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ers who have played for Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club, or been an officially designated captain.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of 5 May 2008.

Notable players

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Name	Nationality	Position	Boro career	Captaincy	Appearances	Goals		Kingdom of Scotland	Left-half Left-back	1899–1900	1899–1900	34	0
	Kingdom of Scotland	Left-back	1899–1904	–	136	1	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-half	1900–1901	1900–1901	29	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Right-half	1900–1905	1901–1903	114	12	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Left-half Centre-half	1900–1906	–	201	8	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Inside-left Centre-forward	1901–1906	–	135	34	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-half	1901–1906	–	149	9	–
	Kingdom of England	Goalkeeper	1901–1923	19??–1914	602	2
	Kingdom of England	Right-back	1902–1906	–	100	0	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Right-half Centre-half	1903–1910	1907–19??	242	6	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1905–1910	1905–1907	178	65
	Kingdom of England	Inside-right	1905–1910	–	130	62	–
	Kingdom of England	Wing-half	1905–1913	–	113	2	–
	Kingdom of England	Inside-left Centre-forward	1906–1913	–	143	55	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Right-back	1908–1913	–	148	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-forward Inside-forward	1909–1925	1913–1921	365	213
	Kingdom of Scotland	Centre-half	1910–1915	1914–1915	137	3	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-half	1910–1924	–	118	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Inside-forward Outside-right	1910–1930	–	449	81	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Outside-right	1911–1914	–	112	8	–
	Kingdom of England	Right-half	1912–1915	–	101	1	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Right-half	1913–1923	–	216	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back	1914–1928	–	174	1	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Right-back	1919–1923	–	121	0	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Left-half Inside-left	1919–1924	–	110	10	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-half Left-half	1919–1924	–	131	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back Left-half	1919–1924	–	112	1	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Inside-right Outside-right	1920–1927	1926–1927	235	63
	Kingdom of England	Goalkeeper	1922–1926	–	128	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back	1923–1930	1924–1926	187	0	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Centre-half Right-back	1924–1931	–	159	2	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back Half-back	1924–1932	–	174	2	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-forward	1925–1939	–	453	345
	Northern Ireland	Right-half	1926–1930	–	153	0	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Full-back	1926–1930	–	123	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Outside-right	1926–1933	–	238	102	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Goalkeeper	1926–1934	–	264	0	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Inside-forward	1926–1934	–	109	20	–
	Kingdom of England	Wing-half	1927–1930	1929–1930	85	4	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Inside-forward	1927–1935	–	253	71
	Kingdom of England	Inside-left Centre-half	1929–1933	–	113	4	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Wing-half Inside-forward	1929–1933	–	101	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back Right-half	1929–1937	1930–1932	205	10	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Left-half	1929–1939	–	333	8	–
	Kingdom of England	Right-half Right-back	1931–1946	–	274	2	–
	Wales	Centre-half Right-back	1932–1935	1932–1935	92	1
	Kingdom of England	Goalkeeper	1932–1936	–	120	0	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Centre-half Inside-left	1932–1939	193?–193?	266	20	–
	Kingdom of England	Wing-half	1932–1939	–	137	3	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-forward	1932–1950	–	269	162	–
	Kingdom of England	Outside-right	1934–1938	–	101	36
	Kingdom of Scotland	Goalkeeper	1936–1949	–	157	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Inside-forward	1936–1954	–	368	110
	Kingdom of England	Full-back	1937–1950	19??–19??	166	7	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-forward	1945–1954	–	241	81	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Wing-half	1946–1954	1951–1952	253	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Wing-half	1946–1955	–	315	10	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back	1946–1959	–	416	1	–
	Kingdom of England	Wing-half	1947–1958	1956–1958	334	10	–
	Kingdom of England	Defender	1948–1952	–	100	0	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Defender	1948–1953	–	130	49	–
	Jamaica	Forward	1949–1958	–	270	93
	Republic of Ireland	Inside-forward	1949–1959	–	231	51	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back	1951–1961	–	118	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back	1951–1961	–	190	0
	Kingdom of England	Centre-half	1954–1960	–	124	2	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-forward	1954–1964	–	238	141	–
	Wales	Inside-forward Wing-half	1954–1965	19??–19??	378	72
	Kingdom of England	Centre-forward	1955–1961	19??–19??	222	204
	Kingdom of England	Inside-forward	1952–1961	–	123	30	–
	Kingdom of England	Outside-right	1955–1962	–	131	21	–
	Kingdom of England	Outside-left	1956–1962 1965-1966	–	169	25	–
	Kingdom of England	Winger	1956–1963	–	152	29	–
	Kingdom of England	Left-back	1958–1964	–	193	3	–
