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David Craig @NUFC
Right-back who spent 14 seasons in the first team (1964–1978). He made over 430 appearances for the Magpies
Remember Viv Nicholson ? Britain’s best-known football pools winner who vowed to ’spend, spend, spend’
1961.
Paulo Wanchope 🇨🇷 @dcfcofficial #dcfc
Costa Rican striker Paulo Wanchope joined Derby for £600,000 in March 1997.
Danced past four Manchester United defenders and beat Peter Schmeichel at Old Trafford on his first appearance.
Scored 28 goals in 83 total games for the Rams.
Sold to West Ham United for £3.5 million in July 1999.
CUBA 🇨🇺 ⚽️ 1938
The 1938 FIFA World Cup in France marked the first and only time that Cuba qualified for a World Cup final tournament. In doing so, they became the first Caribbean nation to play in a World Cup.
Cuba finished the tournament in 8th place overall. Héctor Socorro was the team's top scorer, netting 3 of Cuba's 5 goals during the campaign.
Zózimo Alves Calazans 🇧🇷
Zozimo won two consecutive FIFA World Cups with the Brazilian national team in 1958 and 1962
HUNGARY 🇭🇺 1954
Gyula Loriant, Jeno Buzanszky, Nandor Hidegkuti, Sandor Kocsis, Joszef Zakarias, Zoltan Czibor, Joszef Boszik , Lazlo Budai.
Mihaly Lantos, Ferenc Puskas , Gyula Grosics
Andy Linighan @LUFC #LUFC
Central defender for Leeds United from 1984 to 1986.
Signed by manager Eddie Gray from Hartlepool United for a modest fee of £20,000 in May 1984.
In January 1986, after less than two seasons at Elland Road, Linighan was sold to Oldham Athletic for £55,000.
76 appearances , 4 goals
Gianfranco Zola 🇮🇹
Played for SSC Napoli @sscnapoli from 1989 to 1993.
Total Apps (All Competitions) 136 Goals 36
Due to Napoli's mounting financial difficulties at the time, Zola was sold to Parma in 1993 for 13 billion Lire before eventually moving to England to become an iconic figure at @ChelseaFC
