Top 10 Most Educated Football (Soccer) Players
The Top Ten
1 Socrates
Doctorate in medicine. He is the only player who finished medical school while playing soccer. Also, he practiced medicine after his retirement.
2 Shaka Hislop
Neil Shaka Hislop is a former football goalkeeper. The majority of his career was spent in the top division in England where he was a part of the Newcastle United team which finished second in the Premier League for two successive seasons under Kevin Keegan's first tenure.
Neil Shaka Hislop is a former football goalkeeper. The majority of his career was spent in the top division in England where he was a part of the Newcastle United team which finished second in the Premier League for two successive seasons under Kevin Keegan's first tenure. Degree in Mechanical Engineering
3 Clarke Carlisle
Clarke James Carlisle is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and was chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association.
Clarke James Carlisle is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and was chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association. Degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting (from Staffordshire University).
4 Juan Mata
Juan Manuel Mata García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Spain national team.
Juan Manuel Mata García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Spain national team. He is a good player and smart? Wow! This guy rules. Yeah, he has a degree in journalism.
Degree in journalism.
5 David Wetherall
David Wetherall is an English former footballer who played as a central defender, finishing his playing career with Bradford City at the end of the 2007–08 season.
David Wetherall is an English former footballer who played as a central defender, finishing his playing career with Bradford City at the end of the 2007–08 season. Degree in Chemistry from Sheffield University.
6 Yuto Nagatomo
Bachelor in Economics
7 Iain Dowie
8 Barry Horne
Barry Horne is a Welsh former professional footballer, former chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association and sports television pundit.
Barry Horne is a Welsh former professional footballer, former chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association and sports television pundit. Degree in Chemistry from the University of Liverpool.
9 Tostão
10 Steve Coppell
Degree in economics from the University of Liverpool.
The Contenders
11 Graeme Le Saux
A degree in Environmental Studies.
12 Simon Mignolet
Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool and the Belgium national team.
Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool and the Belgium national team. He has a degree in political science from the Catholic University of Leuven.
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