Football player

A men's association football player (Karim Benzema)

A women's association football player (Marta Torrejón)

A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union.

It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world,^[1] and many play other forms of football.