List of Manchester United F.C. players facts for kids
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup. The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. in 1902, and moved to Old Trafford in 1910. Since playing their first competitive match, 951 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom 221 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances).
Manchester United's record appearance-maker is Ryan Giggs, who made a total of 963 appearances over a 23-year playing career; he broke Bobby Charlton's previous appearance record in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final. Giggs also holds the record for the most starts, having started in 797 matches. Charlton was also the club's top goalscorer with 249 goals in his 17 years with the club. He held the mark for 45 years, until Charlton's mark was overtaken by Wayne Rooney scoring his 250th goal during the 2016–17 season; Rooney finished his 13-year tenure with Manchester United with 253 goals in 559 appearances. Other than Charlton, Giggs and Rooney, only seven players have made more than 500 appearances for the club, including three members of the 1968 European Cup-winning team (Tony Dunne, Alex Stepney and Bill Foulkes as well as Charlton) and three members of the 1999 Treble-winning team (Denis Irwin, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes as well as Giggs); the seventh is Joe Spence, who played for the club during the interwar period. Other than Charlton and Rooney, only two players (Denis Law and Jack Rowley) have scored more than 200 goals for the club. The most recent player to reach 100 appearances for the club is Bruno Fernandes, who reached the milestone on 2 December 2021.
List of players
- Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.
- Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.
Statistics correct as of match played 13 November 2022
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- Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
- Manchester United career – The year of the player's first appearance for Manchester United to the year of his last appearance.
- Starts – The number of matches started.
- Sub – The number of matches played as a substitute.
- Total – The total number of matches played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
Pre-1960s | Post-1960s | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward | ||
U | Utility player |
Name | Nationality | Position | Manchester United career |
Starts | Subs | Total | Goals | Ref |
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Appearances | ||||||||
Bob Donaldson | Scotland | FW | 1892–1897 | 147 | 0 | 155 | 66 | |
Fred Erentz | Scotland | FB | 1892–1902 | 310 | 0 | 310 | 9 | |
Joe Cassidy | Scotland | FW | 1893 1895–1900 |
174 | 0 | 174 | 100 | |
James McNaught | Scotland | HB | 1893–1898 | 157 | 0 | 157 | 12 | |
Dick Smith | England | FW | 1894–1898 1900–1901 |
100 | 0 | 100 | 37 | |
Walter Cartwright | England | HB | 1895–1905 | 257 | 0 | 257 | 8 | |
Harry Stafford | England | FB | 1896–1903 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 1 | |
William Bryant | England | FW | 1896–1900 | 127 | 0 | 127 | 33 | |
Frank Barrett | Scotland | GK | 1896–1900 | 136 | 0 | 136 | 0 | |
Billy Morgan | England | HB | 1897–1903 | 152 | 0 | 152 | 7 | |
Billy Griffiths | England | HB | 1899–1905 | 175 | 0 | 175 | 30 | |
Alf Schofield | England | FW | 1900–1907 | 179 | 0 | 179 | 35 | |
