Who wore number 92 in football?

As squads around the world are bigger, and as players move more frequently, such higher numbers are being used more and more. Here are the few players who’ve used the number.

Grégoire Defrel

Grégoire André Defrel is a French professional footballer who is known as a forward for Serie A club Sassuolo. A fine dribbler, Defrel has been compared to compatriot Jérémy Ménez.

Stephan El Shaarawy

Stephan El Shaarawy is an Italian professional footballer who is known as a winger for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone (The Pharaoh), as his father is Egyptian.

El Shaarawy began his career at Genoa, and was signed by Milan in 2011 after a successful loan at Padova. Frequently regarded as one of the most promising youngsters of his generation, El Shaarawy had his breakthrough in the first half of the 2012–13 season. Following several long periods out of action due to injuries, he spent the 2015–16 season on loan with Monaco and subsequently Roma, signing permanently for the latter club at the end of the season. In 2019, he transferred to Chinese club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, before making a return to Roma eighteen months later.

Internationally, El Shaarawy represented Italy from under-16 to under-21 levels. In August 2012, he made his debut for the senior team in a friendly against England, and in November of that year scored his first international goal against France. He represented Italy at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in third place, and at UEFA Euro 2016.

Since his breakthrough season, El Shaarawy was considered to be an up-and-coming, potentially world-class player, and one of the most promising and talented young Italian players. A versatile and hard-working forward, he is primarily characterized as a left winger, a position which allows him to cut into the centre onto his stronger right foot and either attempt a shot at goal or create chances for teammates; he can also play as an attacking midfielder, as a second striker, on the right flank, as a centre forward, or even as striker, due to his eye for goal. Eric Steitz has noted that El Shaarawy is mainly known for his pace and agility, as well as his “outstanding dribbling ability and technical skill”. He has also stated that El Shaarawy has often demonstrated his shooting power and goalscoring ability with strikes from outside the box, and has described the player as an “above-average passer”, who “creates space with a solid first-touch”.

El Shaarawy’s playing style has drawn comparisons with FIFA World Player of the Year winner Cristiano Ronaldo. El Shaarawy cites former Milan playmaker Kaká as his role model. Milan legend José Altafini compared El Shaarawy to Brazilian international Neymar and multiple-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi: “El Shaarawy reminds me of Neymar and Messi. They have a low center of gravity. They play with the ball glued to their feet. He has already proven that he’s a good player. The important thing is not to bulk him up too much”. In spite of his talent, however, he has often struggled with injuries.

Yann Karamoh

Yann Karamoh is a French professional footballer who is known as a forward for Fatih Karagümrük, on loan from Parma.

Douglas Tanque

Douglas Willian da Silva Souza, known as Douglas Tanque or simply Douglas, is a Brazilian footballer who is known as a forward for Emirati club Khor Fakkan.

Mame Biram Diouf

Mame Biram Diouf is a Senegalese professional footballer who is known as a striker for Turkish Süper Lig club Hatayspor.

Diouf started his career at Diaraf before moving to Molde in 2007. In his first season with them he won the Norwegian First Division, and gained promotion to the Norwegian top division. His performances and goalscoring attracted interest from a number of big clubs, and he eventually moved to Manchester United in 2009, remaining on loan at Molde until January 2010. He scored on his home debut for United and won the League Cup as an unused substitute in the 2010 final. Diouf joined Hannover in January 2012, where he scored 35 goals in 71 appearances, before moving to Stoke City on a free transfer in 2014. Diouf spent six seasons with Stoke scoring 25 goals in 157 appearances before leaving in the summer of 2020.

Diouf made his Senegal debut in 2009 in a 2–1 friendly win over the DR Congo; he has represented the country at the 2015 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Nikolai Rasskazov

Nikolai Olegovich Rasskazov is a Russian football player. He is known as a right-back for FC Spartak Moscow.

Damian Kądzior

Damian Kądzior is a Polish professional footballer who is known as a winger for Polish club Piast Gliwice.

Kim In-sung

Kim In-Sung is a South Korean footballer famous for playing for for Seoul E-Land.

He graduated in Sungkyunkwan University, and formerly played for Russian Premier League side PFC CSKA Moscow.