Players who have had a trial at Everton.
| Player | Year | Age | On Trial From… / Previous Club | Signed Contract? | Notes |
| Adrian Leijer | 2003 | 17 | Victoria Institute of Sport | No | Currently plays in South Korea. 1 cap for Australia. |
| Alan McInally | 1993 | 30 | Bayern Munich | No | Joined Kilmarnock following the unsuccessful trial before retiring the following year. Currently a pundit for Sky Sports. |
| Alessandro Zamperini | 2001 | 18 | West Ham | No | Played 73 minutes in reserves’ 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday reserves. Was suspended from football for 2 years following the Italian match-fixing scandal in 2011/12. |
| Anderson de Silva | 2005 | 22 | Nacional | Yes | Played just 2 minutes for Everton (against Charlton in 2007). Currently plays in the Uruguayan Second Division. |
| Andjelko Savic | 2010 | 17 | Basel | No | Played in pre-season friendlies against Clyde and Forfar. Currently plays for Neuchatel Xamax in Switzerland. |
| Anton Peterlin | 2009 | 22 | Ventura County Fusion | Yes | Played in a pre-season friendly and several reserve games before being released in 2010. Most recently played in Denmark’s third tier. |
| Arthur Davies | 1926 | Unk | Unknown | Yes | Played 10 games in Everton’s title-winning 1927/28 season. |
| Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim | 1997 | 22 | Viking | No | Played in reserves’ 1-1 draw against Stoke reserves. 3 caps for Norway. |
| Bob Schepers | 2010 | 18 | Cambuur | No | Played in pre-season friendlies against Clyde and Forfar. Currently plays in Netherlands’ fourth tier. |
| Brede Hangeland | 2004 | 23 | Viking | No | Made over 200 appearances for Fulham. Played in 2010 Europa League final. 91 caps for Norway. Retired from football in 2016. |
| Bruno Caires | 2001 | 25 | Sporting Lisbon | No | Played in reserves’ 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday reserves. Retired at the age of only 29. |
| Charlie Leyfield | 1930 | 19 | Neston Brickworks | Yes | Scored 13 goals in 38 games for the club. |
| Cody Arnoux | 2009 | 21 | Carolina Dynamo | Yes | Played in several reserve games before being released in 2010. Most recently played in USA’s third tier. |
| Collin Samuel | 2003 | 21 | Falkirk | No | 24 caps and 5 goals for Trinidad and Tobago. Played in the 2006 World Cup. Currently plays in Trinidad and Tobago’s top tier. |
| Dalian Atkinson | 1997 | 29 | Fenerbahce | No | Retired in 2001 following a spell in South Korea. Tragically died in 2016 after being tasered by police. |
| David McGoldrick | 2004 | 16 | Notts County | No | Played in 2 pre-season friendlies for the reserves, scoring once against Southport. Currently plays for Ipswich. 4 caps for Republic of Ireland. |
| Delron Buckley | 2006 | 18 | Borussia Dortmund | No | Played in 3 pre-season friendlies. Continued to play for Borussia Dortmund (as well as a loan spell at Basel) until he left the club in 2009 after falling out with Jurgen Klopp. 73 caps and 10 goals for South Africa. Currently plays in South Africa’s top tier. |
| Dmitri Bulykin | 2004 | 24 | Dynamo Moscow | No | Move didn’t happen due to work permit issues. 15 caps and 7 goals for Russia. Played in Euro 2004, scoring the winning goal in a game against eventual winners, Greece. Retired from football in 2014 after a spell in the Russian Premier League. |
| Eddy Bosnar | 2004 | 24 | Sturm Graz | Yes | Constant injury problems caused him to be released in 2005 without making a single first-team appearance. Currently playing in Australia’s second tier. |
| Edson Buddle | 2012 | 30 | Ingolstadt | No | Currently without a club after being released by LA Galaxy in 2015. 11 caps and 3 goals for USA. |
| Eli Hurel | 1936 | Unk | Jersey | Yes | The first ever Channel Islander to play for Everton. |
| Eric Decroix | 2000 | 31 | Montpellier | No | Played in Everton’s 5-1 over Qatar in a behind-closed-doors match. Retired in 2003 after a spell in Belgium. |
| Felipe Mattioni | 2015 | 26 | Espanyol | Yes | Failed to make a single first-team appearance for Everton. Had a loan spell at Doncaster. Currently without a club after being released by Everton in 2016. |
| Francisco Junior | 2012 | 20 | Benfica | Yes | Played once for the first-team (against Leeds in the League Cup in 2012). Had loan spells at Vitesse Arnhem, Stromgodset, Port Vale and Wigan. Currently plays for Stromgodset in Norway. |
| Franz Carr | 1997 | 31 | Reggiana | No | Played in 2 reserve games. Retired in 2000 after a spell in USA. |
| Gareth Seddon | 2001 | 20 | Atherstone | No | Was a fitness instructor in the RAF at the time of the trial. Played 2 reserve games. Currently plays for Ramsbottom United in the Northern Premier League Division One North. |
| Greg Hurst | 2015 | 18 | Stirling Albion | No | Played in 6 pre-season friendlies for the reserves, scoring once in a 3-1 win over Burscough. Currently plays for Berwick Rangers in Scotland. |
| Gregg Berhalter | 2000 | 27 | Cambuur | No | Played in reserves’ 2-0 defeat to Leeds reserves. 44 caps for USA. Retired from playing football in 2011. Currently managing Columbus Crew in the MLS. |
