Séamus John James Given is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. With 134 caps, he is the second-highest capped Republic of Ireland player.
Gianluca Pagliuca is an Italian football coach and former professional goalkeeper.
Roberto Mancini is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team.
Roberto Di Matteo is an Italian professional football manager and former player.
Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino, more commonly known as Mancini, is a Brazilian football coach, former player and a convicted rapist.
Massimo Moratti is an Italian billionaire petroleum businessman, the former owner of Inter Milan and chairman of the Saras Group, founded in 1962 by his father, industrialist Angelo Moratti. The main production site of the Saras Group is the Sarroch refinery located on the island of Sardinia, one of Europe's only six supersites, with a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, representing 15% of refining capacity in Italy. In recent years, initially to enable independence of the Sarroch refinery from terms of energy, the Saras Group has entered into the production of electricity and is expanding its production of alternative energy sources, particularly in the field of wind energy, through its subsidiaries Sarlux and Sardeolica, the latter of which is controlled indirectly through the company Eolici Ulassai.
John James Rimmer is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Manchester United, Swansea City, Arsenal and Aston Villa.
Stephen James Ireland is an Irish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Micah Lincoln Richards is an English football pundit and former professional football player who burst onto the scene as a right-back.
Anthony Philip Coton is an English football coach and former footballer who is a goalkeeper scout for Premier League side Manchester United.
Edward John Ikem Newton is an English football manager and former professional footballer.
Attilio Lombardo is an Italian retired football player turned manager; he is currently the assistant manager for the Saudi Arabia national football team.
Benito Carbone is an Italian football manager and former professional player
Andrew John Marshall is an English former professional footballer who played for Norwich City, AFC Bournemouth, Gillingham, Ipswich Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Millwall, Coventry City and the England under-21 team. He went into coaching, and was goalkeeping coach at Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Birmingham City.
Steve Round is an English professional football coach and former player. He was until 6th July 2023, assistant first team coach of Premier League club Arsenal.
Eric Steele is an English former footballer turned coach, who is currently employed as a goalkeeping coach by the Football Association, working with England's junior teams.
Filippo Mancini is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Nathan Luke Baker is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Baker is a product of the Aston Villa Academy and had loan spells at Lincoln City and Millwall before joining Bristol City in 2017. He has represented England at U19, U20, and U21 levels.
Pierluigi Gollini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Napoli, on loan from Atalanta, and the Italy national team. Having graduated from Manchester United's youth academy, Gollini began his senior career with Hellas Verona in 2014 and joined Atalanta in 2018, having played for Aston Villa in 2016.
The 2016–17 season was Aston Villa's first season in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last season in their 142nd year in existence. It was also their first season in the second tier of English football since the formation of the Premier League.
