The upcoming campaign marks Tottenham Hotspur’s 49th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 35th consecutive season in the Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club will compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. Among their many achievements, Spurs have won the top-flight league championship twice, the FA Cup eight times, the League Cup four times, and the FA Community Shield seven times, as well as the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) three times and the European Cup Winners’ Cup once.
Beyond their achievements on the pitch, the modern-day Tottenham Hotspur dressing room represents a mosaic of different faiths and personal beliefs. Players like Pedro Porro, Andy Robertson, and Savinho are standout players who practice the Christian faith. Tottenham Hotspur also has a strong Muslim contingent in the squad, including players like Mohammed Kudus and Omar Marmoush.
Below you can find the list of all Spurs players and their respective religious beliefs. If you spot any mistake regarding a player’s religion, please contact us for correction.
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Antonín Kinský Religion
Antonín Kinský is a Czech professional footballer who has not publicly shared details about his specific religious beliefs.
Antonín Kinský was born on 13 March 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic. He is the son of Antonín Kinský, a former Czech international goalkeeper. Kinský began his youth career at Dukla Prague and subsequently made his senior debut in July 2020. He signed with SK Slavia Prague in July 2021, initially featuring for their reserve team before gaining valuable first-team experience on loans to MFK Vyškov and FK Pardubice.
On 5 January 2025, Kinský signed a six-and-a-half-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur for a deal worth £12.5 million. Four days later, he made his debut for Tottenham and kept a clean sheet in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final against Liverpool.
Kinský is Tottenham Hotspur’s starting and first-choice goalkeeper for the 2026–27 season.
Martin Dúbravka Religion
Martin Dúbravka is a Slovak professional footballer who has not publicly discussed his personal religious beliefs.
Martin Dúbravka was born on 15 January 1989 in Žilina, Czechoslovakia, which became part of Slovakia following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. He began his professional career at his hometown club, MŠK Žilina. In 2018, he joined Newcastle United, initially on loan. At Newcastle, Dúbravka won the club’s Player of the Year award in the 2019–20 season. He spent part of the 2022–23 season on loan at Manchester United, playing twice in their EFL Cup-winning campaign. In August 2025, he joined Burnley on a one-year contract, winning the Premier League Save of the Month for October 2025.
In June 2026, Dúbravka joined Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer from Burnley. He signed a one-year deal for the 2026–27 season.
Andy Robertson Religion
Andy Robertson is a Scottish professional footballer who is a practicing Roman Catholic.
Andrew Henry Robertson plays as a left-back for Tottenham Hotspur and captains the Scotland national team. Regarded as one of the best left-backs in the world, Robertson has played for the football clubs Queen’s Park (2012–2013), Dundee United (2013–2014), Hull City (2014–2017), and Liverpool (2017–2026). In 2026, Robertson joined Tottenham Hotspur as a free agent after nine years at Liverpool. He made his Spurs debut on 22 August in a 3–0 Premier League defeat to Brentford.
Robertson began a relationship with his now-wife when he was 19 years old. The couple have three children, a son and two daughters.
Xavi Simons Religion
Xavi Simons is a Dutch professional footballer who is reported to follow Christianity, though he mostly keeps his personal and religious beliefs private.
Xavi Quentin Shay Simons was born on 21 April 2003 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His mother, Peggy, is of Dutch origin, while his father, Regillio, is a former professional footballer of Surinamese descent who played as a striker for several Dutch clubs. He began his youth career at Barcelona‘s La Masia academy in Spain and joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2019. With PSG, he won a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France title. In June 2022, Simons joined PSV Eindhoven. In July 2023, Paris Saint-Germain activated the €6 million buy-back clause for Simons and subsequently loaned him to RB Leipzig. In January 2025, Leipzig signed him permanently from PSG before his subsequent £51.8 million transfer to Tottenham Hotspur on 29 August 2025.
Simons made his debut for Tottenham on 13 September 2025, starting and assisting the first goal in a 3–0 away victory against West Ham United. Three months later, on 6 December, he scored his first goal for the club and registered an assist in a 2–0 home win over Brentford before a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury ruled him out for at least seven months.
