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Mike Modano


Michael Thomas Modano Jr. (; born June 7, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey player, who played primarily for the Minnesota/Dallas Stars franchise. He spent the final season of his NHL career with his hometown Detroit Red Wings. He is the all-time goal-scoring and points leader amongst American-born players in the NHL, as well as the last active player in the NHL who played for the North Stars when the team was in Minnesota. Modano was drafted first overall by the North Stars
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Travis Morin


Travis Andrew Morin (born January 9, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey player who briefly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Dallas Stars. He most notably played with the Stars American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Texas Stars, appearing as the only player feature in the franchise's first 10 seasons. Born in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Morin was named Metro player of the year by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2002, his senior year at Osseo Senior High School. During
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Ben Jones (Australian rugby league, born 1990)


Ben Jones (born 24 June 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A utility player, he played as a or . Jones was born in Orange, New South Wales, Australia. Jones started his first-grade career with the Sydney Roosters, his NRL debut coming in round 23 of the 2008 season, against the Melbourne Storm. In 2010, Jones was called into the Indigenous All Stars representative side for the annual match against the NRL All Stars after first-
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Jake Gordon


Jake Gordon (born 6 July 1993) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Super Rugby franchise New South Wales Waratahs. Born in Sydney, Jake grew up in Newtown, New South Wales where he first started to play rugby, playing the ages at Canterbury Juniors. Gordon is now a product of Sydney University's first-grade side, who he has played for since 2013. In 2014, he was selected for the inaugural season of the National Rugby Championship, playing for Sydney Stars. He remained with the
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Dušan Basta


Dušan Basta (, ; born 18 August 1984) is a Serbian professional football player who plays for Italian club Lazio. He often plays as a right-sided full-back. The first football step Basta made was when he was eight – in local football club PKB from Padinska Skela, the suburb where he lived and where he was born. He then signed for Red Star aged thirteen, becoming a part of one of the most talented generations in the history of Red Star's youth academy. Basta signed his first
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Marko Gobeljić


Marko Gobeljić (; born 13 September 1992) is a Serbian footballer, who plays for Red Star Belgrade. He was born in Kraljevo. Gobeljić started training football with local football school Bubamara 1991, and later passed all youth categories of Sloga Kraljevo. He had started playing with the first team as a bonus player in the 2010–11 season. For debut season he played on 27 league caps and 1 Lav Cup Serbia match, against Red Star Belgrade played in front of a full Kraljevo City Stadium on 22 September 2010. He was
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Uroš Filipović


Uroš Filipović (; born 22 April 1998) is a Serbian footballer, who plays for Radnički Pirot. Born in Belgrade, Filipović passed Red Star Belgrade youth categories, playing as a member of the club for 8 years until the end of 2015–16 season. He was elected in youth ranks under Football Association of Belgrade in his early years. Next he left Red Star Belgrade, Filipović completed his youth career playing with Radnički Pirot. In summer 2016, Filipović joined Radnički Pirot. After he spent the first half-season playing with
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Filip Stojković


Filip Stojković (, ; born 22 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for the Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade. Born in Ćuprija, Stojković grown up in Ražanj, where he started playing football with the local football club Bukovik. Later he moved to Red Star Belgrade youth academy, and signed his first professional contract with the club in June 2009, on a three-year deal. He spent the next two seasons on loan at FK Sopot, playing regularly in the Serbian League
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Zoran Radosavljević


Zoran Radosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Paдocaвљeвић, born 4 July 1968) is a retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. Born in Sušica, Radosavljević began playing football with local side FK Radnički Kragujevac. He would later play in the Yugoslav First League for Red Star Belgrade and the Serbian SuperLiga with FK Javor Ivanjica, but spent most of his career with Radnički. He won the 1997 Yugoslav Cup with Red Star. Radosavljević moved to Greece in December 1997, joining Greek second division side Panargiakos F.C. for the second half
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Igor Krmar


Igor Krmar (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Крмар; born 14 May 1991 in Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football right back who plays for OFK Sloga Gornje Crnjelovo. Krmar was born in the Croatian town Vinkovci at the outbreak of the Yugoslavian war, his family fled to Boleč, a suburb of Belgrade. He started playing football in Boleč, later moving to nearby Vinča where he was spotted by scouts and brought to Red Star Belgrade. Although he passed the complete youth ranks of Red Star, he first played professionally
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Stevan Luković


Stevan Luković (; born 16 March 1993) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FK Budućnost Dobanovci. After 3 season playing as a loaned player in Football club Sopot, which was reserve team of Red Star Belgrade when Vladan Lukić was a president, he returned in first team. But, he was 3rd, or 4th player on the same position, and he was loaned again, first to Kolubara and than to Grbalj. After return from Grbalj, he was licensed for Red Star, but didn't play. In
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Jovan Vićić


Jovan Vićić (; born 23 February 1997) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Mačva Šabac. Born in Loznica, Vićić passed the youth school of Red Star Belgrade and joined the first team in summer 2015. Later he was loaned to GSP Polet on dual registration, where he made 11 appearances in the Serbian League Belgrade for the first half of 2015–16 season. At the beginning of 2016, Vićić signed his first professional contract with Red Star and moved on loan to Serbian First League Loznica. In summer
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Veljko Simić