Vince Hayes | England | FB | 1901–1907 1908–1910 |
128 | 0 | 128 | 2 | |
Jack Peddie | Scotland | FW | 1902–1903 1904–1907 |
121 | 0 | 121 | 58 | |
Alex Downie | Scotland | HB | 1902–1909 | 191 | 0 | 191 | 14 | |
Alex Bell | Scotland | HB | 1903–1913 | 309 | 0 | 309 | 10 | |
Bob Bonthron | Scotland | FB | 1903–1907 | 134 | 0 | 134 | 3 | |
Harry Moger | England | GK | 1903–1912 | 266 | 0 | 266 | 0 | |
Dick Duckworth | England | HB | 1903–1915 | 254 | 0 | 254 | 11 | |
Charlie Roberts | England | HB | 1904–1913 | 302 | 0 | 302 | 23 | |
Dick Holden | England | FB | 1905–1914 | 117 | 0 | 117 | 0 | |
Jack Picken | Scotland | FW | 1905–1911 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 46 | |
George Wall | England | FW | 1906–1915 | 319 | 0 | 319 | 100 | |
Billy Meredith | Wales | FW | 1907–1921 | 335 | 0 | 335 | 36 | |
Sandy Turnbull | Scotland | FW | 1907–1915 | 247 | 0 | 247 | 101 | |
George Stacey | England | FB | 1907–1915 | 270 | 0 | 270 | 9 | |
Harold Halse | England | FW | 1908–1912 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 56 | |
Arthur Whalley | England | HB | 1909–1920 | 106 | 0 | 106 | 6 | |
Enoch West | England | FW | 1910–1916 | 181 | 0 | 181 | 80 | |
Bobby Beale | England | GK | 1912–1919 | 112 | 0 | 112 | 0 | |
Jack Mew | England | GK | 1912–1926 | 199 | 0 | 199 | 0 | |
Lal Hilditch | England | HB | 1919–1932 | 322 | 0 | 322 | 7 | |
Jack Silcock | England | FB | 1919–1934 | 449 | 0 | 449 | 2 | |
Joe Spence | England | FW | 1919–1933 | 510 | 0 | 510 | 168 | |
Charlie Moore | England | FB | 1919–1921 1922–1931 |
328 | 0 | 328 | 0 | |
John Grimwood | England | HB | 1919–1927 | 205 | 0 | 205 | 8 | |
Teddy Partridge | England | FW | 1920–1929 | 160 | 0 | 160 | 18 | |
Alf Steward | England | GK | 1920–1932 | 326 | 0 | 326 | 0 | |
Ray Bennion | Wales | HB | 1921–1932 | 301 | 0 | 301 | 3 | |
Arthur Lochhead | Scotland | FW | 1921–1925 | 153 | 0 | 153 | 50 | |
Harry Thomas | Wales | FW | 1922–1931 | 135 | 0 | 135 | 13 | |
Frank Barson | England | HB | 1922–1928 | 152 | 0 | 152 | 4 | |
Frank Mann | England | HB | 1923–1930 | 197 | 0 | 197 | 5 | |
Frank McPherson | England | FW | 1923–1928 | 175 | 0 | 175 | 52 | |
Tom Jones | Wales | FB | 1924–1937 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | |
Jimmy Hanson | England | FW | 1924–1931 | 147 | 0 | 147 | 52 | |
Jack Wilson | England | HB | 1926–1932 | 140 | 0 | 140 | 3 | |
Hugh McLenahan | England | HB | 1928–1937 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 12 | |
Harry Rowley | England | FW | 1928–1932 1934–1937 |
180 | 0 | 180 | 55 | |
Tommy Reid | Scotland | FW | 1929–1933 | 101 | 0 | 101 | 67 | |
George McLachlan | Scotland | FW | 1929–1933 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 4 | |
Jack Mellor | England | FB | 1930–1937 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 0 | |
Tom Manley | England | HB | 1931–1939 | 195 | 0 | 195 | 41 | |
George Vose | England | HB | 1933–1939 | 209 | 0 | 209 | 1 | |
Jack Griffiths | England | FB | 1934–1944 | 173 | 0 | 173 | 1 | |
Bill McKay | Scotland | HB | 1934–1940 | 182 | 0 | 182 | 15 | |
George Mutch | Scotland | FW | 1934–1937 | 120 | 0 | 120 | 49 | |
Tommy Bamford | Wales | FW | 1934–1938 | 109 | 0 | 109 | 57 | |
Billy Bryant | England | FW | 1934–1939 | 157 | 0 | 157 | 42 | |
James Brown | Scotland | HB | 1935–1939 | 110 | 0 | 110 | 1 | |
Johnny Carey | [[|Ireland]] Republic of Ireland |
FB | 1937–1953 | 344 | 0 | 344 | 17 | |