Mathys Tel Religion
Mathys Tel is a French professional footballer who identifies as a Christian.
Mathys Henri Tel was born on April 27, 2005, in Sarcelles, France, to parents of Guadeloupean descent. In July 2020, Tel joined the youth academy of Stade Rennais and subsequently made his professional debut, becoming the youngest player to appear in an official match for Rennes at the age of 16 years and 110 days. He then joined Bayern Munich, winning the 2022-23 Bundesliga and the 2022 DFL-Supercup with the club.
In June 2025, Tel joined Tottenham Hotspur on a permanent deal following a loan spell earlier that year. Tottenham paid £30 million to sign him permanently on a deal running until 2031. He won the UEFA Europa League during his first partial season at the club.
Marcos Senesi Religion
Marcos Senesi is an Argentine professional footballer who has not publicly shared details about his specific religious beliefs.
Marcos Nicolás Senesi Barón was born in Concordia, República Argentina, on May 10, 1997. He plays as a centre-back for Tottenham Hotspur and the Argentina national team. Previously, he played for football clubs San Lorenzo, Feyenoord, and Bournemouth before joining Tottenham on a free transfer in June 2026. He made his Spurs debut on 22 August in a 3–0 Premier League defeat to Brentford.
Senesi has been in a relationship with English footballer and model Kelci-Rose Bowers, who played for Bournemouth’s women’s team.
Conor Gallagher Religion
Conor Gallagher is an English professional footballer who is a Christian.
Conor John Gallagher was born on 6 February 2000 in Epsom, Surrey, to Lee and Samantha Gallagher and is the youngest of their four sons. He was educated at Howard of Effingham School. Gallagher came through the ranks of the Chelsea Academy. He had loan spells at Charlton Athletic, Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion, and Crystal Palace, where he was named the latter’s Player of the Season. In August 2024, he signed with Atlético Madrid for a reported £34 million. He returned to England after 18 months, signing with Tottenham Hotspur for approximately €40 million in January 2026. Manager Thomas Frank was sacked shortly after signing Gallagher, and Gallagher found his playing time limited under manager Igor Tudor. He later got playing time since the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi.
Sávio Religion
Sávio is a Brazilian professional footballer who is a devout Christian. He is very open about his Christian faith.
Sávio Moreira de Oliveira, known as Sávio and formerly Savinho, plays as a winger for Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team. He was born in São Mateus, Espírito Santo, and was raised on his grandparents’ farm. Sávio began his career in the youth academy of Atlético Mineiro, making his senior debut at a young age before joining the City Football Group in 2022 and being assigned to Troyes in Ligue 2. Subsequently, he was loaned to clubs including PSV Eindhoven and Girona. In July 2024, Sávio completed a permanent transfer to Manchester City in a transfer reportedly worth £30.8 million.
On 25 August 2026, Sávio completed a permanent move to Tottenham Hotspur in a deal reportedly worth £75 million. A day later, he scored and assisted on his debut in a 5–1 victory over Charlton Athletic in the EFL Cup.
Sávio Moreira de Oliveira changed his shirt name from Savinho back to Sávio after his transfer from Manchester City to Tottenham Hotspur.
Jan Paul van Hecke Religion
Jan Paul van Hecke is a Dutch professional footballer who comes from a Christian background, though he keeps his religious beliefs private.
Jan Paul van Hecke plays as a centre-back for Tottenham Hotspur and the Netherlands national team. He is a youth product of VV Goes but was signed for NAC Breda in 2018. In July 2019, he was promoted to the first team of NAC Breda. He signed with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2020 for an initial fee that could rise to £2.7 million based on appearances but was loaned to SC Heerenveen for the 2020–21 Eredivisie campaign. Returning from loan, he was then loaned to EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers for the 2021–22 season.
After his return to Brighton, van Hecke signed a long-term contract with Tottenham in a deal reportedly worth £52 million in June 2026.
