List of AFC Bournemouth players

Last updated February 03, 2026

This is a list of footballers who have played 100 or more senior matches for AFC Bournemouth (previously Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic). Appearances and goals are for all competitive matches.

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Name	Nationality	Position	Club career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Len Butt	England	DF	1923-1927	141	3
Charles Smith	England	MF	1923-1928	184	6
Dossie Miles	England	DF	1924-1929	104	11
Pat Clifford	Wales	MF	1924-1930	209	23
Frank Stringfellow	England	FW	1925-1929	133	34
Ronnie Eyre	England	FW	1925-1932	337	229
Jack Hayward	England	DF	1925-1933	278	30
Cliff Halliwell	England	DF	1926-1932	243	2
Jack Bradford	England	DF	1927-1930	129	1
Peter McSevich	Scotland	GK	1928-1933	158	1
Bill Moralee	England	DF	1928-1936	210	6
Jack Whitehouse	England	FW	1930-1933	113	17
Jack Russell	England	MF	1930-1934	148	47
Jack Coxford	England	DF	1930-1934	145	3
Alfie White	England	FW	1931-1936	135	36
George Farrow	England	DF	1933-1936	121	14
William Chalmers	Scotland	MF	1933-1938	171	30
Dick Mellors	England	GK	1934-1937	129	0
Eddie Parris	Wales	MF	1934-1937	117	37
Fred Pincott	England	DF	1934-1939	221	0
Willie Smith	Scotland	DF	1934-1939	169	8
Joe Riley	England	FW	1935-1937	105	64
Ernie Whittam	England	FW	1936-1939	111	29
Fred Marsden	England	DF	1936-1949	217	4
Joe Sanaghan	Scotland	DF	1937-1949	194	0
Ken Bird	England	GK	1939-1953	266	0
Dai Woodward	Wales	DF	1946-1954	286	7
Jack Cross	England	FW	1947-1953	142	67
Doug McGibbon	England	FW	1948-1951	106	65
Denis Cheney	England	FW	1948-1954	164	49
Laurie Cunningham	England	DF	1948-1956	273	12
Ian Drummond	Scotland	DF	1949-1956	278	2
Peter Harrison	England	MF	1952-1956	183	36
Tommy Godwin	Republic of Ireland	GK	1952-1961	387	0
Stan Newsham	England	FW	1953-1957	152	78
John Crosland	England	DF	1954-1956	110	0
Joe Brown	England	DF	1954-1960	230	5
Ollie Norris	Northern Ireland	FW	1955-1958	104	40
Reg Cutler	England	MF	1956-1958	104	23
Mike Lyons	England	DF	1956-1959	114	1
John Arnott	England	DF	1956-1962	188	22
Arnold Woollard	Bermuda	DF	1956-1962	174	0
Mike Burgess	England	FW	1957-1961	115	38
Dickie Dowsett	England	FW	1957-1962	184	83
Tony Nelson	Wales	DF	1957-1964	211	1
Jimmy White	England	DF	1958 1966-1970	198	8
Peter Gledstone	England	DF	1958-1964	142	2
Tom Standley	England	DF	1958-1965	172	5
Ronnie Bolton	England	MF	1958-1965 1967-1969	290	54
Billy Coxon	England	MF	1958-1966	223	40
Ray Bumstead	England	MF	1959-1970	465	66
Bryn Jones	Wales	DF	1960-1963	131	5
Chris Weller	England	FW	1960-1965 1966-1967	125	30
John Archer	England	MF	1961-1966	158	40
David Best	England	GK	1961-1966 1975-1976	254	0
Brian Farmer	England	DF	1962-1965	141	0
Charlie Crickmore	England	MF	1962-1966	142	19
Roy Gater	England	DF	1962-1968	237	3
Tommy Naylor	England	DF	1964-1970	159	3
Roger Jones	England	GK	1965-1970	177	0
Ken Pound	England	MF	1966-1969	113	26
John Hold	England	MF	1966-1970	105	32
David Stocks	England	DF	1966-1971	245	2
Terry Gulliver	England	DF	1966-1972	190	2
Keith East	England	FW	1967-1970	105	35
Tony Powell	England	DF	1968-1974	247	12
Ted MacDougall	Scotland	FW	1969-1972 1978-1980	223	144
Kieron Baker	England	GK	1969-1978	250	0
Fred Davies	England	GK	1970-1973	152	0
Mel Machin	England	MF	1970-1973	126	8
John Benson	Scotland	MF	1970-1973 1975-1978	178	0
David Jones	England	DF	1970-1974	151	5
John Sainty	England	FW	1970-1974	135	23
Keith Miller	England	DF	1970-1980	433	19
Phil Boyer	England	FW	1971-1974	159	50
Micky Cave	England	MF	1971-1974 1977-1978	159	22
Bobby Howe	England	DF	1972-1974	115	6
Harry Redknapp	England	MF	1972-1976 1982	116	6
Clive Payne	England	DF	1973-1976	117	3
Steve Buttle	England	MF	1973-1977	163	12
Neil Hague	England	DF	1974-1976	104	8
Trevor Howard	England	MF	1974-1976	100	12
Mark Nightingale	England	DF	1974-1976 1982-1986	240	8
Ian Cunningham	Scotland	DF	1974-1981	209	4
John Impey	England	DF	1975-1983	318	7
Frank Barton	England	MF	1976-1978 1978-1979	101	18
Peter Johnson	England	MF	1976-1979	120	12
Geoff Butler	England	DF	1976-1981	133	1
Roger Brown	England	DF	1978-1979 1983-1986	177	9
Steve Massey	England	FW	1978-1981	116	22
Kenny Allen	England	GK	1978-1983	174	0
Phil Ferns	England	DF	1979-1981	102	6
Tom Heffernan	Republic of Ireland	DF	1979-1983 1985-1988	259	28
John Smeulders	England	GK	1980-1981 1984-1986 1987-1989	117	0
Nigel Spackman	England	MF	1980-1983	136	12
Trevor Morgan	England	FW	1980-1984	163	50
Phil Brignull	England	DF	1981-1985	153	13
Chris Sulley	England	DF	1981-1986	252	3
