Dietmar Johann Wolfgang "Didi" Hamann is a German professional football coach, former player and media personality.
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee, and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park.
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in men's international football matches and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS). The team was recognised by both FIFA and UEFA following dissolution of Yugoslavia. Sides were active during periods of political upheaval, representing sovereign states such as the Banovina of Croatia from 1939 to 1941 or the Independent State of Croatia from 1941 to 1944.
Damien Anthony Duff is an Irish professional football coach and former player who played predominantly as a winger and current manager of Shelbourne.
Joseph Denis Irwin is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a left back from 1983 to 2004.
Gary Patrick Breen is a former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. A centre back, played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appearances each for Coventry City and Sunderland. He won 63 caps for the Republic of Ireland, and played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring in Ireland's 3–0 victory over Saudi Arabia.
Colin Healy is a former midfield footballer from Ireland. He has been manager of Cork City F.C. since late 2020.
Michael McGovern is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Norwich City and the Northern Ireland national team.
Nicholas Vincent Colgan is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Nottingham Forest.
Mile Sterjovski is an Australian former football (soccer) player. Sterjovski played mainly as a right winger or as a second striker, but also played as a left winger and central midfielder.
Boubacar "Copa" Barry is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Having begun his career at ASEC Mimosas, he moved to France in 2001, where he played for Rennes' reserve team. In 2003, he joined Belgian side Beveren where he stayed four years. He then spent ten years at K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen amassing 239 league appearances. At international level, he represented the Ivory Coast national team before his retirement from international football in March 2015, but continued to play for his club, Lokeren. Exactly four years after his international retirement, Barry retired also professionally as a player in March 2019.
Keith Joseph Andrews is an Irish former association footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team.
James Michael Goodwin is an Irish football coach and former player, who is the manager of St Mirren.
James Patrick McCarthy is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Nikica Jelavić is a Croatian former footballer who played as a striker.
Robert Kearney is a former Irish rugby union player. He played for 15 years for Leinster followed by a 6 month stint in Australia, playing for Perth based side Western Force. He also played over a decade for the Ireland national rugby union team with whom he earned 95 caps, and went on two British & Irish Lions tours in 2009 and 2013. As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
Milan Badelj is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Genoa and the Croatia national team. He is a member of the Croatian squad that finished runners-up in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Niall McGinn is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who plays for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen. McGinn has also played for Dungannon Swifts, Derry City, Celtic, Brentford and South Korean club Gwangju. He made his debut for Northern Ireland in 2008 and has gone on to make over sixty international appearances.
Paddy Keenan is a Gaelic footballer from County Louth, Ireland. He played for the Louth senior inter-county football team and for his club St Patrick's Lordship.
The Louth county football team represents Louth in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Louth GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
