- Patrick Vieira
Patrick Donalé Vieira is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Internazionale Milano. He came to prominence during his time at Arsenal between 1996 and 2005, where he won three FA Premier League titles and four FA Cups, and eventually became club captain. He spent a single season at Juventus before joining Inter in 2006, after Juventus were relegated due to their part in a match-fixing scandal. - 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. - 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. ... - Laurent Blanc
Laurent Blanc is a retired French football defender, who scored the first golden goal in World Cup history. Blanc is considered to be one of the great centre-halves of the 90s, eclipsed only by Franco Baresi. For France, Blanc played in Euro 92, reached the semi-finals in Euro 96, and won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. He was also well-known for kissing good friend and goalkeeper Fabien Barthez's head before the start of every match, … - Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst, nicknamed "Gio" (born February 5, 1975 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch football defender and midfielder, who currently plays for Feyenoord in de Dutch Eredivisie. His heritage is Dutch-Moluccan. Van Bronckhorst signed a three-year contract with Feyenoord in June 2007, leaving Barcelona as a free agent. Prior to joining Barcelona, Van Bronckhorst played for RKC Waalwijk (1993-94), Feyenoord (1994-98), Rangers (1998-2001), and Arsenal (2001-03). - Christian Karembeu
Christian Karembeu (born December 3, 1970 in Lifou, New Caledonia) is a former French international football (soccer) player. He announced his retirement on October 13 2005, although he added that he would "be having a kickabout from time to time". He last played midfield for Bastia in the French Ligue 1. They obtained him on loan from Swiss side Servette, until they lost their relegation battle. Prior to joining Servette, Karembeu played for Nantes (1990-95), … - Ricardo Gardner
Ricardo 'Bibi' Gardner (born September 25, 1978 in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica) is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays as a left defender or midfielder for Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League. Gardner began his professional career with Harbour View F.C., where he debuted as a starter at only 14 years old. He also, representing Wolmer's Boys' High School, dominated the local high school football leagues and has gained legendary status. - Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich (born 13 January, 1972 in Fairfield, New South Wales), is widely regarded as one of Australia's best football (soccer) goalkeepers, representing his country on many occasions and playing for English Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United, and Chelsea. - 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. - Craig Burley
Craig William Burley (born on April 24, 1971 in Ayr) is a former Scottish footballer. A midfielder, Burley started his career with Chelsea. He was a bit-part player in his early days at Stamford Bridge but he started to become a key player for Player-Manager Glenn Hoddle and later Ruud Gullit. Burley won his first medal in 1997 being part of the Chelsea team that beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the FA Cup. - Claude Le Roy
Claude Le Roy is a French football manager and former player, currently in charge of the Ghana national team. Le Roy has had a varied managerial career, starting out with little hype at the small French club Amiens SC, after taking over as manager when his playing days ended. His achievement of leading the Cameroon national team to runners-up in the 1986 African Cup of Nations, … - Gérard Houllier
Gérard Houllier, OBE is a football manager. His past clubs include Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens and Liverpool, with whom he won the UEFA Cup in 2001. He then guided Olympique Lyonnais to two French titles, before announcing his resignation on May 25 2007. He also coached the French national team between 1992 and 1993. Houllier is renowned as one of the most knowledgeable managers in the game and has talent in moulding players to their potential. - Rigobert Song
Rigobert Song Bahanag (born July 1, 1976) is a Cameroonian football player who, as of 2007, is playing for Galatasaray. - Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a former Scottish footballer and is currently manager of Wycombe Wanderers. Lambert started his playing career at junior side Linwood Rangers in 1984, before entering the professional game with St Mirren in 1985. He played there for eight years before transferring to Motherwell in 1993. In 1996 Lambert transferred to the German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. He was well liked by the fans in Germany, … - Brian Barwick
Brian Barwick is the current Chief Executive of The Football Association. He has held the post since January 2005. Previously, he spent 18 years at the BBC, and was ITV's Controller of Sport for seven years. Born in Liverpool, Barwick gained a degree in Economics at Manchester University. - Onandi Lowe
Onandi Lowe (born December 2, 1974) is a Jamaican soccer player. He played at the 1998 World Cup and has earned over 60 caps for Jamaica. Lowe currently plays for Jamaican National Premier League outfit Portmore United F.C., after spending several years in England, the USA and Canada. - 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. - Josep Guardiola