Veljko Simić (born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Red Star Belgrade as an attacking midfielder. A product of the Red Star Belgrade, Simić and Filip Janković were considered the two most talented players from Red Star's youth team of players born in 1995. However, he never transitioned into the first team, and instead signed a professional contract with FC Basel in 2014. Technical problems made him ineligible and was consequently loaned to Slovenian outfit NK Domžale. He made his first team debut against Radomlje
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Norm Stoneburgh


Norm Stoneburgh (born March 31, 1935 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former all-star center who played thirteen seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts. After playing in the Toronto Argonauts farm system, Stoneburgh joined the big team in 1955 and played his entire 13-year career with them as a center. Stoneburgh first made CFL east all-star in 1958. Although he fractured a leg in 1959 and did not play a single game, he came back strong with CFL east all-star nominations in
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Duncan Lechesa


Duncan Thaane Lechesa (born 26 July 1976) is a retired South African football player who is currently the head coach of National First Division team F.C. Cape Town. In a 15-year career, Lechesa played as a central midfielder for Bloemfontein Celtic, Ajax Cape Town, Black Leopards and Free State Stars before retiring in 2010. Born in Bloemfontein, Free State, Lechesa began playing football with Bloemfontein Celtic's youth sides before signing with National First Division club Bloemfontein Young Tigers. He started 24 league matches during his final season with Stars
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Michiel van Kampen


Michiel van Kampen (born January 23, 1976, Haarlem) is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. He has been a star relief pitcher in the Hoofdklasse who once set the appearances record and was MVP of the 2007 Holland Series. His sister Judith van Kampen is a star softball pitcher for the Dutch women's softball national team and was the first Dutch woman to play NCAA Division I softball, for the University of Nevada; they both will play for the Netherlands in the 2008
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Aladeen Younes


Aladeen Younes(; born 22 January 1996), commonly known as Alaadeen Salman, is an American-born Libyan football player who plays for Qatari Stars League side Al Sadd SC. His father, Solomon Younes, is a former footballer who played for Michigan State University (spartans) in the United States. Aladeen started out with Al-Sadd club in 2008 in the youth academy. He came into Al Sadd's first team at the age of 17, His first appearance was in April 2015 scoring against Al-Shamal
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Todd Astle


Todd Duncan Astle (born 24 September 1986) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand national cricket team. Domestically, he plays for Canterbury. He was born in Palmerston North. He is the son of Alec Astle who played first-class cricket fleetingly for Central Districts in the late 1970s. Todd was an overseas professional for Aberdeenshire C.C. for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, starring with bat and ball. The club had a historic season in 2009, winning the SNCL Premier League and the Scottish Cup.
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Mihailo Ristić (footballer)


Mihailo Ristić (, ; born 31 October 1995) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left-back for French club Montpellier. Born in Bijeljina, Ristić played with Partizan Donja Trnova and Rudar Ugljevik during his youth career, before he moved to Red Star Belgrade, in early 2013 thanks to a scouting search. He became one of the best players in Red Star's youth teams in shortly time, and was called to the first team under coach Ricardo Sá Pinto for the last league fixture of the
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David Babunski


David Babunski (; born 1 March 1994) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Omiya Ardija. A product of FC Barcelona's La Masia, he played for their reserves before transferring to Red Star Belgrade in January 2016, winning the Serbian SuperLiga in his first season. Babunski has been capped by the Macedonia football team at international level, making his senior debut in 2013. Born in Skopje, Babunski joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2006, aged 12, after starring at UDA Gramenet. In December
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regularly. Both Williams and Mariucci complained about anti-American bias, and U.S. Olympic team stars John Mayasich and Bill Cleary turned down offers from NHL teams. Although there were several European-born players (e.g., Slovakian-born Hall of Famer Stan Mikita) who immigrated to Canada as children, the only European-born and trained player of the era was Sweden's Ulf Sterner, who briefly played for the Rangers in 1965. The league's first Black player, Willie O'Ree, came up during this era, playing
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Ibrahima Conté (footballer, born 1991)


Ibrahima Conté (born April 3, 1991) is a Guinean professional footballer who most recently played for Belgian side KV Oostende. Conté comes from the youth section of Fello Star. His position is midfielder. He played his first games in Belgium in the youth division of AA Gent. He plays as a midfielder. His first game was in the 2009–10 season. He played for the team of Gent against KVC Westerlo as a substitute. In the 2010–11 season, Ibrahima was definitely part of the A-team. Conté joined
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Gary O'Donnell (Gaelic footballer)


Gary O'Donnell (born 6 January 1988) is an Irish sportsperson, who plays inter-county Gaelic football for Galway. He is a first cousin of double All-Ireland-winning former Galway footballer and two-time All Star Jarlath Fallon. O'Donnell's parents are both from County Mayo and he has uncles who have played football for that county at a number of levels. O'Donnell, who first played football with St Colman's, Gort, also played hurling in his youth and was on the same under-age teams
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Marko Muslin


Marko Muslin (born 17 June 1985) is a French-Serbian footballer who plays for FC Wohlen. Marko Muslin started his career at Stade Brest. He later signed with OGC Nice in 2001. He won the 2003–04 First League of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia and Montenegro Cup trophies with Red Star Belgrade, however, he played with Red Star only the first half of the season, during the winter-break he was loaned to FK Hajduk Beograd where he played the rest of the season. In July 2004, he
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Milić Jovanović


