Please name players who were your hero and they’re retired now.

I miss Romario, Lothar Matthaeus, Gabriel Batistuta, and Luis Enrique.

and of course Paul Gascoigne.

Marek Citko

Paolo Maldini.

Makelele, Zola, Kluivert, Overmars, Bergkamp, Stam, Elber, Rivaldo, Denilson, Emerson, Shevchenko, Zidane, Ronaldo, Kahn, Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Luis Enrique, Figo.

Some of those aren't even retired but they're not what they were when I really liked them.

Pele, Maradona, Jay-Jay Okocha, Walter Boyd & Zinedine Zidane.

Stam, Cantona, Davids, Berger, Batistuta

Ronaldinho !

Ronaldo, Zidane, Maldini, Makelele, Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Klinssmann, Baggio, Maradona, Batistuta, Denilson, Bergkamp, Romario...soo many more, I cant name them all...

Dennis Bergkamp, Edje Davids, Jaap Stam, Patrick Kluivert, Shota Arveladze, Richard Witschge, Jari Litmanen...

Jay-Jay Okocha,Dennis Bergkamp,Zidane,Bobby Pires, Freddie Ljungberg & 2004's Theirry Henry.

EDIT: Kalusha & Maldini (what a gentleman!)

Lee Stewart.

I miss Guardiola. (H)

as a player, but he's more effective as a coach now.

I miss Guardiola. (H)

you never saw guardiola as a player

you never saw guardiola as a player

I second that. He was just a phenomenal and very underrated midfielder. Much like Xavi, btw. (Give it 10 years and nobody will remember him outside of Spain).

Anyway, besides all those you all mentioned, I miss Luiz Hernandez.

http://www.iffhs-media.de/9-W/9-WTj98-11.jpg

xavi is not underated anymore after the eurocup, andrés iniesta is (best player of the history so far)

Pavel Nedved, Marc Overmars, Dennis Bergkamp, Marcelo Salas

Romario is 42 now but is going to play some matches with América in the second division of the Rio de Janeiro state championship.

I miss Robbie Fowler and Dietmar Hamman...:clapwap:

Juanpi Sorin!

Alejandrix ... Robbie Fowler hasn't retired!!!
He plays for North Queensland Fury, here in Australia!.

And same for Hamman ... he hasn't retired.
He was just released by Man City, but still wants to continue playing.
But ATM he's a free agent.

With all do respect but if you play for a club called North Queensland Fury, you are definatly retired.

My favorites come from around 1998, because that's when I first started following football, in the World Cup. Then we had FIFA 99 which we used to play a lot, so my favorite players I miss are mostly from that era:

-Davor Suker
-Edgar Davids
-Marc Overmars
-Frank de Boer
-Taffarel
-Zinedine Zidane
-Didier Deschamps
-Demetrio Albertini
-Gabriel Batistuta
-Ivan Zamorano
-Luis Enrique
-Hristo Stoichkov
-Jaap Stam
-Philipp Cocu
-Lothar Mätthaus
-Oliver Bierhoff

Just to name a few.

Gascoigne: was a magician on the ball when on form. Quite possibly the most gifted footballer of his generation.

Cantona: United's talisman, capable of almost reading his team-mates' minds at times.

Roy Keane: Man Utd's driving force and a real old fashioned box to box midfield dynamo.

HAGI, JARDEL (Galatasaray Times)

I miss Guardiola. (H)

Ups. I notice now that I don't miss him. I just saw that we have won a triplet last season with him as a head coach. :(


btw, frankly, I miss Ronaldinho for sure, I miss Kluivert, I miss Oleguer, ...

And, the first football game that I have ever seen was Germany - Czech Republic, the final of Euro '96. I still remember those two goals from Bierhoff. The next day, I wrote his name and number 20 in a t-shirt lol.

yes Keane as well for sure.

Wow, I forgot Keane and Cocu, for shame.

Azrael, how about your old skipper Denis Wise?

Mehmet Scholl

Never saw him play. As a kid I didn't watch Chelsea other than the odd match. Wasn't that into footie.

I miss Ronaldinho's great times in Barcelona. :(

I miss the fat Ronaldo before he went to Madrid...

Wow, I forgot Keane and Cocu, for shame.

yes cocu! what a legend i miss him.

Alejandrix ... Robbie Fowler hasn't retired!!!
He plays for North Queensland Fury, here in Australia!.

And same for Hamman ... he hasn't retired.
He was just released by Man City, but still wants to continue playing.
But ATM he's a free agent.

I meant i miss the way they used to play when they were here at Liverpool.

xavi is not underated anymore after the eurocup, andrés iniesta is (best player of the history so far)

Yeah, that's the whole point. He's been great for years but only now gets some recognition.
Although he is, I don't think he'll be remembered as one of the best midfielders of the decade, much like Guardiola - hence the comparison.

Georghe Hagi..

