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20 July 2003
There are 695 players on the
PFA
’s list of available players. Here’s some information about them:
- Most caps: Vitalijs Astafjevs of Bristol Rovers, with 90 caps for Latvia.
- Shortest: Iain Screaton, a trainee at Notts County, just five feet tall.
- Tallest: tie between Ed de Goey (Chelsea) and Michele di Piede (Sheffield Wednesday).
- Like height, weight’s given in either metric or imperial. Unlike height, I can’t be bothered to convert the metric ones into imperial. Sorry.
- Youngest: Liam Tinkler, Watford trainee, 17 years old.
- Oldest: Raimond van der Gouw, West Ham goalkeeper, 40 years old.
- 208 defenders. 212 midfielders. 49 utility players. 142 forwards. 81 keepers.
- 147 trainees. 529 free transfers. 9 exercising rights. 7 open to offer. 3 coaches.
- 560 known Brits. 50 unknown nationality. The rest are a bit of a mix, with a fair few Aussies and Scandinavians before pix-and-mix of football-playing countries.