Milić Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Mилић Joвaнoвић; born 10 February 1966) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Kruševac, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Jovanović played for FK Napredak Kruševac, Red Star Belgrade and FK Mogren in his homeland. He won the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League with Red Star, acting as backup to Stevan Stojanović. In 1993, aged 27, Jovanović moved to Portugal where he would remain the following eight years, until his retirement. He started with S.C.U. Torreense in the
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Raheem Owolabi Isiaka


Raheem Owolabi Isiaka (born June 14, 1991 in Lagos) is a Nigerian football player who currently plays as a center forward for Al-Hedood FC, which competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top division in Iraq. Owolabi has played club football for First Bank and Shooting Stars. He left Shooting Stars at the end of the 2011-12 season, going to play in the Iraqi league. In 2013, he played in the Iraqi Premier League with Al-Zawraa. In September 2014, he signed a
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Tomáš Vincour


Tomáš Vincour (; born November 19, 1990) is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Mountfield HK in the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He has previously played in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars, who selected him in the fifth round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, and the Colorado Avalanche. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round (129th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and was the first ever Oil King to be drafted by an NHL team.
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Mamadi Sangare


Mamadi Sangare (; born 4 December 1982) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a defender. Sangaré most recently played for FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. He is better known for playing in CSKA Kyiv and being the first one outside the post Soviet territory to accept the Ukrainian citizenship. Born in Conakry, Sangaré began in his homeland Guinea with AS Kaloum Star and signed 2001 with the Premier-Liha club FC Arsenal Kyiv at that time known as CSKA Kyiv (until December 2001). Sangare, however, at first was placed to
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Jürgen Stars


Jürgen Stars (born 24 June 1948) is a former professional footballer from Germany who played goalkeeper in the Bundesliga and the North American Soccer League. Jürgen Stars began his professional career in 1967 in his hometown, with 1. FC Phönix Lübeck in the Regionalliga Nord. Also playing for Phönix Lübeck that season was defender Peter Nogly, who would later become Stars' teammate twice more at Hamburg and Tampa Bay. After four seasons in Lübeck, he joined SV Röchling Völklingen who were initially playing in the Regionalliga Südwest. Stars played
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John Hawley (footballer)


John East Hawley (born 8 May 1954) is an English former professional footballer and coach, who played as a forward. Hawley played for several English clubs: Hull City, Leeds United, Arsenal, Sunderland, Leyton Orient, Bradford City, and Scunthorpe United. He also played for NASL's St. Louis Stars. At the end of his playing days, Hawley went on to work as a coach in the academy of Nottingham Forest. Born in Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hawley first played as a professional footballer
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Yannick Anzuluni


Yannick Anzuluni (born August 21, 1988) is a Congolese professional basketball, who currently plays for Rostock Seawolves of the German ProA league. Previously, when he played with Tampereen Pyrintö B team in the Finnish First Division, he was an All-Star, led the league in scoring and steals, and was named Player of the Year. Anzuluni also had a history playing in Canada, with the Quebec Kebs. He was named a NBL Canada All-Star in 2012, but did not appear in the game.
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Julio Donisa


Julio Kenny Donisa (born 15 January 1994) is a Martiniquais professional footballer who plays as a forward for Red Star F.C. On 27 July 2018, the first matchday of the 2018–19 season, Donisa made his Ligue 2 debut with Red Star F.C. in a 1–2 home defeat to Niort. In January 2019, he was loaned to AS Lyon-Duchère from Red Star until the end of the season. Donisa was born in France and is of Martiniquais and Réunionnais descent. He made his debut for the Martinique national football team in
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Ivan Marković (footballer, born 1994)


Ivan Marković (; born 20 June 1994) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kalamata. Born in Belgrade, Marković began playing football in the youth team of Red Star Belgrade before joined Zemun. He made his Zemun first team debut on 15 June 2011 at 16 years 360 days, in a 1–2 loss against Novi Pazar for Serbian First League, coming on as a substitute for Konstantin Stegnjajić at half-time. After a short spell in the VVV-Venlo's youth academy, Marković joined Partizan in 2012
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Esther Sunday


Ukpong Esther Sunday (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the Turkish Women's First Football League with jersey number 30. Sunday has previously played at a club level for Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars in the Nigerian Women's Championship, as well as FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League. She has also played at an international level for the Nigeria women's national football team in several tournaments. Esther Sunday previously played for the Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars, both in the Nigerian
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Jovan Jezerkić


Jovan Jezerkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Језеркић; 6 September 1920 – July 2000) was a Serbian football striker who played for the Yugoslav national team. He was also one of the first players to have played for both Belgrade rivals: Red Star and Partizan. Born in Beška, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, he begin playing in the youth team of SK Vitez Zemun. In 1936 he became senior and played for the team until 1945. That year he became a member of the newly formed Red Star Belgrade
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Josue Matías


Josue Matías (born January 6, 1993) is a former gridiron football guard who last played for the Ottawa Redblacks. He played college football at Florida State. Upon signing with the Tennessee Titans in 2015, he became the first Dominican-born player in the NFL. Matías was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to Union City, New Jersey with his family when he was six. He attended Union City High School. Matías was a four-star recruit by Rivals.com. He originally committed to Rutgers University to play
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Music of Washington, D.C.


a Turkish-born jazz fan, came to District of Columbia at age twelve and later went on to found Atlantic Records. Todd Duncan was a District of Columbia-born singer who made history by being the first to play the lead of the opera "Porgy and Bess"; he later became the first black man to play Tonio in "Pagliacci". District of Columbia was also a home (and recording stop) for Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmie Rodgers and Bo Diddley. Local stars of the early part of the
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Stefan Mihajlović


