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| x Bobby Moore |
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Defender |
Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He is widely regarded as...
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| x Bobby Charlton |
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Forward |
Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is an English former professional football player, a member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966. He...
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| x Carlos Valderrama |
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Midfielder |
Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkarlos alˈβeɾto baldeˈrama paˈlasjo]; born September 2, 1961 in Santa Marta, Colombia), also known as El Pibe ("The Kid") is a former Colombian football player. His mass of blond, permed...
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| x Dino Zoff |
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Goalkeeper |
Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years,...
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| x Diego Maradona |
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Forward |
soy un drogadicto de mierda (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; born 30 October que la sigan chupando 1960) is a retired Argentine football player, and current manager of Al Wasl FC in Dubai. Many people, experts, football critics, former...
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S.S.C. Napoli | |
| Midfielder | Argentina national football team | 91 | |||
| x David Beckham |
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Midfielder |
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English association footballer who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy. He has played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, and the England national team for which he holds...
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LA Galaxy | 89 |
| A.C. Milan | 29 | ||||
| Preston North End F.C. | 5 | ||||
| Real Madrid | 116 | ||||
| Manchester United F.C. | 265 | ||||
| x Franco Baresi |
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Defender |
Franco Baresi (born 8 May 1960 in Travagliato, Italy) is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one...
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| x Gheorghe Hagi |
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Midfielder |
Gheorghe Hagi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ˈhad͡ʒi] ( listen); born 5 February 1965 in Săcele) is a former Romanian footballer. He was one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s and is considered the greatest...
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| x Gordon Banks |
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Goalkeeper |
Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is a retired English football goalkeeper. The IFFHS named Banks the second best goalkeeper of the 20th century – after Lev Yashin (1st) and ahead of Dino Zoff (3rd).
Banks was a member of the England...
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| x Gary Lineker |
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Forward |
Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960), is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live. He remains England's top scorer in the FIFA World Cup finals,...
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Leicester City F.C. | 194 |
| FC Barcelona | 103 | ||||
| England national football team | 81 | ||||
| Nagoya Grampus Eight | 23 | ||||
| Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | 105 | ||||
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| x Johnny Haynes |
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Forward |
John Norman "Johnny" Haynes (17 October 1934 – 18 October 2005) was an English footballer, best known for his 18 years at Fulham. He played a club-record 658 games and scored 158 goals for the club between 1952 and 1970, spending his entire first...
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| x Johan Cruijff |
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Forward |
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON (Dutch: [ˈjoˑɦɑn ˈkrœy̆f]) born 25 April 1947 in Amsterdam), known as Johan Cruyff, is a former Dutch footballer and is currently the manager of the Catalan national team. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971,...
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Netherlands national football team | 48 |
| Midfielder | FC Barcelona | 143 | |||
| Ajax Amsterdam | 240 | ||||
| x Javier Saviola |
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Forward |
Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández (born 11 December 1981) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker.
Known for his speed, he represented both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid during his career (amongst...
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SL Benfica | |
| x Kenny Dalglish |
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Forward |
Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish (Scottish pronunciation: [dɛlɡliːʃ]) MBE (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former footballer and manager. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two clubs, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with...
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Scotland national football team | 102 |
| Liverpool F.C. | 355 | ||||
| Celtic F.C. | 204 | ||||
| Celtic F.C. | |||||
| Cumbernauld United F.C. | |||||
| x Luis Oliveira | Forward |
Luis Airton Barroso "Lulù" Oliveira (born 24 March 1969 in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil) is a former Brazilian-Belgian football player and currently coach of Muravera in the Eccellenza Sardinia regional amateur league. He spent most of his playing...
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F.C. Nuorese Calcio | ||
| F.B.C. Derthona | |||||
| x Pelé |
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Forward |
Pele, is almost universally regarded as the greatest player in the history of football. Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil, Pele emerged on to the international stage at the 1958 World Cup, at the age of just 17....
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| x Roberto Baggio |
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Forward |
Roberto Baggio (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto ˈbaddʒo]; born 18 February 1967) is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of all time (4th in the Fifa internet poll; member of the Fifa World Cup Dream Team),...
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| x Alex Ferguson |
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Forward |
Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish football manager and former player who has managed Manchester United since 1986. His tenure has seen the club go through an era of success and dominance both in England...
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Queen's Park F.C. | |
| St Johnstone F.C. | |||||
| Ayr United F.C. | |||||
| Dunfermline Athletic F.C. | |||||
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| x Dennis Bergkamp |
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Forward |
Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛnɪs ˈbɛrχkɑmp] ( listen); born 10 May 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who is the assistant manager to Frank de Boer at Ajax. Originally a wide midfielder and subsequently a main...
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Ajax Amsterdam | 185 |
| Netherlands national football team | 79 | ||||
| F.C. Internazionale Milano | 52 | ||||
| Arsenal F.C. | 315 | ||||
| x Fabien Barthez |
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Goalkeeper |
Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a former French footballer goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the...
