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This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leicester City, although it includes players who were with the club when it was called Leicester Fosse.The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches and/or scored 50 or more senior goals for the club.
Leicester City F.C. wartime guest players (20 P) Pages in category "Leicester City F.C. players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,119 total.
The following players have been selected by their country while playing for Leicester City (including players both on loan at, and away from the club). The number of caps won whilst at the club are given, along with the date of the first cap being won while with Leicester City. Players listed in bold are current Leicester City players.
Frank McLintock, a noted player for seven years for Leicester in a successful period from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, succeeded Bloomfield in 1977. On 19 March 1977, Winston White became Leicester's first black player in an away game at Stoke City. [20] The club was relegated at the end of that season and McLintock resigned.
Morgan (left) playing for Leicester City in 2017. On 30 January 2012, Morgan joined East Midland rivals Leicester City for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £1 million. As a result of his performances towards the end of the 2011–12 season, he was rewarded with the Leicester City captaincy ahead of the 2012–13 season. [16]
Leicester beat Cambridge United 6–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals, but lost out on a place in the new Premier League after a 1–0 defeat in the playoff final to Blackburn Rovers – the only goal of the game was scored by Blackburn's Mike Newell, a former Leicester player.
O'Neill joined Leicester City, immediately after leaving Norwich City. In his first season , Leicester were promoted from the Football League to the Premier League via the play-offs . They won the Football League Cup under him in 1997 , [ 34 ] [ 35 ] and 2000 , [ 36 ] as well as reaching the 1999 final of the competition. [ 37 ]
Claudio Ranieri was the manager of the Leicester City side that won the Premier League in 2015–16, the club's only league title. Up until Peter Hodge was hired after World War I, Leicester City had no official manager. A nominal role of secretary/manager was employed, though the board and the selection committee took control of most team affairs.