Jack Rowley | England | FW | 1937–1955 | 424 | 0 | 424 | 211 | |
Stan Pearson | England | FW | 1937–1954 | 343 | 0 | 343 | 148 | |
Jack Warner | Wales | HB | 1938–1950 | 115 | 0 | 115 | 2 | |
John Aston Sr. | England | FB | 1946–1954 | 284 | 0 | 284 | 30 | |
Allenby Chilton | England | HB | 1946–1955 | 391 | 0 | 391 | 3 | |
Henry Cockburn | England | HB | 1946–1954 | 275 | 0 | 275 | 4 | |
Jack Crompton | England | GK | 1946–1956 | 212 | 0 | 212 | 0 | |
Jimmy Delaney | Scotland | FW | 1946–1950 | 184 | 0 | 184 | 28 | |
Billy McGlen | England | HB | 1946–1952 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 2 | |
Charlie Mitten | England | FW | 1946–1952 | 162 | 0 | 162 | 61 | |
Johnny Downie | Scotland | FW | 1949–1953 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 37 | |
Ray Wood | England | GK | 1949–1958 | 208 | 0 | 208 | 0 | |
Don Gibson | England | HB | 1950–1955 | 115 | 0 | 115 | 0 | |
Mark Jones | England | HB | 1950–1958 | 121 | 0 | 121 | 1 | |
Johnny Berry | England | FW | 1951–1958 | 276 | 0 | 276 | 45 | |
Jackie Blanchflower | Northern Ireland | HB | 1951–1958 | 117 | 0 | 117 | 27 | |
Roger Byrne | England | FB | 1951–1958 | 280 | 0 | 280 | 20 | |
David Pegg | England | FW | 1952–1958 | 150 | 0 | 150 | 28 | |
Bill Foulkes | England | DF | 1952–1970 | 685 | 3 | 688 | 9 | |
Tommy Taylor | England | FW | 1953–1958 | 191 | 0 | 191 | 131 | |
Duncan Edwards | England | HB | 1953–1958 | 177 | 0 | 177 | 21 | |
Dennis Viollet | England | FW | 1953–1962 | 293 | 0 | 293 | 179 | |
Freddie Goodwin | England | HB | 1954–1960 | 107 | 0 | 107 | 8 | |
Albert Scanlon | England | FW | 1954–1960 | 127 | 0 | 127 | 35 | |
Eddie Colman | England | HB | 1955–1958 | 108 | 0 | 108 | 2 | |
Ronnie Cope | England | HB | 1956–1961 | 106 | 0 | 106 | 2 | |
Bobby Charlton | England | FW | 1956–1973 | 756 | 2 | 758 | 249 | |
David Gaskell | England | GK | 1956–1967 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | |
Harry Gregg | Northern Ireland | GK | 1957–1966 | 247 | 0 | 247 | 0 | |
Shay Brennan | Republic of Ireland | FB | 1958–1970 | 358 | 1 | 359 | 6 | |
Albert Quixall | England | FW | 1958–1963 | 184 | 0 | 184 | 56 | |
Johnny Giles | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1959–1963 | 115 | 0 | 115 | 13 | |
Nobby Stiles | England | HB | 1959–1971 | 395 | 0 | 395 | 19 | |
Maurice Setters | England | HB | 1960–1964 | 194 | 0 | 194 | 14 | |
Tony Dunne | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1960–1973 | 534 | 1 | 535 | 2 | |
Noel Cantwell | Republic of Ireland | FB | 1960–1967 | 146 | 0 | 146 | 8 | |
David Herd | Scotland | FW | 1961–1968 | 264 | 1 | 265 | 145 | |
Denis Law | Scotland | FW | 1962–1973 | 398 | 6 | 404 | 237 | |
David Sadler | England | U | 1962–1973 | 328 | 7 | 335 | 27 | |
Pat Crerand | Scotland | HB | 1963–1971 | 397 | 0 | 397 | 15 | |
George Best | Northern Ireland | FW | 1963–1974 | 470 | 0 | 470 | 179 | |
John Connelly | England | FW | 1964–1966 | 112 | 1 | 113 | 35 | |
John Fitzpatrick | Scotland | DF | 1965–1973 | 141 | 6 | 147 | 10 | |
John Aston Jr. | England | FW | 1965–1972 | 166 | 21 | 187 | 27 | |
Alex Stepney | England | GK | 1966–1979 | 539 | 0 | 539 | 2 | |
Brian Kidd | England | FW | 1967–1974 | 257 | 9 | 266 | 70 | |
Francis Burns | Scotland | DF | 1967–1972 | 143 | 13 | 156 | 7 | |
Willie Morgan | Scotland | MF | 1968–1975 | 293 | 3 | 296 | 34 | |
Steve James | England | HB | 1968–1975 | 160 | 1 | 161 | 4 | |
