Deletion of Richard Asante

Comment: as as they have not competed in a fully-pro league/competiton yet thus failing . Youth caps do not confer notability either
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: One of these previously survived an AFD. Another has been named as a substitute in first team matches as recently as Tuesday. This AFD doesn't meet the guidlines for bundling in  ("''Wikipedia:Articles for deletion#How to list multiple related pages for deletion|If any of the articles you are considering for bundling could stand on its own merits, then it should be nominated separately
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFD)

Comment: actually, four of the six of them have been in previous AFDs (one, even started by the nominator of these articles):  Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justin Hughes (soccer) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger Espinoza are the previous discussion.  As for the youth caps issue, where has it been decided that national youth teams are not notable?  Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Notability#Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Notability has some discussion, but, it is seems evenly split to me, and that discussion is definitely not strong enough to build an AFD case on for the players above which have played internationally for their country.  While  is often cited as an exclusive reason for deletion, reading the section heading at Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Additional criteria is instructional.  ''quote'' '''Failure to meet these criteria is not conclusive proof that a subject should not be included'''.  Waving around  criteria as if notability established in normal ways (non-trivial coverage in multiple reputable sources) can be ignored is simply bad for the project
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: per  - as Number 57 notes above, reserve matches do not confer notability
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)