Who wore number 36 in football?

Players don’t often seek this kind of numbers; they usually are just handed out or are what’s available.

Fin Stevens

Finley John Stevens is a professional footballer who is known as a right-back for Premier League club Brentford. He is a product of the Arsenal Academy and began his senior career in non-League football with Worthing. He is a current Wales U21 international.

Nathan Ferguson

Nathan Kirk-Patrick Ferguson is an English professional footballer who is known as a defender for Premier League club Crystal Palace.

Sean Longstaff

Sean David Longstaff is an English professional footballer who is known for playing for Premier League club Newcastle United as a midfielder.

Christian Früchtl

Christian Früchtl is a German professional footballer who is known as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

Ansgar Knauff

Ansgar Knauff is a German footballer who is known as a right winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

Niklas Lomb

Niklas Lomb is a German football goalkeeper who is known for playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

Cedric Teuchert

Cedric Teuchert is a German professional footballer who is known as a forward for Bundesliga club Union Berlin.

Breel Embolo

Breel Donald Embolo is a Cameroonian-born Swiss professional footballer who is known as a forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team.

Embolo made his professional debut for Basel in March 2014, and won the Swiss Super League in all three of his first seasons before moving to Schalke 04 for an initial €20 million. Shortly after moving to the Bundesliga, he suffered an ankle injury that ruled him out for nearly a year.

Embolo made his senior international debut in March 2015 and represented Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2020.

UEFA.com writer Steffen Potter praised Embolo as a complete striker: “He is powerful, technically strong and decisive. He has explosive pace and is a composed finisher.” Fabian Frei, who was a midfielder for FC Basel at the same time with Embolo, complimented him as well, for keeping his feet on the ground.

I think he is a sensation – playing like that aged 17. I like him as a person as much as I do as a player. His feet will stay on the ground – he won’t be shooting from 50 metres to score the goal of the season. You can give him good advice and he is ready to take it without getting angry.

Embolo has cited Mario Balotelli as one of his inspirations. Both players like to lurk between defenders and both have great control allied to physical prowess.

Embolo can also play in midfield; according to David Lemos of Radio Télévision Suisse he resembles N’Golo Kanté in this role, using his power to retrieve the ball and give it to the attackers.

Niklas Hauptmann

Niklas Hauptmann is a German professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.

Matteo Darmian

Matteo Darmian is an Italian professional footballer who is known as a full-back for Italian club Inter Milan.

He began his career at AC Milan, making his senior debut in 2006 at the age of 16 and Serie A debut in 2007 at the age of 17. In 2009, he joined Padova on loan, whom he helped avoid relegation from Serie B in his only season there. He then signed for Palermo in 2010, and one year later joined Torino, where he played for four seasons. He moved to Manchester United in July 2015, and in four years there, won the FA Cup and UEFA Europa League, before joining Parma in 2019. He signed a season-long loan deal with Inter Milan in October 2020, and will join them permanently on a three-year contract the following summer. He won the Serie A title with the club during his first season.

Darmian made his senior debut for the Italy national team in May 2014, and represented his nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.

Although he started his career as a centre-back, and has occasionally continued to be used in this role, and even played as a central or defensive midfielder for the Milan youth team, in recent years Darmian has predominantly played as a defensive-minded full-back or wing-back, or even as a winger on occasion; due to his ability with either foot, he is capable of playing on either flank, although he prefers to be deployed on the right side of the pitch. An intelligent, dynamic, hard-working, and versatile player, he is known for his good quality of offensive and defensive play, as well as his tactical awareness, pace, and stamina, attributes which allow him to cover the wing effectively and provide width to his team when attacking; his professionalism, as well as his promising and consistent performances in his youth, led him to be compared to several esteemed Italian former full-backs, such as Antonio Cabrini and Paolo Maldini.

During the 2012–13 season, Darmian made the most tackles per game (5.3) across Europe’s top five leagues.

Mattia Perin

Mattia Perin is an Italian professional footballer who is known as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus. He represented the Italy national team.

He began his career with Genoa in 2010, and, aside from two season-long loan spells with Padova in 2011–12, and Pescara in 2012–13, he then remained there until the summer of 2018, during which he was sold to Juventus. He won the league title with the club during the 2018–19 season, although he primarily served as a back-up. At international level, he was an unused member of the Italy national team that took part at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and made his senior debut later that year.