- Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a French former football midfielder who played for four European clubs, including Juventus FC and Real Madrid. As a member and later captain of the French national team he participated in two World Cup finals - including winning the tournament in 1998 - and in three European Championships, winning that tournament in 2000. Having gained fame in Europe as a playmaker for Juventus, …
- Michel Platini
History: Michel Platini (June 21, 1955, Joeuf, Departement Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former French football player, widely regarded as one of the most elegant midfielders of his generation. ...
- Lilian Thuram
Lilian Thuram is a French professional football defender, the most capped player in the history of the France national team. He has played at the top division level for over 15 seasons, including ten in Italy's Serie A. With the France national team, Thuram won the 1998 World Cup and the Euro 2000. Before Thuram pursued a football career, he aspired to be a Roman Catholic priest, until he found that he wanted to make use of his football talents.
- Marcel Desailly
Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana as "Odenke Abbey") is a former French football player and a former star of the French national football team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He also enjoyed a distinguished career at club level with several European clubs.
- Fabien Barthez
Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a French football player who plays the position of goalkeeper.One of the best goalkeepers to play the sport, he played with the French national team, he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for most World Cup final clean sheets with Peter Shilton, with 10. Professionally, …
- Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football manager. He managed PSV Eindhoven between 2002-2006. Throughout his entire managerial career, he is best recognised for leading South Korea to a 4th place finish in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, managing the Netherlands into the same position in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, …
- Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker is a former Croatian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers in the 1990s. The crowning moment of his career was the 1998 World Cup in France, where he became the top goalscorer and won the Golden Boot by scoring 6 goals in 7 matches, leading the Croatian national team to a third-place finish in their first World Cup appearance. He is also the Croatian national team's all-time goalscoring leader with 45 goals.
- Didier Deschamps
Didier Deschamps (born 15 October 1968 in Bayonne) is a former French football player who captained France to victories in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. On 26 May 2007, Didier resigned as coach of Juventus F.C., a position he had held since the start of the 2006/07 season.
- Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Lizarazu (Basque: //; French: //) (born December 9, 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a former football (soccer) left defender for Bayern Munich and three other professional teams, as well as the French national team. Lizarazu, a Basque, has been capped 97 times for France, scoring two goals, and helped them win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He has won six Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five German Cups, the Champions League, …
- Peter Schmeichel
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (born 18 November 1963 in Gladsaxe, Denmark) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993. He experienced his most successful years in English club Manchester United, with whom he won the 1999 UEFA Champions League to complete The Treble. He was a key member of the Denmark national football team which won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 92) tournament.
- Aimé Jacquet
Aimé Jacquet is a French football (soccer) coach and former player, and manager of the France national football team when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
- Youri Djorkaeff
Youri Djorkaeff (born March 9, 1968 in Lyon) is a former French football (soccer) player, who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. He had fantastic technique, pace and fancy and effective dribbling. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000.
- Raúl González
Raúl González Blanco, usually referred to simply as Raúl, is a Spanish football forward. He has been playing for Real Madrid at senior level since 1994, where he is the team captain. He has played more than 100 games for the Spanish national team, and is its all-time leading goal scorer with 47 goals. He represented Spain in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup tournaments.
- Neil Sullivan
Neil Sullivan (born 24 February 1970 in Sutton) is a professional footballer currently playing for Doncaster Rovers again on a permanent basis after moving from Leeds United at the end of the 2006-2007 season. He is a goalkeeper. Although born and brought up in England, he has Scottish ancestry enabling him to play for the Scottish national side. Sullivan began his career with Wimbledon in 1988, amassing a total of 224 appearances between 1988 and 2000.
- Ronald de Boer
Ronald de Boer (born May 15, 1970 in Hoorn, Netherlands) is a Dutch football midfielder who has played for the Dutch national team as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He regularly plays as attacking right midfield, although he could also operate in centre attacking midfield role as well as right forward position. He currently plays for Al-Shamal. He is the twin brother of Frank de Boer.