Sammy McIlroy | Northern Ireland | MF | 1971–1982 | 391 | 28 | 419 | 71 | |
Martin Buchan | Scotland | DF | 1972–1983 | 456 | 0 | 456 | 4 | |
David McCreery | Northern Ireland | MF | 1972–1979 | 57 | 53 | 110 | 8 | |
Alex Forsyth | Scotland | FB | 1973–1978 | 116 | 3 | 119 | 5 | |
Lou Macari | Scotland | FW | 1973–1984 | 374 | 27 | 401 | 97 | |
Gerry Daly | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1973–1977 | 137 | 5 | 142 | 32 | |
Brian Greenhoff | England | DF | 1973–1979 | 268 | 3 | 271 | 17 | |
Stewart Houston | Scotland | DF | 1974–1980 | 248 | 2 | 250 | 16 | |
Stuart Pearson | England | FW | 1974–1979 | 179 | 1 | 180 | 66 | |
Arthur Albiston | Scotland | FB | 1974–1988 | 467 | 18 | 485 | 7 | |
Steve Coppell | England | MF | 1975–1983 | 393 | 3 | 396 | 70 | |
Jimmy Nicholl | Northern Ireland | DF | 1975–1982 | 235 | 13 | 248 | 6 | |
Gordon Hill | England | MF | 1975–1978 | 133 | 1 | 134 | 51 | |
Jimmy Greenhoff | England | FW | 1976–1980 | 119 | 4 | 123 | 36 | |
Ashley Grimes | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1977–1983 | 77 | 30 | 107 | 11 | |
Joe Jordan | Scotland | FW | 1978–1981 | 125 | 1 | 126 | 41 | |
Gordon McQueen | Scotland | DF | 1978–1985 | 229 | 0 | 229 | 26 | |
Gary Bailey | England | GK | 1978–1987 | 375 | 0 | 375 | 0 | |
Mickey Thomas | Wales | MF | 1978–1981 | 110 | 0 | 110 | 15 | |
Kevin Moran | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1979–1988 | 284 | 5 | 289 | 24 | |
Ray Wilkins | England | MF | 1979–1984 | 191 | 3 | 194 | 10 | |
Mike Duxbury | England | DF | 1980–1990 | 345 | 33 | 378 | 7 | |
John Gidman | England | DF | 1981–1986 | 116 | 4 | 120 | 4 | |
Frank Stapleton | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1981–1987 | 267 | 21 | 288 | 78 | |
Remi Moses | England | MF | 1981–1988 | 188 | 11 | 199 | 12 | |
Bryan Robson | England | MF | 1981–1994 | 437 | 24 | 461 | 99 | |
Norman Whiteside | Northern Ireland | FW | 1982–1989 | 256 | 18 | 274 | 67 | |
Paul McGrath | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1982–1989 | 192 | 7 | 199 | 16 | |
Mark Hughes | Wales | FW | 1983–1986 1988–1995 |
453 | 14 | 467 | 163 | |
Graeme Hogg | Scotland | DF | 1984–1988 | 108 | 2 | 110 | 1 | |
Clayton Blackmore | Wales | U | 1984–1994 | 201 | 44 | 245 | 26 | |
Jesper Olsen | Denmark | MF | 1984–1988 | 149 | 27 | 176 | 24 | |
Gordon Strachan | Scotland | MF | 1984–1989 | 195 | 6 | 201 | 38 | |
Peter Davenport | England | FW | 1986–1988 | 83 | 23 | 106 | 26 | |
Brian McClair | Scotland | U | 1987–1998 | 398 | 73 | 471 | 127 | |
Steve Bruce | England | DF | 1987–1996 | 411 | 3 | 414 | 51 | |
Lee Martin | England | DF | 1988–1994 | 84 | 25 | 109 | 2 | |
Lee Sharpe | England | MF | 1988–1996 | 213 | 50 | 263 | 36 | |
Mal Donaghy | Northern Ireland | DF | 1988–1992 | 98 | 21 | 119 | 0 | |
Mike Phelan | England | U | 1989–1994 | 127 | 19 | 146 | 3 | |
Neil Webb | England | MF | 1989–1992 | 105 | 5 | 110 | 11 | |
Gary Pallister | England | DF | 1989–1998 | 433 | 4 | 437 | 15 | |
Paul Ince | England | MF | 1989–1995 | 276 | 5 | 281 | 29 | |
Denis Irwin | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1990–2002 | 511 | 18 | 529 | 33 | |
Ryan Giggs | Wales | MF | 1991–2014 | 802 | 161 | 963 | 168 | |
Andrei Kanchelskis | Soviet Union CIS Russia |
MF | 1991–1995 | 132 | 29 | 161 | 36 | |
Paul Parker | England | DF | 1991–1996 | 137 | 9 | 146 | 2 | |
Peter Schmeichel | Denmark | GK | 1991–1999 | 398 | 0 | 398 | 1 | |
