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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · May 10

Happy birthday to Arsenal legend, Dennis Bergkamp 🔴⚪️!

The former Netherlands no.10 turns 5️⃣6️⃣ today.

He also played for Ajax and Internazionale.

#Bergkamp #Arsenal #coyg #northlondon #gooners #ajaxamsterdam #forzainter #nerazzurri #voetbal #premierleague #championsleague #france98 #usa94

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 7

Happy birthday to World Cup winner, Bodo Illgner 🇩🇪!

The former Köln and Real Madrid keeper turns 5️⃣8️⃣ today.

#illgner #torwart #goalkeeper #köln #realmadrid #halamadrid #laliga #bundesliga #championsleague #worldcup #nationalmannschaft #italia90 #usa94 #euro88 #euro92

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Apr 4

The two most powerful Republican politicians in America - the president and co-president of the United States - are publicly praising and defending and excusing the crimes of a far-right foreign politician who leads a party founded by a Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi.

We are in a very, very dark place.

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 4

Happy birthday to former Brazil 🇧🇷 midfielder, Emerson Ferreira!

The former Bayer Leverkusen and Roma defensive midfielder turns 4️⃣9️⃣ today.

#90sfootball #Gremio #Bayer04 #BayerLeverkusen #asroma #bundesliga #serieA #Juventus #realmadrid #acmilan #santos #worldcup #selecao #futbolbrasilero #france98

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy birthday to Bayern Munich legend, Hans-Georg (Katsche) Schwarzenbeck 🇩🇪!

The 1974 World Cup winner turns 7️⃣7️⃣ today.

#70sfootball #fcbayern #bayernmunich #MiaSanMia #Nationalmannschaft #WorldCup

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 2

Happy birthday to former England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 forward, Teddy Sheringham!

The former Tottenham and Man United forward turns 5️⃣9️⃣ today.

#sheringham #tottenham #spurs #millwall #nffc #westham #portsmouth #england #threelions #euro96 #manchesterunited #manutd #shearer #klinsmann #premierleague #championsleague

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 2

There were three foreigners in the squad; Katanec, Cerezo and Mikhakylichenko.

La Samp managed to finish the season with five points ahead of second placed Milan. 3/3

Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 2

Gianluca Vialli was top scorer with 19 league goals with his long-term strike partner Roberto Mancini also influential.

Goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca, defender Pietro Vierchowod and midfielder Attilio Lombardo equally important. 2/n

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 2

𝕊𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕒 - 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖 𝔸 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝟙𝟡𝟡𝟙 🔵⚪️🔴

After several false dawns, Vujadin Boskov’s players managed to realize the dreams of owner, Paolo Mantovani by clinching the league title in 1991. 1/n

#Sampdoria #lasamp #serieA #90sfootball #vialli #Mancini #scudetto

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 1

He started his career at Kickers Offenbach before his move to Köln. He also played for VfB Stuttgart, Grasshoppers, Saarbrücken before returning back to Offenbach where he ended his career.

He earned 12 international caps for West Germany including appearances at Euro 1976 and 1978 World Cup.

Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Apr 1

Happy birthday to former Germany 🇩🇪 striker, Dieter Müller!

The former Köln and Bordeaux forward turns 7️⃣1️⃣ today.

#70sfootball #bundesliga #kickersoffenbach #koln #effzeh #vfb #vfbstuttgart #Bordeaux #saarbrücken #grasshoppers #worldcup #argentina78

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 30

In fact, 7 players were already playing in Italy at that time in addition to Karembeu, Dugarry and Blanc who spent some time previously there with Sampdoria, Milan and Napoli, respectively.

In “Zonal Marking”. Michael Cox has argued that France stylistically were playing like an Italian side. 2/n

Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 30

𝔽𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 🇫🇷 𝟙𝟡𝟡𝟠-𝔸 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖 𝔸 ‼️

When France 🇫🇷 won the World Cup on home soil in 1998, ten of members of the squad had playing experience in Serie A. 1/n

#worldcup #france98 #coupedumonde #90sfootball #LesBleus #Zidane #Deschamps #AllezLesBleus #SerieA #acmilan #juve #intermilan

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 30

After Euro 2000, he moved to Serie A with Lazio where he enjoyed a successful two year stint before moving back to Czechia with Sparta Prague.

He earned 119 international caps for the Czech Republic including appearances at three European championships and the 2006 World Cup.

Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 30

However, it didn’t work out for him at Old Trafford as he failed to settle and was competing for a starting spot with a certain David Beckham.

He moved to Benfica one year later and stayed there until 2000.

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 30

The long haired winger started his career at Dynamo Budweis before moving to Viktoria Zizkov. In 1995, he moved to Slavia Prague.

After a string of exceptional performances at Euro 96, he secured a move to Manchester United.

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 30

Happy birthday to Euro 1996 sensation, Karel Poborsky 🇨🇿!

The Czech Republic legend turns 5️⃣3️⃣ today.

#czech #euro1996 #poborsky #england #manunited #benfica #lazio #spartapraha #slaviapraha #premierleague #calico #serieA #laliga #liganos #footballmemories #1990sfootball #futbol #manchesterunited

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 29

He also played for Benfica at the beginning and the end of his playing career.

He earned 94 international caps for the Selecao including appearances at three European championships and the 2002 World Cup.

Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 29

Happy birthday to Portugal 🇵🇹 legend, Manuel Rui Costa!

The former Fiorentina & Milan no. 10 turns 5️⃣3️⃣ today.

#90sfootball #portugal #SLBenfica #Benfica #Fiorentina #acmilan #forzamilan #rossoneri #worldcup #euro96 #euro2000 #euro2004 #championsleague #ruicosta #viola #florence #serieA #calcio

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 28

Happy birthday to Wolverhampton legend, Steve Bull.

The former England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 striker turns 6️⃣0️⃣ today.

#wolves #wolverhampton #FirstDivision #WorldCup #Italia90 #80sfootball #90sfootball #WestBrom

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 27

Happy birthday to Germany legend 🇩🇪, Manuel Neuer!

The goalkeeping goat 🐐 turns 3️⃣9️⃣ today.

He started his career at Schalke in 2005 and moved to Bayern Munich in 2011.

#bayernmunich #schalke04 #nationalmannschaft #torwart #neuer #goalkeeper

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 26

After playing for a number of local clubs in his native country, he earned his big break in Europe with Auxerre.

He also played for Milan, Derby County , Kaiserslautern, Partizan , Al Arabi and Plymouth.

He earned 42 international caps for 🇳🇬 including appearances at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups

Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 26

Happy birthday to former Nigeria defender, Taribo West!

The former Auxerre & Inter centerback turns 5️⃣1️⃣ today. 1/n

#auxerre #90sfootball #forzainter #acmilan #worldcup #france98 #Kaiserslautern #derbycountyfc #nigeria #serieA #premierleague #bundesliga

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Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 24

He had a long globe trotting coaching career in Belgium 🇧🇪, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Egypt 🇪🇬, France 🇫🇷, South Africa 🇿🇦, Tunisia 🇹🇳, Libya 🇱🇾 and Morocco 🇲🇦.

In addition to spells as assistant coach at the Dutch national team and Ajax. 3/3

Football Nerd @footballnerd10.bsky.social · Mar 24

He also played for Vancouver Whitecaps and Cannes.

He earned 83 international caps for Dutch national team including appearances at 1974 and 1978 World Cups and Euro 1976 & 1980. 2/n

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