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Ümit Akdağ
Ümit Akdağ (born 2003, Bucharest) is a Turkish-Romanian centre-back, 1.92 m, left-footed, from Steaua and Chelsea academies via Alanyaspor, loans at Göztepe and Toulouse, now Beşiktaş (2026, contract to 2030), Romania U21 with 10 caps.
Unai Emery
Unai Emery is a Spanish football manager, born in 1971, known for his success at Aston Villa and his status as the most decorated UEFA Europa League coach.
Unai Hernández
Unai Hernández (Unai Hernández Lorenzo), Spanish midfielder born 2004 in Malgrat de Mar; Girona youth product, ex-Barça Atlètic captain, sold to Al-Ittihad for €4.5M in 2025, loaned to Al-Shabab and back to Girona in 2026.
Unai Simón
Unai Simón Mendibil, Spanish goalkeeper for Athletic Club and Spain; Lezama graduate, 271 Athletic games, Zamora Trophy 2023/24, EURO 2024 and 2026 World Cup winner, contract to 2029 without release clause.
Union Brescia
Union Brescia, Italian Serie C football club founded 17 July 2025 from the renamed FeralpiSalò after Brescia Calcio's bankruptcy; plays at Stadio Mario Rigamonti, president Giuseppe Pasini, coach Eugenio Corini.
Union gurten
Union Gurten (Union Raiffeisen Gurten since 2021) is an Austrian amateur football club founded in 1961 in Gurten, Upper Austria, playing at the Park21-Arena in the Regionalliga, with eight lower-league titles, ÖFB Cup runs, and a 2021 mission-statement rebranding.
Union internationale amateur de football association
Union internationale amateur de football association (UIAFA), a short-lived rival to FIFA founded March 1909 in Paris by England's AFA, Bohemia's ČSF, and France's USFFA over amateurism disputes; inactive by 1912-1913.
Union sportive concarnoise
Union sportive concarnoise (US Concarneau, Les Thoniers), French football club founded 1911 in Concarneau, Brittany; plays at Stade Guy Piriou, won National 2023, one Ligue 2 season, relegated 2024.
United Arab Emirates national football team (منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم)
United Arab Emirates national football team (منتخب الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم), the Whites, AFC men's team run by the UAEFA; 1990 World Cup qualifiers, 1996 Asian Cup runners-up, Gulf Cup winners 2007 and 2013, coached since 2026 by Zlatko Dalic.
United FC (Dubai)
United FC (Dubai United FC), founded September 2022, is a professional football club at ISD Dubai Sports City; first privately owned UAE club to reach the ADNOC Pro League, promoted in 2026 under Andrea Pirlo.
United Soccer League
United Soccer League (USL), Tampa-based American soccer organization founded 1986 as Southwest Indoor Soccer League; operates USL Premier, Championship, League One, Super League, League Two, W League, Academy; adopting promotion and relegation by 2028.
United States men's national under-20 soccer team
United States men's national under-20 soccer team (U-20 MYNT), U.S. Soccer's under-20 men's side: 18 of 24 FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances tied with Argentina for second-most, fourth place in 1989, three straight Concacaf titles (2017, 2018, 2022), and 44 alumni who reached senior World Cups.
United States Soccer Federation
The United States Soccer Federation (USSF, U.S. Soccer), founded 1913 as the United States Football Association, governs American soccer, runs the USMNT and four-time World Cup champion USWNT, and co-hosts the 2026 World Cup.
United States soccer league system
United States soccer league system: USSF-sanctioned tiers of American soccer, Division I (MLS, 30 clubs), II (USL Championship), III (USL League One), closed leagues; USL voted in 2025 to add promotion/relegation and USL Premier by 2028.
United States women's national soccer team
United States women's national soccer team (USWNT), U.S. Soccer's women's team: four FIFA Women's World Cups (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019) and five Olympic golds (1996-2024), the 2024 title under Emma Hayes, plus the $24 million equal-pay settlement.
Universidad catolica (CD Universidad Catolica del Ecuador)
CD Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, also called Chatolei, Trencito Azul, or Cammaratas, is a Quito football club founded 15 May 1963 by PUCE students; it won its first national title, the 2025 Copa Ecuador, and finished second in the 2026 Serie A.
Unni Lehn
Unni Lehn (born 1977) is a Norwegian former midfielder, 134-cap women's international, who won Olympic gold at Sydney 2000, six league and six cup titles with Trondheims-Ørn, and the 2002 WUSA championship with Carolina Courage.
Unterhaching
SpVgg Unterhaching (Spielvereinigung Unterhaching), German sports club founded 1925 in Unterhaching near Munich; football team played Bundesliga 1999-2001, now Regionalliga Bayern, declined 2026 promotion playoffs for financial reasons.
Urawa Red Diamonds (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ)
Urawa Red Diamonds (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ), or Urawa Reds, a J1 League football club in Saitama City founded in 1950 as Mitsubishi's works team; three-time AFC Champions League winner (2007, 2017, 2022) and 2006 J1 champion.
Uriel Antuna
Uriel Antuna (Carlos Uriel Antuna Romero), Mexican right winger; Santos Laguna youth, Groningen, LA Galaxy, Chivas, Cruz Azul (28 goals), Tigres, Pumas; 14 goals in 56 Mexico caps.
Uruguay national football team
Uruguay national football team, La Celeste, men's team of the AUF; winner of the first 1930 World Cup, the 1950 Maracanazo, four FIFA-recognized world titles, 15 Copa América titles, coached by Marcelo Bielsa.
Uwe Rösler
Uwe Rösler is a German football manager and former forward, born in Altenburg in 1968, who has been head coach of VfL Bochum since October 2025.
Uwe Seeler
Uwe Seeler (1936-2022), German centre-forward, one-club Hamburger SV legend, 72 caps and 43 goals for West Germany, captain of the 1966 World Cup finalists, first player to score at four World Cups.
Uzbekistan national football team
Uzbekistan national football team, the White Wolves, Uzbekistan's men's team under the UFA in the AFC; 1994 Asian Games champions and first Central Asian side at a World Cup, debuting at 2026 under Fabio Cannavaro.
Vágner Love
Vágner Love, full name Vágner Silva de Souza, is a Brazilian retired striker born in 1984, best known for CSKA Moscow, where he won the 2005 UEFA Cup.
Vahid Halilhodžić
Vahid Halilhodžić, Bosnian football forward and coach (born 1952, Jablanica); French champion and twice top scorer with Nantes; coached Ivory Coast, Algeria, Japan, and Morocco, qualifying all four for World Cups.
Valencia CF
Valencia CF (Valencia Club de Fútbol), Spanish football club founded March 18, 1919, playing at Mestalla, Valencia. Six LaLiga titles, 1940s and 2000s golden eras, UEFA Cup 2004, Champions League finals 2000 and 2001.
Valenciennes FC
Valenciennes FC (VAFC), French club founded 1913 as US Valenciennes Anzin, plays in National (third tier). 1951 Coupe de France finalist, Ligue 2 champion 2006, owned by Sport Republic since July 2023, president Yoann Godin.
Valentin Ivanov
Valentin Ivanov (Валентин Козьмич Иванов, 1934–2011), Soviet footballer; one-club Torpedo Moskva striker, 1956 Olympic champion, 1960 European champion, joint top scorer of the 1962 World Cup, later Torpedo coach.
Valentino Lazaro
Valentino Lazaro (Valentino Lando Lazaro), Austrian footballer born 1996 in Graz; right-sided midfielder or right-back. Salzburg, Hertha, Inter (€22.4M), loans, Torino 2023–2026, now Al-Ain.