Van Hecke has three brothers. Among them, his older brother Klaas van Hecke and his younger brother Huib van Hecke are also footballers. Furthermore, he is the nephew of the Dutch retired footballer Jan Poortvliet.
James Maddison Religion
James Maddison is an English professional footballer who has not publicly shared any specific religious beliefs, and he is generally categorized as non-religious.
James Daniel Maddison was born on 23 November 1996 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, to parents Gary and Una Maddison. He has Irish ancestry through a grandparent. Maddison came through the youth academy of Coventry City in England. In 2014, he was promoted to Coventry’s first team to begin his professional career. In February 2016, after transferring to Norwich City in the Championship, Maddison was subsequently loaned back to Coventry and to Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen. He joined Leicester City in 2018 and won the FA Cup and FA Community Shield with the club in 2021.
In June 2023, Maddison signed a five-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur for a reported £40 million transfer fee, where he has since served as fourth captain. He scored his first goal for the club on 26 August in a 2–0 away win against Bournemouth.
In October 2019, Maddison was named in the England national team squad for training but later withdrew due to illness. Afterwards, Maddison was photographed by British media gambling in a casino.
Dominic Solanke Religion
Dominic Solanke is an English professional footballer who is a practicing Christian. He publicly declared his faith through a full-immersion baptism in July 2025.
Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell was born on 14 September 1997 in Reading, England, to a father of Nigerian descent and an English mother. He is a product of the Chelsea Academy. He made his first-team debut in October 2014 before a loan spell at Vitesse in the 2015–16 season. Solanke signed for Liverpool in July 2017 and was part of the squad that reached the 2018 UEFA Champions League final. He joined Bournemouth on loan in January 2019, which became permanent that summer.
In August 2024, Solanke signed a six-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur for a reported £65 million. In 2025, he was part of the team who won the Europa League, their first trophy in 17 years.
Destiny Udogie Religion
Destiny Udogie is an Italian professional footballer who is a practicing Christian.
Destiny Udogie, born Iyenoma Destiny Udogie on 28 November 2002 in Verona, Italy, is the son of Nigerian immigrants Franklin and Kate Udogie. His parents hail from Ehor in Edo State, Nigeria, where they lived before migrating to Italy. Udogie began his career at Hellas Verona Football Club before gaining a promotion to the first team in 2020. He transferred to Udinese on loan in 2021, which became permanent in July 2022 for a fee of €5.2 million.
In August 2022, Tottenham Hotspur signed Udogie for €20 million and was loaned back to Udinese for the following season. He returned to Tottenham in late June 2023 and made his Premier League debut in a 2-2 draw against Brentford the following month. At the end of that season, he was shortlisted for the Premier League Young Player of the Season award. He signed a new contract with the club in December 2023, extending until 2030.
Archie Gray Religion
Archie Gray is an English professional footballer whose specific religious beliefs are not a matter of public record.
Archie James Francis Gray plays as a midfielder or defender for Tottenham Hotspur. He previously played for Leeds United and subsequently earned the EFL Championship Young Player of the Season award. In July 2024, at the age of 18, he signed for Tottenham Hotspur in a deal worth approximately £40 million, marking one of the highest fees for a teenager in English football history. In December of the same year, at the age of 18 years and 285 days, he became the second-youngest player in the club’s history to start a Premier League match against Liverpool. In December 2025, he scored a headed goal in the Premier League match against Crystal Palace in the 18th round, marking his first career goal and his first goal for Tottenham. He also became the youngest English player to score for Tottenham in the Premier League since January 2016.
In 2025, he won the London Football Awards Young Player of the Year award, won the UEFA Europa League, was a UEFA Super Cup runner-up with his team, and was included in the Golden Boy award candidate list.
Archie Gray is the son of Andy Gray and Giorgina. He is also the grandson of Frank Gray and the great-nephew of Eddie Gray, all of whom played for Leeds United and represented Scotland at the international level.