	Kingdom of England	Goalkeeper	1959–1967	–	110	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Outside-right	1960–1965	–	185	44	–
	Kingdom of England	Defender	1960–1969	–	217	12	–
	Kingdom of England	Full-back	1960–1973	1966–1973	532	5
	Kingdom of England	Defender	1961–1972	–	137	1	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-half	1961–1974	–	333	13	–
	Wales	Centre-half	1962–1965	1962–1965	124	9
	Kingdom of Scotland	Midfield	1962–1966	1965–1966	184	47
	Wales	Inside-forward	1962–1966	–	128	23
	Kingdom of England	Defender	1962–1975	–	331	3	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Goalkeeper	1963–1966	–	105	0	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1963–1969	–	127	56
	Kingdom of Scotland	Centre-forward	1964–1967	–	100	43	–
	Kingdom of England	Wing-half	1965–1966	196?–196?	22	2	–
	Kingdom of England	Centre-half	1965–1969	–	150	14
	Kingdom of England	Winger	1965–1972	–	204	49	–
	Northern Ireland	Midfield	1965–1974	–	277	26
	India	Winger	1966–1970	–	115	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward Utility	1966–1977	–	499	187
	Kingdom of England	Midfield Forward	1967–1972	–	128	23	–
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1969–1978	–	354	21
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1968–1979 1984–1985	–	398	111
	Kingdom of England	Midfielder	1970–1981	–	431	77
	Northern Ireland	Goalkeeper	1970–1982	????–????	481	0
	Kingdom of England	Wing-half	1971–1973	1971–197?	69	2	–
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1971–1979	–	393	16	–
	Kingdom of England	Right-back	1971–1982	1981	488	14
	Kingdom of England	Winger	1972–1976	–	141	50	–
	Kingdom of England	Midfielder	1972–1977	–	101	8	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Midfield	1973–1976	–	125	9	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Midfield	1973–1978	–	216	27
	Kingdom of Scotland	Central defender	1973–1982	1979–1981	358	18	–
	Kingdom of England	Left-back	1974–1978	–	133	1	–
	Kingdom of England	Left-back	1975–1982	–	175	3	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1977–1982	–	179	25
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1978–1981 1989–1993	–	273	20	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1978–1982 1987	–	143	20	–
	Northern Ireland	Winger	1978–1983	–	128	12
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1978–1983	–	115	30	–
	Kingdom of England	Right-back	1979–1986	1983–1985	221	2
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1981–1984	–	138	8	–
	Netherlands	Midfield	1981–1985	–	187	28	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1982–1986	–	127	31	–
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1982–1991	1987–1991	425	29
	Kingdom of England	Goalkeeper	1983 1985–1995	–	424	0
	Kingdom of Scotland	Midfield	\|1983–1989	–	268	28	–
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1984–1989 1998–2000	–	250	7
	Kingdom of England	Defender	1984–1991 1998–2006	–	423	14	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1985–1987	–	107	27	–
	Kingdom of England	Right-back	1985–1988	1985–1986	129	14	–
	Kingdom of England	Right-winger	1985–1992	–	311	31	–
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1985–1993	1991–1993	268	22
	Republic of Ireland	Forward	1985–1993	–	381	146
	Kingdom of England	Right-back	1986–1993	–	258	7	–
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1987–1991	–	162	18	–
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1987–1994	–	131	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Forward	1988–1990	–	28	5
	Kingdom of England	Left-back	1990–1993	–	172	6	–
	Kingdom of Scotland	Winger Forward	1990–1996	1993–1994	234	55
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1990–2002	–	367	34	–
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1991–1994	–	100	1
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1991–1996	–	193	19
	Kingdom of England	Defender	1991–2001	–	317	4
	Republic of Ireland	Left-winger	1991–2001	–	142	17	–
	Kingdom of England	Winger	1992–1997	–	195	48	–
	Republic of Ireland	Full-back	1992–1997	–	104	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1993–2001	–	154	8	–
	Kingdom of England	Defender	1994–1996	–	120	4
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1994–1997	–	27	1
	Kingdom of England	Central defender	1994–1998	1994–1998	139	5
style="text-align:left; background:skyBlue;"\|	Brazil	Midfield	1995–1997 1999 2002–2004	–	155	34
	Italy	Forward	1996–1997	–	50	32
	Denmark	Striker	1996–1998	–	115	31	–
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1997–1999	1998–1999	88	4	–
	Italy	Central defender	1997–2002	–	171	12
	Australia	Goalkeeper	1997–2008	–	446	0
	Colombia	Forward	1998–2002	–	134	43	–
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	1999–2002	1999–2002	106	9	–
	Cameroon	Forward	2000–2006	–	111	21	–
	Kingdom of England	Defender/Midfield	2000–2007	–	128	4	–
	Kingdom of England	Defender	2000–2007	–	150	8
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	2001–2004	–	109	4
align="left"\|	Slovakia	Forward	2001–2006	–	146	29	–
	Early Modern France	Left-back	2001–2006	–	199	12
	Kingdom of England	Defender	2001–2006	2002–2006	204	4
	Kingdom of England	Midfield	2001–	–	190	18
	Netherlands	Midfield	2002–	2006–2008	222	9	–
	Italy	Forward	2002–2007	–	102	24
align="left"\|	Brazil	Midfield	2003–2006	–	110	1	–
	Kingdom of England	Defender	2003–	–	121	8
	Austria	Defender	2005–	2008–	112	3
	Argentina	Midfield	2006–	2008	57	5	–
	Brazil	Forward	2008–	–	14	6

Key to positions

GK — Goalkeeper
RB — Right back
LB — Left back
CB — Centre back
MF — Midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
RW — Right Winger
LW — Left Winger
FW — Forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

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