Curated playlist
1994 FIFA World Cup players
- Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)Hours before the 1998 World Cup final, Ronaldo suffered a convulsive fit. He was dropped, then reinstated.
- Diego MaradonaDiego Maradona punched in one World Cup goal, then dribbled past five English players for another.
- Marc OvermarsMarc Overmars once pulled potatoes from the ground by running with a rope tied around his waist.
- 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.
- Oliver KahnOliver Kahn won the 2002 World Cup's best player award after fumbling a goal in the final.
- Gabriel BatistutaGabriel Batistuta, Argentina's top scorer, once asked a doctor to amputate his legs.
- Hristo StoichkovHristo Stoichkov led an underdog Bulgaria past defending champions Germany at the 1994 World Cup.
- 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.
- Oleg SalenkoOleg Salenko scored five goals in one World Cup match, at Stanford Stadium in the United States on the 28th of June 1994. No player before him had done it in the finals. Russia beat Cameroon 6-1 that day. Yet Salenko played only three…