Mohammed Kudus Religion
Mohammed Kudus is a Ghanaian professional footballer who is a practicing Muslim. He grew up in Nima, a neighborhood with a large Muslim population in Accra, Ghana.
Mohammed Kudus plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Ghana national team. Previously, he played for the football clubs Nordsjælland, Ajax, and West Ham United. In July 2025, he joined Tottenham Hotspur from West Ham for approximately £55 million on a long-term contract, marking the first such transfer between the London rivals in 14 years. He debuted for the club on 13 August in the UEFA Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain, which they eventually lost on penalties following a 2–2 draw in normal time.
Kudus sustained a thigh injury in a match against Sunderland. He was expected to miss at least 13 games across the Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup.
In 2025, Kudus launched the #KudusDream initiative, a personal project designed to aid Zongo communities by providing resources for education and sports development, with backing from Skechers.
Pedro Porro Religion
Pedro Porro is a Spanish professional footballer who is a practicing Christian.
Pedro Antonio Porro Sauceda was born in Don Benito, a town in the Province of Badajoz, to father Luis and mother Eva. He was raised mostly by his grandparents. Porro is a product of the Rayo Vallecano youth system. He began his professional career by joining Girona in 2017. In 2019, he signed for Manchester City but had successive loans to Real Valladolid and then Sporting CP, who later signed him permanently. During a loan spell at Sporting CP in 2020, he won the 2020-21 Primeira Liga champion title with the club.
In January 2023, Porro joined Tottenham Hotspur on loan with an obligation to buy, with the transfer fee set at €40 million. That season, he contributed 3 goals and 7 assists, breaking the club’s record for most assists by a defender in a single season. Since joining the Premier League, he has been directly involved in 23 goals (goals + assists), ranking first among all defenders in that period.
Internationally, Porro won the FIFA World Cup with Spain in 2026.
Lucas Bergvall Religion
Lucas Bergvall is a Swedish professional footballer who practices the Christian faith.
Lucas Erik Holger Bergvall was born on 2 February 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden. He plays the position of a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Sweden national team. Bergvall began his professional career with IF Brommapojkarna before joining Djurgården in December 2022. In February 2024, Bergvall signed a pre-contract agreement with Tottenham Hotspur that allowed him to remain with Djurgårdens IF until the end of June. The transfer was finalized on 1 July 2024 after turning down offers, including from Barcelona.
In May 2024, Bergvall accidentally injured his ankle during training. Due to the severity of the injury, he ultimately missed the final four rounds of the Premier League season and Tottenham Hotspur’s UEFA Europa League final victory over Manchester United. During the UEFA Champions League group stage matchday with Borussia Dortmund in January 2026, Bergvall was forced off with an ankle sprain. He was subsequently sidelined for nearly two months due to the injury.
Bergvall’s elder brother Theo Bergvall and younger brother Rasmus Bergvall are also footballers.
Dejan Kulusevski Religion
Dejan Kuluševski is a Swedish professional footballer who has not publicly shared details about his specific religious beliefs.
Dejan Kuluševski was born on 25 April 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden, to parents of Macedonian heritage. Coming through from the youth system, Kulusevski made his senior debut for Atalanta in 2019, before joining Parma on loan at the beginning of the 2019–20 season. In January 2020, Kuluševski joined Juventus and was named the Serie A Best Young Player for the 2019-20 season. In January 2022, he joined Tottenham Hotspur on an 18-month loan deal, with Spurs holding a €35 million buy option. In February of the same year, he scored his first goal for Tottenham. In June 2023, Tottenham exercised the buy option for €30 million and signed him until 2028.
Kuluševski missed the entire 2025–26 season due to injury and was also ruled out of the 2026 World Cup, the injury he suffered since 15 May 2025.
Micky van de Ven Religion
Micky van de Ven is a Dutch professional footballer who has not shared any public information about his religious beliefs.
