Football is indisputably one of the most popular sports in the modern world. It has become so popular that an entire industry is built around it. But what's so unique about the number of players?

All soccer fans are well aware of the famous ... number 10 jersey in honor of Totti after his retirement. For those of you who know him only as the UEFA president, Platini was one of the finest ...

Football players ... of lower numbers. Respondents were shown computer-generated images of players in identical poses -- but with different body sizes and skin and jersey colors -- and were ...