Uhlsport
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Uhlsport is a manufacturer of football
(primarily goalkeeper) equipment. Based in Germany and founded in 1948, the company's products include goalkeeper gloves, football boots, shin pads, footballs, training clothes, and kits.
Uhlsport's goalkeeping gloves use patented palm latex
and supportframe technologies. They have also designed gloves which perform better when wet and in the rain. The gloves, though not as popular in the UK as other brands, are among the most frequently used in mainland Europe. They currently supply football kits for CSKA Sofia
, UTA Arad, MSV Duisburg
, Tractor Sazi Tabriz, Esteghlal Tehran, Persepolis Tehran, Al Shorta etc. Professional players such as Hugo Lloris
, Łukasz Fabiański, Francesco Toldo, Pepe Reina, Carlo Cudicini
, Grégory Coupet
and Faryd Mondragón all endorse Uhlsport products.
MO Béjaïa
USM Alger
USM Annaba
Tusker FC Ligi Ndogo SFC FAR Rabat
Villa San Carlos
Club Destroyers
Tecnico Universitario de Ambato Carabobo
Zamora
Club Deportivo Lara
Naft Tehran
Gwangju Sangmu Sengkang Punggol FC
Al-Shaab Emirates Club Dibba Al-Fujairah
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Kaliakra Kavarna
Maritsa Plovdiv Spartak Varna Kom-Minyor
Onisilos Sotiras SK Dynamo Ceské Budějovice
Ajax Lasnamäe
FC Merkuur Tartu Valenciennes AC Arles-Avignon SC Bastia
WIT Georgia
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Kaiserslautern
TSV 1860 München
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Kickers Offenbach 1. FC Magdeburg
SSV Ulm 1846
Spartakos Agion Theodoron KF Flamurtari
FK Zibens/Zemessardze
Dungannon Swifts Lisburn Distillery SC Maria Fonte
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu
Arthurlie F.C.
Lokomotiv Glasgow A.F.C Atvidabergs FF
Promorje Ajdovscina
Samoa
Tanzania
– Official Tournament ball
Veselin Yovev Lukasz Fabianski
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Francesco Toldo Carlo Cudicini
Hans-Jörg Butt
Michael Fink
Daniel Haas
Markus Miller
Gerhard Tremmel
Mathias Schober Mathias Hain
Sven Ulreich
Pascal Zuberbühler
Grégory Coupet
Diego Klimowicz
Edmond Kapllani
Ioannis Amanatidis Tony Vairelles
Edwin Tenorio Zeljko Kalac
Damiano Tommasi
Diego López Rodríguez
Albert Riera
Pepe Reina Paul Scharner
Bogdan Lobonţ
Srdjan Djekanović
Miguel Samudio
Cristian Martinez
Guillermo Beltran Dario Caballero
Neil Etheridge
Alex Armit Snr David Marshall (footballer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
(primarily goalkeeper) equipment. Based in Germany and founded in 1948, the company's products include goalkeeper gloves, football boots, shin pads, footballs, training clothes, and kits.
Uhlsport's goalkeeping gloves use patented palm latex
Latex
Latex is the stable dispersion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. Latexes may be natural or synthetic.Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants . It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins,...
and supportframe technologies. They have also designed gloves which perform better when wet and in the rain. The gloves, though not as popular in the UK as other brands, are among the most frequently used in mainland Europe. They currently supply football kits for CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...
, UTA Arad, MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...
, Tractor Sazi Tabriz, Esteghlal Tehran, Persepolis Tehran, Al Shorta etc. Professional players such as Hugo Lloris
Hugo Lloris
Hugo Lloris is a French international footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for French club Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He is also a French international and is currently the first-choice goalkeeper and vice-captain for both club and country...
, Łukasz Fabiański, Francesco Toldo, Pepe Reina, Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...
, Grégory Coupet
Grégory Coupet
Grégory Coupet is a retired French association football goalkeeper who last played for Paris Saint-Germain. He has played for clubs such as Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Atlético Madrid. He has also played for the France national team....
and Faryd Mondragón all endorse Uhlsport products.
Africa
JSM BéjaïaJSM Bejaïa
Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa is an Algerian football club based in Béjaïa. It was founded in 1936. Their home stadium is Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine.-Achievements:*Algerian Cup: 1*Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 0...
MO Béjaïa
MO Béjaïa
Mouloudia Olympique de Béjaïa is an Algerian football club based in Béjaïa, Algeria. Founded in 1954, the team currently plays in the second division, one level below the Algerian Championnat National....
