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Wales national football team
Wales national football team (Cymru), FAW-founded 1876, third-oldest association. First match 1876 vs Scotland; 1958 World Cup quarter-finals; Euro 2016 semi-finals; 2022 World Cup return after 64 years; coach Craig Bellamy.
Walid Regragui
Walid Regragui, born 1975 in Corbeil-Essonnes, France, is a Moroccan football manager and former right-back (45 caps) who led Morocco to the 2022 World Cup semi-final, won AFCON 2025, and resigned in March 2026.
Walker Zimmerman
Walker Zimmerman is an American soccer center back from Lawrenceville, Georgia; drafted seventh overall in 2013, he played for FC Dallas, LAFC, and Nashville SC before joining Toronto FC in 2026, with 46 USMNT caps, three goals, and a 2022 World Cup role.
Wallace (footballer, born 2004)
Wallace (Wallace Gomes da Silva dos Santos, born 2004) is a Brazilian defender for Grêmio, squad number 82; distinct from the 2004-born Madureira midfielder Wallace Camilo dos Santos Leandro.
Wallace Yan
Wallace Yan (Wallace Yan de Souza Barreto, born 2005), Brazilian right-footed attacker from Flamengo's academy; 2024 U20 Libertadores top scorer, scored vs Chelsea at the 2025 Club World Cup, sold to RB Bragantino in 2026 for €6 million.
Wallern
Wallern chiefly means SV Zaunergroup Wallern, a 1972-founded Austrian football club from Wallern an der Trattnach, Upper Austria, famed for five straight titles (2007/08–2011/12) to the Regionalliga; distinct from USC Wallern of Burgenland.
Walsall F.C.
Walsall F.C., known as the Saddlers, is an English football club founded in 1888 in the town of Walsall, West Midlands, which has played in League Two, the fourth tier, since 2019.
Walter Corbett
Walter Samuel Corbett, Watty Corbett, English amateur full back who won football gold with Great Britain at the 1908 London Olympics and earned 3 England caps in June 1908; main club Birmingham City.
Walter Mazzarri
Walter Mazzarri, Italian football coach and former midfielder (born 1961, San Vincenzo). Led Napoli 2009-2013 to the 2012 Coppa Italia and 2013 Serie A runners-up; later Inter, Watford, Torino, Cagliari, a 2023-24 Napoli return, and Iraklis.
Walter Samuel
Walter Samuel (Wálter Adrián Samuel, born 1978, Firmat), Argentine centre-back nicknamed 'The Wall' (Il Muro); played for Boca, Roma, Real Madrid, Inter (2009-10 treble) and Basel; 57 Argentina caps; now Scaloni's assistant coach.
Walter Smith
Walter Smith (1948-2021), Scottish football manager; won 21 trophies including 10 league titles across two Rangers spells (second only to Bill Struth), managed Everton 1998-2002 and Scotland 2004-2007, and reached the 2008 UEFA Cup final.
Walter Winterbottom
Sir Walter Winterbottom (1913-2002), first full-time manager of the England national football team 1946-62 and the FA's first Director of Coaching; led England to four World Cups, 139 matches, knighted 1978.
Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga (L'Uomo Ragno), Italian goalkeeper born Milan 1960; Inter 1982-94, 473 games, scudetto 1989, two UEFA Cups; 58 Italy caps; 517-minute World Cup clean-sheet record; later a traveled manager.
Wanda Nara
Wanda Nara (Wanda Solange Nara), born 1986, is an Argentine model, television presenter, businesswoman, and football agent known as the wife and longtime agent of Mauro Icardi.
Wanderers F.C.
Wanderers F.C., also Forest FC, was a London football club founded 1859 by Old Harrovians; winner of the first FA Cup in 1872 and five cups in the 1870s, dissolved around 1887, re-formed 2009; distinct from the Irish rugby club of the same name.
