List of Manchester City F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Manchester City. Generally, this means players that have either played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. Players listed in bold are inductees of Manchester City's Hall of Fame, and players listed in italics are winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually following a ballot of supporters each season since 1967.

For a list of all Manchester City players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Manchester City F.C. players. For the current Manchester City first-team squad, see the current squad section of the Manchester City article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.

As of December 31, 2006.

Name	Nationality	Position	Manchester City career	Appearances	Goals
Billy Meredith*		FW	1894–1906 1921-1924	394	151
Billie Gillespie		FW	1897–1905	231	132
Frank Booth		LW	1902–1912	107	19
Billy Lot Jones		FW	1903–1915	302	74
Bill Eadie		MF	1906–1913	205	6
Eli Fletcher		LB	1911–1925	327	2
Jim Goodchild		GK	1911–1926	217	0
Horace Barnes		FW	1914–1924	235	125
Sam Cookson		CB	1919–1927	306	1
Tommy Johnson		FW	1919–1930	354	166
Micky Hamill		MF	1920–1924	128	2
Frank Roberts		FW	1922–1929	237	130
Billy Austin		FW	1924–1931	172	47
Sam Cowan		MF	1924–1935	406	24
Phillip McCloy		FW	1925–1929	157	0
Jimmy McMullan		MF	1925–1933	242	12
Malcolm Barrass		LW	1926–1933	172	15
Eric Brook		FW	1927–1940	494	178
Bobby Marshall		MF/FW	1927–1938	355	80
Fred Tilson		FW	1927–1938	273	132
Matt Busby		MF	1928–1936	226	14
Ernie Toseland		RW	1928–1938	409	75
Jackie Bray		MF	1929–1940	280	9
Bill Dale		CB	1931–1938	269	0
Alec Herd		FW	1932–1947	290	124
Sam Barkas		CB	1933–1947	195	1
Frank Swift		GK	1933–1950	372	0
Peter Doherty		FW	1936–1945	133	81
Albert Emptage		RW	1937–1951	144	1
Eric Westwood		CB	1937–1953	263	5
Les McDowell		MF	1938–1948	126	8
Bert Sproston		CB	1938–1949	134	5
Billy Walsh		CB	1938–1950	118	1
George Smith		FW	1939–1951	269	125
Andy Black		FW	1946–1950	146	52
Joe Fagan		CB	1946–1950	158	2
Johnny Hart		FW	1946–1961	178	73
Roy Clarke		LW	1947–1958	369	79
Ken Branagan		CB	1948–1961	208	3
Roy Little		RB	1949–1958	186	2
Bert Trautmann		FW	1949–1964	545	0
Ken Barnes		RM	1950–1961	283	19
Roy Paul		CB	1950–1957	293	9
Billy Spurdle		RW	1950–1956	172	33
Jimmy Meadows		RW/FW	1951–1955	141	31
Don Revie		FW	1951–1957	177	41
Dave Ewing		CB	1953–1962	302	1
Joe Hayes		FW	1953–1965	363	152
Bill Leivers		MF	1953–1964	281	4
Billy McAdams		FW	1953–1960	134	65
Cliff Sear		LB	1956–1967	279	1
George Hannah		FW	1958–1963	131	16
Alan Oakes		MF	1959–1976	668	33
Barrie Betts		CB	1960–1964	117	6
David Wagstaffe		LW	1960–1964	161	8
Bobby Kennedy		RB/MF	1961–1969	254	9
Glyn Pardoe		LB	1961–1975	376	22
Neil Young		FW	1961–1972	412	107
David Connor*		LW	1962–1972 1974-1975	163	10
Mike Doyle		CB	1964–1978	558	40
