Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Leonardo


DoB: Sep 5, 1969

PoB: Niterói, Brazil

Position: Attacking midfielder, left back

Clubs represented: Flamengo, São Paulo, Valencia, Kashima Antlers, Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan

Total appearances/goals:

Total caps: 60/8

Honours:
4 domestic league titles, 2 domestic cups, 1 regional league title
2 Recopa Sudamericana, 1 Intercopa Sudamericana, 1 Intercontinental title

WC94; runner-up: 98
Copa America 97; runner-up: 95
Confederations Cup 97

Highs:

Peter Beardsley


DoB: Jan 18, 1961

PoB: Hexham, England

Position: Forward, Midfielder

Clubs represented: Carlisle United, Vancouver Whitecaps, Newcastle United, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Fulham, Hartlepool United, Melbourne Knights

Total appearances/goals: 756/237

Total caps: 59/9

Honours:
2 domestic league titles, 1 domestic cup, 3 domestic super cups

WC90: 4th place

PFA Team of the Year: 90, 94
English Football Hall of Fame

Highs:

Fernando Gómez


DoB: Sep 11, 1965

PoB: Valencia, Spain

Position: Attacking midfielder

Clubs represented: Valencia, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Castellón

Total appearances/goals:

Total caps: 8/2

Honours:
1 secondary league title

u-20 WC85 runner-up

Spanish Player of the Year: 89

Highs:

Thomas Doll

DoB: Apr 9, 1966

PoB: Malchin, DDR

Position: Midfielder

Clubs represented: Hansa Rostock, Berliner FC Dynamo, Hamburger SV, Lazio, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bari

Total appearances/goals: 357/62

Total caps: 29/7 (18/1 for Germany)

Honours:
2 domestic league titles, 2 domestic cups

Euro 92 runner-up

Highs:

Daniel Amokachi


DoB: 30 Dez, 1972

PoB: Kaduna, Nigeria

Position: Forward

Clubs represented: Ranchers Bees, Club Brugge, Everton, Besiktas

Total appearances/goals:

Total caps: 42/14

Honours:
1 domestic cup

CAN94
Olympic Games 96 Gold Medal

Highs:
Confederations Cup 4th place: 95

Stanley Menzo

DoB: Oct 15, 1963

PoB: Paramaribo, Suriname

Position: Goalkeeper

Clubs represented: Ajax Amsterdam, Haarlem, PSV, Lierse, Bordeaux

Total appearances/goals:

Total caps: 6/0

Honours:
4 domestic league titles, 5 domestic cups
1 Cup Winner's Cup, 1 UEFA Cup

Dutch Goalkeeper of the Year: 90

Highs:

Anders Limpar


DoB: Sep 24, 1965

PoB: Solna, Sweden

Position: Midfielder

Clubs represented: IF Brommapojkarna, Örgryte, Young Boys, Cremonese, Arsenal, Everton, Birmingham City, AIK Stockholm, Colorado Rapids

Total appearances/goals: 399/66

Total caps: 58/6

Honours:
2 domestic league titles, 2 domestic cups, 1 domestic league cup

WC94 Third Place

Swedish Player of the Year: 91

Highs:

Драган Стојковић (Dragan Stojković)


DoB: Mar 3, 1965

PoB: Niš, Yugoslavia SFR

Position: Attacking Midfielder, Forward

Clubs represented: FK Radnički Niš, Red Star Belgrade, Marseille, Hellas Verona, Nagoya Grampus Eight

Total appearances/goals: 417/125

Total caps: 84/15

Honours:
2 domestic cups
1 Champions League

Olympic Games 84 Bronze Medal

Yugoslav League MVP: 88, 89
Japanese League MVP: 95
Japanese League Best Eleven: 95, 96, 99

Nicolas Ouédec


DoB: Oct 28, 1971

PoB: Lorient, France

Position: Forward

Clubs represented: Nantes, Espanyol, Paris Saint-Germain, Montpellier, Louviéroise, Dalian Shide, Shandong Luneng

Total appearances/goals:

Total caps: 7/1

Honours:
2 domestic league titles, 1 domestic cup, 2 domestic super cups

League 1 Top Scorer: 94

Highs:
Nantes Top Scorer in the Champions League: 14 goals

Antonio Conte


DoB: Jul 31, 1969

PoB: Lecce, Italy

Position: Midfielder

Clubs represented: Lecce, Juventus

Total appearances/goals: 384/30

Total caps: 20/2

Honours:
5 domestic league titles, 1 domestic cup, 4 domestic super cups
1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 European Super Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 minor european cup

Highs:

Txiki Begiristain


DoB: Aug 12, 1964

PoB: Olaberria, Spain

Position: Winger

Clubs represented: Real Sociedad, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Urawa Red Diamonds

Total appearances/goals: 514/106

Total caps: 22/6

Honours:
4 domestic league titles, 2 domestic cups, 5 domestic super cups
1 Champions League, 1 Cup Winner's Cup, 1 European Super Cup

