Who wore number 32 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.

Aaron Ramsdale

Aaron Christopher Ramsdale is an English professional footballer who is known as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal.

Ramsdale began his senior club career playing for Sheffield United and signed for AFC Bournemouth in 2017. Following successive loans to Chesterfield and AFC Wimbledon, Ramsdale played a season with Bournemouth and re-joined Sheffield United in a transfer worth an initial £18 million. In 2021, Ramsdale signed for Arsenal in a club transfer worth up to £30 million, becoming one of their most expensive goalkeepers.

Ramsdale has represented England at all youth levels, and won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2017.

Jaden Philogene-Bidace

Jaden Philogene-Bidace is an English professional footballer who is known as a winger for Premier League club Aston Villa. He is a product of the Aston Villa Academy and has represented England at youth level; he is also known as a member of the under-20 squad.

Luka Racic

Luka Racic is a Danish professional footballer who is known as a central defender for Premier League club Brentford. He is a product of the F.C. Copenhagen academy and represented Denmark at youth level.

Lewis Baker

Lewis Renard Baker is an English professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea.

He previously spent time on loan at Sheffield Wednesday, Milton Keynes Dons, Vitesse, Middlesbrough, Leeds United, Reading, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Trabzonspor, and has represented England up to under-21 level.

Joel Matip

Job Joël André Matip is a professional footballer who is known as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool.

Matip began his professional career with Schalke 04 in 2009, and was part of their teams that won the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in 2011. He totalled 258 competitive appearances and 23 goals before moving to Liverpool on a free transfer in 2016, where he won the UEFA Champions League in 2019, starting in the final. He also won the UEFA Super Cup in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020, Liverpool’s first league title for 30 years.

Born and raised in Germany, he represented Cameroon at international level and played for them at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cups of 2010 and 2014 before announced international retirement in 2015.

Theo Walcott

Theo James Walcott is an English professional footballer who is known as a forward for Southampton and the English national team.

Walcott is a product of the Southampton Academy and started his career with Southampton before joining Arsenal for £5 million in 2006. His speedy pace and ball crossing led his manager Arsène Wenger to deploy him on the wing for most of his career. Walcott has been played as a striker since the 2012–13 season when he was Arsenal’s top scorer, and he has scored more than 100 goals for the club.

On 30 May 2006, Walcott became one of the England’s youngest senior football players, aged 17 years and 75 days. In December, he received the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. On 6 September 2008, he made his first competitive start in a World Cup qualifier against Andorra, and in the following match against Croatia on 10 September he opened his senior international goals tally and became one of the youngest players in history to score a hat-trick for England. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012.

Leander Dendoncker

Leander Dendoncker is a Belgian professional footballer who is known as either a defender or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Belgium national team.

Dendoncker joined Anderlecht in 2009 and made his professional debut in July 2013, going on to play 171 games for the club and score 11 goals. He won Belgian Super Cups and a Belgian First Division A title. He made his senior international debut for Belgium in June 2015 and was part of their squad that finished third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, also featuring at UEFA Euro 2020.

Amin Younes

Amin Younes is a German professional footballer who is known as a winger for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Serie A club Napoli, and the Germany national team.

Younes started his youth career at SG Unterrath, before moving to Borussia Mönchengladbach’s youth side aged 8. In 2011 he made his debut for the reserve team, Borussia Mönchengladbach II, before making his debut for the senior team in 2012. After a one-season loan spell at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Younes moved to Dutch club Ajax in 2015, with whom he was runner-up at the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. In 2018 Younes moved to Italian side Napoli on a free transfer.

Born in Germany to a German mother, Younes also holds Lebanese citizenship on the basis of having a Lebanese father. He represented Germany at youth level between 2008 and 2015, and the senior team since 2017. Younes was part of the squad that won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

A technical forward, Younes’ main characteristics are his dribbling, pace, and vision of play.

Vincenzo Grifo

Vincenzo Grifo is a professional footballer who is known as a winger or midfielder for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Italy national team. Born in Germany to Italian parents, Grifo decided to represent Italy at the senior level.

An intelligent and creative midfielder, with good offensive capabilities and an eye for goal, Grifo usually plays as a winger on the left flank, despite being naturally right-footed, a position which allows him to cut into the middle and shoot on goal, due to his finishing ability as well as his striking accuracy from distance; a versatile playmaker, he is also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder, as well as in several other attacking positions, and has frequently been deployed as an outside forward. Considered to be a talented and promising young player, he is mainly known for his technique, flair, and dribbling skills, while his vision, range of passing, set-piece delivery, and crossing accuracy make him an excellent assist provider. A dead-ball specialist, he is also an accurate free kick and penalty kick taker.

Federico Dimarco

Federico Dimarco is an Italian professional footballer who is known as a left-back or left midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan.

Considered to be a promising young prospect, Dimarco is a left-footed defender who usually plays as a left-back, although he is also capable of playing on the right. He is known in particular for his pace, tireless running, eye for goal, and his powerful and accurate shot from set pieces, as well as his ability to interpret the game, which enables him to aid his team both defensively and offensively. In spite of his small stature and slender physique, he possesses significant strength and good technical skills.

Matteo Pessina

Matteo Pessina is an Italian professional footballer who is known as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta and the Italy national team.

Primarily a central midfielder, Pessina is also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder. A left-footed player, he possesses good technique, and is known for his ability to create chances for teammates or make late attacking runs off the ball into the penalty area; he is also known for his defensive qualities and work-rate. In his position, he has been likened to midfielders Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard for his surging runs and eye for goal. He has cited both English midfielders among his idols growing up.

Vanja Milinković-Savić

Vanja Milinković-Savić is a Serbian professional footballer who is known as a goalkeeper for Italian club Torino. Born in Spain, he decided to represent the Serbia national team.

After failing to be awarded a UK work permit with English club Manchester United, he was released by the club in November 2015 and signed a contract with Lechia Gdańsk. In 2017 he was signed by Torino.