Event class: season, captain, number, named, club, team, squad, shirt, following, given

Events with high posterior probability

Lilian Thuram	In the season before his announced retirement (the 2007 -- 08 season), he was the third/fourth choice centre back after Carles Puyol, Gabriel Milito, and Rafael Márquez.
Shaun Barker	Because he would miss the 2012 -- 13 season due to his injury, Barker was not given a squad number, with Nigel Clough allocating his no. 5 shirt to Jake Buxton.
Jonny Howson	In the summer of 2011, Howson was made permanent club captain, replacing the departed Richard Naylor.
Gleison Santos	However at the start of 2010 -- 11 Serie B Santos' no. 33 was taken by Vincenzo Camilleri (Camilleri himself had lost his no. 5 shirt to Burzigotti) and Santos changed to wear no. 34.
Scott Cuthbert	At the start of the season, on 3 August 2010, Cuthbert was named Swindon Town club vice-captain for the 2010 -- 11 season, who will deputise for Jonathan Douglas, who was named as captain for Swindon Town.
Ryan Malone	In January 2008, Malone and defenceman Darryl Sydor were named as alternate captains for the Penguins, following the departure of Mark Recchi and a long-term injury to Gary Roberts
Mark Gower	Before the start of the 2009 -- 10 season, Gower revealed he would be ditching his number 11 shirt, when he chose that number all the squad told him it was' cursed' and fail to find good form.
Gary Liddle	He will wear the number 8 shirt for the 2012 -- 13 season.
Early Doucet	Before the 2011 season, Doucet changed his number from 80 to 85 to symbolize a new start.
Roy Kerslake	In 1968, however, following the retirement as Somerset captain of Colin Atkinson, Kerslake reappeared as captain of the side.
Jack Trengove	On 27 March 2010, Trengove was presented with the number 9 jersey by former Melbourne captain and games record holder, David Neitz.
Shay Given	He was formally paraded as a Manchester City player on 5 February 2009, and was assigned squad number 37.
Dallas Smith	He was named interim captain of the Bruins after longtime captain John Bucyk was injured, but left the team in March after a dispute, playing for the Canadian national team in the 1977 World Championships after that.
Tom Cleverley	He returned to regular reserve team duty for the 2008 -- 09 season, but was given a first team squad number -- 35 -- when the first team squad list was announced on 15 August 2008, and was named on the bench for United's League Cup matches against Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers.
Nicola Santoni	In summer 2007, he remained in Spezia, and awarded No. 1 shirt.
Diego Contento	He was called up to Bayern Munich's squad for the 2009 -- 10 UEFA Champions League, where he was assigned the number 26.
Henrik Sedin	On 9 October 2010, Henrik was named the Canucks' 13th captain in team history during a pre-game ceremony celebrating the start of the team's 40th season.
Eshgin Guliyev	Guliyev held the number 23 shirt in 2008, until the following season when he was awarded the number 6.
Jack Lester	His legendary status is regularly referred to by the club and fans and in August, 2013 Chesterfield announced that the number worn by Lester (14) would be retired.
Francis Coquelin	At the start of the 2012 -- 13 season, Coquelin received a new squad number, moving from 39 to 22.
Dean Hammond	In the 2006 -- 07 season, he was handed the captain's armband at the club after injuries to both Richard Carpenter and Charlie Oatway.
Cheng Liang	From the beginning of the 2009 season, he took the captaincy and on April 16, the club announced that he will also assume the role of assistant manager.
Phil Charnock	With the advent of squad numbers in the Premier League from the 1993 -- 94 season onwards, Charnock was issued with the number 18 shirt -- next worn by Michael Owen, who went on to be one of the club's most highly regarded players ever.
Thomas Vermaelen	In August 2012, Vermaelen was announced as Arsenal's new captain, replacing Robin van Persie upon his departure to Manchester United.
Tracy McGrady	In 2009, McGrady changed his jersey number to # 3.
Julio Arca	In January 2008, Arca was named the new Middlesbrough captain by manager Gareth Southgate, replacing fellow midfielder George Boateng as skipper.
Pantelis Kafes	On 11 July 2009, Kafes was given the captains armband and will be the new captain for the upcoming season.
Leonardo Ara?jo	In 1997, Leonardo was given the Number 10 shirt for the national team.
Anders Rambekk	Before the 2008 season he went back to Odd Grenland, where he currently is vice captain.
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	As a centre back, he served as captain for Japan in the 2002 World Cup, after an injury to Ryuzo Morioka, who had begun the tournament as captain.
Jason Pominville	In the absence of departed co-captains Chris Drury and Danny Briere from the previous season, the Sabres utilized a rotating captaincy during the 2007 -- 08 season ; Pominville was named captain for the months of March and April.
Asamoah Gyan	Gyan took the squad number 3 shirt for the 2011 -- 12 season, the same squad number he wears for Ghana.
Tugay Kerimo?lu	The midfielder was made captain at Galatasaray in the 1992 -- 93 season, making him the youngest captain in the history of his club.
David Wheater	Despite being only 22, Wheater was appointed captain for the 2009 -- 10 season.