Ian Leigh	England	GK	1981-1986	135	0
Keith Williams	England	MF	1981-1986	126	4
John Beck	England	MF	1982-1986	163	18
Ian Thompson	England	FW	1983-1986	152	40
Robbie Savage	England	MF	1983-1986	104	24
Paul Morrell	England	DF	1983-1993	418	11
Sean O'Driscoll	England	MF	1984-1994	511	24	Manager of Bournemouth 2000-2006
Mark O'Connor	England	MF	1985-1989 1993-1995	219	15
Mark Newson	England	DF	1985-1990	205	27
Mark Whitlock	England	DF	1986-1988	115	1
Tony Pulis	Wales	DF	1986-1989 1990-1992	104	4	Manager of Bournemouth 1992-1994
Richard Cooke	England	MF	1986-1989 1991-1992	152	23
Trevor Aylott	England	FW	1986-1990	170	33
John Williams	England	DF	1986-1990	139	10
Gerry Peyton	England	GK	1986-1991	238	0
Shaun Brooks	England	MF	1987-1992 1994	149	14
Luther Blissett	Jamaica	FW	1988-1991	142	61
Kevin Bond	England	DF	1988-1992	155	6	Manager of Bournemouth 2006-2008
Matty Holmes	England	MF	1988-1992	136	8
Denny Mundee	England	MF	1988-1993	122	12
Shaun Teale	England	DF	1989-1991	116	5
Vince Bartram	England	GK	1991-1994	162	0
Paul Wood	England	MF	1991-1994	119	22
Alex Watson	England	DF	1991-1995	182	7
Mark Morris	England	DF	1991-1996	235	11
Adrian Pennock	England	DF	1992-1995	161	10
Scott Mean	England	MF	1992-1996	129	13
Rob Murray	England	MF	1992-1998	171	14
Steve Fletcher	England	FW	1992-2007 2009-2013	724	121
Neil Moss	England	GK	1993-1995 2002-2007	222	0
Russell Beardsmore	England	MF	1993-1998	220	7
Jason Brissett	England	FW	1994-1998	142	10
Jamie Vincent	England	DF	1994-1999	138	6
Steve Robinson	Northern Ireland	MF	1994-2000	286	60
Neil Young	England	DF	1994-2008	505	4
Matt Holland	England	MF	1995-1997	116	18
John Bailey	England	MF	1995-1999	184	7
Eddie Howe	England	DF	1995-2002 2004-2007	311	15	Manager of Bournemouth 2008-2011 and 2012-2020
Jimmy Glass	England	GK	1996-1998	109	0
Ian Cox	England	DF	1996-2000	207	17
Jon O'Neill	Scotland	FW	1996-2000	152	12
Christer Warren	England	DF	1997-2000	127	14
James Hayter	England	FW	1997-2007	407	108
Mark Stein	England	FW	1998-2000	115	44
Mark Ovendale	England	GK	1998-2000	111	0
Richard Hughes	Scotland	MF	1998-2002 2012-2013	185	17
Carl Fletcher	England	MF	1998-2004	225	23
Jason Tindall	England	DF	1998-2006 2009-2010	199	6
Claus Jørgensen	Denmark	MF	1999-2001 2004	118	15
Wade Elliott	England	MF	1999-2005	257	37
Karl Broadhurst	England	DF	1999-2007	228	5
Gareth Stewart	England	GK	1999-2008	180	0
Warren Cummings	Scotland	DF	2000-2001 2003-2012	301	8
Garreth O'Connor	Republic of Ireland	FW	2000-2005 2007	213	28
Brian Stock	England	MF	2000-2006	172	19
Stephen Purches	England	DF	2000-2007 2010-2012	321	13
Warren Feeney	Northern Ireland	FW	2001-2004	125	37
Derek Holmes	Scotland	FW	2001-2005	136	18
Shaun Maher	Republic of Ireland	DF	2001-2006	128	6
Alan Connell	England	FW	2002-2005 2008-2010	109	19
Marcus Browning	England	MF	2002-2007	214	7
Andrew Surman	England	MF	2005 2013-2020	226	11
Brett Pitman	Jersey	FW	2005-2010 2012-2015	302	101
Shaun Cooper	England	DF	2005-2012	240	3
Danny Hollands	England	MF	2006-2011	219	28
Asmir Begović	Yugoslavia	GK	2007 2017-2021	122	0
Josh McQuoid	England	FW	2007-2010 2012-2013	123	18
Jason Pearce	England	DF	2007-2011	183	8
Lee Bradbury	England	FW	2007-2011	146	12
Marvin Bartley	England	MF	2007-2011	130	3
Shwan Jalal	England	GK	2008-2013	171	0
Liam Feeney	England	MF	2009-2011	121	14
Anton Robinson	England	MF	2009-2011	117	10
Adam Smith	England	DF	2010-2011 2014-	404	6	As of end of 2024-25 season
Marc Pugh	England	MF	2010-2019	312	56
Harry Arter	England	MF	2010-2020	256	29
Shaun MacDonnald	Wales	MF	2011-2016	101	6
Charlie Daniels	England	DF	2011-2019	265	17
Simon Francis	England	DF	2011-2020	324	3
Steve Cook	England	DF	2011-2021	388	21
Lewis Grabban	England	FW	2012-2014 2016-2017	115	36
Tommy Elphick	England	DF	2012-2016	145	6
Eunan O'Kane	Northern Ireland	MF	2012-2016	118	6
Matt Ritchie	England	MF	2013-2016	142	31
Ryan Fraser	Scotland	MF	2013-2020	208	24
Artur Boruc	Poland	GK	2014-2019	129	0
Callum Wilson	England	FW	2014-2020	187	67
Dan Gosling	England	MF	2014-2021	192	22
Junior Stanislas	England	MF	2014-2022	179	38
Josh King	Norway	FW	2015-2021	184	53
Nathan Aké	Netherlands	DF	2016-2020	121	11
Lewis Cook	England	MF	2016-	257	3	As of end of 2024-25 season
Jefferson Lerma	Colombia	MF	2018-2023	184	12
David Brooks	England	MF	2018-	135	22	As of end of 2024-25 season
Dominic Solanke	England	FW	2019-2024	216	77
Lloyd Kelly	England	DF	2019-2024	141	3
Chris Mepham	England	DF	2019-2024	121	2
Philip Billing	Denmark	MF	2019-2025	201	31
Ryan Christie	Scotland	FW	2021-	150	8	As of end of 2024-25 season