Stefan Mihajlović (; born 24 June 1994) is a Serbian footballer who plays for FK Radnički Niš in the Serbian SuperLiga. He is the son of former Yugoslav international footballer Radmilo Mihajlović. Coach Aleksandar Janković invited Stefan Mihajlović, who at the time was a part of Red Star's youth squad, to travel to Turkey with the senior team for the 2012–13 winter break off-season. Mihajlović, at the age of 17, played his first match with the Red Star Belgrade senior team in a friendly against Eyüpspor, during which
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Thomas Harley (ice hockey)


Thomas Harley (born August 19, 2001) is an American-born Canadian junior ice hockey defenseman who is currently playing with the Mississauga Steelheads in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He was drafted 18th overall by the Dallas Stars in the first round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Harley was selected by the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League in the first round, 14th overall, during the 2017 OHL Priority Draft. In the 2017–18 season, Harley played his first game with the Steelheads on September 22,
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Dragoje Leković


Dragoje Leković (, ; born 21 November 1967) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leković was born in Sivac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia, he played mainly for lowly Yugoslav First League club FK Budućnost Titograd and also spent one season with the well known club, Red Star Belgrade. Leković played in 17 of 30 matches in the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League and also started both legs of the 1991–92 Yugoslav Cup, losing out to FK Partizan. After 18 months with another modest club
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Luka Tiodorović


Luka Tiodorović (Cyrillic: Лука Тиодоровић, born 21 January 1986) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for OFK Mladost. Born in Titograd, SR Montenegro, Luka Tiodorović played in the youth teams of Red Star Belgrade and FK Budućnost Podgorica. He made his senior debut in 2005 playing with FK Kom in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro. He would then play with FK Dečić in the inaugural season of the Montenegrin First League. In summer 2007 he moved to FK Mogren where he will play for the following three seasons
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Michele Vasconcelos


Michele Vasconcelos (born May 11, 1994), née Murphy, is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL. Vasconcelos played for Real Salt Lake Women in the United Women's Soccer league during the 2016 season. She was drafted by the Chicago Red Stars with the 11th pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft. She missed the entire 2017 NWSL season as she was pregnant with her first child. On March 25, 2018, Vasconcelos made her debut for Chicago Red Stars in
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Maylson


Maylson Barbosa Teixeira (born 6 March 1989), simply known as Maylson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Náutico. Born in São Bernardo do Campo, Maylson started his career on Grêmio in 2005, playing for the youth team. A versatile midfielder, he's one of rising stars from the club. On November 11, 2007, he made his first team debut, in a 1-0 away loss against São Paulo, playing the full match. He also played the following game, a
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Dean Brotherston


Dean Brotherston (born 1 September 1997) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Dalbeattie Star in the Lowland league. A striker, Brotherston has previously played for Queen of the South in the Scottish Championship. A product of the Queen of the South youth system, Brotherston scored his first goal for the club on 17 September 2016 in a 3–1 league victory over Raith Rovers. He went on loan to Lowland Football League club, Dalbeattie Star in early 2017 to gain more first-team experience, but was released by "Queens
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Vukašin Jovanović


Vukašin Jovanović (, ; born 17 May 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Bordeaux. Jovanović first began playing competitive football in Red Star's youth system. He joined the first team under coach Slaviša Stojanovič in March 2014. He made his professional debut for Red Star Belgrade on 9 August 2014, under coach Nenad Lalatović, when he came on the field as a substitute for Darko Lazić in a match against Radnički Niš. He signed his first professional contract on 12 August 2014,
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Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born July 1991)


Nemanja Miletić (; born 26 July 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Partizan. Born in Loznica, Miletić spent some period in Red Star Belgrade youth categories, being also licensed with the first team for the 2008–09 season. He made his first senior appearances with Serbian League Belgrade side Sopot in 2009. Miletić played with Radnički Stobex during three seasons in the League West. He also spent one season with Mačva Šabac. In the summer of 2013, Miletić moved to Javor Ivanjica. He
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Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1988)


Nemanja Nikolić (, ; born 1 January 1988) is a Montenegrin international football midfielder who currently plays for FK Voždovac. Born in Titograd (now Podgorica), SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, he begin playing in the youth teams of Red Star Belgrade. His debut as a senior happened in 2006 when he played on loan with FK Zlatibor Voda in the Serbian League Vojvodina. In the following season, he moved to Montenegro where he represented OFK Grbalj in the Montenegrin First League. In summer 2008, he returned and joined
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Miloš Stojanović (footballer, born 1997)


Miloš Stojanović (, ; born 18 January 1997) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a defender for Voždovac. Stojanović joined the first team of Red Star Belgrade, under coach Ricardo Sá Pinto for the final match of 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga season Vojvodina. During the summer 2013, Stojanović passed the pre-season with the first team, but later returned in youth squad, where he spent the whole 2013–14 season. He was also with the first team at the beginning of 2014–15 season, but continued playing with youth until
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Chris Wright (basketball, born 1989)


Chris Wright (born November 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). When he played for the Dallas Mavericks in 2013, he became the first known player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history to have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Wright played for St. John's College High School and he was the first three-time "Washington Post" All-Met selection since Adrian Dantley starred at DeMatha Catholic High School from 1971–73.
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Ashlynn Yennie


