Curated category
1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Davor ŠukerDavor Šuker was born on the 1st of January 1968 to a Bosnian Croat family from Livno. He began playing football for his hometown club NK Osijek in 1984 at…
- Diego MaradonaDiego Armando Maradona was born on the 30th of October 1960 at the Policlínico Evita Hospital in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province.
- Gary LinekerGary Winston Lineker was born on the 30th of November 1960 in Leicester. His father Barry ran a fruit and vegetable stall at Leicester Market.
- Michel Preud'hommeMichel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme joined Standard Liège's youth system at 10 years old in 1969. He made his senior debut in August 1977 after early…
- Franco BaresiFranco Baresi grew up on a farmstead on the outskirts of Travagliato, a small town in northern Italy. He did not watch football on television until he was 10…
- RomárioRomário de Souza Faria arrived in the world on the 29th of January 1966. He grew up in a poor neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
- Jürgen KlinsmannJürgen Klinsmann was born on the 30th of July 1964 in Göppingen, Germany. His family moved to Stuttgart when he was a teenager.
- Salvatore SchillaciSalvatore Schillaci was born on the 1st of December 1964 in Palermo, Italy. He grew up in a poor family within that Sicilian city.
- Lothar MatthäusLothar Herbert Matthäus entered the world on the 21st of March 1961 in Erlangen, Bavaria. His father Heinz worked as a canteen manager after fleeing across…
- Enzo ScifoVincenzo Scifo arrived in the world on the 19th of February 1966 inside a house in La Louvière, Wallonia. His parents had traveled from Sicily to Belgium…
- Robert ProsinečkiRobert Prosinečki arrived in the world on the 12th of January 1969 inside a small apartment in Schwenningen, West Germany.