USM Alger
USM Alger
Union Sportive Médina d'Alger, , known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is an football club based in the city of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their venue, the Stade Omar Hammadi, has a capacity of some 10,000...
USM Annaba
USM Annaba
Union Sportive de la Medina d'Annaba is an Algerian football club based in Annaba. It was founded in 1983. They play at the 40,000 seat Stade 19 Mai 1956. The coach is Latrèche.-Current squad :As of November 6, 2010:...
Tusker FC Ligi Ndogo SFC FAR Rabat
FAR Rabat
Forces Armées Royales de Rabat is a Moroccan football club based in Morocco's capital city .The club was founded in 1958 soon after Morocco had gained their independence, and is one of the most famous football clubs in Morocco with Raja and Wydad. FAR stands for , roughly translated to mean Royal...
Americas
Comisión de Actividades Infantiles Germinal Libertad de SunchalesLibertad de Sunchales
Club Deportivo Libertad is a sports club from Argentina, with homebase in Sunchales, Santa Fe Province. The club is better known for both its association football and basketball teams....
Villa San Carlos
Club Atlético Villa San Carlos
Club Social y Deportivo Villa San Carlos is a football club from Berisso, city located in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third level of the Argentine Football Association league system.-Titles:*Primera C: 2*Primera D:...
Club Destroyers
Club Destroyers
Club Destroyers is a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia currently playing in both the Nacional B second division and in Santa Cruz Primera A, one of the third division regional leagues....
Tecnico Universitario de Ambato Carabobo
Carabobo Fútbol Club
Carabobo FC is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level, the Primera División Venezolana. It is based in Valencia.-History:Originally founded by Ralph Guimarães, David Klein, Victor Hugo Pereira, Eric Costa, Renan Rascão, Lucas Mathias, Igor Mathias, Francisco Gonçalves, Matheusz...
Zamora
Zamora Fútbol Club
Zamora Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football club.-History:Zamora Fútbol Club was founded on February 2, 1977. The club was promoted to the First Division after finishing as runners-up in the Second Division in the 2005/2006 season.-Titles:...
Club Deportivo Lara
Asia
Persepolis Tehran Esteghlal Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Tractor Sazi Tabriz Saipa F.C. Foolad Khuzestan Shahin BushehrShahin Bushehr F.C.
Shahin Pars Junubi Bushehr Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Bushehr, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Premier League and hold home games at Shahid Beheshti Stadium.-Shahin F.C. :Shahin F.C...
Naft Tehran
Naft Tehran F.C.
Naft Tehran F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They currently compete in the Iran Pro League.-History:In 1950, National Iranian Oil Company decided on starting a football team...
Gwangju Sangmu Sengkang Punggol FC
Sengkang Punggol FC
Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club in Singapore's S.League. The club first made their debut in Singapore's S.League in 2006 under the name Sengkang Punggol Football Club. The club was a merger of two football clubs that previously played in the S.League – namely, Paya...
Al-Shaab Emirates Club Dibba Al-Fujairah
Dibba Al-Fujairah
Dibba Al-Fujairah is a name of a settlement in the emirate of Fujairah located on the North east part of the United Arab Emirates. It is geographically part of the Dibba region. Dibba is considered to be the 2nd largest city in the emirate of Fujairah...
Europe
FC Torpedo ZhodinoFC Torpedo Zhodino
FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino is an Belarusian football club based in Zhodino. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football...
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Kaliakra Kavarna
PFC Kaliakra Kavarna
PFC Kaliakra Kavarna is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Kavarna, which currently participates in the A PFG, the top division of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1922 as Kaliakra Sport Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur football before making a rapid ascent to the...
Maritsa Plovdiv Spartak Varna Kom-Minyor
Kom-Minyor
Kom-Minyor was a Bulgarian football club from the town of Berkovitsa, which until recently used to play in the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group, the second division of Bulgarian football...
Onisilos Sotiras SK Dynamo Ceské Budějovice
S.K. Dynamo Ceské Budejovice
SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a football club from České Budějovice, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1905. The club was promoted to the first division in 2006. Current chairman and a share holder of the club is the former Czech international footballer Karel Poborský, who played his last...
Ajax Lasnamäe
FC Ajax Lasnamäe
FC Ajax Lasnamäe is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. They play in the Meistriliiga, the first division in Estonian football.-History:They managed to avoid relegation in 2006, their first Meistriliiga season, finishing 8th....