Ashlynn Yennie (born May 15, 1985) is an American actress from Riverton, Wyoming. She is known for playing the role of Jenny in the 2009 Dutch horror film "The Human Centipede (First Sequence)", and for starring as herself (the actress who played Jenny) in the sequel to the first film, "The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)" (2011). In 2016, she played Ashley in the Showtime TV mini-series "Submission". Yennie's first major role in
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Jason Dickinson


Jason Dickinson (born July 4, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Stars in the first round, 29th overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Dickinson was rated as a top prospect who fulfilled the expectation to be a first round selection at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, being chosen 29th overall by the Dallas Stars. Dickinson joined the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the
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McDonald Mariga


McDonald Mariga Wanyama (; born 4 April 1987) is a Kenyan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Kenya national team. Mariga made history as the first Kenyan footballer to play in the UEFA Champions League, for Internazionale on 16 March 2010. Mariga started his playing career at Ulinzi Stars before moving first to Tusker FC and then to Kenya Pipeline while still at school. Mariga was a member of the Kamukunji High School 'Golden Boys', which also included Kenyan striker Dennis Oliech (Auxerre, France), who
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Kwame Sarkodie


Kwame Sarkodie (born April 27, 1985) is an American professional soccer player, who plays for Cincinnati Kings Indoor Team. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Sarkodie played college soccer at the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in accounting. While at college Sarkodie also played in the USL Premier Development League for the Indiana Invaders and the Cincinnati Kings. Sarkodie signed his first professional contract in 2008, playing for the Cleveland City Stars in the USL Second Division, and helping them to the USL-2 championship. Following the title game
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Bevan French


Bevan French (born 4 January 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League. He is an Indigenous All Stars representative. Born in Tingha, New South Wales, French is of Indigenous Australian descent and played his junior rugby league for the Inverell Hawks. He is the nephew of former Australian international and St George Illawarra Dragons winger Nathan Blacklock. At the age of 15, French began playing for Tingha's first-grade team at fullback, playing
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Konrad Hurrell


Konileti "Konrad" Hurrell (born 5 August 1991) is a Tongan professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League and Tonga at international level. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL and played for World All Stars side in 2016. Born in Tofoa, Tonga, Hurrell moved to New Zealand in late 2009 on a rugby union scholarship with Auckland Grammar School. He played for their first XV, earning vice captain in his second year
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Rob Quiney


Robert John Quiney (born 20 August 1982 in Brighton, Victoria) is a former Australian cricketer. He played domestic first class and List A cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers side, and domestic Twenty20 cricket for the Melbourne Stars, Auckland Aces, Uthura Rudras and Rajasthan Royals. He was a left-handed batsman who also bowled right-arm medium pace. He played his last game for the Melbourne Stars on 27 January 2018, after which he retired from professional cricket. Quiney was first called up to the Victorian team in
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Bill Baker (Canadian football)


Bill "The Undertaker" Baker (born August 29, 1944) is a former defensive end who played in Canadian Football League. Bill Baker played junior football for the Regina Rams in 1963, and college football at Otterbein College, where he was a First Team All-Star for four years. Baker played in a total of 174 games over eleven seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1968–1973, 1977–1978) and BC Lions (1974–1976). He was a Division All-Star five times, and won the CFL's Most
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Nikola Antić


Nikola Antić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Антић; born 4 January 1994) is a Serbian football defender who plays for Shakhtyor Soligorsk. Antić played for Partizan in youth categories, but he signed his first professional contract with Rad. He was one season at loan with Palić. In August 2014, he signed a four-year contract with Red Star Belgrade. He played only one game with Red Star in Jelen Super Liga. In February 2015, he terminated his contract with the club and signed with Jagodina. On 31 August
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Craig Burrows


Craig Burrows (born 20 December 1972) is an Australian rules footballer. He plays as a centre half-forward and began his football career at East Fremantle. Burrows was drafted by Fremantle in 1995 after playing a starring role for East Fremantle in their 1994 WAFL Grand Final win. He was originally from the WA country town of Geraldton which is famous for producing Eagles star Chris Mainwaring (who also played for East Fremantle). A highlight for Craig was winning the Channel 7 Best on Ground medal in Fremantle's very first
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Brad Berry


Bradley L. Berry (born April 1, 1965) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 241 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota North Stars, and Dallas Stars. He is currently the head coach for the University of North Dakota of the NCAA Division I NCHC. Berry joined the then Fighting Sioux in 1983, playing in a limited role in his first season. For his second year with North Dakota Berry saw his points total more than triple and was included on Canada
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Paul de Vries


Paul de Vries Asare (born 3 March 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays for Wa All Stars in the Ghana Premier League. de Vries has played for several Ghanaian teams and is currently playing with Wa All Stars as a forward. In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu, invited him to be a part of the Ghana squad for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup. He helped the team to a first-place finish after Ghana beat Senegal by three goals to one. de Vries was part of the squad
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Ray Cullen


Raymond Murray Cullen (born September 20, 1941) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 313 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and Vancouver Canucks. Prior to joining the NHL, Cullen played several seasons in different minor leagues, being named to the First All-Star Team in his only seasons in both the EHL and CPHL, as well as being named the EHL rookie of the year. He also was the winner
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Vasile Buhăescu


