List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Introduction Blackburn Rovers Football Club was founded in 1875, first entered the FA Cup four years later, and became a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992.The club's first team have been English champions three times, and have won six FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one Full Members' Cup. All players who have made 100 or more appearances in nationally or internationally organised competitive matches for the club should be listed below.Each player's details include the duration of his Rovers career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team(s) for which the player was selected.
Key *Players are listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. *Appearances as a substitute are included. *Statistics are correct up to and including the end of the 2022–23 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season.+ Positions keyGKGoalkeeperDFDefenderFBFull backCDCentral defenderMFMidfielderCHCentre halfWHWing halfWWingerFWForwardIFInside forwardCFCentre forwardUUtility player
Players with 100 or more appearances + Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selectionPlayerClub careerLeagueTotalInternationalselectionNotesAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWH1883–189514821957IF/GK1884–18931103713949CF1887–189310897132121W1887–18921893–1894973712351FB1888–189410611272FB1889–18911893–190021622452IF1889–1894982211326CH/WH1889–1897174719610W1891–18971345014752CH1892–18971898–19001781920020FB1892–189610901220GK1893–189710801200WH1896–19001111012311WH1896–19021906–190915121632FB1897–19205291457614W1898–19051922520631CH/WH1898–190312251295CF1899–19031694318247CH1899–19061441215212W1899–19082505726557GK1901–190812601320FW1903–1907994210443WH1903–19203863642639GK1903–190810401130WH1904–19089811052FB1905–191927803050CF1905–19121326714370IF/HB1906–19152107523995IF1906–191525694281104FB1907–191510301100WH1907–192027263006W1908–19141491116414GK1908–191311401290CH/CF1908–19101911–19151383415242CH1910–192017251936GK1911–192014401570W1911–19151511516922W1913–19232281924420IF1913–1920976210565CF1914–19231407115173IF1919–1924963410034WH/CH1919–19323601239713FW1919–19281162412525CH1919–192312781389FB1919–192620752256GK1920–192722702480IF1921–19271504616149WH1921–192611101240FB1921–192517401910IF/WH1922–19271753819438WH1923–192916171849W1923–1926981810819CF1923–19271933–1934171121177122WH/FW1923–19322233725144FB1924–193011401280GK1925–193215501730IF1925–19322507927687W1925–19291564116944FB1926–193212741465FB1926–193324702610IF1927–19352474427549CH1927–193214441624W1929–1938324108344115WH1929–19341652317624W1929–19361132411524GK1930–193618301960CH1930–193614321462W1930–19331294714055FB1931–193721302250CF1931–19361718217984FB1932–194721822372CH1933–19493201134511WH1933–194921832393IF1937–19461104411748W1938–19481953–19562125723058WH1946–195632393339U1946–19552241924520GK1946–195610701120FW1947–19521504215744FB1947–195310751115IF1948–19572877330274FB1948–19604062043221W1948–19521291513817FB/CH1949–195517601870WH1951–19695811566516GK1951–195619202080CH1951–195618612021IF1951–19561599216695CF1952–1957194140204143 England B|U1952–19601191012812FW1954–1969438101503115FB1954–196920002330IF1955–19601314914452FW1956–196117988205104GK1956–196116601880W1956–19611934721853WH1956–1965268831212CH1956–196326023073FB1959–196515321842CH1959–19661652118421IF/WH1959–196718389213103CF1959–196419711346115874FB1960–1969306935710W1961–19661245014964GK1961–196618702210W1962–19682202924936W1962–19671604018143MF1964–196712041354CD1964–197114141514FW1965–19701283014134MF1965–19711653018339WH/CH1965–196910351135FB1965–197124702770W1966–19701493616439GK1967–19709601100CF1968–19752245725563MF1968–198019833872145126GK1970–197624202770MF1970–19813503840946FB1970–197814821704MF/DF1971–19749431083 CD1971–19865962468926FW1971–19741064512054MF1971–19749061037FB1971–197617111941CD/MF1973–19791481817520FW1974–1976861810428CD1974–197710941314MF/FB1974–19791322016021FB1975–197912011441 England B|CH1976–19873702343124W1977–19873174038154GK1977–198010401220 CF1978–1992484168570194FB1979–198729453385 FB1979–198727323102CF/MF1980–19861411415616 GK1981–199028903340MF1981–198611471237W1981–19892681630518 CD1982–199020642484 MF1983–19881823520841W1983–19881012011522CF1983–1986852410026 MF1986–19922023524541 FW1987–19911162914434 CD1987–19891991–19983363440835CD1987–19929641135FB/MF1987–199112611511GK19871991–199513401620MF1987–1992174920910FB1987–199113431563FB/MF1988–19952573431439CD1989–199412321515 CD1990–19941471017312W1990–19992693131234FW1991–19961302816748 England B|W1992–19981871322816 FW1992–1996138112171130MF1992–19992462530031DF1993–19972000–200325072967GK1993–199917702170FW1993–19991444616953FB1993–199712971547 FW1994–19991304716159FB1995–200115511941MF1995–19999031034MF1996–20052461428020 W1997–20031842722335MF1998–20032007–20153165037859W1998–200311351376CD1998–20048851256 FW1999–20051534418257DF1999–200513441465 GK2000–200828813571DF2001–20058601102 MF2001–20092331029412DF/MF2001–200718852278FW2002–2004832710037 DF2002–20078841135W2003–20112471329419MF2003–20101136134MF2004–20132883534947 MF2005–200820131071314021DF2005–200910101392DF2005–201117282088MF2005–20077611003FW2006–20101093714052FW2006–20111342415628DF/MF2007–201311731425CD2007–20111611618518 DF/MF2007–20098851096 GK2008–201418902010DF20092009–201311531325 DF2009–201618372008DF2011–20149851067MF2011–201717311961 DF2012–201610411141 FW2012–20161598316985MF2013–202120642195MF2013–20171261114015MF2014–20191781920022GK2014–20171130120DF2015–2022233925210DF2015–202218302010GK2015–20199801080MF2016–202117781929 *FW2016–20172019–present19542208 FW20162016–20201765219157DF2016–20191002710927 DF2016–202013861526 MF2017–20231585017357 *DF2017–present18062026 FW2018–20211515816064FW2018–202316045177MF2018–20221491016111 *MF2019–present11361276 *FW2020–present1111112414 *GK2020–present11501180
Notes Player statistics include games played while on loan from clubs listed below. Unless individually sourced, loaning clubs come from the appearances source.
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