List of Sunderland A.F.C. players
Appearance
This is a list of all the notable players who have featured for Sunderland A.F.C. right from 1879 to 2008. The main notable players who are listed are ones who have 100 caps or more for the club, done unique and special things for the club, players who have featured in certain records for the club, general famous footballers who have played at the club, and general players that have been held in high reguard by the clubs fans.
Player Stats
- Most capped player: Jimmy Montgomery (623) caps
- Top goalscorer (all time): Bobby Gurney (223) goals
- Current top goalscorer: Daryl Murphy (13) goals
- Current most capped player: Dean Whitehead (153) caps
Transfers
- Highest fee paid: £9 million for Craig Gordon in 2007 (British record for a goalkeeper)
- Highest fee recieved: £5 million for Michael Bridges in 1999.
Overall Notable players at the club
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Name | Nationality | Position | Sunderland A.F.C. career | Appearances | Goals |
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Neid Doig | Scotland | GK | 1890–1904 | 417 | 0 |
Alf Common | England | FW | 1904-1905 | 20 | 6 |
Leigh Richmond Roose | Wales | GK | 1908-1910 | 91 | 0 |
- Charlie Buchan (1911)
- Johnny Mapson, 1937 FA Cup Final goalkeeper
- Dave Halliday
- Bobby Gurney
- Raich Carter
- Willie Watson
- Len Shackleton (1948)
- Trevor Ford (1950)
- Colin Pascoe
- Billy Bingham (1950)
- Len Ashurst
- Eric Gates
- Gordon Bradley
- Don Revie (1956)
- Charlie Hurley (1957)
- Brian Clough (1961)
- Jim Baxter (1965)
- Ian Porterfield (1967)
- Dave Watson (1970)
- Gary Rowell (1972)
- George Burley
- Jimmy Montgomery
- Barry Venison (1981)
- Bryan 'Pop' Robson
- Sam Allardyce (1980)
- Terry Butcher
- Kevin Ball (1990-2000)
- Ally McCoist (1981)
- Marco Gabbiadini (1987-1992_
- Michael Gray (1992-2004)
- Michael Bridges (1995-1999)
- Alex Rae (1996)
- Thomas Helmer (1999)
- Stefan Schwarz (1999)
- Steve Bould (1999-2001)
- Niall Quinn (1996-2003)
- Chris Waddle (1997)
- Lee Clark (1997-1999)
- Kevin Phillips (1997-2003)
- Thomas Sørensen (1998-2003)
- Milton Nunez (1999)
- Don Hutchison (2000)
- Julio Arca (2000-2006)
- Tore André Flo (2002-2004)
- Marcus Stewart (2002-2005)
- Thomas Myhre (2002)
- Paul Bracewell (1983, 1989, 1995)
- Claudio Reyna (2001-2003)
- Jason McAteer (2001-2004)
- Mart Poom (2002-2005)
- Patrick Mboma (2002)
- Dean Whitehead (2003-)
- Danny Collins (2003-)
- Nyron Nosworthy (2005-)
- Dwight Yorke (2006-)
- Kieran Richardson (2007)
- Craig Gordon (2007-)
- Andy Cole (2007-2008)
- Kenwyne Jones (2007)
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