Vasile Buhăescu (born 2 February 1988), is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Argeș Pitești. He started his career at the second team of the Vaslui, FCM Huși, but in October 2005, he was selected by Mircea Rednic to play in the first team. His first match was against Pandurii Târgu-Jiu, and he was seen then as a great star. In his first season he failed to score a goal. In the next season, he started playing more, and at
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Stefan Milošević (footballer, born April 1995)


Stefan Milošević (; born 7 April 1995) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a defender for Spartak Subotica. Born in Požarevac, Milošević grew up in Kostolac, where he has started playing football with local club Rudar. Later, when he was 11, Milošević joined Red Star Belgrade, and after 4 years moved in Partizan, where he completed his youth career. Milošević joined Spartak Subotica for the 2013–14 season. He made his senior debut in first fixture of the Serbian SuperLiga, played on 10 August 2013. During
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Dušan Savić (footballer, born 1985)


Dušan Savić (, ; born 1 October 1985) is a Macedonian international footballer who plays as a striker for FK Belasica. Born in Niš, SR Serbia, back then part of Yugoslavia, Savić initially played for Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade youth teams. He made his debut as senior playing in Serbian lower-league side FK Dubočica. From there, Savić moved in summer 2004 to neighbouring Macedonia where he signed with FK Belasica paying in the Macedonian First Football League. In March 2014, Savić signed for Kazakhstan Premier League
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Jake Abbott


Jake Abbott (born 4 February 1988) is an English rugby union player who has played most of his career as a flanker for Worcester Warriors in the English Premiership. Malvern born and bred, Abbott has been connected with the Warriors since the age of 6 playing for the Minis/Juniors and is a product of the Warriors Academy system Abbott has worked his way through the entire system to become a first team star. Abbott first broke into the team at Warriors in October 2008 when he started the EDF Energy Cup game with
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Ashe Mukasa


Ashe Mukasa (born April 1952) is a former Ugandan football midfielder who played for Uganda in the 1978 African Cup of Nations. Born in the Lungujja neighborhood of Kampala, Mukasa began his career playing with local youth sides Nateete Young Stars and Nakivubo Boys. In 1969, he joined Coffee F.C. of the first division for one season. The following season, he moved to NIC F.C. in the second division. In 1972, Mukasa returned to the first division with Express F.C., the club where would win two league titles in
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Fred Cornish


Frederick Henry Cornish (1876 – 27 April 1940) was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Cornish 'Went North' in 1899 switching to rugby league, joining Hull F.C. Born in England in 1876, Cornish is first recorded playing rugby for his hometown club, Bridgwater & Albion. He moved to Wales and joined the Grangetown Stars, but before the end of the century Cornish became a member of first class Welsh team Cardiff RFC, and during the 1896/97 season
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Leo Gibson


Leo Gibson (born August 9, 1983) is a Liberian soccer player who currently plays for the Kansas City Comets in the MASL. Gibson was born in Monrovia, Liberia, but came to the United States in 2002, having previously played for the Monrovia Black Star youth team in the Liberian Premier League. He played college soccer at King College in Tennessee in 2002 and 2003. Gibson had a trial with the Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer in 2004., before eventually signing with the Minnesota Thunder of the USL First
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Cody Bellinger


Cody James Bellinger (born July 13, 1995) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was named an All-Star and the National League's Rookie of the Year in 2017. Bellinger is the son of Clay Bellinger, who also played in MLB. Bellinger was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. He grew up a New York Yankees fan. Bellinger played in the 2007 Little League World Series for the Chandler, Arizona team and played high
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Franz Reindl


Franz Reindl (born November 24, 1954) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the German Bundesliga. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. Reindl played for SC Riessersee his first 12 seasons of senior team hockey. His best offensive season was 1981-2 when he scored 102 points in 43 games. He finished his career playing four seasons with Star Bulls Rosenheim. Reindl won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics playing for West Germany. He also played at the 1984 Canada Cup
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Logi Geirsson


Logi Eldon Geirsson (born October 10, 1982) is a retired Icelandic handballer. He retired due to successive shoulder injuries. He was born in Reykjavík. Raised in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. He's the son of former Icelandic star Geir Hallsteinsson, who also played as a professional handballer during his playing career. He started his playing career with multiple Icelandic champions, FH Hafnarfjörður, but however did not start excelling until' he reached his 16th birthday, because of great dedication and work ethic. After playing with the FH first
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Stefan Hajdin


Stefan Hajdin (; born 15 April 1994) is a Serbian footballer, who plays for FK Voždovac on loan from Red Star Belgrade. Hajdin made his first football steps in Vršac, playing with local club Jedinstvo. Later was member of Red Star Belgrade academy from 2003 to 2008, and finally completed his youth career with Zemun, where he also made his first senior appearances in the Serbian League Belgrade. Next he moved to BASK and later to Dunav Stari Banovci. Finally, Hajdin joined Radnički Nova Pazova in summer 2014, where
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Hazwan Hamzah


Hazwan bin Hamzah (born 9 September 1991) is a Bruneian international footballer who plays as a defender for DPMM FC of the Singapore Premier League. He previously played for Rimba Star FC and Indera SC, and was part of the Brunei Under-21 team that won the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy. Hazwan was a former student at Brunei's Sports School. He first started playing league football with Rimba Star FC in the 2011 Brunei Premier League II and was even made captain of the club based in Kampong Rimba. After his involvement with
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James Dargaville


