Pro Athletes & Soccer

Professional athletes who played a significant portion of their youth careers playing soccer:

Martin Gramatica- NFL
Tamba Hali- NFL
Nick Folk- NFL
Jay Feely- NFL
Piotr Czech- NFL
Chad Johnson- NFL
Aaron Eiling- NFL
David Akers- NFL
Lawrence Tynes- NFL
Dave Raynor- NFL
Johan Bjork- NFL
Mason Crosby- NFL
Mike Vanderjagt- NFL
Ola Fredrik Andreas Kimrin- NFL
Amobi Okoye- NFL
Wes Welker- NFL
Roy Gerela- NFL
Jim Power- NFL
John Carney- NFL
Morten Anderson- NFL
Jarrett Payton- NFL
Sam Koch- NFL
Ben Dato- NFL
Tony Romo- NFL
John Smith- NFL
John Lynch- NFL
Toni Fritsch- NFL
Carl Morris- NFL
Frank Corral- NFL
Doug Brien- NFL
Rob Bironas- NFL
Andre Davis- NFL
Danny Wuerffel- NFL
Pete Gogolak- NFL
Charlie Gogolak- NFL
Jeff Reed- NFL
Mike Grier- NHL
Lorne Worsley- NHL
Roman Cechmanek- NHL
Daley Thompson- Track and Field
Jim Thorpe- NFL, MLB, and Track and Field
Rafael Nadal- Tennis
Roger Federer- Tennis
John McEnroe- Tennis
Boris Becker- Tennis
Stefan Edberg- Tennis
Annika Sorenstam- Golf
Fabricio Oberto- NBA
Manu Ginobli- NBA
Tony Parker- NBA
Beno Udrih- NBA
Carlos Delfin- NBA
Leandro Barbosa- NBA
Nene- NBA
Samuel Delambert- NBA
Jamaal Magloire- NBA
Eduardo Najera- NBA
DeSagana Diop- NBA
Deji Akindele- NBA
Sergio Rodriguez- NBA
Mouhamed Sene- NBA
Marquinhos- NBA
Hakeem Olajuwon- NBA
Andrew Bogut- NBA
Sean Marks- NBA
Yakhouba Diawara- NBA
Ian Mahinmi- NBA
Johan Petro- NBA
Ronny Turiaf- NBA
Zaur Pachuilia- NBA
Luol Deng- NBA
Andrea Bargnani- NBA
Dan Gadzuric- NBA
Andrei Kirlenko- NBA
Nenad Krstic- NBA
Zoran Planinic- NBA
Kosta Perovic- NBA
Vladimir Radmonovic- NBA
Peja Stojakovic- NBA
Steve Nash- NBA