Warren Davis (footballer)
Warren Davis (born 2005, Tallaght) is an Irish footballer, a winger/forward for Drogheda United in the League of Ireland Premier Division; FAI Cup winner 2024, Ireland U21 international, contract to November 2027.
Warren Zaïre-Emery
Warren Zaïre-Emery (born 2006, Montreuil) is a French midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain and France; PSG's youngest-ever player, U17 Euro 2022 player of the tournament, Champions League winner 2025 and 2026, contracted to 2029.
Washington Spirit
Washington Spirit, NWSL women's soccer club founded November 21, 2012 in Washington, D.C.; inaugural NWSL member, 2021 NWSL champion, owned by Michele Kang, plays at Audi Field, coached by Adrián González.
Wasquehal foot
Wasquehal foot: football of Wasquehal, France; clubs US Wasquehal (1924), ES Wasquehal (1945), Wasquehal Football (2017-2026); Division 2 promotion 1997, professional 1997-2003, liquidated 5 June 2026, succeeded by US Wasquehal.
Wataru Endō (遠藤航)
Wataru Endō (遠藤航), born 1993, Japanese defensive midfielder and Japan captain; clubs Shonan Bellmare, Urawa Reds, Sint-Truiden, VfB Stuttgart, Liverpool FC; Carabao Cup 2024, Premier League 2025; retired internationally June 2026.
Watford F.C.
Watford F.C., the Hornets, English club founded 1881 as Watford Rovers, playing at Vicarage Road (22,220). Golden era under Elton John and Graham Taylor: top-flight runners-up 1983, FA Cup finals 1984 and 2019.
Wattener sportgemeinschaft tirol
WSG Tirol (Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol), founded 1930 as SC Wattens, is an Austrian Bundesliga football club from Wattens, Tyrol; renamed WSG Swarovski Wattens in 1967, part of the SSW Innsbruck syndicate that won four titles in the 1970s, and back in the top flight since 2019.
Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid, a district of Bochum in the Ruhr region, is identified with SG Wattenscheid 09, founded 1909, black and white, four Bundesliga seasons 1990-94, Lohrheidestadion, insolvency 2019, Regionalliga West return 2026.
Wayne Bridge
Wayne Bridge (Wayne Michael Bridge, born 1980) is an English retired left-back who played for Southampton, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Reading, won the 2005 Premier League, and earned 36 England caps from 2002 to 2009 before retiring in May 2014.
Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Hennessey, Welsh goalkeeper born 1987, earned a record 109 Wales caps, played at Euro 2016 and the 2022 World Cup, retired 16 July 2025, and joined Nottingham Forest's goalkeeping coaching staff.
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney: England's record outfield cap holder (120) and 53-goal former record scorer; Manchester United's record goalscorer (253 in 559), five-time Premier League champion, later manager of Derby, D.C. United, Birmingham and Plymouth, now a BBC Match of the Day pundit.
Wayne Routledge
Wayne Routledge (born 1985, Sidcup) is an English former winger; Crystal Palace, Tottenham, Newcastle, and 305 Swansea City appearances with the 2013 League Cup; 12 England Under-21 caps; retired 2021.
Wealdstone F.C.
Wealdstone F.C. (the Stones), an English non-league football club founded in 1899, playing at Grosvenor Vale in Ruislip in the fifth-tier Enterprise National League; FA Amateur Cup winners 1966 and FA Trophy and Conference double winners 1984-85, National League South champions 2020, FA Trophy runners-up 2026.
Wehen
SV Wehen Wiesbaden (SVWW), German football club founded 1926 in Wehen, Taunusstein; moved to Wiesbaden's BRITA-Arena in 2007 after first 2. Bundesliga promotion; 3. Liga all-time table leader, nine Hessenpokal titles.
Wei Xiangxin
Wei Xiangxin (魏祥鑫), born 2008 in Meizhou, Guangdong, is a Chinese forward who starred for Meizhou Hakka, became the CSL's second-youngest scorer, and joined AJ Auxerre in 2026 on a five-year deal, number 49.