Men's association football defenders

Alberto Bertuccelli (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto bertutˈtʃɛlli]; 14 January 1924 – 15 August 2002) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Marceau Somerlinck (4 January 1922 – 9 November 2005) was a French football player who played with Lille OSC. He won the Coupe de France a total of five times.

Simon Zimny (18 May 1927 – 3 April 2007) was a French professional footballer who played as a defender.

Mustapha Zitouni (19 October 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a defender. He played international football for both France and Algeria.

Richard Boucher (1 March 1932 – 26 September 2017) was a French football player and coach with Toulouse FC.

Jean Wendling (born 29 April 1934 in Bischheim, Bas-Rhin) is a French former football defender. He played for France in the Euro 1960.

Andrea Fortunato (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa fortuˈnaːto]; 26 July 1971 – 25 April 1995) was an Italian football player who played as a left-back. Fortunato was one of Italy's most promising prospects in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and he enjoyed a successful yet very short spell in Italian football, before contracting leukemia; he died in April 1995. Throughout his club career, he played for Como, Pisa, Genoa, and Juventus, while at international level he represented the Italy national team on one occasion, in 1993.

Roger Gaston Louis Marche (5 March 1924 – 1 November 1997) was a French footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the France national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. He was nicknamed Le Sanglier des Ardennes ("the Boar of the Ardenne") for the region from which he came.

Joël Cantona (born 26 October 1967) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the younger brother of Eric Cantona. Since retiring he has had some minor acting roles.

Pascal Renier (born 3 August 1971) is a former Belgian football defender. His former clubs include Club Brugge and R.E. Mouscron. He also played for Troyes AC in French Division 1.Renier was in the Belgium squad for the 1994 World Cup, albeit without playing.