Gary Neville | England | DF | 1992–2011 | 566 | 36 | 602 | 7 | |
David Beckham | England | MF | 1992–2003 | 356 | 38 | 394 | 85 | |
Nicky Butt | England | MF | 1992–2004 | 307 | 80 | 387 | 26 | |
Eric Cantona | France | FW | 1992–1997 | 184 | 1 | 185 | 82 | |
Roy Keane | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1993–2005 | 458 | 22 | 480 | 51 | |
David May | England | DF | 1994–2002 | 98 | 20 | 118 | 8 | |
Paul Scholes | England | MF | 1994–2011 2012–2013 |
577 | 141 | 718 | 155 | |
Andy Cole | England | FW | 1995–2001 | 231 | 44 | 275 | 121 | |
Phil Neville | England | U | 1995–2005 | 301 | 85 | 386 | 8 | |
Ronny Johnsen | Norway | DF | 1996–2002 | 131 | 19 | 150 | 9 | |
Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Norway | FW | 1996–2007 | 216 | 150 | 366 | 126 | |
Teddy Sheringham | England | FW | 1997–2001 | 101 | 52 | 153 | 46 | |
Henning Berg | Norway | DF | 1997–2000 | 81 | 22 | 103 | 3 | |
Wes Brown | England | DF | 1998–2011 | 313 | 49 | 362 | 5 | |
Jaap Stam | Netherlands | DF | 1998–2001 | 125 | 2 | 127 | 1 | |
Dwight Yorke | Trinidad and Tobago | FW | 1998–2002 | 120 | 32 | 152 | 66 | |
Quinton Fortune | South Africa | MF | 1999–2006 | 88 | 38 | 126 | 11 | |
Mikaël Silvestre | France | DF | 1999–2008 | 326 | 35 | 361 | 10 | |
John O'Shea | Republic of Ireland | U | 1999–2011 | 301 | 92 | 393 | 15 | |
Fabien Barthez | France | GK | 2000–2004 | 139 | 0 | 139 | 0 | |
Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | FW | 2001–2006 | 200 | 19 | 219 | 150 | |
Rio Ferdinand | England | DF | 2002–2014 | 444 | 11 | 455 | 8 | |
Darren Fletcher | Scotland | MF | 2003–2015 | 266 | 76 | 342 | 24 | |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | MF | 2003–2009 2021–2022 |
289 | 57 | 346 | 145 | |
Louis Saha | France | FW | 2004–2008 | 76 | 48 | 124 | 42 | |
Wayne Rooney | England | FW | 2004–2017 | 497 | 62 | 559 | 253 | |
Edwin van der Sar | Netherlands | GK | 2005–2011 | 266 | 0 | 266 | 0 | |
Park Ji-sung | South Korea | MF | 2005–2012 | 146 | 59 | 205 | 27 | |
Patrice Evra | France | DF | 2006–2014 | 357 | 22 | 379 | 10 | |
Nemanja Vidić | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia |
DF | 2006–2014 | 290 | 10 | 300 | 21 | |
Michael Carrick | England | MF | 2006–2018 | 395 | 69 | 464 | 24 | |
Nani | Portugal | MF | 2007–2015 | 178 | 52 | 230 | 40 | |
Anderson | Brazil | MF | 2007–2015 | 128 | 53 | 181 | 9 | |
Jonny Evans | Northern Ireland | DF | 2007–2015 | 179 | 19 | 198 | 7 | |
Dimitar Berbatov | Bulgaria | FW | 2008–2012 | 108 | 41 | 149 | 56 | |
Rafael | Brazil | DF | 2008–2015 | 150 | 20 | 170 | 5 | |
Danny Welbeck | England | FW | 2008–2014 | 90 | 52 | 142 | 29 | |
Antonio Valencia | Ecuador | U | 2009–2019 | 277 | 62 | 339 | 25 | |
Javier Hernández | Mexico | FW | 2010–2015 | 85 | 72 | 157 | 59 | |
Chris Smalling | England | DF | 2010–2019 | 281 | 42 | 323 | 18 | |
David de Gea | Spain | GK | 2011– | 507 | 0 | 507 | 0 | |
Phil Jones | England | U | 2011– | 198 | 31 | 229 | 6 | |
Ashley Young | England | U | 2011–2020 | 202 | 59 | 261 | 19 | |
Paul Pogba | France | MF | 2011–2012 2016–2022 |
195 | 38 | 233 | 39 | |
Robin van Persie | Netherlands | FW | 2012–2015 | 89 | 16 | 105 | 58 | |
Marouane Fellaini | Belgium | MF | 2013–2019 | 106 | 71 | 177 | 22 | |
Juan Mata | Spain | MF | 2014–2022 | 213 | 72 | 285 | 51 | |
Daley Blind | Netherlands | U | 2014–2018 | 132 | 9 | 141 | 6 | |
Jesse Lingard | England | FW | 2014–2022 | 143 | 89 | 232 | 35 | |