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v t e Lists of male footballers in England by club
Premier League	Arsenal 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Aston Villa AFC Bournemouth 100+ 25–99 1–24 Brentford 100+ 25–99 1–24 Internationals Hall of Fame POTY Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chelsea 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Crystal Palace 100+ POTY Everton 100+ Internationals Hall of Fame Fulham 100+ 25–99 1–24 Leeds United Liverpool 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Manchester City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Manchester United 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Captains Newcastle United Nottingham Forest 100+ Internationals Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Birmingham City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Charlton Athletic Coventry City 100+ Internationals POTY Derby County 100+ POTY Hull City Ipswich Town 100+ Hall of Fame POTY Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City 100+ 25–99 Hall of Fame POTY Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End 100+ POTY Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United 100+ 25–99 Internationals POTY Sheffield Wednesday All Internationals POTY Southampton 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Stoke City 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Swansea City 100+ Internationals Watford 50+ 1–49 POTY West Bromwich Albion Wrexham 100+ 25–99 1–24
League One	AFC Wimbledon Barnsley Blackpool Bolton Wanderers 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Bradford City 50+ 1–49 Burton Albion Cardiff City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Captains Internationals Doncaster Rovers 100+ 1879–1918 Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City 100+ 25–99 Luton Town 100+ POTY Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle 100+ POTY Port Vale 25+ 1–24 POTY Reading 100+ 25–99 1–24 Internationals POTY Rotherham United Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Barrow Bristol Rovers 100+ 25–99 Internationals POTY Bromley Cambridge United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Fleetwood Town Gillingham 50+ 25–49 1–24 Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Newport County Notts County Oldham Athletic 100+ 25–99 1–24 Salford City Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers 100+ 1921–1939 1945–present Walsall
Non-League	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bury 100+ 25–99 1–24 Chester 100+ 25–99 1–24 Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington 100+ 25–99 1–24 Nelson Rochdale 100+ 25–99 1–24 Southend United Torquay United Yeovil Town 100+ Internationals York City 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY
Defunct	Halifax Town Hereford United Macclesfield Town Scarborough Wanderers Wigan Borough
Clubs are grouped by their division in the 2025–26 season. Includes the Welsh clubs where lists have been created. 'POTY' = 'Player of the Year / Season'.

v t e AFC Bournemouth
General	Seasons Academy teams Players Managers Women's team
Ground	Dean Court
Matches	1984 Associate Members' Cup final 1998 Football League Trophy final 2003 Football League Third Division play-off final Liverpool 9–0 Bournemouth (2022)