1 for goalkeeper
2 for right full back
3 for left full back
4 for a central midfielder
5 for central defender
6 for left sided central defender
7 outside right
8 for right sided mf
9 centre forward
10 left attacking fwd
11 left winger
now there have been some alterations
7 for teams like Man united now is for most popular player from Robson to Cantona and now Beckham
Liverpool the same from keegan to dalglish to beardsley
10 for latin and south americans is for the symbol of the team
14 made famous by cruyff but latterly won by weah
77 date of birth of the player