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| x Marco van Basten |
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Forward |
Marcel "Marco" van Basten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑr.koʊ̯ vɑm.ˈbɑs.tə(n)]; 31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played for Ajax and Milan, as well as the Dutch national team, in the 1980s and early 1990s. He...
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| x Peter Bonetti | Goalkeeper |
Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London of Swiss parents from Canton Ticino) is a former football goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. Bonetti was known for his safe handling, lightning...
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| x Alan Shearer |
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Forward |
Alan Shearer OBE, DL (born 13 August 1970) is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is widely...
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Newcastle United F.C. | 303 |
| England national football team | 63 | ||||
| Southampton F.C. | 118 | ||||
| Blackburn Rovers F.C. | 138 | ||||
| x Ruud Gullit |
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Forward |
Ruud Gullit (help·info) (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈryt ˈɣʏɫɪt], born as Ruud Dil [ˈryt ˈdɪɫ], September 1, 1962 in Amsterdam) OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the...
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Chelsea F.C. | 32 |
| Midfielder | PSV Eindhoven | 68 | |||
| Defender | A.C. Milan | 8 | |||
| HFC Haarlem | 91 | ||||
| Feyenoord Rotterdam | 85 | ||||
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| x Lev Yashin | Goalkeeper |
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Russian: Лев Ива́нович Я́шин) (22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) nicknamed as "The Black Spider", "The Black Octopus" or "The Lion", was a Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper, considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in...
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| x Ronaldo |
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Forward |
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Portuguese pronunciation: [χoˈnawdu luˈiz naˈzaɾiu dʒi ˈlimɐ]; born 18 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. He is considered by experts and fans...
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Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | |
| x Bobby Robson |
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Midfielder |
Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English footballer and manager, who managed seven European clubs and the England national team during his career.
His professional playing career as an inside-forward...
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West Bromwich Albion F.C. | 239 |
| Fulham F.C. | 152 | ||||
| England national football team | 20 | ||||
| x Zinedine Zidane |
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Midfielder |
Zinedine Zidane (French pronunciation: [zinedin zidan]) (born 23 June 1972) is a retired French footballer who is widely regarded as one of the best players of all time. Zidane was the leading figure of a generation of French players that won the...
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| x Míchel |
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Midfielder |
José Miguel González Martín del Campo, aka Míchel (born 23 March 1963 in Madrid), is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a right midfielder, and a current coach.
He was most noted for his stellar crossing ability, also contributing with a...
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| x Emilio Butragueño |
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Midfielder |
Emilio Butragueño Santos (born 22 July 1963 in Madrid) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
He was best known for his spell with Real Madrid. Nicknamed El Buitre (The Vulture), he was a member of the legendary Quinta del Buitre,...
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| x Francisco Gento |
Francisco "Paco" Gento López (born 21 October 1933 in Guarnizo, Cantabria) is a former Spanish football player.
He débuted in the Primera División with Racing Santander in the 1952–53 season. In the following year, he signed with Real Madrid and...
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| x Pichichi |
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Forward |
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (23 May 1892 – 1 March 1922), aka Pichichi (Little Duck), was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
He played for Athletic Bilbao during the 1910s and 1920s.
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Pichichi played in his first Copa...
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| x Telmo Zarraonaindía | Forward |
Telmo Zarraonandia Montoya (20 January 1921 – 23 February 2006), popularly known as Zarra, was a Spanish Basque football player for Athletic Bilbao from 1940 to 1955.
Signing with Athletic after playing one season for Erandio, he became a prolific...
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| x Hugo Sánchez |
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Forward |
Hugo Sánchez Márquez (July 11, 1958), popularly nicknamed Pentapichichi, or Hugol, is a Mexican football coach and former striker. He played for four European clubs, including Real Madrid. He was also a member of the Mexico national team, and...
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| x Sven-Göran Eriksson |
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Defender |
Sven-Göran Eriksson (Swedish pronunciation: [svɛnˈjœː.ˈran ˈeːrɪk.ˈsɔn] ( listen); born 5 February 1948), in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish former football manager.
Eriksson won 17 major trophies as a manager,...
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| x Tony Adams | Defender |
Tony Alexander Adams, MBE (born 10 October 1966 in Romford, Essex) is an English football manager and former player.
Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of...
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| x Andy White |
Andy White (born November 6, 1981 in Derby, England) is an English footballer. He is 6 foot 4 inches and weighs 14 stone.
He played his first football at Hucknall Town, before being signed by Stuart Watkiss at Mansfield Town. He was loaned out to...
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| x Paolo Maldini |
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Defender |
Paolo Cesare Maldini (born 26 June 1968) is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender, being adept with either foot although naturally right footed. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before...
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| x Chris Waddle | Midfielder |
Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle (born 14 December 1960 in Felling, Tyne and Wear) is a former footballer from England. During his professional career he played for clubs including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in...
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Burnley F.C. | 32 | |
| Olympique de Marseille | 107 | ||||
| Newcastle United F.C. | 170 | ||||
| Sunderland A.F.C. | 7 | ||||
| Falkirk F.C. | 4 | ||||
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| x Stanley Matthews |
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Midfielder |
Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first...