Shahril Jantan	He was also registered as a S-league player in the 1998 squad as the no. 3 goalie behind David Lee and Shahri Rahim.
Carles Puyol	Puyol was named club captain at the end of the 2003 -- 04 season, after the retirement of Luis Enrique.
Johnnie Jackson	He was appointed club captain for the 2011 -- 12 season.
Paul Dixon (Scottish footballer)	Dixon was given the number 3 shirt by manager Simon Grayson on 12 July 2012 when the squad returned to training for the 2012 -- 13 season.
Reidun Seth	Following Skarbø's absence due to injury in early 2009 Seth announced that she would be available to play for Arna-Bjørnar in the elite Toppserien league as the club's reserve goalkeeper to first keeper Precious Dede.
Cameron White	Victoria captain Berry retired from professional cricket after the triumph, and White was named as his replacement for 2004 -- 05.
Pavel Bure	At the start of the 1995 -- 96 season, Bure changed his jersey number from 10 to 96.
Chris Ashton	Ashton was given the number 1 shirt at the start of 2007 despite the arrival of former Bradford Bulls full back Michael Withers.
Bernie Geoffrion	Likely the reason for his first retirement was Béliveau (who was not one of three alternate captains), getting appointed team captain in 1961.
Gaetano Masucci	As Masucci sometimes wore no. 7 before the team had a fix number in 2008 (but also wore no. 11), Masucci sometimes incorrectly known as midfielder, as the line-up in the news usually listed players in alphabetical order (from 1 to 11) or according to position (from keeper, defender, midfielder to forward).
Ashley Williams (footballer)	In October 2012, Williams was appointed captain of Wales by Chris Coleman, replacing Aaron Ramsey.
Michael Arroyo	For the 2013 Ecuadorian Serie A season, Arroyo was handed the club's jersey number 7.
Josh Johnson (baseball)	On February 5, 2013, manager John Gibbons named Johnson the number 4 starter for the upcoming season.
Nathan Delfouneso	In February 2008, Delfouneso signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa, a few days after he was given the number 14 shirt for the first team -- it was later reported in French magazine Onze Mondial, that the number was chosen due to Delfouneso's admiration of striker Thierry Henry.
Scott Gomez	For the start of the 2010 -- 11 season, Gomez decided to switch his number from 91 to 11 (previously worn by long-time Canadiens captain Saku Koivu).
Carlos Bocanegra	He wore the number three shirt, as he did captaining the USA during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Sean Morrison (footballer)	In August 2013 Morrison was handed the Reading captaincy in the absence of regular captain Jobi McAnuff.
Ron Vlaar	On 15 September, Vlaar was named captain for the 2012 -- 13 season in the continued absence of club captain Stiliyan Petrov, as the Bulgarian battled cancer.
Mark Bunn (English footballer)	At the start of the 2010 -- 11 campaign, Bunn changed his shirt number from 38 to 13.
Kallum Watkins	Watkins was given a boost after 2 injury-ravaged seasons when he was handed the Number 3 Jersey by the Rhinos Head Coach Brian McDermott.
Robin van Persie	After Henry departed for Barcelona prior to the 2007 -- 08 season, Van Persie assumed the role as Arsenal's main striker.
Amar'e Stoudemire	Before the 2006 -- 07 season, Stoudemire changed his jersey number from 32 to 1.
Cristian Cesaretti	Cesaretti wore no. 10 shirt in 2010 -- 11 Serie B, which vacated by Ighli Vannucchi.
Rob Sinclair (footballer born 1989)	He was assigned the number 23 shirt ahead of the 2010 -- 11 season.
Ray Wilkins	In 1975, following the club's relegation and the departure of many established players, an 18-year old Wilkins was handed the captaincy of Chelsea by new manager Eddie McCreadie, taking it from long-time Blues captain Ron Harris.
Andrea Catellani	On 30 June 2011, Catellani officially returned to Catania, and on 9 July 2011, Catellani was assigned the number 32 jersey.
John Aldridge	He was assigned with the number 8 shirt for the 1987 -- 88 season, as manager Kenny Dalglish felt that giving Aldridge the number 9 (previously worn by Rush) would put the pressure on him, and the number 9 shirt went to winger Ray Houghton who had coincidentally also been Aldridge's team-mate at Oxford.
Antoine Gounet	In the summer of 2012 Gounet was given a new one year contract and the number 16 shirt for the 2012/13 season.
Michael Peca	Note : While Peca was injured during (part of) the 1997 -- 98 season, Donald Audette served as captain.
Emerson Sheik	He was presented to the press on 6 September 2009 and was handed a number 8 shirt.
Scott Harding (footballer)	He initially wore number 45 but in 2007 switched to number 5, previously worn by dual-premiership player, Brad Scott.
Michael McGowan (footballer)	McGowan captained the side for the rest of the season, and was officially appointed team captain in August 2007 under new manager Colin Hendry.
Aaron Ramsey	In October 2012 Ashley Williams was appointed captain of Wales by Chris Coleman, replacing Aaron Ramsey after a run of defeats, but said Ramsey would most likely be captain of Wales again in his career.
