Curated playlist
1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Davor ŠukerDavor Šuker won the 1998 World Cup Golden Boot in Croatia's first World Cup. He scored six goals in seven matches.
- Diego MaradonaDiego Maradona punched in one World Cup goal, then dribbled past five English players for another.
- Gary LinekerGary Lineker played 654 competitive games and never got a yellow or red card.
- Michel Preud'hommeIn his mid-thirties, Michel Preud'homme won the first Yashin Award for best goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup.
- Franco BaresiInter Milan turned Franco Baresi away and signed his older brother instead. He went to AC Milan and became a legend.
- RomárioRomário told reporters he would finish Uruguay, then scored both goals in a 2-0 win.
- Jürgen KlinsmannJürgen Klinsmann scored sixteen goals in one match at age eight. He later lifted a World Cup with West Germany.
- Salvatore SchillaciSalvatore Schillaci, known to Italians as Totò, ended the 1990 World Cup ranked above Lothar Matthäus and Diego Maradona as the best player of the tournament. Almost nobody saw that coming. He was a striker from a poor family in Palermo,…
- Lothar MatthäusIn the 1986 World Cup final, Lothar Matthäus was assigned to mark Diego Maradona personally.
- Enzo ScifoEnzo Scifo was only 18 when he played at the 1984 European Championship. He was the youngest player yet in its finals.
- Robert ProsinečkiRobert Prosinečki is the only player to score World Cup goals for two national teams.