Ander Herrera | Spain | MF | 2014–2019 | 140 | 49 | 189 | 20 | |
Marcos Rojo | Argentina | DF | 2014–2019 | 105 | 17 | 122 | 2 | |
Luke Shaw | England | DF | 2014– | 204 | 24 | 228 | 3 | |
Anthony Martial | France | FW | 2015– | 200 | 76 | 276 | 83 | |
Marcus Rashford | England | FW | 2016– | 228 | 94 | 322 | 101 | |
Eric Bailly | Ivory Coast | DF | 2016– | 99 | 14 | 113 | 1 | |
Nemanja Matić | Serbia | MF | 2017–2022 | 152 | 37 | 189 | 4 | |
Victor Lindelöf | Sweden | DF | 2017– | 197 | 10 | 207 | 3 | |
Scott McTominay | Scotland | MF | 2017– | 137 | 51 | 188 | 18 | |
Fred | Brazil | MF | 2018– | 138 | 35 | 173 | 9 | |
Mason Greenwood | England | FW | 2019– | 83 | 46 | 129 | 35 | |
Harry Maguire | England | DF | 2019– | 146 | 7 | 153 | 7 | |
Aaron Wan-Bissaka | England | DF | 2019– | 124 | 3 | 127 | 2 | |
Bruno Fernandes | Portugal | MF | 2020– | 134 | 12 | 146 | 53 |
Club captains
Since 1882, 46 players have held the position of club captain for Newton Heath LYR F.C., Newton Heath F.C. or Manchester United F.C. The first club captain was E. Thomas, who was captain from 1882 to 1883. The longest-serving captain is Bryan Robson, who was club captain from 1982 to 1994, although he held the position jointly with Steve Bruce for the last two years of his tenure. Roy Keane, who was captain from 1997 to 2005, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups, one Community Shield, one UEFA Champions League and one Intercontinental Cup. The current club captain is Harry Maguire, who took over after Ashley Young departed in 2020.
Dates | Captain | Ref. |
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1878–1882 | Unknown | |
1882–1883 | E. Thomas | |
1883–1887 | Sam Black | |
1887–1891 | Jack Powell | |
1891–1892 | Bob McFarlane | |
1892–1893 | Joe Cassidy | |
1893–1894 | Unknown | |
1894–1896 | James McNaught | |
1896–1897 | Caesar Jenkyns | |
1897–1903 | Harry Stafford | |
1903–1904 | John Willie Sutcliffe | |
1904–1905 | Jack Peddie | |
1905–1913 | Charlie Roberts | |
1913–1914 | George Stacey | |
1914–1915 | George Hunter | |
1915–1917 | Patrick O'Connell | |
1917–1918 | George Anderson | |
1918–1919 | Jack Mew | |
1919–1922 | Lal Hilditch | |
1922–1928 | Frank Barson | |
1928–1929 | Jack Wilson | |
1929–1930 | Charlie Spencer | |
1930–1931 | Jack Silcock | |
1931–1932 | George McLachlan | |
1932 | Louis Page | |
1932–1934 | Jack Silcock | |
1934–1935 | Bill McKay | |
1935–1937 | James Brown | |
1937–1939 | George Roughton | |
1939–1940 | Bill McKay | |
1940–1944 | No competitive football was played during the Second World War | |
1944–1945 | George Roughton | |
1945–1953 | Johnny Carey | |
1953 | Stan Pearson | |
1953–1955 | Allenby Chilton | |
1955–1958 | Roger Byrne | |
1958–1959 | Bill Foulkes | |
1959–1960 | Dennis Viollet | |
1960–1962 | Maurice Setters | |
1962–1967 | Noel Cantwell | |
1967–1968 | Denis Law | |
1968–1973 | Bobby Charlton | |
1973–1974 | George Graham | |
1974–1975 | Willie Morgan | |
1975–1982 | Martin Buchan | |
1982–1994 | Bryan Robson | |
1994–1996 | Steve Bruce | |
1996–1997 | Eric Cantona | |
1997–2005 | Roy Keane | |
2005–2010 | Gary Neville | |
2010–2014 | Nemanja Vidić | |
2014–2017 | Wayne Rooney | |
2017–2018 | Michael Carrick | |
2018–2019 | Antonio Valencia | |
2019–2020 | Ashley Young | |
2020–present | Harry Maguire |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Futbolistas del Manchester United Football Club para niños