Who wore number 58 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.

Modou Barrow

Modou Barrow, commonly known as Mo Barrow, is a Gambian professional footballer who is known for playing for South Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, and the Gambian national team. He is a winger but can also play as a forward.

He grew up in Sweden where he played for several senior clubs. In 2014, he signed for Swansea City of the Premier League. After loans to three Championship clubs, he transferred to Reading in 2017. Barrow made his international debut for the Gambia national team in 2015.

Barrow is a pacey winger, who likes to run with the ball and take on defenders and create chances. He can also play as a forward. He revealed that with his style of play that ‘I want to get the fans on their feet, and I fight until the end’.

Gedion Zelalem

Gedion Zelalem is an American professional soccer player who is known as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club New York City FC.

After playing for various youth teams in Germany and the United States, Zelalem initially played with Arsenal’s youth squads after joining the team in early 2013, and made his senior squad debut for Arsenal in an FA Cup match in January 2014.

Internationally, Zelalem made appearances for Germany’s under-15 team, under-16 team and under-17 team during 2012 and 2013. He became a U.S. citizen on December 2, 2014, and FIFA subsequently approved his eligibility to play for the United States on May 13, 2015.

Steven Taylor

Steven Vincent Taylor is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Daishawn Redan

Daishawn Orpheo Marvin Redan is a Dutch footballer who is known as a forward for PEC Zwolle on loan from Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.

Nathangelo Markelo

Nathangelo Alexandro Markelo is a Dutch professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Jong PSV.

Ben Woodburn

Benjamin Luke Woodburn is a professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian, on loan from Premier League club Liverpool and the Wales national team.

Born in Nottingham, Woodburn joined the football academy of Liverpool when he was seven years old. Nearly a decade later, upon making his senior debut in 2016, he became one of the youngest players to play for the club and, in just his second appearance, and became one of the Liverpool’s youngest goalscorers.

He subsequently went on loan to Sheffield United but was restricted to just eight appearances before returning to Liverpool, where he was part of the club’s UEFA Champions League winning squad in 2019, although he took no part in the competition himself. The following season, he joined Oxford United on loan.

Despite being born in England, Woodburn elected to represent Wales at international level and became one of the nation’s youngest goalscorers when he scored on his senior debut in 2017.

Aaron O’Driscoll

Aaron Maurice O’Driscoll is an Irish professional footballer who is known as a defender for EFL League Two club Mansfield Town.