Kevin Campbell, Paul Merson, John Hartson, Nicolas Anelka, Davor Suker, Francis Jeffers, Jose Antonio Reyes, Julio Baptista, Eduardo, Park Chu-young, Lukas Podolski, Lucas Perez, Alexandre Lacazette and… Gabriel Jesus.
The former Manchester City striker Jesus has completed a £45million move to Arsenal on a five-year deal and took just 90 seconds to open his account on debut against Nurnberg.
The Brazilian star is wearing the No 9 shirt, joining a list of illustrious and not-so-illustrious players to wear the famous number in the Premier League era.
Some have said the shirt number is cursed after several high-profile flops, with ‘fox in the box’ Francis Jeffers, South Korean Park Chu-young and Lucas Perez among the big disappointments.
But Nicolas Anelka, Lukas Podolski and Eduardo proved fan favourites with the Gunners while wearing No 9.
So Sportsmail looks at every player to don the number as Jesus aims to be the first genuine unqualified success wearing that shirt.
Gabriel Jesus has completed a £45million move from Manchester City to Arsenal
He took just 90 seconds to score his first goal in an Arsenal shirt against Nuremberg on Friday
The Brazilian star has taken the No 9 shirt from the departing Alexandre Lacazette
But Arsenal’s number nine is said to be cursed after several high-profile flops in the shirt
Francis Jeffers did not work out at Arsenal
Francis Jeffers
Arsenal splashed £8m on a 20-year-old Jeffers after a promising start at Everton, but the Liverpudlian struggled with the pressure and several injuries.
Across three seasons with the Toffees, he scored 18 league goals.
By the end of his career, he would only equal that tally in English football across nine more full seasons ranging from the Premier League to League Two with Accrington Stanley.
There were further disappointing spells with Floriana in the Maltese Premier League, and scoring twice in 26 games for the Newcastle Jets in Australia.
He ended up scoring eight goals in all competitions for Arsenal – a quarter of those against Farnborough Town in an FA Cup tie.
Julio Baptista
The big Brazilian was the first player to wear the nine at the Emirates Stadium after their move from former stadium Highbury.
Baptista spent a season on loan from Real Madrid but only ended up scoring three goals in 24 Premier League appearances.
He did net four times at Anfield – before Andrey Arshavin did the same – in a madcap 6-3 League Cup win, even missing a…