Johnny Crossan		FW	1965–1967	110	27
George Heslop		MF	1965–1972	198	1
Mike Summerbee		RW	1965–1975	443	67
Tony Book		RB	1966–1974	308	5
Colin Bell		MF	1966–1979	492	152
Tommy Booth		CB	1967–1981	478	36
Tony Coleman		FW	1967–1969	101	16
Joe Corrigan		GK	1967–1983	592	0
Francis Lee		FW	1967–1974	321	143
Willie Donachie		LB	1968–1980	425	2
Rodney Marsh		MF/FW	1971–1975	144	56
Kenny Clements*		RB	1971–1979 1985-86	274	2
Paul Power		LB/MF	1973–1986	437	35
Peter Barnes*		FW	1974–1979 1986-1988	161	22
Asa Hartford*		MF	1974–1979 1981-1984	318	36
Joe Royle		FW	1974–1977	120	31
Dennis Tueart		FW	1974–1983	267	107
Dave Watson		CB	1975–1979	185	6
Gary Owen		MF	1976–1979	124	23
Brian Kidd		FW	1977–1979	128	57
Nicky Reid*		RB	1978–1982 1982-1986	255	2
Tommy Caton		CB	1979–1983	184	8
Bobby McDonald		LB	1980–1983	112	16
Kevin Reeves		FW	1980–1983	158	39
Kevin Bond		CB	1981-1984	124	12
Steve Kinsey		FW	1981–1986	114	17
Alex Williams		GK	1981–1985	125	0
Clive Wilson		LB	1981–1987	120	11
Andy May		MF	1982–1987	166	8
Paul Simpson		FW	1982–1988	147	25
Mick McCarthy		CB	1983-1987	163	0
Neil McNab		MF	1983–1990	256	19
Ian Brightwell		RB/MF	1986–1998	374	19
Steve Redmond		CB	1986–1992	276	7
David White		RW	1986–1994	334	94
Paul Lake		MF	1987–1992	129	10
Andy Hinchcliffe		LB	1987–1990	135	10
Andy Dibble		GK	1988–1997	139	0
Ian Bishop*		MF	1989 1998-2001	115	7
Colin Hendry		CB	1989-1991	77	10
Peter Reid		MF	1989–1993	114	2
Niall Quinn		FW	1990–1996	241	76
Tony Coton		GK	1990–1995	191	0
Andy Hill		RB	1990–1995	107	19
Keith Curle		CB	1991–1996	203	13
Michel Vonk		CB	1991–1995	103	6
Mike Sheron		FW	1991–1994	118	28
Garry Flitcroft		MF	1992–1996	141	15
Terry Phelan		LB	1992–1995	122	2
Steve Lomas		MF	1993–1997	137	11
Richard Edghill		RB	1993–2001	207	1
Uwe Rösler		FW	1994–1998	177	64
Nicky Summerbee		RB/RW	1994–1997	156	10
Georgiou Kinkladze		MF	1995–1998	121	22
Kit Symons		CB	1995–1998	139	4
Michael Brown		MF	1995–2000	106	4
Paul Dickov*		FW	1996–2002 2006-	197	41
Jeff Whitley		MF	1996–2001	137	8
Kevin Horlock		MF	1996–2003	229	41
Gerard Wiekens		CB	1997–2004	210	10
Nicky Weaver		GK	1998–	197	0
Shaun Goater		FW	1998–2003	211	103
Danny Tiatto		LB/MF	1998–2004	158	4
Shaun Wright-Phillips		RW	1999–2005	181	31
Steve Howey		CB	2000–2003	103	11
Richard Dunne		CB	2000–	239	6
Ali Benarbia		MF	2001-2003	78	11
Sun Jihai		RB	2002–	121	4
Nicolas Anelka		FW	2002–2005	103	45
Sylvain Distin		CB	2002–	184	5
Joey Barton		MF	2003–	136	15
Antoine Sibierski		MF	2003–2006	107	15

A young legend, keir white is due to be joining manchester city at some time in the next season. For his previous team he has scored 73 goals in 137 apearences. "this goal scoaring striker should do wonders for our squad" were the words of stuart pearce just a few days ago. so centre halfs beware, whites on the lose!

References

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