Micky van de Ven plays either as a centre-back or left-back for Tottenham Hotspur, which he captains, and the Netherlands national team. He previously played for Volendam and VfL Wolfsburg. In August 2023, van de Ven signed a six-year £43 million deal with Tottenham Hotspur. In the same month, he made his Premier League debut and scored his first Premier League goal two months later. For the 2023-24 season, he was voted the Tottenham Hotspur Official Supporters’ Clubs’ Player of the Season.
On 10 August 2026, van de Ven signed a new contract with Spurs. Later that month, on 21 August, he was announced by coach Roberto De Zerbi as captain of the club.
Sandro Tonali Religion
Sandro Tonali is an Italian professional footballer who has not publicly shared details about his specific religious beliefs.
Sandro Tonali plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Italy national team. He began his professional career at Brescia, winning Serie B in 2018–19. In January 2020, he transferred to boyhood club AC Milan on an initial loan, which became permanent in 2021 for €35 million. During the 2021-22 season, he won the Serie A title with A.C. Milan. In 2023, he signed for Newcastle for a reported fee of €70 million, becoming the most expensive Italian footballer of all time. In July 2026, Tonali signed for Tottenham Hotspur from Newcastle United for a club-record total of £100 million with a reported base salary of £275,000 per week.
In October 2023, Tonali received a 10-month ban from the Italian Football Federation for breaching betting rules by wagering on AC Milan matches, a suspension that ended in August 2024 after he underwent rehabilitation for gambling addiction.
Omar Marmoush Religion
Omar Marmoush is an Egyptian professional footballer who is a practicing Muslim.
Omar Marmoush was born on 7 February 1999 in Cairo, Egypt, to parents of Egyptian origin who held Canadian citizenship after residing in Canada for six years prior to his birth. He began his career in the youth academy of Wadi Degla SC in Egypt before moving to Europe with VfL Wolfsburg in 2017. In January 2021, he was loaned to FC St. Pauli and later to VfB Stuttgart before returning to Wolfsburg’s senior squad for the 2022–2023 season. In July 2023, he joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a free transfer. Two years later, Marmoush signed a £59 million deal with Manchester City. During the 2025-26 season, he won the EFL Cup and the FA Cup with Manchester City.
A year after with Manchester City, Marmoush joined Tottenham Hotspur on an initial season-long loan, with an obligation to buy at the end of the loan spell. He made his Spurs debut on 29 August 2026 in a 2–0 Premier League defeat to Newcastle United.
In addition to his Egyptian nationality, Marmoush is also a Canadian citizen.
Mateus Fernandes Religion
Mateus Fernandes is a Portuguese professional footballer who has not publicly shared details about his specific religious beliefs.
Mateus Fernandes plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Portugal national team. Fernandes signed his first professional contract with Sporting CP on 14 October 2022 and made his senior debut for the club eight days later. He spent the 2023–24 season on loan at Estoril in the Primeira Liga before joining Southampton in August 2024. He was signed by West Ham United in August 2025 for a transfer fee of more than £40 million, becoming the club’s third-most expensive signing.
In July 2026, Tottenham Hotspur completed the club-record £85 million signing of Fernandes from West Ham United. He made his Spurs debut on 22 August as a half-time substitute in a 3–0 Premier League defeat to Brentford.
Rodrigo Bentancur Religion
Rodrigo Bentancur is a Uruguayan professional footballer who identifies as a Christian.
Rodrigo Bentancur Colman was born on 25 June 1997 in Nueva Helvecia, Colonia, to Roberto Bentancur and Mary Colmán. He was raised alongside a younger brother named Damián. Bentancur began his senior career at Boca Juniors in Argentina, winning two Primera División titles and a Copa Argentina with the team. He was then signed by Italian club Juventus in 2017, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles from 2018 to 2020, along with two Coppa Italia trophies and two Supercoppa Italiana honors.
In January 2022, Bentancur joined Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee. He has since won the UEFA Europa League, achieving the feat exactly three and a half seasons after his arrival.
Bentancur’s mother passed away from an undisclosed illness when he was just four years old. His father later remarried Cecilia Agredi, an Argentine of Italian descent, and the couple has twin daughters who are Bentancur’s half-sisters.
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