- André Cruz
André Cruz , real name André Alves da Cruz was a football (soccer) player from Brazil. He played central defender with A.C. Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal and the Brazilian national team. He played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
- Hidetoshi Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata, is a Japanese former football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation. Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S. Roma in 2001, played for Japan in three FIFA World Cup tournaments(1998, 2002 and 2006) and played in the Olympics twice (1996 and 2000).
- Gheorghe Hagi
Gheorghe Hagi, is a Romanian former football player and head coach of FC Steaua Bucureşti. Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians", he is considered a hero in his homeland as well as in Turkey. He has won his country's "Player of the Year" award a record six times, and was recently named "Romanian football player of the century". He played for the Romanian national team in three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998, …
- Cobi Jones
Cobi Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan) is one of the most recognizable and successful American soccer players of all time. Jones is currently the all-time leader of the United States national team in appearances, with 164 caps as of the end of 2004 (scoring 15 goals). He played for the team in the 1994, 1998, and 2002 FIFA World Cups. He also represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
- Antonio Carbajal
Antonio Felix "La Tota" Carbajal Rodríguez , also called "El Cinco Copas" ("Five cups", in reference to his record of FIFA World Cups played, equalled by German player Lothar Matthäus in 1998), (born June 7, 1929 in Mexico City) is a legendary Mexican football goalkeeper. He was the first player ever to appear in five World Cups, from 1950 to 1966. He played for Club España and León in Mexico.
- Ha Seok-Ju
Ha Seok-Ju (born February 20, 1968) is a retired South Korean football player. He played for the South Korea national football team (95 matches/24 goals) and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He played only against Mexico during Korea's first match at France 98, on a game which he scored the opener for Korea and was sent off on second time for a sliding tackle from behind.
- Robert Jarni
Robert Jarni is a Croatian footballer who plays left winger or wingback. After years in retirement from June 15. 2007. he plays for Hajduk Split. He was a regular in the Croatian national team throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. This allowed him to become the team's all-time most-capped player with 81 caps, although the record he held for four years following his retirement was by now surpassed by Dario Šimić, who won his 82nd cap in June 2006.
- Giuseppe Bergomi
Giuseppe Bergomi (born December 22, 1963 in Milan) is an Italian former football (soccer) player, who spent his entire career at Internazionale and was a key member of the Italian national team in the 1980s and 1990s. He is affectionately referred to as "Lo zio" ("the uncle") because of the impressive moustache he wore even as an 18 year old in the 1982 World Cup. He thus appeared to be more mature in age than he was, hence the nickname.
- Ebbe Sand
Ebbe Sand (born July 19, 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who most notably played as a striker for FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the German Bundesliga top scorer in 2001, and he won the German Cup in 2001 and 2002 with Schalke. On the international stage, he represented the Denmark national football team at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup, …
- Andreas Köpke
Andreas Köpke is a former German football goalkeeper, who was in the German squad that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad. Though he did not appear in any of the matches, with Bodo Illgner preferred in goal, Köpke's chance to shine came soon after. Having been chosen as the best player in Germany in 1993, his biggest achievement came in 1996, …
- Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir Boban (born October 8, 1968) is a Croatian former football midfielder who played most of his professional career for Serie A club AC Milan and was a member of the Croatia national team, which he captained to third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
- Boudewijn Zenden
Boudewijn "Bolo" Zenden (born August 15, 1976 in Maastricht) is a Dutch footballer who plays most often as a midfielder. Zenden is currently playing for Marseille. He has earned 54 caps and scored 7 goals for the Dutch national team, and he represented his country in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 tournaments. Prior to joining Marseille, Zenden played for PSV Eindhoven (1994-98), Barcelona (1998-2001), Chelsea (2001-03), …
- Abel Balbo
Abel Eduardo Balbo is a former Argentine football striker. At club level, Balbo played for Newell's Old Boys (1987-88), River Plate (1988-89), before moving to Italy and Udinese (1989-93), Roma (1993-98 and 2000-02), Parma (1998-99), and Fiorentina. He played four games for Boca Juniors before finally retiring. He scored a total of 138 goals in Serie A; his best seasons came in 1992-93 for Udinese and 1994-95 for Roma, with 22 goals in each of them.