FC Merkuur Tartu Valenciennes AC Arles-Avignon SC Bastia
SC Bastia
Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...
WIT Georgia
FC WIT Georgia
FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team, playing in the capital, Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd, , a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World Innovation Technologies...
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
TSV 1860 München
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Kickers Offenbach 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
SSV Ulm 1846
SSV Ulm 1846
SSV Ulm 1846 is a German association football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg and is one of the country's largest and oldest sports clubs with over 12,000 members in more than twenty different departments. The modern-day club was formed out of 5 May 1970 merger of TSG Ulm 1846 and 1...
Spartakos Agion Theodoron KF Flamurtari
KF Flamurtari
Klubi Futbollistik Flamurtari is a football club based in Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo. It was founded in 1968 and it is one of the best and strongest teams in Kosovo...
FK Zibens/Zemessardze
FK Zibens Zemessardze
FK Zibens/Zemessardze is a Latvian football team from Ilūkste town.-History and former names:* Dilar Ilūkste* FK Ilūkste* Celtnieks Ilūkste* FK Zibens/Zemessardze* Dinaburg-Zemessardze...
Dungannon Swifts Lisburn Distillery SC Maria Fonte
S.C. Maria da Fonte
Sport Clube Maria da Fonte also known as SC Maria da Fonte is a Portuguese football club from Póvoa de Lanhoso, Braga and founded in 1926. SC Maria da Fonte currently plays in the Portuguese Second Division Serie A and finished 7th in the previous season which was the 2007/08 season...
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu
Pandurii Târgu Jiu is a Romanian professional football club from Târgu Jiu, Gorj county. Its colours are blue and white and its home field is Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium in Târgu Jiu.- Current squad :As of 23 July 2011...
Arthurlie F.C.
Arthurlie F.C.
Arthurlie Football Club are a Junior Scottish football team based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow. They play at Dunterlie Park, on Carlibar Road, adjacent to Barrhead railway station. They currently play in the Stagecoach Super League, Premier Division...
Lokomotiv Glasgow A.F.C Atvidabergs FF
Åtvidabergs FF
Åtvidabergs FF is a Swedish football club located in Åtvidaberg. The club, formed 1 July 1907 as Åtvidabergs IF, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The club changed to the present name before the 1935–1936 season. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund...
Promorje Ajdovscina
National Teams
IranIran national football team
The national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran...
Samoa
Samoa national football team
The Samoa national association football team represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national...
Tanzania
Tanzania national football team
The Tanzania national football team represents Tanzania in association football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania. Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa national stadium in Dar-es-Salaam and their head coach is Jan Børge Poulsen....
Equipment
Persian Gulf League – Official league ball Durand CupDurand Cup
The Durand Football Tournament was started by then, India's Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Simla, India, in 1888. The initial matches were played in Dagshai. It was basically initiated, as a recreation for British troops stationed in India. The Durand Cup was twice suspended, during the two...
– Official Tournament ball
Players sponsored by Uhlsport
Hugo LlorisHugo Lloris
Hugo Lloris is a French international footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for French club Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He is also a French international and is currently the first-choice goalkeeper and vice-captain for both club and country...
Veselin Yovev Lukasz Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski
Łukasz Fabiański is a Polish footballer who plays for English Premier League side Arsenal and the Polish national team as a goalkeeper.-Early career:...
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Mehdi Mahdavikia is an Iranian football player who plays for Damash Gilan in the Iranian Pro League. He has won Asian Young Footballer of the Year award in 1997, as well as Asian Footballer of the Year in 2003. He was the captain of the Iran national football team from 2006 to 2009, and currently...
Francesco Toldo Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...
Hans-Jörg Butt
Hans-Jörg Butt
Hans-Jörg Butt is a German footballer who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German League, as a goalkeeper.Known for taking penalty kicks, he netted nearly 30 goals in Germany's top flight...
Michael Fink
Michael Fink
Michael Fink is a German footballer who currently plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Samsunspor.- Career :...
Daniel Haas
Daniel Haas
Daniel Haas is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 1899 Hoffenheim. He is one of the only two players who have been with Hoffenheim since their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and then to the 1. Bundesliga, the German top-flight...
Markus Miller
Markus Miller
Markus Miller is a German football goalkeeper who is currently active for German club Hannover 96.-Career:Born in Lindenberg im Allgäu, Miller started to play football at local amateur side FC Lindenberg and moved later to FC Wangen, another regional amateur side.In 2000, Miller moved to...