Josep Guardiola Sala (b. Santpedor, Catalonia, Spain, January 18, 1971), also known as Pep Guardiola is a Catalan former football player. He was captain of both FC Barcelona and Spain. He also played for Brescia Calcio, AS Roma, Al-Ahli Doha and Dorados de Sinaloa. Guardiola has also played for and been a strong supporter of the Catalan XI. Guardiola was a product of the "cantera barcelonista", … - Sunday Oliseh
Sunday Oliseh (born April 14, 1974 in Abavo, Delta State) is a former Nigerian footballer. He played 40 international matches and scored 2 goals for Nigeria, and played at the Football World Cups of 1994 and 1998. Oliseh also participated in the Olympic gold medal winning team of 1996. A midfielder, Oliseh played for well known clubs such as Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus. - Jens Jeremies
Jens Jeremies is a German footballer. As of 2006, he has retired from professional football. Jeremies was born in Görlitz, a town in the former German Democratic Republic. He began his career in 1980 as a youth player with the local side "Motor Görlitz", and in 1986 he moved to Dynamo Dresden. In 1995, Jeremies transferred to TSV 1860 München. Then in 1998, he signed for city rival Bayern München, the club for which he would play the remainder of his career. - Alain Boghossian
Alain Boghossian (born 27 October 1970 in Digne) is a retired Armenian-French football player who played as midfielder. Most of his success was at AC Parma, along with compatriat Lilian Thuram. He won the 1998 World Cup with France, but was injured the day before Euro 2000 started, and his career ended in October 2003 after being dogged with injury. He appeared at the 2002 World Cup, and in total made 26 appearances for France, scoring 2 goals. - Michael Reiziger
Michael John Reiziger (born May 3, 1973 in Amstelveen, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch footballer, who plays as a right-back or central defender. Currently he is without a club after being released by PSV Eindhoven. Reiziger started his career with Ajax, had a short spell with FC Volendam and FC Groningen, and went back to Ajax, where he was a part of the team that won the 1995 Champions League. - Tom Boyd
Thomas "Tom" Boyd (born November 24, 1965 in Glasgow) is a former football player. He played for Celtic, Motherwell and Chelsea. He also gained 72 caps for Scotland and is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame. He is currently the Celtic under 17 coach. He scored an own goal while playing for Scotland against Brazil in the opening match of the 1998 World Cup. - Kjetil Rekdal
Kjetil André Rekdal is a Norwegian football coach and a former player. He is 1.87 meters tall and weighs about 85 kg. He was head coach for Vålerenga I.F. Fotball from 2001 and resigned August 21 2006. As a player he had spells in France, Germany and Belgium as well as his homeland. Rekdal has 83 games for the Norwegian national team, after his debut against Italy in 1987, and played in two FIFA World Cups (1994 and 1998). He has scored 17 goals for the national team, … - Luc Nilis
Luc Nilis (born May 25, 1967 in Hasselt, Belgium) is a former Belgian football striker. He ended his career early in the 2000-01 season after he broke his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa following a clash with Ipswich Town goalkeeper Richard Wright. His former clubs include K.F.C. Winterslag, R.S.C. Anderlecht, PSV Eindhoven. During his time with PSV, Nilis formed one of the deadliest partnerships in Europe with team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooij. - Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson (born 25 July 1966 in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish professional footballer. Affectionally, known as "Action Jackson", Jackson was well loved for this generosity - particularly at the bar. Jackson played for Meadowbank Thistle, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Hibernian, Celtic, Coventry City, Hearts, Livingston, St. Johnstone and Clydebank. During his time at Celtic, Jackson was treated for hydrocephalus. - Mário Zagallo
Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo is a Brazilian football coach and former player, of Lebanese origin. Zagallo started his footballer career in América in 1948. He was the first footballer to win the World Cup as a player (1958, 1962), as a coach (1970), and as assistant coach (World Cup 1994), all with the Brazilian national team. He also coached his country to a fourth-place finish in the 1974 World Cup and to a second-place finish in the 1998 World Cup. - Choi Sung-Yong
Choi Sung-Yong is a South Korean football player who plays at wingback and midfielder. He played in all of South Korea’s matches at the 1998 World Cup and was also a member of the 2002 World Cup squad. He made his debut for the South Korean national team in 1995 against Japan. After the 2002 FIFA World Cup in his country, he joined Korean premier club Suwon Samsung Bluewings and helped the team to win the Championship title. - Zdravko Zdravkov