James Dargaville (born 25 April 1992) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays as a wing for the in Super Rugby. He also represented the Sydney Stars in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. He has occasionally played as a centre as well. Dargaville started out his rugby career playing colts level rugby for Warringah and later Sydney University. He progressed to the Sydney Uni Shute Shield team in 2013 and was an instant hit scoring 24 tries in his first 2 seasons. This devastating form alerted the newly formed Sydney Stars
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Lars Haugen


Lars Haugen (born 19 March 1987) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently signed to play with EC KAC in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He started out as a youth product of Vålerenga, before moving to play junior hockey in Manglerud Star and Leksand. In 2006 he signed his first professional contract with Sparta Warriors of GET-ligaen, where he played three seasons before moving to Lørenskog. Near the end of the 2010–11 GET-ligaen season, he was loaned out to Manglerud Star,
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Henry Elmore


Henry Elmore (December 2, 1941) is a retired American third baseman who played in the Negro Leagues from 1960 to 1962. During his tenure, Elmore played for the Philadelphia Stars and Birmingham Black Barons before the league dissolved. He subsequently enjoyed an extended career with the Birmingham Industrial League along with other former Negro Leaguers. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Elmore first started playing baseball while attending Ulmer High School. Inspired by great-uncle and former Negro Leaguer Jim "Shifty" West, he signed with the Philadelphia Stars
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Judie Aronson


Judith M. Aronson (born June 7, 1964) is an American actress who has starred in many films and a television show. She played Sara Duncan on the short-lived series "Pursuit of Happiness" (1987–88). Aronson was born in Los Angeles, California in 1964. Her first film role was in the 1984 horror film "" as Samantha. In 1985, she starred in the hit comedy movie "Weird Science" as Hilly and in the action movie "American Ninja". Other than short films
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Jake Lloyd


Jake Matthew Lloyd, also known as Jake Broadbent, (born March 5, 1989) is an American former actor who played Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 film "", the first in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy. He reprised the role in five subsequent "Star Wars" video games. Jake Matthew Lloyd was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of EMT William "Bill" Lloyd and entertainment agent Lisa Riley. He attended Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana, where he graduated in 2007.
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Muhannad Naim


Muhannad Naim (born 28 January 1993) is a Qatari footballer who currently plays for Qatar Stars League side Umm Salal as a goalkeeper. He also currently plays for the Qatar U-21 national team as their first choice goalkeeper, and he also plays for the Qatar Olympic (U-23) team. Naim first started playing football at the age of eight. He played in Al Khor's youth team as a teenager, but later joined Al Sadd's senior team in 2009 in what was supposed to be a temporary loan. He participated
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Jing Teng


Jing Teng (; born 20 May 1990 in Ma'anshan) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong footballer who plays for Hong Kong First Division club Wong Tai Sin as a midfielder. Jing Teng was one of the member of Shanghai Shenhua youth team. In 2006, when he was playing for Shanghai Shenhua youth team against Red Star Belgrade youth team, he was scouted by the opposite side scout and nearly joined the club, but failed to obtain a visa, which made the deal fell through. Che joined Hong Kong First Division club
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Sid Wallace


Sid Wallace (born 30 May 1957 in Wigan, England) was an English footballer who most famously played for Waterford United. Wallace's first competitive match was a rugby league one, playing for Greenburg Street in the Wigan Amateur league, where he remained for four years before switching codes to the round ball. He signed for Everton Youths, where his teammates included Cliff Marshall, the Toffees' first ever black player, and Dave Jones (footballer born 1956). He also recalled Bob Latchford as the star at the club
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Draško Đorđević


Draško Đorđević (; also transliterated Draško Djordjević; born 1 August 1993) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender for Spartak Subotica. Born in Belgrade, Đorđević started his career with Obilić, where he made his first football steps. Later he moved to Red Star Belgrade, passing the greatest part of his youth categories with the club. He made his first senior appearance playing with Palilulac Beograd at the age of 17. He stayed with the club until the end of 2012. Later he spent the whole 2013 with Radnički
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Vladimir Nikolovski


Vladimir "Vlado" Nikolovski (, born 25 August 1936) is a former Macedonian footballer. He became known as the first in a long line of Macedonian players to play for Red Star Belgrade. Born in Skopje, Vardarska banovina, he began playing with the FK Vardar youth team in 1950. later being incorporated into the first team of Vardar in 1954. As a talented youngster, he came to the Yugoslav capital Belgrade in 1958 to join the Red Star Belgrade. He stayed on Red Star two seasons, and despite
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Steve Wegerle


Steve Wegerle (born 15 May 1953) is a former professional soccer player who played as a winger. Wegerle was born in Pretoria. He was voted Player of the Year is South Africa in 1974. He then joined Coventry City in 1975, but made no first team appearances. Wegerle played 5 times for Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1975–76, before starring for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League for five seasons from 1977 to 1981. While with the Rowdies, Wegerle played in Soccer Bowl '78 and Soccer Bowl
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Donté Stallworth


Donté Lamar Stallworth (born November 10, 1980) is a former American football wide receiver who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Stallworth also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and Washington Redskins. Stallworth was born in Sacramento, California. He attended Grant Union High School in Sacramento, California where he was a star in
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André Hainault


André Hainault (born June 17, 1986) is a Canadian international soccer player who plays as a defender for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Born in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Hainault began his professional career with Montreal Impact in the USL First Division in 2004, and played three competitive games for the team prior to signing with small Czech side SIAD Most. Hainault played there alongside former star striker Horst Siegl and made 46 appearances for Most in the Gambrinus liga and the Czech 2. Liga. He scored a game-winning
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Jeff Wealands


