Who wore number 33 in football?

There are the numbers that really stretch the upper limits of rosters. In massive clubs they are needed, often for youth players or U21s who are called up.

Carney Chukwuemeka

Carney Chibueze Chukwuemeka is a professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa. Born in Austria to Nigerian parents, he decided to represent England internationally, captaining the England U19 side. Chukwuemeka played academy football for Northampton Town, moving to the Aston Villa Academy aged thirteen.

Dan Burn

Daniel Johnson Burn is an English professional footballer who is known as a defender for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Burn made his debut in the Football League for Darlington in 2009 and joined Fulham at the end of the 2010–11 season, having made 19 appearances for Darlington. He spent the 2012–13 season on loan to Yeovil Town, for whom he made 41 appearances, and spent part of the following season on loan to Birmingham City. He joined Wigan Athletic when his contract with Fulham expired at the end of the 2015–16 season. Burn signed for Brighton & Hove Albion ahead of the 2018–19 season, and was loaned back to Wigan until January 2019.

Salomón Rondón

José Salomón Rondón Giménez is a Venezuelan professional footballer who is known as a striker for Premier League club Everton and the Venezuela national team.

After starting out at Aragua, he went on to spend most of his career in Europe, appearing in La Liga with Málaga, the Russian Premier League with Rubin Kazan, Zenit Saint Petersburg (winning the 2015 national championship with the latter club) & CSKA Moscow, and the Premier League with West Bromwich Albion , Newcastle United and Everton. A Venezuela international since 2008, Rondón is one of the country’s top goalscorers, and he represented his country in Copa América tournaments.

Scott Carson

Scott Paul Carson is an English professional footballer who is known as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester City.

Carson joined the Leeds United academy in 2002, making his full first-team debut for Leeds against Manchester United in February 2004. In January 2005, he moved to Liverpool for a £750,000 fee and was called up for the England senior team later that year. He made nine appearances for Liverpool, including the UEFA Champions League quarter-final victory over Juventus in April 2005, before going on loan to Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa in successive seasons to gain experience. After his return to Liverpool from his loan spell at Aston Villa at the end of the 2007–08 season, he joined West Bromwich Albion for a £3.25 million fee in July 2008. In 2011, he moved to Bursaspor of Turkey. After two years in Turkey, he moved back to England with Wigan Athletic, where he remained until 2015 when he signed for Derby County. Carson joined reigning Premier League champions Manchester City on loan in August 2019 to provide cover for Ederson and Claudio Bravo. He signed permanently for Manchester City in 2021.

Carson made his first appearance for the England under-21 team in the same month and later set a record of 29 caps for the under-21 team at the time. Following the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Carson made his full debut for the England senior team against Austria in November 2007.

Michael McGovern

Michael McGovern is a Northern Irish professional footballer who is known as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Norwich City and the Northern Ireland national team.

Born in Enniskillen, McGovern started his career with Scottish Premier League club Celtic in 2001. He spent time on loan with Scottish Second Division side Stranraer in 2005 and with Scottish First Division side St Johnstone in 2006. He left Celtic in 2008, having never made a first-team appearance for the club. After leaving Celtic, he joined fellow Scottish Premier League side Dundee United, but left after one season having not made a first-team appearance. In 2009, he went back to the First Division with Ross County, where he enjoyed a successful two-year spell. In 2011, he moved on a free transfer to fellow First Division side Falkirk. McGovern then moved to Hamilton Academical in 2014. After spending 15 years playing in Scotland, he moved to English club Norwich City in July 2016.

McGovern represented Northern Ireland at under-19 and under-21 levels, before making his senior debut in May 2010. He represented Northern Ireland at UEFA Euro 2016.

Ben Davies

Benjamin Thomas Davies is a Welsh professional footballer who is known as a left back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team.

Davies is an academy graduate of Swansea City, a Welsh club based in Swansea who play in the English football league system, also joining Danish club Viborg FF’s academy while his family lived in Denmark. He made his professional debut for Swansea City in the second Premier League game of the 2012–13 season against West Ham United, scoring his first professional goal in a 3–1 Premier League win against Stoke City in January 2013. In the 2013–14 season, Davies was once again a regular for Swansea City.

In July 2014, Davies was signed by Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee, making his debut for Tottenham in a Europa League game against Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He has spent much of his Tottenham career battling with Danny Rose for the starting left-back spot.

Davies made three appearances for the Welsh national under-19 football team in his youth. His appearances all came as part of qualification for the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Davies made his senior Welsh national team debut against Scotland as part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in 2012. He has since made over 60 senior appearances for Wales, and represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020.