Gerhard Tremmel
Gerhard Tremmel
Gerhard Martin Tremmel is a German football goalkeeper currently playing for Swansea City.- Career :His previous clubs include Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, where he spent years as a youth, before SpVgg Unterhaching where he made his senior debut.Tremmel left Bavaria in 2002 for spells at...
Mathias Schober Mathias Hain
Mathias Hain
Mathias Hain is a retired German football goalkeeper. He is the brother of Uwe Hain, himself a former goalkeeper. Hain is known for his great shot stopping ability and, during his time at Arminia Bielefeld, captained the side until he left in 2008.-External links:...
Sven Ulreich
Sven Ulreich
Sven Ulreich is a German football goalkeeper who plays for VfB Stuttgart.-Career:He has been Stuttgart II's first-choice goalkeeper during their first four matches of the 2007–08 Regionalliga season, keeping two clean sheets in that period...
Pascal Zuberbühler
Pascal Zuberbühler
Pascal Zuberbühler is a Swiss footballer who is currently the goalkeeping coach for the Philippines. He was recently released by Fulham after coming to the end of his contract.-Club career:...
Grégory Coupet
Grégory Coupet
Grégory Coupet is a retired French association football goalkeeper who last played for Paris Saint-Germain. He has played for clubs such as Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Atlético Madrid. He has also played for the France national team....
Diego Klimowicz
Diego Klimowicz
Diego Fernando Klimowicz is an Argentine football forward who plays for Instituto.-Career:Klimowicz started his career at Instituto in the Argentine Primera B Nacional in 1993...
Edmond Kapllani
Edmond Kapllani
Edmond Kapllani is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Augsburg.-Club career:...
Ioannis Amanatidis Tony Vairelles
Tony Vairelles
Tony Vairelles is a French football striker. He currently plays for FC Gueugnon.-Club career:A much-travelled striker or winger, the talented Vairelles started his professional career with hometown club AS Nancy before moving to RC Lens in summer 1995...
Edwin Tenorio Zeljko Kalac
Željko Kalac
Željko Kalac is a retired Australian football goalkeeper. Standing at 2.02m, Kalac is one of the world's tallest professional goalkeepers....
Damiano Tommasi
Damiano Tommasi
Damiano Tommasi is an Italian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current president of the Italian Footballers' Association ....
Diego López Rodríguez
Diego López Rodríguez
Diego López Rodríguez |Lugo]], Galicia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a goalkeeper.-Club career:A youth graduate from hometown's CD Lugo, López moved to Real Madrid at almost 19...
Albert Riera
Albert Riera
Albert Riera Ortega is a Spanish footballer who plays for Galatasaray SK in Turkey, as a left winger.He made a name for himself at Espanyol , and also played professionally in France, England and Greece.Riera gained 16 caps for Spain, representing...
Pepe Reina Paul Scharner
Paul Scharner
Paul Josef Herbert Scharner is an Austrian footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion of the Premier League. He usually plays as a central defender or midfielder...
Bogdan Lobonţ
Bogdan Lobont
Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț is a Romanian goalkeeper playing for A.S. Roma and the Romanian national team. Lobonț has been popularly nicknamed "Pisica" in Romania due to his quick reflexes, compared to that of a cat....
Srdjan Djekanović
Srdjan Djekanovic
Srđan Đekanović is a Serbian-born Canadian professional soccer player...
Miguel Samudio
Miguel Samudio
Miguel Ángel Ramón Samudio is an Paraguayan footballer currently under contract with Libertad.-Honours:Libertad*Paraguayan Primera División: 2008-C, 2010-C- External links :...
Cristian Martinez
Cristian Martínez
Christian Samir Martínez Centeno is an Honduran football striker, currently playing for Real C.D. España.-Football career:...
Guillermo Beltran Dario Caballero
Darío Caballero
Darío Rául Caballero is a Paraguayan football defender who plays for Olimpia of Paraguay.Throughout his career, Caballero spent most of his years playing for Paraguayan teams such as Cerro Porteño, Libertad and Olimpia, but also played for teams in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.-External...
Neil Etheridge
Neil Etheridge
Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge is an English–Filipino professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fulham. He joined Fulham Academy after three years as a trainee at . He is currently in the Reserve Squad, and has yet to make his debut in the Premier League or the Football League...
Alex Armit Snr David Marshall (footballer)
David Marshall (footballer)
David James Marshall is a Scottish footballer who plays for Cardiff City as a goalkeeper. He is also a current Scotland international.-Celtic:...