Festus Agu
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__P1GdKRiSso/R7_ttJjdTRI/AAAAAAAAB0A/ZRg2pX7_gik/s320/festusagu.JPG

^
Who he?
Actually I only miss Okocha,Weah & Bergkamp.
And about Guardiola I mostly remember him when he was Barcelona captain &when he played in Italy...but I've watched the 1992 European Cup Final and he was probably MoM in that game.

^
Who he?
Actually I only miss Okocha,Weah & Bergkamp.
And about Guardiola I mostly remember him when he was Barcelona captain &when he played in Italy...but I've watched the 1992 European Cup Final and he was probably MoM in that game.

I really liked the way that Guardiola could change suddenly direction of the play from one way to another. Rivaldo stated many times that he admires that as well.

Danny Tiatto

http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1032054763269_2002/09/16/spt_tiatto020917.jpg

ROFL @ Danny Tiatto!!!
He too has come to play in the A-League for Brisbane.
He's the biggest hack that I've seen in my life!!!

As for playing for NQ Fury is same as being retired, well, I can't comment yet.
Because they are a new team starting this year in the A-League, which is only a 5 year competition as is.
I admire Robbie for coming here to at least try and improve football in Australia, because for years it has been the 4th or 5th most played sport in the country, and only recently has there been progress.

And Alejandrix, I know what you meant, but I thought I should make my point anyway. :P

Roberto Carlos.

Peter Schmeichel.

I miss all the retired players who ever scored against Liverpool.

Paolo Di Canio. Quite a character.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/05/article-0-028A882200000578-257_468x679.jpg

P.S.: He's not doing the Nazi salute here.

paolo di canio is pro-mussolini fascist scum.

Paolo Di Canio. Quite a character.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/05/article-0-028A882200000578-257_468x679.jpg

P.S.: He's not doing the Nazi salute here.

No he is doing the Mussolini fascist salute, from which the Nazi salute is derived. Deserves no respect.

Wearing Lazio' shirt changes people.

Wearing Lazio' shirt changes people.

AS Roma fan.















:D

Nazioo!!!

what about livorno, they are commies !

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2742/redeibomber6kj.jpg

http://www.livornocalcio.it/tifosi/curve/curvanordbig.jpg

Yes he is a quite character ^^
My near friend loves Lazio because of their shirt. He only follows that reason.

EWdf5ZLbtYo

and Salva Ballesta. ㄱㄱ

Back on topic:

Gazza, Seaman, Ian Wright, Collymore, Cantona, Klinsmann, Le Tissier, Coby Jones, Romario, Ronaldo, Robbie Fowler, McManaman, Stuart Pearce, David Platt, Sheringham and Alan Shearer.

90s football-tastic.

Hagi
Edgar Davids
Roberto Carlos
Zidane
Patrick Vieira prime
Ronaldo

The Iceman.

Back on topic:

Gazza, Seaman, Ian Wright, Collymore, Cantona, Klinsmann, Le Tissier, Coby Jones, Romario, Ronaldo, Robbie Fowler, McManaman, Stuart Pearce, David Platt, Sheringham and Alan Shearer.

90s football-tastic.

Totally agree! (Y)

Yes he is a quite character ^^
My near friend loves Lazio because of their shirt. He only follows that reason.

EWdf5ZLbtYo

and Salva Ballesta. ㄱㄱ

he has lots of these scenes in his resume. On time he was one on one with the keeper and keeper slipped and he didn't score it.

On time he was one on one with the keeper and keeper slipped and he didn't score it.

Well that's not fair play... that's just stupid :D

Zidane and Abel Xavier

Michael Owen.

Oh.

The old Vicente.

i miss the young one :(

Sebastian Deisler, Roberto Carlos

Though I never saw him playing live (I just watch some on youtube and TV): Grobbelaar.

Johan Cruyff.

this threads looks so old now ... hahaha.

I miss all the retired players who ever scored against Liverpool.

Well ...you must be a very sad guy missing so many people ...:clapwap:
Just kiddin' ...respect for who ever scored against 'pool (Y)

Dan Petrescu, Di Matteo, Batistuta, R.Baggio, Ziege and Robbie Fowler at his prime.

Lucho and Lisandro. :(

Well ...you must be a very sad guy missing so many people ...:clapwap:
Just kiddin' ...respect for who ever scored against 'pool (Y)

above all:

Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen (H) respect! :D

Dan Petrescu, Di Matteo, Batistuta,...

wow! (Y)

Lucho and Lisandro. :(

they're not retired.

They left Porto this summer.

they're not retired.
http://jamie-online.com/random-jamz/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/facepalm.jpg


off the top of my head, Emil Kostadinov and Dmitri Alenitchev. Fabulous players.

lol MaSsiVe, estiveste bem!

They left Porto this summer.

I know man, I started this thread and I said clearly in a first post which RETIRED PLAYERS you miss.

stupiddddddddddddddd
I love you too kp40 (H)

I know man, I started this thread and I said clearly in a first post which RETIRED PLAYERS you miss.

Yeah, Massive, are you retired or something??