Juraj Kucka

Juraj Kucka is a Slovak professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Premier League club Watford, on loan from the Italian club Parma, and the Slovakia national team. Kucka made his full international debut for Slovakia in 2008 after called up from U21 team.

André Silva

André Miguel Valente da Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who is known as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Portugal national team.

An academy graduate of Porto, he impressed during his time with the reserve side before making his debut with the first team in 2015. He ultimately made over 50 appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals before joining AC Milan in 2017. He went on to represent Sevilla and Eintracht Frankfurt on loan, signing a permanent contract with the latter in 2020. Following a club record-breaking campaign, in which he scored 28 times, he moved to RB Leipzig also in the Bundesliga for a reported fee of €23 million.

Silva represented Portugal at various youth levels, and was part of the squad which came second at the 2014 European Under-19 Championship. His senior international debut followed two years later, and he featured at the 2017 Confederations Cup where his team came third, also being selected for the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020.

Danilo D’Ambrosio

Danilo D’Ambrosio is an Italian professional footballer who is known as a full back for Inter Milan in the Serie A and the Italy national team.

D’Ambrosio is a quick, energetic, offensive fullback, who is physically strong, good in the air, and who also possesses good stamina, timing, and reliable technical ability. He primarily plays on the right, but is also capable of playing on the left, due to his tactical versatility as a defender, and is known for his ability to cut into the centre from this position onto his stronger right foot and attempt a shot, due to his eye for goal. He has also been used as a wing-back or wide midfielder in a 3–5–2 formation, and has even been deployed as a central midfielder, or as a centre-back on occasion.

Rade Krunic

Rade Krunić is a Bosnian professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Serie A club Milan and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Krunić started his professional career at Sutjeska Foča, before joining Donji Srem in 2013. In 2014, he moved to Hellas Verona, who loaned him back to Donji Srem later that year. He switched to Borac Čačak in 2015. Later that year, Krunić signed with Empoli. He was transferred to Milan in 2019.

A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Krunić made his senior international debut in 2016, earning over 20 caps since.

Hans Hateboer

Hans Hateboer is a Dutch professional footballer who is known as a right-back for Italian club Atalanta and the Netherlands national team.

A Groningen youth product, Hateboer spent three-and-a-half Eredivisie seasons with the club before joining Italian club Atalanta in 2017. In February 2020, he scored the first goal in a UEFA Champions League knockout-phase match for the club.

A right-back with a remarkable physique and pace, Hateboer has also occasionally been employed as a centre-back. While in Italy, he gained the nickname cavallo pazzo meaning “mad horse”, due to his work rate and untiring runs.

Adam Ounas

Adam Mohamed Ounas is an Algerian professional footballer who is known as a winger or attacking midfielder for Serie A club Napoli. Born in France, he decided to represent the Algeria national team.

Francesco Acerbi

Francesco Acerbi is an Italian professional footballer who is known as a centre-back for Serie A club Lazio and the Italy national team.

Until the age of 22, Acerbi played only in the lower tiers of Italian football, before being purchased by the Serie B club Reggina, where he established himself as a starting lineup defender. In 2011, Acerbi signed with Chievo Verona, thus making his Serie A debut. Despite being used only sporadically, Acerbi managed to draw the attention of A.C. Milan, who signed him the next summer. Having appeared in 10 games for the rossoneri, Acerbi returned to Chievo to complete the season. In 2013, he signed with Sassuolo. During his debut season for the club he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and successfully cured by the end of campaign, which paved the way for his return to the pitch in September 2014. In 2018, having made 173 appearances in all competitions for the neroverdi, Acerbi transferred to Lazio, where he continued to be a starting defender.

An Italian international since 2014, he has played for the national team on three occasions in friendly games before making his competitive debut in 2019, later taking part in his nation’s victorious UEFA Euro 2020 campaign.

A hard-tackling and physically imposing left-footed defender, with good technique and ball-playing ability on the ground, Acerbi is considered to be one of the best Serie A and Italian defenders in circulation. He often plays as a left–sided centre-back in either a three or four–man back–line, and is known for his defensive consistency, charismatic personality, and leadership as a footballer, as well as his ability to carry the ball out from the back. A tall and physically powerful centre-back, although he lacks significant pace, his strength, reading of the game, and timing allows him to excel in physical duels with his opponents, while his height and heading ability also make him effective in winning aerial challenges, and also allow him to contribute offensively to his team with additional goals.