Jan Vertonghen	Following the departure of Luis Suárez for Liverpool in January 2011, Vertonghen was appointed vice-captain of AFC Ajax under captain Maarten Stekelenburg ; following Stekelenburg's transfer to Roma, Vertonghen was made captain.
Craig Woodman	Following the release of Michael Duberry in January 2010, Woodman became Wycombe's official club captain, having filled in as captain on many previous occasions while Duberry was out of favour with manager Gary Waddock.
Mario Melchiot	On 24 July 2007, he was given the Wigan captaincy, following the departure of his compatriot Arjan de Zeeuw.
Darius Kasparaitis	During the 2005 -- 06 season, he served as an alternate captain of the Rangers, along with Jaromír Jágr and Steve Rucchin, as the Rangers had no captain.
John Potter (footballer)	At the beginning of the 2008 -- 09 campaign, Saint's manager Gus MacPherson named Potter as captain, a position he held for three seasons.
David May (footballer)	He kept this number until it was handed to Juan Sebastian Veron at the start of the 2001 -- 02 season ; from then until the end of his time at the club, May wore the number 14 shirt.
Ollie Burton	The first substitute ever used by Newcastle, following the introduction of the new law, he retired in 1972.
Adam Drury	Drury was allocated the number 3 shirt for the 2012 -- 13 season on 3 August.
Nicklas Bendtner	Bendtner started the new season by announcing a change in his Arsenal squad number for the 2009 -- 10 season.''
Glen Chapple	When Stuart Law was released by Lancashire in October 2008, after the season had ended, Chapple replaced him as captain.
Austin Wonaeamirri	In 2009, Wonaeamirri chose to change from guernsey number 39 to 33, a number previously worn by indigenous idols Jeff Farmer and Byron Pickett.
Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)	Note : Ramsey was named Sabres captain during the 1990 -- 91 NHL season (after Foligno was traded).
Mohammad Nouri (footballer)	Before the start of 2013 -- 14 season, he was named as the club's captain after the departure of Ali Karimi and retirement of Mehdi Mahdavikia.
Robin van Persie	Before the start of the 2010 -- 11 season, Van Persie changed his squad number to 10, previously worn by Arsenal and Netherlands legend Dennis Bergkamp.
Jason Pearce	When Captain, Liam Lawrence was loaned to Cardiff City, On 3 March 2012, Pearce was named as the new permanent captain of Portsmouth.
Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990)	Rafael was then registered in the club's senior squad for the 2008 -- 09 season and was assigned the number 21 shirt.
Shaun Derry	In October 2006, new Leeds manager Dennis Wise revealed Derry as the new vice captain of the club, with Kevin Nicholls made captain.
Karim Benzema	For the 2007 -- 08 season, with the likes of Florent Malouda, John Carew, and Sylvain Wiltord all departing from the club, Benzema, despite being 19 at the time, switched to the number 10 shirt and was inserted into the lead striker role.
Neal Broten	Transactions Note : Broten was named captain in January 1995, after Tinordi was traded to the Washington Capitals.
Jason Spezza	On September 14th, 2013, Spezza was named the eighth captain in Senators' franchise history, replacing long time teammate Daniel Alfredsson, who had departed to the Detroit Red Wings on July 5th, 2013 as a free agent.
Jason Spezza	At the end of the 2010 -- 11 season, Spezza was named on an interim basis as an alternate captain after the trade of Mike Fisher.
Tadanari Lee	He was handed the number 19 shirt for the 2013 -- 14 season after Southampton invited him back to the First Team.
Ryan Bennett (footballer)	In the summer of 2007 Bennett had re-established himself as one of the clubs favoured centre halves, and in this he was handed the number 5 shirt for the coming season, which had previously been worn by such' luminaries' as Tony Crane and Ben Futcher.
Pavol Demitra	Demitra was named the captain of the Wild for the month of October 2007 as part of the Wild's rotating captaincy to begin the 2007 -- 08 season.
Salomon Kalou	Under contract with Chelsea until 2009, Kalou was handed the number 21 jersey.
Wes Hoolahan	During pre-season before the 2011 -- 12 Premier League campaign, Hoolahan was given the captain's armband when club captain Grant Holt and vice-captain Russell Martin were not playing.
Tom Lees	He was subsequently given the number 4 squad shirt for the beginning of the 2012 -- 13 season.
Ade Akinbiyi	He was given the number nine shirt for the 2007 -- 08 season but found himself behind Andy Gray and Robbie Blake as a first choice striker.
Mark Recchi	Recchi would serve as an alternate captain during the season while Marc Savard was injured and out of the line-up, playing 81 of 82 games in the 2009 -- 10 season.
Andrei Kanchelskis	1993 -- 94 was also the first season of squad numbers in the Premier League, and Kanchelskis was issued with the number 14 shirt.
Daniele Mori	He wore no. 25 shirt since the end of 2008 -- 09 Serie B.
Bob Gainey	In 1982, Canadiens captain Serge Savard retired from hockey and Gainey was named as his successor.
Simon Black	In 2009, new coach Michael Voss named Jonathan Brown as the sole captain of the club, and Black remained in the leadership group.