top division of the Southern Football League was absorbed by the Football League, to create its third division.[2][3]
  2. ^ Preedy was born in Neemuch, India, but is considered a British citizen by descent under nationality law.

References

General

  • "Player Database". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  • Joy, Bernard (1952). Forward, Arsenal!. London: GCR Books. ISBN 0-9559211-1-2.
  • Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
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  3. ^ Freeman, Nicholas (2011). 1895: Drama, Disaster and Disgrace in Late Victorian Britain. Edinburgh University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7486-4056-0.
  4. ^ Joy (1952), p. 9.
  5. ^ Joy (1952), p. 32.
  6. ^ Joy (1952), p. 28.
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  8. ^ "The Managers". Arsenal F.C. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. ^ Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony ed. (1995), p. 97.
  10. ^ Joy (1952), p. 237.
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  13. ^ Watts, Nick. "1963 to 1988". The Football League. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  14. ^ "Denis Compton". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Peter Marinello". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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