Jeffrey Andrew Wealands (born 26 August 1951) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League, and over 200 more in the Conference. He played in the Altrincham team which knocked his former club, First Division Birmingham City, out of the FA Cup in 1986, only the second time a non-league club has eliminated a top-flight club on their own ground. Wealands was born in Darlington, County Durham. As a boy he played for Star
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Gaye Advert


Gaye Advert (born 29 August 1956), also Gaye Black, is an English punk rock musician, who played bass guitar in the band the Adverts in the late 1970s. She was one of the first female rock stars of the punk rock movement, whom "The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music" called the "first female punk star". She was "one of punk’s first female icons". Dave Thompson wrote that her "photogenic" looks, "panda-eye make-up and omnipresent leather jacket
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Rocky Colavito


Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. (born August 10, 1933) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder, who is best known playing for the Cleveland Indians in right field. In , he hit four consecutive home runs in one game. In , he became the first American League (AL) outfielder to play a complete season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. Colavito was an All-Star for six seasons (9 All-Star Games). He is the fifth player in the history of
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Stephen Eze


Stephen Eze (born 8 March 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Eze started his professional career at Lobi Stars. He played regularly during two seasons, before moving to Sunshine Stars in September 2014. After two seasons with Sunshine, Eze joined Ifeanyi Ubah where he won Nigeria Super Cup in early 2017. On 9 November 2017, Eze joined Kano Pillars. Two months later, on 18 January 2018, Eze joined Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, signing
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Vujadin Savić


Vujadin Savić (; born 1 July 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Cyta League club APOEL FC. He was eight years old when he began training for the Red Star Belgrade, where he passed all age categories. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for FK Rad before returning to Red Star where he would play in the first squad until 2010 when he moved to France and signed with Bordeaux. In January 2012, he went on loan to Dynamo Dresden for the rest of 2011–12 season.
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Horace James


Horace James (born December 20, 1984) is a Jamaican footballer who plays for Fijian club Nadi F.C. in the 2018 Inter-District Championship. Before this he was playing for New Zealand club Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship. From Port Maria, St Mary Jamaica, Horace James played his first professional game when he was 18 years old with Star Cosmos in the Jamaica Premier League. Being his youth club, he joined the Star Cosmos when he was 16 years old and stayed with the side for several seasons
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Sam Otto


Sam Otto is a British actor who gained popularity in 2017 after playing "Jalal" in Peter Kosminsky's Channel four Series The State (2017 TV series). He is also known for starring in "Collateral", "The Flood", and "The Boy with the Topknot". Otto was born in Basingstoke in 1992. He first got into Television and Film acting in 2017 starring in The State (2017 TV series) as Jalal. Sam Otto starred in The Boy with the Topknot as "Young Sathnam's
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Clarence Felder


Clarence Felder (born September 2, 1938) is an American character actor who has starred in films and on television, and co-starred in ten Broadway productions. He is also a playwright and director. His play "Captain Felder's Cannon" was adapted as the feature film "All for Liberty" (2009), in which he starred. Felder's first feature film performance was in "Man on a Swing" (1974); his other films include "After Hours" (1985), "Ruthless
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Luka Adžić


Luka Adžić (; born 17 September 1998) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Born in Belgrade, Adžić joined Red Star Belgrade at the age of 6. He joined the first team of Red Star Belgrade for the 2015–16 season, after he passed all youth categories of the same club. At the beginning of 2016, during the winter break off-season, Adžić earned an anterior cruciate ligament injury, and later he was out of the field until May same year. He signed his
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Marcus Macauley


Marcus Macauley also known as "Marcus Papee Macauley" (born 27 October 1991) is Liberian international footballer who plays professionally for the club Al-Ahli SC (Amman), primarily as a midfielder. He is also a member of the Liberia national football team (The Lone Star). He made his debut for the Lone Star against Zimbabwe and scored his first International Goal for Liberia in September 2013 against Angola at the Tundavala National Stadium in Lubango. at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match. Marcus was born in
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Uroš Ćosić


Uroš Ćosić (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ћосић; born 24 October 1992 in Belgrade) is a Serbian footballer who plays for the Super League club AEK Athens as a centre back. Uroš Ćosić was born in October 24, 1992 in Belgrade and he made his first steps in football at the youth academies of Red Star Belgrade. At the age of 17 he transferred to CSKA Moscow and then he moved back to Red Star on loan. In 2013 he moved to Pescara. During his spell at the Italian club he also had
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Dejan Joveljić


Dejan Joveljić (; born 7 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for German club Eintracht Frankfurt. Born in Bijeljina, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Joveljić played with the local club Sloga Junajted, before he joined Serbian top tier club Red Star Belgrade in his early years. After almost 7 years with the club, passing the whole youth categories, Joveljić signed his first professional contract on 16 March 2016, along with several teammates. Joveljić has joined the first team under coach Miodrag Božović in
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Shaun Chen


Shaun Chen (, born "Tey Kim Soon", 3 November 1978) is a Malaysian Chinese actor, who is based in Singapore. Chen is most notable for starring in the long-running drama series "Holland V" and for playing villains in several drama series. He received his first award, the Rocket Award, at the Star Awards 2015 Show 1, for being the most improved artiste in 2014. He starred as the lead character in both "Blessings" and "". He further clinched the Best
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