Footballers with unusual shirt numbers

Can you name the unusual shirt numbers these footballers have worn in the years mentioned? The number might be unusual in general or just unusual for the respective position.

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Player	Team	Years	Hint / Background	Number
Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	2016-	kept this number since his debut for the first team	66
Joao Cancelo	ManCity	2022-23	unusual number for a full-back, in memory of his mother who died in a car crash	7
Gianluigi Donnarumma	PSG	2021-22	his usual #99 was not allowed, so he switched to the highest possible number	50
Rui Patricio	Wolverhampton	2018-21	allegedly refused to wear #1 out of respect to his predecessor who was suffering from cancer	11
Sandro Wagner	Bayern Munich	2018-19	unusual number for a striker, symbolized that it was not his first stint with the club	2
Jonathan de Guzman	Chievo	2016-17	unusual number for a midfielder	1
Nicklas Bendtner	Wolfsburg	2014-16	unusual number for a striker, advice from his mother	3
Samuel Eto'o	Everton	2014-15	unusual number for a striker	5
Rogerio Ceni	Sao Paulo	-2015	indication of his playmaker qualities as a goalkeeper (especially free kicks). Hint: swap order of digits of the classical playmaker number	01
Emmanuel Adebayor	Real Madrid	2011	unusual number for a striker	6
Nicklas Bendtner	Arsenal	2009-11	allegedly switched to this number for an advice of a fortune teller	52
Ronaldinho	AC Milan	2008-11	year of birth	80
William Gallas	Arsenal	2006-10	unusual number for a defender	10
Bixente Lizarazu	Bayern Munich	2004-06	year of birth, height, weight. Not what you're thinking of	69
Jens Lehmann	Germany	2005	refused to wear a classical "second goalie number"	9
Ivan Zamorano	Inter	1998-2001	was unhappy that he had to give his #9 to Ronaldo	1+8
Gianluigi Buffon	Parma	2000	chose this number because it has "four balls". Switched to another number when he was accused of using a Nazi symbol	88