| Guillaume Plessis | 2005 | 20 | Lens | Yes | Played in several reserve games before being released in 2005. Currently without a club since 2011. |
| Jack de Gier | 1993 | 24 | Cambuur | No | Took part in the tour of Switzerland, scoring once in a 5-1 win over Grenchen. Retired in 2003 after a spell at Twente. |
| James Lawrie | 2009 | 18 | Port Vale | No | Currently playing for Altrincham in the National League North. 3 caps for Northern Ireland. |
| Jan Eriksson | 1994 | 26 | Kaiserslautern | No | 35 caps for Sweden. Retired in 1999 after a spell in USA. |
| Josh Lambo | 2006 | 15 | IMG Soccer Academy | No | Switched from football to American football. Currently plays for the San Diego Chargers in the NFL. |
| Kamil Zayatte | 2008 | 23 | Young Boys | No | 46 caps for Guinea. Most recently played in Saudi Arabia’s top tier. |
| Kevin Ellison | 1999 | 20 | Conwy United | No | Currently plays for Morecambe in League Two, making over 200 appearances for the club. |
| Konstantinos Louboutis | 2002 | 23 | Aris Thessaloniki | No | 1 cap for Greece. Retired after being released from Greek side PAS Giannina in 2010. |
| Kristian Sarkies | 2003 | 16 | Victoria Institute of Sport | No | 2 caps for Australia. Currently plays in Australia’s third tier. |
| Lee Miller | 2003 | 19 | Falkirk | No | 3 caps for Scotland. Currently plays for Falkirk in Scotland. |
| M’Baye Niang | 2012 | 17 | Caen | No | Currently plays for AC Milan. |
| Miklos Molnar | 1993 | 23 | Saint-Etienne | No | Played in 2 pre-season friendlies. 18 caps and 2 goals for Denmark. Retired in 2000 after a spell in USA. Came back from retirement temporarily for a match in Denmark’s third tier for his boyhood team in 2011. |
| Nat Cunliffe | 1933 | 21 | Adlington | Yes | Scored 76 goals in 187 games for the club. 1 cap for England. |
| Omar Daley | 2002 | 21 | Portmore United | No | Played in 3 pre-season friendlies, scored 2 goals (one against Bamber Bridge, another against Burscough). 72 caps and 7 goals for Jamaica. Currently plays for Portmore United in Jamaica’s top tier. |
| Oscar Hold | 1950 | 31 | Chelmsford City | Yes | Scored 5 goals in 23 games for the club. Had success as a manager in Turkey, winning the Turkish Premier League with Fenerbahce in 1965. |
| Patrizio Pascucci | 2003 | 19 | Lazio | Yes | Scored in 2 pre-season friendlies for Everton (2 against Bad Goisern, 1 against SC Schwan). Appeared prominently in the reserves before being released in 2004. Most recently played in Italy’s fourth tier. |
| Paul Reid | 2002 | 23 | Wollongong Wolves | No | 2 caps for Australia. Currently player-manager for a team in Australia’s second tier. |
| Philippe Brinquin | 1999 | 28 | Rennes | No | Played in behind-closed-doors game against Tranmere. Retired in 2003 after a spell at Livingston in Scotland. |
| Preki | 1992 | 29 | St. Louis Storm | Yes | Scored 4 goals in 53 games for the club. 28 caps and 4 goals for USA. Retired in 2005 after spending the final 10 years of his career in USA. Most recently the manager of a team in USA’s third tier. |
| Ronnie Ekelund | 1999 | 26 | Odense | No | Played in behind-closed-doors game against Tranmere. Retired in 2006 after a spell in USA. Currently the technical advisor of MLS team, San Jose Earthquakes. Co-owns a company which manufactures covers for breastfeeding. |
| Russell Howarth | 2002 | 20 | York | No | Played in a friendly against Falkirk. Retired from football at the age of just 25 to work as a paramedic. |
| Samuel Ipoua | 2000 | 27 | Toulouse | No | Played, and scored, in Everton’s 1-0 friendly win over Yeovil. 9 caps for Cameroon. Retired in 2007 after a spell in Cameroon. |
| Steve Zakuani | 2010 | 22 | Seattle Sounders | No | 1 cap for DR Congo. Retired at the age of just 26 after a brief spell at Portland Timbers in the MLS. |
| Szabolcs Safar | 1997 | 22 | Vasas | No | Played in Everton’s 3-0 friendly defeat to Tranmere. 14 caps for Hungary. Played in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Retired from football in 2015, ending his career in Austria. Currently a goalkeeping coach for Austria Vienna’s U16 squad. |
| Ted Sagar | 1929 | 19 | Thorne Colliery | Yes | Played 497 games for the club. Been at the club for 23 years. Played a key role in Everton winning the First Division title in 1932 and 1939 and the FA Cup in 1933. 4 caps for England. |
| Thomas Myhre | 1997 | 24 | Viking | Yes | Played 82 games for the club. 56 caps for Norway. Played in the 1998 World Cup. Retired in 2011 after a brief spell at a third-tier Norwegian team. |
| Thomas Rytter | 1997 | 20 | Sevilla | No | Played in 2 pre-season friendlies. 4 caps for Denmark. Retired in 2008 after a three-year spell at Brondby. Currently managing a lower-league team in Denmark. |
| Yasser El Hamruun | 1998 | 21 | Stade Tunisien | No | Played in 3 pre-season friendlies, scoring once against VV Una. Retired in the mid-2000s after a spell in Tunisia. |
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