Highs:

Abel Balbo


DoB: Jun 1, 1966

PoB: Empalme, Argentina

Position: Forward

Clubs represented: Newell's Old Boys, River Plate, Udinese, Roma, Parma, Fiorentina, Boca Juniors

Total appearances/goals: 417/171

Total caps: 37/11

Honours:
1 domestic league title

WC90 runner-up
Copa America 91, 93; Third Place: 89

Highs:

Paul Scholes


DoB: Nov 16, 1974

PoB: Salford, England

Position: Midfielder

Clubs represented: Manchester United

Total appearances/goals: 466/102

Total caps: 66/14

Honours:
10 domestic league titles, 3 domestic cups, 2 domestic league cups, 5 domestic super cups
2 Champions Leagues, 2 Intercontinental Cups

u-18 Euro93

PFA Team of the Year: 01, 03, 07
Premier League 10 Seasons: Domestic Team of the Year
Premier League 10 Seasons: Overall Team of the Year
English Football Hall of Fame

Highs:

Andreas Möller


DoB: Sep 2, 1967

PoB: Frankfurt am Main, BRD

Position: Midfielder

Clubs represented: Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Schalke 04

Total appearances/goals: 485/129

Total caps: 85/29

Honours:
2 domestic league titles, 3 domestic cups, 2 domestic super cups
1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup

WC90
Euro96; runner-up: 92

Highs:
More closely associated with Borussia Dortmund, he also played for his hometown club of Frankfurt in 3 different stints.
Between 96 and 97 won the Euro and the CL, being an influential player in both of those winning teams.

Lows:
Missed the WC90, Euro92 and Euro96 finals.

Андрій Канчельскіс (Andrei Kanchelskis)


DoB: Jan 23, 1969

PoB: Kirovograd, USSR

Position: Winger

Clubs represented: Dynamo Kyiv, Shaktar Donetsk, Manchester United, Everton, Fiorentina, Rangers, Manchester City, Southampton, Al-Hilal, Saturn Moscow, Krylia Sovetov

Total appearances/goals: 397/72

Total caps: 36/4 for Russia (17/3 for Soviet Union, 6/0 for CIS)

Honours:
4 domestic league titles, 5 domestic cups, 3 domestic league cups, 2 domestic super cups
1 Cup Winner's Cup, 1 European Super Cup

Premier League Team of the Year: 95

Highs:
His time at Manchester United stands as the best in his career, being instrumental in breaking the team's 26 year fast of league titles.

Lows:
Having fallen out with manager Alex Ferguson, was unduly replaced with young starlet David Beckham. Unfortunately, as he was only 26 at the time, it meant his career was on the way down, at too much a young age, although his time at Everton was also personally successful (although the team wasn't).

Cláudio Taffarel


DoB: May 8, 1966

PoB: Santa Rosa, Brazil

Position: Goalkeeper

Clubs represented: Internacional, Parma, Reggiana, Atlético Mineiro, Galatasaray

Total appearances/goals: 379/0

Total caps: 101/0

Honours:
2 domestic league titles, 1 regional league title, 4 domestic cups
1 Cup Winner's Cup, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 European Super Cup, 1 Copa CONMEBOL

WC94; runner-up: 98
Copa America 89, 97; runner-up: 91, 95
Olympic Games 88 Silver Medal
Gold Cup 98 Third Place

Brazilian Football Hall of Fame
Brazilian League Player of the Year: 88

Highs:
He is the most capped brazilian keeper, and 4th overall.
Had a great run with Galatasaray, being named MVP in 00's UEFA Cup final win, and being a fundamental part in the club winning a quadruple of titles that year.

Lows:
Never really played for a top european club, his only two domestic titles coming in Turkey at a time when Galatasaray was absolutely walking the league.
Due to this fact had somewhat of a lower recognition, unlike some of the other top goalkeepers of his day who were getting Champions League football every season.


Iván Zamorano


DoB: Jan 18, 1967

PoB: Santiago, Chile

Position: Striker

Clubs represented: Cobresal, Cobreandino, St. Gallen, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Internazionale, América, Colo-Colo

Total appearances/goals: 490/233

Total caps: 69/34

Honours:
2 domestic league titles, 1 secondary league title, 2 domestic cups, 1 domestic super cup
1 UEFA Cup

Copa America: runner-up (87), 3rd place (91)
Olympic Games 00 Bronze Medal

La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 95
Olympic Games Top Scorer: 00
La Liga Top Scorer: 95
Swiss League Top Scorer: 90
Chilean Player of the Year: 90
Chosen for the FIFA 100

Highs:
Had a wonderful season in 95, scoring 28 goals as Real Madrid finally broke Barcelona's run of 4 league titles in a row. Goalscoring-wise this was his best season.

Lows:
Although he won the UEFA Cup in 98, in 97's final he missed his penalty in the shootout, costing the team the trophy.