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| x Franz Beckenbauer |
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Sweeper |
Franz Anton Beckenbauer [fʁants ˈbɛkənˌbaʊ̯ɐ] (born 11 September 1945 in Munich) is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" ...
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FC Bayern Munich | |
| New York Cosmos | |||||
| Hamburger SV | |||||
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| x Brian Clough | Forward |
Brian Howard Clough, OBE (21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English footballer and football manager.
As a player Clough was a prolific goalscorer with Middlesbrough and Sunderland, scoring 251 league goals from 274 starts. He also won two...
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Sunderland A.F.C. | ||
| Middlesbrough F.C. | |||||
| x Peter Osgood | Forward |
Peter Leslie Osgood (20 February 1947 – 1 March 2006) was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is best remembered for representing Chelsea and Southampton at club level, and was also capped four times by England in the...
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| x Gerd Müller |
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Forward |
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛɐt ˈmʏlɐ]; born 3 November 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former German football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time.
With national records of 68 goals in 62 international...
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Bayern Munich II | |
| FC Bayern Munich | |||||
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | |||||
| x Sócrates | |||||
| x Mark Bosnich |
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Goalkeeper |
Mark Bosnich (born 13 January 1972) is an Australian former professional football (soccer) player who played as a goalkeeper from 1989 until 2009. He now works as a sports television pundit.
As a player he notably played in the English Premier...
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Central Coast Mariners FC | |
| Sydney Olympic FC | |||||
| x Rio Ferdinand |
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Defender |
Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and for the England national football team. He has amassed 81 caps for England in total, and has been a member...
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Manchester United F.C. | 262 |
| England national football team | 81 | ||||
| x Jack Charlton |
John "Jack" Charlton, OBE, DL (born 8 May 1935 in Ashington, Northumberland) is an English former footballer and manager who played for Leeds United in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and was part of the England team who won the 1966 World Cup. He is...
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| x Billy Wright |
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Defender |
William Ambrose "Billy" Wright, CBE (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994) was an English footballer, who spent his whole career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first football player in the world to earn 100 caps, Wright also holds the record for...
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| x Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
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Forward |
Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973 in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal) is the manager of Norwegian Premier League side Molde. He is better known as a former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United. Often dubbed ...
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Manchester United F.C. | |
| Midfielder | |||||
| x Mick McCarthy | Defender |
Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy (born 7 February 1959) is an English-born former Irish international footballer who was most recently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
McCarthy began his playing career at Barnsley in 1977,...
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| x Ali Daei |
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Forward |
Ali Daei (Persian: علی دایی, pronounced [ʔæliː dɑːjiː]; nicknamed Shahriar [ʃæhrijɑːr], meaning the King; born 21 March 1969 in Ardabil, Iran) is an Iranian retired football player and former national team coach who currently manages Rah Ahan in...
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Iran national football team | 149 |
| Persepolis FC | |||||
| x Carsten Ramelow | Defender |
Carsten Ramelow (German pronunciation: [ˈkaʁstən ˈʁamɛlo]; born 20 March 1974) is a retired German footballer who played as either a central defender or a defensive midfielder.
Known for his tough tackling and defensive positioning, he played...
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Hertha BSC Berlin | ||
| Midfielder | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||
| x Oliver Neuville |
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Forward |
Oliver Patric Neuville (born 1 May 1973) is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.
During an 18-year professional career, he played mainly for Bayer Leverkusen (five seasons) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (six), amassing Bundesliga...
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FC Locarno | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | |||||
| Servette FC | |||||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||||
| Arminia Bielefeld | |||||
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| x Wayne Rooney |
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Forward |
Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003 becoming the youngest player to...
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Manchester United F.C. | 357 |
| England national football team | 73 | ||||
| x Éric Cantona |
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Forward |
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona (French pronunciation: [kantɔna]) (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending...
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| x Miroslav Klose |
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Forward |
Miroslav Josef Klose (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪʁoslaf ˈkloːzə] ( listen); born Mirosław Marian Kloze IPA: [miˈrɔswaf ˈklɔzɛ] on 9 June 1978 in Oppeln (Opole), Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Lazio in the Serie A. Since...
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Germany national football team | 115 |
| S.S. Lazio | 25 | ||||
| FC Bayern Munich | |||||
| SV Werder Bremen | |||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||||
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| x Ferenc Puskás | Forward |
Ferenc Puskás (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈpuʃkaːʃ]; born Ferenc Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in...
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| x Michael Owen |
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Forward |
Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979 in Chester) is an English professional footballer of Welsh descent who plays as a Striker for Manchester United.
The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He...
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Newcastle United F.C. | 71 |
| England national football team | 89 | ||||
| Manchester United F.C. | 31 | ||||
| Liverpool F.C. | 216 | ||||
| Real Madrid | 36 | ||||
| x Michel Platini |
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Midfielder |
Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a former French football player and manager, and the president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2007.
During his professional footballing career, Platini played for the clubs...
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