| Name |
number |
position |
born... |
nationality |
| Adams, Tony |
6 |
Centre-back, club captain |
10/10/1966
Romford |
 English: Full
international |
| Adebayor, Emmanuel |
25 |
centre-forward |
26/02/1984
Lome, Togo |
 Togalese: Full
international |
| Aliadiere, Jeremie |
30 |
Centre-forward |
30/03/1983
Rambouillet, France |
 French: Youth
international |
| Almunia, Manuel |
24 |
goalkeeper |
19/05/1977
Pamplona, Spain |
 Spanish: |
| Baptista, Julio |
9
(on loan) |
attacking central midfielder |
01/10/1981
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
 Brazilian: Full
international |
| Bendtner, Nicklas |
(out on loan) |
Centre Forward |
16/01/1988
Copenhagen, Denmark |
 Danish: Youth
international |
| Bentley, David |
25 |
Winger/support striker |
27/08/1984
Peterborough |
English: U21
international |
| Bergkamp, Dennis |
10 |
Likes to play just behind the front man/men |
10/05/1969
Amsterdam, Holland |
 Dutch: Full
international |
| Campbell, Sol |
23 |
Centre back |
18/09/1974
Newham |
English: Full
international |
| Clichy, Gael |
22 |
Left back |
26/07/1985
France |
French: U21
international |
| Cole, Ashley |
3 |
Left back |
20/12/1980
Stepney |
English: Full
international |
| Connolly, Matthew |
34 |
Centre back |
24/09/2987
Barnet |
English: |
| Cygan, Pascal |
18 |
Centre back |
29/04/1974
Lens, France |
French: |
| Denilson |
15 |
spry attacking midfield |
16/02/1988
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Brazilian: Youth
international |
| Diaby, Abou |
2 |
Central midfield |
11/05/1986
Paris, France |
French: Youth
international |
| Dixon, Lee |
2 |
Right-back |
17/03/1964
Manchester |
English: Full
international |
| Djourou, Johan |
20 |
Centre back |
18/01/1987
Ivory Coast |
 Swiss: Youth
international |
| Eboue, Emmanuel |
27 |
Right back |
04/01/1983
Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
 Ivory Coast: Full
international |
| Edu |
17 |
Left-sided central midfielder |
15/05/1978
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Brazilian: U21
international |
| Fabregas, Cesc |
4 |
Central, sometimes plays on right |
04/05/1987
Vilessoc de Mar, Spain |
Spanish: U21
international |
| Flamini, Mathieu |
16 |
Versatile right-sided midfielder |
07/03/1984
Marseille, France |
French: U21
international |
| Gallas, William |
10 |
Centre back, plays full-back too |
17/08/1977
Asnieres, France |
French: Full
international |
| Gilbert, Kerrea |
(out on loan) |
right back |
28/02/1987
Hammersmith |
English: Youth
international |
| Gilberto |
19 |
Central midfield |
07/10/1976
Lahoa da Prata, Brazil |
Brazilian: Full
international |
| Grimandi, Gilles |
18 |
Central defence or midfield |
11/11/1970
Gap, France |
French: |
| Henry, Thierry |
14 |
Centre-forward, used to be a winger |
17/08/1977
Paris, France |
French: Full
international |
| Hleb, Alexander |
13 |
Flexible attacking midfielder |
01/05/1981
Minsk, Belarus |
 Belarus: Full
international |
| Hoyte, Justin |
31 |
Right-sided full-back, also plays centre-back |
20/11/1984
Waltham Forest |
English: U21
international |
| Inamoto, Junichi |
19 |
Attacking midfielder |
18/09/1979
Kagoshima, Japan |
 Japanese: Full
international |
| Jeffers, Francis |
9 |
Centre-forward, "fox in the box" |
25/01/1981
Liverpool |
English: U21
international |
| Kanu |
25 |
Centre-forward |
01/08/1976
Owerri, Nigeria |
 Nigerian: Full
international |
| Keown, Martin |
5 |
Centre back |
24/07/1966
Oxford |
English: Full
international |
| Larsson, Sebastian |
(out on loan) |
Left-sided, has also played at full-back |
06/06/1985
Eskiltuna, Sweden |
 Swedish: Youth
international |
| Lauren |
12 |
Right-back, can also play midfield (and does so for Cameroon) |