Zdravko Zdravkov (born October 4, 1970 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football goalkeeper, who, as of 2005, is playing for Çaykur Rizespor in Turkey. On the club level, Zdravkov has played for Levski Sofia (1989-1995), Istanbulspor (1997-1999 and 2000-2002), Adanaspor (1999-2000), Cherno more (2002–2003), and Litex Lovech (2003-2004). For Bulgaria, Zdravkov has been capped over 60 times. He was the starting goalkeeper for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2004. - Luis Oliveira
Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira is a Brazilian-Belgian football player, who spent most of his playing career in Italy. Oliveira played for Anderlecht in Belgium, before moving to Italy, where ha has played for Cagliari, Fiorentina, Bologna, Como, Catania, Foggia, Venezia and Lucchese. In 2006, he accepted to play Nuorese of Serie C2/A, also in order to get closer to his family (his wife in Sardinia). - Predrag Mijatović
Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović (born January 19, 1969 in Titograd, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbo-Montenegrin former football player and current sports director of Real Madrid. He is considered one of his country's best players of the 1990s. During his career his position on the pitch was striker. On the club level, Mijatović played for 6 different clubs: Budućnost Podgorica, FK Partizan, Valencia, Real Madrid, Fiorentina, and Levante. - Seo Jung-Won
Seo Jung-Won (born December 17 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea) is a football player and coach from South Korea. As of 2006, he played forward and midfielder for SV Ried, a club in the Austrian Bundesliga. Seo moved to SV Ried from Red Bull Salzburg in June 2005. He also served as player-coach at Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea from 1998 to 2004. He was a member of the South Korean national football team at the 1994 World Cup, the 1998 Asian Games, … - Ko Jong-Soo
Ko Jong-Su is a Korean football player. Ko is a midfielder for Korean side Daejeon Citizen, and formerly played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Kyoto Purple Sanga, and Chunnam Dragons. He rose to stardom during the 1998 World Cup, along with Lee Dong-Guk, and Ahn Jung-Hwan. He was once called "the greatest technician in Korea," for his pace, skillful free kicks, and his left foot. He can operate in central midfield as well on the left wing. - Roar Strand
Roar Strand (born February 2, 1970 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian football player, playing as a midfielder at the Norwegian club Rosenborg. Strand has 42 caps for the Norwegian national team, and is the most merited player in Europe with 14 league championships and five cup titles. He made his debut for Rosenborg in 1989. He was not an immediate success, and was loaned out to Molde in 1993. - Abdeljalil Hadda
Abdeljalil Hadda is a Moroccan footballer. His position is striker. During his career he has played for Sporting Gijón, CODM Meknès, Yokohama F. Marinos and Club Africain. Hadda appeared at the 1998 World Cup, where he scored twice despite Morocco not qualifying from the group stages. He has also played for his country in the 1998 and 2000 African Cup of Nations. - Peter Drury
Peter Drury has been a leading member of the ITV Sport commentary team since arriving at ITV in 1998. A politics graduate from Hull University, Peter began his career as a journalist with Hayters sports agency before joining BBC Radio Leeds in 1990 as a football and cricket commentator, presenter and reporter. Three years later, he moved to BBC Network Radio Sport. There, he worked for BBC Radio Five Live on a variety of sports, … - Tosh McKinlay
Thomas Valley "Tosh" McKinlay is a Scottish former international footballer. A fullback or wingback, he spent most of his career in Scotland. McKinlay began his career with Dundee, whom he joined from Celtic Boys Club in 1981. He became a first-team regular while still a teenager and spent over 7 years at Dens Park before being sold to Heart of Midlothian for £300,000 in December 1988. He stayed with the Tynecastle club until 1994, … - Wilmer Cabrera
Wilmer Cabrera is a retired football defender who was capped 48 times and scored 3 international goals for Colombia between 1989 and 1993. Cabrera played three matches at the 1998 World Cup, and was an unused substitute for the 1990 World Cup. His clubs include América de Cali, Millonarios and Chicó FC. He is currently an assistant coach for Suffolk County Comunnity College men soccer team. Wilmer also coaches a top ranked youth soccer team, B.W. Gottschee, … - Shoji Jo
is a retired Japanese football (soccer) player. He was born on the island of Hokkaidō and began his footballing career with JEF United in 1994. He quickly established himself, scoring twelve goals in his first season; he scored his first goal on his debut against Gamba Osaka on 12 March. He made his international debut the following September in a friendly match against Paraguay. After three seasons with JEF United, Jo moved to the Yokohama Marinos in 1997. - Eric Deflandre
Eric Deflandre is a Belgian football right fullback currently playing for Standard Liège. He first signed to Wandre Union but after one year he joined the Liège giants R.F.C. de Liège. He then left for Germinal Ekeren in 1995. Deflandre played his debut match for the national team against The Netherlands in the qualifying stage for the 1998 World Cup. In 1996, he signed for Club Brugge. In the first match of the 1998 World Cup, …
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