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This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leicester City, although it includes players who were with the club when it was called Leicester Fosse.The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches and/or scored 50 or more senior goals for the club.
Leicester City F.C. wartime guest players (20 P) Pages in category "Leicester City F.C. players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,118 total.
The following players have been selected by their country while playing for Leicester City (including players both on loan at, and away from the club). The number of caps won whilst at the club are given, along with the date of the first cap being won while with Leicester City. Players listed in bold are current Leicester City players.
The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse F.C, and became known as Leicester City in 1919. They moved to Filbert Street in 1891, were elected to the Football League in 1894 and moved to the nearby King Power Stadium in 2002. Leicester City have won five major honours, including one Premier League, one FA Cup and three League Cups.
Leicester beat Cambridge United 6–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals, but lost out on a place in the new Premier League after a 1–0 defeat in the playoff final to Blackburn Rovers – the only goal of the game was scored by Blackburn's Mike Newell, a former Leicester player.
Alan Martin Smith (born 21 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. [3] Smith played for Leicester City and Arsenal in a career that spanned over a decade.
On 20 January 2012, Drinkwater joined Leicester City from Manchester United for an undisclosed fee. [ 20 ] After being named Championship Player of the Month for December 2013, [ 21 ] he was also one of three players who received a nomination for the Championship Player of the Year Award. [ 22 ]
After captaining Leicester City to the title, Morgan was included in the Premier League PFA Team of the Year, alongside teammates Jamie Vardy, N'Golo Kanté and Riyad Mahrez. [24] He also became the third outfield player in Premier League history to play every minute of a title-winning season after Gary Pallister in 1992–93 and John Terry in ...