- Gabriel Popescu
Gabriel Popescu (born December 25, 1973) is a Romanian footballer. Popescu went on to represent the Romanian national team 21 times and scored four goals, he was also capped 37 times for the U-21 side. The undoubted highlight of his international career was his appearances at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he played in all four Romanian matches, including their dramatic 2-1 victory over England. Popescu began his career with Romanian side Universitatea Craiova, …
- Kim Tae-Young
Kim Tae-Young is a retired South Korean football player. He played mostly for Chunnam Dragons. He played for the South Korea national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Igor Tudor
Igor Tudor (born April 16, 1978 in Split, SR Crotia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Hajduk Split
- Frank Leboeuf
Frank Leboeuf (sometimes Franck or Lebœuf<sup>(1)</sup>; born January 22, 1968 in Bouches-du-Rhône near Marseille) is a former French football (soccer) defender. With the French national team, Leboeuf won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After starting his career in 1986 in the lower divisions of the French league, Leboeuf moved to Laval in 1988. In 1991, he moved to Strasbourg and played there until 1996, …
- Dario Šimić
Dario Šimić is a Croatian football player who currently plays for A.C. Milan of the Italian Serie A. Nicknamed 'The Pitbull' for his fearsome competitiveness, Šimić is a versatile defender who can play at full-back, sweeper or central defender. He is the only player who featured in all of Croatia's major tournaments since the country's independence and is also the Croatian national team's all-time cap leader with a total of 83 international caps.
- Kim Milton Nielsen
Kim Milton Nielsen (born August 3, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a former international football referee. An IT manager by trade, Nielsen is noted for his impressive height of 1.96m, making him taller than most players. Nielsen began refereeing at 15 years of age, as he wanted to know the Laws of Football. A decade later, he began taking charge of Danish top-flight games, and he was awarded his FIFA international badge in 1988 when he was still in his late 20s.
- Kim Byung-Ji
Kim Byung-Ji is a football goalkeeper for FC Seoul in the K-League in South Korea. He is known for dyeing his hair in different colors. He was in the South Korean national team squad for both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Lee Woon-Jae is his all-time rival, for they have competed for the goalkeeping position in 2002 FIFA World Cup and play for rival clubs in the K-League.
- Lee Dong-Gook
Lee Dong-Gook is a South Korean football player also known as the Lion King among his fans. He has played for several clubs, including Pohang Steelers and Werder Bremen of Germany's Bundesliga. He now plays for English Premiership club Middlesbrough. He was a member of the South Korea national football team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After the tournament he suffered many hardships, although he shone in the 2000 Asia Cup and finished top scorer with six goals.
- Kim Do-Hoon
Kim Do-Hoon (born 21 July, 1970) is a former South Korean football player. He played for several clubs, including Jeonbuk FC(1995~1998,2000~2003), Vissel Kobe (Japan) and Songnam Ilhwa Chunma. He played for the South Korea national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
Petrus ("Pierre") Ferdinandus Johannes van Hooijdonk (born on November 29, 1969 in Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant) is a retired Dutch football player. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam, he played as a striker. Van Hooijdonk has been capped 46 times for the Dutch national team and has played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, and Euro 2004. He has scored 14 goals for his country.
- Luigi di Biagio
Luigi Di Biagio (born June 3, 1971 in Rome) is an Italian football (soccer) defensive midfielder, who currently plays for Ascoli Calcio 1898. Prior to join Ascoli Calcio 1898, Di Biagio has played for Lazio (1988-89), Monza (1989-92), Foggia (1992-95), AS Roma (1995-99), Internazionale (1999-2003), and Brescia Calcio (2003-2006). He has been capped 31 times for Italy, scoring two goals. Other than the 1998 World Cup, he also played for his country in the 2002 edition, …
- Lee Min-Sung
Lee Min-Sung (born 23 June, 1973) is a South Korean football player. He played for Busan Icons and Pohang Steelers. He now plays for FC Seoul. He played for the South Korea national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.