The Most Famous
SOCCER PLAYERS from Guernsey
This page contains a list of the greatest Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 1 of which were born in Guernsey. This makes Guernsey the birth place of the 155th most number of Soccer Players behind Philippines, and Greenland.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Matt Le Tissier (b. 1968)
With an HPI of 45.52, Matt Le Tissier is the most famous Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Matthew Paul Le Tissier (; born 14 October 1968) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Le Tissier spent his entire professional club career with Southampton, before turning to non-League football in 2002; his loyalty garnered special affection from Southampton's fans who nicknamed him "Le God". A creative attacking midfielder with exceptional technical skills, Le Tissier is the second-highest-ever scorer for Southampton behind Mick Channon, and was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in 1990. He was the first midfielder to score 100 goals in the Premier League. He is notable for his record at scoring penalty kicks—converting from the spot 47 times from 48 attempts—and is considered one of the greatest ever from the 12-yard spot. Born in Guernsey, Le Tissier opted to represent England, winning eight caps from 1994 to 1997. In 2011, he became honorary president of Guernsey F.C., and briefly came out of retirement to play for the club in 2013. Following his retirement as a player, Le Tissier became a football pundit, and worked as a panellist on the Sky Sports show Soccer Saturday until August 2020. In his retirement, he has made several posts on social media, concerning COVID-19 and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which were met with criticism.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as soccer players born between 1968 and 1968. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living soccer players include Matt Le Tissier.