19/01/1977
Londi Kribi, Cameroon |
 Cameroon: Full
international |
| Lehmann, Jens |
1 |
Goalkeeper |
10/11/1969
Essen, Germany |
 German: Full
international |
| Ljungberg, Fredrik |
8 |
Attacking midfielder, winger, plays "in the hole" for Sweden |
16/04/1977
Vittsjo, Sweden |
Swedish: Full
international |
| Lupoli, Arturo |
(out on loan) |
centre forward |
26/06/1987
Brescia, Italy |
 Italian: Youth
international |
| Luzhny, Oleg |
22 |
Right back, also plays centre and left back |
05/08/1968
Ukraine |
 Ukrainian: Full
international |
| Muamba, Fabrice |
(out on loan) |
central midfield |
06/04/1988
Congo |
English: Youth
international |
| Owusu-Abeyie, Quincy |
26 |
winger or centre-forward |
15/04/1986
Amsterdam, Holland |
Dutch: U21
international |
| Parlour, Ray |
15 |
Central or right-sided midfielder |
07/03/1973
Romford |
English: Full
international |
| Pennant, Jermaine |
21 |
right winger |
15/01/1983
Nottingham |
English: U21
international |
| Pires, Robert |
7 |
Attacking midfielder, winger |
29/10/1973
Reims, France |
French: Full
international |
| Poom, Mart |
21 |
bench |
03/02/1972
Tallinn, Estonia |
 Estonian: Full
international |
| Randall, Mark |
43 |
central midfield |
28/09/1989
Milton Keynes |
English: Youth
international |
| Reyes, Jose Antonio |
(out on loan) |
Centre-forward, also happy on the wing |
01/09/1983
Utrera, Spain |
Spanish: Full
international |
| Rosicky, Tomas |
7 |
Versatile attacking midfielder/playmaker |
04/10/1980
Prague, Czech Republic |
 Czech: Full
international |
| Seaman, David |
1 |
goalkeeper |
19/09/1963
Rotherham |
English: Full
international |
| Senderos, Philippe |
6 |
Centre-back |
14/02/1985
Geneva, Switzerland |
Swiss: Full
international |
| Shabaan, Rami |
24 |
goalkeeper |
30/06/1975
Stockholm, Sweden |
Swedish: |
| Song, Alexandre |
(out on loan) |
can also play in defence |
09/09/1987
Cameroon |
Cameroon: Youth
international |
| Stack, Graham |
(out on loan) |
Goalkeeper |
26/09/1981
Hampstead, England |
 Irish: U21
international |
| Stepanovs, Igors |
26 |
Centre back |
26/01/1976
Ogre, Latvia |
 Latvian: Full
international |
| Stokes, Anthony |
45 |
centre-forward |
25/07/1988
Dublin |
Irish: |
| Svard, Sebastian |
31 |
Centre-back or left-back |
15/01/1983
Denmark |
Danish: Youth
international |
| Tavlaridis, Stathis |
27 |
Centre back or full-back |
25/01/1980
Greece |
 Greek: U21
international |
| Taylor, Stuart |
13 |
goalkeeper |
28/11/1980
Romford |
English: Youth
international |
| Toure, Kolo |
5 |
centre back, plus... |
19/03/1981
Ivory Coast |
Ivory Coast: Full
international |
| Traore, Armand |
45 |
Left back |
08/10/1989
Paris, France |
French: Youth
international |
| Upson, Matthew |
20 |
Centre back, has also played left back |
18/04/1979
Hartismere |
English: U21
international |
| Vieira, Patrick |
4 |
Central midfielder, Club captain |
23/06/1976
Dakar, Senegal |
French: Full
international |
| Volz, Moritz |
29 |
Right-back (also plays midfield) |
21/01/1983
Siegen, Germany |
German: Youth
international |
| Walcott, Theo |
32 |
Versatile striker |
16/03/1989
??? |
English: Youth
international |
| Wiltord, Sylvain |
11 |
Centre-forward, also used on both wings by Arsenal |
10/05/1974
Neuilly-sur-Marne, France |
French: Full
international |
| Wright, Ian |
8 |
Centre-forward |
03/11/1963
Woolwich |
English: Full
international |
| Wright, Richard |
24 |
goalkeeper |
05/11/1977
Ipswich |
English: Full
international |
| van Bronckhorst, Gio |
16 |
Midfield, also fills in at left-back |
05/02/1975
Rotterdam, Holland |
Dutch: Full
international |
| van Persie, Robin |
11 |
Centre-forward |
06/08/1983
Rotterdam, Holland |
Dutch: Full
international |